I won't get to see a lot of Mets games for at least the beginning of the season, because two of the cable companies here in New York are having a feud over how much one charges the other to carry the games.
Plus bonus points for use of the word 'mosey'.
Oz ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Tom Scola - Apr 04, 2005 5:36:29 am PDT #2803 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
sumi - Apr 04, 2005 5:37:41 am PDT #2804 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Also, I agree that the Nationals is a stupid name for a team.
JohnSweden - Apr 04, 2005 5:38:53 am PDT #2805 of 10001
I can't even.
They were under that last year? Huh. My league awareness has been kinda poor -- the only person I can name on the D-Rays is Carl Crawford. I don't even know who plays for TOR right now. I guess nobody remarkable?
They lost over 700 games to injury last year, thus the poor record. The Jays current stars (with the departure of Carlos Delgado to FLA) are Vernon Wells, the 04 AL gold glove CF and Roy Halliday, the 03 AL Cy Young winner, who struggled with injury last year. I think the Jays will be decent this year if they get enough starts from Halliday and Lilly, but they won't be able to replace Delgado's power with the Koskie and Hillenbrand signings.
Gudanov - Apr 04, 2005 5:39:04 am PDT #2806 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
Nationals is a stupid name for a team.
Congress should intervene.
Jesse - Apr 04, 2005 5:49:48 am PDT #2807 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
As long as they don't change the name to the Washington Reagan Nationals.... t /joke I stole from someone else
Not that I will get to see Pedro start today, then, because somehow the schedulers forgot that some fans have to, like, work for a living.
Not TRUE FANS!!1!!
tommyrot - Apr 04, 2005 5:50:53 am PDT #2808 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
As long as they don't change the name to the Washington Reagan Nationals....
How about the Washington Insiders?
sumi - Apr 04, 2005 5:57:04 am PDT #2809 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Ooh, the Insiders -- that's a good name.
Okay, if it couldn't be the Senators, then is should have been the Nationals.
When I saw something about a Nationals game on the scroll at ESPN2 it took me a second to realize that they meant the new team.
Fred Pete - Apr 04, 2005 5:59:07 am PDT #2810 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Yeah, Nationals does sound like the kind of name chosen because nobody hated it, as opposed to anyone liking it.
Nutty - Apr 04, 2005 6:00:39 am PDT #2811 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I won't get to see a lot of Mets games for at least the beginning of the season, because two of the cable companies here in New York are having a feud over how much one charges the other to carry the games.
I read a bit about that this morning. Whereas, last night's game was on Channel 14 broadcast in Boston, as well as ESPN2, while the cable channel NESN did everything but re-enact the play by play, in absence of having the actual game.
In other news, the movie Fever Pitch has reached new heights/depths of media saturation in the Boston market. Unfortunately, the whole movie is about die-hard Sox fandom, while anybody actually IN that fandom can tell you that a huge percentage of the die-hards are actually assholes. I suspect the locals who go to see it will be going for the glimpses of the players, and not for the actual characters in the movie.
they won't be able to replace Delgado's power with the Koskie and Hillenbrand signings.
OMG that's right you poor people get Hillenbrand. I'm so sorry. We got rid of him for a reason, you know.
Cashmere - Apr 04, 2005 6:01:41 am PDT #2812 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Yeah, Nationals does sound like the kind of name chosen because nobody hated it, as opposed to anyone liking it.
At least it's not like our hockey team, which was chosen because EVERYBODY hated it. Bluejacket. What the fuck is a bluejacket??? *sigh*
Yeah, I'm still bitter that they didn't accept the ECHL team's offer of their name. The Columbus Chill is a lot better than the Columbus Bluejackets.