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Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game)
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06/16/06 11:57 AM
06/16/06 11:57 AM
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Don Sicilia
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Originally posted by SC: You just made Geoff drool all over his keyboard.
Should I?... No, I shouldn't... Too easy and he is Don after all. :p
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Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game)
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06/16/06 12:04 PM
06/16/06 12:04 PM
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Originally posted by Don Cardi: You always talk about the trash talking that goes on in your fantasy games, and whenever I respond with a little trash talking and kidding around, you respond with the " your so sensative" and stuff.
Who's really the sensative one here Plaw? You. I commented on your pick, and you got all huffy. Originally posted by plawrence: Well actually you asked me why I would not share my strategy for that pick, and that is why I made the foot in the mouth reference. You asked that question wayyy after I posted why I made that pick. Hence, foot in the mouth.
Oh, and beside, I thought that you knew me well enough by now, but I guess that I was wrong. So I'll remind you again that I really couldn't care what you or anyone else for that matter thinks about my picks, if they are questionable, suck, or whatever. It's only a stupida focking game mang!
Remember, opinions are like assholes, everybody has one! I missed the post where you explaind your strategy. Mea culpa Anyway, another example of huffiness: I really couldn't care what you or anyone else for that matter thinks about my picks, if they are questionable, suck, or whatever. Would you care to share with me why you haven't made your picks in Golf? After all, weren't you the one who said that anyone who joins these fantasy games should stay committed and take their games seriously? Let's make an important distinction here: That only apllies in games in which someone's performance or non-performance affects the other players. In one of these salary cap games, I couldn't care less if someone stops playing completely. AAMOF- and I know I've said this before - in a salary cap game, the more dropouts the better. The field is reduced and there's less competition, not to mention less work for the commentator/scorekeeper. As far as the golf games goes, I stopped playing because except for a handful of golfers I never heard of any of these guys, I don't play or follow the game, I get no enjoyment whatsoever from the fantasy game since I don't watch golf on TV or follow the players, and my good or bad performance was based strictly on luck. It certainly wasn't because I was doing poorly at it; As I recall I was doing rather well when I stopped playing. But why play if it's no fun?
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Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game)
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06/16/06 01:01 PM
06/16/06 01:01 PM
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Originally posted by Don Cardi: It's not hostility at all Don Sicilia, SC, at least on my part. It's just that some people, for reasons that are deeper than they appear on the surface, feel the need to dis what other's do, or make negative comments about other's ideas, on a constant basis. I guess that it helps them gain self confidence.
It reminds me of the little league parents who have opinons and negative things to say about the other kids that play. I've found that most of the time the reason for this is because these people themsleves did not have any success in sports as children, so they now live vicariously through their own children, hoping to surpress their own insecurities that they had to grow up with.
Hey, some people feel the need to live vicariously through their children, and others live it through their fantasy sports teams!
Fustrated wannabe Managers? Fustrated wannabe players? I really don't know.
No hostility at all. Just the facts. Calling Dr. Moe.....Calling Dr. Larry.....Calling Dr. Curley Where's that noted Gangster BB psychiatrist Capo de la Cosa Nostra when we need him? Please.....don't tempt me to start doing some amateur psychoanalyzing of my own, or this could really start to get ugly. From one little question mark, wondering how a guy could pick a particular pitcher.... :rolleyes: 
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Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game)
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06/16/06 01:28 PM
06/16/06 01:28 PM
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Don Cardi
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Ok, I think I finally get it now. You can say, do, comment and question whoever you want, whenever when you want and how you want. And it's ok. But once someone questions you and why you are saying something or commenting on something, you say that you are only kidding. And as soon as someone kids you back and talks some trash about you, then it's not ok. Then according to you, that person is getting huffy and sensative. Don Cardi 
Don Cardi Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
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Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game)
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06/16/06 02:23 PM
06/16/06 02:23 PM
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Huh? I think the comments in the thread speak for themselves here. I'll leave it to the readers to decide who's saying what to who (or is it "whom"?).
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Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game)
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06/16/06 03:23 PM
06/16/06 03:23 PM
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Originally posted by Don Cardi: Please Plaw, stop the whining already. I was only kidding around with you in all of this and you've taken things too seriously. So before one of us says something to the other that we'll later regret saying, and to spare the others here from enduring anymore boring posts, I suggest that we end this now. Originally posted by plawrence: Huh?
I think the comments in the thread speak for themselves here.
I'll leave it to the readers to decide who's saying what to who (or is it "whom"?) and who's doing the whining and who started with the kidding around and who took it seriously. And I had the impression that I was ending it with my last post.
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Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game)
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06/16/06 03:42 PM
06/16/06 03:42 PM
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J Geoff
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Originally posted by plawrence: I'll leave it to the readers to decide who's saying what to who (or is it "whom"?). It's who m, because you can replace it with "hi m" (as opposed to "he" (who)) Originally posted by Sicilian Babe: ...measure who can piss furthest (or is it farthest, Plaw, my Grammar King?). As you can see, Plaw isn't the Grammar King, I am. :p It's " farthest" because you're referring to physical distance (far). I hope this lesson helps further yall's grammar. 
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey!  lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game)
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06/16/06 09:04 PM
06/16/06 09:04 PM
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J Geoff
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Figures Bethie would post that just before my announcement that I won't be around this weekend because I'm going to Maryland...  We're doing Fathers Day at my brother's, so I'll have limited online time Saturday & Sunday... but I'll check in at night at least! Mods can call my cell for board emergencies... 
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey!  lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game)
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06/16/06 10:37 PM
06/16/06 10:37 PM
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Originally posted by Sicilian Babe: (Plaw and DC) might as well just stand next to one another and measure who can piss furthest (or is it farthest It won't be me. I can't piss very far at all anymore. As the male ages, the prostate usually enlarges, which cuts down on the strength and distance of the stream. Or is that "TMI", as you say? As far (or is it "fur") as the "farther" vs. "further" question goes, I had to look that one up. My dictionary - American Heritage, 1991 - makes no distinction.
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Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game)
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06/17/06 12:43 AM
06/17/06 12:43 AM
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J Geoff
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Originally posted by plawrence: My dictionary - American Heritage, 1991 - makes no distinction. further farther I learned it as one is physical, and the other metaphorical. However, here's the "Usage Note": Usage Note: Since the Middle English period many writers have used farther and further interchangeably. According to a relatively recent rule, however, farther should be reserved for physical distance and further for nonphysical, metaphorical advancement. Thus 74 percent of the Usage Panel prefers farther in the sentence If you are planning to drive any farther than Ukiah, you'd better carry chains, and 64 percent prefers further in the sentence We won't be able to answer these questions until we are further along in our research. In many cases, however, the distinction is not easy to draw. If we speak of a statement that is far from the truth, for example, we should also allow the use of farther in a sentence such as Nothing could be farther from the truth. But Nothing could be further from the truth is so well established as to seem a fixed expression. I prefer the rule of farther = physical, further = metaphorical. :p Damn, I gotta get up at 6AM and I'm worried about THIS?? 
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey!  lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game)
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06/17/06 01:06 AM
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Apparently it's not a rule though, but a matter of preference.
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Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game)
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06/17/06 01:08 AM
06/17/06 01:08 AM
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J Geoff
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As a matter of preference, then, I prefer to follow the rules. :p 
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey!  lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game)
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06/17/06 02:50 AM
06/17/06 02:50 AM
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J Geoff
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As for this game, tho, I give up... and not cuz of the 6 pts in pitching... but the OVERALL 11 POINTS!!! :rolleyes: Why do I bother spending so much time picking a "perfect" lineup to get 11 pts...? :rolleyes: 
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey!  lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game)
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06/17/06 09:07 AM
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Quit the whining....you got 12, not 11. :p I had half the same team as you did, and wound up with 4 points of offense. Going into the late games I figured I was in decent shape because I still had three guys going, but they combined for an 0-12. Plus, stupidity of stupidity, I forgot that there's no DH in the NL parks, so I had Gomes in my lineup At least I had the right PS, though.
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Re: 2006 Baseball Challenge (Salary Cap Game)
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06/17/06 08:03 PM
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Mignon
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Originally posted by Don Cardi: [quote]Originally posted by SC: [b] [quote]Originally posted by J Geoff: [b] Bite your tongue! But stay away from Geoff's tongue (sandwich). [/b][/quote]I'll leave Geoff's tongue (sandwich) for Mig. Don Cardi  [/b][/quote]Geez I didn't know my name was mentioned in here. I should read this thread more often. I feel so loved 
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