Take anything you want

Mike:
C'mon, guy, 52 dinghahs!? Feel the joy. Viva el Papi.

 

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Bill:
Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for Ortiz, but jeez, being 10 plus back and locked out of the postseason has taken the warm and the fuzzy out of this cuddlefest for me.

 

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Mike:
Yeah, well, if it weren't for Papi's 52 it'd be more like 20 plus back and hope would have withered in June rather than September.

 

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Bill:
True, but still the way this season went down so abruptly it was like a mugging, you know? Like one minute you're skipping home at night aftah a few beahs with a smile on your face and then it's all whispahs in the shadows and there you are jumped by a couple of thugs.

 

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Mike:
Who smelt of pubs and wormwood scrubs?

 

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Bill:
Exactly. I first felt a fist, and then a kick, my life spun around me.

 

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Mike:
You know when it comes to preparing yourself for mugging, we have much to learn from the Japanese.

 

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Author's Notes:
Several of today's lines are from The Jam's "Down in the Tube Station," a tremendous yet heartbreaking song. Going on 30 years since it was first released, Tube Station, along with much of The Jam's work, sounds as fresh as ever.

Comments

[jim]

"an exceptionally bright light that I'm going to remember for the rest of my life"

Wow, you people have sunk really low. For the first time I feel bad for your loss. You've earned my pity.

[IkeG]

Damn you, JO, you got me following the match. And I hate golf.

Somebody give jimster a hug. He's a little bitter.

Note from yesterday: 69 posts! Ha ha ... 69

[h.b.]

Yeah, I enjoyed the golf live updates.

But, c'mon, not nearly as exciting as the live curling blogging Pinto was doing.

[IkeG]

aw, now 75. heathens!

[Bob]

//Note from yesterday: 69 posts! Ha ha ... 69.//

After a quick check, I see that I'm at the bottom of the 69. (As long as it's not that bright, handsome A-Rod on top, I'm okay with that.)

[h.b.]

So in order to link to the sex doll thing in my comment above, I did a search for it in my FireFox Google search box.

Well, those of you who use Firefox probably know that the search terms will persistantly populate that box until you close the browser or type something else.

So, for the past couple of hours at work I've had "real life sex dolls" on my browser in plain view for all to see.

Kind of funny...

[Natalie]

That's funny, h.b. Reminds me of last year, driving my car home from work, and that song by Los Lonely Boys, Heaven came on. Well, my Saab, for particular stations, scrolls the song title and artist on the dash. Apparently, for this song only, the scroll got stuck, so I drove around for a good 45 minutes with the display reading: Lonely

I wondered if Kitt were trying to tell me something...

[Rob in CT]

Don't really want or need your pity, Jim.

Your absense (along with that of all the golf updates) would be welcome, though. It's called The Soxaholix, not The Skankaholix.

Just sayin'...

[louclinton]

h.b.

In Firefox, if you right click on the Google search box, you can clear the search history immediately, and start trolling for more fun stuff. In fact, I don't think the Google search box history is wiped out in the normal operation of Firefox's Privacy Options. You have to do it manually.

lc

[h.b.]

There's actually a plugin for FF called "Stealth" that will keep all your browsing and seach private, but, I never can remember to turn it on, especially if I'm doing something like making a quick comment.

[Jason O.]

Fucking Monty drained a huge putt to win that last hole and prevent the US from gaining a full point.

Majors aside, the guy is a match play warrior.

[Rob in CT]

I can't believe no one has made the "absinthe makes the heart grow fonder" joke yet.

Doh! and there it is...

[Kaz]

Jim, I doubt you'd even know who has the Yankees single season HR record. And even if you did, I guess you wouldn't realize how cool and rare it is to have been alive when it happened. And even if you did, I guess you wouldn't realize how even more rare and exceptional it is to be present for the game it occurred, let alone seeing the ball lifted above the crowd from only feet away.

So, Jim, go shove it up your world series trophies (for most which you likely weren't even alive for) and shove it up your division pennant (which won't buy you a ticket to the big dance) and shove it up A-Rod's pretty sphincter (you'll probably have to ask Jeter to move, nicely).

I was there and it was cool. No matter how much better the Yankees are doing or how much you want to try and shit on our day, you can't take away the fact that I was there and it was cool.

[harwich rich]

Gawd I hate these midday shifts,did you kids play nice today? :)

[Devine]

Awww, don't worry about that "jim" dude, Kaz. He's just a dickweed who enjoys trying to make people feel bad (he might not even be a Yankee fan, just a cruel SOB). Take comfort in knowing that even if the Yanks win the WS and he IS in fact a Yankee fan, his joy will be in lording it over Sox fans, not celebrating his team's victory. HE'S the one who deserves pity if anyone does.

Plus...come on. Trying to argue that Ortiz's HR franchise record is not cool. Just...come on, buddy, you don't even like baseball if you think like that. Goes for you too, Jason. Acknowledge and appreciate the accomplishments of your rivals and your own enjoyment of the game increases.

Now I'm done acknowledging his existence. He's not here as far as I'm concerned.

[jim]

Uh, let me think for a second. Who does have the Yanks single season HR record? Damn, I know THIS...Oh, that's right Roger something..oh yeah Maris I think 61 HR's in 1961 or something close to that.

After that it's some guy named Ruth. Baby I believe. No, that's the CANDY bar. I was get those two mixed up! Well, he had 60 in 1927 and 59 in 1921.

Then of course just last year A-Rod broke DiMaggio's record for homers by a righty which had stood from 1937. But funny enough, not much was made of that because:

The Yankees don't play for individual honors!

No, the day that stands out as "an exceptionally bright light that I'm going to remember for the rest of my life" is Game 6 in 1996 when I was ten feet from Boggs on his horse. Yeeee-haaa!

Please, and you all act all holier than thou. I remember the shit after 2004. It was not "Oh, tough break, great series, great season." Nope that WAS a choke job. Just like this year your team QUIT on you. Bend over and grin. Maybe they'll contend again in 2010 what with their youth movement and everything.

[IkeG]

I want...

[IkeG]

...to post...

[IkeG]

... the 69th comment! Yes!

[IkeG]

..oops, wait, there it is!

[h.b.]

Jim, you're probably a nice guy and all, but it's time for you to go by bye. MmmK?

[jim]

** IGNORE THE TROLLS **

Wow, who knew THE Soxoholic had such thin skin? Now banning people - ha good times!

I'm really sorry for your loss this season. My condolences....

[jim]

** IGNORE THE TROLLS ***

And banning people via IP's no less. How lame...

And you guys thought A-Rod was a PUSSYcat. Here your leader is an even bigger one - can't even handle random posts....

[Evan]

Jim, you're an a-hole. You say Sox fans act holier that thou, but then come in and spew some crap about how Yankees dont play for individual honors, right after you list them. Oh yeah, the Babe didnt make much of his 60... "Count em' Sixty!".... H.B. is right, and please take Jason with you.

Jeter is a nice guy too, if he wins the batting title, is defintely because contending teams are grooving fastballs to him. what a joke.

[h.b.]

Actually, in the 2.5 years this site has been running, only 3 people have ever been banned (not counting spam bots).

+ That one guy who made racial slurs. (Forgot his name.)

+ BigBri (Remember him?)

+ And now, "Jim."

Not too bad, really.

The thing with both BigBri and Jim isn't so much what they said but that they kept repeating the same thing over and over again with nothing new to add.

I don't at all mind a slam against the Sox or Sox fans or the site or the size of my wee wee, but, if that's all you've got and all you insist on is repeating the same thing over and over again all day long, well, that's boring and, frankly, a sign of dim wittedness.

And I don't really want dim wits polluting the comments.

If that makes me a "PUSSYcat" well, then, meow.

:)

[harwich rich]

He probably already has his "I was banned on Soxaholix" t-shirt printed.

[Evan]

Yup, i'm sure he's telling all his Yankee buddies that he ripped us so hard we couldn't take it anymore. And then they head-butted each other and yelled "Extreme!!"

[Kaz]

See, h.b., you were eyeing that typepad mod for IP-range banning, weren't you...

Looks like it's time to install it.