I don't know why you people don't have GDTs for spring games, but I want one. So here it is.

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We have 2 alds games coming up this week.  If you live in the area and aren't going to at least one of them please provide a good reason in the comments section below.  Failure to comply may result in.... consequences.  

Personally I'm going today.  Anyone want to meatup prior to the game or at the game?  

Finally, should we keep diaper banned as a good luck charm?  I'll let the people decide as this is America.

Hey boston fans!  Please feel free to comment!

So I just turned in my full thesis draft for a format check.  Final page count:  162.

/cue LOL DRAYSBAY ISN'T LIVEJOURNAL talk

I hope for some drama today as I'll be able to take part.   So someone go call a woodrum post bad then talk shit on twitter and we'll see where it goes from there.

You know you want to.  You wouldn't even really be lying.

DPIR was told to write a 1000 word essay explaining his failure.  So he did that and took a few shots at other people along the way.  So here's the deal:  If this post gets 10 recs he'll be unbanned and allowed back.  This feels like a good time to point out that these posts do not in any way reflect the views of the site.  

 

DPIR: The Story

 

Okay, I wasn't going to write this fairy tale, but fucking DRB is my shit so I couldn't at least not try to fucking get unpermabanned. Now, I had to get high to write this story so excuse my bad spelling and grammar, bitches. I'm going to tell you about where, why, and how the DRB FFB League/Meat-up went wrong.

 

So months back RJ (me) started talking about a FFB league. It was going to glass, him, myself and a few others because Topper is a big flaming penguin and wouldn't invite me to a FFB league if he was the commish. So I was like, fuck yea teaming up with my boy RJ and we gonna mow bitches. Well this was all good until RJ and the Sandrew Kazmir fought. RJ eventually got kinda emo and quit the site (RIP RJ). This was a sad day for me...the person who kept me unbanned and stuck by me, quit. I knew I was more vulnerable than ever now, and for sure I got banned multiple times after Reej was gone.

After RJ was gone, I figured I would be the one to start the FFB. So I posted one day in an ottotd asking if anyone would be interested in a fucking FFB league. Lots of people jumped on board, and at first we were going to have to make a 14-team league. However, I only took the best and the brightest posters (excluding Badancil and 4QB). So the league was setup; however, I made a fatal flaw in making a custom league instead of league manager. This would be the downfall of me.

I eventually got everyone's emails and the league was full with 12 teams. Everyone was in and we had changed the draft date to 9/4 @ 8:00. This was the league we were going to play in UNTIL things got messy and fucking cunts wanted to co-manage with other cunts. Since we were in a custom league, I couldn't let people co-manage. This led to a lot of bitching and pussyfarting and I eventually created a new LM league.

The problem with me making the second league was we only had 3 more days (1 OTTOTD day) until the draft. This made it extremely difficult to fill the league up in a matter of days. Multiple emails were sent to Sveet and Hatfield (the last two who didn't join). However, as we have witnessed, they never joined.
So going into Sunday morning I was expecting the worst and thought we would just have to resort back to the old league, which was already fucking filled. Also the meatup was supposed to happen on Sunday but you little social anxiety mongoloids all backed out. I was going to fucking go and even my good friend fucking Peter stood me up, texting me he couldn't go.

. Okay so Sunday rolls around and it's like already 6pm. Now listen, I had been smoking all weekend so I was in a constant state of fucked up. And I had a few Harp in me too so I might've been tipsy. Anyways, I'm waiting around for the draft and all of the fucking sudden it's 8. So I'm like, oh shit. By this time I knew the LM league I made was a bust. So I went to the custom league and notice there's no draft settings. So at first I bert stared that shit cuz I wasn't sure but then I clicked on THE FUCKING LEAGUE TAB AND SOME PHAGGOT LEFT THE FUCKING LEAGUE. This fucking enraged me, because I knew you dumbfucks would put all the blame on me. So sucks on my dicks and unban me because I fucking brought this site on my back all the way to the fucking top, past that raysindex.com bullshit. Get at me son

I just want to make a few fucking shoutouts to all the kids on phaggy time in the OTTOTD on Tuesday.
Badancil - Posting real names and information? That shit's realllllll classy bro, and I ain't even mad. It's funny that you have to resort to something like that to try to prove your worth to DRB or some shit. That gets mad respect, for real. Come at me you scrawny red-dot indian motherfucker. (NO REAL NAMES), THAT'S THE MOST FUCKING INDIAN NAME EVER YOU FUCKING MUMBAI SLUMDOG

Sutty - I just have to agree with your comment about The Weeknd and strip clubs.....that shit is so raw. I went to fucking strip club on like Sunday and asked this bitch to dance to Wicked Games by the Weeknd. Them bitches didn't have it though. BTW WHEN WE GOING TO FUCKING CHILL NOW BRAH?

Toppah - Fuck you. And fuck my FFB team, because that was an epic collapse and you were about to get your shit pounded in.

DRB FFBawlers - Sorry bros, I fucked that shit up for reals.

Oh btw, that bodyspace is me, but everyone on here knew I already misc'd. Nothing fucking new here lol. You guys found my facebook I use to stalk people too, gj. The youtube video, not me loooooooooool. See you phaggots think I'm going to pull a fucking RD or DDRR but I got fucking resilience nagger. Posting shit about me you think that's going to fucking change a thing? LOL. Shit's mad unclassy to do, but for real. I don't go fucking googling or facebooking you retards. And seriously shame on the mods for not even hiding that shit. You know you've done it before for other people but you don't even put in the effort to hide it. That's seriously a dick move.

Look I'm even going to leave a fucking picture for you kids. For real I ain't no ones alt, I don't even know where that fucking started. But shits hella funny, kinda.

This is me high
Now I'm gonna go get my subway so I hope I don't get fucking robbed down here, cuz its 848 and theres a lot of thugs around here. This fucking better be the OTTOTD tomorrow, dobbersmegma. 1019 words sup bitches? 1023 now. Oh shit now 1024. 1028. FUCK I GOTTA DO + 1. 1036

Earlier today the two hobbits and a troll (I'll leave you to figure out who is who) ventured out from behind their computers and went to a Rays game.  Now, I know this concept is unfamiliar to most of you.  And normally I would agree... going outside is pretty risky.  But today was an exception. 

The day started off rather well.  I only got stuck in traffic for 20 minutes on I-4, making the 4 hour trek across the bridge only slightly more unbearable.   Once this was past me I went and met SRQ at a local business known as Fergs.  Suttree was supposed to meet us at the same time but was instead posting in the OTTOTD like a true Rays fan.  SRQ attempted to contact him but apparently was given the wrong phone number.  Yeah, you can imagine how thrilling this was... waiting for a guy that couldn't tell someone their correct phone number trying to meet for a major sporting event... just great.  Eventually SRQ and I decided to just say "fuck you" to sutty and go inside without him.  No less than 5 minutes later he's frantically calling us to be let in, forcing us to turn back from the long journey into the dome.  As we finally all managed to sit down, the only thing that immediately came to mind were the thousands of annoying children in the dome.  

During the game we occasionally took the time to discuss our opinions of what the Rays should do about key positional needs for 2012 and beyond.  Eventually a consensus was reached to do the following:

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    • Move BJ Upton to 3B
    • Move Longo to SS
    • Zobrist/S-rod at 2B
    • Joyce at 1B
    • Guyer, Fuld, Jennings, Zobrist in RF and LF (mix and match)
      
    • Chirinos is backup SS and 2nd catcher

These roster moves will solve some of our most glaring defensive issues.  It allows us to take Upton's diminishing arm out of the OF, makes SS a team strength, and saves us a ton of money.  This saved money could then be used to get a real DH and make a run next year.  

The entire time we were discussing these key issues, Casey Kotchman was standing near first base doing his stretching routine.  I don't think I could adequately describe how hilarious he is out there.  Everyone else stands still or barely moves (seriously, S-rod stares at his glove in between pitches while Elliot Johnson just stands there doing absolutely nothing).  Kotchman won't have any of that.  He has to stay in motion doing his variety of stretching activities , this is clearly the secret to his batting average.  At the end of the game Kotchman spoke to a man that we could only assume to be Landlord that was seated above the dugout.  

Another topic of heated discussion was attendance.  If there weren't 9000 kids at the game the attendance would have been under 10k.  The team is clearly trying to suppress attendance to make their case for getting a new stadium.  This is evident from the total lack of ticket and food promotions.  Even more so by the total lack of promotions for people over the age of 14.  Yes, it should be a family experience... but kids aren't the only people that go.  

Finally, the three of us believe that George Hendrick should be mic'd up for every game.  The man is always laughing, he has to have great stories to tell.  Let them be heard!

As the day came to an end and I went to go figure out where I parked my car, the hobbits began a similar journey to their respective St Pete escape vehicles.  Seriously, who wants to stay in that shithole?  SRQ later reported that the two of them happened upon a guy trying to find stuff in the garbage cans.  I can only assume it was one of you monsters.  

(It'll be bad enough going to a dump in a few years for games)

Good news of the day:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/06/30/massachusetts.pool.woman.body/index.html?hpt=hp_p1&iref=NS1

Authorities say the body of a woman who died in a Massachusetts public pool went undetected for days as swimmers continued to use the pool before the victim was found floating.

 

The pool -- which is 12 feet deep at its deepest --- was described as "cloudy" by a health inspector who examined the pool Tuesday, according to the mayor of Fall River, William Flanagan.

A decomposing body can take a couple of days before it becomes buoyant, Miliote added.

"It is in many respects disturbing and unreal," said Massachusetts Conservation and recreation Commissioner Ed Lambert.

http://www2.tbo.com/news/education-news/2011/jun/22/2/with-1000-openings-would-you-want-to-teach-in-hill-ar-239133/

TBO editor:

With all that in mind, would you be interested in a teaching at a public school? What would you say to your child considering a career in education?

Posted by Tracer_Bullet on June 22, 2011 - 1:43 p.m.

Sure, as long as I could teach the truth, and not the revisionist agenda that the Socialist Department of Education mandates.

 

ATTN:  This is a no attendance and no Kotchman thread.  There are plenty of other posts to ruin with that talk.

Upfront warning:  Kotchman talk is disallowed in this thread.  Hell, I should warn myself for even mentioning it.  

Stories to watch today:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/article1173858.ece

Steve O'Neal Jun 6, 2011 8:25 AM

Hope the info comes in and they get whoever is responsible for this horrible act. I also bet the comments on this will close soon like the 1st story about this did because of the usual racist idiots that post here regularly.

bfisher Jun 6, 2011 9:43 AM
we need twice the number of cops we have on the streets. there are WAY too many thugs roaming our streets

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/legislature/gov-rick-scotts-veto-of-public-tv-and-radio-funds-spares-capitals-wfsu/1173819

BJfromSP Jun 5, 2011 9:26 PM
Good for him! Public radio is a mouthpeice for liberals who cannot make it in the real world of radio broadcasting! It is nothing but liberal and "progressive" (whatever that is nowadays) propaganda.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/article1172734.ece

I'm sure no one there would have anything negative to say!

Gov_Tilt_Head May 31, 2011 7:07 AM
Another Teahadist gets his due.

Mucho Dinero May 31, 2011 7:09 AM
Not quite, Gov_SH*T_head, check out his mug shot. Looks like an All (African)American Democrap to me.

Mucho got 5 thumbs up for that one.  Maybe for mocking the above user?  

JuanMoTime May 31, 2011 7:58 AM
And, that would make you an All amerikan Redneck Retardlican.

This got 3 thumbs down.  I wonder what kind of users go to this "tampabay.com" website!

Quick recap:

• Hellickson had a very strong outting.  His final line:  7 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K.  All on just 95 pitches.  Of those 95, 57 were strikes.  He relied mostly on his fastball and changeup, as expected.  These two pitches generated 11 swinging strikes.  Of particular interest was the changeup which was thrown 35 times, 25 were for strikes and 9 were swinging strikes.  Lovely.
• Russell and Ramos closed out the game with a scoreless 8th and 9th, sealing victory.  
• Longoria looked sharp leading off again.  2 for 3 with a 2B and 2 walks and 2 runs. 
• Upton walked 3 times after striking out 6 times in the last 2 games.   He also scored a run and stole a base.  
• Jaso hit his 3rd home run of the year in the 4th inning, driving in Upton. 
• Even with all this good news, something bad had to happen as Kotchman injured his ankle sliding into 2nd trying to stretch a single into a double in the 4th inning.    Hopefully this injury isn't going to cause him to miss an extended amount of time as there are not a lot of options at 1B on the roster.  

And finally, Cobb should start on tuesday instead of sonny.  Thank god.    Next game is tomorrow at 6:40 pm against the Texas Rangers.  Keep tuned to draysbay.com for news on Cobb and Kotchman.

http://www2.tbo.com/news/news/2011/may/25/florida-poll-rick-scott-approval-rate-hits-new-low-ar-232504/

Florida Gov. Rick Scott's approval rating has dropped to a new low, although he's been on the job for less than five months.

A poll released Wednesday shows Florida voters disapproved of the way Scott's been doing that job by a 57 percent to 29 percent margin.

What do the great informed readers of the site have to say???

Posted by MrRandallToYou on May 25, 2011 - 8:31 a.m.

So liberals aren't happy? Good.....

Posted by GatorSkin on May 25, 2011 - 8:43 a.m.

I love the guy for no other reason that welfare recipents have to take a drug test!!!!!!! You go Gov.!!!!!!!

Effective for this OTTOTD, talk of an unnamed ground-ball hitting player that plays first for the Rays will not be allowed (and I don't mean Dan Johnson).  

Please shit up any front page story with discussions about said player.  

Hopefully this means I can come to this thread and not see another 100 post thread about the same exact shit that is said every other time it comes up.  (Ignore the fact that this is an ottotd and everything talked about is the same shit that always comes up)

via www.fangraphs.com

WALK OFF WILD PITCH!!!! 

• Shields had an amazingly good game but gets saddled with a no-decision because Ben Zobrist couldn't handle a groundball in the top of the 9th.   Final line:  8 IP,  6H, 1 ER, 12K, 1BB
• Matt Joyce homered again.  Was the only run until the 9th.  (He scored the winning run after a leadoff double in the 10th)
• Joel Pineiro had a good start coming off the DL, holding the Rays to 4 hits and a single run.
• So many stupid mistakes.  Shoppach managed to get a double play from a non-swinging strike out and interference.  Zobrist botched a grounder that could have saved the Angels scoring a run in the 9th.  Farnsworth and Kotchman paired up for an awful pickoff attempt in the 9th as well.  
• Sam Fuld took a foul ball to the head while batting in the bottom of the 9th and then proceeded to bunt 3 times in a row ending in a strikeout. 
• All it took was Fernado Rodney throwing a bad pitch.

via www.fangraphs.com

 3 hours and 18 minutes in snow.  Thank you outdoor stadiums.

I'll never get tired of typing "Rays win"

Instant recap:

• The Rays went ahead early with a busy 1st inning resulting in 4 runs, all earned.  
• Johnny Damon extended his hitting streak to 14 games with a single in the 1st, scoring the first run of the game (Fuld)
• Fransisco Liriano had a short game only going 3 innings and allowing 7 earned runs.  This could spell disaster for the twins bullpen going into a double header tomorrow.
• The Rays also had a busy 4th inning when 2 runs were walked in with the bases loaded and no outs (Upton and Damon drew the walks, runs charged to Liriano). Ben Zobrist hit a sac fly to make the score 7-1 before S-Rod grounded into a double play.  
• LOLfense in the 7th allowed the 8th Rays run to score on a horrible throw to 3rd base by Cuddyer.
• Davis didn't look particularly sharp but still managed to go 6.2 innings allowing only 2 runs.  Ramos got the final out in the 6th.
• Shoppach took a nice shot to the ribs when he ran into the railing near the Twin's dugout in the 8th.  Almost immediately afterward Ramos hit Morneau with a pitch (completely unrelated to the railing incident, obviously).

(I don't like the new layout we're sporting)

If you did manage to find this, congrats and welcome to another wonderful monday.  

How was everyones weekend??  

Here is something interesting, from the desk of one "Colonel Enos Henderson".

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014859409_censusrace24m.html

Compared with other large U.S. cities, Seattle is pretty white.

Along with Portland, Seattle is among large U.S. cities in which the highest proportions of residents describe themselves as non-Hispanic white, based on 2010 census data.

In Seattle, 66 percent of all residents fit that category — the fifth-highest rate among the nation's 50 largest cities — higher even than Wichita, Kan., and Minneapolis.

via www.fangraphs.com

Game notes:

• Zobrist hit a 2-run homer (right handed) in the 1st that ended up being the only runs scored by either team.
• Shieldsy looked absolutely dominant pitching the complete game.  Final line:  9 IP, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7K.  He had an excellent pickoff of bautista in the 9th.  2nd complete game in a row.  Absolutely beautiful performance.  
• Bautista dives away from any pitch that is even remotely close to inside.  Oh yeah he finally made a couple outs today.  Go him.
• Sam Fuld.  Golden Sombrero.  
• Tomorrow is an off day.  Next game is Tuesday in Minnesota against the Twins.  8:10 ET start.  Wade Davis up against Fransisco Liriano.

Great game.   Fast game too:  Only 2 hours and 5 minutes.  

via www.fangraphs.com

Game notes:  

• Jose Bautista was pretty much the entirety of the Blue Jays game today (you know, until the 9th) -- 2 HR, 3 runs scored.  Never made an out.  Someone test that man's pee.
• Questionable play in the 9th on a bunt by Travis Snider. He looked safe. 
• David Price pitched 8+ innings before getting into some trouble in the 9th. 
• As for Rays scoring: 2-run homer by Damon (scored fuld), 3-runner (SF1 favorite) by Zobrist, and the unearned run for brignac.  
• Tomorrow is another 1:07 start. Shields is up against Romero.

Lightning suck.  

Also I love the casey kotchman articles.  Lets have one every day all season so I never have a chance to stop thinking about how awesome he is for the team.  

You guys better make this a good thread by 12:30... I'll be in class and desperately needing something fun to read.  

Who am I kidding, you all suck.  

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Months of posting has brought us to this important day.  938 comments gets us to the offseason goal.  And just in time since the there is about a  week until the season starts.  

Who will be the one that receives all the internet glory?  

It really is amazing that anyone cares about this at all.  I mean really, it's just proof of our collective ability to waste time.  Maybe someone should have cured cancer or done something worthwhile....

Eh, screw it.  Good luck.

Education news stories are the best.

Posted by (dropnusa2012) on 03/16/2011 at 08:00 am.

First, make them brats in school wear uniforms espcially if these students are an example of the student population

Second, what class is this looks less then 15 people in the class room, they can put in another 5 to 7 students/

Third, make the studens set up and pay 

attention, one girl has her hand between her legs probably well you know

her black boyfriend next too her acts 

likes he rather be out doing drug deals.

one girl there is looking like she is 

half a sleep. the three little brats in tthe back needs to be up front so they ccan see what is happing.

Posted by (julezizcool) on 03/16/2011 at 08:41 am.

Here is the current situation and I really don't mean to slam anyone but the reality is this....

Liberalism and entitlement has ruined our school system. In one of my son's classes a kid told a teacher to eff off. The teacher told the kid to leave the classroom and he would not. He began to curse at the teacher until the teacher had enough and started yelling back at him. Mind you, the teacehr DID NOT curse but called the kid a miscreant and worthless. The kid threw a pencil at the teacher. The SRO entered the room and removed the student. The student's parents called the school and threatened a lawsuit. The teacher was given a two day cool down period from his classroom and the student was back the next day. His parents called his ations "unfortunate" but said he is allowed the freedom of speech and the confromtation by the teacher was too "aggressive".

By removing the ability to discipline these little heathens we have taken any authority that the teacher has away from them. Liberals want to remove, The Pledge of Alligance, Christmas, keeping score while playing games in gym class, recess, no touch football, can't play tag, dodgeball is played using nerf balls....it's so over the top it's not funny. Too many parents think that their children are "entitled" to an education. An education is something to be valued not a big industrial babysitting service! It's the liberalism of the parents that have broken the system.

That being said, I think it's ridiculous to keep cutting education budgets from the state! It's like they WANT to dumb down our children so they can go on govt assistance. How about this....

take the BILLIONS of dollars for high speed rail and fix the broken education system?

This is a confirmed FACT from my spreadsheet (james_shields_HOF.xlsx).  

In other news, it's valentines day.  This doesn't matter to any of you as you are all confirmed human garbage monsters.  But to the rest of the world this is a day of love and kindred spirits (and commercialism and cliche proposals). 

Know what we need?  Some excellent TBO comments about the budget Obama just released!

Posted by (kawman77) on 02/14/2011 at 08:33 am.

The budget should never exceed the millions.Where,when and how did these clowns ever get to the trillions?Do you know how much money that is,REALLY?Quit sending our money to ANY OTHER country.OUR GOVERNMENT is OUR biggest problem,we need to do what Egypt just did.Enough is ENOUGH already!

Posted by (Tampasbest) on 02/14/2011 at 08:33 am.

Romney/Palin will fix everything with no pain and create millions of jobs overnight.

Posted by (Rojot) on 02/14/2011 at 09:54 am.

They need to shut the Government down rather than to keep spending. We need a revolution. Hey, it worked in Eqypt! Let's go!

There is only one correct answer to this poll, choose wisely or be ridiculed for years (days) to come.

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Dear people of tampa bitching about absurd water bills,

Just so you know, the water company will always blame leaks.  There might not be a leak at all, but this does not matter.  Hell, it might be their fault but they're still going to say "LEAK".  Unfair?  Absolutely.  Welcome to the way shit works.

Signed,

br

PS:  Just wait for a traffic engineer to decide that for "safety" about 50 speed tables need to be installed on your street.  And 2 of them "conveniently" right next to your driveway on either side.

On another topic: 

50 years ago on this date JFK was sworn into office.

Fail.

Welcome to the hallowed OTTOTD for this wonderful Thursday morning.  If you haven't already, you should go back and read yesterdays OTTOTD and earlier days as well.  Both will provide valuable insight into what might occur in this thread.  I'm personally hoping for something to top the gun rights and birther talk that has been happening for the last few days.

Maybe we'll get lucky and religion will come up.  Anything is possible.

Dear book club members,

What is your progress on the book?  We still on for Jan 3rd?

Sincerely,

dobber(INSERTANOTHERWORDHERE)

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http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/dec/01/011024/scooter-driver-dies-after-collision-with-wheelchai/news-breaking/

 In an unusual traffic-related death, a crash between a scooter and a wheelchair has resulted in the death of the scooter rider.

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