Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread

Post by **brian** » Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:23 pm

I post the same gag if he gets trampled by zebras on a sex safari.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:50 pm

Oh. Now it’s funny!

Whatever. Your timing sucks.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Jan 04, 2023 11:51 am

A_B wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:50 pm Oh. Now it’s funny!

Whatever. Your timing sucks.

That's why he could never win those games where you squirt water into a balloon.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Jan 04, 2023 1:49 pm

I’ll admit it. I laughed.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Jan 04, 2023 4:24 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Wed Jan 04, 2023 11:51 am
A_B wrote: ↑Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:50 pm Oh. Now it’s funny!

Whatever. Your timing sucks.
That's why he could never win those games where you squirt water into a balloon.

I heard he squirts prematurely.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Wed Jan 04, 2023 5:35 pm

#teambrian

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Jan 05, 2023 6:50 pm

Walter Cunningham.. Last Apollo 7 Astronaut.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Fri Jan 06, 2023 9:19 am

Gianluca Vialli: Former Chelsea, Juventus, Sampdoria and Italy striker dies aged 58

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64039302

Reaper · Post by **Reaper** » Fri Jan 06, 2023 9:24 am

Padres all-time HR leading, Nate Colbert

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri Jan 06, 2023 10:51 am

Reaper wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 9:24 am Padres all-time HR leading, Nate Colbert

Things brings up one of my favorite baseball stories I read as a kid.

There are two players who have hit five homers in a double header.

Stan Musial did it in 1954. In the crowd that day, cheering for the Cardinals, was eight year old Nate Colbert.

Nate Colbert did it in 1972.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Jan 06, 2023 11:02 am

Legit have never heard of this guy.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Jan 06, 2023 11:09 am

I knew the story Steve referenced.

He’s the Padres career HR leader with 163. That seems really, really low, especially for a team that’s been in existence for over 50 years. People talk about bad franchises (and I’ll accept the slings and arrows for mine) but man, the Padres are really a disappointment.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Fri Jan 06, 2023 11:13 am

Seems like theyre about there with the best teams in baseball right now

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Jan 06, 2023 11:23 am

Currently tied for first!

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri Jan 06, 2023 11:37 am

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 11:09 am I knew the story Steve referenced.

He’s the Padres career HR leader with 163. That seems really, really low, especially for a team that’s been in existence for over 50 years. People talk about bad franchises (and I’ll accept the slings and arrows for mine) but man, the Padres are really a disappointment.

On the other hand, they've managed to win two pennants.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Jan 06, 2023 12:03 pm

When I was ten, Topps included a little player poster along with your gum and baseball cards. For a time, a poster of Nate Colbert graced the bedroom wall of young sancarlos.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Jan 06, 2023 12:04 pm

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 11:09 amHe’s the Padres career HR leader with 163. That seems really, really low, especially for a team that’s been in existence for over 50 years. People talk about bad franchises (and I’ll accept the slings and arrows for mine) but man, the Padres are really a disappointment.

Team records are always insanely weird. Like Kreider is already the 8th all-time goal scorer in NYR history despite the franchise being around 100 years and him being 31 playing in a lower scoring era.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Fri Jan 06, 2023 1:52 pm

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 11:09 am I knew the story Steve referenced.

He’s the Padres career HR leader with 163. That seems really, really low, especially for a team that’s been in existence for over 50 years. People talk about bad franchises (and I’ll accept the slings and arrows for mine) but man, the Padres are really a disappointment.

As I recall, back in the day their old stadium was one of the hardest to hit out of. I think it was 420 to centre with a 15 foot wall.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri Jan 06, 2023 2:29 pm

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 1:52 pm
L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 11:09 am I knew the story Steve referenced.

He’s the Padres career HR leader with 163. That seems really, really low, especially for a team that’s been in existence for over 50 years. People talk about bad franchises (and I’ll accept the slings and arrows for mine) but man, the Padres are really a disappointment.
As I recall, back in the day their old stadium was one of the hardest to hit out of. I think it was 420 to centre with a 15 foot wall.

The Ballpark Factor for San Diego Stadium in 1972 was 88 for batting and 91 for pitching.

Though I've never understood why they'd be different, since presumably the pitchers were pitching to batters and the batters were batting against pitchers.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri Jan 06, 2023 2:39 pm

Without those back injuries, he could've been in the running for the HOF, or at least the Hall of Very Good. Colbert had a 132 OPS+ in the five seasons from 1969-1973, his age 27 season. Then he was meh in 1974 (96 OPS+ in 437 PAs) and terrible after that. Retired at 30.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Fri Jan 06, 2023 3:10 pm

this is exactly how i first heard of him too - i even remember the book, was called "Baseball Players Do Amazing Things"

like 10 different 3 page stories of, um, baseball players...doing....

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 10:51 am
Reaper wrote: ↑Fri Jan 06, 2023 9:24 am Padres all-time HR leading, Nate Colbert

Things brings up one of my favorite baseball stories I read as a kid.

There are two players who have hit five homers in a double header.

Stan Musial did it in 1954. In the crowd that day, cheering for the Cardinals, was eight year old Nate Colbert.

Nate Colbert did it in 1972.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Sun Jan 08, 2023 10:19 am

Márcio Freire. Big wave surfer killed in Nazaré
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/worl ... -dead.html

Dick Savitt Australian and Wimbledon Tennis
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/spor ... -dead.html

Art McNally, first field official in the Pro Football Hall of Fame,
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/spor ... -dead.html

GoodKarma · Post by **GoodKarma** » Sun Jan 08, 2023 5:51 pm

Weird timing from the Random Politics thread...Adam Rich...the youngest from Eight is Enough

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:36 am

Diamond

rass · Post by **rass** » Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:37 am

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:36 am Diamond

Sorry for this, but when he’s funny he’s funny

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Jan 10, 2023 8:21 am

MOTHERFUCKERS WE HAVE A SWAMPER NAMED THAT DON'T DO THAT TO ME!

I guess that would have gotten a thread.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Jan 10, 2023 10:23 am

A_B wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 8:21 am MOTHERFUCKERS WE HAVE A SWAMPER NAMED THAT DON'T DO THAT TO ME!

I guess that would have gotten a thread.

What is Silk up to anyways, haven't heard from him in a couple years.

Gotta love the grift.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Jan 10, 2023 10:48 am

A_B wrote: ↑Tue Jan 10, 2023 8:21 am MOTHERFUCKERS WE HAVE A SWAMPER NAMED THAT DON'T DO THAT TO ME!

I guess that would have gotten a thread.

My first thought, too. I was thinking we had to pour out an apple juice for Diamond Dave.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Tue Jan 10, 2023 4:32 pm

Post by **brian** » Tue Jan 10, 2023 4:46 pm

Nothing is harder than diamond (well, except COVID)

Reaper · Post by **Reaper** » Thu Jan 12, 2023 8:51 pm

Post by **brian** » Thu Jan 12, 2023 9:12 pm

Could arguably get her own thread but I’ll save my ammo.

Reaper · Post by **Reaper** » Thu Jan 12, 2023 9:19 pm

brian wrote: ↑Thu Jan 12, 2023 9:12 pm Could arguably get her own thread but I’ll save my ammo.

Maybe we need a "Not obscure, not own thread worthy" thread.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu Jan 12, 2023 9:35 pm

Well earlier tonight, I got a Wall Street Journal alert that she had been hospitalized. And I wondered about that, because I didn’t think she met the threshold for me needing to be told she was hospitalized. Dead, sure. But not hospitalized. They must have known something I didn’t.

Post by **brian** » Thu Jan 12, 2023 10:12 pm

There’s definitely a middle ground between this thread and getting your own but it’s not really worth debating too seriously since anyone can start a thread.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:10 am

Fuck Travis Tritt....conspiracy theory mf'er...

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Jan 13, 2023 6:54 am

Robbie Bachman

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Jan 13, 2023 8:24 am

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:10 am Fuck Travis Tritt....conspiracy theory mf'er...

I mean..he's not my favorite or anywhere close, but what did i miss here?

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Jan 13, 2023 8:27 am

A_B wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 8:24 am
DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:10 am Fuck Travis Tritt....conspiracy theory mf'er...
I mean..he's not my favorite or anywhere close, but what did i miss here?

I'm gonna guess something to do with Presley and vaccines. Someone let me know if I'm better at this than AB.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Jan 13, 2023 8:37 am

rass wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 8:27 am
A_B wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 8:24 am
DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Fri Jan 13, 2023 12:10 am Fuck Travis Tritt....conspiracy theory mf'er...
I mean..he's not my favorite or anywhere close, but what did i miss here?
I'm gonna guess something to do with Presley and vaccines. Someone let me know if I'm better at this than AB.

I did a google search!