Bryce Harper Sounds as if He Was Bored in Class-A Hagerstown
Bryce Harper, the future Washington Nationals’ superstar, tore up Class-A Hagerstown and was recently promoted to Class-AA Harrisburg. Here’s what the 18-year-old had to say about the end of his tenure in Hagerstown:
“Those last 20 games, I was really, you know, really not too focused,” Harper said. “You know, I was wanting to get out of there, doing things that I shouldn’t have been doing. And once I got [to Harrisburg Monday night], baseball was fun again. It was a lot of fun being out here, being in this kind of crowd, this type of atmosphere. You know, that’s what you live for.”
Until, of course, he gets bored of Class-AA by the end of August. Then we’ll do this all over again. For the hardcore baseball fans who have a firm grasp on Super-2 status and Harper’s arbitration clock, we won’t see him in the majors until 2012, right? So the Phillies will win the NL East this year and next, and then maybe in 2013 the Nationals – with Strasburg, Zimmer and Harper leading the way – make a run at the division crown? [DC Sports Bog]
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July 7th, 2011 at 2:50 PM
MAYBE IF FUCKING SELIG DIDN’T BAN HARPER’S ADD MEDS.
July 7th, 2011 at 2:53 PM
For the hardcore baseball fans who have a firm grasp on Super-2 status and Harper’s arbitration clock, we won’t see him in the majors until 2012, right?
Super 2 status is probably going to be altered significantly during this offseason so that hopefully won’t be a consideration. Harper isn’t going to be up before next June at the earliest because the Nats are trying to force him to slow down and not say stupid shit like “I’m bored with Class A” and, even more importantly, not do stupid shit like being bored by Class A. Make your ABs count, you little bastard
July 7th, 2011 at 2:54 PM
i did much stupider shit when i was 18 than be bored with my summer job.
July 7th, 2011 at 2:56 PM
Remember when Carlton Fisk almost kicked the shit out of Deion Sanders when he first entered the bigs? I hope Brian McCann or Chooch kicks the shit out of this kid in his first AB.
July 7th, 2011 at 2:57 PM
i did much stupider shit when i was 18 than be bored with my summer job
You didn’t get a $10M signing bonus for any of it, though, did you? This is his time to be a fuck up but he’s also got to get his mind straight sooner rather than later so he doesn’t end up being another failed prospect.
July 7th, 2011 at 2:59 PM
Uhm, don’t sleep on the Braves.
July 7th, 2011 at 2:59 PM
I can agree with this 100%. I am rooting for nothing but this kid to fail miserably, fall on his face and end up where Josh Hamilton once was.
July 7th, 2011 at 2:59 PM
Let me be clear here that I am rooting like crazy for Harper to live up to his potential entirely. I’m not really a Nats fan but I am hanging out by the loading bay for the bandwagon
July 7th, 2011 at 3:00 PM
SC, that Chive site is hilarious.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:00 PM
He’s easily going to be my most hated player when he comes to the big leagues. Unless of course, Jeter is still around.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:00 PM
Remember when Carlton Fisk almost kicked the shit out of Deion Sanders when he first entered the bigs? I hope Brian McCann or Chooch kicks the shit out of this kid in his first AB.
I get the feeling if he keeps his attitude up he’s going to meet the unfortunate end of a baseball bat in a very uncomfortable place.
/this kid is worse than Jimmy Clausen when he announced he was signing with Notre Dame.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:00 PM
it seems his mind is pretty straight…he knows he’s too good for these schmucks and isn’t getting any better mauling pitchers who can’t throw the pitches he’s going to struggle with.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:01 PM
I agree, kind of. I’d be more worried if in those 20 games his being “not too focused” lead to him sucking, which it didn’t. I think he’s a cocky 18 year old who doesn’t get the PR aspect of pretty much anything yet. He’s fine.
You’re spot on about Super 2. And the Nats have no real reason to call him up this year and plenty of reasons not to.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:02 PM
i dunno…i think he’s better seeing as he can actually play rather than just show up in a limo and get sacked by whatever DE of the day beat sam young around the corner.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:03 PM
Thanks to being 5-10 with no XBH, Harper has the rare OBP > SLG going on right now.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:03 PM
what was your favorite moment of the Kerry Collins era?
/retired today
July 7th, 2011 at 3:04 PM
Are you kidding? His stats took a dramatic dropoff in the last 20 games…
July 7th, 2011 at 3:04 PM
He’s already the most hated player in the major leagues….and he hasn’t even played a game in MLB.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:04 PM
His racist rants against teammates.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:05 PM
i dunno…i think he’s better seeing as he can actually play rather than just show up in a limo and get sacked by whatever DE of the day beat sam young around the corner.
Fair enough, but this kid hasn’t exactly faced big league competition yet. Even today when umpires have itchy trigger fingers, major league teams do not stand idly by while a player grandstands. If he ever winks at a pitcher like he did after a home run in A ball the next pitch he sees will be in his ribs or ear hole.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:05 PM
damn…he must’ve been absolutely KILLING it before then considering his numbers are still quite good.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:05 PM
When Romanowski broke his jaw in the preseason.
/kidding
July 7th, 2011 at 3:06 PM
Yeah I mean he went from hitting 340 to hitting 320, so it’s not like he sucked. But a .280 batting average for a month wasn’t anything to write home about, or get a sure promotion from.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:07 PM
probably why he’s bored.
aren’t the nats grandstanding by keeping him down where he’s obviously too advanced for the rest of the league all for having extra year of control of a player they’d most likely lock up for his career anyways?
so we all win then. beats another robo-MLB’er without any charisma or personality.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:07 PM
he must’ve been absolutely KILLING it before then considering his numbers are still quite good.
Yes he was. Kerry Collins was still playing?
July 7th, 2011 at 3:07 PM
if barry bonds taught us anything it’s that baseball needs a great villain.
i think harper’s just that guy.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:08 PM
Was hitting .338 on June 5 I believe, so dropped 20 points in 20 games.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:08 PM
Btw, tomorrow is going to be pretty awesome on MLB Network. Al Michaels and Bob Costas are doing the Mets/Giants game.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:08 PM
I guess we disagree about what “dramatic” means. I also said I’d worry if he started sucking. Which, unless we disagree on what that means too, he certainly didn’t do.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:09 PM
I’d gladly take a .280 hitter for the SF line-up RIGHT NOW.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:09 PM
If he ever winks at a pitcher like he did after a home run in A ball the next pitch he sees will be in his ribs or ear hole.
Well, probably more of a bench clearing “brawl” at that point because he’d already gotten the chin music prior to the kiss-blowing and that’s why he did the kiss-blowing
July 7th, 2011 at 3:09 PM
“You’re excited? Feel these nipples!”
July 7th, 2011 at 3:10 PM
There’s a team down the beltway from DC that was told they should lock up a catcher who had similar, but not quite as strong, hype a few years ago. Good thing they didn’t lock him up because so far, he’s pretty average.
Baseball prospects are so hit or miss. Four years ago I would have thought that Felix Pie was going to be the next Griffey Jr. Now he’s the Orioles 4th outfielder after being traded by the Cubs for a couple bases and some helmets.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:10 PM
Either way, who cares. He’s 18. Everyone agrees the kid is awesome and that he’s also a kid.
Save the worrying for if he stops fulfilling expectations on the field.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:10 PM
aren’t the nats grandstanding by keeping him down where he’s obviously too advanced for the rest of the league all for having extra year of control of a player they’d most likely lock up for his career anyways?
Huh?
so we all win then. beats another robo-MLB’er without any charisma or personality.
I guess. For what it’s worth, I also think Pujols should get ear holed after every home run. He stands and admires every single time and no one ever calls him out for that shit.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:11 PM
Bob & Al in Baseketball > Bob & Al on MLB Network
July 7th, 2011 at 3:11 PM
they still control weiters for a couple more years, at least, right? he could still find it.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:11 PM
You want Roger Clemens or Greg Maddux in your clubhouse and on your roster?
July 7th, 2011 at 3:12 PM
What’d he have, 2 less hits that month?
/completely meaningless
July 7th, 2011 at 3:13 PM
What’d he have, 2 less hits that month?
/completely meaningless
Because it was a…small sample size?
July 7th, 2011 at 3:13 PM
I can’t wait for Halladay or Hamels to knock him back. Can’t wait. He’s going to have to pull off being NWO Hogan for 20+ years.
//goes back to the Tom Cruise thread
July 7th, 2011 at 3:13 PM
probably because he’s large, intimidating and is really good.
i want him brought up. i wanna see this kid play.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:14 PM
You want Roger Clemens or Greg Maddux in your clubhouse and on your roster?
So the choice is between roid rage and career long preferential treatment from home plate umpires?
July 7th, 2011 at 3:14 PM
No. With someone as valuable as him, you put a plan in place and you stick to it unless the situation changes dramatically.
It sure looks like the plan was “3 months in A, 3 Months in AA, start 2012 in AAA and let the situation there and in MLB dictate what we do in 2012 once the season starts”.
Which makes perfect sense considering his age. It’s not like they expected him to NOT rake at Single A.
Most teams also parade these already famous prospects around each one of their minor league clubs. It’s huge for them financially.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:14 PM
probably because he’s large, intimidating and is really good.
Fuck that shithead.
i want him brought up. i wanna see this kid play.
I hope they bring him up too quickly and he’s the next David Clyde.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:15 PM
maddux wasn’t a robot…dude was a genius. and clemens wouldn’t be around that often…every 5 days with that sweetheart deal.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:15 PM
catcher who had similar, but not quite as strong, hype a few years ago
Ehhh, great prospect, tons of hype. I don’t remember anybody calling him the best prospect of all time or that he had anything similar to the highest power potential ever but I’m nitpicking.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:15 PM
I wonder if Nascar fans cry when they watch that? #3 and all.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:16 PM
fuck biggio.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:16 PM
He’s already found it. He’s an average hitter at the catcher position. That’s so very valuable.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:16 PM
Making Harper stick around in these minor league clubs according to the Nationals plan and schedule is a good thing, remember. If you have no plan and just let him dictate what you’re doing you aren’t exactly doing yourself any favors with a kid who’s 18 and cocky.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:17 PM
fuck biggio.
Fuck Jim Brown.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:17 PM
According to my (quick) math, Harper hit .200 for the month of June (15 games or so)
July 7th, 2011 at 3:17 PM
Bautista is worse.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:18 PM
Most teams also parade these already famous prospects around each one of their minor league clubs.
/Pours one out for the worst field in professional sports
//The plan was really to have him do 3 months in Low A, 3 months in High A but renovations at Potomac didn’t seem to make any difference in the quality of the playing surface so here we are with Harper going Low A to AA
July 7th, 2011 at 3:18 PM
I wonder if Harper has a Porsche 911 yet with a quadrophonic Blaupunkt.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:18 PM
/throws ms621 over a balcony
July 7th, 2011 at 3:19 PM
This needs to stop now. It could get ugly.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:19 PM
There you go.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:19 PM
Bautista is worse.
Maybe, but I don’t share a division with him or have to watch stories about how great of a player he is over a meaningless home run in Game 5 of the 2005 NLCS.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:19 PM
Don’t be a jackass Rusty. He said he wasn’t tuned in and was 11-55. Small sample size, but it’s statistically significant difference. That’s why we have p-values, to control against statistical anomalies with small samples.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:20 PM
/throws ms621 over a balcony
//comes back as ghost
///wakes spencer up while hes sleeping and yells “Fuck Brutus Buckeye!”
July 7th, 2011 at 3:21 PM
Still think Ryan Howard is the worst when it comes to admiring taters.
Phifer Lee got into it with Bautista over the weekend. Joey Bats got called out on a 3rd strike and didn’t like it. Clifton had some words for him on the way back to the dugout. I enjoyed that.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:21 PM
I’ve only seen a few full Blue Jays games, but Bautista whines about balls and strikes with the best of them.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:21 PM
Hagerstown isn’t really Low A. It’s just A ball. It’s a full season league.
SAL = full season A ball
NYPL = short season low A
CAL = full season high A ball
July 7th, 2011 at 3:21 PM
that homer was AWESOME tho, you gotta admit.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:21 PM
That’s why we have p-values, to control against statistical anomalies with small samples
So are you saying the outward displays of ego are over-compensating for a small sample size of Harper’s p-value?
July 7th, 2011 at 3:22 PM
Dude is so fucking full of himself. He needs plugged quickly.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:22 PM
i aint afraid of no ghost.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:22 PM
It’s because he has a better idea of the strike zone than a lot of umpires.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:22 PM
If the destruction of Brad Lidge is meaningless.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:22 PM
Hell yeah it was. I’m still surprised Brad Lidge recovered from that thing and eventually won a World Series in a season where he didn’t blow a save.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:22 PM
So for Washington, Auburn is low A ball. It doesn’t change anyone’s point, just clarifying.
/the more you know
//rainbows
July 7th, 2011 at 3:22 PM
It’s really not.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:23 PM
What’s the p-value?
/gfy
July 7th, 2011 at 3:23 PM
I wanna link Bonds home run and his spin after it. It was awesome, but can’t find it on youtube. Fuck you Selig.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:23 PM
that homer was AWESOME tho, you gotta admit.
I don’t have to admit shit.
/it definitely fucked up Lidge’s head for awhile though.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:23 PM
It’s because
he has a better idea of the strike zone than a lot of umpires.of steroidsNarrative. Please
July 7th, 2011 at 3:24 PM
Rusty: I’ll do the research/math and actually determine if it IS statistically significant, but if I do, I want to make a bet or something on it, because otherwise it’s a colossal waste of my time.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:24 PM
Ha. Every time I read a story or a quote from Bautista or see him speaking to someone I think the exact opposite.
Hating on players for admiring their work is stupid. Everyone be robots!
Making it even stupider is you all would complain about these old managers who say stupid shit like “you gotta respect the game” and talk about unwritten rules.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:24 PM
Can someone find minor league splits, to show average by month?
July 7th, 2011 at 3:25 PM
I like to think that set him up and then Scott Podsednik’s walk-off in Game 2 of the Series fully broke him
July 7th, 2011 at 3:25 PM
So for Washington, Auburn is low A ball. It doesn’t change anyone’s point, just clarifying.
Fair enough. Nationals Journal kept calling it Low A all year so I’m going to subtly shift the blame to them
July 7th, 2011 at 3:25 PM
48 for 48 in 2008.
/wears his 2008 Phillies WS hat
July 7th, 2011 at 3:25 PM
over a meaningless home run in Game 5 of the 2005 NLCS.
If the destruction of Brad Lidge is meaningless.
It was meaningless because Oswalt owned their entire lineup in Game 6 at Old Busch.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:25 PM
as a future congressman, i’ll take this under cooperation.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:26 PM
I like to think that set him up and then Scott Podsednik’s walk-off in Game 2 of the Series fully broke him
/shakes fist at Butters.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:26 PM
God I despise Mike Quade, I think it was the Brewers attempting a steal up 5-6 runs that got him all hot and bothered but as we’ve since seen with their pitching the Brewers need all the runs they can get
July 7th, 2011 at 3:26 PM
/shudders
July 7th, 2011 at 3:26 PM
The Chiz is where it’s at.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:26 PM
Oh christ. Dude, trust me, Single A pitchers didn’t “figure out” Bryce Harper in June. He’s fine.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:27 PM
This made me think of ecto cooler…loved that drink as a kid
July 7th, 2011 at 3:27 PM
PREACH.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:27 PM
I’m not hating that at all, baseball needs some flash. I just think he comes off as an arrogant prick.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:27 PM
Classic! Unfortunately I too am only seeing it in my head.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:28 PM
Hating on players for admiring their work is stupid. Everyone be robots!
Going to the opposite extreme to prove a point doesn’t make it any more valid. No one said that a player has to be a robot. But arrogance is grating.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:28 PM
1) He reconstructed a few years later.
2) You honestly own one of those stupid “World Series Champions” hat?
July 7th, 2011 at 3:28 PM
Who said he was figured out? He said he wasn’t focused and his average dropped. Seems significant. I’m sure he’ll rake at AA. My point is that his numbers were affected by his attitude, and it wasn’t just a small sample size.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:29 PM
minorleaguebaseball.com?
July 7th, 2011 at 3:29 PM
Harper’s last 10 games he six 0-fers, and was 5-35 overall. That’s a slump, for whatever reason, and liekly statistically significant… not just statistical aberration.
/especially when he SAID HE WASNT FOCUSED
July 7th, 2011 at 3:30 PM
I honestly don’t care what the p-value is and whether or not it is by-the-book statistically significant, because your experiment is wrong. It is a meaningless exercise. There is no reason to “test” his last 55 at-bats in A. Why purposely limit your sample size? It’s dumb.
55 at-bats is not at all enough of a sample to determine anything at all.
Occam’s razor, man — it’s much more likely the guy saw his shitty BA for the last month and explained it away by saying he was bored.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:30 PM
Two Astros, now two Phillies
July 7th, 2011 at 3:31 PM
WWoS, stop engaging.
/ATL_Badger isn’t here yet
July 7th, 2011 at 3:31 PM
Nowhere I’m finding. I had to manually go through every box score for June. I’m not doing that for 76 games just to prove the obvious that .2 is statistically significant compared to .35
July 7th, 2011 at 3:32 PM
Actually a t-shirt & sweatshirt, it was Philly’s first championship in 25 years afterall. We were allowed some leeway. I consider it’s valid considering Simmons said that as a sports fan should buy all the shit you can after your city wins a championship.
/don’t judge me
July 7th, 2011 at 3:32 PM
Rusty wins.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:32 PM
You limit it to the games he wasn’t focused. You limit it as a group within a population.
Jesusfuckingchrist you know nothing about statistics.
/when did Rusty become Sunnysideup? WTF?
July 7th, 2011 at 3:32 PM
I think that any stat related to any league with only a single A in it, is insignificant.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:33 PM
Oh, I’m judging.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:33 PM
2010 T-Shirt and dong trophy hat owner.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:34 PM
I own a championship t-shirt from 2005, don’t see the harm in it, a reminder of the good days
July 7th, 2011 at 3:34 PM
My mom bought me a shirt and two hats (ALCS, WS) for 2004. I only wear the shirt, but the hats will be displayed prominently in my bar area. I’m not getting on anyone for wearing championship clothes if you have that long a wait.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:35 PM
i know when to stop giving a fuck about em…usually it’s when i start getting pissed about tenth of a percent differences.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:35 PM
Two Astros, now two Phillies
Indeed. Philly fans got some usefulness out of each, but I doubt Lidge comes back at anything like the form he once had. And Oswalt seems to be entering the back end of his career. He’ll still be good for a couple more years, but his body is slowing down.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:36 PM
I just don’t get how someone can say “55 isn’t enough of a sample size”…. statistics tell you if it’s enough of a sample size. All you can say is that it’s singlefuckingA and he was obviously bored and doesnt’ matter because he’ll rake at AA.
/refuses to lose to Rusty
//adds Sportsdork to the do-not-engage-list
July 7th, 2011 at 3:37 PM
Just because people in cleveland don’t understand that some players do hit above .300, and that .200 averages kind of blow, there’s no need to throw it back at me, Spencer.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:37 PM
the full season class a kane country cougars went to a deciding game 5 for the midwest league title. podsednik was on the team. they lost, but i have a t-shirt that says otherwise
/1997
July 7th, 2011 at 3:39 PM
easy there…it’s a fucking joke.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:39 PM
We have the Brewers AAA team here in Nashville. AA-talent, AA-stadium, AAA+ prices, so I don’t bother going.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:40 PM
It’s worth noting that Harrisburg is the definition of awful.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:40 PM
Okay, I’ll take back Championship (World Series, Super Bowl, etc.) apparel, but once you get into Division Champs or Conference Champs, I’ll be annoyed as fuck.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:40 PM
/loses mind of stupid statistic arguments
//puts on Darkness on the Edge of Town and leaves to regroup
July 7th, 2011 at 3:41 PM
and i also know that 55 fucking AB’s during a 10 game stretch in fucking A ball where he’s mentally checked out isn’t a big deal in the slightest, no matter what the p-value is.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:41 PM
Scranton and Allentown are nipping at the heels.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:42 PM
There goes Hernia, showing off his technical commenting skills once again.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:42 PM
I bought a “Denver Broncos, AFC Champions!” shirt in the parking lot after the 2005 AFC Championship game as a kind of good-luck totem for next year, but all it did was make me sad.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:42 PM
/Was also given a 2002 AL Central Champions t-shirt. It’s long gone.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:42 PM
Surprisingly, no one comes up with ex post facto excuses for why they play better than expected.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:42 PM
That was my point, is that he was mentally checked out and it affected his numbers. I wasn’t saying it’s a big deal or will affect him later, just that it was a difference.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:42 PM
i thought p-value was pageview speculation for dong pics
July 7th, 2011 at 3:43 PM
If/when the Cubs win the World Series, I will own hats, shirts, pants, zoobas, keychains, bottle openers, bobbleheads, blow-up dolls, cups, syringes, slinkys, those things you put in your car to block the sun in the summer, underwear, mousepads, iPhone covers, doormats, and anal beads that all say Chicago Cubs 20XX World Series Champs.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:43 PM
It’s pretty simple.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:44 PM
20XX
optimist
July 7th, 2011 at 3:44 PM
Am I missing some sort of flashing text again or something? SHouldn’t my Chrome show that?
July 7th, 2011 at 3:44 PM
no matter what the p-value is.
What if the p-value is really low. How low of a p-value would it have to be to be considered statistically significant? I’ll start the bidding at 5″ or less. A p-value of 5″ or less is statistically very grim
July 7th, 2011 at 3:44 PM
Minus the fact it doesn’t work for me…hmm…
It shows on Hernia that it’s just blink /blink.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:44 PM
This reminds me I never got any Super Bowl XLV champs merchandise, bet that shit’s pretty cheap these days
July 7th, 2011 at 3:44 PM
+1
July 7th, 2011 at 3:45 PM
I think this is the funniest thing I will EVER read.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:46 PM
If/when the Cubs win the World Series, I will own hats, shirts, pants, zoobas, keychains, bottle openers, bobbleheads, blow-up dolls, cups, syringes, slinkys, those things you put in your car to block the sun in the summer, underwear, mousepads, iPhone covers, doormats, and anal beads that all say Chicago Cubs 20XX World Series Champs.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down there, tiger. Unless you’re expecting a big raise sometime in the next 60 years you’re going to have to scale back your shopping list
July 7th, 2011 at 3:46 PM
Whoa now, someone’s getting their hopes up.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:47 PM
grim, indeed
July 7th, 2011 at 3:47 PM
Where do you even see that?
/I’m retarded
July 7th, 2011 at 3:48 PM
Hope was the only thing left in Pandora’s Box after it was opened. That’s all I’ve got people. Buster Olney saying he thinks Jim Hendry is history after this season gave me a chubby this morning.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:48 PM
Highlight, right-click, ‘view selection source’
July 7th, 2011 at 3:49 PM
trying to glean something from 50 plate appearances is the funniest thing I have read today.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:50 PM
Oh I found it. I still don’t see the blinking though, do I need to enable something?
July 7th, 2011 at 3:50 PM
You win your first WS since 1954 and all of a sudden you’re heading down the road of pompous Red Sox fans who now think they’re team is the Yankees all of a sudden. Careful. That’s a dangerous road to travel.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:50 PM
No one gleaned anything. Just saying he didn’t do as well in the last 65 as the previous 150 or whatever. That’s all.
/he didn’t
//means he didn’t hit well during the same stretch he said he wasn’t focues
July 7th, 2011 at 3:51 PM
It’s pretty simple.
I must have missed the tutorial. How do you do it?
July 7th, 2011 at 3:52 PM
Only to you because you’re a Cubs “fan” and yet like faggy Jeter.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:53 PM
comment 136
July 7th, 2011 at 3:55 PM
One of the funniest things SC said this baseball season was that he drafted Jeter in fantasy.
July 7th, 2011 at 3:55 PM
comment 136
Do you have to do the on either side of blink /blink?
July 7th, 2011 at 3:57 PM
Yes ms, but like I said, it didn’t work for me. It was supposed to show up on the “It’s pretty simple”
July 7th, 2011 at 3:59 PM
test
July 7th, 2011 at 4:00 PM
testing
July 7th, 2011 at 4:01 PM
Yep didn’t work. Now I look like an asshole.
July 7th, 2011 at 4:01 PM
I don’t see it on yours either ms
July 7th, 2011 at 4:02 PM
All testing should be done in image comment threads where they won’t appear in the Recent Comments section for others to mock you
July 7th, 2011 at 4:03 PM
Ok, so I opened up Firefox and I see blinking and I also see the with blink in it for TSH, but I only see a p instead of blink on mine and ms.
July 7th, 2011 at 4:04 PM
So I’m guessing this is a chrome issue, or TSH has better rights than we do.
July 7th, 2011 at 4:05 PM
Broccoli, I’m using Firefox and I’ve got nothing.
July 7th, 2011 at 4:07 PM
Idk wtf is going on then, haha. Idk why I can see it on there but you can’t, and I can’t see it at all with Chrome.
/shrugs
July 7th, 2011 at 4:54 PM
July 7th, 2011 at 5:55 PM
LOVE HIS ARROGANCE.. HE IS ONLY 18 AND IMMATURE.. HE IS A PROTEGY, JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON, HE IS GONNA BE GOOD!