Comments on: “Have I got a preposition for you!”

By: John Autin

John Autin — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:49:51 +0000

Hey, if Johnny Carson could get away with jokes about his high-school girlfriend, Emily Cockinlocker.... Anyway, a Strat-O-Matic player gets the benefit of the doubt in my book. I played many a game with the '84 Tigers, and Rusty Kuntz's .393 OBP off the bench came in mighty handy. That team had one of the best benches ever seen this side of Stengel's Yankees.

By: Neil L.

Neil L. — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:39:10 +0000

@54
Nash, my BBRef friend, let me spare you the indignity of being the last to post in this blog. I officially rate your comment as XXX. 🙂

By: Nash Bruce

Nash Bruce — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:04:20 +0000

If I were @ a Strat-O-Matic retro tournament (I could only wish!! lol) there is no way, that I could let the dice roll, without commenting on an impending Doug Fister-Rusty Kuntz matchup......

By: John Autin

John Autin — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:15:12 +0000

"I have just been handed a bulletin:" Our subject's last name is pronounced "BEE-low". http://www.freep.com/article/20110720/SPORTS02/110719051/1050/rss15 ... OK, I've tried it. It just doesn't work. And this thing has already gone too far. Once you've had Duane Below The Man Down, you can't go back. If we submit to this, what next? -- Al Alburquerque announces that both his q's are silent? J.J. Putz claims that his "u" should be a schwa sound? I won't have it, I tell you! You all may do as you like, but I'll continue saying it the way we always have, down through these many hours that we've known him ... or of him. As the saying goes, "When the legend becomes fact, blog the legend." (At least, that's the way I thought I heard that saying....)

By: John Autin

John Autin — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:05:11 +0000

Does anyone know who led the NL in outfield putouts in 1908?
I feel as though the name is right on the tip of my tongue stud.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:35:45 +0000

Below Me Down

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:29:17 +0000

Teetering, indeed. Note I do it on your post, but not mine 🙂

By: John Autin

John Autin — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:24:31 +0000

Nice stones, Kahuna.

By: Kahuna Tuna

Kahuna Tuna — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:10:51 +0000

John, picking up on the lapidary theme of your #38:

• Beryl Richmond, 1933-34
• Hi Jasper, 1914-19
• Onix Concepción, 1980-87
• Wilferd Pearl “Fred” Osborn, 1907-09, NL outfield putouts leader in 1908
• Lloyd Opal Russell, 1938
• Jorge Rubio, 1966-67
• Richard Garnet Rowland, 1990-95
• Andy Sonnanstine (“sunstone”), 2007-present

By: John Autin

John Autin — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:00:25 +0000

(At least Bush v. Wang wasn't as bad a shafting as Bush v. Gore....)