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Post by Cliff's Notes on Jan 19, 2010 17:27:02 GMT -5
I am sick of the overuse of people or teams being "snubbed" from some vote or choice. Boise State was not "snubbed" from the National Championship, nor was Mike Green, Jay Bouwmeester, or Vincent Lecavalier "snubbed" from being selected to Canada's Olympic Team, and the 65th 66th best team in college basketball did not get snubbed every year from the Tournament.
You weren't chosen. You had every opportunity to do more, but you didn't [Boise State, STFU] and you weren't chosen. Or your dreams were unrealistic.
It needs to be extremely obvious that there is an injustice to be snubbed. USC [when they were #1 in both polls] but not playing in the BCS Championship game was snubbed. Isiah Thomas was snubbed by Michael Jordan's politics and excluded from the Dream Team. Metallica was fucking snubbed for the first Metal Grammy (Jethro Tull!).
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Post by ndbooster on Jan 25, 2010 16:30:33 GMT -5
Well, Grammies and snubbing go hand in hand - how do you explain the Beatles winning more Grammies after 1969 than when they actually existed as a group ... or that the effin' MONKEES won more Grammies than the Beatles in the same period? Or hell, why did Elvis win more gospel Grammies (three) than he did for his rock stuff (one, if memory serves)? Or why Hillary Clinton has more Grammies (two) than Led Zeppelin (one, and that was in 2005, a quarter-century after that group's demise)?
Sure there are exceptions, but a lot of the time awards say more about the people handing them out than they do about the recipient. Unless you think Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize really was honoring his accomplishments in the FIRST TEN DAYS of his Presidency ... whatever those may have been.
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Post by Doobs on Jan 26, 2010 7:36:38 GMT -5
Awesome!
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Post by Cliff's Notes on Jan 26, 2010 9:53:57 GMT -5
I understand the entertainment award issues but for Olympic team choices does someone truly believe that Steve Yzerman was putting together Team Canada to reward players he liked instead of trying to put assemble a team to win Gold? It has nothing to do with choosing the best 23 players in the NHL.
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Post by reghartner on Jan 27, 2010 12:35:07 GMT -5
Cal is an asshole. How'd those we're #1 shirts work out for you? Good job. You were #1 for 40 minutes before you fucked that up. He'll be the 1st coach to lead 3 separate schools to vacated final fours.
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Post by reghartner on Jan 27, 2010 12:35:35 GMT -5
At my local Pioneer League park, we have a kid from the audience race "Oggie," the terrifying green dinosaur mascot. The kid runs all the way around the bases while Oggie just has to get from third to home. But he farts around, waving to the crowd and stuff, so the kid always passes him at the last second to win. What's great is how worked up people will get about this, and they don't get that the kid is supposed to win. Once, a guy a few rows in front of me stood up and screamed, "RUN! YOU STUPID FUCKING DINOSAUR! RUN!!!!" This is in Utah, where you don't hear words stronger than "heck" in public, even at the ballpark. The whole crowd went dead silent, except for me and my husband, who were laughing our asses off.
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Post by Cliff's Notes on Jan 27, 2010 13:46:35 GMT -5
At my local Pioneer League park, we have a kid from the audience race "Oggie," the terrifying green dinosaur mascot. The kid runs all the way around the bases while Oggie just has to get from third to home. But he farts around, waving to the crowd and stuff, so the kid always passes him at the last second to win. What's great is how worked up people will get about this, and they don't get that the kid is supposed to win. Once, a guy a few rows in front of me stood up and screamed, "RUN! YOU STUPID FUCKING DINOSAUR! RUN!!!!" This is in Utah, where you don't hear words stronger than "heck" in public, even at the ballpark. The whole crowd went dead silent, except for me and my husband, who were laughing our asses off. Since when did you move to Utah and get a husband?
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Post by harlem on Jan 27, 2010 14:22:12 GMT -5
At my local Pioneer League park, we have a kid from the audience race "Oggie," the terrifying green dinosaur mascot. The kid runs all the way around the bases while Oggie just has to get from third to home. But he farts around, waving to the crowd and stuff, so the kid always passes him at the last second to win. What's great is how worked up people will get about this, and they don't get that the kid is supposed to win. Once, a guy a few rows in front of me stood up and screamed, "RUN! YOU STUPID FUCKING DINOSAUR! RUN!!!!" This is in Utah, where you don't hear words stronger than "heck" in public, even at the ballpark. The whole crowd went dead silent, except for me and my husband, who were laughing our asses off. Since when did you move to Utah and get a husband? Yeah. Polygamy may fly in Utah, but same-sex marriage? Never.
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Post by reghartner on Jan 27, 2010 15:07:59 GMT -5
Sorry. I just cut and pasted the story from Deadspin.
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Post by Cliff's Notes on Feb 8, 2010 10:06:58 GMT -5
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Post by reghartner on Feb 8, 2010 13:20:36 GMT -5
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Post by reghartner on Feb 9, 2010 12:25:03 GMT -5
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Post by reghartner on Feb 11, 2010 15:46:13 GMT -5
Without looking up the website. Anyone tell us who this guy is?
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Post by Doobs on Feb 12, 2010 6:27:29 GMT -5
Looks like he could be a long lost Levin!
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Post by Cliff's Notes on Feb 12, 2010 10:02:31 GMT -5
Looks like a Paterno
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