1 What story?

2 Damn. i was finally going to be funny.

3

Story?  What story?

C'mon and tell us what you're not supposed to tell us.

4 A story of a man named Brady?

5 How bold...

6 OBAMA RESIGNS!!  OBAMA RESIGNS!!

7

 

Proactive and doable.

8

Geez, Charlie. Even I could get it over the plate. Sort of.

9 Talking to yourself is a sign of....well something?

10 it's acting all hinky.

11 Hey.  This bold shit is kind of cool.

12 Charlie's giving me flashbacks to my 4th grade softball tryouts. Everybody point and laugh as I run home to strangle my Cabbage Patch Kid.

13

Hey.  This bold shit is kind of cool.

 

Nevermind.

14 Juuuuuussssst a bit outside!

15 Charlie Crist...trying to tack back to the right...and failing miseably

16

Bwhahahaha!  Too funneh!  So bad I had to watch it twice!  He throws like a girl, and worst yet, he throws worse than Obama!  Oh that was too funneh!

17 Crist must have taken pitching lessons from Kerry and the guy who wears mom jeans to the All-Star game.

18 14 Juuuuuussssst a bit outside!

If Crist gets the haircut Charlie Sheen sported in Major League, I'll move to Florida and vote for him. 

19

 Juuuuuussssst a bit outside!

 

Miss me yet?

20 Wow!  My pitching skill is now at Gubernatorial level!

21 Speaking of Crist :
Rubio shot back at the Republican-turned-Independent Crist: "I think it's always funny to listen to the governor attack me for the positions he himself held just six months ago." And Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek piled on: "Charlie Crist stands on a wet paper box. ... You don't know where he is."
Rubio = Funny
Meek = Lame

22 Charlie's giving me flashbacks to my 4th grade softball tryouts. Everybody point and laugh as I run home to strangle my Cabbage Patch Kid.

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at October 07, 2010 06:57 PM (wd0Iq)

I love fourth graders with soft balls.

23 Pussies.

24 What pitch?

25 How do these pussies not know how to throw a ball? I'm a woman and can throw a ball that far in a straight line.

26

It's official..Charlie is teh ghey

Is the story that shall not be mentioned the same one that Patterico mentioned that Breitbart is putting together?

27 He can lift his arms?

28 Hockey hockey hockey hockey hockey hockey hockey hockey

29 He's not breathing out his eyelids... like the lava lizards...

30

Is there, perhaps, a statement that could be made about all these limp-wristed liberals?

31

A story of a man named Brady?

Posted by: Garbonzo the Garrulous at October 07, 2010 06:52 PM (23kaI)

This is the story of a girl
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world

32 Stri-i-i-i-i-ike!!!!

33 He is probably wearing a garter belt, but not because a woman told him to.

34 Fucking fuck why is fucking Hedley wailing their fucking shit song on my TV instead of Don Cherry?

35 We don't have professional hockey where I live, Waterhouse. I'm in Toronto.

36

Obama said that a GOP victory would mean "hand-to-hand combat in congress next year".

OK mr. threatening, let's play the video of your baseball pitch when you say that. My 6 year old could take him.

37

Badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger
Baseball, baseball
Badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger
Wild! Pitch is wild!  Ohhh, pitch is wild...
Badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger

38 This video unfortunately may have deadly consequences for conservatives in November. Conservatism is supposed to be a rugged, manly ideology, and that pitch was anything but. I will not be voting for Mr. Christie this year. And I am sure that no one else will.

39 Wow, I for one was struck by the sheer force and power of that pitch.  It certainly could have taken someone's head off, so good thing it was a little inside.  It's definitely what I would call a brushback pitch.  Charlie Crist isn't afraid to throw hard and inside and it's for that reason I will be staying home on election night instead of voting for the Republicans like I have in every election since Eisenhower.

40 O/T:  Can someone look at this story and tell me I'm seeing what I'm seeing/

41 Looked good to me.

http://tinyurl.com/dhehe8

42

Obama said that a GOP victory would mean "hand-to-hand combat in congress next year".

OK mr. threatening, let's play the video of your baseball pitch when you say that. My 6 year old could take him.

Posted by: dagny at October 07, 2010 07:05 PM (zTik+)

Coincidentally, when Obama said "hand-to-hand combat," he meant he was going to challenge Boehner to a patty-cake throwdown.

43

We don't have professional hockey where I live, Waterhouse. I'm in Toronto.

 

Well, thank God Ace posted this video then so you could see what a real slapshot looks like.

44
So what was Palladino's announcement today about?

45 Did he get told to hit the mascot too???

46 curious,

looks like we may need to kick the camel-shit out of Pockeeston.

47 Yes, curious, it does say what you thought it said. But I'm sure the ISI is trying to help us kill the Taliban and al Qaeda operatives by getting them on purpose to cross the border where they can be killed more easily by our troops. I'm sure that's what it really means.

48 I don't even know who Brad Friedman is. His blog is like a who's who of douchebag adornment.

49

Posted by: Mark Mallory at October 07, 2010 07:06 PM (5Xf3c)

 

You sir, are a racist!  Everyone knows there are no black men in baseball!  They all play the other b-ball.

50 Gay.

51 Those are douche-ccessories.

52 O/T:  Can someone look at this story and tell me I'm seeing what I'm seeing/

Posted by: curious at October 07, 2010 07:06 PM (p302b)

Pakistan's spy agency, the ISI, has a lot to gain from the Taliban continuing their war against NATO.  As long as the war goes on, Pakistan gets military aid.  And when NATO's member nations finally become exhausted and leave Afghanistan, the ISI can use the Taliban as puppets to take over Afghanistan and run the place.

Same reason the ISI arms terrorists and guerillas to fight in Kashmir and to attack inside India.  Peace would be a disaster for the ISI: less power, less prestige, fewer opportunities for corruption.

53 Crist throws an awful lot like The One. Has anyone seen his birth certificate?

54 How nice, Fox is showing the launch of one of our astronauts into space...by the Russians. Is there nothing we won't outsource?

55

Did You Know?

Turning over in one's grave is considered breakdancing in some cultures.

The More You Know^™.

56 OK, all this Pakistan stuff is starting to stress me out.  One of my running friends (who's Pakistani) is planning to go over there in a couple of weeks to do some flood relief/charity work.  Yikes. 

57

Seriously, this is the guy who was a confirmed batchelor for like 25 years.  Then he gets married shortly before the 2007-2008 primary season.  Then he rigs the Florida primary for his good friend, John McCain.

He's gay.

58 run, tell him to leave a spare head at home.

59
where am I, at hillbuzz?

60 41 O/T:  Can someone look at this story and tell me I'm seeing what I'm seeing/

Posted by: curious at October 07, 2010 07:06 PM (p302b)

Backstory is that the Afgani Gov is now in secret Peace talks with the Taliban... and if they succeed, part of the deal will be that America is asked to leave.

Pakistan ISI does NOT want an independent Free Afganistan... as parts of the Territories Tribes are more aligned with Afganistan, than with the central Government....

61 Is your running friend also a nurse, runningrn?

62

Know why I played soccer?

Because I threw like a girl.

Know your limits and don't embarass yourself in front of girls, douchebag. 

(no offense to girls, yada, yada)

 

63

run, tell him to leave a spare head at home.

 

He has a five year old son, and his wife is pregnant with a girl that's due in December.  I don't have a good feeling about this!

64 Crist throws like a girl..but his clothes are fabulous.

65

looks like we may need to kick the camel-shit out of Pockeeston.

With THIS bunch in charge?

66 So, if Marco Rubio throws out a first pitch and it's a strike, will the MFM spin it: "Rubio is of Cuban descent, and many Cuban immigrants to America play baseball exceptionally well.  In fact, one would be Cuban immigrant with baseball ambitions was Fidel Castro, who, like Marco Rubio, could get his pitches across the plate.  I wonder, is Rubio related to Castro, on his mother's side perhaps?"

67 Geez, Queen Tangerine's (stolen from tbm) orange tan is more impressive than his pitching.

All he needs is Mom Jeans and the throwing analogy to Obama is complete.

68
What happened to my idea that we'd find an online movie and all watch it and live-blog it like MST3K?

It'll be fun.

69 where am I, at hillbuzz?
Bitch!

70 Oh, and apologies to girls everywhere - I'm sure the vast majority of them can throw better than this git. 

71 His, umm, tan face matches the red dirt on the pitching mound perfectly. I wonder if that was intentional.

72

Is your running friend also a nurse, runningrn?

 

No, he's a programmer.  He's running a marathon with us on Sunday (well, ahead of us, he's really fast), and he's doing NY Marathon in the beginning of November and Seattle Marathon at the end of November.  He leaves for Pokeystan in a couple of weeks.  He was also trying to get a visa for his mom so she can visit them after the baby comes (she's been turned down before, though).  He's a really great guy.

73
or...

we can live-riff on the silly Law & Order: Horse Beating Division

74 71 Oh, and apologies to girls everywhere - I'm sure the vast majority of them can throw better than this git. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at October 07, 2010 07:16 PM (c0A3e)

Especially those of us on Softball Teams! /wink wink... nudge nudge...

75

His, umm, tan face matches the red dirt on the pitching mound perfectly. I wonder if that was intentional.

 

Yeah, the usual goal is for your shoes to match your bag.  Face matching dirt might be a whole new trend.  How appropro for Sir Charles, Douche Of Orange.

76

 antoine merriweather, men on politics

Ha! What was the other guy's name?

77 57: Is the taliban or Al Queda still threatening most outside aid groups? Hope your friend is going with an islamic charity and that satisfies the local fanatics for his sake.

78 Thanks, runningrn. Just curious.

79 69
What happened to my idea that we'd find an online movie and all watch it and live-blog it like MST3K?

It'll be fun.



I'm all in

80 Run,  that boy's wife needs to jerk a knot in his sack and chain him home. There is no reason to run out on a child and a pregnant wife to pass out MRE's and blankets to a bunch of people who have been starving for 2000 years.

Trust me, they'll still be fucked up and starving after his wife has the baby and his own family is taken care of. Sounds suspicious as hell.

Like Scott Peterson's fishing trip.

81

 How nice, Fox is showing the launch of one of our astronauts into space...by the Russians. Is there nothing we won't outsource?

 

The question should be:  Is there no element of American pride and exceptionalism that Dear Leader has sullied with his shit-stained hands?

82
I think riffing on Law & Order would be a hoot!

And...an AoS original.

83 Yoo-hoo, USS Diversity. I loves seamen.

84

Is the taliban or Al Queda still threatening most outside aid groups? Hope your friend is going with an islamic charity and that satisfies the local fanatics for his sake.

 

I don't  know, I'll ask him.  Boy, I am really getting worried about him going over there.  I'll ask him too, if there's any way he can just stay home. 

85 Be next year, Obama will have our military so hamstrung they couldn't muscle their way to a sweater at a Wal-Mart sale.

86

Run,  that boy's wife needs to jerk a knot in his sack and chain him home. There is no reason to run out on a child and a pregnant wife to pass out MRE's and blankets to a bunch of people who have been starving for 2000 years.

 

So true.  And no, he's always doing stuff for other people.  He's always giving his time and money to charity.  When we run on trails, he will come back and make sure the slowest people are ok.  It's just the way he is.  He is a really great guy. 

87 " 'Toine, don't hate me cause I'm beautiful!"

88

Hope your friend is going with an islamic charity and that satisfies the local fanatics for his sake.

Kill The Children?

World Suicide Bomber Fund?

Global Murder Project?

 

89 It used to be that Presidents would toss the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day of the season in Washington, and also at the World Series. He would be sitting in a box seat in the front row and toss the ball to a catcher standing in front of him. It was a simple, dignified ceremony. No athletic ability was required or expected. (Yes, I know that traditionally the Cincinnati Reds would play the first game of the season, but the President would usually be in Washington for that team's home opener.) But nowadays every celebrity who throws a "first pitch" is expected to do it from the pitcher's mound. I don't know when that started, but I daresay most of us would embarrass ourselves in that situation.

90 69 What happened to my idea that we'd find an online movie and all watch it and live-blog it like MST3K? It'll be fun. -- I'm in

91

What happened to my idea that we'd find an online movie and all watch it and live-blog it like MST3K?

It'll be fun.

Yo.

92 Shit, I couldna leave the damn city when my wife was pregnant. This guy gets to go to Pockeestawn.

Except for all the violence, disease, doom, and craziness I'd be jealous.

His marathon running skills might come in handy over there though. Tell him to just start running toward India and don't stop till God has an elephant head.

93 My favourite Men On Film. Too bad Crist wasn't famous then or he could have made a guest appearance.

94

So true.  And no, he's always doing stuff for other people.  He's always giving his time and money to charity.  When we run on trails, he will come back and make sure the slowest people are ok.  It's just the way he is.  He is a really great guy. 

 

He may be a great guy, but it sounds like he's one of those people with absolutely no common sense, like that couple who decided to go hiking along the Iran/Iraq border.  In other words, he sounds like a liberal. 

95 I haven't done anything more athletic than chase a Hooter's waitress in years, but damn, these people are dumb. If you are going to perform a physical action in front of an audience, TAKE HALF AN HOUR AND PRACTICE IT. They weren't asking him to clock 100 on the radar, all he had to do was not miss the backstop. Hell, Crist should have nailed this. It's the same arm movement you use for stabbing voters in the back...

96

About That Last Story: I've been cautioned to let this story go until those who got the story together are ready to run with it.

What story?

97 Charlie: Too much time in the tanning booth, not enough time in the batting cage...

98 The Super Secret Story.

It involves cowbell.

99

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Alexander Kaleri launched in their Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Thursday at 7:10 p.m. EDT (Friday, Kazakhstan time) beginning a two-day journey to the International Space Station.

The trio will dock to the Poisk module Saturday at 8:02 p.m. completing the Expedition 25 crew. Kelly, Skripochka and Kaleri will begin a five-month tour of duty aboard the orbiting laboratory.

That's good! At least there's a token American guy to make it seem like it's not a wholly Russian space program.

100

Don't say "the story."

Say "the pffft"

101 How can the ump lay off pitches that are that close? (I loves me some Bob Uecker. He's the only reason to re-watch Major League. Without him, it's a middling baseball flick. With him, it's a bona fide classic.)

102 Betcha Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachman, or Jan Brewer could zing one in there!

103 Being able to convincingly deliver the ball to home plate should be a constitutional requirement on par with being a natural born citizen and 35 years old.

104 Oh, and apologies to girls everywhere - I'm sure the vast majority of them can throw better than this git. 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at October 07, 2010 07:16 PM (c0A3e)

I don't throw like a girl because I had big brothers and they yelled and taunted and fixed so that I didn't throw like a girl. My follow-through isn't as good as it was before I grew the boobs but still better than President Hand-to-hand or Orangeman.

My ex-lib mother in law just called to say she's voting for Palladino and that Obama is gay. Soooo much better than the Algore is a prince era.

105 99  Brad Friedman

106 What's going on?  Crist is a peter pumper?

107 The catcher called for a pitchout. C'mon, you haters!

108 (I loves me some Bob Uecker. He's the only reason to re-watch Major League. Without him, it's a middling baseball flick. With him, it's a bona fide classic.)

Posted by: Monty at October 07, 2010 07:33 PM (o2hlb)

My friend.

May I cordially suggest that you stick to Sunday morning book threads while the rest of us enjoy down and dirty baseball flicks?

Major League is a classic. Bad News Bears is effing awesome.

I know you know better, just saying.

109

The catcher called for a pitchout.

Afraid to go look at Urban Dictionary to see what this means in the alternate culture.  NTTAWWT.

110 All of you are, you know, totally just h8trs.  Charlie is just, you know, like, sensitive.

111 Bababooey!

112 Ok, did I miss "that last story" that Ace wrote about??

113 "What happened to my idea that we'd find an online movie and all watch it and live-blog it like MST3K?

It'll be fun.
Posted by: Soothsayer"

ALIEN is coming on TCM just before 2100 Central and the ONT in on-deck...

114 ...IS on-deck... 

putz...

115 I bet all the tanning oil makes it hard to grip the ball.

116 Okay, I'm predicting this twink is gonna finish behind "Mark Choice Legibly"!

117 He may be a slimy spineless sniveling rat, but at least he got the ball past home plate. 

118 117 Okay, I'm predicting this twink is gonna finish behind "Mark Choice Legibly"!

I'm sure Mr. Legibly has a distinguished education from Oxford!

119 What a crap weasel! Any America male who throws like that should be castrated so as not to pass on the girlie throwing gene to anyone else. Although I know a lot of girls can throw much better so I don't know what to call that abomination.

120

I can throw better than that.

FOUR!

121 That was called the "Coppertone Greaseball."