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August 04, 2013

20 Years Ago Today, Ryan vs. Ventura
— Dave in Texas

At the Ballpark in Arlington, there's a statue of Nolan Ryan at the outfield entrance. He's got his hat in his hand, and is standing there like he's appreciating the crowd cheering him after his 7th no hitter.

I always thought this would have been a better statue.

Hold still sweetie, I'm makin history here

Kinda felt bad for Ventura after this, by most accounts he's a pretty decent guy. Still this was epic.

Also, anybody who took on Bo Jackson in this mess wasn't thinkin so good. What a horse he was.

20 years ago today. No cryin in baseball.

via Shawn on FB

Posted by: Dave in Texas at 12:09 PM | Comments (180)
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1 Ah, baseball. Anyone else hoping for a lifetime ban for A-Rod? I hate feeling that way, but good grief, he is such a PRICK.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 10:47 AM (CA2NO)

2 I remember the Nolan Ryan episode too. He wasn't defending himself, he jumped Ventura when Ventura went out to fuss at him for a bean ball.
Was the first time I realized what an asshole Ryan was. Still is, as far as I know. I hear him endorsing stuff on the radio. He'll endorse eating shit if you pay him for it, I suspect.

Posted by: pete at August 04, 2013 10:51 AM (n+Wwn)

3 Ryan's quote about the incident was priceless.

Posted by: Lucky Pierre at August 04, 2013 10:56 AM (5fSr7)

4 they used to play that clip at almost every game!! but after Nolan became team president he had them stop

Posted by: chas at August 04, 2013 12:11 PM (t05mB)

5 Can we get some CAC up in here and see some real thread stomping.

Posted by: blaster at August 04, 2013 12:11 PM (NAU+F)

6 I watched it live. I've never seen someone server their own head up on a platter like that before.

Posted by: ryukyu at August 04, 2013 12:11 PM (C6XFd)

pete at August 04, 2013 02:51 PM (n+Wwn)

ventura was a batter, he belongs in the box or the base paths. not on the mound or even the infield grass. walk towards the mound and your just asking for an ass whuppin.

Posted by: chas at August 04, 2013 12:12 PM (t05mB)

8 Has this happened before? In the history of the HQ, has one thread been stomped and then gone on to stomp ANOTHER thread?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 12:12 PM (CA2NO)

9 my doing

Posted by: Dave in Texas at August 04, 2013 12:14 PM (pUqSw)

10 That is what I want to do to Juan McCain, Lindsay Grahamnesty and Ratface Rubio. Traitors all.

Posted by: Jmel at August 04, 2013 12:14 PM (cfFqn)

11 I quit watching baseball after the last strike.

Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2013 12:15 PM (lZvxr)

12 Didn't appear to be Nolan's first rodeo either...

Posted by: Beasts of England at August 04, 2013 12:15 PM (Xcbf8)

13 Single worst trade in the history of the NY Mets. And given that I am talking about the Mets thats saying a lot.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2013 12:17 PM (g1DWB)

14 Meh.

Posted by: Bob Probert at August 04, 2013 12:18 PM (D88tF)

15 It kind of did look like Ventura went up to the mound and said, "here, put me in a headlock and punch my face."

Posted by: real joe at August 04, 2013 12:21 PM (5wsCu)

16 Jackstraw - You mean Nolan Ryan for ....Jim Fregosi? Yup, that was a pretty epic bad trade. But in fairness to the Mets, Ryan had horrible control in his early major league years, and still had issued more walks than anyone in baseball history.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at August 04, 2013 12:22 PM (v6hyJ)

17 The Ryan-Ventura fight was the day that every middle aged man in America smiled

Posted by: kbdabear at August 04, 2013 12:22 PM (/9IC1)

18 Baseball. Zzzzzz.

I think my disinterest stems from not having a major league team here and also from the excrutiating hours I spent sitting in the heat watching son and grandson play. (They didn't like it either. My favorite memory wa my son disappearing from right field. He had snuck under the back hedge and was at the refreshment stand getting a coke. He was 9. LOL! He got in trouble, but that should tell you his level of interest.)

Posted by: Miss Marple at August 04, 2013 12:22 PM (GoIUi)

Ryan was / is competitive. You don't become the best in the world by being a wuss. I watched him pitch in Houston for many years, sitting up in the Gold Level seats in the AstroDome, back when they were first come, first seated. I would sit directly behind home plate. I have seen a lot of pitchers over the years, but I have never seen a ball "explode" like Ryan's did. From people I have talked to that hit against him, you didn't see it, you heard it as it went by and hoped it wasn't in the direction of your head. And yes, he bested Ventura twice that day.

Regarding Bo, perhaps the least remembered over all best athelete that the United States ever produced. What he could have done if he hadn't been damaged goods all thouse years.

Posted by: georgeofthedesert at August 04, 2013 12:23 PM (Eq2MX)

20 Moral: Experience kicks youthful exuberance's ass every time.

Posted by: Andy at August 04, 2013 12:23 PM (li+aS)

21 Ventura was a great player for the Sox and the Mets. He's a pretty decent manager with the Sox now. The way I see it the whupping wasn't that bad. Rodriguez pinned back Ventura's arms. I'm pretty sure Ryan is a fellow Hordesman.

Posted by: DeepBeam at August 04, 2013 12:24 PM (m0Krs)

forget bo Jackson

Frank fucking Thomas was on the team back then

he juggled refrigerators for fun

Posted by: navycopjoe at August 04, 2013 12:24 PM (V75zy)

23 Chas; that clip is still displayed at each game except when Ventura and the Sox come to town. I heard an interview with Ventura where they asked him why he charged Ryan and he said he had a second thought but realized he had committed so he just went through with it.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 04, 2013 12:24 PM (x1L8S)

24 I quit watching baseball after the last strike. Posted by: Vic Well played. I see what you did there (even if it wasn't intentional, it was funny).

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at August 04, 2013 12:24 PM (v6hyJ)

25 Ventura charged the mound, he took his chances and lost. The fight started a couple of feet from the pitcher's mound, I like Ventura but if he didn't want to risk getting his ass kicked he should have walked to 1B.

Posted by: Kaisersoze at August 04, 2013 12:24 PM (mUY87)

26 A little background to this fight

A few years earlier, Nolie was charged on the mound by Dave Winfield and got knocked down pretty good. Nolie said that he screwed up by backing away when Winfield charged and that would never happen again

Ryan could have made the excuse that Winfield was so big that he blotted out the sun, but he didn't

When Ventura charged the mound, Ryan was ready for him and definitely didn't back up

Posted by: kbdabear at August 04, 2013 12:25 PM (/9IC1)

27 At one point, the Mets had Tom Seaver, Nolan Ryan, Tug McGraw and Jerry Koosman on the squad at the same time. They traded Ryan for some scrub I don't remember because he was "wild." That was one of the worst trades of all time for that club. And then when they traded Seaver in '77, I'll always remember the Rigby cartoon in the NY Post, aimed at M. Donald Grant, the Mets' GM; it pictured Shea Stadium as a haunted house with the caption "Grant's Tomb." Oh my Mets. Like my youth, my interest in them and baseball in general is long gone.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2013 12:26 PM (+98Gb)

28 Bo had more physical talent than any athlete on the planet. And a damned fine human being, to boot.

Posted by: Beasts of England at August 04, 2013 12:26 PM (Xcbf8)

29 Zero respect for Nolan after repeatedly punching Ventura in the face. Cheap shot sonofabitch.

Posted by: 13times at August 04, 2013 12:27 PM (fGPLK)

The 93 Sox should've won the WS...great pitching staff and some guys who could mash, starting with Frank Thomas. I saw them clinch against the same Rangers.

Baseball needs to do something about the dominance of pitchers...I saw a graphic that we're on par for the most strikeouts in a season. Maybe extend the pitching mound out a few inches.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 04, 2013 12:27 PM (/dv33)

31 >> Frank fucking Thomas was on the team back then he juggled refrigerators for fun True dat. They didn't call hit "The Big Hurt" for nothing.

Posted by: Andy at August 04, 2013 12:27 PM (li+aS)

32 Ventura was a good player, not great. There are a lot of "good" players in baseball. Ryan still threw smoke when he was 43. He's a mutant, and I mean that as a compliment. He is literally one in a hundred million.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at August 04, 2013 12:27 PM (v6hyJ)

Always liked Nolan Ryan, but he didn't put a mark on Ventura, who is a horse.

And yeah, whatever side of the field Bo Jackson's fighting on, I'm getting all "baseball-fight-tough" on the other.

Posted by: spongeworthy at August 04, 2013 12:27 PM (r5w1L)

34 CJ Burch, I have a hard time being fair to the Muts. They have ripped my heart out so many times .. And Ryan, for all his early wildness, was only 24 and had already struck out nearly 500 guys in about 500 innings. Still, at least the Mets have managed to win a couple WS unlike some teams *cough Rangers*

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2013 12:29 PM (g1DWB)

30 that was the year they stole timmy raines from montreal too

had the best record in baseball, then the strike killed it

Posted by: navycopjoe at August 04, 2013 12:30 PM (V75zy)

36 J.J. Sefton @ 27 You forgot Gary Gentry. He was another hard thrower that burned out before his time. I think he was with that group, and was more highly regarded by the Mets than Ryan.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at August 04, 2013 12:31 PM (v6hyJ)

37 hates Jackstraw now. pure white hot.. godammit Rangers WIN something

Posted by: Dave in Texas at August 04, 2013 12:31 PM (pUqSw)

38 16 Jackstraw -

You mean Nolan Ryan for ....Jim Fregosi?

Yup, that was a pretty epic bad trade. But in fairness to the Mets, Ryan had horrible control in his early major league years, and still had issued more walks than anyone in baseball history. Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at August 04, 2013 04:22 PM

That still stands as the Worst Trade Ever by the Mets, but they've made some pretty close to that bad

1976 - Rusty Staub for Mickey Lolich

1977 - Tom Seaver for Steve Henderson, Pat Zachry, Doug Flynn

1980 - Jeff Reardon for Ellis Valentine

1989 - Lenny Dykstra and Roger McDowell for Juan Samuel

1991 - The draft pick lost for signing Vince Coleman

1996 - Jeff Kent for Carlos Baerga

2004 - Scott Kazmir for Victor Zambrano

2006 - Anna Benson's boobs for Jorge Julio

Posted by: kbdabear at August 04, 2013 12:32 PM (/9IC1)

28 Bo had more physical talent than any athlete on the planet

you have obviously never heard of Jay Cutler

Posted by: navycopjoe at August 04, 2013 12:32 PM (V75zy)

40 OT, but still no kabooms in north Africa? Great. This is going to be a long month.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 12:33 PM (CA2NO)

41 Navycopjoe, that's the laugh I needed today.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 04, 2013 12:33 PM (/dv33)

42 Zero respect for Nolan after repeatedly punching Ventura in the face.

Cheap shot sonofabitch.

Posted by: 13times

Oh please, Ventura got a few lumps on his noggin. Apparently he would been better off just taking the base just and running his mouth.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 04, 2013 12:35 PM (z+Xap)

43 Just wait until he starts to talk about the Cubs. Just wait for it.......

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at August 04, 2013 12:35 PM (v6hyJ)

44 They traded Ryan for some scrub I don't remember because he was "wild."

Oh my Mets. Like my youth, my interest in them and baseball in general is long gone.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2013 04:26 PM

Actually Jim Fregosi was an all star shortstop with the Angels, he'd had an off year in 1971 and the Mets thought it was just an off year, not a 30 year old at the end of his career

Posted by: kbdabear at August 04, 2013 12:35 PM (/9IC1)

45 41 it was hard to type it

Posted by: navycopjoe at August 04, 2013 12:36 PM (V75zy)

46 43 I held it in for a while now, haven't I?

Posted by: navycopjoe at August 04, 2013 12:36 PM (V75zy)

47 **tacklehugs Dave**

Ryan won 22 games the year the Angels went 68-94.

Posted by: roamingfirehydrant at August 04, 2013 12:37 PM (DA2Hm)

48 Never mess with a fireballing pitcher.

Posted by: toby928© at August 04, 2013 12:37 PM (QupBk)

49 Good for Ryan, most baseball fights are just of bunch of grabbing and shoving about time players start throwing punches.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at August 04, 2013 12:38 PM (b9K4P)

50 This is our year, just you wait and see. Big meanies.

Posted by: Jay Cutler at August 04, 2013 12:38 PM (Aif/5)

51 DIT, you in the DFW area?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 04, 2013 12:39 PM (z+Xap)

52 Not a huge baseball fan, but didn't they used to say about Ryan: "His fastball can knock down a building, but he needs a target at least that big"?

Posted by: Peking Duck at August 04, 2013 12:39 PM (uxi9i)

53 >>Actually Jim Fregosi was an all star shortstop with the Angels, And the Mets promptly installed him at 3rd. Still, the Mets were able to sell him off to some other team that needed a guy who could sit on the bench *cough Rangers*

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2013 12:40 PM (g1DWB)

54 Cutler from Vandy? Oh yeah, my bad.

Posted by: Beasts of England at August 04, 2013 12:40 PM (Xcbf8)

55 I remember watching an Indians game where the pitcher went head hunting at Albert Belle. Needless to say, he took a wee bit of umbrage at this and charged the mount. I forget who was pitching but it was a pitcher v. Albert Belle. I think it was Tom Hamilton who noted that there are easier ways to commit suicide.

Then there was the time Belle was running the bases and the second baseman came running out to tag him and Belle laid him out with a forearm. Completely and totally legal, he was in the base path but it was kind of hilarious. It was like watching someone run into a brick wall.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at August 04, 2013 12:41 PM (Gk3SS)

56 "I heard an interview with Ventura where they asked him why he charged Ryan and he said he had a second thought but realized he had committed so he just went through with it."

He changed his mind around the 4th or 5th punch in the head.

Posted by: Lucky Pierre at August 04, 2013 12:41 PM (5fSr7)

57 Funniest guy charging the mound was usually Darryl Strawberry. The guy had long arms and still couldn't land a punch to save his life

Although he did land a few solid shots to his wife's face

Posted by: kbdabear at August 04, 2013 12:41 PM (/9IC1)

58 This is our year, just you wait and see. Big meanies. Posted by: Jay Cutler at August 04, 2013 04:38 PM (Aif/5) So you've got someone on your offensive line who can actually stop a tackle? Really?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/s][/b][/i][/u] at August 04, 2013 12:41 PM (CA2NO)

59 Thank goodness Nolan was kind enough not to put Ventura face down into the infield grass. Dummy.

Posted by: Fritz at August 04, 2013 12:42 PM (K7xnX)

60 Ventura should have listened to the dispatcher and stayed on first base and none of this would have happened!

Posted by: Beasts of England at August 04, 2013 12:43 PM (Xcbf8)

61 Love this one, Dave. I was at this game. I ran into him at a gas station late at night. We were both pumping gas, and he was hauling cattle back to his ranch. I told him I was at that game, and he laughed about it. And he's really tall!

Posted by: L, elle at August 04, 2013 12:43 PM (ImQSs)

62 Good afternoon Horde. I remember watching this on tv when it happened. My younger brothers were big Nolan Ryan fans back then. They always thought he was awesome for an "old" man. LOL! By the way, when I was an undergrad at UCLA, I had the "pleasure" of having both of Brian Bosworth's nephews in one of my discussion sections. Anywho, we got to talking about football and they started talking about the sheer awesomeness of their uncle. So...me being me, I asked them if they had seen footage of their uncle get run over by Bo Jackson on Monday Night Football. They said they hadn't and that that isn't what happened. That night, I emailed everyone in our discussion section the clip. Yea...they stopped speaking to me after that.

Posted by: I Be That Chick On Her iPad at August 04, 2013 12:43 PM (hgT3V)

63 11 I quit watching baseball after the last strike.

Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2013 04:15 PM (lZvxr)

Me too Vic. I was a Cubs fan, I don't miss the pain! LOL

Posted by: The Farmer at August 04, 2013 12:44 PM (LgCwh)

64 Then there was the time Belle was running the bases and the second baseman came running out to tag him and Belle laid him out with a forearm. Completely and totally legal, he was in the base path but it was kind of hilarious. It was like watching someone run into a brick wall.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at August 04, 2013 04:41 PM

Albert Belle never charged the mound. He charged your team's bus

Posted by: kbdabear at August 04, 2013 12:44 PM (/9IC1)

65 I wish baseball was still like that today. Instead of the $100 Million players only pretending to play a kid's game while really playing a very dark facsimile of it. A-Rod can go to Hell. Even Jose Conseco has more goodness in his pinky than A-Rod has in his entire drug-riddled body.

Posted by: dfbaskwill at August 04, 2013 12:45 PM (ndlFj)

66 *OOFS* at roamy's hug. whoa. crotchytee.. Marine guy.. couple hours south of DFW but I grew up there.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at August 04, 2013 12:45 PM (pUqSw)

67 "A few years earlier, Nolie was charged on the mound by Dave Winfield and got knocked down pretty good."

I was giving it to Winfield pretty good one day when he was on the Twins, he gave me a "fuck you" as he walked backed to the dugout after about his third stike out. Good times.

Posted by: lowandslow at August 04, 2013 12:45 PM (Fz2C7)

"He changed his mind around the 4th or 5th punch in the head."

Heh! When you watch the film, you can see him realize about 30 feet from the mound he had let his alligator mouth overload his hummingbird ass.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 04, 2013 12:46 PM (z+Xap)

69 "Cheap shot sonofabitch."

A cheap shot is when you hit someone who isn't looking. When you charge a guy who is 20 years older than you and he whips your ass, even your mama will say you deserved it.

Posted by: Lucky Pierre at August 04, 2013 12:47 PM (5fSr7)

70 Why'd you call me Bosworth?

Posted by: Manti Te'o at August 04, 2013 12:48 PM (Xcbf8)

71 63 11 I quit watching baseball after the last strike.
Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2013 04:15 PM (lZvxr)
Me too Vic. I was a Cubs fan, I don't miss the pain! LOL

Posted by: The Farmer at August 04, 2013 04:44 PM (LgCwh)

I also quit watching pro football after the last strike they had. But I wasn't watching much of that anyway. Only when Atlanta was playing.

The only sport I watch now is college football when GA plays. And if I drop my satellite I probably will not be watching much of that.

BTW, on that score since I can get the station that carries wifey's Wheel of Fortune game on the TV upstairs I will drop it. But she says it is not comfortable up there in my office chair. (that she bought)

Sometimes a guy just can not win.

Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2013 12:49 PM (lZvxr)

68 I don't know, ventura was a pretty boy but he was also a big mofo too

I remember I was at a game once and saw him trying out thomas' rebar in the batters circle

took like two swings and had to put it down, only one who could do it was bo

Posted by: navycopjoe at August 04, 2013 12:49 PM (V75zy)

73 DIT, were going to Austin this Friday. If you're in the area I'd sure nuff buy you a cold one.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 04, 2013 12:49 PM (EYfcP)

74 Ventura should have listened to the dispatcher and stayed on first base and none of this would have happened! Posted by: Beasts of England at August 04, 2013 04:43 PM (Xcbf

Now that's some funny shit.

Albert Belle never charged the mound. He charged your team's bus

Posted by: kbdabear at August 04, 2013 04:44 PM (/9IC1)

One of my all time favorite cheating in baseball stories is when the guy was sent to crawl through the ceiling to go fetch Belle's totes not corked in any way at all nope bats and he fell through the ceiling.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at August 04, 2013 12:49 PM (Gk3SS)

75 Well.. you don't tug on Supermans cape. And... my Royals are looking pretty damn good right now!!

Posted by: jewells45 back home in Missouri at August 04, 2013 12:49 PM (u25eL)

76 I got to watch Matt Williams hit his first major league grand slam off Ryan at the 'Stick.

Posted by: Lucky Pierre at August 04, 2013 12:51 PM (5fSr7)

btw, DA CUBBIES WILL WIN IT ALL NEXT YEAR!!!!!

you knew it was coming

Posted by: navycopjoe at August 04, 2013 12:52 PM (V75zy)

78 Just wait until he starts to talk about the Cubs.

Just wait for it.......

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes more nonsense ...... at August 04, 2013 04:35 PM (v6hyJ)

-----------------------------------------------

I think the Cubs are going to win it all this year. Or maybe next year.

Posted by: Soona at August 04, 2013 12:52 PM (oPI5z)

79 >> The only sport I watch now is college football when GA plays. *raises glass towards Vic* *yells Goooooooo Dawgs!*

Posted by: Andy at August 04, 2013 12:53 PM (li+aS)

80 I've read that the reason that catchers wear the equipment is just in case the batter attacks them with it. A lot of trash talk goes on at the plate. AJ Pierzynski is considered by far the most obnoxious

SF Giants outfielder Jeff "Penitentiary Face" Leonard cut of the chatter by writing "Fuck You" on the barrel of the bat and waving it in front of the catcher's face

Mike Piazza loved to drive Chipper Jones nuts by calling him by his actual first name of "Larry". Jones would snap "Chipper!" and Piazza would reply "I refuse to call a grown man 'Chipper."

Posted by: kbdabear at August 04, 2013 12:53 PM (/9IC1)

81 btw, DA CUBBIES WILL WIN IT ALL NEXT YEAR!!!!!

youknew it was coming Posted by: navycopjoe at August 04, 2013 04:52 PM (V75zy)

Here you go:

http://youtu.be/edkQdkZeeFg

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Take us away. at August 04, 2013 12:54 PM (Gk3SS)

82 "you have obviously never heard of Jay Cutler"

The only entertainment value the Bears have right now. Not talent wise, but it will be fun watching the epic crying jag when Trestman benches his ass for the first time.

Posted by: lowandslow at August 04, 2013 12:54 PM (Fz2C7)

83 Bo Jackson was one of the best athletes I ever saw. And for a brief shining moment, maybe the best running back ever in pro football. And Nolan Ryan was/is one tough texan SOB

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 04, 2013 12:56 PM (jE38p)

84 "Ryan won 22 games the year the Angels went 68-94."

Steve Carlton won 27 games the year the Phillies were 59-97. I luckily got to see 2 of those victories. What I would give for baseball to be like that again.

Posted by: dfbaskwill at August 04, 2013 12:56 PM (ndlFj)

85 FYI: Starz is showing Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour (with the Jonas Brothers) right now.

Posted by: Lucky Pierre at August 04, 2013 12:57 PM (5fSr7)

86
I remember watching that. Damn I'm old.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 04, 2013 12:57 PM (4+FWp)

87 >>Mike Piazza loved to drive Chipper Jones nuts by calling him by his actual first name of "Larry". Jones would snap "Chipper!" and Piazza would reply "I refuse to call a grown man 'Chipper." About the only joy I got watching the Braves routinely maul my Muts during the Chipper days was hearing the fans serenade Chipper with chants of "Larrrrrry". Funny as hell. Of course it didn't seem to bother Chipper all that much. He loved hitting homers against the Mets so much he named his son Shea.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2013 12:57 PM (g1DWB)

88 Looks like Nolan watched him some hockey fights: throw off the glove, get him in a headlock and start whalin' away...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars[/i][/b][/s] at August 04, 2013 12:58 PM (4wLfM)

89 Don't write off the Cubbies in the long run. They got a shitload of prospects last month for their fire sale, and they'll pick high in the 2014 draft which is supposed to be one of the deepest in blue chip talent in a long time

Posted by: kbdabear at August 04, 2013 12:58 PM (/9IC1)

90 Nolan Ryan is doing a heck of a job now with the Rangers. A real baseball man. Bet it would be fun having a beer with him

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 04, 2013 01:00 PM (jE38p)

91 "85 FYI: Starz is showing Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour (with the Jonas Brothers) right now."

Too bad I already have plans to gouge my eyes out and stick a sewing needle in my eardrums.

Posted by: lowandslow at August 04, 2013 01:00 PM (Fz2C7)

92 By the way, when I was an undergrad at UCLA, I had the "pleasure" of having both of Brian Bosworth's nephews in one of my discussion sections. Anywho, we got to talking about football and they started talking about the sheer awesomeness of their uncle. So...me being me, I asked them if they had seen footage of their uncle get run over by Bo Jackson on Monday Night Football. They said they hadn't and that that isn't what happened. That night, I emailed everyone in our discussion section the clip. Yea...they stopped speaking to me after that.

I think Bo actually hit a home run that same week. One of his mammoth shots. Or maybe I'm just making that up. Superman will do that to you.

Posted by: dfbaskwill at August 04, 2013 01:00 PM (ndlFj)

93 81 just wait

Posted by: navycopjoe at August 04, 2013 01:00 PM (V75zy)

94 I'm hoping that A Rod guy gets shitcanned from the Hall of Fame, along with any of those other steroid taking fools. That way Pete Rose will quit bitchin... And the Rangers won't have to pay him either. HA!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 04, 2013 01:01 PM (L2I78)

95 Breaking: U.S. To Extend Embassy Closures Through August 10th Why don't we just wave the white flag and leave the Middle East? Oh yeah we are kinda doing that aren't we? Hey Israel, boys your on ya own

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 04, 2013 01:01 PM (jE38p)

96 Of course it didn't seem to bother Chipper all that much. He loved hitting homers against the Mets so much he named his son Shea. Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2013 04:57 PM

To this day I detest Larry. I detested John Rocker too, not because he made a few dumb bigoted jokes but because he was generally a knucklehead and a jerkoff

Tom Glavine gets special hate from me not so much for his Braves tenure, but for his time with the Mets. He pitched so badly in that last game of 2007 that I swear he sucked so he'd get pulled in the 1st inning to catch his flight home to Atlanta

Posted by: kbdabear at August 04, 2013 01:02 PM (/9IC1)

89 yup

this time when they say they are rebuilding its true

now they have two kids in tripleA who can toss in the 100's

they'll use their first pick for a reliever

Posted by: navycopjoe at August 04, 2013 01:02 PM (V75zy)

98 I'm hoping that A Rod guy gets shitcanned from the Hall of Fame, along with any of those other steroid taking fools. That way Pete Rose will quit bitchin... And the Rangers won't have to pay him either. HA! Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 04, 2013 05:01 PM (L2I7

Don't worry the only way A-Roid is ever seeing the Baseball Hall of Fame is by buying a ticket. I just hope he never sets foot on a baseball field again and never ever in a Yankee Uniform.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 04, 2013 01:03 PM (jE38p)

99 I also was at the game at The Vet when Pete Rose tied Stan Musial's NL hit mark on his first at bat against Nolan. Struck him out 3 straight times after that. The next day was the strike Vic is talking about. I kinda died that day, just a little bit.

Posted by: dfbaskwill at August 04, 2013 01:04 PM (ndlFj)

100 >>Don't write off the Cubbies in the long run. A hundred and five years is pretty damn long run. Never mess with the goat. Still, they got Epstein, the guy who built the team that finally ended the Curse of the Bambino so just maybe.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 04, 2013 01:06 PM (g1DWB)

101 Nolie used to hit the weight room and do a workout after he pitched. I saw his weight training program one time, and it made no sense to anyone who knew anything about weightlifting. Something like, ball weighs 8 ounces, and I'm going to throw it 100 times, so that's the same as 50 pounds 1 time, or 10 pounds 5 times, so I'll do 3 sets of 5 reps of 10 pounds on every exercise. That's not it, but the logic was something like that. But it sure worked for him, and kept him going for a lot of years. And if you look at him next to Ventura, no question who had the muscle mass.

Posted by: Julius North of the Rubicon at August 04, 2013 01:07 PM (QVC7W)

102 Still play that clip before every Rangers home game. Texas, fuck yeah.

Posted by: Lauren at August 04, 2013 01:09 PM (F8Wel)

103

100 Epstein almost had to kill one of the rickett kids to start the firesale of has-beens

next year will be very interesting

Posted by: navycopjoe at August 04, 2013 01:09 PM (V75zy)

104 FYI: Starz is showing Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour (with the Jonas Brothers) right now. -------------- I used to love the Jonas Brothers but then well, you know.

Posted by: Sen Harry Reid at August 04, 2013 01:09 PM (Aif/5)

105 I swear, the sun was in my eyes.

Posted by: Robin Ventura at August 04, 2013 01:11 PM (qRasw)

106 INDIANAPOLIS Â— The Navy intends to name a new combat ship the USS Indianapolis, honoring the crew of the cruiser of the same name whose sinking in the final weeks or World War II was the military branchÂ’s worst single loss of life at sea. Rear Adm. Rick Williamson, the NavyÂ’s Midwest Region commander, read a letter from Navy Secretary Ray Mabus on notifying Congress of the name selection to survivors of the sinking during a reunion banquet Saturday night. Â“Once again the name Indianapolis will put to sea on the stern of the U.S. Navy warship, carrying on the tradition of service that you and your shipmates have forever associated with the name,Â” said the letter dated July 29. Â“You should be very proud of the legacy which you leave for our Navy and our nation.Â” Good

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 04, 2013 01:13 PM (jE38p)

107 About the time I stopped watching. All professional sports. What a swill pit it's all become.

Posted by: rrpjr at August 04, 2013 01:13 PM (CdX2J)

108 95 Nevergiveup Breaking: U.S. To Extend Embassy Closures Through August 10th

Why don't we just wave the white flag and leave the Middle East? Oh yeah we are kinda doing that aren't we? Hey Israel, boys your on ya own

Not sure this has anything to do with it officially, but Eid (end of Ramadan feast) is next Tuesday (assuming the new moon can be seen), so no work is going to get done anywhere in the Middle East next week anyway. It's kind of like Thanksgiving week is for us, or the week between Christmas and New Year's. I suspect everyone who can is taking the week off back in the States because they know they won't get anything done anyway. So this just kind of makes the vacation people are already taking a little more officially sanctioned, and gives the skeleton staff an excuse not to open up the embassies and consulates (and the local nationals the week off, which most government and private employers will give too)..

Posted by: Julius North of the Rubicon at August 04, 2013 01:14 PM (QVC7W)

109

go back to the video at 1.50

bo shoved the entire team back by himself

Posted by: navycopjoe at August 04, 2013 01:14 PM (V75zy)

110 I wonder how many times Ventura charged the mound after that in his career?

Posted by: jsg at August 04, 2013 01:14 PM (zoYDD)

111 I swear, the sun was in my eyes. Posted by: Robin Ventura at August 04, 2013 05:11 PM (qRasw) Yeah, the glare made you mistake Nolan Ryan for Hideo Nomo.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 04, 2013 01:15 PM (MBqvE)

112 106 Good

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 04, 2013 05:13 PM (jE38p)

They are still building new ships when they intend to shut down 2 carrier groups in the next couple of years?

Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2013 01:16 PM (lZvxr)

113 This takedown and right cross by Kyle Farnsworth was pretty epic too. http://www.chicagonow.com/cubs-den/2011/03/cubs-brawls-part-2-the-kyle-farnsworth-fight-video/

Posted by: Craig Pirrong at August 04, 2013 01:17 PM (rtJ7B)

114 They are still building new ships when they intend to shut down 2 carrier groups in the next couple of years? Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2013 05:16 PM (lZvxr) That will not happen. It would probably cost more to moth ball a Nuclear Carrier than to keep it running. But this admin is hell bent on ruining the Military so who knows. And that article did say the naming of the future ship is contingent on funding being available

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 04, 2013 01:20 PM (jE38p)

115 106 INDIANAPOLIS Â— The Navy intends to name a new combat ship the USS Indianapolis, honoring the crew of the cruiser of the same name whose sinking in the final weeks or World War II was the military branchÂ’s worst single loss of life at sea. Rear Adm. Rick Williamson, the NavyÂ’s Midwest Region commander, read a letter from Navy Secretary Ray Mabus on notifying Congress of the name selection to survivors of the sinking during a reunion banquet Saturday night. Â“Once again the name Indianapolis will put to sea on the stern of the U.S. Navy warship, carrying on the tradition of service that you and your shipmates have forever associated with the name,Â” said the letter dated July 29. Â“You should be very proud of the legacy which you leave for our Navy and our nation.Â” Good Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 04, 2013 05:13 PM (jE38p) During the dedication ceremony of the World War II Memorial in DC, I had the honor of meeting one of the survivors of the USS Indianapolis. I cried my eyes out during our conversation. I wore the U.S. Navy uniform proudly and still, I felt so small compared to him and the others. I will always be grateful for him and the others for setting a standard of honor, pride and commitment. Too bad it's lacking in the top ranks.

Posted by: I Be That Chick On Her iPad at August 04, 2013 01:20 PM (hgT3V)

116 Greatest fight in NBA History? How about this one: Most basketball people will tell you that the single greatest basketball fight was "the night Willis Reed cleared out the whole Laker team." The Knicks have a film of the affray that has probably had more runs than King Kong. It was Oct. 18, 1966, the Knicks' home opener at the old Madison Square Garden. Reed, 6'8", 235, then in his third year, had been exchanging elbows all night with Rudy LaRusso. After a third-quarter free throw. Reed tripped LaRusso, who tagged Reed with a right while Darrall Imhoff held Willis from behind. That sent Reed into a frenzy. He slugged Imhoff and chased LaRusso to the bench. Then he hit John Block with an enormous left hook, spreading his nose all over his face, turned and again belted Imhoff, who fell and knocked five Lakers off the bench like dominoes. Reed planted two more shots on LaRusso and one more on Imhoff, who, bleeding from above the left eye, dived under the bench, to find Block already hiding there with a broken nose. Recently, Reed chuckled about the incident. "They said I should be banned. All I got was an ejection and a small fine, nothing like what they give out now. You know what would happen if someone did all that today?" Would a full $10,000 be a good guess?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 04, 2013 01:25 PM (jE38p)

117 This kind of thing is what you get when you have a designated hitter rule.

Posted by: AmishDude at August 04, 2013 01:26 PM (xSegX)

118

It was 20 years ago from now/ When Ryan punched a batter like he was a cow;

They've been in management both for awhile/ but it's still guaranteed to make you smile;

So let me introduce to you/ the clip you've watched for all these years;

Nolan Ryan, beating that guy's faay-aay-ace.

Posted by: Bud Norton at August 04, 2013 01:26 PM (6cOMd)

119 Ryan took Ventura to school and back. It was awesome, and yes, Ventura had it coming. You do not charge the mound on Nolan Ryan, and he amply demonstrated why. I saw Ventura in an interview later and he has a good attitude. He's resigned to the fact that he'll forever be known as the young whippersnapper whom Ryan took to school.

Posted by: Cowboy at August 04, 2013 01:27 PM (XwRIg)

120 Spell my name right, you guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Keyser Soze at August 04, 2013 01:27 PM (omBWL)

121 #92 dfbaskwill

When I was a college freshman I had a friend that looked remarkably like Bosworth, hair style, build, face.

TFG would go around at parties saying he was Bosworth's little brother. If the line at the keg was too long, he'd walk up to people and take their cups out of their hands and thank them for getting him a beer.

Drunk chicks all over him. He worked it to death actually. A few bars didn't card him because he had everyone believing he was The Boz's kid brother.

Then he got kicked out of school and joined the Army

Posted by: CozMark at August 04, 2013 01:28 PM (6QN3y)

122 On Bo Jackson: saw him throw a ball from the wall at Camden Yards to home. Got the runner out. Not even close. Bo threw a strike. It was stunning.

Posted by: Cowboy at August 04, 2013 01:29 PM (XwRIg)

123 Off topic, but have any of you seen this? Unfreakingbelievable. The Red Curtain Of RageÂ™ is blinding me right now....

http://tinyurl.com/mv7svhx

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 04, 2013 01:30 PM (tAoev)

124 On Bo Jackson: saw him throw a ball from the wall at Camden Yards to home. Got the runner out. Not even close. Bo threw a strike. It was stunning. Posted by: Cowboy at August 04, 2013 05:29 PM (XwRIg) If he had stayed healthy and continued to play baseball, I think he would have set a few records there also. Great Great Great athlete

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 04, 2013 01:30 PM (jE38p)

125
So. Picture this....NYC, South Bronx. 14 year old is capped by the cops after he shot at a fleeing man, and then refused to drop his weapon when ordered to by the cops. So far, kind of a normal day in many big cities in this country. But this kid, this precious Trayvonesque angel, was arrested in May for attempted murder of a 15 year old. He also was scheduled to appear in court on the 23rd for charges of weapon possession.

My question....why wasn't this thug cooling off in jail where he belonged. Attempted murder, and yet he was out walking the streets? WTF?

http://tinyurl.com/llmq662

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at August 04, 2013 01:32 PM (qoQi/)

126 My question....why wasn't this thug cooling off in jail where he belonged. Attempted murder, and yet he was out walking the streets? WTF? ---------- According to The Blaze that charge was recently dropped.

Posted by: Adam at August 04, 2013 01:35 PM (Aif/5)

127 122 On Bo Jackson: saw him throw a ball from the wall at Camden Yards to home. Got the runner out. Not even close. Bo threw a strike. It was stunning. Posted by: Cowboy at August 04, 2013 05:29 PM (XwRIg) Years ago during the Wally Joyner era of the Angels, Bo Jackson and the Royals showed up and put an ass-whooping on the Angels. Towards the end of the game, Bo Jackson smacked one out of the park and just about everyone got up and left. Too funny!

Posted by: I Be That Chick On Her iPad at August 04, 2013 01:35 PM (hgT3V)

128

According to The Blaze that charge was recently dropped.

Stupidly, it would seem.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at August 04, 2013 01:38 PM (qoQi/)

129

Too bad I already have plans to gouge my eyes out and stick a sewing needle in my eardrums.

ROFLMAO. Just spewed beer all over the screen. I should know better.

Posted by: Infidel at August 04, 2013 01:39 PM (FO/xQ)

130

Robin, OMG he was so hot. Used to get tickets behind the backstop so I could look at his fine ass. He was the handsomest man on any team. A joy to watch and commited baseball player, excellent shortstop.

I thought this was about ROBIN YOUNT. Never Mind.

Posted by: 80's Baseball girl at August 04, 2013 01:40 PM (1zsKV)

131 You would have thought Bo would have continued his celebrity somehow, broadcasting, movies, TV, something. He just dropped off the radar. You got to kind of admire him just for that.

Posted by: lowandslow at August 04, 2013 01:42 PM (Fz2C7)

132 Tiger about to win. Pretty much lapped the field.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 04, 2013 01:44 PM (ZPrif)

133 Tiger about to win. Pretty much lapped the field. Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 04, 2013 05:44 PM (ZPrif) Ain't a major

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 04, 2013 01:46 PM (jE38p)

134 Tiger has dominated these World Golf Championship events. They are the level below the majors and attract the best golfers in the world. WGC events count as European Tour events, as do the majors. In fact, Tiger has won so many WGC events and majors that he's the 3rd all time winningest player on the European Tour ... even though he's never played on the European Tour.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 04, 2013 01:46 PM (ZPrif)

135 You would have thought Bo would have continued his celebrity somehow, broadcasting, movies, TV, something. He just dropped off the radar. You got to kind of admire him just for that. Posted by: lowandslow at August 04, 2013 05:42 PM (Fz2C7) Appears that he is a pretty successful business man.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 04, 2013 01:47 PM (jE38p)

136 Ryan was part of the Mets farm system in the late 60's - was taught to use his legs to generate momentum towards the plate (if you look at pics of him, Koosman, Seaver and Gentry look at the leg used to push them off the rubber and towards the plate - it usually had a area covered with dirt). I don't remember Ryan going on the DL for Arm problems (he had a problem with blisters early with the Mets, and was usually on the DL for Hammy problems). Use to go to 'The Big A" as a kid... when The Express was pitching you could hear him grunt up in the stands when he was on the mound. Remember the day when he left the Angels for the Astros, he took out an ad in the OC Register thanking the fans for their support... he really wanted to win a WS for Gene Autry while with the team. Bo, Thomas and 'Rock' Raines... three guys that could deliver an ass whoopin' to anyone...

Posted by: Pimp Daddy Welfare at August 04, 2013 01:47 PM (Jls4P)

137 Not sure how many events count as both PGA and European Tour events every year. At least 8, the 4 majors and 4 WGC events.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 04, 2013 01:49 PM (ZPrif)

138 Bo is a country boy. He's a super serious hunter.

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at August 04, 2013 01:49 PM (ZPrif)

139 all were power hitters, constant .300 batters, and could steal

Posted by: navycopjoe at August 04, 2013 01:50 PM (V75zy)

140 Yanks getting killed by the Padres, the freaken Padres, and the A-Rod road show starts tomorrow. What a farce of a season for them. If George were alive, oh man would there be fireworks

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 04, 2013 01:50 PM (jE38p)

141 Bo had more physical talent than any athlete on the planet. And a damned fine human being, to boot.

Posted by: Beasts of England at August 04, 2013 04:26 PM (Xcbf

Those commercials with Bo Diddley are probably the best things Nike ever did.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 04, 2013 01:51 PM (LRLUQ)

142
oh yeah?

26.4 Years Ago Today,

Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant!

Posted by: you got chocolate in my soothsayer! at August 04, 2013 01:51 PM (GcwH1)

143 OT Saw the Stones at a concert at A Stadium in '79 before they enclosed the whole thing. I won't devulge what we got past security.

Posted by: Infidel at August 04, 2013 01:51 PM (FO/xQ)

144 My question....why wasn't this thug cooling off in jail where he belonged. Attempted murder, and yet he was out walking the streets? WTF?

http://tinyurl.com/llmq662
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at August 04, 2013 05:32 PM

Can't wait to see MSM primarily run photos of this "child" when he was nine years old. I'm sure that Sharpton has his FSA marchers ready to start plenty of shit, and we'll hear "them cops murdered that child because he was black, he wasn't doin' nothin' wrong" and it'll morph to the kid was just taking some candy home to his little brother when the cops gunned him down.

Even if they have to stipulate that the little thug was armed, they'll say "the cops coulda just shot the gun out of his hand"

Posted by: kbdabear at August 04, 2013 01:52 PM (/9IC1)

145 This is why baseball was the greatest game around.

Alas, it isn't played this way anymore.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 04, 2013 01:52 PM (gqgiP)

146 Ventura has to feel like Ryan is kicking his ass every day managing this crappy Sox team. The Tigers just handed them their 10th straight loss, a 12 inning game they should have won. It was glorious.

Posted by: holygoat at August 04, 2013 01:52 PM (HYFht)

147 Kind of strange that for all of Ryan's years in the game, the only World Series he ever pitched in was the 69 Series in game 4 when he was 22

Posted by: kbdabear at August 04, 2013 01:55 PM (/9IC1)

148 "146 Ventura has to feel like Ryan is kicking his ass every day managing this crappy Sox team."

Yeah they're bad, creeping towards Astros bad.

Posted by: lowandslow at August 04, 2013 01:55 PM (Fz2C7)

149 Love those shots from the old ballpark... Delta still had a hub at DFW... Marlboro cigarette billboard as big as life... that old stadium had it's faults but it had a great feel to it too.

I am always taken aback when I run into someone that says they don't follow baseball since the last strike. I hated it, but I got over it. Of ALL the major sports, baseball is my favorite, and now that they've all had job actions.. do those of you that don't watch baseball not watch any sports?

And too,,... there is big money in every professional sport..

Posted by: Yip at August 04, 2013 01:55 PM (/jHWN)

150 Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 04, 2013 05:50 PM (jE38p)

Phil Hughes: $1,000,000 arm -- 10Â¢ head.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 04, 2013 01:56 PM (gqgiP)

151 This is why baseball was the greatest game around. Alas, it isn't played this way anymore. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 04, 2013 05:52 PM (gqgiP) Well maybe we start by getting rid of filth like A-Rod tomorrow

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 04, 2013 01:56 PM (jE38p)

152
btw, Wrestlemania III in 1987 was held in the Pontiac Silverdome, former home of the Detroit Lions and Pistons. The event broke a record with an attendance of 90K+.

The Silverdome was built in 1975 for a cost of $55M. In 2009 was sold for $580K.

Because of George Bush and his reckless polices.

And the middle class.

Now you know...

the

rest

of the story.

Good day!

Posted by: you got chocolate in my soothsayer! at August 04, 2013 01:57 PM (LPRBM)

153 "Even if they have to stipulate that the little thug was armed, they'll say "the cops coulda just shot the gun out of his hand"

Posted by: kbdabear at August 04, 2013 05:52 PM (/9IC1)"

Sad, but true. I am constantly amazed at the level of ignorance so many people display when discussing armed confrontations. People on twitter were actually positing the idea that Zimmerman should have turned the gun around and beat Trayvon Martin with the butt end rather than use it as intended because, TRAGIC DEATH IS TRAGIC!

Posted by: holygoat at August 04, 2013 01:57 PM (HYFht)

154 Phil Hughes: $1,000,000 arm -- 10Â¢ head. Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 04, 2013 05:56 PM (gqgiP) I think your over estimating his arm

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 04, 2013 01:57 PM (jE38p)

155 I guess he didn't understand the old texan wrestled steers bigger than him. It's the young bull old biull story.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet at August 04, 2013 01:58 PM (XIxXP)

156 Can't wait to see MSM primarily run photos of this "child" when he was nine years old. Nope. He was armed. The race-baiters know better than to have their victim armed.

Posted by: AmishDude at August 04, 2013 01:58 PM (xSegX)

157 Well maybe we start by getting rid of filth like A-Rod tomorrow

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 04, 2013 05:56 PM (jE38p)

From your mouth to God's ear.

If it is a PED suspension, baseball is stupid. if it is "the best interests of baseball," then they have a chance.

What pisses me off is that ARod is an incredible talent. He would have been a lock for the Hall of Fame even without steroids (just like Bonds).

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 04, 2013 01:58 PM (gqgiP)

158 Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 04, 2013 05:57 PM (jE38p)

Lousy pitch choice is what kills Hughes. He overthrows his fastball and gets rocked, instead of relying on his hook.

He's just stupid.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 04, 2013 02:00 PM (gqgiP)

159
As far as interestin' pitchers go, Randy Johnson whacking that pigeon is still one of my favorites. the explosive poof of pigeon feathers was just too damned funny.

http://tinyurl.com/ojbjszh

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at August 04, 2013 02:00 PM (qoQi/)

160 nreal: Government To Spend 2 Billion Buying Land And Giving It Back To Indian Tribes Meanwhile we are told we are having to gut military to its lowest levels since World War 2, and the Administration is touting the horrors of a sequestration that they themselves created. Are those concerned happy with this arrangement? No, they already see the huge boondoggle coming and are fighting over their piece of the pie. Not to mention those who will be forced off their land and made to sell. Weasel Zippers: Not sure we can last another 3 years with these commie yuts in power

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 04, 2013 02:00 PM (jE38p)

161 What pisses me off is that ARod is an incredible talent. He would have been a lock for the Hall of Fame even without steroids (just like Bonds). Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 04, 2013 05:58 PM (gqgiP) Who knows, word is now A-Rod has been using since High School

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 04, 2013 02:02 PM (jE38p)

162 new one

Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2013 02:06 PM (lZvxr)

163 Yeah, the Feds' with our money are going to buy and gift land to a bunch of indian tribes and then they'll promptly open some more freaking casinos on them. Good grief.

Posted by: Yip at August 04, 2013 02:08 PM (/jHWN)

164
Nope. He was armed. The race-baiters know better than to have their victim armed.

And now he's dead. Pity, and all that, his parents must be horribly grieved, (assuming they've even noticed he's missing yet). But...if the justice system worked, especially the juvenile system, this thugish little punk would have been kept locked up, and would still be alive. Thanks to PC 'OMGWTFBBQ we cant put innocent little babies in jail!' laws, he was punted right back into the same environment, the same neighborhood, and the same situation that he came from. Golf clap to the city of NY....brilliant f'ing thinking right there. At least the precocious toddler didn't die with a Big Gulp in his hands.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at August 04, 2013 02:09 PM (qoQi/)

165 there is a mural of that photo in the Lonestar Oyster Bar across 157 from the stadium.... at least the last time i was in there, several years ago.

Posted by: ___________ at August 04, 2013 02:19 PM (fdnD9)

166 Did Nolan actually punch himself with that first upper-cut?

Posted by: Just Curious at August 04, 2013 02:24 PM (Y724e)

167 Pete is fucking liar, Ventura rushed Ryan and tried to tackle him, Ryan, bulldogged him and commenced to massaging his face with his fist.

Pathetic, nolan ryan the asshole, we all know how he took all those enhancement drugs, had 5 wives, snorted coke til his heart exploded, beat his wife and kids, murdered some guy at a bar badmouthing him, fought dogs for sport, and generally pissed on all elderly every chance he got....

Oh he didnt, it just some asshole named pete spouting off on the interwebs again. classy.

Posted by: ___________ at August 04, 2013 02:25 PM (eb70/)

168 160 nreal: Government To Spend 2 Billion Buying Land And Giving It Back To Indian Tribes

Wonder which contributor to JEF bought up land close to a reservation and is now selling it for 10x return?

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 04, 2013 02:46 PM (QVC7W)

169 I grew up with robin and Rick. Both really nice guys.

Posted by: CaliGirl at August 04, 2013 02:53 PM (J8Q1Z)

170 It does kind of suck for Ventura. He could save a bus load of crippled kids from falling off a cliff and he would still be known as the guy who got his ass kicked by Nolan Ryan.

Posted by: Ch3cooh at August 04, 2013 02:57 PM (LwKUt)

171 Ventura in '03 0r '04 gave an interview with gary mayer and roe khan.

He said, "I didn't know it would be history, but as soon as I took that first stem I knew I made a mistke."

Venture knew he was meat as soon as he stepped to ryan.

Posted by: douglas at August 04, 2013 03:41 PM (mbM03)

172 Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 04, 2013 05:25 PM (jE38p) I still think that the best NBA fight was a non-fight: Showtime Lakers and some team I can't remember. Some no-names were going at it and a member of the other team ran up on Magic and pushed him in the chest. Magic wasn't willing to fight and put his hands up to indicate this, but before the other guy could push him again, Kareem ran up behind Magic, put Magic behind him as if the latter weighed 120 pounds and put his face down into the other players face. The other player then put his hands up and backed off. No one wanted to f with Kareem.

Posted by: baldilocks at August 04, 2013 03:42 PM (Tnlh/)

173 Nolan Ryan was born on Wild Bills birthday, and trained throwing midsized farm animals on his way to perochial school, only to laugh at the swats and abuse meeted out by the angryh latent lesbian nuns.

Summary, I would only punch Nolan if I were on my death bead, and in which case my doctor better be 100% correct.

Posted by: douglas at August 04, 2013 03:45 PM (mbM03)

174 Those commercials with Bo Diddley are probably the best things Nike ever did.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 04, 2013 05:51 PM

Saw square-guitar Bo at a local dive 20 years ago. A dozen people attended. Max. Bo was not amused.

Football / Baseball / Bobsled Bo just finished a Tour de Alabama cycling for the tornado victims in Tuscaloosa. Pure class.

Bo knows Bo!

Posted by: Beasts of England at August 04, 2013 03:48 PM (jAJ9t)

175 The most overrated "fight" ever. Ventura didn't have one mark on him afterwards. Ryan basically noogied him. Yeah, it was funny and it made a great picture.

Posted by: Obvious at August 04, 2013 06:11 PM (rUwB1)

176 That didn't happen at the Ballpark in Arlington. It wasn't built yet. Nolan never pitched at the new stadium. That happened at the old park. Just saying. Also, I'll love Ace Ventura till the day I die for his walkoff grandslam single

Posted by: dan at August 04, 2013 06:15 PM (2j/xk)

177 I'm sad I missed this thread. Nolan is a great guy and I love the Rangers. The comments have been great to read.

Posted by: dogfish at August 04, 2013 06:15 PM (ronbC)

178 I'm sad I missed this thread. Nolan is a great guy and I love the Rangers. A fond memory of my young adulthood. The comments have been great to read.

Posted by: dogfish at August 04, 2013 06:20 PM (ronbC)

179 I love how the play-by-play guys say, "Let's take another look at it" and then go on to dissect it in all its glory.

Nowadays they won't show replays of even potentially controversial plays, not wanting to rile up the rubes and all, let alone fights. Nowadays they'd just cut to commercial and if it wasn't resolved by then they'd put the camera on the play-by-play guys who will hand-wring until play resumes.

There may still be no cryin' in baseball, but it has taken some steps in that sissified direction.

Posted by: csmats at August 04, 2013 10:06 PM (9yxBr)

180 Don't mess with Texas!

Posted by: HeftyJo at August 05, 2013 02:10 PM (rfXgR)

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