Grab Bag Of Random Posts

[Blind3]

I'm a Philadelphia Phillies fan as baseball goes , but I saw how the club honored the memory of their dead teammate Nick Adenhart . Very classy !! You could see the emotion of his teammates too.

[Dubbel]

Thanks guys! I thought it was cool that they partied with (the late) Nick Adenhart's jersey, of course there are always those who think it inappropriate. F - them!

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/angels_ ... river.html

[SE6Ajacied]

Thanks guys! I thought it was cool that they partied with (the late) Nick Adenhart's jersey, of course there are always those who think it inappropriate. F - them!

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/angels_ ... river.html

Is that the reason for the giant shirt? Have to admit, never heard of him of him or his team-great gesture though-respect for that.

[Dubbel]

Is that the reason for the giant shirt? Have to admit, never heard of him of him or his team-great gesture though-respect for that.

Ha ha ha, I think the 'giant shirt' could be due to the camera angle. Look at that bat boy holding the shirt, his hands are monstrous. Also, baseball shirts button down in the front so if a shirt is open it can get pretty wide on any day.

[SE6Ajacied]

Is that the reason for the giant shirt? Have to admit, never heard of him of him or his team-great gesture though-respect for that.

Ha ha ha, I think the 'giant shirt' could be due to the camera angle. Look at that bat boy holding the shirt, his hands are monstrous. Also, baseball shirts button down in the front so if a shirt is open it can get pretty wide on any day.

Yeah-I forgot about the buttons at the front-think I've given the game away that I don't follow baseball-probably best if I stick to chatting about the footy only in future.....

[SE6Ajacied]

Is that the reason for the giant shirt? Have to admit, never heard of him of him or his team-great gesture though-respect for that.

Ha ha ha, I think the 'giant shirt' could be due to the camera angle. Look at that bat boy holding the shirt, his hands are monstrous. Also, baseball shirts button down in the front so if a shirt is open it can get pretty wide on any day.

Yeah-I forgot about the buttons at the front-think I've given the game away that I don't follow baseball-probably best if I stick to chatting about the footy only in future.....

[aveslacker]

Baseball. Hmm... I have vague memories of that sport...

[SE6Ajacied]

Couldn't resist posting this

http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/south ... ticle.html

[Dubbel]

Sweep Revenge: the Giant Shirts strike again!!!



Exit Boston, next stop NY.

SE6, I hope we can count on your continued (if subconscious) support?

[SE6Ajacied]

SE6, I hope we can count on your continued (if subconscious) support?

But of course

[aveslacker]

Sweep Revenge: the Giant Shirts strike again!!!



Exit Boston, next stop NY.

SE6, I hope we can count on your continued (if subconscious) support?

Please kick the shit out of the Yankees.

Sincerely,

The entire free world.

[Orange14]

Echo what Aveslacker said directly above. ABTY (anyone but the Yankees)!!!

[Amol]

Echo what Aveslacker said directly above. ABTY (anyone but the Yankees)!!!

It's great to see so many haters. Well, it'll only make the World Series so much sweeter

[Amol]

You guys still keeping score? Now all we have to do is to kidnap that damn rally monkey.

[Dubbel]

You guys still keeping score? Now all we have to do is to kidnap that damn rally monkey.

Deng! Who'd have thought to look there, of all places.

Amol and other NYY fans, congrats!

Best o' luck in the WS...

[Amol]

Deng! Who'd have thought to look there, of all places.

Amol and other NYY fans, congrats!

Best o' luck in the WS...

Wow!! What happened to you guys? It was like watching a comedy show. Something just wasn't there for the Angels this series.

Usually for the past 9-10 years, all the Yankees fans usually fear an Angels comeback. But you guys just didn't have that.

Well, there's always next year. BTW, we are retiring Kate Hudson's number

[aveslacker]

Deng! Who'd have thought to look there, of all places.

Amol and other NYY fans, congrats!

Best o' luck in the WS...

Wow!! What happened to you guys? It was like watching a comedy show. Something just wasn't there for the Angels this series.

Usually for the past 9-10 years, all the Yankees fans usually fear an Angels comeback. But you guys just didn't have that.

Well, there's always next year. BTW, we are retiring Kate Hudson's number

The only good that can come of this in my opinion is that we can finally put to bed the absolutely stupid notion that A-Rod can't perform in the clutch.

[Amol]

The only good that can come of this in my opinion is that we can finally put to bed the absolutely stupid notion that A-Rod can't perform in the clutch.

Well he wasn't really performing in the playoffs. I'm not saying that the losses from the past few years were his fault. But, he was among the many non-performers. Teixeira is being pretty useless with the bat too, but he's got insane defensive skills. Plus I'm sure he'll bring his bat along soon.

[aveslacker]

The only good that can come of this in my opinion is that we can finally put to bed the absolutely stupid notion that A-Rod can't perform in the clutch.

Well he wasn't really performing in the playoffs. I'm not saying that the losses from the past few years were his fault. But, he was among the many non-performers. Teixeira is being pretty useless with the bat too, but he's got insane defensive skills. Plus I'm sure he'll bring his bat along soon.

It's called a small sample size. Plus he did just fine in the playoffs against the Yankees. A-Rod is possibly the best player of his generation. Far, far, far, far better than Jeter.

[Amol]

It's called a small sample size. Plus he did just fine in the playoffs against the Yankees. A-Rod is possibly the best player of his generation. Far, far, far, far better than Jeter.

I meant to say that he wasn't performing in the playoffs for the Yankees(although he did just fine in 2004). I never said that he was better or worse than Jeter.

In any event since we are on the topic, here is what both of them have done in the division series till 2007 -
Jeter has batted .354, with 70 hits, 9 home runs and 21 RBIs over 12 years.
A-Rod has batted .258 has 24 hits, 3 home runs and 7 RBIs over 7 years.

A Rod has kind of done a 180 this year. I am glad we have both of them on our team though.

Here are the stats -
1. A Rod -
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players ... al01&ps=ds
2. Jeter -
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players ... de01&ps=ds

[aveslacker]

It's called a small sample size. Plus he did just fine in the playoffs against the Yankees. A-Rod is possibly the best player of his generation. Far, far, far, far better than Jeter.

I meant to say that he wasn't performing in the playoffs for the Yankees(although he did just fine in 2004). I never said that he was better or worse than Jeter.

In any event since we are on the topic, here is what both of them have done in the division series till 2007 -
Jeter has batted .354, with 70 hits, 9 home runs and 21 RBIs over 12 years.
A-Rod has batted .258 has 24 hits, 3 home runs and 7 RBIs over 7 years.

A Rod has kind of done a 180 this year. I am glad we have both of them on our team though.

Here are the stats -
1. A Rod -
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players ... al01&ps=ds
2. Jeter -
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players ... de01&ps=ds

Again, the playoffs are inherently a small sample size. Of the roughly 10,000 career at bats Jeter has had, about 600 of them have been in the postseason. Furthermore, A-Rod still has equivalent, if not better, postseason numbers. A-Rod's OBP is about 20 points higher (.408 - .381) and his slugging percentage is significantly better (.570 - .477).

Look at their career numbers. Ther are similar in batting average and OBP, but A-Rod's OPS and OPS+ are massively higer because A-Rod, while hitting for almost the same average as Jeter, actually gets on base slightly more and has much more power. He is simply a better batter than, basically, all but five or ten players in history.

No disrespect intended towards Jeter (although I get really tired of how the media fawns over him). Jeter is an excellent player. He's just not in the same league as A-Rod.

[SE6Ajacied]

@ everybody (off topic): AjaxTalking on a cell phone, PDA, or other small screen gadget? Then have a look at ajaxtalk.nl/mini..

Oooh, I'll try that. The usual Ajaxtalk site works really well on my phone I have to say other than a few small things but I'll definately give that address a try and let you know what I think.

[martinkohout]

@ everybody (off topic): AjaxTalking on a cell phone, PDA, or other small screen gadget? Then have a look at ajaxtalk.nl/mini..

Oooh, I'll try that. The usual Ajaxtalk site works really well on my phone I have to say other than a few small things but I'll definately give that address a try and let you know what I think.

Same here; I've got an iPhone, and aside from the pain of having to zoom in drastically to make things legible, the "old" (current) site seems to work just fine. However, I've added ajaxtalk.nl/mini to my iPhone bookmarks. (Is the only difference the absence of graphics, i.e., banner across the top, avatars, "new" post notifications, etc.?)

[ajaxusa]

It's a big improvement on my iPhone! Thanks!

[666]

having to zoom in drastically to make things legible

Didn't I tell you to sign the dotted line without reading the small print first?

Try landscape view.


small print on iPhone in portrait view:



bigger small print landscape view:

(Is the only difference the absence of graphics, i.e., banner across the top, avatars, "new" post notifications, etc.?)

And no empty space left and right of the content frame, no "joined" date, no email and report buttons, no links to the teletekst page, the blog, and the news feed, no reminders of who moderates what on every page of the forum, no who's online/statistics/birthdays on the forum index, ...

"View active topics" is still there, and if you're logged in the "view new posts" link lists new posts.


I didn't mean to hijack Juneaus topic, so I'm moving the AT mobile discussion to the Grab Bag.