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RIP Geremi Gonzalez

#1 Post by littlebeast13 » Mon May 26, 2008 6:11 pm

Former pitcher for several teams, most notably the Cubs. He was only 33...


http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3412801


When I see stories like this, it justifies my phobia of lightning I constantly get ribbed about....

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#2 Post by ulysses5019 » Mon May 26, 2008 6:13 pm

littlebeast13 wrote:http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3412801


When I see stories like this, it justifies my phobia of lightning I constantly get ribbed about....

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I would never rib anyone about lightning strikes having spent an hour in a bus on a golf course while the lightning and thunder rumbled around us.
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#3 Post by silvercamaro » Mon May 26, 2008 6:31 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3412801


When I see stories like this, it justifies my phobia of lightning I constantly get ribbed about....

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I would never rib anyone about lightning strikes having spent an hour in a bus on a golf course while the lightning and thunder rumbled around us.
I would never rib anyone about lightning strikes after having spent more than two hours during a thunderstorm in a car with no windshield and a power pole on top of the roof. For a year after that, if I had to drive toward lightning on the distant horizon, I would start shaking.

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#4 Post by ulysses5019 » Mon May 26, 2008 6:43 pm

silvercamaro wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:
littlebeast13 wrote:http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3412801


When I see stories like this, it justifies my phobia of lightning I constantly get ribbed about....

lb13
I would never rib anyone about lightning strikes having spent an hour in a bus on a golf course while the lightning and thunder rumbled around us.
I would never rib anyone about lightning strikes after having spent more than two hours during a thunderstorm in a car with no windshield and a power pole on top of the roof. For a year after that, if I had to drive toward lightning on the distant horizon, I would start shaking.
Don't worry, there's no lightning at the Sony studios in Culver City.
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#5 Post by silvercamaro » Mon May 26, 2008 6:46 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
Don't worry, there's no lightning at the Sony studios in Culver City.
That's good to hear, but I do need lightning to strike once by telephone before they'll let me inside the place.

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#6 Post by Beast the Slacker » Mon May 26, 2008 6:48 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
silvercamaro wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote: I would never rib anyone about lightning strikes having spent an hour in a bus on a golf course while the lightning and thunder rumbled around us.
I would never rib anyone about lightning strikes after having spent more than two hours during a thunderstorm in a car with no windshield and a power pole on top of the roof. For a year after that, if I had to drive toward lightning on the distant horizon, I would start shaking.
Don't worry, there's no lightning at the Sony studios in Culver City.

Doesn't it take 1.21 Gigawatts to power all those monitors and Alex's Teleprompter?

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#7 Post by silvercamaro » Mon May 26, 2008 6:50 pm

Beast the Slacker wrote: Doesn't it take 1.21 Gigawatts to power all those monitors and Alex's Teleprompter?
I think they use thousands of hamsters on wheels. All the hamsters who escaped from Sonny ran to Sony.

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#8 Post by Squashed Hamster » Mon May 26, 2008 6:56 pm

silvercamaro wrote:
Beast the Slacker wrote: Doesn't it take 1.21 Gigawatts to power all those monitors and Alex's Teleprompter?
I think they use thousands of hamsters on wheels. All the hamsters who escaped from Sonny ran to Sony.

NO!!!! They better not have my long, lost companions slaving away in captivity! I'll have PETA all over their asses for this!

Aren't there any squirrels in LA?

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#9 Post by NSAS » Mon May 26, 2008 7:02 pm

Squashed Hamster wrote:
silvercamaro wrote:
Beast the Slacker wrote: Doesn't it take 1.21 Gigawatts to power all those monitors and Alex's Teleprompter?
I think they use thousands of hamsters on wheels. All the hamsters who escaped from Sonny ran to Sony.

NO!!!! They better not have my long, lost companions slaving away in captivity! I'll have PETA all over their asses for this!

Aren't there any squirrels in LA?

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Dear Mr. S. Hamster,

The oppression of squirrels is nothing to joke about. We at the National Squirrel Appreciation Society do not take such suggestions lightly. We would suggest that if you and your squishy cousins are feeling oppressed it is inappropriate to foster the oppression of your long tailed cousins. Rodents of the World Unite! Solidarity is the only answer.

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#10 Post by Evil Squirrel » Mon May 26, 2008 7:06 pm

BWAHAHAHA! Hamsters don't have fan clubs/unions/lobbyists like we squirrels do! Have fun spinning in that wheel, flatboy.....

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#11 Post by ulysses5019 » Mon May 26, 2008 7:07 pm

NSAS wrote:
Squashed Hamster wrote:
silvercamaro wrote: I think they use thousands of hamsters on wheels. All the hamsters who escaped from Sonny ran to Sony.

NO!!!! They better not have my long, lost companions slaving away in captivity! I'll have PETA all over their asses for this!

Aren't there any squirrels in LA?

Mr. Hamster
Dear Mr. S. Hamster,

The oppression of squirrels is nothing to joke about. We at the National Squirrel Appreciation Society do not take such suggestions lightly. We would suggest that if you and your squishy cousins are feeling oppressed it is inappropriate to foster the oppression of your long tailed cousins. Rodents of the World Unite! Solidarity is the only answer.

Sincerely,

Your friends at NSAS.
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#12 Post by Larry Bud Selig » Mon May 26, 2008 7:08 pm

This thread is exactly how Geremi would want to be remembered....

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#13 Post by The Face on Mars » Mon May 26, 2008 7:12 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
NSAS wrote:
Squashed Hamster wrote:
NO!!!! They better not have my long, lost companions slaving away in captivity! I'll have PETA all over their asses for this!

Aren't there any squirrels in LA?

Mr. Hamster
Dear Mr. S. Hamster,

The oppression of squirrels is nothing to joke about. We at the National Squirrel Appreciation Society do not take such suggestions lightly. We would suggest that if you and your squishy cousins are feeling oppressed it is inappropriate to foster the oppression of your long tailed cousins. Rodents of the World Unite! Solidarity is the only answer.

Sincerely,

Your friends at NSAS.
Don't you have some Martian photos to process?

I hope this time they get my best side...

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#14 Post by ulysses5019 » Mon May 26, 2008 7:22 pm

The Face on Mars wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:
NSAS wrote: Dear Mr. S. Hamster,

The oppression of squirrels is nothing to joke about. We at the National Squirrel Appreciation Society do not take such suggestions lightly. We would suggest that if you and your squishy cousins are feeling oppressed it is inappropriate to foster the oppression of your long tailed cousins. Rodents of the World Unite! Solidarity is the only answer.

Sincerely,

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Don't you have some Martian photos to process?

I hope this time they get my best side...
You have a good side? The acne can't be any worse. And what's with that hole at the lower left? Is Martian anatomy that different?
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#15 Post by TheConfessor » Tue May 27, 2008 12:25 am

Gonzalez also played for the Tampa Bay Rays, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers. He made a combined 24 appearances for the Mets and Brewers in his final major league season in 2006.
I haven't researched it, but I don't think he played for the Rays. More likely the Devil Rays.

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#16 Post by littlebeast13 » Tue May 27, 2008 5:42 am

TheConfessor wrote:
Gonzalez also played for the Tampa Bay Rays, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers. He made a combined 24 appearances for the Mets and Brewers in his final major league season in 2006.
I haven't researched it, but I don't think he played for the Rays. More likely the Devil Rays.

He also played for the Cubs as Jeremi Gonzalez. Nobody named Geremi ever played for the Cubs....

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#17 Post by eyégor » Tue May 27, 2008 6:41 am

He was one of many who failed at throwing a knuckleball.

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