The JS Blog continues its assault against common sense
by roguejim on Mar 27, 2009 2:04 PM CDT
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PrintI don't go out of my way to alienate the Journal Sentinel's Brewers blog. I know it might seem that way, but I swear I don't. I just go there often for Brewers news, and just sometimes the ridiculousness just kind of slaps you in the face.
For example, take this tidbit from this morning. This is the lead paragraph:
The Detroit Tigers are the only team in Major League Baseball that has scheduled a game between noon and 3 p.m. on Friday, April 10, which happens to be Good Friday.
I mean, c'mon. Please tell me that other people see why this statement is patently ridiculous.
I'm starting to wonder just how badly I need updated Brewers news.
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The Rangers didn’t schedule it, though they’re playing in it. And while if I lived on the West Coast there would obviously be games on television between 12pm and 3pm local time, no West Coast team is playing during that time slot, and in any event none of those games are local (i.e. for one living in the home market to attend in person).
What am I missing? (I like this, its like a riddle.)
by James Stanley Cocanower on Mar 27, 2009 2:21 PM CDT reply actions
Tom is technically accurate
But with that said, what he said is misleading. He implied there are no afternoon games that day. The Brewers and Cubs play at 3:05.
"The reports are that he is getting better. The definition of better is nebulous."
techinically neither did the Tigers
That’s MLB’s doing. And the reason it’s scheduled then is for TV reasons so Espin could have their triple header. Could they have scheduled a more respectful time? Sure. But theirs money involved, and apparently the anti-christian heathens at Espins won.
I just sit back and root for the taser
If ESPN are the spokespeople for heathens
I’m finding a religion.
by Braunstalker on Mar 27, 2009 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Is that game on ESPN?
The Tigers site says FSN Detroit.
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I think roguejim is going for something else
They made it seem as if there is only one team playing… most baseball games require two teams.
I just see that sentence as article filler. To be honest, I’m not seeing the relevance of that entire article by Don Walker, in general.
PensBurgh penalty - Lavender - 2 minutes for hijynxing.
Indeed
I don’t actually know a lot of people that have Good Friday off, so it’s hard to imagine why someone would complain about a baseball game being played on that day. And I’m not a religious man, so someone tell me if there’s some significance about it being Friday afternoon instead of night? Someone just has to complain about everything?
by Marty McSuperFly on Mar 27, 2009 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe because people have to take off work to go to the game?
I don’t think that would have anything to do with Catholics complaining, though.
by Marty McSuperFly on Mar 27, 2009 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions
The belief Jesus was on the cross from noon to 3
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So Matt Wieters is starting?
[ducks]
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Mar 27, 2009 7:26 PM CDT up reply actions
You mean the Jesus who hit the bases empty grand slam?
PensBurgh penalty - Lavender - 2 minutes for hijynxing.
The announders just have to be extra-sensitive
to make sure they don’t use the phrase, “He nailed that one!”, or “He got crossed up on that pitch!” when describing the action.
[ducks behind Jeff]
after saying that...
you can’t duck behind me. I don’t want to get hit with what people are going to hurl at you!
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Mar 27, 2009 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions
It could have been worse
Imagine if Corey Hart had a slow start last season, instead of a slow finish? Given his, well, sensitivity to the reaction of the crowd, I’m sure on Good Friday, one disgruntled fan would yell out “All hail Corey Hart, King of the Boos!”
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
by roguejim on Mar 28, 2009 8:17 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
It saddened me
when I thought no one noticed. :D
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
When I was a kid
The rule was, you can do anything you normally would between noon and 3pm, but no talking!
One time, for those three hours, my best friend and I played Intellivision football, trying to get the other one to laugh or talk. I’m sure that’s what the Church had in mind.
Oh, I also remembering calling my Mom from my friend’s house, and when she answered the phone by saying “Hello?” I would yell “A-HA!”
Good times, good times.
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
I think
a professional baseball game with no talking would be interesting. Arguing with the ump would be entertaining.
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
wow
Wikipedia says a whole bunch of stuff goes on.
So, does that mean tailgating for the Brewers home opener will be curtailed as all the faithful attend to their religious obligations? Or is it actually a non-issue, except for a handful of complainers who are simply on constant lookout for something to be offended by?
by Marty McSuperFly on Mar 28, 2009 8:34 AM CDT up reply actions
Isn't everything
“Or is it actually a non-issue, except for a handful of complainers who are simply on constant lookout for something to be offended by?”
:)
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I'm not sure what you mean
Am I Jesus, and Yost the Romans? Because, yea verily, I suffered.
by Marty McSuperFly on Mar 28, 2009 9:49 AM CDT up reply actions
Well
The War on Christmas™ seems to have died down, so maybe we’ve moved on to the War on Good Friday™.
I think Arbor Day is next.
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
Arbor Day sounds like a lot of tree hugger hippy crap
My father and his father before him chopped down any tree that dared rise up in front of him, and the world survived just fine.
by Marty McSuperFly on Mar 28, 2009 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Winner winner chicken dinner
A big mea culpa if teams get to schedule their own games, though I’m pretty sure that isn’t the case. (Even if the Tigers could schedule their games, I assume they’d have to make sure the Rangers would agree to it….)
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
I think MLB sets the day but the home teams pick the time
That’s how you get the White Sox starting their night games at 7:11 thanks to sponsorship dollars, other teams (Toronto? I can’t remember) starting at 7:07, and so on. Teams also get to choose day or night games, with rules about getaway days and playing in Texas & Florida in summer.
I think only national broadcasts trump the home team’s choice of start time.
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The announcers just have to be extra-sensitive
to make sure they don’t use the phrase, “He nailed that one!” when describing the action.
[ducks behind Jeff]
The game has been scheduled..
The Tigers are just waiting on the other teams to accept the invitation on Facebook.
by MrPilkington on Mar 28, 2009 3:13 AM CDT reply actions 3 recs
so the conventional wisdom
is that jesus hung on the cross from 12 -3 central time? i wonder how daylight savings plays into that.
if it's anything like Christmas
the actual day that Jesus hung on the cross is probably not even in the same month as good Friday.
"Nothing is working right now with a lot of the guys. We're trying to see pitches and see what we can do. ... I'm not going to sit there and walk, though. I'll eventually find it, and hopefully we'll still be in it." -Corey Hart
I'm pretty sure that isn't the point...
Considering the fact that Good Friday and Easter change dates every year, I’m pretty sure there aren’t a lot of people who think they fall on the actual anniversary of the crucifixion and resurrection.
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Mar 29, 2009 12:35 AM CDT up reply actions
Notre Dame basketball
The Fighting Irish played on Good Friday in the 2008 NCAA Mens tournament. I asked several Catholic friends of mine how they felt about the situation. They said it bothered them but it wasnt a big deal.
Wasn't there a scheduling issue a few years back
Where a BYU tournament game with the Badgers had to be moved so they wouldn’t have to play on Sunday?
"The reports are that he is getting better. The definition of better is nebulous."
Good memory. BYU would have switched regions if it had won its first two games (and would have ended up switching with Wisconsin), but they lost in the first round. I doubt they’d have given Kentucky as good of a game as the Badgers did.
jeff: but i shudder to think of the bullpen analogy to sending the runner
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