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42 minutes ago, 25 Nuggets said:

Well, by posting this thread instead of a game thread, that indicates you too have given up hope.

I just arrived on the board today.

Of course there is no hope when your MLB team you cheer your ass off for plays like little leaguers. 

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4 hours ago, 25 Nuggets said:

Well, by posting this thread instead of a game thread, that indicates you too have given up hope.

I just arrived on the board today.

I haven't given up hope, but I haven't ever started a game thread.  Those who do it typically put a lot of pride and effort into their first post.  I appreciate that, and didn't want to launch a game thread with what would have looked like a half-hearted effort since the game was already underway.  I had never arrived on the board to find no game thread.  Usually they are up the night before or well before game time.  

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11 minutes ago, schittenden said:

I haven't given up hope, but I haven't ever started a game thread.  Those who do it typically put a lot of pride and effort into their first post.  I appreciate that, and didn't want to launch a game thread with what would have looked like a half-hearted effort since the game was already underway.  I had never arrived on the board to find no game thread.  Usually they are up the night before or well before game time.  

Forget it, Jake.  It's Chinatown...

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31 minutes ago, schittenden said:

 

I haven't given up hope, but I haven't ever started a game thread. Those who do it typically put a lot of pride and effort into their first post. I appreciate that, and didn't want to launch a game thread with what would have looked like a half-hearted effort since the game was already underway. I had never arrived on the board to find no game thread. Usually they are up the night before or well before game time.  

 

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Just for future reference, please feel free to start a game thread if it is a late hour and one has not been started, as El Gordo did today.

When I go to Oriole games at Yankee Stadium, Paul Folk or Weams or Scott usually fill in for me. And sometimes, I just like to give other people the chance to start the game thread now and then ........ kind of like a position player getting a day off here and there.

 

When you get right down to it a game thread OP is a game thread OP, is a game thread OP, is a game thread OP ........ I just like to have a little fun with the team colors, fonts, and pitching statistics as part of my fan exuberance.

 

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12 hours ago, OFFNY said:

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Just for future reference, please feel free to start a game thread if it is a late hour and one has not been started, as El Gordo did today.

When I go to Oriole games at Yankee Stadium, Paul Folk or Weams or Scott usually fill in for me. And sometimes, I just like to give other people the chance to start the game thread now and then ........ kind of like a position player getting a day off here and there.

 

When you get right down to it a game thread OP is a game thread OP, is a game thread OP, is a game thread OP ........ I just like to have a little fun with the team colors, fonts, and pitching statistics as part of my fan exuberance.

 

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Yes, but then I would have felt it was all my fault when Miley completely imploded.

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