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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Great response. Great thought.

If I took away your spank bank section the outrage would be off the charts.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

As opposed to yours, where you ignored my question, and called me a hypocrite?

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
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So, when I removed your spank bank section and you and your merry gang in ingrates went crazy, but now your tits and ass section is gone and hardly a word?

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I never bitched about the removal of the T&A sections. Not once. I didn't even ask why they were removed. You announced to the board that they took up too much space. Made sense to me.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
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Bigfan, you should log off for awhile. Been a rough day here for you.

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WWN is correct(as usual).

I believe the correct term to use here is "His board, his rules" but the "His" is now a three headed god.

And if you don't like it, then there is the door.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Which applies to bigfan now just as did does/did the rest of us.

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I am going to say a few things and get them off my mind. Then I will sit back and let the usual people throw shit at me for reasons that have nothing to do with the content but with who posted them.

I really don't care who is running the board just that it runs in a semi coherent manner. May not like the mods but that is my problem as long as they do not infringe on the life of the board then it does not matter. That is what I think is the reason for the turmoil. The board is undergoing a change in moderating styles. The new ownership seems to be more hands on in that they are active posters. I also think they are a bit sensitive to peoples reaction to change. People don't like change, for better or worse for a lot of us this is a core of our social lives.

Second thing is the piling on of BigFan, Just like any time there is a regime change is a dictatorship when the old goes out the new guys and their buddies do their best to put down and rip on the outgoing old guy. Don't think I am spot on? How many statues of Saddam came crashing down? I will say though it is in bad taste, dude did a lot for us and this is how he is being treated. He could have been a dick and just down what others have down and abandoned it or closed it up . Instead he went out and found us the three jackass we are stuck with now.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

My favorite part is that your hooker reviews can be discussed again.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Saddam never did jack for me.

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You know me like that.

That post was... remarkably coherent... relatively speaking.

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http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Took me 13 hours to do

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Jake Arrieta has given up 2 or more runs in four of his ten starts. Jake Arrieta gets 8.1 runs of support per 27 outs. Jake Arrieta would not be 9-0 on the 2016 White Sox. Jake Arrieta does not decide to give up more runs knowing that the Cubs score more runs...nor does he ask the opposing pitcher how many runs he plans on giving up to make sure he keeps the game close.

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This was an awful post. Very little has changed. We are all posting the same way. We are probably as hands off as BF was 2005-2007. Some posters have tried their best to get banned and others have made personal attacks that they never made on BF and they are still posting. BF regularly communicates with all of us and none of us have asked anyone to attack him.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

We can tell. A fair amount of it has been very public.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

The only answer is that we need a man with message board admin experience.

Bring back Keeping Score and make him an admin.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Once again as I said you saw who posted it and went to dismiss it without reading and understanding it.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

Nas, once again, responding to the poster and not the post!

Who put you in charge, man?!

You seem to be suggesting Arrieta isn't as good as Sale.

Seriously, I don't think any pitcher "pitches to the score" in that they allow runs on purpose because they have a cushion. But I they have more leeway to attack hitters when working with a big lead. That might result in some meaningless runs scoring when the guy would have approached the hitters differently in a tight game.

Also, being human beings, whoever it is, is well aware of the game that he is in. When he's facing Matt Harvey who is mowing down your teammates you're in a different game than when you're hitters are slapping Alfredo Simon all over the park. That most certainly has an effect on the pitcher.

Finally, the same umpire is working the plate for both pitchers. They are both in a park with the same hitter's background, same shadows, etc. etc. on the given day they are pitching. That isn't true when comparing guys who pitched in different games.

Finally, I'm not sure why this is in this thread.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Is jackass the plural of jackass?

I responded to the post. Dr Ken or dolphin could have posted it and my response would have been the same. Besides on Sunday you said everything was fine UNLESS KeepingScore was posting. We've learned that KeepingScore isn't posting.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

then the hate spigot was turn on and spewed all over BigFan after that post. I am fine. Dude read what I said, in the end it will balance out, just like the Force

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

I responded to what you wrote. You said we were hands on. Outside of allowing guest posting and nude photos we couldn't be more hands off. You said we were sensitive but we have a guy like Ike doing all he can to get banned and others making personal attacks on all of us. None of the posters have been banned. As I said your post is bullshit. The same people making comments to BF have done it many times in the past.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

What a great exchange.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

You made an offer to KS to fight in a boxing ring with equipment and loser leaves the board forever. Since you talk so much shit about me, but back down like a little bitch when called on it, I'd like to know if that offer extends to me as well. We can set this up in the next few weeks. This isn't street violence or threats of assault either. Just a boxing match. Loser gets permanently banned.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

A pitcher's win - loss record is affected by the team they play for.

Jake Arrieta would be the same pitcher on all 30 MLB teams. He would not have the same W/L on all 30 MLB teams.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

I never said it wasn't. Just not to the degree many of you seem to believe.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

If Jose Quintana pitched for the Cubs, he would have a winning record. You'd refer to him as a winning pitcher.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.