September 2011
21 posts
Is anyone else following the Jose Reyes thing?
Long story short: Jose Reyes, of the Mets, had the highest batting average of the National League going into the final game of the season.
He takes his first at-bat of the game, bunts for a single, and then pulls himself (or is pulled, I’m not sure) out of the game to preserve his batting average. Because if he went up again and didn’t...
almostgood asked: About the Atom Kneepads: spent a few minutes before practice just doing some knee falls on these. After 10 minutes there was already a hole in one of the areas that covers the cap. I did not feel comfortable enough with the amount of protection to use them during practice. I will say that the fit is great and the padding and lack of bulk is nice. 2 of my leaguemates wore theirs through an entire...
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Sometimes, you aren't good enough
styxnstones:
Somewhere, in one of the internet graveyards lies a private post I wrote on MySpace after not getting drafted on to a home team.
My derby career has not been filled with glory.
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crouching tiger, hidden bruise
The past week or so, I’ve been having really sharp pain in my right big toe. Like, cringing and hissing when the top of my toe hit the inside of a closed toe shoe. It’s been improving the past couple of days — I can actually touch my toe without pain.
Since I had my nails painted (which I usually do anyway, but I particularly went and had an actual pedicure for the wedding), I...
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From DNN: “Breaking news: after winning their opener against 9E Maine, 8E Dutchland has decided to forfeit their 4pm game against 1E Gotham. What do you think about that?”
Whoa.
“I once asked Derek Jeter why he’s so good in big situations. He said, “There’s...”
– Like Little Leaguers Again – Mark DeRosa « The Veteran and the Rook
d'oh
Super quiet day at work — pretty much everyone is working from home, headphones are fine, not a whole lot burning today (fingers crossed I don’t jinx anything).
I was totally looking forward to the textcasts from Easterns and checking in on them and such…
BUT EASTERNS IS TOMORROW.
BOOOO.
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Derby Names: Not Ready for Prime Time | DerbyLife →
raenovafire:
mylifeintraffic:
derbypursuit:
I definitely thought about this when I picked my name — I wanted something that I could tell my grandparents, my coworkers, and small children.
I honestly think people should have whatever name their little or big bruised ass desires but some of them are pretty gross and a bit offensive though.
I hate to be on the side of the prudes (cause I’m...
Derby Names: Not Ready for Prime Time | DerbyLife →
I definitely thought about this when I picked my name — I wanted something that I could tell my grandparents, my coworkers, and small children.
that girl is POI-SON
It was highly suggested to me that I get myself a full set of Atom Poisons. I was still sliding out on my Stinger/G-Rods (never mind that they are filthy), so fighting against slide-out was killing my speed and my stability.
I bought a set when I was down in Santa Cruz for the Outlaws/Santa Cruz bout, but didn’t get the chance to try them out until yesterday.
Definitely much grippier...
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Ooooh, free to play! Tickets to 2012 Champs!
I only lost one game (I picked BAD over Texas) when I did the Derby Deeds bracket last year, so I’m probably going to give this a shot this year.
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