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  1. 10 minutes ago, PRONG HORN said:

    Was Jesus a European name?  Or Middle Eastern?  Where were the people who named a kid Jesus from?  

    Hebrew

    jesus_etymology_1.jpg

    John is also Hebrew. Luke is Latin. Paul is Latin.

    (I mean obviously these names have been translated and spelled differently in different languages over the years - but their roots go back just as far or farther than the time of Christ)

  2. 10 minutes ago, PRONG HORN said:

    When did they change the names of the guys named Luke, John, Paul, etc?  You think those were the names of the guys who wrote those books?  

    Yes?

    If they sound strange to you and not archaic enough it's because we've been using the same fucking names for 2,000 years. 

  3. 3 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

    First team to ever be down by 3 goals and be up by 4 goals in the same playoff game. 

    Honestly not surprising at all. We did it with the least amount of goals scored possible. And not many playoff games have 10 goals scored, let alone 7 by one team all without an answer. 

  4. 10 minutes ago, Greg Davis Apologist said:


    You’re right that the batter and on deck batter matter.

    If I were sending a weak hitter to the plate, I’d bunt. I guess the defense would combat a successful sacrifice with two intentional walks.

    The few games I’ve seen go extras this year haven’t used my strategy (that I read on this board and instantly agreed with) but I’m sure it’s been proven to work a different way.

    I mean I kind of agree too, unless it's like the worst guy in their lineup. If Machado or Trout or whoever is leading off it seems like you would walk them to try and have the next batter hit into a double play - or at least force the runner out that started on 2nd. 

    Baseball is so rooted in tradition, though. I mean the game has been around 150 years and we're JUST now seeing defenses on every team use cards to shift on each batter. 

    11 minutes ago, Greg Davis Apologist said:

    We’re fucking terrible and I should have my head examined for continuing to follow this team

    Well yeah, then there's that. Unfortunately we aren't so shit pitiful to where they don't give us glimmers of hope. And we aren't yet a despondent, miserable enough fan base to not beleive that we can't scratch out a few wins in the playoffs. It's kind of like watching Texas football, come to think of it. This team made the WS 9 years ago.

    God that was a rough series. Maybe we can get hot again in Seattle. 

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  5. 10 minutes ago, Greg Davis Apologist said:

    Can someone explain to me why you shouldn’t intentionally walk the lead off batter in the bottom of the 10th? What does that run matter?

    Depends on who's batting. But if it's a stronger hitter then yeah, seems like you would want to walk them. Unless you plan on tagging out the runner on 2nd.

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  6. 3 hours ago, StruggleBus said:

    Leave it to two lawyers to ruin the thread

    So you say you turned the jug of water into wine, yet my client cannot recall ever seeing the jug full of water. I then, ask you, would it be possible that the jug never contained anything but wine all along - and that this man, Jesus, as he is referred to by his "disciples" is merely a conjurer of cheap tricks attempting to dissuade, amongst others, my client into a belief that he and he alone is the son of God?

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  7. 2 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

    I fucking hate quoting Nick Wright, but:

    "In 5 quarters played since the opening quarter of the series, the Lakers have held POR to their...

    Lowest scoring quarter

    2nd lowest scoring quarter

    3rd lowest scoring quarter

    4th lowest scoring quarter

    7th lowest scoring quarter."

    If the Lakers can find even something resembling a consistent offense, this series may turn extremely quickly.

     

    since what? The bubble? That can't be true for the entire season.

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