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GreatWhiteNorth said:
Cheers did not suck. Moving on...

Give me your thoughts on these beer combos...Half and Half? Black and Tan? Blasphemous or no for a Guinness aficionado such as yourself?
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I don't drink them, as you'd expect, and I make a reasonable effort not to sneer at people who do. They're a spectacular demonstration of fluid dynamics if nothing else. A lot of Guinness diehards would indeed scream "blasphemy!", but I'm still rational enough to understand that it's just beer. Drink it like you want.

If you're ever in Ireland or have an authentically Irish bartender, though, I can't recommend ordering a black and tan, because of what the drink is named for. Have a half and half instead.
 
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zjcvols said:
OT, but how the hell did David Pollack get a analyst job?
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He was on Atlanta sports radio for a time after his playing career. His outspoken nature plus the fact there alot of UGA journalists who are respected on the national stage kind of made it possible for someone like him. Atlanta has become a AAA affiliate for national sports media. JMO.
 
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zjcvols said:
I did. And they are incredible, especially for what, a 20 year old? But Johnson actually had the better year statistically, even though Gooden probably had the more impressive year considering his age.
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Johnson's ERA+ in 2001 was was incredible: 188. (It was only the third highest of his career, actually; he was over 190 a couple of times.) Gooden's ERA+ in 1985 was 229.

Any stat that tells you that Randy Johnson had a better year in 2001 than Gooden had in 1985 can be ignored. If FIP says they were the same, then you're seeing the limits of FIP at the extreme end of the bell curve. Anybody old enough to have seen both of those seasons will tell you it's not close.
 
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Vercingetorix said:
Johnson's ERA+ in 2001 was was incredible: 188. (It was only the third highest of his career, actually; he was over 190 a couple of times.) Gooden's ERA+ in 1985 was 229.

Any stat that tells you that Randy Johnson had a better year in 2001 than Gooden had in 1985 can be ignored. If FIP says they were the same, then you're seeing the limits of FIP at the extreme end of the bell curve. Anybody old enough to have seen both of those seasons will tell you it's not close.
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I'm just defending Johnson for having an incredible season.

But I forgot about ERA+. I didn't realize that Gooden just blew everyone else out of the water in that department. As my dad said about Gooden in 1985 "You went home praying, hoping, that somehow, the Mets were on TV and you could watch Doc."
 
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Vercingetorix said:
I don't drink them, as you'd expect, and I make a reasonable effort not to sneer at people who do. They're a spectacular demonstration of fluid dynamics if nothing else. A lot of Guinness diehards would indeed scream "blasphemy!", but I'm still rational enough to understand that it's just beer. Drink it like you want.

If you're ever in Ireland or have an authentically Irish bartender, though, I can't recommend ordering a black and tan, because of what the drink is named for. Have a half and half instead.
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I think they're OK, but just OK. I was in an Irish Pub in downtown Chicago tonight and a buddy bought me a half and half, so I was thinking about it. I think I'd rather just have an entire pint of Guinness or another porter or stout.
 
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GreatWhiteNorth said:
I think they're OK, but just OK. I was in an Irish Pub in downtown Chicago tonight and a buddy bought me a half and half, so I was thinking about it. I think I'd rather just have an entire pint of Guinness or another porter or stout.
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The frau briefly used half and halfs (half and halves?) as a stepping stone to get fully on the pints. She didn't see the point either. It looks cool though.

The one Guinness-mix drink I do is, every year on New Year's Eve, I'll have a couple of black velvets. Not the Guinness/cider mix (which you hear called a black velvet but is really a black velveteen), but Guinness and champagne. Tasty. Deadly. Hangover city if you don't watch yourself -- and on New Year's Eve, who's watching himself?
 
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Vercingetorix said:
The one Guinness-mix drink I do is, every year on New Year's Eve, I'll have a couple of black velvets. Not the Guinness/cider mix (which you hear called a black velvet but is really a black velveteen), but Guinness and champagne. Tasty. Deadly. Hangover city if you don't watch yourself -- and on New Year's Eve, who's watching himself?
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My God, that does sound like a headache in a glass...
 
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It is really easy to look up and realize that you just drank a whole bottle of champagne by yourself, on top of about four pints of Guinness and whatever else you had to drink beforehand and afterward. Not recommended if the Vols play an early New Year's Day bowl game. Not that that ever happens anymore.
 
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Since TBrown asked for it, I will provide gifs for today's game.

You. Are. Welcome.
 
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You know what VolNation needs more than anything else? A filter that automatically turns every instance of the phrase "my fantasy team" into the phrase "my masturbatory spreadsheet of random players." The site would be dramatically improved.

(get off my lawn)
 
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Vercingetorix said:
You know what VolNation needs more than anything else? A filter that automatically turns every instance of the phrase "my fantasy team" into the phrase "my masturbatory spreadsheet of random players." The site would be dramatically improved.

(get off my lawn)
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Boys, a crisis came up (not really, but my best friend and his girl broke up) so I can't do the gifs tonight.

However, I'm starting a new game called "Let's see how old I can make Verc and GA feel" by saying random things that happened.

For instance, it's been 32 years since Herschel Walker was a freshman RB at Georgia.
 
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zjcvols said:
Boys, a crisis came up (not really, but my best friend and his girl broke up) so I can't do the gifs tonight.

However, I'm starting a new game called "Let's see how old I can make Verc and GA feel" by saying random things that happened.

For instance, it's been 32 years since Herschel Walker was a freshman RB at Georgia.
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You're still learning how to do proper animation-based anecdotes, it's ok. Go be a fab-friend consoler and be sure to relish in the competition of trying to prove who has the worst life.

:)
 
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