OldTimer’s Dugout - Off Topic Thread

[cobbwebb0710]

@mad4vols how big is my lead in the World Cup pick em?
Japan just advanced.

 

[MAD]

@mad4vols how big is my lead in the World Cup pick em?
Japan just advanced.

Posting this for the guys playing from the Dugout so you make sure to get your picks in by Saturday 10 AM.
Groups A, B, C, D, E & F are complete.
Possible 6 points.

@AllVolinGA 3/6
@VolPack22 2/6
@cobbwebb0710 2/6
@NorCalVol67 2/6


IMPORTANT

The group stage ends Friday around 4 PM

At that time I’ll post how to put in your picks for the bracket round and the tiebreaker question.

The Knockout stage starts Saturday @ 10 AM, that will be the deadline to get your picks in.

Each correct answer in the group stage was worth 1 point.
The points for the knockout stage are below.

 

[NorCalVol67]

Posting this for the guys playing from the Dugout so you make sure to get your picks in by Saturday 10 AM.
Groups A, B, C, D, E & F are complete.
Possible 6 points.

@AllVolinGA 3/6
@VolPack22 2/6
@cobbwebb0710 2/6
@NorCalVol67 2/6


IMPORTANT

The group stage ends Friday around 4 PM

At that time I’ll post how to put in your picks for the bracket round and the tiebreaker question.

The Knockout stage starts Saturday @ 10 AM, that will be the deadline to get your picks in.

Each correct answer in the group stage was worth 1 point.
The points for the knockout stage are below.

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You're not fooling anyone Mad. You're just posting this here so the baseball guys see you are not in last place.

 

[@1RBFjr]

You're not fooling anyone Mad. You're just posting this here so the baseball guys see you are not in last place.

Let me fix this for you, @NorCalVol67 :

You're just posting this here so the baseball guys see you are not in last place yet.

 

[MAD]

You're not fooling anyone Mad. You're just posting this here so the baseball guys see you are not in last place.

Let me fix this for you, @NorCalVol67 :

You're just posting this here so the baseball guys see you are not in last place yet.

Admit it or not. Everyone knows last year was a weird fluke and made no sense.Plus people are forgetting I started the contest a week or two in to the season. I’m a winner dammit.

 

[NorCalVol67]

 

[cobbwebb0710]

Admit it or not. Everyone knows last year was a weird fluke and made no sense.Plus people are forgetting I started the contest a week or two in to the season. I’m a weiner dammit.

 

[cobbwebb0710]

Admit it or not. Everyone knows last year was a weird fluke and made no sense.Plus people are forgetting I started the contest a week or two in to the season. I’m a winner dammit.

Makes me think of this...

 

[cobbwebb0710]

Admit it or not. Everyone knows last year was a weird fluke and made no sense.Plus people are forgetting I started the contest a week or two in to the season. I’m a winner dammit.

At least you have an excuse, I just suck at pick em.

 

[cobbwebb0710]

You're not fooling anyone Mad. You're just posting this here so the baseball guys see you are not in last place.

I feel like this whole thing is rigged toward mad, somehow.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

At least you have an excuse, I just suck at pick em.

Same here. That's why I keep quiet, like a church mouse, when it's time to make a pick.

 

[VolPack22]

For you diehard MLB fans, who comes to mind when you think of your favorite teams players going to teams you can’t stand?

Andruw Jones going to the Dodgers hurt. Tom Glavine to the Mets was just blasphemy. Brian McCann to the Yankees was disgraceful.

 

[VolPack22]

You are lucky @VolPack22 isn't here to correct your facts.

Oh, there's facts huh?

He’ll blow in here with his fielding percentages as a Phillie and how many haircuts he got in those same seasons.

You know that's true.

And what song he plays on the accordion.

Murphy’s last great season was 1987 and his last Gold Glove was in 1986. One could argue he should have been 2nd in the MVP in 1987 after Dawson but somehow finished 11th. The more and more I look at the history of that award, the more of a sham it is. With all that said, as much as it pains to say, the Braves knew when to jump ship and set themselves up for the decade of dominance. He was due for a big contract and the Braves didn’t want to handicap the franchise. They traded Murphy in August of 1990 (the Phillies weren’t even in the same division at the time) and were in the World Series the following year. If you could trade Dale Murphy for 5 World Series appearances (1 championship) and a division championship every year then I do that trade 10/10 times.

 

[MAD]

Murphy’s last great season was 1987 and his last Gold Glove was in 1986. One could argue he should have been 2nd in the MVP in 1987 after Dawson but somehow finished 11th. The more and more I look at the history of that award, the more of a sham it is. With all that said, as much as it pains to say, the Braves knew when to jump ship and set themselves up for the decade of dominance. He was due for a big contract and the Braves didn’t want to handicap the franchise. They traded Murphy in August of 1990 (the Phillies weren’t even in the same division at the time) and were in the World Series the following year. If you could trade Dale Murphy for 5 World Series appearances (1 championship) and a division championship every year then I do that trade 10/10 times.

See, it was time to let him go Cobb. You can’t think with your heart when it comes to this stuff. If you were the owner you would have a team of washed up legends. Just hire someone like Volpack to run it.

 

[Volprofch05]

Admit it or not. Everyone knows last year was a weird fluke and made no sense.Plus people are forgetting I started the contest a week or two in to the season. I’m a winner dammit.

You might need a few spoonfuls of peanut butter there mad…

 

[MAD]

You might need a few spoonfuls of peanut butter there mad…

You are the master of dry humor and your timing is next level.

 

[Volprofch05]

That’s a tricky allergy! My youngest daughter is as well.
The poor kid has never had a Reese’s peanut butter cup and I have to lie to her and tell her they’re not very good anyway.

Good thing they have these helpful warnings for us

 

[Volprofch05]

You are the master of dry humor and your timing is next level.

 

[chuckiepoo]

….wydt….isi…

 

[chuckiepoo]

Andruw Jones going to the Dodgers hurt. Tom Glavine to the Mets was just blasphemy. Brian McCann to the Yankees was disgraceful.

Wasn’t McCann a Cheater Extraordinaire with he 2017 Astros?

 

[VolPack22]

Wasn’t McCann a Cheater Extraordinaire with he 2017 Astros?

Yep, he definitely didn’t learn that from the Braves.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Good thing they have these helpful warnings for us

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Under appreciated post….

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

….wydt….isi…

Dam dude .... what the F you been drinking this evening?

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

You are the master of dry humor and your timing is next level.

Ahem .... you told me the same thing about a week ago.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Ahem .... you told me the same thing about a week ago.

…jelly?