Pregame Guess Game

by Rev Halofan on May 24, 2010 3:09 PM PDT in Pregame

Starting off with 100 points on opening day, some of our readers have been making daily wagers and accrued MILLIONS of "Panther Points" *. Check out the Daily Question for tonight's game:

"Number of offensive hits Angels batters record in innings 1 - 6" (pays 4 to 1 odds)

I promise no matter how bad a pick you make, i will not behave like out-of-touch old Earl "Brain Clot" Bloom at the Orange County Register Angels Blog and mock your contributions to the community (by the way, according to Quantcast, Bloom and company's Angels coverage has less than 1/5 of the traffic that Halos Heaven gets, and when those dipshit anti-democracy dinosaurs cite their "print" numbers, understand that print subscribers want store coupons delivered to their doorstep by a 100-1 ratio over wanting to pay for information, so sure, tack on extra thousand readers... oooh wow, we still beat them here by more than 4 to 1).

At least with the OCR's budgets and salaries you'd think they'd know how to run an internet forum and offer their readers a fun non-monetary gambling game based on their favorite team - but Old Brainclot Bloom just wants to talk down to people from the mountain (pardon the freshman psychoanalysis of obese people but it is irresistibly obvious what this Twinkie-Chomper is made of) and swagger how much smarter he is to all of us peasant posters.

*Panther Points are redeemable for bragging rights only. Weekly standings are in our right sidebar.

Poll

On Internet Forums, Print-era Sportswriters are more likely to come across as:

Superior, Refined Intellects

10 votes

Dumb Dinosaurs

16 votes

Cocky Grandpappys

26 votes

Just a guy with an opinion and a press pass and nothing else special

32 votes

Deer in the Headlights worthy of our sympathies

3 votes

Like the guy in the last page of THE GREAT GATSBY who was out of the country during the crash and is looking for a party

21 votes

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What is shortening Earl's lifespan?

The heart condition or your joke about the heart condition?

by The_Legend_Of_Wilfong on May 24, 2010 3:44 PM PDT reply actions

His using it as an excuse to stay stuck in the 1980s.

When I am forced to get another heart surgery, I might blog about it like Earl did, but you won’t find me using it as an excuse to being behind on new technologies and lamenting having to rub up against the masses in my writing like Earl milked it for a year.

by Rev Halofan on May 24, 2010 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions

I need to reread the great gatsby.

that and catch-22.

HIgh school was good for something.

What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.

by clover_black on May 24, 2010 4:03 PM PDT reply actions

Ah, just when I think I’m itching to get back involved with HH, I am treated to an unnecessary, egotistical diatribe from good ol’ Rev. Heck, I even agree with your position, Rev! But the quasi-intellectual vitriol is tired and divisive.

Thank goodness for WHF and Matt Welch and rghan and other frequent posters, although I guess from the numbers you cited, you don’t need me visiting the site to maintain your all-encompassing superiority over those evil print journalists.

Defending maligned chants since 2009

by Gorbachav5 on May 24, 2010 4:15 PM PDT reply actions

Gorby = Ted Williams

40 percent of his posts are about me. Most consistent poster here!

by Rev Halofan on May 24, 2010 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions

sometimes they sound as arrogant as the Rev

other times they sound As Smart as the Rev
on too many occasions local writers sound much more lost than the Rev.
But it doesn’t matter, cuz nobody is as informative/oppinionated/and as relevant as the Rev.

When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!

by Dono Romantico on May 24, 2010 4:26 PM PDT reply actions

I have to say the new guy at the LA Times, Ben Bolch, is pretty good.

His article, “Angels pitchers talk a good hitting game,” is a must read:
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-angels-fyi-20100522,0,6338395.story

The consensus is that Joel Pineiro is the best-hitting starter on the staff, in part because he spent nearly 2½ years practicing the craft in the National League with St. Louis. His career batting average? A paltry .106.

“I have the experience. I’m definitely the best,” Pineiro deadpanned a day before facing his former team Friday at Busch Stadium. “And I look good doing it. Not that I do something with it, but if you look good doing it you’re all right.”

Unlike Gorby5, I come to HH for the shit talking, ankle-chewing, arm twisting, and damned lies spewed out daily by Rev and the HH faithful. What fun would it be otherwise? This is heaven, not Lookout Landing purgatory after all.

I'm not as bad as all of you.

by 44FAN on May 24, 2010 4:58 PM PDT reply actions