When Aviaks Attack 75
davidu sent in a chilling story which explained why Phillies center fielder Doug Glanville hit two home runs off of Curt Schilling, pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. An eye for an eye.
8 Catfish = 1 Octo-puss
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Re:Schilling is a total gamer-geek (Score:1)
Re:Of Course......... (OT) (Score:1)
dwarven Cleric (Score:5)
You are wrong... (Score:1)
QE is not D&D and the allow dwarven Pally's. Stick to what you know...
Re:How would Jon Katz classify these guys? (Score:1)
LOL (Score:1)
Re:For those about to post (Score:2)
Go you big red fire engine!
Also geek-curious on that page... (Score:2)
How the hell did that guy hit a home run, on a pitch like that?
This is a great story! (Score:1)
Re:This is a great story! (Score:1)
Re:way off topic... (.sig comment) (Score:1)
IRIX Kicks Ass! (It's really easy to say, you should try it!)
Re:And this is shocking how?? (Score:2)
Who ever said that baseball players aren't human too, and don't have lives either?
Jon Katz, in, I believe, episodes IV through XXI of the landmark HellMouth series. In short form: Geeks wonderful, jocks evil.
Cheers,
Re:There are more out there... (Score:2)
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Re:Baseball + Slashdot = A Whole New World? (Score:1)
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Re:How would Jon Katz classify these guys? (Score:1)
More on Glanville (Score:4)
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"Here to discuss how the AOL merger will affect consumers is the CEO of AOL."
Re:THE INSULT! (Score:2)
//rdj
way off topic... (.sig comment) (Score:1)
THE INSULT! (Score:1)
They could of even done a little fact checking, it was so obvious that this just couldn't be, because everyone knows that in AD&D, you just cant have a Dwarf Paladin, only humans can be paladins.
Man, i'm not going to ever read their site again untill they write an apology for their error,
other comments heard on the baseball field (Score:1)
You sunk my battleship!
or - you struck out my pinch hitter!
Denied!
or - you're outta there!
Glass Joe!
or - you'd be striked out by a little league pitcher
All your base are belong to us
or - the bases are loaded, and we've got a cleanup coming on
1 0\'\'n J00z!
or - I just got a grand slam!
Re:For those about to post (Score:1)
When you die you will receive total consciousness, so at least you have that going for you
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It wouldn't surprise me at all
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Re:physical/ computer gamers (Score:1)
He's actually looking at doing sports law. This is, of course, assuming that the 16(?) concussions didn't screw up that plan
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There are more out there... (Score:3)
Professional atheletes like killings orcs too!
Re:Also geek-curious on that page... (Score:1)
I also remember reading, I think it may have been in that same column actually, that there have been several BROKEN BAT home runs in the majors this year. How you can put enough energy into the ball for it to be a home run, when you are losing so much energy to shattering the bat, is beyond me...
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My money is on Everquest but maybe he's a Diablo guy.
While I've got the opportunity light entertainment cheeky boy duo Ant and Dec from UK TV are also reported Everquest Players. I can't remember which one plays the Female Wood Elf and Which One is the Grumpy Dwarf.
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For those about to post (Score:3)
It's good to see some crossover nerd/professional sportsmen. Anyone know of any other hornrimmed athletes out there?
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Re:Ugh (Score:1)
Baseball + Slashdot = A Whole New World? (Score:4)
Now, posting a sports article to slashdot... Perhaps one of the most brilliant moves in history, and aside from the comments immediately following, it will likely go virtually unnoticed.
A shame...
We need more zany slashdot stories like this, and less of the boring, mindless drivel that seems to be echoing the stories of last week over and over and over again... I mean, news is great, but cheddar makes it better, you know? Variety is greater!
Wow! (Score:1)
You mixed ESPN and baseball with Slashdot. Whooda thunk it? Jocks and Geeks, laughing together?!?! What will Katz have to say about this?
Was there a point to the story? (Score:1)
Sooo, If a dumb Ogre gets stuck in the doorway while I get my ass whooped by an undead train, AND, I hold a grudge, good things will happen in the real world?
too wierd.
Re:That's Odd. . . (Score:1)
umm, funny, I thought that those were the same thing. most people don't understand this - baseball, and (many) baseball players, are some of the nerdiest things around. a lot of people love the game for the statistics; finding patterns in the numbers and speculating and bla blabla intrigues them. and also, (I don't know how true tihs is, as it's only anecdotal evidence from my HS baseball team) baseball players are some of the weirdest/strangest/randomest of the bunch. just like nerds.
Re:Threaten to.. (Score:1)
Re:How would Jon Katz classify these guys? (Score:1)
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Re:Please stop (Score:1)
I learned something today. (Score:2)
VR still counts in RealLife(tm)
One day a Bingbong will come.
I was at first misstified why there was a story on
I am now 7 years clean from RPG's.
Re:dwarven Cleric (Score:2)
Slashdot - my one stop shop for EQ humor (Score:1)
Re:Baseball? (Score:1)
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Threaten to.. (Score:1)
Next time either of these baseball players decline your request for an autograph, you know how to get even. Bingbong and Cylc are probably on everyone's PK list. I wonder how long it will be until professional atheletes and celebrities will have to keep not only thier personal life, but also thier gaming characters anonymous.
Who ate my pie!
I'll be damned (Score:1)
And this is shocking how?? (Score:2)
For crying out loud folks, this is what we always scream whenever a kid's killings are blamed on a video game- WE ARE PEOPLE.
This post isn't meant to be a troll, but really, how many pranks (good classical ones) do you know of that are computer inspired? Too damn many for me to list, and I'd say this can go in there too. I'm not impressed by the content of the story too much.
But I am impressed that they actually published news beyond the "shoulder tucked, head in" routine for baseball. On second thought, maybe this is a good indicator I need him on my rotissire baseball team....
cosmic revenge (Score:1)
Those dirty *&^$ ... (Score:1)
Heh... wouldn't it be funny if I figured out who hacked my Diablo II account and raped my Necromancer... and it turned out to be my boss.
Oh yeah... I'll have that code ready for you...
Re:How would Jon Katz classify these guys? (Score:1)
He wasn't talking about doing his laundry, re-read his wording and you'll realilize he's getting off to the Downy Bear.
"masturbation and laundry"
Schilling is a total gamer-geek (Score:5)
If not for Schilling, ASL (perhaps the most popular modular historical skirmish game) would have gone the way of so many games before it. I have a lot of respect for the guy.
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I knew there was a reason to keep playing (Score:3)
Re:dwarven Cleric (Score:1)
I dunno. Lenny Dykstra kinda looked like one.
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Re:And this is shocking how?? (Score:5)
Geeks wonderful, jocks evil.
Well, I don't know about you, but I must say that I prefer my baseball players to be rock-stupid, backwoods types. It makes me feel like there is a little karmic balance in the world. No fair if they are smart and interesting too, because then I have no way to satisfactorily explain my inability to run, catch or throw...
All your baseball are... (Score:1)
"Greetings, slashdotters. Have a take, and don't suck. If you're not sure whether or not you suck, YOU DO... You heard about where Phillies center fielder Doug Glanville hit two home runs against former teammate Curt Schilling, who's pitching for Arizona? Two homers in one game? Not just anybody can hit two homers in a game off of Schilling. Mark McGwire, maybe. Sammy Sosa, maybe. Dude's like one of the top 10 pitchers in the league. Wanna know how he did it? Or rather WHY he did it? He says he once played a computer Dungeons and Dragons game with Schilling when they were kids, and Schilling offed his character. So he went for revenge. WHAT? Dude got WHACKED in a video game a long time ago, and he's carried a GRUDGE for THAT LONG? HA HA HA! What's YOUR take on that? Let's go to the phones..."
Caller: "All your baseball are..."
Rome: {basketball foul buzzer: BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!} "I thought I told you no more "All your base" crap! Get over it! It was funny the first day, no, the first ten minutes!"
Maybe I can justify playing at last... (Score:1)
Now I can say, "Look, honey, really, it'll improve my athletic ability. Look at this baseball player." And I can get a different reply then the usuaul "You are always on that damn thing!"
"Honey, I accidently ordered the Spice channel on the TV in the bedroom...Want to come watch with me?" -- "One minute, I've got to kill this MoB."
Of Course......... (Score:1)
My new favorite baseball player is (Score:2)
"I vowed revenge on the soul of Bingbong," Glanville said, "for the negligent actions of Cylc."
Gotta love it!
As a baseball follower I can tell you I do believe he was motivated, and that it was not simply because it is his job to hit homeruns.
Glanville is not known for power(more for speed) and Schilling is one of the top10-20 pitchers in the league.
Wow.
physical/ computer gamers (Score:1)
Besides, wouldn't you expect them to play more video games? After all, they don't have real work to do all day.
What a nice made up ESPN "story". (Score:1)
I still can't decide... (Score:1)
*YAWN*
Re:For those about to post (Score:5)
I work for EA Sports and it isn't at all unusual to meet athletes who are pretty damn good at the games we make.
Ryan T. Sammartino
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As for Ant and Dec, how could you tell?
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Re:For those about to post (Score:2)
More common than you'd think. Jacques Villenuve played the Monte Carlo track on an F1 simulator game before he ever got to the circuit, and it helped him win. Now a lot of the F1 drivers use the computer games to study the courses in advance.
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Re:Also geek-curious on that page... (Score:1)
It's really a matter of bat angle vs. pitch trajectory. As long as the ball is within reach and isn't touching the ground, it's fair game
I just wonder how many "EQ != DnD" emails that writer is going to get...hehe.
This is a first... (Score:1)
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Re:physical/ computer gamers (Score:2)
Ray Crockett on the Denver Broncos recieved a degree in... Computer Science! I guess they all aren't dumb jocks...
How would Jon Katz classify these guys? (Score:5)
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Re:I still can't decide... (Score:1)