Old Red Guard,
That was fantastic, as usual.
:beerme:
There's a very funny article in the archives of The Onion that follows that theme.
http://www.theonion.com/onion3849/in_my_day.html
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Old Red Guard,
That was fantastic, as usual.
:beerme:
There's a very funny article in the archives of The Onion that follows that theme.
http://www.theonion.com/onion3849/in_my_day.html
:lol: :lol: what an article. Do you read this website often? I have never heard of it?
Old Red Guard :Quote:
Might as well make my jaded commentary
I don't pay any attention to board awards, and we're only nine days into 2003. But if yours isn't the post of the year I want someone to refer me to one that's better. I feel like reading yours and rereading it and copying it and recopying it and then lying to my friends that I was the author.
Great post ORG. I need to amend my RedsZone to make you Redszone's resident baseball social historianQuote:
Originally posted by Old Red Guard
Yes, today's athletes are incredible and outclass their counterparts of yesteryear. They are not nearly as much fun to watch or follow.
Great post, Old Red Guard. Reminds me of the stories my grandfather told me of ballplayers he played against on factory teams in the 20's, 30's and 40's. He said he started playing with his older brother as a kid (12), but was treated like a man, and given no slack. He caught many games with nothing but a worn out catchers mitt with a handkerchief stuffed in a big tear in the leather and a mask. A chest protector and shin guards were luxuries that he only acquired late in his playing days. He was hit over the head with a baseball bat in a brawl, and later in life, had to have surgery to clip a nerve that had caused him terrible headaches and loss of sleep for years. He was a blacksmith by trade and a farmer by choice. Baseball was his passion. He just worked and played through the pain, cause that was what you did then. He was paid two dollars a game to play on that factory team. He said that he would have payed them to play. Baseball was his game, the game that he loved. He was always puzzled by the modern ballplayer, and the softness that he saw in them. How could you not play when they are paying you that kind of money. He didn't understand, and come to think of it, I don't either. I miss him, and the great stories dearly.
Brings back a lot of treasured memories for me, Old Red Guard.:beerme:
GAC: I think the Onion staff are among the best comedy writers on the planet. They have a print edition too. Conan O'Brien tried to hire their founder to be his head writer a few years back, and he turned him down, deciding to build his publication instead.Quote:
Originally posted by GAC
:lol: :lol: what an article. Do you read this website often? I have never heard of it?
They're based in Wisconsin, but I also think they have some writers in Colorado and around the country.
I used to read it every week. But ever since Grad school and my redszone addition, I miss a lot of their issues.
Never heard of the onion!!Quote:
what an article. Do you read this website often? I have never heard of it?
Next you'll tell me you don't know who Ernie Pook is or Tom the Dancing Bug.
Or worse yet Akbar and Jeff!!
ORG: wow
You mean Chef Jeff and Akbar at the Snackbar?