APBA Baseball, anyone?
by milesntrane on Dec 15, 2008 12:43 PM PST
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PrintIt's been a while since I have been to McCovey Chronicles. I got pretty sick of it. For me it became an S.A.T. Word Analogy. McCovey Chronicles is to Baseball as Christians are to Christianity. Most of the Christians I come across believe in the right stuff, but go about it the wrong way. Doom and Gloom. Much like the McCoven. They root for the team that is obviously the RIGHT team, but go about it the wrong way. Protestant self-loathing and Giants fandom have striking similarities. Anyhow... I've decided to give it another try.
I was wondering if any of the McCoven plays the old school board game APBA. I haven't played it in years, but I kind of want to get back into it.
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luckily while you were away this awesome new guy named TakeAGiantStepNGo joined
by FluLikeSymptoms on Dec 15, 2008 12:53 PM PST reply actions
“the GIANTS way”
If God had intended us not to rosterbate, he would've made our arms shorter.
Padre renuente de Luis Perdomo, porque él es todo el que se deja hasta junio.
A COMMENTER doesn't know the meaning of the word lurk.
FairweatherFan is a COMMENTER!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 15, 2008 6:54 PM PST up reply actions
Note:
If you are trying to re-emerge on a scene, best not to start out by insulting everyone there.
¿Julio is tourist in San Francisco? Harper's Bizarre!
well, it's not his fault that we all suck
by FluLikeSymptoms on Dec 15, 2008 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
I blame Sabean for not developing his fans properly…too many of us were rushed into the upper echelon that is the McCoven.
If God had intended us not to rosterbate, he would've made our arms shorter.
Padre renuente de Luis Perdomo, porque él es todo el que se deja hasta junio.
we’re suffering from years of a shot-sighted “post now” philosophy
by FluLikeSymptoms on Dec 15, 2008 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
Post Now
There’s something really existential about that.
¿Julio is tourist in San Francisco? Harper's Bizarre!
Hear me now und believe me later is my strategy
If God had intended us not to rosterbate, he would've made our arms shorter.
Padre renuente de Luis Perdomo, porque él es todo el que se deja hasta junio.
“You guys suck. Also, most Christians suck. So anyway…”
..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.
Yeah, I have no idea what the religion comparison thing is supposed to mean?
/deer head
Bay City Ball
The Jesus Raptor will save us all.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
Calvinists?
Does that mean that we follow Calvin and Hobbes?
Because if it does then I’m probably one of them.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
Is that Jeff Burton winning the Benjamin Moore 500?
If God had intended us not to rosterbate, he would've made our arms shorter.
Padre renuente de Luis Perdomo, porque él es todo el que se deja hasta junio.
I dunno
just some who painted with a broad brush
Adopted Giant: Aaron King
Wearing the crown by 2011. Or at least the LOOGY hat
It’s a question he got wrong on the SAT 10 years ago.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 15, 2008 6:54 PM PST up reply actions
I protest!
Instead: Doom!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 15, 2008 6:55 PM PST up reply actions
APBA for windows here
Played since 1986. Man, what a ripoff now, though. They really need to figure out that if they just put a bunch of seasons on a disc, they will sell better. Having every single season cost $20 dollars is just stupid.
As such, I don’t really play any more. Not enough options, way too expensive for what you get.
by positiveuphemism on Dec 15, 2008 1:26 PM PST reply actions
APBA from way back
Weird, I was just thinking about APBA today. Or maybe I think about it every day but never have any reason to dwell on it. I haven’t played in 25 years but I was a dice-shaking freak (and master APBA strategist) back in the day. Is it still a “board” game with dice? I would think it can’t be… who would want to play a game like that?
uh…
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
You really are
the King of the one-word comments.
Leading the Pro-Aaron Rowand contingent on the McC!
You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...
by ThrillisGone22 on Dec 15, 2008 2:09 PM PST up reply actions
NO WAY
THAT GUYS A GIRL?
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
ZOMG GUYS SINCE WHEN DO GIRLS GO ON SPORTS SITES?!!!!
Adopted Giant: Aaron King
Wearing the crown by 2011. Or at least the LOOGY hat
SINCE WHEN DO GIRLS GO ONLINE?!!!!
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
he didnt say pseudo-elitist, he doesnt know this place
i adopt brian sabean... take that dramatic irony!
by Headhunter Rollins on Dec 15, 2008 1:44 PM PST reply actions
Go away.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
You’ll have to forgive him. He’s from Barcelona.
If God had intended us not to rosterbate, he would've made our arms shorter.
Padre renuente de Luis Perdomo, porque él es todo el que se deja hasta junio.
Thank CHRIST!
Not a day goes by that “I cannot stop thinking about Milestrane” (and what happened to him). I fear his immortal soul may be in peril.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
They root for the team that is obviously the RIGHT team, but go about it the wrong way
YOU’RE NOT DOING IT RIGHT! GAWD!
Dodgers fans eat their young.
I was wondering where you were! I’m always reminded of minestrone when I see your posts. I dislike minestrone.
Adopted son of in limbo Brad Hennessey. Beloved for a stolen base much like Dave Roberts
by AndYourBirdCanSing on Dec 15, 2008 4:15 PM PST reply actions
Me too
But I love the smell of it in the morning.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 15, 2008 6:56 PM PST up reply actions
So what you’re saying is that the Giants really don’t suck.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
Thinking about Adrian Gonzalez again are we?
If God had intended us not to rosterbate, he would've made our arms shorter.
Padre renuente de Luis Perdomo, porque él es todo el que se deja hasta junio.
Again implies having, at one point, stopped.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 16, 2008 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
Very true.
I had a bowl of Gonzal-O’s for breakfast and proceeded to get on the 38 Adrian to my office at 44 Montgonzalez Street. And btw, hows the prediction game looking for last week?
If God had intended us not to rosterbate, he would've made our arms shorter.
Padre renuente de Luis Perdomo, porque él es todo el que se deja hasta junio.
I might not get to finish it until tomorrow. I’ll try tonight, but there’s a family early X-mas party goings on and I can’t promise you that I won’t be drinking.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 16, 2008 2:46 PM PST up reply actions
your recap of the week would be awesome
if you did it drunk
Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis
did I score?
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Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis
Perhaps howtheyscored will score tonight….
Remember with every shot of jaeger she loses a couple pounds.
If God had intended us not to rosterbate, he would've made our arms shorter.
Padre renuente de Luis Perdomo, porque él es todo el que se deja hasta junio.
was all that insulting
your way of getting to 75 words? Creative!
Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis
Finally!!!
Besides the two people that actually talked about APBA, you’re the only other insightful person.
Brian Sabean is akin to a treatable form of cancer... just get rid of it before it kills you
I am? Why thank you.
If God had intended us not to rosterbate, he would've made our arms shorter.
Padre renuente de Luis Perdomo, porque él es todo el que se deja hasta junio.
You're Right!
The rest of these guys suck!
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2008 9:48 PM PST up reply actions
Reply fail.
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry….It could be cold outside and they are huddling for warmth…Reminds me of Homeward Bound…what an incredible journey that was…
If God had intended us not to rosterbate, he would've made our arms shorter.
Padre renuente de Luis Perdomo, porque él es todo el que se deja hasta junio.
Next time, if you want to discuss something baseball related, it would be a good idea to actually discuss that, and not insult the entire blog en masse. Especially not by comparing them to the body of work of Christianity, which has taken the biggest shit this year since arguably the Crusades.
Guys would this count as a reverse flounce? Milesntrane actually thinks someone cares about his butthurt. And all over something that really wasn’t as bad as he thought it was. He missed some pretty epic threads we turned around from dumb to funny.
Life really was better without you. I didn’t realize it. The blog sucks again! It will suck for the next 999999 years! Blame the curse of the butthurt blogger! RUN
Really. I haven’t been around a lot these days. In fact, my absence actually concerned one of my closest friends. He was calling our mutual friends to ask if I was okay. And I didn’t feel compelled to tell anyone on the blog “OH HAY IM BACK” nor my reasons for not being around. Because, largely, nobody on this blog gives a shit about that. Take the hint.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 17, 2008 6:33 AM PST up reply actions
I did notice that when I went missing for the weekend, there was no emergency APB thread regarding the issue.
:(
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 17, 2008 8:14 AM PST up reply actions
This thread is why I love this site
The thread topic was BS, what with the insults and references to obscure baseball-related board/card/computer games, and yet, the McCoven cleverly spin it into something that is funny and entertaining to read.
Maybe it’s just that making fun of stupidity is fun?
BTW, how could you possibly expect this thread to end well for your point of view? “Hey guys, I left because you all suck and are stupid fans who don’t know what you’re doing. Guess what?? IM BACK! Miss me? Now why don’t you all just talk about what I want to talk about?”
Nice.
YOU SHUT UP TOO, DOUBLE STUPID!
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Dec 17, 2008 11:06 AM PST up reply actions
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