Mets get their revenge for David Wright
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climb aboard the murder train!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 20, 2009 7:40 PM PDT reply actions
I believe Dethklok said it best...
Ticket is your life
Ended by a knife
Called the murder train
Eternity of pain
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by victor frankenstein on Aug 21, 2009 8:16 AM PDT up reply actions
I understand they’re playing off the massive overreaction out of New York, but murder is going a little far with the joke.
I don’t have a problem with the joke, but I could see how something like that could rub some people the wrong way.
Yeah, but the Onion’s not exactly trying to not offend anybody.
I think it’s a lot more tame of a joke than you do, too. I really don’t see what the trouble could be. Yes, murder = bad. But this also = obvious satire.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Aug 21, 2009 12:01 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s just a joke
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by Useful_Idiot on Aug 21, 2009 9:00 AM PDT up reply actions
The Giants seem to be a disproportionate target for the Onion in the last few years. Dead Sandoval, bald Lincecum, Zito’s one-hit bullpen session, Randy Johnson’s borrowed back, and the team Banding Together To Score A Run (which is even less funny today than it was yesterday). There was also an American Voices years ago where all the last names were obscure GIants (Lemaster, Sadek, etc.)
Weekend at Barry’s!
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 21, 2009 9:23 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm not surprised
the Onion used to have a San Francisco Edition
by i wish we were good on Aug 20, 2009 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t really see this as a joke at the Giants’ expense, though. In fact, I’d say that if they’re taking any side at all, it would be ours.
Much of the actual targetting is also deserved. Zito has been bad. Johnson does have a bad back. We do have trouble scoring. I don’t know what that Lincecum one’s about.
Context, people. More context is good. Less context is bad. If you're willing to be reductive, then you're willing to be wrong.
by howtheyscored on Aug 20, 2009 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish I had a screenshot, but a few years ago, every one of the people in the “What Are They Saying?” feature had a name like Aldrete or Manwaring. It was awesome.
by Grant Brisbee on Aug 21, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/41626
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 21, 2009 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Not exactly funny
but successfully satirizes
1. Met’s fans bloodlust, and
2. the ridiculousness of the “unwritten rules.”
I have also noted the seemingly disproportionate frequency with which Giants players are featured in Onion sports pieces. Are we really so much more rife with comic possibilities than other teams?
by thethrillisgone on Aug 21, 2009 6:28 AM PDT reply actions
Are we really so much more rife with comic possibilities than other teams?
You have seen a Giants game right ?
My adopted son Matt Downs . Ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Giants farm system by Baseball America !!
it’s funny b/c New Yorkers are murderers.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 21, 2009 9:24 AM PDT reply actions
I think my place of residence can lay claim to that
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by say hey nation on Aug 21, 2009 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions
ha ha. City of Brotherly MURDER.
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by nostocksjustbonds on Aug 21, 2009 2:20 PM PDT up reply actions






















