Teddy Ballgame
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Friday, February 17 2006 23:39
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Brilliant baseball player, wore the number 9, batted .406 in a season. Also a sports fisherman, inducted into both Fishing and Baseball Halls of Fame. His batting average in his .406 season was .3996 prior to the last game. His manager let him make the call on playing, but he insisted, went 6 for 8 in the game, and the batting average rose to the current record. His jersey number, 9, was the first one retired by the Red Sox, and is the decimal equivalent to 1001. *this message brought to you by the standells* -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, February 17 2006 23:46
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Binary equivalent, I think. He was also controversially cryopreserved. —Alorael, who doesn't know what prompted this, although it's fascinating. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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E Equals MC What!!!!
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written Saturday, February 18 2006 00:09
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Congratulations on not doing the stereotypical thing. And also the milestone. -------------------- SupaNik: Aran, you're not big enough to threaten Ash. Dammit, even JV had to think twice. Posts: 1861 | Registered: Friday, February 11 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, February 18 2006 00:25
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I'm not at my sharpest, am I? Congrats on reaching a non-decimal milestone, Salmon! —Alorael, who hopes you enjoy an equal number of nocturnal periods that pass without execution. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Master
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written Saturday, February 18 2006 00:36
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Wow... many of these topics here lately. I'm almost through all my congratulations. If there are more to congratulate, I fear they'll have to do without my congratulations. So anyway, may you have many more postly days. congratulations. -------------------- Play and rate my scenarios: Where the rivers meet View my upcoming scenario: The Nephil Search: Escape. Give us your drek! Posts: 3029 | Registered: Saturday, June 18 2005 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, February 18 2006 05:28
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Congratulations. I'm saying this with begrudging respect. And all that business. And nice work with the topic, too. Loading up the usual array of photos makes my connection cry. -------------------- And when you want to Live How do you start? Where do you go? Who do you need to know? Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Saturday, February 18 2006 07:48
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Congratulaitions! Stolah u kulamé! :) -------------------- Do not underestimate the power of the mechanical pencil. Join the Dark side. We have cookies. Played in: Fiddler on the Roof Bye Bye Birdie "Hey, Patrick, feel this random pipe. It's squishy"-Nils Posts: 834 | Registered: Thursday, July 8 2004 07:00 |
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Councilor
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written Saturday, February 18 2006 09:41
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Why are there so many celebratory topics? Because once the first person creates one, then everyone else posts to congratulate them, thus increasing their post count. Eventually, someone else reaches a post count worth celebrating and the cycle continues. Anyway, congratulations. Dikiyoba will drop by and congratulate Jumpin' Salmon again at some later point in time... Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Master
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written Saturday, February 18 2006 09:56
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Congratulations! On a side note, it seems that batting 8 times in a single game is quite a lot. Was it a load of extra innings or just a long blowout? -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Saturday, February 18 2006 11:25
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Congrats Salmon! Looks like I need to watch my back... And I've got to wonder how many at-bats and games this guy played in for that season... -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Saturday, February 18 2006 13:10
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Thousands. He was arguably the best baseball player to ever not win a World Series. Detroit fans might have an argument. All the info was gathered from wikipedia, my mostest favoritest place to get useless information. Aside from World War 2, when he was a marine fighter pilot, he played 21 seasons in the majors, all with the Red Sox, and his lifetime average was .344 (2,292 games and 7,706 at bats). His career was cut short by the Korean War, when he re-entered the service to shoot more stuff. Eight at bats was for the day, since the final day of the season was a double-header. I shudder when I see all those images loading as well, so I opted out. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Saturday, February 18 2006 16:31
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Congratulations, Salmon! May you never let the big one get away. -------------------- I'll put a Spring in your step. :ph34r: Posts: 2396 | Registered: Saturday, January 29 2005 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Saturday, February 18 2006 16:53
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quote:And, if you harvest Wikipedia for information on the right day, he liked anal sex with Hitler. [ Saturday, February 18, 2006 16:53: Message edited by: Belisarius ] Posts: 794 | Registered: Tuesday, October 11 2005 07:00 |
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Skip to My Lou
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written Saturday, February 18 2006 17:45
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 -------------------- Take the Personality Test! Deep down, you wish you were a stick figure. Posts: 1629 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Master
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written Saturday, February 18 2006 19:02
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quote:That's cool. Do you happen to know this much about all baseball history, because that would be quite impressive. -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 | Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00 |
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Too Sexy for my Title
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written Saturday, February 18 2006 20:23
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Actually, YES. My cousin can tell you what player belongs to what team, name their stats, when they transfered and why, and tons of other baseball stuff. It is quite impressive, and addictive. Congratulations Salmon. Posts: 1035 | Registered: Friday, April 1 2005 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Sunday, February 19 2006 10:21
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*raises glass* ...um, sorry man. I just got back from the steeple. All I got's a lot of God stuff on my mind. Ain't got nothin good. -------------------- "Even the worst Terror from Hell can be transformed to a testimony from Heaven!" - Rev. David Wood 6\23\05 "Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can." - John Wesley Posts: 1001 | Registered: Tuesday, August 19 2003 07:00 |