Jose Reyes Wins the NL 2011 Batting Title

From ESPN.COM-

Reyes, in the lead for the National League batting crown, delivered a bunt single to lead off the bottom of the first inning of the Mets' 3-0 win over the Reds. He then was pulled as New York Mets manager Terry Collins adhered to the shortstop's request to be removed if he singled. Some fans booed after realizing Collins had sent Justin Turner to pinch-run for Reyes.

Reyes' strategy paid dividends, as Milwaukee's Ryan Braun went 0-for-4 to finish at .332, five points behind Reyes' .337. Reyes becomes the first player in Mets history to win a batting title, finishing the season with 181 hits in 537 at-bats

Now many have called Reyes strategic move to get himself pulled out of the game after his first hit "bush league". Others have referred to it as an act of "douchery" <looking at you Da Man>. I myself think it was a smart move. Why jeopardize the batting title on a meaningless game? I mean what else do us Mets fan's have to look forward to? The Yankees are going to the playoffs, the Mets owners are gonna owe over $360 million cause of the Madoff fallout, Reyes will be on another team next year, I mean KAMAN!!!!!!!!! We need something. Those who are criticizing are the same people who probably want to take away social security from the seniors. Comment as you see fit.....

ARE YOU SERIOUS!!

So let me get this straight...


The Braves were up 10.5 games on the Cardinals on Aug. 26th and still up 8.5 by Sept. 6th.  The Red Sox were up by 9 games on Sept 3rd.  After both teams shitted their way through September, game 162 for both clubs would be this...


(all of this was watched live last night, flipping between telecasts)


In the NL, the Braves were at home against the Phils.  Tied with the Cards for the Wildcard.  The Braves would go into the 8th and 9th innings with their LIGHTS OUT bullpen of Venters and Kimbrel, up 3-2.  9th.  Bases loaded.  One out.  They would leave the 9th tied 3-3, save blown.


The Cards by this time were already up 7-0 in the 8th and cruised to a win.


The bats never showed up for the Braves in the 10th, 11th and 12th; and ultimately end their season in the 13th.  They became the first team to blow a lead for a playoff spot of 8 or more games going into Sept.  WHAT?  THE?  FUCK?


It was astounding and would be the absolute WORST way to end a season, if not for...


In the AL, the Red Sox were in Baltimore.  Tied with the Rays for the Wildcard.  The Rays had the Yankees in Tampa.  Lester on the mound for Sox and a 3-2 lead heading into the bottom 7th.


Rain delay.


Out in Tampa, the Yanks are up 7-0 heading into the 8th (coincidence?) and are cruising to win.  Girardi used 9 pitchers by the 8th (test the pen before the ALDS, I get it).  After the 8th is over, it's 7-6.


Bottom 9.  Dan Johnson.  Who?  Two strikes.  Two Outs.  Who?  Gone.  Let's head to extras in Tamp.


Rain delay over.  Both the Orioles and Sox had chances to cut the lead or extend it.  Both faltered.  No matter.  Let's head into the 9th with Papel on the mound.


The Yankees B-squad did everything they could to "win" in the 10th and 11th.  Yeah right.  The fans in Tampa are GLUED to the scoreboard, they know the Red Sox are in the bottom 9th.  They know it's 1-run game.  They know who's on the mound.


The Sox know it's still tied in Tamp.  They got this.  It's only the Orioles.  Pap strikes out the first batter.  Wait.  The Orioles?  Strike 3.  Blows away the next batter.  Not the team that had just taken 3 out of 4 from Boston a mere week ago.   2 outs.  Double to deep right.  Next batter, Nolan Reimold (who are these batters??).  Strike 1.  Strike 2.


The fans in Tampa have just hit the bottom 12th.  Upton's up to bat.  It's been a long night but you're fighting for a playoff spot and you just came back from being down 7 runs 4 innings ago.  The fans check the scoreboard in Balt.


Ground rule doubled to deep center.  The runner scores from 2nd.  TIED.  Save blown (seriously, coincidence??).  Pap is STUNNED.  No matter, the Sox want extras.  Right?


Upton strikes out and the CROWD GOES BANANAS.  Wait.  What?  Sox score posted. Tied at 3.  Longoria's up.  The bench is cheering.  Evan goes 0-2.  Quick.


Robert Andino's up (ok. for real. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE??).  Remember that 3 outta 4 last week, he was all in that shit.  Hitting, running, scoring.  No way.  He hits a shot to left.  Crawford slides in for the final out.  Bobbles.  Runner's rounding 3rd.  Craw guns it.  Play at the plate.


SAFE.  Game.  Completely STUNNED.  Red Sox lose.  No matter, they still had a chance right?  Its was still tied in...*


Fans are BALLISTIC in Tampa.  Evan hears the cheers, he can guess why, but he's 0-2.  Needs to get on base.  Needs to focus.  The last thing he's thinking is...


GONE.  Down the left line.  Skates the foul pole and that 2 ft wall.  Game over.  Wildcard clinched.  Post-season ready.


Collapsed cemented.  By both teams tonight.  It's absolutely... jaw-dropping.




On a night that saw EVERYTHING you could think of on the last night of season.  To get INTO the post season.  With 3 games like this...  The Division series starts Friday.


-DM


*The time between the Sox losing and Evan's HR was 3 mins.  3 mins.  That mean the Sox were just getting in the visitor clubhouse.  Just turning on the TV.  Just realizing they are watching the Rays celebrate. Wow.

NFL Week 4 “LOCK IT IN” PICKS OF THE WEEK

For week 4 I have two “LOCK IT IN” picks.

Jets at Baltimore (-3.5) – As Broadway Joe said this week, if you tell your players they are great constantly…. Even after a loss they eventually start to believe it and don’t prepare as hard. Well the Jets aren’t that good to begin with so it really doesn’t matter what they believe. Take the favored Ravens on this one and LOCK IT IN!!!!!

NE at Oakland (+4.5) – Can you imagine being part of Raider Nation? Just last week coming off the easily predictable win over the Jets the silver and black were riding high….. right up until the point they realized that the Patriots had lost and would be coming down to Oakland the following week. It was as if a million voices cried out and were suddenly silenced (Obi-Wan). The Pats are gonna put a hurting on the Raiders this week. Look for Brady to have a huge day running up the scoreboard. Take the all mighty Patriots.

Since I know I will get crap by "he whose name shall not be spoken" about Tom Brady, here is a little video favorite of mine....

-J-Rod

 

 

T.I.P - Week 3

Well once again J-Rod and Da Man flop flop points in this weeks pool.  5 and 8 respectively is crap consider the magnitude of sports knowledge between the two of us.  But as stated in previous posts, as long as Gio "my drink and my" TwoStep doesn't win, we all happy.

Congrats to Greg "F U pay me" Alford for winning this week.  It won't happen again.*  LOL.

-DM

*I'll take a Hate #4 with a side jealousy, to go.

Manning Gets Better Every Week

He does.  Really.  Who, Peyton?  No.  That dude might be out for the season.  But Eli, my goodness, Eli gets better every week.  Don't believe me?? [this is just a small (ha!) sample size].


First we had Eli raving about Brandon Stokely's small package.


Then this pic was provided to us (via DS), showing Eli's tender touch and lovingly gaze.

To Mark, "We not only share a stadium, but a shower..."

But now Eli is ready for something more serious, more intimate.  Something, different.  Unorthodox.  Maybe interracial...

"I know you're tired on getting hit, let me hold you"

It's the city of brotherly love.  Where two people can come together and share... a moment.  No one watching, no cameras.  Wow.

Eli fans, enjoy your god.

-DM

Things I Learned In The Past 24

Crazy.


Originally, I was gonna call this post "Things I Learned This Weekend" but given the events of the past 24 hours, let's just say "the reports of my death are greatly exaggerated"... 


My company, the Government, did indeed "shutdown" access to the blogspot.com domain.  And I was without access all day yesterday (and still am) but nothing stops The Show.  I want to thank everyone for their well wishes and emails, from which The Show received none.  Also, J-Rod was indeed OUTRAGED and his coverage of a "post-apocalyptic, J-Rod and Da Man Show" was outstanding.  He truly captured a world without Da Man and what a scary thought it was.  But like I said above nothing stops The Show, so let's get to it.

• J-Rod was right.  He called the Giants beating the Eagles, even if the score was more than 3 pts.  And also called the Raiders beating the Jets ("Oakland will straight up beat the Jets" --J-Rod).  Which we here at The Show knew that was happening, having to fly out west to face an improved OAK team with Run DMC (whose on my fantasy team) in the backfield.  That was the easiest pick to make.

• G$ was wrong.  He said the Jets would win, easily.  Said by the time they [Jets] met Brady they'd be 5-0.  He said he took the Eagles our T.I.P but won this week's pool taking the Giants.  Not sure what his game plan is, to win money or a Super Bowl.  Congrats BTW.  And speaking of the pool...

• J-Rod and Da Man suck at picks.  After an abysmal 6 picks right last week, Da Man redeemed with 8.  Only to then see J-Rod get a paltry 5 correct. SODH.

• Big Wins.  The Bills had a big comeback win against the Pats but the Giants crushing the Eagles IN Philly will say more down the road.  Huge win for the G-Men.  I can believe I just gave a compliment to the Giants.*  Staying in Philly...

• You ARE complaining.  Vick, what you said was a complaint.  Not an observation.  No matter how passive aggressive you try to phrase it.  If I say, "damn, look at them tatties" that's a, observation.  But if I say, "damn, look at them tatties, I wish they were bigger" that's a complaint.  Ugh.  You were right, completely.  But just say "I'm effing complaining".  And not AFTER an ass whupping...

• MessiahChild noted J-Rod was right.  With his "predictions" this weekend.  What's world coming to??  Oh right...

• WTF?  Does NO ONE want to win the Wild Card in the AL and NL?  Seriously? No takers?  Braves?  No?  You led by 20 games a month ago...

• I need HBO.  Or at least HBO GO.  Or at least someone with an HBO subscription who would let me use their account for HBO GO.  Connie?  You busy over the next few months?

• J-Rod watched Charlie's Angels.  Not sure if he told me that in confidence or what, but he saw it.  Said the show was absolute trash.  Said he watched for the candy.  Yet it's still set to record the next ep.  Rrrrrrrrrright.

• 3 straight weeks, I have lost in fantasy football "by the narrowest of points" compared to others in the league.  And 3 straight weeks an award has been given out to the winner who wins "by the narrowest of points".  Play Da Man, win a prize.  #FAIL

• I should be working, but I'm posting.  For you all.  Our fans.  All two of them (J-Rod and myself included).  This is probably why the Gov shutdown my access in the first place...

-DM

*Don't worry fans, the next post will make up for it. Enjoy.

OUTRAGE

Violent protests have broken out world wide over the censorship of the J-Rod and Da Man morning show.

Producers of the show are seeking legal action for a reinstatement of the show's feed. Unfortunately things are not moving fast enough as demand for the show has become a world wide state of emergency.

Important Message from J-Rod

Good morning,

At approximately 9:48AM this morning the United States government has shut down Da Man's access to the J-Rod and Da Man in the Morning show in what can only be described as an attack on our show's right to free speech. I am currently working with Da Man to find a resolution to this issue. I will keep you up to date with any new information as it becomes available.

-J-Rod

THIS IS OUR YEAR!!!! - G-Money (circa 1999 to Present day)

So here we are entering week 3 of the NFL season and my boy G-Money (Jets fan above) has yet again proclaimed the NY Jets NFL Super Bowl Champs. Now we can see why G$ is such a huge Rex Ryan fan.  I mean waaaaaaay before Rex was the head coach G$ has been predicting an inevitable super bowl title for as long I have known him. Now me being a NY Mets fan I can understand what its like to root for a team that will never..... EVER win a chip. You go through so many different stages as shown below:

Delusional:. We're gonna win it this year. THIS IS OUR YEAR!!!! BELIEVE IT!!!!

Followed by:


Anger:  "Fuck this team!! I am DONE!!! NEVER AGAIN!!!!" (See Greg tossing his Chad Pennington jersey onto the field in 2007)

Then:

Blame: "Why would they call a 5 yard route when they were on 3rd and 17?!?!? WTF was Rex Ryan thinking!??!?"

Soon after:

Acceptance: "We just wasnt good enough son. Thats all there is to it."

Finally we come full circle at the start of the following season:

Delusional:. We're gonna win it this year. THIS IS OUR YEAR!!!! BELIEVE IT!!!!

(All quotes above are directly from G$)

This has been Greg's cycle for the past 11 years. This has all happened before, and will happen again (BSG). Here is an excerpt of my e-mail convo with G$ just today.....

From: Rodriguez, Jose -
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 12:19 PM
To: Alford, Gregory
Cc: Ng, William
Subject: Picks

Make sure you make them.

FYI… Oakland will beat the Jets this week.

Comment as you see fit.

                                                                                                                                                  

From:Alford, Gregory 

Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 12:19 PM
To: Rodriguez, Jose
Cc: Ng, William
Subject: RE: Picks

I made my picks and the Jets will be 3-0 after Sunday. The Giants will lose as I took the Eagles.

                                                                                                                                                         

From: Alford, Gregory
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 12:24 PM
To: Rodriguez, Jose
Cc: Ng, William
Subject: RE: Picks

I’m sorry, but the Jets will win and cover, so my advice to you, is to take the Jets. Don’t care about Brady, by the time we meet him, we will be 5-0 and he will throw for less than 200 yards.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                        

From: Alford, Gregory
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 12:31 PM
To: Rodriguez, Jose
Cc: Ng, William
Subject: RE: Picks

Yeah, we got exposed and then we exposed them in the playoffs, when it counts. I’m sorry, where the Giants, oh yeah, they were on vacation.

                                                                                                                                                                 

From: Alford, Gregory
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 12:42 PM
To: Rodriguez, Jose
Cc: Ng, William
Subject: Re: Picks

You know you Giants fans kill me. You haven't even smelled the playoffs since then and you still living in the moment. At least we're in contention, and smell playoffs. Like the Mets, still talking about 86, lol.
                                                                                                                                                                                                               

 

-J-Rod
Comment as you see fit.....


Had to add this final part from DS. Was pretty funny




From: Ng, William
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 2:58 PM
To: Alford, Gregory ; Rodriguez, Jose - Information Technology
Cc: 'ron.automatic

I think Eli wants to beat you with kisses. 

T.I.P - Week 2

From time to time (hopefully every week) there may be a post about this Time Inc football pool, J-Rod and Da Man are participating in for a nice piece of cash that will go towards the ""J-Rod and Da Man in the Moooooooooorning" LIVE from Vegas" road trip in February 2012 [Ed's note: More on that later].  The pool is consisted of folks who really don't matter on this morning show so why bother mentioning them work with J-Rod currently.


Anywhooooooooo.


Both of us are usually good for a good 9 to 12 pts per week (see last year's pool) and have won multiple weeks (again see last year's pool).  But this past Sunday, at one point for me, was absolute ASS!  See Figure 1-A below.

Figure 1-A.

As you can see, I had 2 points through the first half of Sunday's games. 2 POINTS!  And I know what you're saying, J-Rod was only 2 pts better than you.  And the points leader was 2 pts ahead of J-Rod.  Well... J-Rod finished with 9.  Me?  6, one point better than last.  SMDH.


With that I'd like say FU thank you to the Jags, Skins, Pack, Ravens, Colts, Chiefs, Seahawks, Boys, Broncos and Eagles.


-DM




There was going to be a note about "why I hate Gio" during this post but since he didn't win this week we'll keep it under wraps.  But I swear, if that dude wins again before I do....

(Editor's note- J-Rod only won ONCE last season. See link https://dajrodshow.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-others-one-of-these-things-just-doest-belong/)

Small Package

The New York Football Giants played the St. Louis Rams last night in a subpar performance and win.  But the "G-Men" (G? -Men) as you know, don't care about wins, losses or performance [Ed note: see last week] but only about each others packages.  

Eli Manning after the game talking about Brandon Stokely's impact:

"uh he had a small package all of a sudden his package got a lot bigger in the middle of the game"

And J-Rod continues to wonder why I laugh at his Giants G-MEN everyweek. LMAO.


-DM

HBO Saturday Night Raw

Well there you have it. What was suppose to be a championship fight turned in a WWE style circus. You could have easily replaced Floyd Mayweather with Triple H. For those who missed the fight I will give you a quick summary. It was late in the 4th round I believe. Victor Ortiz had Mayweather up in the corner. Perhaps frustated with Mayweather having him tied up, Ortiz headbutted Floyd. The referee quickly broke it up and deducted a point from Ortiz. Ortiz immediately began apologizing both to the referee then to Mayweather. After the apology Ortiz took a step back and Floyd proceeded to toss a sucker punch. I think Ortiz was ok after the first one cause he then looked at the ref like WTF? The second one put him out. Did the ref Cortez tell them men to "Fight" after the point deduction? I never saw him do that live or during the replay. The fact that Cortez never told the fighters that it was time in should have been an automatic disqualification for Mayweather. What we didn't know was that Vince McMahon had paid off Cortez so that Mayweather could face off against the Undertaker at the next Wrestlemania. This is exactly why so many boxing fans have turned to MMA. All this HBO "Championship" fight needed was some tables, ladders and chairs SMH.



Lets not forget that every WWE match ends with a dramatic post match interview!!

-J-Rod


All this fight needed was Ms. Elizabeth roaming the corner ring.  Maybe some Jim Ross yelling ringside.  Or better yet Cortez gets somehow "knocked unconscious" and wakes just in time to see someone knocked down in the ring and he counts them out.  LOL.


All I'ma say was for all that "force" you can generate in a punch when you sucker punch surprise someone, the fact that Ortiz was hit twice, knocked down AND was then able to give a post-fight interview say A LOT about Mayweather's "force" of punch.  For that FM you get a #FAIL.


-DM

Washington Heights Finest

By the time the whole "Manny being Manny" thing hit mainstream media it became somewhat comical.  But waaaaaaaay before that when Manny WAS Manny, he was #CLASSIC.  Shout to UNDRCRWN for posting this up this morning.

The official start to Fall...

-DM

HBO... J-ROD is your BITCH

 

HBO Pay Per….. GIVE ME MONEY!!!!!

Another HBO PPV and another bill to pay. I am a slave to sports. Apparently only those sports that require extra $$$. This weekend we see Money “I’m No MUTHAFUCKIN JUNIOR" Mayweather” vs Victor Ortiz. I am hoping this is a good fight. A young Mexican lion vs Money May (homoeroticism brought to you by Duck Sauce). In any case this SHOULD be a great fight. Victor Ortiz is a young, hungry, powerful fighter facing the best of the best. Will Money Makin Floyd suffer his first defeat??? NO!!! May will come out strong early and straight up box Ortiz the first round or so. He will eventually feel a Victor Ortiz bomb and resort back to his long standing defensive boring fighting style. I expect Ortiz to get furstrated and go balls to the walls at Floyd late in the fight opening him up to Mayweather putting him down around round 11.

That’s J-Rod’s take on the fight.

Similar but different

You might be asking yourself why the title of this show seems awfully similar to a certain morning show at a certain community college.  And to that we say, FU.


First of all, it's true J-Rod and I are sports connoisseurs but we are also huge movie buffs.  Are they? Hardly.  We'll quote movies for days and can inject them flawlessly at will at social events.  Can they?  I think not.  Is one half of their duo black?  In our duo the other guy is black, so HA!  (wait, what?)


Secondly, we incorporated (photoshopped) ourselves into countless movies and TV shows (Star Wars, The Matrix, Sin City (non porn version), The Sopranos, Bad Boys (movie), and most recently S.O.A.  And most of this was made possible by our very own photoshop spanish teacher, Señor Ng.


Got a super old white guy that says inappropriately creepy and racist things?  (Like, "Oh well. I shouldn't be surprised, with you being hispanic and all.  Its what your people do, procreate and shit in public. Since you are over 30 and haven't had multiple or in fact any children, and therefore most likely sterile. Shitting in public is all you have).*  We beeeeeeeen had that.


Cool-as-fuck handshake??  Well... We don't have that.  And may have stolen theirs for our own use.  As well as, coffee mugs, t-shirts, theme music, Twitter avi and cardboard cut-out faces.


BUT.


We did everything else, almost 10 years ago!  We're just lazy as fuck.




-DM




*I shit you not, he said those exact words...

The Death Star Outsourced Pt 3

...continued


PART 3

J-Rod: u play clone war games

J-Rod: any clone war games

J-Rod: the troopers are bad ass

J-Rod: then u play any jedi games

J-Rod: force push

J-Rod: DEAD

J-Rod: KAMAN

J-Rod: i'm telling u

J-Rod: after the purge

J-Rod: the emperor got lazy

J-Rod: and cheap

J-Rod: move the kamino facility to India

J-Rod: for cheaper costing clones

Ron Automatic: we already established he cut cost

J-Rod: LOL

Ron Automatic: tech support for fixing the Death Star, also outsourced thus the flaw appearing again

J-Rod: i mean he couldnt get a railing in that area where the death star fired up

J-Rod: as per family guy

J-Rod: so that hole that destroyed the first death star? did we cover that up?

J-Rod: uhhhhhhhh.... no

J-Rod: thats still there

Ron Automatic: then xtra money went to small RC robots that wizzed around the Death Star, avoiding getting stepped on.

J-Rod: LMAO

J-Rod: well think about

J-Rod: they all needed new uniforms

J-Rod: emblems

J-Rod: helmets

J-Rod: etc

Ron Automatic: LOL

Ron Automatic: true

Ron Automatic: had to pay thse red guards with long cloaks to stand and be silent.  like those guards in England

J-Rod: yes

Ron Automatic: they had a cushy job

Ron Automatic: no OT though

J-Rod: they saw some action

J-Rod: yoda bitch slapped a few

Ron Automatic: i know family guy touched on it, but the DS was quite unasfe. the landing bay area was wide open to space. no inner/outer hatch. no "rail" just ships landing and leaving

J-Rod: LOL

Ron Automatic: all these exhaust ports in the DS, just placed randomly

J-Rod: no decompression area

J-Rod: no one ever got sucked out into space

J-Rod: LOL

Ron Automatic: no garbage, no nothing. just exahust ports EVERYWHERE!

Ron Automatic: LOL

Ron Automatic: yes no one ever did

Ron Automatic: <stormtroopers> just did a lot of marching and filing near the bay area

J-Rod: LOL

J-Rod: empire work! lots of empire work!

J-Rod: LOL

Ron Automatic: shit, i don't even think you could throw some outta the bay area in Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

J-Rod: nope

Ron Automatic: could u?

Ron Automatic: i thought so

J-Rod: yet u can blow the area straight to hell

J-Rod: with no structural damage

Ron Automatic: LOL

Ron Automatic: very flawed indeed

J-Rod: LOL

Ron Automatic: i'm sure there had to be a set of stormtroppers would resembled the bunch from the movie Stripes

Ron Automatic: got to the marching ceremonies late

Ron Automatic: never marched in line

Ron Automatic: took ships for joy rides

J-Rod: LOL

J-Rod: CLONE #147!!! CLONE #256!!! IN MY QUARTERS..... NOW!!!!

J-Rod: I HAVE HAD ABOUT ENOUGH OF U TWO

Ron Automatic: LMAO

J-Rod: LOL

J-Rod: What part of "IMPERIAL" army do u not understand?

Ron Automatic: LOL

J-Rod: Uh....... if we're all clones...... are u 100 percent sure we were the clones that went streaking through the caf?

Ron Automatic: what about an elite group of storm trooper pilots. the best of the best. maybe one of them is named Maverick. Another named Goose, Ice Man… who knows

Ron Automatic: maybe one of them request a fly by the DS while Vadar is drinking coffee

J-Rod: storm troopers A-Team

J-Rod: wrong convicted

J-Rod: of a crime they didnt commit

Ron Automatic: LOL

Ron Automatic: i think there is a whole genre we are missing out on here

J-Rod: LOL

J-Rod: Boba chasing them down

Ron Automatic: again, we could make millions

J-Rod: the S-Team

I am beside myself.

The Death Star Outsourced Pt 2

...continued


PART 2

Ron Automatic:  "villains is relative. While most Stormtroopers were missing their targets no matter how many lasers they fired, or how many planets weren't blown up by the Death Star, or how much rebel scum was able to easily evade invading forces on Hoth, Boba Fett had one task and he. got. shit. done. He tracked Solo for the Empire and then got his scruffy ass to Jabba. That takes care of that. Most antagonists in Star Wars are always botching simple tasks like looking for some droids, inspecting ships, or pulling out of hyperdrive at the adequate time. Not our guy." -- neuroticmonkey

J-Rod: yes

J-Rod: didnt he get shot

J-Rod: by a blind solo?

J-Rod: and fell into the pitt?

J-Rod: and if i remember correctly

J-Rod: he only got solo cause lando flipped

J-Rod: and set him up

Ron Automatic: solo cant see. inadvertently hits him the back with a staff, while turing

J-Rod: yes that

J-Rod: and that setup was ALL vader

J-Rod: so what did boba really do?

Ron Automatic: his "jetpack with cape" <SMH> goes off he hits the barge falls in the pit

J-Rod: he was a delivery boy

Ron Automatic: in Jedi, he failed.

Ron Automatic: LOL

J-Rod: LOL

J-Rod: at least jango threw down with obi-won

J-Rod: and mace

Ron Automatic: hold on, don't act like when the 3 <movies> came out in the 70s-80s you didn't want to be Boba

Ron Automatic: he didn't throw down with mace, mace cut his head off. his son saw it, Kill Bill style

J-Rod: yes but he killed quite a few jedi

J-Rod: before that moment

J-Rod: boba was in a christmas special

J-Rod: smh

J-Rod: boba = darth maul

J-Rod: had all the gear, the look, but no game

Ron Automatic: he did, and boba killed plenty of rebel scum.  and did it with flare. remember, "no disintegrations this time"

Ron Automatic: he disintegrated people!

J-Rod: off screen?

J-Rod: KAMAN

Ron Automatic: LOL

J-Rod: LOL

Ron Automatic: would you be able to stomach seeing someone disintegrated as a 7 yr old?

J-Rod: and those he disintegrated

J-Rod: no jedis

J-Rod: LOL

Ron Automatic: we don't know that

J-Rod: of course

Ron Automatic: it was off screen

J-Rod: there werent any left

J-Rod: by the time he grew up

Ron Automatic: cuz he disintegrated them all

J-Rod: they purged them

J-Rod: anakin took care of the future younglins

Ron Automatic: he took out the ones in the temple. not all of them. its not like he went to a comic-con for Jedis and THEN took them all out

J-Rod: LOL

Ron Automatic: he took out some

J-Rod: and the rest were taken out by the star troopers

J-Rod: all of the sudden the jedi became inept

J-Rod: couldnt defend themselves against clones

J-Rod: yet one lone jedi

J-Rod: and a group of rebels

J-Rod: can defeat them

J-Rod: entire jedi order.... NO

Ron Automatic: hello, the force was STRONG with him

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The Death Star Outsourced Pt 1

Most shows rehearse what they'll talk about pre-show.  Have a format.  We... Don't.

Here's a morning IM convo between us from a about month ago.  (we back and forth fast so forgive the pacing).  It spanned about 25 mins and it's pure nerdom. 

Often times the sports Fan and the Geek battle.  On the frozen gridirons of Hoth <see what we did there?> Sometimes the Fan wins.  Sometimes the Geek does.  Clearly with this convo the Geek won...

PART 1

J-Rod: “I consider myself in that class (of great quarterbacks),” Manning told WEPN-AM radio. “Tom Brady is a great quarterback. He’s gotten better every year. He started off winning championships and I think he’s a better quarterback now than what he was, in all honesty, when he was winning those championships.

Ron Automatic: this was Eli?

J-Rod: yes

Ron Automatic: i agree

J-Rod: LOL

Ron Automatic: how come Boba Fett's cape never caught on fire from his jetpack?

J-Rod: fire resistant

Ron Automatic: why does he wear a cape? he has a jet pack!

J-Rod: why does vader?

Ron Automatic: vader wears it as a sign of elite status

Ron Automatic: like a king would

J-Rod: dooku?

J-Rod: lando?

J-Rod: LOL

Ron Automatic: BF is bounty hunter, no fucntionaly purpose

Ron Automatic: again, the time period

Ron Automatic: jedis, imperial gaurd, landos

J-Rod: he worked for jaba

J-Rod: required dress code

Ron Automatic: that chick thrown down the pit <jabbas palace> wore next to nothing, she had a dress code?

J-Rod: she was a slave whore

Ron Automatic: <see Leia>

Ron Automatic: true

J-Rod: LOL

Ron Automatic: it appears Boba also had WiFi attached to his helmet

Ron Automatic: or BT

J-Rod: their tech was much advanced

J-Rod: had cylon gear

Ron Automatic: hmm, he does seem very cylon like

J-Rod: so say we all

Ron Automatic: LOL

Ron Automatic: BF also had many "battle scars" on his armor

Ron Automatic: i was thinking it was blaster-proof armor

J-Rod: think that was jango's gear

J-Rod: he just changed the colors

J-Rod: jango's gear was fresh

J-Rod: new

Ron Automatic: yet vadar couldn't get that guy to use that <same> alloy for his stromtroppers, who take one shot and die?

J-Rod: LOL

J-Rod: well

J-Rod: if u look at the first 3 eps

Ron Automatic: the troopers are based off Jango

J-Rod: the star troopers were good fighters

J-Rod: and didnt just get killed

Ron Automatic: "use my likeness but don't use my tech"?

J-Rod: somewhere between ep 3 and 4

J-Rod: the batch changed

J-Rod: LOL

Ron Automatic: ah, i see, the emperor outsourced his factory to another country, cheap labor

Ron Automatic: lower quality

Ron Automatic: makes sense

Ron Automatic: he had to build a whole new death star, needed some xtra capital

Ron Automatic: cut cost

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