Church Feeling the Pressure From Snelling

[The Chief]

Seems like we all have very clear and fond memories of that game.  I specifically remember thinking we were gonna blow it and lose the game until Church jacked that homer.  I also remember somebody (think it was Guillen?) giving Church the ol' shaving cream pie to the face during his post-game interview.

[Nat of the Living Dead]

Seems like we all have very clear and fond memories of that game.  I specifically remember thinking we were gonna blow it and lose the game until Church jacked that homer.  I also remember somebody (think it was Guillen?) giving Church the ol' shaving cream pie to the face during his post-game interview.

You are correct.  That was an ongoing rite that season.  Funny stuff!

[Kenz aFan]

I am so very glad that I have finally, after years of searching, of all the mountains I have climbed, tests passed, and enemies defeated in hand to hand combat...I have finally found the one that is the end all authority on who is consistent and who is not.  Do you sprinkle holy water on those worthy of your consistency or has that practice faded over time?

So much for any hope of Church having two straight good games at the plate, he had another Oh-fer day.... Don't get me wrong, I want whoever wins the LF job to do great every day, but I also want whoever ends up playing LF to have earned the job, not have it handed to him. If you look closely at the two main combatants, (Church and Snelling) neither has shown they deserve the spot over the other, not have they been the most consistent player trying for a roster spot.

[Kenz aFan]

I've been smelling a THREAD LOCK approaching this thread for at least a week

Why would the thread get locked? There is no in fighting going on. There are different views about players fighting for a starting job, and isn't that part of what a baseball forum is about. To lock down a thread because people disagree with each other and are voicing their opinions seems kinda "1984" to me. It's not as though there's a ton of name calling going on, just a whole lot of difference of opinion.

[Senators2005]

Why would the thread get locked? There is no in fighting going on. There are different views about players fighting for a starting job, and isn't that part of what a baseball forum is about. To lock down a thread because people disagree with each other and are voicing their opinions seems kinda "1984" to me. It's not as though there's a ton of name calling going on, just a whole lot of difference of opinion.

That's what I was thinking...

[nats2playoffs]

The threads that get locked usually have degenerated into personal attacks on how someone is expressing their opinions, which has been happening here repeatedly.

I personally found iluvryanzimmerman's hero-worship thread, "Zimmerman's Blasts !!!" at http://www.nationalsforum.net/index.php?topic=1686.0 to be the funniest thread on this Forum, (even funnier than the kittens.)  That thing got LOCKED fast, before I could even make a posting!  I was laughing so hard that I was literally speechless.  Unlock and BUMP it!  They're practically waxing Church's car in this thread, but we didn't have the freedom to gush over the Almost-Rookie-of-the-Year?

[Senators2005]

   That thread was from August of LAST year!  Man do you get out of the house?   

Besides that, I'm totally not getting what you are trying to say.  There's not meaningless hero-worship in this thread - there is a real conversation about who should get the left field job.  There are those who think one way - and another crowd who think another way.  Isn't that what a discussion board is all about?  Threads get locked when people start making personal attacks or causing animosity between members.  There was a danger of that here previously - but I think that is no longer the case.

[The Chief]

^^^ I would call him the real rookie of the year if I didn't hate it when people do bitter things like that.  I still feel Zimmerman was robbed, though.  It'll be interesting to see where his and Ramirez's careers stand in 5 years.

@N2P - ask and ye shall receive.

[nats2playoffs]

That thread was from August of LAST year!  Man do you get out of the house?

I had to do a search to find it, but it's well worth it.  Your own post made me laugh the hardest, since you were just piling on, knowing that one person would eat it up.  That thread could have become the Forum's version of the Stanton was Christ-like thread on the MLB board.

[Nat of the Living Dead]

Exactly.  No reason to lock this thread.  Mike Stanton Says...

[Nat of the Living Dead]

I had to do a search to find it, but it's well worth it.  Your own post made me laugh the hardest, since you were just piling on, knowing that one person would eat it up.  That thread could have become the Forum's version of the Stanton was Christ-like thread on the MLB board.

I'm sorry, I just don't see the amusement in the Zimmerman thread but I do applaud it for we do need more rah-rah threads, especially as we near Opening Day.

[Kenz aFan]

Exactly.  No reason to lock this thread.  Mike Stanton Says...

Wow... I didn't know Mike Stanton could throw his voice too?

[The Chief]

Wow... I didn't know Mike Stanton could throw his voice too?

Voice?  Don't you know Mike Stanton has a messenger do the talking for him?  To hear Mike Stanton's voice first-hand would cause all of our heads to explode.  Didn't you ever see "Dogma?"  Jeez... 

[nats2playoffs]

I'm sorry, I just don't see the amusement in the Zimmerman thread but I do applaud it for we do need more rah-rah threads, especially as we near Opening Day.

A scorecard is needed to understand the humor.  iluvryanzimmeran starts a legitimate thread about Zimmerman, who really was earning the Rookie-of-the-Year talk.  Spidernat responds politely first.  After she had briefly posted a blurry over-the-shoulder photo of herself last spring as an avatar, Spidernat had recognized her as the girl who holds up a giant Zimmerman sign behind the Nats dugout.  He said she was 12 years old, but she admitted it was her, and that she was 15.  He merely suggested that she say hello at the stadium, now that they both knew that they posted here.  She snapped at him and called him a stalker.  ROFL.  (There was a 26-year-old woman on the MLB board who was obsessed with Patterson in 2005, and stopped posting when word got out that he was dating Miss DC.)  iluvryanzimmerman posts from her heart, which is entertaining and endearing, but at 15 maybe she should be obsessed with boys her own age... or horses.

2k6nats and ColtonWilliams had both joined the Forum one month earlier, and may not have realized the level of iluv's obsession with Zimmerman, when they posted.  You can tell that 2k6nats was already figuring this out, since he posted here a LOT from the start. 

During an earlier game thread, Senators2005 started making fun of iluv's obsession.  The Chief ordered him into a private message ("NOW!") and EVERYBODY knew that Sens was getting chewed out for it.  It was pretty funny at the time.  So when Sens' made that copy-cat post (with the laughing smiley) in the Zimmerman Blasts thread, I knew he was making fun of her again - but without posting anything mean or critical.  Knowing that history, I was doubled over laughing when I read Sens' post.  It was also pretty funny to see The Chief LOCK it before even ONE day could pass.  He was like a teacher walking into a class where the students were all throwing gum at the ceiling, and says, "NO...you are NOT going to do this... STOP...NOW!!!"
   

[Nat of the Living Dead]

OMG......that description of iluvryanzimmerman....I am about 99% sure she sat right next to me during ST this year and didn't even know it.

[tomterp]

I've been smelling a THREAD LOCK approaching this thread for at least a week.  Anyone else smell it coming?  You have to go to Page 4 of the General Discussion folder to find our last Thread Lock.  TURN AWAY from the DARK SIDE of the FORCE, before it becomes too powerful to resist! 

Besides, everybody knows that the true authority on a particular player's consistency (in any sport), is based on whether you have that player's autograph...

Consistency is highly overrated.  I would go so far as to say it's not worth much at all.  A hitting lineup is like a diversified portfolio.  You need a few winners in order to beat the market, but it doesn't matter which ones.  If a player comes up big once a week and carries your team, this is just a valuable as spreading the same production evenly.  You have other players also being somewhat inconsistent, and it tends to dampen the volatility.  In fact, the worse your overall team is, the worse consistency is for you, since you'll be mediocre to bad every game.  Better to bust out once in a while to win.

[Senators2005]

During an earlier game thread, Senators2005 started making fun of iluv's obsession.  The Chief ordered him into a private message ("NOW!") and EVERYBODY knew that Sens was getting chewed out for it. 

uh...no.   

[nats2playoffs]

uh...no.   

Sorry, maybe I got you mixed up with someone else.  It was pretty funny at the time, because iluv took it all in stride, and everybody got on with the game thread. 

[The Chief]

Yeah that's a pretty fancy history lesson but I don't really remember ever chewing anyone out.