OT:The Perfect Political Campaign Button '06

[Rob Perkins]

Ozark Bicycle wrote:
> Rob Perkins wrote:

> But, put on your Nomex, the pseudo-cons will be out to flame you.
>

Bring 'em on.


I couldn't resist. Sorry.

Rob

 

[Michael Press]

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Tom Keats) wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Ozark Bicycle" <[email protected]> writes:
> >
> > [email protected] wrote:
> >> ST wrote:
> >>
> >> > Dickweed!
> >> > I will say it again. IF you want to go to Russia, China, Valenzuela, Cuba,
> >> > NK or elsewhere to spew your socialist ****, by all means..
> >>
> >> Valenzuela?
> >
> > Didn't he pitch for the Dodgers ~20 years ago? ;-)
>
> Yup. And he had this interesting propensity to not look at
> where he was hucking the ball, looking down at the rubber instead.
> It was all very Zen. Maybe too Zen for MLB (which presents an
> interesting conundrum.)
>
> Hey, I remember Jesse Orosco, too. That guy had, if nothing else,
> a Style which I admired.
>
> Charlie Hough -- now, there was a good ol' workhorse. Maybe he
> didn't have the high-falootin' numbers, but career-wise he did
> pretty good.
>
> I believe Valenzuela was also Ritchie Valens' (La Bamba) real name.

Ryne Duran. Coke bottle glasses, high nineties fast
ball, and a habit of throwing warm up pitches over the
catcher's head. When a batter saw Ryne squinting in for
the sign, his attention wandered away from how he was
going to get around on that fast ball.

--
Michael Press