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Has anyone found a clip of that last swing from the first base side?
It wouldn't matter. A check swing can still be a strike while the thick end of the bat is pointed away from the pitcher. If an ump thinks the batter swung, it's a strike.
However, it sure looked to me like check swing ball four.
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at 4:43 PM on April 21, 2012
Looking at Rhomboid's GIF, I was wrong earlier to think that was a successful check swing.
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at 5:52 AM on April 22, 2012
Andrew Breitbart is dead
As publisher of the Drudge Retort, I've followed Breitbart's career going back to the days when he was doing half the work on the Drudge Report and getting none of the credit. (Matt Drudge liked the mystique of the just-one-editor myth.) Breitbart had befriended Drudge and run a legal defense fund for him for a suit filed by Clinton White House aide Sidney Blumenthal.
I hated what Breitbart was doing to politics and journalism, but my condolences go out to his wife (the... [more]
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at 7:51 AM on March 1, 2012
I always got the impression from some of his earlier appearances on Bill Maher's show that he might actually have started out as a decent person before he became a quasi-celebrity ...
I often wondered that about him and other media provocateurs who achieved fame and money by whipping people up, like Ann Coulter. It always seems like an act.
But back in 2008, Spencer Morgan of the New York Observer followed the not-that-famous... [more]
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at 8:00 AM on March 1, 2012
You don't think Breitbart hated you (if you're a liberal), as in actual, visceral hatred?
A lot of liberals who interacted with him in person would answer "no" to that question.
posted to MetaFilter by rcade
at 8:21 AM on March 1, 2012
I was talking on Twitter about Andrew Breitbart's personality and was sent this fascinating link:
"Within the week, I will be taking medications unknown to me as of this writing. I am nervous, a bit hesitant, yet excited that my brain may begin to focus and/or slow down a bit, and that my egocentrism may wane. ... I feel my condition is well worse than those I read about. I do not take much joy from this distinction, but true concentation is simply not an option,... [more]
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at 8:25 AM on March 1, 2012
Ah, so he only hated you in theory. He only hated Ted Kennedy in theory - the "duplicitous bastard" and "prick" bit in the wake of Kennedy's death were mere rhetorical devices.
I wasn't trying to make excuses for Breitbart behaving one way towards liberals in public and another to them in person. He demonized his opponents and was often exceptionally unfair in what his sites reported about them. What he did to Shirley Sherrod was... [more]
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at 9:38 AM on March 1, 2012
He has hundreds if not thousands of disciples, not to mention a Big Government (as in the name of his vile website) business partner, who will be seeing him as a martyr and modeling their websites, their political hackery, and their lives after him for years to come.
The Big sites will continue, but without him as the animating force, I expect they'll fade within a year or two. The millions of dollars in free publicity he generated with his... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by rcade
at 10:10 AM on March 1, 2012
More from Usenet: Breitbart posted a letter to his biological parents on his 27th birthday. He even called them out by name.
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at 10:16 AM on March 1, 2012
"Here is hoping that the picture of the gay marine making out with his partner was one of the last things Breitbart saw."
Breitbart supported gay marriage and was briefly on the advisory board of the gay conservative group GOProud.
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at 11:44 AM on March 1, 2012
I don't think he edited the Shirley Sherrod video to make her look like a racist. I think he published the video without having any idea who edited it and without checking the full video of Sherrod's speech, which was readily available to review.
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at 12:53 PM on March 1, 2012
Breitbart gave conflicting explanations about the Sherrod video after it blew up in his face. First he claimed that both he and Sherrod were victims. Then he tried to pivot into making the scandal about the Pigford settlement, which was just a new way to go after Sherrod.
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at 1:02 PM on March 1, 2012
Regarding the old Usenet post to Breitbart's biological parents, a longtime friend of his is on the Drudge Retort. I asked if he'd ever found them, and he replied, "Respecting Andrew's privacy, let's just say that when he passed he was in a comfortable place re: both his natural and adoptive parents."
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at 1:20 PM on March 1, 2012
"[D]uring the last twelve hours, I've received messages from people all over the country congratulating me for 'killing' Andrew Breitbart." -- Lamar White Jr., who Breitbart apologized for calling a putz in his final Twitter post
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at 6:42 AM on March 2, 2012
Reading something last night (Andrew Sullivan? can't check now) about 'the last hours' of Breitbart, found Andrew Breitbart not far from home arguing politics with a stranger in a bar.
Here.
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at 11:37 AM on March 2, 2012
Susan Lucci's Soap Bubble Pops
It's also very expensive. The infrastructure is crazy.
I'm home brainstorming ideas to become a multimillionaire in time to save One Life to Live. I read here that the annual budget to produce a soap these days is $50 million. That sound right to you?
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at 4:12 PM on April 18, 2011
UnplannedChaos
I'm way late to this party, but I posted a comment to Adams on his blog I wanted to share here, lest I commit the grievous Internet sin of leaving an opinion unshared.Scott: I like you. I enjoy your comic strip and the unique views you offer in op-ed pieces.
But you're being a dork about MetaFilter. It's not a cesspool. The site's been around 13 years and has a well-deserved rep as a thoughtful place to share and discuss links and current events.... [more]
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at 1:58 PM on April 18, 2011
Kye Allums Makes NCAA History
... on paper, I don't get the "making history" thing.... this person is biologically female and is playing on a women's team.
He's making history because biology isn't everything. The fact that he identifies as a man and has been accepted as such, despite playing under scholarship on a women's team, is yet another sign that gender isn't binary and we should find more ways to accept people who are outside the norm.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by rcade
at 8:55 AM on November 2, 2010
In high school, he identified as a lesbian. Which is to say: someone sexually attracted to women.
Unless he says that, I don't think you can assume it. He could have identified as a lesbian for other reasons, such as feeling like an outcast among more traditionally feminine girls.
posted to MetaFilter by rcade
at 8:58 AM on November 2, 2010
He is exploiting that error to obtain a scholarship he would otherwise not have. And in so doing is, I assume, denying that scholarship to a female athlete for whom it was intended.
Because he was born female and has not undergone hormone treatments, he has no competitive advantage over women. To suggest that it is unfair for him to play on a women's sport, simply because has come out as transgender, would exclude people like him from sports.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by rcade
at 9:47 AM on November 2, 2010
But he can not reasonably ask us to stop thinking of him as a woman if he chooses to play for a women's sports team.
His teammates, coach and school think of him as a man. The NCAA has no problem with him competing. I don't see why it is unreasonable for anyone else to adjust their thinking on the issue.
posted to MetaFilter by rcade
at 11:06 AM on November 2, 2010
If we are to have women's athletic teams - and I hope we are - they must exclude men from competition.
Why must they exclude a transgender man who has no physical advantage over women because he was born female? Be specific. Don't just float vague portents of doom.
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at 11:23 AM on November 2, 2010
Sorry, but the arbitrary separation on people into "genders" for purposes of classification during sporting matches is ridiculous.
Do you also object to leagues segregated by age? There's a long history of leagues that are exclusionary in some form because that's the only way to achieve competitive balance. My kids played basketball in a league for 6-8 year olds. Pro golfers above 50 have their own league too. I fail to see the harm in that.... [more]
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at 11:39 AM on November 2, 2010
If you don't think age discrimination is a problem ...
What the hell? Being OK with restricting a T-ball league to 6-year-olds means I'm OK with firing dad from his job when he turns 50?
I have been away from this place for too long.
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at 12:35 PM on November 2, 2010
I'm all for transgender rights ...
Not really. If you were, you're recognize that what he's currently doing -- coming out and living as a male -- is the first step in transitioning to his gender. The suggestion that it's "silly" to call him male at this stage shows blatant disregard for transgender people and the struggle they go through.
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at 2:53 PM on November 2, 2010
Original 9 Female Tennis Stars Earned $1
Not soon enough, as far as I'm concerned. HOT!
posted to MetaFilter by rcade
at 8:29 AM on September 24, 2010
The yahoo headline is a bit misleading.
Perhaps. But is a sport truly "professional" if no one who plays can make a living at it? That all changed in 1970.
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at 9:13 AM on September 24, 2010
Remembering our friend Brad
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posted to MetaTalk by rcade
at 3:19 PM on January 4, 2010
I wish the circumstances were different, but it's heartening to see so many old friends here. It's one hell of a tribute to Brad on how much he meant to people.
I hadn't seen that hilarious lesser kudu blog post before. If anyone is looking for ways to pay tribute to him, the St. Louis Zoo offers a program to adopt them.
posted to MetaTalk by rcade
at 10:03 AM on January 5, 2010
A few approaches were made to Leslie's family about assuring the continued availability of her work, but nothing came of it. If she had written under a Creative Commons license, mirrors could have sprung up without requiring their permission.
While I was looking into that, I found what could be the reason she got her domains stolen. She had several huge archives of her Eudora email zipped up in directories on her site that were exposed to search engines. Network... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by rcade
at 9:08 AM on January 6, 2010
Jessamyn: Cool. Ideally, iBiblio would have a site for the archives of multiple early bloggers and web publishers, including some who are still around but mindful of their own legacy.
posted to MetaTalk by rcade
at 11:38 AM on January 6, 2010
Bill Quick is getting snippy about all the props Brad is getting for coining blogosphere. "I'm sorry that Brad is gone, but frankly, the impact of Blogosphere is my responsiblity, not his. And you know what? I'm proud of it."
posted to MetaTalk by rcade
at 7:46 AM on January 7, 2010
I made another attempt to see if Leslie's family was amenable to allowing her work, in whole or in part, to be republished. It did not go well.
I have enormous sympathy for her family -- today would've been her 44th birthday, though I didn't know that when I contacted them. But I can't understand how they'd want her work to disappear.
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at 5:09 PM on January 8, 2010
Great post, Anil.
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at 3:54 PM on January 13, 2010
Are we too old to trick or treat?
Add me to the "creepy" vote total. If adults came to my door alone looking for candy it would be cause for alarm.
I have a confession to make, though: I hate the tradition of sending children door to door asking strangers for candy. Kinda sends a mixed message on the whole "stranger danger" issue.
posted to Ask Metafilter by rcade
at 7:35 PM on October 6, 2009
Leo Laporte lays down the law.
It's obvious that the real reason for Arrington's asshat behavior was because he's jealous that he wasn't cool enough to get to play with the Pre.
I've been a critic of Arrington, but I don't buy that. Arrington was setting up a discussion on how Palm has begun denying early review access to publications and sites who have been critical of its products, including TechCrunch. If the discussion hadn't been cut off by Laporte flipping out, that's where... [more]
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at 5:29 AM on June 9, 2009
GiveWell, or Give 'em Hell?
Every value I hold is a value I've compromised in a moment of weakness, including the values most important to me. I wish that weren't true, but it is. The fact that I made this horrible mistake does not change the reason I started GiveWell.
My opinion: You made a mistake and apologized for it, both here and on your charity's blog where it will be remembered by your critics forever. That's enough of a hair shirt. People here should show a little more charity.
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at 1:41 PM on December 31, 2007
Heather and Derek are suddenly out of JPG Magazine
Derek: "Paul informed me that we were inventing a new story about how JPG came to be that was all about 8020. He told me not to speak of that walk in Buena Vista, my wife, or anything that came before 8020."
I'm going to buck the trend and take Paul Cloutier's side in this, in spite of my longstanding appreciation for Derek Powazek and the Wife Who Must Not Be Mentioned.
All I ask is that the new story of how JPGMAG... [more]
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at 5:34 AM on May 16, 2007
The same way he reconciles his stated desire to see it succeed with his strongly implied wish for the public to let the webs run #FF0000 with they who has wronged him.
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at 5:51 AM on May 16, 2007
In the current situation I would personally still counsel and/or mandate that current employees not comment publicly, since any such statements might "fan-the-flames" that Derek's posting and resulting conversations online seem to have produced.
More than that. If a lawsuit emerged from the split, which is the natural conclusion to all bitter business divorces, all of this openness is scrumptious lawyerbait.
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at 6:26 AM on May 17, 2007
Furniture Orgy
I'm hesistant to post this, since it robs this story of its innocence, but they're strippers.WE TRAVEL EVERYWHERE IF YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF PARTY WE WILL TURN IT OUT .... OR IF U JUS WANT A HOUSE CALL WE DO THOSE TOO ........ JUS SEND US A MESSAGE WITH YOUR NUMBER, CITY AND STATE (SONG REQUEST OPTIONAL) ATTACHED AND WE WILL GIVE U A CALL AS SOON AS WE GET IT ...... BE REAL --- DONT BE PLAYIN WE Do FULL ROUTINES LAPDANCES PRIVATE DANCES ECTThey'll come to your town and love your ottoman down.... [more]
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at 9:37 AM on May 13, 2007
Wikipedia/Essjay/‘New Yorker’ updates
I get my "something has got to be wrong with that place" angst from the steady stream of things that are revealed to be wrong with it. I'm weird that way.
posted to MetaFilter by rcade
at 3:28 PM on March 17, 2007
Sambo. Little Black Sambo.
Anyone who needs a reminder of where Americans took the Little Black Sambo character in the first half of the 20th century should search EBay for the term "sambo" and see dozens of items that depict the worst stereotypes this country could conjure up, many with such cultural approval they were used on products.
One reason among many the restaurant owner shouldn't go national with a new chain in that name: The trademark may be... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by rcade
at 9:19 AM on March 7, 2007
An image I included was allowed in preview but eaten when it was posted.
posted to MetaFilter by rcade
at 9:20 AM on March 7, 2007
On Wikipedia, no one knows you're a 24-year-old with no credentials
I've been a champion of Wikipedia, in spite of its flaws, because I believed it was headed in the right direction.
But it seems clear to me now that for as long as Wales is running it, Wikipedia won't have the responsibility or accountability that the world's most well-read online encyclopedia requires.
Having a Jayson Blair for an admin is not, by itself, a large matter.
But this guy was hired by Wikia after telling... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by rcade
at 7:39 AM on March 1, 2007
Life after unwanted celebrity status?
How can I help convince him it's not the end of the world?
Tell him that the public's interest in non-celebrities is extremely short. A week after the movie comes out, they'll move on to the next person experiencing his Warhol 15.
I had an experience like this, offending 1.2 billion Catholics last year. My weblog was one of the 10 fastest growing on the web. Half a million hits in two days. I got several thousand weblog... [more]
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at 5:08 AM on November 3, 2006
Girls Gone Wild producer is shadowed by a reporter, controversy ensues.
I found most of the allegations in the article persuasive, considering the settled court cases and the police officer who vouches for the reporter being physically assaulted. The guy could sounds like a physically abusive misogynist.
But the date rape accusation hasn't been scrutinized by police. How can anyone conclude it's true before that happens?
There's big shakedown potential in a person as slimy and rich as Francis who engages in casual... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by rcade
at 2:54 PM on August 5, 2006
I am a staunch supporter of Francis' right to create and market these videos (as long as he does so legally and ethically ...
Is it possible to talk inebriated young women with limited life experience out of their clothes for entertainment purposes in an ethical manner?
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at 6:41 AM on August 6, 2006
