rachael wrote:I've always wondered why the term "Love" is used in tennis.

I heard it's a variation on the French l'oeuf (egg).

You know, an egg is shaped like a zero.

In American sports the term "goose egg" is used for zero sometimes.

This still doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense. But I have accepted it. wtf.

Zeros and goose eggs are germane to a Cubs discussion, certainly.



Did anyone see Old Neifi make the last out in the game the other night via a bunt attempt?

Two on, two out, 9th inning, his team losing by two, and he bunted. Made it halfway up the line before being thrown out. I guarantee you it was funnier than anything on network TV at the time.

Someone named Zeb Landsman wrote:
How did the word love come to mean 'no points' in tennis and other racquet sports? And does correct usage allow for an initial score of love-love (which sounds wrong to my ear)?

randomhouse.com wrote:As for love, it can be traced to the 17th-century expression "play for love," meaning 'to play without any wager, for nothing'. It is this meaning of 'nothing' that love takes on when used in tennis--and in certain card games, as well as in the occasional British football commentary (their sort, not ours). The proper way to describe a score of zero to zero is to say love-all. Of course, American football won't stand for that sort of outcome.

I play with myself, but not for love.



On a different note, Mark Buehrle.

Holy Fucking Shit: this hot dump of a baseball team just got swept by the motherfucking Marlins, and Womack isn't even in the lineup yet.

Juan Pierre is now hitting .230 with a .270 OBP. The motherfucker has 8 BB for the season. Holy Christing Fuck.

I decided to do my run today while the Cubs were playing. I just knew I wouldn't miss much. It got me thinking about this subject post. I can't recall who Dusty Baker's sends up to pinch hit, but it occurred to me that it oughta be Zambrano or maybe even Wood. Sure, Z is the ace, and Wood is fragile, but who're the alternatives? Z swings both ways, and who could forget that post-season home run of Wood's in '03?

Just another brick in the wall that is my argument that the Cubs should get the National Strat-O-Matic champ to take over that team.

Maddox is the only reason to watch them at this point. After yesterday?
They are just sad.

New prediction. I don't want to be right but I will.
Maddox record for the year 12-18, ERA= 4.68

He will sign a contract with the Mets in the winter.

And such an unbelievable start!

greg wrote:

Bradley R. Weissenberger wrote:Greg, I will bet you a million dollars that Juan Pierre has a higher OBP than .300 in 2006.

A million dollars!

That's a lot of money!

Take that number and double it!
Your ass is mine Bradly

Greg,

Check out Juan Pierre's OBP.

Unless Juan Pierre shoves both of his hands into a garbage disposal and continues to play baseball (i.e., unless he follows the specific example of Ryan Dempster), you are going to owe two millions dollars to me.

Imagine. I win two million dollars while watching the 2006 Chicago Cubs and their fans suffer through a mindblowingly terrible season -- all while going to U.S. Cellular Field to see the enormous 2005 World Series championship banner.

Man, Jesus fucking loves me.

I believe that Dusty Baker will lead Major League Baseball this year in the category of "SportsCenter Highlights That Feature The Team's Manager Shaking His Head In Response To His Team's Terrible Play On The Field".

Watch tonight!

Does that old timey banjo/clarinet/etc. quartet still play at Wrigley Field? Someone throw a beer on those guys for me. Thanks.

Bradley R. Weissenberger wrote:

greg wrote:

Bradley R. Weissenberger wrote:Greg, I will bet you a million dollars that Juan Pierre has a higher OBP than .300 in 2006.

A million dollars!

That's a lot of money!

Take that number and double it!
Your ass is mine Bradly

Greg,

Check out Juan Pierre's OBP.

Unless Juan Pierre shoves both of his hands into a garbage disposal and continues to play baseball (i.e., unless he follows the specific example of Ryan Dempster), you are going to owe two millions dollars to me.

Imagine. I win two million dollars while watching the 2006 Chicago Cubs and their fans suffer through a mindblowingly terrible season -- all while going to U.S. Cellular Field to see the enormous 2005 World Series championship banner.

Man, Jesus fucking loves me.

I believe that Dusty Baker will lead Major League Baseball this year in the category of "SportsCenter Highlights That Feature The Team's Manager Shaking His Head In Response To His Team's Terrible Play On The Field".

Watch tonight!

Does that old timey banjo/clarinet/etc. quartet still play at Wrigley Field? Someone throw a beer on those guys for me. Thanks.

Brad,

I'm sad to say, I think you may have been Bill-Clintoned.

Take "that" number and double it.

Which number? The million? I think he meant the 0.300... double that.

Or, worse still, he may have meant the 2006, in which case most of us will never know who wins the bet, assuming Pierre is still playing in 4012.

Bill-Clintoned, Brad.

scott wrote:Take "that" number and double it.

Which number? The million? I think he meant the 0.300... double that.

I considered the "doubling the OBP" interpretation, but I determined that no reasonable person could possibly make that argument.

Thank you for proving my point.

scott wrote:
Brad,

I'm sad to say, I think you may have been Bill-Clintoned.

Take "that" number and double it.

Which number? The million? I think he meant the 0.300... double that.

Or, worse still, he may have meant the 2006, in which case most of us will never know who wins the bet, assuming Pierre is still playing in 4012.

Bill-Clintoned, Brad.

T-Bag,

How did you not make this list?:

electrons wrote:T-Bag,

How did you not make this list?:

Hey, guy, Juan Pierre is maybe my favorite Cub. Maybe I'm no so smort. But my cock, she is okay! You want to touch her? Is maybe your problem, no mine. You are the man who likes the squirting, okay? Squirt!