Where's th Donz? [Archive]

ed hardiman

03-16-2006, 08:58 AM

Censoring? What, Homeland Security and this Republican regime has infiltrated this baseball site too? :radio
I think if you delete posts well after they are written for being no worse than the occasional bickerspat some threads devolve into momentarily then you risk eliminating your inventory of people willing to post because in the final analysis we all love our little scribbles like children.

Don Block, whether anyone cares to know this or not, is a great College English professor, superb author, noted critic and his knowledge of baseball is impeccable.

Quite frankly I'm saddened by his absence and question contributing to a site that has little or no ongoing concern for someone who consistently contributed so much for so many years.

johncap

03-16-2006, 11:06 AM

I think if you delete posts well after they are written for being no worse than the occasional bickerspat some threads devolve into momentarily then you risk eliminating your inventory of people willing to post because in the final analysis we all love our little scribbles like children.

Don Block, whether anyone cares to know this or not, is a great College English professor, superb author, noted critic and his knowledge of baseball is impeccable.

Quite frankly I'm saddened by his absence and question contributing to a site that has little or no ongoing concern for someone who consistently contributed so much for so many years.
Hmmm, wondering what this is all about and why such an ardent contributor would be relegated to the sidelines. Afterall, what value is a site like this without passionate contributors?

ed hardiman

03-16-2006, 12:03 PM

...what value is a site like this without passionate contributors?
The answer is none.
I expect this thread will be zotz-ed for not being about baseball or on some other thin pretext but it does cut to the heart of the matter:

I don't know what kind of living the owner of BBF makes from this site if any at all.
I'm inclined to think he might break even or make barely enough to justify the headaches.

Most of the Mods I've encountered, the two here on the Phillies thread, the Natty Mod, and the Giants Mod come to mind have been more than gracious to me, have never wielded their authority in anything other than a deliberative, cautious and considerate manner, and I applaud their continued efforts to be fair in their actions.

This was not about current posts on that particular thread but ones well in the past. They wouldn't even have caused a ripple in the Phillies forum cause Phillies fans are obviously thicker-skinned...I know because I had been following the same thread Don was posting on.

On the other hand I have no respect for post-sanitizing a thread because someone posts something unpopular or a dustup occurs (see: the bobby abreu gold glove thread) because that's the nature of passionate discourse.
Which in turn makes this site appealing.
Not a bunch of Stepford Baseball posts.
I can get that watching a local newscast.

I would welcome a credible official explanation for post-hoc sanitizing in this thread.

Androctus

03-16-2006, 01:32 PM

I would welcome a credible official explanation for post-hoc sanitizing in this thread.I ummm, no. Androctus can't say that. They'll throw him out for sure.

i noticed Don notoriously absent, I just figured he was in winter limbo like many others....

ed hardiman

03-16-2006, 01:52 PM

I ummm, no. Androctus can't say that. They'll throw him out for sure.
i noticed Don notoriously absent, I just figured he was in winter limbo like many others....
Ed Hardiman wouldn't say that either but then again he's more of a lurker than a leader...Don is wildcat striking the BBF...
I say we all show our solidarity with Don by a work stoppage until Management knuckles under and gives us a ten cent an hour raise across the board!
"We Want Don! We Want Don! We Want Don!"
(insert woody guthrie song here)

brewcrew82

03-16-2006, 05:26 PM

Its my understanding arbitrary and capricious censoring by the webmaster has robbed us of our best player on BBF.

As someone who lurks in the Phillies forum but does not post (don't get me wrong, I like the Phils), I too have noticed Donzblock's absence and would like to see him back here.

ed hardiman

03-17-2006, 12:42 AM

As someone who lurks in the Phillies forum but does not post (don't get me wrong, I like the Phils), I too have noticed Donzblock's absense and would like to see him back here.
First, welcome to the Phillies forum all are welcome regardless of other favorite teams, don't lurk, chuck your two cents in.

Second, thank you for noticing a real asset to this great site is currently MIA due to a practice less than honorable in my opinion.

For example:
If we are heatedly bickering over let's call it "baseball trinkets" and I wrongly ad-hominem posted you are a lousy dog catcher when in fact you happen to be a crackerjack mutt swiper in real life and you reply "not so mr. poopyhead" and that gets left in the thread for quite some time and we have moved on.

Going in much later to remove it is a perfect example of what's called in the law "unringing the bell" and everyone knows that just isn't possible...

I'm not ascribing evil intent on the webmaster's part in doing it, I assume the webmaster considered it tidying up not controversial.
But this is baseball bickery not celery.

In baseball terms you hit my batter, I sit one of yours down the next frame, umpire warns both sides, game back on...

Finally, if you purposely misquote me again I'll key your Chevette in the parking lot, I said webmaster not Mod...

mojorisin71

03-17-2006, 11:05 AM

The baseball season is approaching us, and we at the LA forum need some words of encouragement from the Professor. I hope it's just winter hibernation.

ed hardiman

03-17-2006, 11:55 AM

The baseball season is approaching us, and we at the LA forum need some words of encouragement from the Professor. I hope it's just winter hibernation.
What you read is what it is.
I would hope at some point those who compelled Don to leave would at least fairly explain their actions.
I give them full benefit of the doubt and think if post-hoc censoring is a reasonable activity they would have no problem replying in this thread.
It's not required, expected or a demand, the net result is still the same.
No Block.
I would hope a concern of this nature on our part would merit their attention, consideration and reply rather than simply yanking the thread without comment.

Captain Cold Nose

03-17-2006, 01:44 PM

I thought I saw the good Professor's name as one of the members currently on the site.
He is missed. Throughout the site.

runningshoes

03-17-2006, 01:49 PM

He was on yesterday or the day before...take a look at his profile.

Androctus

03-17-2006, 01:50 PM

Block is a true Jedi, and will not succumb to the authority of the evil Galactic Empire and their dark Moderator Lords. He'll return in Episode VI, you'll see.

runningshoes

03-17-2006, 01:56 PM

Block is a true Jedi, and will not succumb to the authority of the evil Galactic Empire and their dark Moderator Lords. He'll return in Episode VI, you'll see.

Do you not mean the Dark Moderator Lord?

There's only one I know of who holds that title in my heart.

Androctus

03-17-2006, 01:58 PM

Do you not mean the Dark Moderator Lord?

There's only one I know of who holds that title in my heart.Always two, there are - a Master, and an apprentice.

ed hardiman

03-17-2006, 02:37 PM

He was on yesterday or the day before...take a look at his profile.
Did he post?
Well?
No further questions your honor....

brewcrew82

03-17-2006, 07:28 PM

First, welcome to the Phillies forum all are welcome regardless of other favorite teams, don't lurk, chuck your two cents in.

Thanks for the welcome, I'll be sure to "chuck my two cents in" throughout the season.

ed hardiman

03-17-2006, 09:19 PM

Thanks for the welcome, I'll be sure to "chuck my two cents in" throughout the season.
As the great philosopher Wayne said:
Most excellent, Garth.

Hey you changed your quote of me...lol...I wouldn't really key your bitchin' Chevette.

ed hardiman

03-21-2006, 12:06 AM

Dear Diary:
Day 112, shipwrecked on a deserted thread.
Still no Block, I have rationed the old posts and on the other side of the thread I have found potable water.
Luckily one Phillies season is as good as another...

Robinson "Baseball" Crusoe

Androctus

03-21-2006, 06:44 AM

Block is at the resort on the side of the thread you havn't ventured to yet, drinking Singapore Slings over in the patio section.

ed hardiman

03-21-2006, 05:50 PM

Day 494, shipwrecked on a deserted thread.

Dear Diary,
I sighted the sails of a ship but it turned out to be a Chilean Squid Mulching boat and frankly I'd rather not be rescued if it means smelling like mulched squid for 8 weeks.
I managed to barter my belt and a clump of hair for a baseball bat and glove however and promised a guy named Sixto I'd keep an eye out for his brother Manny Lezcano...
I laid out a field and there was a big controversy, domed or not domed, and the whole artificial turf versus the island is just sand and rocks thing and got down to replaying the greatest game ever:
September 21, 1964 Phillies versus the Reds
Only this time I'm on the mound and the Red's Ruiz won't steal home...changing baseball history forever...
Wait a minute! Can you believe that? The ******* snuck home while I was writing this...
Oh well it's hard to throw a slider down and away using a seagull as a ball anyway...
Still no Don Block, I suppose once great herds or flocks of Block roamed this island the signs are everywhere, dictionary pages with the word "pragmatic" crossed out and thesaurii with the words beginning in Q and X lined through as "pretentious" or "French."
My theory is a disease like "disgust" may have decimated their ranks...
I will resume my search tomorrow...

Robinson "Baseball" Crusoe

west coast orange and black

03-21-2006, 06:56 PM

ed hardiman

03-21-2006, 07:06 PM

from baseball-almanac.com:
"Did you know that Don Z. Block is one of the most popular & un-popular (yes, both at the same time) registered members of Baseball Fever where he frequents the Brooklyn Dodgers forum?"
we crossed swords from time to time, but the perfessor is missed.
as of the other day, donzblock is neither suspended nor banned.
It's not a matter of his being banned or suspended, he stopped posting because he was censored, and those posts were no better or worse than hundreds of others I've read on this site.
And I read them before they were yanked and if you're going to leave posts sitting around for everybody to read for quite some time what is the purpose of later attempts to sanitize a thread?
That's the only reason he stopped posting.
It fundamentally sucks we lose our best Phillies poster right before the start of the season...

johncap

03-21-2006, 07:48 PM

He was on yesterday or the day before...take a look at his profile.
He checks in because he's been PM'ing me. But he apparently won't post.

csh19792001

03-21-2006, 08:01 PM

One of the most erudite and articulate people I've ever had the pleasure to interact with and learn from.

I hope he returns.

FrenchyLefebvre

03-21-2006, 08:21 PM

Donz is who got me hooked to this site. I lurked for quite a while just checking before finally registering last year (just after you, Ed, I think).
Saw his poems on Tug McGraw & the Bums on Baseball Alamnac. He is, indeed, very gifted in that regard as well.

PLEASE Return, Professor Block!! Your fans in these forums aren't the ones who run the site, so please don't punish us ;) :(

west coast orange and black

03-22-2006, 01:43 AM

ed hardiman

03-22-2006, 03:30 AM

ed hardiman: ...what is the purpose of later attempts to sanitize a thread?
That's the only reason he stopped posting.
maybe management took a "better late than never" approach. i dunno.
the perfessor was here, i turned around, then he was gone.
i don't know anything more about it.
because he remains in contact via p.m., maybe you guys can persude him to return.
that would be a good thing, for a number of reasons.
I'm not suggesting you're in any way, shape or form involved with this matter nor am I asking you to defend the circumstances but your thoughts are much appreciated.

Websites are content and quality driven when you depend on volunteers to police a site and volunteers to provide the vast content disputes between those parties are bound to arise.

Is there a system of redress or recourse in place for the members? Probably not, nor is one really needed when courtesy and consideration would solve 99.99% of the disputes.

Are posts a mere popularity contest or is there a reasonable expectation if you take the time & effort to state your opinion you shouldn't have to worry down the road it will disappear?

Why would I get him to come back? I didn't zotz his posts. The people responsible should take ten seconds to address his concerns with him. Hasn't he earned that simple courtesy?

I fully recognize and applaud the thankless work the webmaster & mods do policing this many posts, it's a great site.

Maybe the easiest way to frame my argument was already pointed out by another poster:
The readers are getting punished.

west coast orange and black

03-22-2006, 08:12 AM

ed hardiman

03-22-2006, 08:47 AM

Is there a system of redress or recourse in place for the members?
from the bb-f rulebook:
II. Comments about our policy:
Any suggestions on this policy may be made directly to Sean Holtz at webmaster@baseball-almanac.com
without knowing what got zapped nor for what stated reasons, my take on closing threads and deleting words is that that ought to be done only as a LAST resort.
at times it gets kinda tough to be a mod and have members rail on ya.
(trust me on this one, as a co-moderator in the bond- giants forum.)
we all haul around own own baggage and fears and feelings and at times it gets the better of us.
i do not know what happened, nor under what circumstances the deletions were made, but write to sean and ask him. he will reply. maybe converations between management and donzblock were fruitless. heck, i dunno if they ever even took place. but yes, each and every bb-f member has earned that courtesy, i agree.
i hope that it all works out for everyone involved.
I appreciate your reply, no doubt the Bonds tempest brings out the worst in some, I've thrown my two cents in like a dollar on that issue.
I'll just happily keep scribbling in here until the Block Affair is reconciled.
I'm certainly "on topic" not breaking any rules, and considerate in my remarks...I have the advantage of having followed the actual thread in particular throughout, but in fairness to you, I've never seen you act in anything other than a gracious fashion, so it really isn't a reflection on your efforts or your taking the time to cast further light on some of my concerns.

west coast orange and black

03-22-2006, 11:52 PM

ed hardiman

03-23-2006, 01:42 AM

keep at it, man. maybe something'll break your way.
and thanx for the kind words. but actually, 16-17 months ago i engaged in less-than-proper behavior. after stepping back and thinking about it, it was not how i wanted to have others view me, so i abandoned my ways of old.
At least you stepped off which takes guts rather than allow inertia to propel you further down the wrong path.
I've never-ever seen you act less than circumspect so you walk the talk I admire that.

We're all human, when I first got here I thought mocking the opinions of others was the height of baseball moral superiority, it took one simple post (thanks LP) to open my eyes to what a cheesedick I was being.
That wasn't LP's intent but it isn't pleasant to look in the mirror and not like what you see.

I'll happily and properly post on this thread per the topic and get 10,000 views on this thread once the season starts.

Is asking politely for somebody in charge from this site to engage in a single act of simple courtesy to a long standing member an outrageous demand?
I think not.

Nor do I see the webmaster or others involved as villians.
Just a simple case of the price paid now far exceeding the imagined benefit to this site by removing those posts.

Pretty much I want my Maypo.

west coast orange and black

03-23-2006, 08:35 AM

here's to breakfast being served.

Androctus

03-23-2006, 11:28 AM

and lunch...

philsphan

03-23-2006, 01:38 PM

Is donzbloc the same guy named Don Z. Block who has a few poems including that reall good one about the tugger on baseball almanac?

ed hardiman

03-23-2006, 03:05 PM

Is donzbloc the same guy named Don Z. Block who has a few poems including that reall good one about the tugger on baseball almanac?
The one & only...

Bob Hannah

03-23-2006, 03:11 PM

Is donzbloc the same guy named Don Z. Block who has a few poems including that reall good one about the tugger on baseball almanac?
He is one and the same. aka Poet Laureate of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Without his input I fear the curse he placed on the Los Angeles National League team may not be as effective as in '05.

mojorisin71

03-23-2006, 03:30 PM

I wouldn't worry too much about the Professor's curse. Ever since FOX bought the team, we've pretty much suffered the same fate the Yankees did under CBS.

DODGER DEB

03-23-2006, 03:54 PM

ed hardiman

03-23-2006, 07:46 PM

He is one and the same. aka Poet Laureate of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Without his input I fear the curse he placed on the Los Angeles National League team may not be as effective as in '05.
Bob! I was afraid you had been kidnapped by Soriano or his followers the Alfonsotista's and were being held hostage in his bunker under 2nd sack...
Don's curses are more effective than most.
Remember the curse Block put on the DeLorean Car Company?
Who could forget the curse el Block put on Martha Stewart when her "Perfect Peach Cobbler" recipe turned out as bland as cardboard covered in cough syrup.
What about the curse Don put on Enron?
Or Doc's curse on that sock puppet from Petco?
I hear he's doing Bar-Mitvah's in Hackensack now.
The worst was the curse the Don "no-ald" put on the MLB franchise the Sacramento Zephyrs in 1984.
Who are they?
That's my point <shudder>.

ed hardiman

03-23-2006, 07:48 PM

I wouldn't worry too much about the Professor's curse. Ever since FOX bought the team, we've pretty much suffered the same fate the Yankees did under CBS.
Don't leave out the Trib super sucking the Cubs...
Worry about Don But Not Forgotten's curses...look at how well they work on the Phillies...

ed hardiman

03-23-2006, 07:52 PM

Rest assured, no matter where he is, the good Professor will never allow THE CURSE of BROOKLYN'S spell to miss it's intended target in 2006....."that west coast group"!
You can take that to the bank!
c.
Wait you mean to say another team uses the name of the Brooklyn Dodgers on the West Coast?
Why that would be like seeing a "Beatlemania" Tribute Band calling itself "Imitators of Imitators of the Real Thing."
A substitute for margarine at best.
Thank you for weighing in on our Don Block picket line.
Tomorrow we're roasting s'mores and singing Woody Guthrie protest songs in really nasally voices...

Bob Hannah

03-23-2006, 08:46 PM

Bob! I was afraid you had been kidnapped by Soriano or his followers the Alfonsotista's and were being held hostage in his bunker under 2nd sack...
Don's curses are more effective than most...

I guess not having the privilege to read Don's contributions, be they poetry or incantations from his grimoire, has dulled my memory. Reassurances phrum you, the Phightins phorum phan, Deb, and mojo have reinstilled my phaith in the curse.

As for the keystone prison ordeal, I was fortunate enough to have Alfonso distracted. He was busied by swinging at first pitch sliders in the dirt. Tunneling north by northwest, I broke to daylight in an abandoned patch of field about a hundred or so feet behind shortstop about 1:15 pm yesterday but had to keep hightailing it...little did I know Fonzie was hot on my trail. And everyone thinks he did for the cash.

ed hardiman

03-23-2006, 10:52 PM

I guess not having the privilege to read Don's contributions, be they poetry or incantations from his grimoire, has dulled my memory. Reassurances phrum you, the Phightins phorum phan, Deb, and mojo have reinstilled my phaith in the curse.
As for the keystone prison ordeal, I was fortunate enough to have Alfonso distracted. He was busied by swinging at first pitch sliders in the dirt. Tunneling north by northwest, I broke to daylight in an abandoned patch of field about a hundred or so feet behind shortstop about 1:15 pm yesterday but had to keep hightailing it...little did I know Fonzie was hot on my trail. And everyone thinks he did for the cash.
Well Bob, Don languishing in self-imposed exile is an outrage to his many fans but he raises a valid point with the courage of his conviction, is the measure of a post relative popularity and does lacking that justify a belated removal?
The vanity of the obverse argument is laughable.
I read people like Don, you, WCOAB, Androctus, johncap etc. because it isn't homogeneous pablum.
The news of your escape is equal parts Houdini, Jack London, and Murf the Surf, bringing a welcome end to your dark days in captivity if only the DC City Council could've agreed to add a rider to the Stadium bill for your ransom...

Androctus

03-24-2006, 06:38 AM

Maybe Don is starting his own forum?

I read people like Don, you, WCOAB, Androctus, johncap etc. because it isn't homogeneous pablum. Thats right I'm not homo-anything.:laugh

ed hardiman

03-24-2006, 06:56 AM

Maybe Don is starting his own forum?
Thats right I'm not homo-anything.:laugh
You of course typed that with a touch of homo-sapien irony...

DODGER DEB

03-24-2006, 08:41 AM

Wait you mean to say another team uses the name of the Brooklyn Dodgers on the West Coast?
Why that would be like seeing a "Beatlemania" Tribute Band calling itself "Imitators of Imitators of the Real Thing."
A substitute for margarine at best.
Thank you for weighing in on our Don Block picket line.
Tomorrow we're roasting s'mores and singing Woody Guthrie protest songs in really nasally voices...

I have taken the liberty of bringing the Professor's CURSE of BROOKLYN to the forefront on OUR Forum, just to make certain that everyone knows about it, and that it will have it's full effect in 2006 on that "west coast group", for which it was originally intended.

Have you ever tasted Dogs that were "cooked" in beer, like they were at OUR Ebbets Field? How about a chorus of "Goodnight Irene" while we are picketing and munching those Ebbets Field Dogs? It does wonders for the soul!

c.

west coast orange and black

03-24-2006, 09:03 AM

hardiman: I read people like Don, you, WCOAB, Androctus, johncap etc. because it isn't homogeneous pablum.

thanx, man.the complete truth of it is, though, that my socks always match. :rolleyes:

ed hardiman

03-24-2006, 03:57 PM

hardiman: I read people like Don, you, WCOAB, Androctus, johncap etc. because it isn't homogeneous pablum.
thanx, man.the complete truth of it is, though, that my socks always match. :rolleyes:
So do mine except I don't match socks by color I match them by thickness.

ed hardiman

03-24-2006, 04:08 PM

I have taken the liberty of bringing the Professor's CURSE of BROOKLYN to the forefront on OUR Forum, just to make certain that everyone knows about it, and that it will have it's full effect in 2006 on that "west coast group", for which it was originally intended.
Have you ever tasted Dogs that were "cooked" in beer, like they were at OUR Ebbets Field? How about a chorus of "Goodnight Irene" while we are picketing and munching those Ebbets Field Dogs? It does wonders for the soul!
c.
Agreed, everyone put on your best Leadbelly and have a beer dog...
"Irene goodnight
Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene
Goodnight Irene
I'll see you in my dreams..."
Alas I was born in the year of infamy when O'Mall...I dare not speak his name for fear the curse would bring bad luck to me or my latest business a "Nothing But Thumbtacks" franchise down at the Oak Lane Shopping Center, business hasn't been as brisk as the franchise brochure suggested...so I never got a chance to see the great baseball cathedral, The Field of Ebbets...

DODGER DEB

03-24-2006, 05:48 PM

Agreed, everyone put on your best Leadbelly and have a beer dog...
"Irene goodnight
Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene
Goodnight Irene
I'll see you in my dreams..."
Alas I was born in the year of infamy when O'Mall...I dare not speak his name for fear the curse would bring bad luck to me or my latest business a "Nothing But Thumbtacks" franchise down at the Oak Lane Shopping Center, business hasn't been as brisk as the franchise brochure suggested...so I never got a chance to see the great baseball cathedral, The Field of Ebbets...

Truth be told, lad, I tell ya, you would have loved it!

c.

ed hardiman

03-24-2006, 06:09 PM

Day 782
Stranded on a deserted thread

Dear Diary,

Not much to do except watch fuzzy reruns of The Maury Povich Show.
Is there only one episode or are they all entitled "Are You My Baby's Daddy?"
I was thinking of last season when Don Block peeled Manuel's late game situational genius like a gnat infested banana...Which got me to thinking, What would Bat do?
So I sent Endy up to bat.
Sure enough he struck out.

Robinson "Baseball" Crusoe

FrenchyLefebvre

03-24-2006, 07:12 PM

Donz's (hopefully temporary) absence will, of course, delay the Official Elimination of the 2006 Phillies...

... <gasp> April is almost here, already!! (And it's not official until The Donz says so!!)
:)

Bob Hannah

03-24-2006, 09:04 PM

Contributions by the laureate perfessor donzblock,

With his writtings some he did shock.

A thread-it was axed.

Libertarian sensibilities? Taxed!!!

He exited, proclaiming "What a crock!"

DODGER DEB

03-25-2006, 04:45 AM

Contributions by the laureate perfessor donzblock,

With his writtings some he did shock.

A thread-it was axed.

Libertarian sensibilities? Taxed!!!

He exited, proclaiming "What a crock!"

That pretty much says it all, Bob!

c.

ed hardiman

03-28-2006, 11:50 AM

Day 10,736
Stranded on a Deserted Thread

I was taking a walk on the other side of the island today and saw a footprint in the sand.
Dare I hope it the spoor of the elusive Adept of Alliteration? The Virtuoso of Verbs? The Swami of Syntax?
Or just Aquilino Lopez looking for a third pitch again?

Robinson "Baseball" Crusoe

Captain Cold Nose

03-28-2006, 12:23 PM

If I may, with a few liberties.

We will miss him in the forums
And we will miss his taking Ed Wade to the mat
But he honors his convictions
And I respect him for that

ed hardiman

04-05-2006, 04:37 AM

Still no Don, Opening Day made twice as catcrappy...
I will be leaving on May, 1st 2006 to join Don in exile.

Androctus

04-05-2006, 06:21 AM

Still no Don, Opening Day made twice as catcrappy...
I will be leaving on May, 1st 2006 to join Don in exile.What happened - this forum hit an iceburg or something?

ed hardiman

04-05-2006, 07:22 AM

What happened - this forum hit an iceburg or something?
I will not cross his picket line past that date.
Solidarity!

Androctus

04-05-2006, 08:24 AM

We're having a movement!

ed hardiman

04-05-2006, 09:16 AM

We're having a movement!
Pile the furniture up in the streets we're gonna barricade!

Androctus

04-05-2006, 10:31 AM

Pile the furniture up in the streets we're gonna barricade!We'll the French tried that once, and are they really in a better place in the world today? MAybe we should do something different

ed hardiman

04-05-2006, 11:06 AM

We'll the French tried that once, and are they really in a better place in the world today? MAybe we should do something different
Alright we will drink coffee out of little cups, eat baguettes and grumble...

Imapotato

04-05-2006, 11:33 AM

I just assumed that since Ed Wade was gone, he felt like "Mission Accomplished" and went off to his ranch :)

ed hardiman

04-05-2006, 11:53 AM

I just assumed that since Ed Wade was gone, he felt like "Mission Accomplished" and went off to his ranch :)
He was censored in a thread well after it had been posted and I can drag you through a lot of threads on this site where a lot worse remains than what he wrote.
If the moral certainty of your actions is so weak you have to sneak somebody it isn't surprising you'd also hope silence would be a credible defense for your actions.
The consequence is no Block eviscerating the single worst home opener in 70 years.
What next?
No Block when Rollins takes the collar?
No Block when Bell goes on a fearsome .212 tear through April?
No Block when Manuel channels Nick Leyva?

So we're going on strike May one, will you join us? It's a wildcat strike!

Imapotato

04-05-2006, 04:04 PM

The Mod can't join the Union...lol

Sad as it will be that you guys strike...I will bring in scabs to take your place :P

FrenchyLefebvre

04-05-2006, 10:01 PM

Still no Don, Opening Day made twice as catcrappy...
I will be leaving on May, 1st 2006 to join Don in exile.

Please tell me you're kidding (or please hint wherever else you guys may post -- it's a big Internet out there :atthepc )!

Very sharp, gifted writers, you are. I'd buy a newspaper for these "columns" on here!

ed hardiman

04-05-2006, 10:47 PM

The Mod can't join the Union...lol
Sad as it will be that you guys strike...I will bring in scabs to take your place :P
Well you aren't any part of the problem so it would be wrong to transfer aggression to you over this, as for the scabs it's like saying, oh yeah I'll find a guy off the street who can hit like Cobb...Solidarity!

ed hardiman

04-05-2006, 11:08 PM

Please tell me you're kidding (or please hint wherever else you guys may post -- it's a big Internet out there :atthepc )!
Very sharp, gifted writers, you are. I'd buy a newspaper for these "columns" on here!
There are many people on this site who make it a great and compelling read but when one of us suffers injustice the rest of us should stand up.
I understand why a webmaster or a moderator might delete something and later decide there might've been a better alternative to the problem.
Certainly when enough people clearly value the contribution of a writer like Don Block you might at least make an effort to convey to him you see his point of view and reconcile your differences.
It's simple courtesy.
I will not blame anyone except to say, fix it.
I guess if I was prudent I'd have an entire message board set up so I can hold out at least until they realize chimp scabs aren't worth snot-doodly nor will I be happier not scribbling here for all the members I like.
I gotta go Spike Lee on them, and "Do the Right Thing."

Androctus

04-06-2006, 01:12 PM

For crying out loud.

Can't a mod just shoot him an email or something so the rest of us don't have to be punished too?

ed hardiman

04-06-2006, 01:19 PM

For crying out loud.
Can't a mod just shoot him an email or something so the rest of us don't have to be punished too?
See we're used to dealing with Ima & Krox, Bob Hannah, WCO&B, Dodger Deb fine moderators all so this is inconceivable too us on many different levels...
It's always the kids who get screwed in a divorce...

Imapotato

04-06-2006, 02:08 PM

Well you aren't any part of the problem so it would be wrong to transfer aggression to you over this, as for the scabs it's like saying, oh yeah I'll find a guy off the street who can hit like Cobb...Solidarity!

You don't think I can find a guy that can hit like this ;)

http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cobbjo01.shtml

Androctus

04-06-2006, 02:10 PM

You don't think I can find a guy that can hit like this ;)

http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cobbjo01.shtml That dude averaged 162 walks a year!

ed hardiman

04-06-2006, 02:10 PM

You don't think I can find a guy that can hit like this ;)
http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cobbjo01.shtml
LOL
Now there's a guy who shouldn't be allowed to use the name Cobb even if he's asking for corn...

DODGER DEB

04-06-2006, 02:39 PM

For crying out loud.

Can't a mod just shoot him an email or something so the rest of us don't have to be punished too?

Ah, were it only that simple, Androctus! To all the Phillies regulars here, I hear your anguish, and I feel your pain! :(

Truth be told, your Phillies Forum is not the only one suffering from the absence of the Professor. In addition to losing the Professor, I've lost a few other of my regulars...and my forum is also paying a high price. :mad:

Oh, for the good old days of BBF!

c.

Androctus

04-07-2006, 06:07 AM

Ah, were it only that simple, Androctus! To all the Phillies regulars here, I hear your anguish, and I feel your pain! :(

Truth be told, your Phillies Forum is not the only one suffering from the absence of the Professor. In addition to losing the Professor, I've lost a few other of my regulars...and my forum is also paying a high price. :mad:

Oh, for the good old days of BBF!

c.Not only that, but it seems our Phillies aren't winning till Don releases the curse.

ed hardiman

04-07-2006, 08:29 AM

Not only that, but it seems our Phillies aren't winning till Don releases the curse.
We're doooooooooooomed.

ed hardiman

04-08-2006, 05:33 AM

Day 33,873
Stranded on a Deserted Thread

Sometimes when I put a Conch shell to my ear I can hear "Outta Here, Michael Jack..."
I've domesticated some wild goats and except for putting way too much vermouth in my martini they've become quite good bartenders...
Meanwhile I found a cave where crude drawings with captions like "Chavez swings with his foot in the bucket" and "Manuel should get an E every time he starts Bell" leads me to believe the Bard of Baseball has blazed this trail...
Yet some of the captions have been wiped clean. Why? What could they have said?
Who could've done it?
Soon I will make a raft by lashing several goats together and in the hope of leaving this infernal island...

Robinson "Baseball" Crusoe

Imapotato

04-08-2006, 05:58 AM

I Pm'd Don and he gave me the response I was expecting

We will not see him anytime soon, which is too bad

He doesn't like the censorship of some of our moderators

ed hardiman

04-08-2006, 06:04 AM

I Pm'd Don and he gave me the response I was expecting
We will not see him anytime soon, which is too bad
He doesn't like the censorship of some of our moderators
Solidarity!
We all apreciate any and all of the efforts you make on Don's behalf...since you and many other mods don't act arbitrarily and on capricious whim it is all the more shocking to hear some do...
Strike! Strike! Strike!

Imapotato

04-08-2006, 06:24 AM

Easy with the strike Mr. Hardiman

Or the beatings will continue until morale improves

ed hardiman

04-08-2006, 06:26 AM

Easy with the strike Mr. Hardiman
Or the beatings will continue until morale improves
Alright I will quit advocating throwing the ball over the platter between the tops of the knees and under the armpits...it's just typing Balls three times seemed far more inflammatory...

ed hardiman

04-10-2006, 09:22 PM

Day 44,906
Stranded on a Deserted Thread

I can only hope the Phillies got off to a good start in April.
The thought of them going 1-for-6 would make this lonely spit of sand unbearable.

Robinson "Baseball" Crusoe

Androctus

04-11-2006, 07:19 AM

Well, It just got unbearable.

Did you get the ceremonial pistol with one shot when they abandoned you on that thread?

ed hardiman

04-11-2006, 07:23 AM

Well, It just got unbearable.
Did you get the ceremonial pistol with one shot when they abandoned you on that thread?
Yes but I'm saving that for August when we're thirty games out...

ed hardiman

04-27-2006, 07:09 PM

Day 56,812
Stranded on a Deserted Thread

I thought by staking Jon Lieber's 0-4 record after 6 starts in a clearing under the large palm tree I'd easily lure Doc Block (Donnus Blockacynicallus) from his hidden lair.
Instead all I got left is a fly blown femur of Lieber's and a buzzard who choked to death on Lieber's indigestible ERA.
I'm reminded I only have 4 cans of spaghetti-o's left...

Robinson "Baseball" Crusoe