New Users: Welcome to the BYTO Forums

by **SBG** on Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:41 pm

But relatively new here.

by **Klobs** on Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:08 pm

SBG wrote:But relatively new here.

I already welcomed you, you're not getting two for the price of one. Hope you like the place.

by **maebemae** on Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:43 pm

is this the right place to ask what's up with the double-c in sccrappiest?

by **Rocketpig** on Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:13 am

maebemae wrote:is this the right place to ask what's up with the double-c in sccrappiest?

That's an old joke developed by Jewscott. He hasn't been around lately but he's one of the people who made BYTO what it is today.

by **MindFreak** on Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:43 pm

My name is MindFreak, a few people on here will already know me as i'm a regular on a different MN Sports board, and thought it was time to see what else was out there after the pathetic moderating job that was done a weekend a go. Thank you to the person(s) who refered me to here, and i'm sure we'll all have a great time discussing our favorite baseball team.
I try to be serious with my points and discussions, but try to mix in some fun, silliness, and sarcasm whenever the timing feels right

by **StatFreak101** on Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:45 pm

MindFreak wrote:My name is MindFreak, a few people on here will already know me as i'm a regular on a different MN Sports board, and thought it was time to see what else was out there after the pathetic moderating job that was done a weekend a go. Thank you to the person(s) who refered me to here, and i'm sure we'll all have a great time discussing our favorite baseball team.
I try to be serious with my points and discussions, but try to mix in some fun, silliness, and sarcasm whenever the timing feels right

You'll have no issues fitting in.

Welcome.

And watch out for Verve.

by **Shores, Esq** on Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:51 pm

MindFreak wrote:My name is MindFreak, a few people on here will already know me as i'm a regular on a different MN Sports board, and thought it was time to see what else was out there after the pathetic moderating job that was done a weekend a go. Thank you to the person(s) who refered me to here, and i'm sure we'll all have a great time discussing our favorite baseball team.
I try to be serious with my points and discussions, but try to mix in some fun, silliness, and sarcasm whenever the timing feels right

As my 9th Grade Biology teacher and a Vietnam Vet used to say, "Glad to have you aboard."

by **Pius Jefferson** on Thu Sep 06, 2007 12:50 am

This isn't my real name.

I don't believe in changing someone's name to something insulting. Not because it's mean spirited, but because it's not funny.

It's hard for me to get very upset about the Twins. I used to be a hothead and it didn't do any good.

I find rbi's,runs, batting average, wins for a pitcher, and saves to be overrated stats.

I think the Twins broadcasts needs to emphasize on-base %.

by **aj26** on Sun Sep 09, 2007 9:36 pm

Pius Jefferson wrote:This isn't my real name.

I don't believe in changing someone's name to something insulting. Not because it's mean spirited, but because it's not funny.

It's hard for me to get very upset about the Twins. I used to be a hothead and it didn't do any good.

I find rbi's,runs, batting average, wins for a pitcher, and saves to be overrated stats.

I think the Twins broadcasts needs to emphasize on-base %.

they have more important things to talk about than OBP, like birthdays!

welcome

by **slpBaseb12** on Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:17 am

Similar to the guy above, I migrate here from another popular MN sports board. I need less clutter...and less d-bags.

by **aj26** on Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:36 am

slpBaseb12 wrote:Similar to the guy above, I migrate here from another popular MN sports board. I need less clutter...and less d-bags.

hmmm, can we just settle on "less clutter"?(we have some packer fans)

by **slpBaseb12** on Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:44 am

aj26 wrote:
slpBaseb12 wrote:Similar to the guy above, I migrate here from another popular MN sports board. I need less clutter...and less d-bags.

hmmm, can we just settle on "less clutter"?(we have some packer fans)

May I say that the "location" in your profile, is quite possibly the funniest thing I have ever read.

by **USAFChief** on Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:31 pm

Honest question...is there any way to opt out of the 'word filters?'

I'd like to see a player's name appear in my post instead of someone else's nickname for said player.

by **FrodaddyG** on Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:45 pm

USAFChief wrote:Honest question...is there any way to opt out of the 'word filters?'

I'd like to see a player's name appear in my post instead of someone else's nickname for said player.

There is.

Right here: http://boards.espn.go.com/boards/mb/mb?sport=mlb&id=min

by **RonDavisLightsOut** on Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:21 pm

Question:

Why is it "The Sccrappiest...." shouldn't it be Scrappiest Twins Fans on the Interweb?

by **Klobs** on Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:06 am

RonDavisLightsOut wrote:Question:

Why is it "The Sccrappiest...." shouldn't it be Scrappiest Twins Fans on the Interweb?

Okay, it's fixed now.

by **Pseudofool** on Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:50 pm

USAFChief wrote:Honest question...is there any way to opt out of the 'word filters?'

I'd like to see a player's name appear in my post instead of someone else's nickname for said player.

P-unto S-antana M-orneau etc.

by **Rayken** on Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:52 pm

Morneau actually works I think, Jason Morneau doesn't. :roll:

by **RonDavisLightsOut** on Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:41 pm

Kobs wrote:
RonDavisLightsOut wrote:Question:

Why is it "The Sccrappiest...." shouldn't it be Scrappiest Twins Fans on the Interweb?

Okay, it's fixed now.

Even better. Thanks. :mrgreen:

by **Rayken** on Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:38 am

2011 Twins' Opening Day Second Baseman Nick Punto Jason Morneau a Gold Glove second baseman with a .300 average Johan Santana Jerry Ryan Burl Ives David Arias

by **freshinthehouse** on Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:35 am

Rayken wrote:McSuckin Justin Morntkiewicz a Gold Glove second baseman with a .300 average Johan Santana Jerry Ryan Burl Ives David Arias

What are the back stories for Jerry Ryan and David Arias?

by **FrodaddyG** on Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:38 am

freshinthehouse wrote:
Rayken wrote:McSuckin Justin Morntkiewicz a Gold Glove second baseman with a .300 average Johan Santana Jerry Ryan Burl Ives David Arias

What are the back stories for Jerry Ryan and David Arias?

T-erry Ryan was often referred to as "Jerry Ryan" by brilliant baseball minds back on the Elysian Fields.

Arias was Ortiz's original listed last name when he first came to the U.S. to play ball.

by **candide** on Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:38 pm

Whats up, I've been reading this board for quite a long time but really never felt the need to contribute, as I know very little about stats, minor leaguers, or most of the (retarded) inside jokes that seem to infect every thread...BUT as the season begins and the natural pessimism and incessant analysis also emanates I will take this time to get involved, post, and maybe even learn a little bit. Thanks for having me.

by **Frozented9** on Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:49 pm

candide wrote:Whats up, I've been reading this board for quite a long time but really never felt the need to contribute, as I know very little about stats, minor leaguers, or most of the (retarded) inside jokes that seem to infect every thread...BUT as the season begins and the natural pessimism and incessant analysis also emanates I will take this time to get involved, post, and maybe even learn a little bit. Thanks for having me.

welcome that's about the same as me when I joined.

by **Iastfan112** on Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:35 pm

Rayken wrote:McSuckin Justin Morntkiewicz a Gold Glove second baseman with a .300 average Johan Santana Jerry Ryan Burl Ives David Arias

you forgot brock1978, probably a couple of others I can't think of as well

by **Bojanglesmn** on Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:21 am

Aaron Dostoevsky
Elysian Fields

by **Iastfan112** on Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:56 pm

pseudofool

by **Pseudofool** on Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:26 pm

Iastfan112 wrote:McCain in 08!

Obama?

by **slpBaseb12** on Tue May 06, 2008 9:46 am

Bojanglesmn wrote:Aaron Dostoevsky
Elysian Fields

I've seen these thrown around a bit, what is the back story? Also, Burl Ives?

by **jewscott** on Wed May 07, 2008 12:36 pm

slpBaseb12 wrote: Also, Burl Ives?

by **theaaskimo** on Mon May 12, 2008 7:53 pm

So I clicked on this thread accidentally when I was trying to get the game thread. I was reading it and I was like WTF.

...and then a giant dragon came out of the sea and leveled Tokyo.

by **SuperHat** on Fri May 16, 2008 2:38 pm

Hello, I'm Greg. I am 21 years old and live in Iowa City, Iowa. I have been a Twins fan all my life. I am unfortunately unable to watch the Twins on tv here unless they play the White Sox and they are blacked out for me on mlb.tv (along with five other teams) even though they arent shown locally. My favorite Twins player is Jason Kuddubel and my favorite Twins pitcher is Pat Neshek.

by **Shores, Esq** on Fri May 16, 2008 4:10 pm

SuperHat wrote:Hello, I'm Greg. I am 21 years old and live in Iowa City, Iowa. I have been a Twins fan all my life. I am unfortunately unable to watch the Twins on tv here unless they play the White Sox and they are blacked out for me on mlb.tv (along with five other teams) even though they arent shown locally. My favorite Twins player is Jason Kuddubel and my favorite Twins pitcher is Pat Neshek.

Welcome, Greg. Hope you stick around.

Tough year for your favorite players, thus far.

by **henks** on Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:18 pm

Hey guys, I'm Chris.

I'm a member of Strike3Forums, but I wanted to find a place dedicated solely to Minnesota sports too, and looks like I've found it.

I'm 22, from East Central Minnesota, but I currently live in Cheyenne Wyoming. The reason I'm out here is because I'm active duty Air Force, have been for almost 4 yrs now. I played ball for 3 years in high school, pitched and 2B. Not sure what else you wanna know. If you think of something, ask. I'm a pretty open person.

by **Shores, Esq** on Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:51 pm

henks wrote:Hey guys, I'm Chris.

I'm a member of Strike3Forums, but I wanted to find a place dedicated solely to Minnesota sports too, and looks like I've found it.

I'm 22, from East Central Minnesota, but I currently live in Cheyenne Wyoming. The reason I'm out here is because I'm active duty Air Force, have been for almost 4 yrs now. I played ball for 3 years in high school, pitched and 2B. Not sure what else you wanna know. If you think of something, ask. I'm a pretty open person.

Welcome to the boards. We're glad to have you. Get in the mix.

by **crapforks** on Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:06 pm

Note to new users: Play around in the other sections of the site as well. They are lacking posters, and I went a year before even looking

by **Morneausy33** on Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:14 pm

New here. Twins fan for quite a long time. Fathers from minnesota so ive pretty much been surrounded by nothing but vikings, twins, gopher, wild, attitude since i was born....any advice would be greatly appreciated.

by **ofx1** on Sun Jul 20, 2008 4:15 pm

Morneausy33 wrote:New here. Twins fan for quite a long time. Fathers from minnesota so ive pretty much been surrounded by nothing but vikings, twins, gopher, wild, attitude since i was born....any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Politely turn down the 3 bean salad.

by **batista4goldglove** on Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:10 pm

Morneausy33 wrote:New here. Twins fan for quite a long time. Fathers from minnesota so ive pretty much been surrounded by nothing but vikings, twins, gopher, wild, attitude since i was born....any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Dan is the one always wearing the helmet.

by **Pseudofool** on Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:22 am

batista4goldglove wrote:
Morneausy33 wrote:New here. Twins fan for quite a long time. Fathers from minnesota so ive pretty much been surrounded by nothing but vikings, twins, gopher, wild, attitude since i was born....any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Dan is the one always wearing the helmet.

And the harness attached to the jungle gym. Don't feed him a chocolate bar.

by **shauer** on Sat Sep 13, 2008 1:13 pm

Hey, I'm from wisconsin but have been a twins fan most of my life..i go to the U of M now, I'd like to throw my 2 cents around as far as the twins go, but my statistical knowledge/math skills are non-existent (i'm a liberal arts major...) so, please go easy on me if I don't understand WARP2 or VORP exactly.

I just love watching them play and reserve my judgment from what I've personally seen.

(The brewers are my NL team, which I sort of have to do so my WI friends dont disown me...but a Twins/brewers WS i'm secretly cheering for the twins)

I think Morneau deserves MVP , I'm not with all the Pedroia talk.

Hopefully I can fit in on this forum, I'm not too bitter or cynical and it seems like that might work against me here

But if we can agree that we all love the Twins we should be fine
Cheers

by **Rocketpig** on Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:48 pm

shauer wrote:Hey, I'm from wisconsin but have been a twins fan most of my life..i go to the U of M now, I'd like to throw my 2 cents around as far as the twins go, but my statistical knowledge/math skills are non-existent (i'm a liberal arts major...) so, please go easy on me if I don't understand WARP2 or VORP exactly.

I just love watching them play and reserve my judgment from what I've personally seen.

(The brewers are my NL team, which I sort of have to do so my WI friends dont disown me...but a Twins/brewers WS i'm secretly cheering for the twins)

I think Morneau deserves MVP , I'm not with all the Pedroia talk.

Hopefully I can fit in on this forum, I'm not too bitter or cynical and it seems like that might work against me here

But if we can agree that we all love the Twins we should be fine
Cheers

First, welcome.

Second, ignore the assclowns who will persecute you mercilessly for the two bolded statements.

by **a-wan** on Sat Sep 13, 2008 3:56 pm

shauer wrote:i go to the U of M now, I'd like to throw my 2 cents around as far as the twins go, but my statistical knowledge/math skills are non-existent (i'm a liberal arts major...) so, please go easy on me if I don't understand WARP2 or VORP exactly.

I got my degree there too. And isn't Warp 2 a speed in Star Trek?

by **Frozented9** on Sat Sep 13, 2008 4:07 pm

a-wan wrote:
shauer wrote:i go to the U of M now, I'd like to throw my 2 cents around as far as the twins go, but my statistical knowledge/math skills are non-existent (i'm a liberal arts major...) so, please go easy on me if I don't understand WARP2 or VORP exactly.

I got my degree there too. And isn't Warp 2 a speed in Star Trek?

I think you mean Star Wars.

by **argentrans37** on Sat Sep 13, 2008 6:02 pm

Hey guys... I realize I'm not really "new," but I had never even noticed this thread until just now. Anyway, my name is Vicente, but I go by a nickname (of which I have many, I will spare you all). I am originally from Posadas, Argentina but now I reside in the state of Maryland. My step-brother is a big Twins fan, and he told me that I would fit in better in society if I follow sports. He is brutally honest, but he's helping me make friends.

Before this message gets too long, I will try to wrap things up. I am 17, I don't play sports but I love watching them. I enjoy the Twins, Vikings, and Gophers. Like I said my brother is a Minnesota fan and I guess he just rubbed off on me (yes I've heard that expression and I know it sounds gross). I look forward to watching and learning Twins baseball.

Rocketpig bless.

by **lambo_asdf** on Sat Sep 13, 2008 8:00 pm

Bienvenidos.

by **a-wan** on Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:30 pm

lambo_asdf wrote:Bienvenidos.

We speak American on this board.

by **lambo_asdf** on Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:21 am

a-wan wrote:
lambo_asdf wrote:Bienvenidos.

We speak American on this board.

What language does your avatar speak?

by **FrodaddyG** on Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:50 am

lambo_asdf wrote:
a-wan wrote:
lambo_asdf wrote:Bienvenidos.

We speak American on this board.

What language does your avatar speak?

Is he says anything other than "Sluttese" I'll be disappointed.

by **a-wan** on Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:36 pm

FrodaddyG wrote:Is he says anything other than "Sluttese" I'll be disappointed.

Is that anything like Cantonese? Doesn't matter though it isn't American.