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We're Having a Sunday Night Game Thread Party

by Sky Kalkman on May 30, 2009 10:45 PM EDT Comment 16 comments

Bumping this as a reminder...

On Sunday night, ESPN is televising the Dodgers-Cubs game at 8:05 EDT. Sure, their announcers can be annoying, but these are two very good teams and we're all going to watch anyway. So why not get together and talk baseball, game thread style? We can comment on the game, make avatar prop bets, and discuss whatever other baseball topics pop up. Look for a game thread on the front page of the site about thirty minutes before the game starts. I'll bring my big foam Manny syringe.

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Wonder how many people y'all will steal away from BCB.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on May 27, 2009 4:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Is this going to be a new tradition for every Sunday Night game?

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by Zach Sanders on May 27, 2009 5:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Let's see how it goes, first. I think it could be really cool, though.

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by Sky Kalkman on May 27, 2009 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll actually make a chat.

Which probably means we’ll cancel it for lack of interest.

by Dan Turkenkopf on May 27, 2009 6:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Why not just use the comments section?

Like every other SBN blog.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on May 27, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Agreed.

Leave it unmoderated and see what topics come up.

If you were thinking, you wouldn't have thought that.

by Warden11 on May 27, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well, not completely unmoderated.

Still gotta block the stupid stuff (excessive cursing, ads, trolling), but allow everyone to participate.

WBULTV - BDale TV Prod

by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on May 27, 2009 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Similar to the comments,

a CiL format allows the “mods” to choose questions and direction.

If you were thinking, you wouldn't have thought that.

by Warden11 on May 28, 2009 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I second that

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by Zach Sanders on May 27, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It'll be a regular game thread. Dan just used the word "chat".

Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.

by Sky Kalkman on May 27, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

When he said "make a chat", I thought he meant he'd create one

Not that he’d be able to be at one. I see now

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by Zach Sanders on May 27, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh...

I thought he meant he’d make a LiveNation chat thingy. My bad, Mr. T.
/respectful teen attitude

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on May 27, 2009 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually that's what I thought it would be.. my bad

Let me rephrase. I’ll actually be able to make something we’re doing live!

by Dan Turkenkopf on May 28, 2009 8:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'll bring chips

St. Louis Cardinals... defying win expectancy since 2008

by vivaelpujols on May 27, 2009 11:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm in

the manny syringe sounds funny.

by homerun013 on May 30, 2009 10:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm allowed to be a little bit of a homer, right?

by Harry Pavlidis on May 31, 2009 5:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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