Comments on: The Marlins are fixing a hole where the rain gets in. And the grass too. http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Fri, 24 May 2013 01:50:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: gsrider911 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-294092 Thu, 03 May 2012 22:38:32 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-294092 None of you 60 year old grammatically correct prigs mention the awesome Beatles song reference in the Article headline. That’s my favorite part of this article. But I loved the Reyes sunshine comment even more. That was freakin awesome!
More of a question than a statement, but is @natstowngreg a douche? I DON’T KNOW! Someone please think for me and let me know.

]]> By: chumthumper http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293780 Thu, 03 May 2012 15:02:45 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293780 Duct tape. Problem solved.

]]> By: natstowngreg http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293600 Thu, 03 May 2012 04:25:37 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293600 I apologize to Gator and other reasonable commenters for any failure of bifurcation or any other grammatical crime of which I am guilty. I also apologize for any future errors. I would just make a few points to the grammatical prig.

1. I was under the impression that this is a baseball blog, not a literary magazine.

2. I think I made my point clear enough, as Gator discerned it.

3. Let me ask a question. If someone posts a comment with perfect spelling, grammar and punctuation that says, “[insert name here] is a douche,” is that OK?

I shall now return to regularly scheduled programming — celebrating the Cardiac Nats’ latest walk-off victory.

]]> By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293555 Thu, 03 May 2012 01:10:06 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293555 (A) There’s nothing wrong with natsowngreg’s spelling and punctuation except a very minor typo that left an infinitive intact instead of idiomatically bifurcating it with a prepositional phrase. You sound like a prig. Badly played.

(B) Natsowngreg was not accusing anyone of illiteracy. He was accusing them of vapidity and/or stupidity. There is a difference and it’s more than semantic.

Don’t criticize others when you can’t read with precision and discrimination yourself.

]]> By: dlf9 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293546 Thu, 03 May 2012 00:51:07 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293546 A Douglas Adams reference? Very nicely done Craig.

]]> By: hullobudman http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293505 Wed, 02 May 2012 22:46:37 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293505 where some consider “[insert name here] is a douche” to be meaningful thought, worthy of public dissemination.

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It is always entertaining when the person saying people are illiterate can’t punctuate properly. Well played.

]]> By: natstowngreg http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293457 Wed, 02 May 2012 21:09:24 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293457 No, those are in Blackburn, Lancashire, home of the Blackburn Rovers of the English Premiere League.

]]> By: natstowngreg http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293455 Wed, 02 May 2012 21:08:05 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293455 No problem. I’m a 60-year old fan of his insights to which I don’t/can’t (and sometimes, don’t want) to relate. Gator is a literate man stuck in the age of 140-character communications, where some consider “[insert name here] is a douche” to be meaningful thought, worthy of public dissemination.

]]> By: natstowngreg http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293446 Wed, 02 May 2012 21:00:39 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293446 …or if it’s day or night…

]]> By: dcfan4life http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293431 Wed, 02 May 2012 20:43:06 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293431 When i first saw this article i thought they were using metaphors for the Marlins lineup and defense…

]]> By: brewcrewfan54 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293424 Wed, 02 May 2012 20:40:13 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293424 They were pretty big holes. Spackle and drywall were our only options.

]]> By: umrguy42 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293420 Wed, 02 May 2012 20:34:48 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293420 Are there 4000 holes in Banana Massacre Field?

]]> By: rcali http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293392 Wed, 02 May 2012 20:03:43 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293392 They should take up a collection in the neighborhood to pay for it, I mean why not at this point?

]]> By: phukyouk http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293361 Wed, 02 May 2012 19:25:38 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293361 i thought it shined right out his ass?

]]> By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293343 Wed, 02 May 2012 19:00:52 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293343 Gator here (sung to the tune of “Stranger Here” by Cowboy Junkies).

Now, would you like my own unvarnished opinion or should I pull out my trusty Ouija Scrabble board and see what Chac, Chalchutlicue and the other rain gods have to say about it? One key thing to remember is that you don’t want to encourage the toads to perform amplexus in front of a bunch of nuns on a day out from the local archdiocese.

]]> By: mybrunoblog http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293342 Wed, 02 May 2012 18:59:22 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293342 Wait! Jose Reyes did’nt bring sunlight with him?

]]> By: bravojawja http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293341 Wed, 02 May 2012 18:59:14 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293341 Why waste money on spackle when toothpaste works just as well?

]]> By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293322 Wed, 02 May 2012 18:39:18 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293322 No, but I would advise him based on extensive experience with my own lawn that dog shit makes a wonderful fertilizer .

]]> By: wrg885 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293300 Wed, 02 May 2012 18:13:58 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293300 Gator?
Signed,
26 year old fan of your insights I don’t/can’t fully relate to and occasionally misunderstand.

]]> By: nolanwiffle http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293295 Wed, 02 May 2012 18:12:39 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293295 And it really doesn’t matter if it’s leftfield or right…..

]]> By: phukyouk http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293289 Wed, 02 May 2012 18:10:28 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293289 DUH! bubble wrap!

]]> By: xmatt0926x http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293284 Wed, 02 May 2012 18:06:21 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293284 Tell them while they are at it to get rid of that lime green outfield wall. It’s awful looking.

]]> By: deathmonkey41 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293270 Wed, 02 May 2012 17:48:50 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293270 The roof’s been closed more than expected? It’s freakin’ Florida. It rains all the damn time and is hot, sticky and disgusting even when it isn’t. Did they think they were building that stadium somewhere else?

]]> By: WhenMattStairsIsKing http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293257 Wed, 02 May 2012 17:41:29 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293257 Gator, are you going to start calling Samson a Quasi Supernormal Incremental Precipitation Inducer?

]]> By: brewcrewfan54 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/02/the-marlins-are-fixing-a-hole-where-the-rain-gets-in-and-the-grass-too/comment-page-1/#comment-293255 Wed, 02 May 2012 17:40:38 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=144308#comment-293255 As far as the grass, I can help. Open the roof more and water it. As for the roof, in my college days we used a lot of spackle to fix all the holes we made. I doubt that will work very well in this case

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