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Scott Weber
12/09/08, 01:04 PM
http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/chatESPN?event_id=23969

He's moving on up, just like the god damn Jeffersons.

rcrook
12/09/08, 01:12 PM
Just posted a questions about the Angels. I hope he answers it.

we are cured
12/09/08, 01:29 PM
lol his favorite baseball player of all time may be jose reyes?

rcrook
12/09/08, 01:31 PM
Why the fuck are they choosing music questions i wanna hear his take on sports

rcrook
12/09/08, 01:31 PM
woah weird font

FondestMemory
12/09/08, 01:53 PM
he better have dropped down plenty of joey love.

Scott Weber
12/09/08, 01:55 PM
well that was a bust. lots of softball questions.

AshesAshes
12/09/08, 05:13 PM
lol his favorite baseball player of all time may be jose reyes?

Lol, his most favorite

RileyTHRICE
12/10/08, 04:32 PM
lol his favorite baseball player of all time may be jose reyes?

those "chats" are conducted via phone. a guy was reading me questions, and i'd answer them while he paraphrased my answers and typed them into the chat. i have a tendency to be a little long-winded (in an effort to be thorough), and a lot of my answers were shortened, (important) things omitted, words misspelled, etc. it was really fun to do, but if i were to do it over, i would have kept my answers as succinctly as possible.

re: the "favorite player question". the guy asked me "who's your favorite player?" when i went back and re-read the chat, i realized that he left out the "of all-time" part, so i assumed he meant "currently", and yes...after explaining to him that it's hard for me to choose ONE favorite player because i'm such a huge of the sport in general and follow so many teams and players via MLB Extra Innings and multiple fantasy leagues, that if i had to choose someone, it would be jose reyes.

hope that clears that up.

and yeah, scott, i totally think they shied away from some of the geekier stat-based questions and stuck to more run-of-the-mill stuff. not sure why. it would have been fun to get maximum geekage out of that chat.

still lurking occasionally,

-riley

RileyTHRICE
12/10/08, 04:34 PM
oh, and also...

the link to the chat on the sportsnation page has a photo of my brother instead of me.

:-/

Scott Weber
12/10/08, 04:35 PM
those "chats" are conducted via phone. a guy was reading me questions, and i'd answer them while he paraphrased my answers and typed them into the chat. i have a tendency to be a little long-winded (in an effort to be thorough), and a lot of my answers were shortened, (important) things omitted, words misspelled, etc. it was really fun to do, but if i were to do it over, i would have kept my answers as succinctly as possible.

re: the "favorite player question". the guy asked me "who's your favorite player?" when i went back and re-read the chat, i realized that he left out the "of all-time" part, so i assumed he meant "currently", and yes...after explaining to him that it's hard for me to choose ONE favorite player because i'm such a huge of the sport in general and follow so many teams and players via MLB Extra Innings and multiple fantasy leagues, that if i had to choose someone, it would be jose reyes.

hope that clears that up.

and yeah, scott, i totally think they shied away from some of the geekier stat-based questions and stuck to more run-of-the-mill stuff. not sure why. it would have been fun to get maximum geekage out of that chat.

still lurking occasionally,

-riley
I always wondered how those chats were done and how it worked. I always thought you just had some sort of program they'd have you install where you'd only see certain approved questions. That's interesting. Come back for a post-winter meetings chat!

rcrook
12/10/08, 04:35 PM
I was hoping they would ask you more sports based questions. I submitted one asking you who you wanted the Angels to sign in free agency.

FondestMemory
12/10/08, 04:41 PM
oh, and also...

the link to the chat on the sportsnation page has a photo of my brother instead of me.

:-/

ouch.

sick burn.

we are cured
12/10/08, 05:56 PM
those "chats" are conducted via phone. a guy was reading me questions, and i'd answer them while he paraphrased my answers and typed them into the chat. i have a tendency to be a little long-winded (in an effort to be thorough), and a lot of my answers were shortened, (important) things omitted, words misspelled, etc. it was really fun to do, but if i were to do it over, i would have kept my answers as succinctly as possible.

re: the "favorite player question". the guy asked me "who's your favorite player?" when i went back and re-read the chat, i realized that he left out the "of all-time" part, so i assumed he meant "currently", and yes...after explaining to him that it's hard for me to choose ONE favorite player because i'm such a huge of the sport in general and follow so many teams and players via MLB Extra Innings and multiple fantasy leagues, that if i had to choose someone, it would be jose reyes.

hope that clears that up.

oh haha...well that's cool man, i'm a mets fan. in terms of the NY public, reyes has gone from being pretty overrated to a player that is not a 'winner'. i am glad somebody from outside the area can see he's such a dynamic and valuable player.