BudGirl
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It's baaaaack! Unlike the Astros who are off to a fast start, we are a bit late on the ball. We will award a lid to the winner.
You ready... here you go...
RACE FOR THE LID XIV
Contest Rules:
1. Whatever the rules are, BudGirl (your RFTL judge and jury for 2012) can change them any time for any reason, including whim. The purpose of this rule is not to promote chaos, but to preempt wailing, moaning, whining, and griping. Particularly griping.
2. Picks below 80 should not win, even if they’re right they’re wrong. They will be accepted and you can be a winner but no one will like you.
3. All picks are in this thread. Picks out of this thread are DQ’d unless BudGirl changes the rules.
4. One pick per person.
5. If there are gaps in the high picks, say, between 95 and 162, the high pick gets the gaps down to the next highest pick. This does not work in reverse, i.e., below 95. We all lose if the Astros win fewer than the low pick.
6. The grand prize, of course, is an Astros cap of BudGirl's choosing from Astros.com. BudGirl is allowed to make rulings on prize disputes that may arise...namely, she gets to tell you to go to hell if you whine that you should get the prize!
7. NO PICKS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE OFFICIAL COMMENCEMENT TIME, WHICH IN THIS CIRCULAR DEFINITION WILL BE ON OR ABOUT 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 11th and will close Friday, April 13th at 10:00 am. Anyone who posts before then will be DQ'd. No picks will be accepted after the time shown in the previous sentence. Picks in any previous thread will not be included
8. Ron Brand will assist in the verification of picks. He will also assist in any additional matters determined by BudGirl.
9. If there is no correct pick BudGirl and Ron Brand will find a winner by a method of their choosing.
10. Here’s the list of past winners:
2011 – no winner
2010 Lurch
2009 Ron Brand
2008 EasTexAstro
2007
2006 Fredia (who PM'ed me and called me every name in the book... misspelled of course)
2005 Drew Corleone
2004 Andyzipp
2003 Jim R
2002 no winner
2001 Neil T. (See how arbitrary and capricious his rulemaking can be? He didn’t even enter the contest until the 161st game, right after he disqualified the real winner.)
2000 no winner, but one heck of a whiner
1999 Astrobabe
Good Luck and may be the best fan win!
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Fish are always eating other fish. If fish could scream, the ocean would be loud as shit. You would not want to submerge your head, nothing but fish going "Ahhh, fuck! I thought I looked like that rock!"
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Fish are always eating other fish. If fish could scream, the ocean would be loud as shit. You would not want to submerge your head, nothing but fish going "Ahhh, fuck! I thought I looked like that rock!"
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kathy number one fan
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"My hammy is a little tight. I wish I was like Ausmus. He's Jewish and isn't allowed to have a pulled hamstring."
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It's my estimation that every man ever got a statue made of 'em was one kinda sombitch or another.
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I like her better when she walks away.
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BudGirl
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« Reply #15 on: April 11, 2012, 10:25:31 AM » |
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For picking ease.
62 BizidyDizidy
65 Andyzipp
66 Ron Brand
67 homer
69 Ty in Tampa
71 subnuclear
72 BatGirl
73 Jane Doe
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79 remy
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''I just did an interview with someone I like more than you. I used a lot of big words on him. I don't have anything left for you.'' --Brad Ausmus
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They're still shitty.
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« Reply #16 on: April 11, 2012, 10:26:08 AM » |
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70 million pieces of silver
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BatGirl
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you have to earn good will and benefit of the doubt. you can't just go grabbing it by the crotch.
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"You want me broken. You want me dead.
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"It's like lawn mower repairmen questioning an auto mechanic's ability to fix his own car." - Brad Ausmus (on the media questioning players)
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"Buenos Dias, shitheads."
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Always an optimist in April....
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Careful now.
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OregonStrosFan
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3-2 So far, makes 93 pretty much a given, no?!? 93!
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In the end, my dissolution with the game of baseball will not be a result of any loss of love for the game, rather from the realization that I can no longer bear the anger its supposed stewards cause to be built up in my soul. -Lee (01/08/2013)
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BudGirl
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66 Ron Brand
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68 SaltyParker
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''I just did an interview with someone I like more than you. I used a lot of big words on him. I don't have anything left for you.'' --Brad Ausmus
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"If you can't figure out that Astros doesn't have an apostrophe, you shouldn't be able to comment." - Ron Brand, June 9, 2010
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Did my Reply #4 not count? if not, can I change 72 to 70?
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BudGirl
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''I just did an interview with someone I like more than you. I used a lot of big words on him. I don't have anything left for you.'' --Brad Ausmus
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Drinking for two.
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you have to earn good will and benefit of the doubt. you can't just go grabbing it by the crotch.
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HudsonHawk
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« Reply #38 on: April 11, 2012, 12:29:55 PM » |
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Fuck all y'all. I claimed 70 a week ago. Just remember who said it first.
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The rules of distinction were thrown out with the baseball cap. It does not lend itself to protocol. It is found today on youth in homes, classrooms, even in fine restaurants. Regardless of its other consequences, this is a breach against civility. A civilized man should avoid this mania.
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BudGirl
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''I just did an interview with someone I like more than you. I used a lot of big words on him. I don't have anything left for you.'' --Brad Ausmus
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BudGirl
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68 SaltyParker
69 Ty in Tampa
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73 Jane Doe
74 Ebby Calvin
75 MusicMan
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77 MikeyBoy
78 Bench
79 remy
80 JimR
81 tbone4211998
82 astrofan76
83 MRaup
84 geezerdonk
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87 EasTexAstro
88 Noé in Austin
89 hostros7
90 BatGirl
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Fuck all y'all. I claimed 70 a week ago. Just remember who said it first.
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I am Jules and Jim I'm me and him
I am all three I am Catharine
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MusicMan
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They're still shitty.
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This is about as disorganized and fucked up as an Italian election.
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« Reply #47 on: April 11, 2012, 02:11:21 PM » |
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159. One more loss, then they sweep the rest of the season.
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159. One more loss, then they sweep the rest of the season.
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"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people."
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HudsonHawk
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BudGirl
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Bite me.
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''I just did an interview with someone I like more than you. I used a lot of big words on him. I don't have anything left for you.'' --Brad Ausmus
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God is on the side with the heaviest artillery. Napoleon
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Mr. Happy
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It's a beautiful day; let's play two
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God is on the side with the heaviest artillery. Napoleon
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They're still shitty.
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Don't do it MM, I hear he likes it.
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It doesn't pay to try, All the smart boys know why, It doesn't mean I didn't try, I just never know why.
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[Marv] YESSSSS! [/Marv]
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« Reply #59 on: April 12, 2012, 01:18:40 PM » |
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I'm sticking with my original guess. 108. The Braves series was an abberation. A blip. A momentary setback is all.
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Another trenchant comment by a jealous lesser intellect.
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BizidyDizidy
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« Reply #60 on: April 12, 2012, 01:20:52 PM » |
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159. One more loss, then they sweep the rest of the season.
Glad we've gotten past that. |
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S.P. Rodriguez
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« Reply #61 on: April 12, 2012, 02:19:50 PM » |
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Glad we've gotten past that.
I almost warned you but it might have changed future events. |
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"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man. "
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Fredia
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kathy number one fan
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« Reply #62 on: April 12, 2012, 02:59:06 PM » |
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wow you can time travel?
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one day at a time
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T. J.
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« Reply #63 on: April 13, 2012, 03:55:40 PM » |
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Geez, forgot to check in on the wrong day, I guess. Appears 95 is still available.
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