Around Baseball 2015

[Captain Adama]

Similar point that will raise eyebrows and avert from LTR discussion: Never had coffee. Ever.

 

Wait till you start college or work(ing) out.

[BTS]

You aren't missing much. Coffee puts me to sleep. I am part of the few. Does not taste good either.

 

I never use caffeine. Sleep 6/7 hours a night and get through my days with no fatigue. So happy I never developed that addiction.

[GD]

I never use caffeine. Sleep 6/7 hours a night and get through my days with no fatigue. So happy I never developed that addiction.

 

Yeah I don't want to get addicted. I also have awful insomnia and I feel like caffeine might not help.

 

Wait till you start college or work(ing) out.

 

Hey I have a job I am a productive member of society. I'll wait until college to get addicted to caffeine

[RealAccountant]

Oh look everyone won again

[Captain Adama]

Yeah I don't want to get addicted. I also have awful insomnia and I feel like caffeine might not help.

 

 

 

Hey I have a job I am a productive member of society. I'll wait until college to get addicted to caffeine

 

If you are unfortunate enough to have a full time job. FTR, I would only recommend for the times you really need it (3 small cups a week is my max), otherwise it loses its kick.

[Boxcar]

I never use caffeine. Sleep 6/7 hours a night and get through my days with no fatigue. So happy I never developed that addiction.

 

I just like the taste

[Boxcar]

Literally all of my friends (i know, i know, small number) have ADHD and ADD and when you aren't on medication for it you'd think they're different people.

 

It gets worse as you age. I forget entire events sometimes.

[RealAccountant]

Anyone having trouble sleeping I would highly recommend Phenibut. Got me through some tough times.

 

Yes it's a chemical but it can fix a lot if anxiety issues.

[intentional wok]

There is a summer student where I work (a boss' kid) who claims to have ADHD. Watching him interact with other people is almost surreal. He's so hyperactive it's almost as if he's going to explode out of his own skin. He says the medication he takes makes him really grouchy and angry and that when he's in school (teenager) that he finds himself wanting to lash out at anyone he sees.

 

I obviously have no credentials to diagnose him or anything, but I have a hard time believing that even the most obnoxious teenager would voluntarily behave like he does (think Jim Carrey in some of his earlier, more slapstick roles). Since I tend to not give him s*** (other people are really mean with him) he sometimes takes me aside to ask if he's outbursting too much. Sometimes I'll flat out tell him he's acting like a space alien and he'll tell me he doesn't know how to stop. I have no idea how this can be the case, which I guess is the point. Honestly I feel bad for him.

[TheHurl]

Rays are now 2-10 in extras.

[baubau]

Rays are now 2-10 in extras.

 

The f*** did this baseball talk come from? Go home Hurl, you're drunk.

[Spanky__99]

Lmao apparently Norris has some power with the bat.

 

http://www.blessyouboys.com/2015/8/18/9174725/daniel-norris-broke-one-of-the-cubs-brand-new-scoreboards

 

Funny he follows it up with jacking one out in his first pa, lol. Problem is, he left the game with an apparent oblique strain.

[Spanky__99]

The f*** did this baseball talk come from? Go home Hurl, you're drunk.

 

lol

[GD]

There is a summer student where I work (a boss' kid) who claims to have ADHD. Watching him interact with other people is almost surreal. He's so hyperactive it's almost as if he's going to explode out of his own skin. He says the medication he takes makes him really grouchy and angry and that when he's in school (teenager) that he finds himself wanting to lash out at anyone he sees.

 

I obviously have no credentials to diagnose him or anything, but I have a hard time believing that even the most obnoxious teenager would voluntarily behave like he does (think Jim Carrey in some of his earlier, more slapstick roles). Since I tend to not give him s*** (other people are really mean with him) he sometimes takes me aside to ask if he's outbursting too much. Sometimes I'll flat out tell him he's acting like a space alien and he'll tell me he doesn't know how to stop. I have no idea how this can be the case, which I guess is the point. Honestly I feel bad for him.

 

This doesn't seem like ADD/ADHD, lol. Early Jim Carrey is a great frame of reference. If I had to compare my friends off meds... you'd think they were stoners, is the best way to put it, I guess. Saying weird random s***, accomplishing literally nothing, kinda fading in and out. That kid should probably get some stuff checked out

[Brownie19]

This doesn't seem like ADD/ADHD, lol. Early Jim Carrey is a great frame of reference. If I had to compare my friends off meds... you'd think they were stoners, is the best way to put it, I guess. Saying weird random s***, accomplishing literally nothing, kinda fading in and out. That kid should probably get some stuff checked out

 

You guys seem to have a lot of friends on meds. That's scary.

[Captain Adama]

You guys seem to have a lot of friends on meds. That's scary.

 

Why is that scary?

[HERPDERP]

interesting story on the private discussions between Cashman, Jeter, and Tulo's part

http://m.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/brian-cashman-told-derek-jeter-2010-tulo-article-1.2331034

[Governator]

Why is that stupid Poll still attached to this thread?

[jaysfan2014]

Mike Trout's slump, apparently caused by a wrist injury:

 

http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2015/8/20/9180825/angels-mike-trout-mvp-wrist-injury-slump-august

[BTS]

Because we don't really have any active mods during the day.

 

Did we ever get new mods out of those polls Ju1ced started?

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

None that we know of! Wink wink, Nudge nudge say no more!

 

I am waiting or a Stealth Mod ? Lol

[NotThatGuy]

Who cares when he was tested, he admitted he was taking it last year without permission and his results were laughable.

 

"I apologize to my teammates, coaches, the Orioles organization and especially the fans," Davis said. "I made a mistake by taking Adderall. I had permission to use it in the past, but do not have a therapeutic-use exemption (TUE) this year. I accept my punishment and will begin serving my suspension immediately."

 

That was a generic statement. In another statement, he mentioned he took it "a couple of times" last year in moments of weakness, despite not getting the Therapeutic Use Exemption he typically gets.

 

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/31/chris-davis-opens-up-about-his-adderall-suspension-it-was-a-moment-of-weakness/

 

What that might set up as a narrative is that whatever level he's playing at, he does better with Adderall ... then in the year he doesn't take it, (for most of the year, at least), he stinks ... and despite knowing he doesn't have the exemption, he's so desperate, he feels it'll help him, and he takes it anyway. Then he gets the exemption again, and this year, he's good again. And that would beg the question ... if this was really an "everyday life" sort of thing, as he claims, and as others claim ... how in the world would he just forget to file for a TUE, and then not be taking it for most of the season, and only a couple times, during moments of weakness? Now, perhaps you could write the narrative that he tried to go off it, and thought he could go on in his everyday, and baseball, life without it ... it didn't work, and he took it a couple times because he realized he needed it, but that's completely unsupported right now (though possible). Whereas there is some circumstantial evidence to support the "performance enhancer usage" narrative.

[NotThatGuy]

Why is that scary?

 

Because it's a mental disorder. And, as a member of society, it's a bit scary that the ADHD diagnosis is so prevalent, and increasing at a pretty alarming rate. Even though it's (usually) a comparatively benign mental disorder, and can often be controlled well by meds, it's still a mental disorder ... and if you have 10%+ and rising walking around with it, well ... that's alarming. Just as it would be if we had 10%+ of the population needing to take medication just to walk normally, and that number was rising by about 2-2.5% every 4-5 years. Either we have an issue with doctors not being able to properly diagnose the disorder, or we have doctors that aren't properly treating the disorder, or we have a serious issue with a large, increasing segment of the population needed drugs just to get through the day and act "normal." (or some combination thereof)

 

It's scary.

[labadee]

Go Indians!

[BigBounceyBlueBalls]

Wait who free'd King ? Welcome back King, play nice!

[labadee]

yes! 3-0!

[GD]

You guys seem to have a lot of friends on meds. That's scary.

 

I'm sorry, what exactly about ADD/ADHD is so inherently scary?

[labadee]

what a catch by almonte!

[labadee]

Because it's a mental disorder. And, as a member of society, it's a bit scary that the ADHD diagnosis is so prevalent, and increasing at a pretty alarming rate. Even though it's (usually) a comparatively benign mental disorder, and can often be controlled well by meds, it's still a mental disorder ... and if you have 10%+ and rising walking around with it, well ... that's alarming. Just as it would be if we had 10%+ of the population needing to take medication just to walk normally, and that number was rising by about 2-2.5% every 4-5 years. Either we have an issue with doctors not being able to properly diagnose the disorder, or we have doctors that aren't properly treating the disorder, or we have a serious issue with a large, increasing segment of the population needed drugs just to get through the day and act "normal." (or some combination thereof)

 

It's scary.

 

As a doctor, i find your ignorance disturbing.

[Deadpool]

Did we ever get new mods out of those polls Ju1ced started?

 

I got a PM with some questions about my desire/ability to mod. No follow up yet.