Comments on: It’s on: Five Americans hit by pitches, three Chinese ejected in baseball showdown http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/ The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:43:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kick the Anthill » In Olympic News… BONUS: Awards Included http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1323054 Kick the Anthill » In Olympic News… BONUS: Awards Included Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:27:29 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1323054 [...] of being robbed…I hope you have already seen this everywhere because I just don’t think I can talk about it.  But I would like to award the Team USA [...] [...] of being robbed…I hope you have already seen this everywhere because I just don’t think I can talk about it.  But I would like to award the Team USA [...]

]]> By: Random Numbers (Brian Epps) http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1317029 Random Numbers (Brian Epps) Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:28:26 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1317029 Does anyone else find it ironic that the Chinese catcher has the same name as the fighter pilot who hit that US ELINT plane back in 2001? Wang Wei (pronounced Wong Way). Members of the Wang clan might want to avoid that name. It seems to be bad luck. Does anyone else find it ironic that the Chinese catcher has the same name as the fighter pilot who hit that US ELINT plane back in 2001?

Wang Wei (pronounced Wong Way).

Members of the Wang clan might want to avoid that name. It seems to be bad luck.

]]> By: tlynch001 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1317027 tlynch001 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:26:21 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1317027 Quit griping about installing Silverlight and just do it. It is the future. (Did I mention I develop websites using Silverlight?) -tl Quit griping about installing Silverlight and just do it. It is the future.

(Did I mention I develop websites using Silverlight?)

-tl

]]> By: PattyJ http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1316912 PattyJ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:16:35 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1316912 Badpenny, I know--that's why it surprised me that NBC is portraying it like some kind of unfair hit. Oh, wait, it's NBC.... Badpenny,
I know–that’s why it surprised me that NBC is portraying it like some kind of unfair hit.

Oh, wait, it’s NBC….

]]> By: Bobnormal http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1316863 Bobnormal Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:34:45 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1316863 STOP (yes I'm yelling)doing that! at least give us a warning or something please? Bob STOP (yes I’m yelling)doing that! at least give us a warning or something please?
Bob

]]> By: Midas http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1316671 Midas Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:34:27 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1316671 Ugh, enough with the browser resizing, plugin installing crap. Ugh, enough with the browser resizing, plugin installing crap.

]]> By: landlines http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1316410 landlines Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:52:20 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1316410 <blockquote>ClassicCon on August 19, 2008 at 3:43 PM</blockquote> Bill, Bill Gates...is that you? Apparently you don't distinguish between "adware/spyware" and "software": we do here. We use Linux for servers and all the heavy lifting, and they also support a few terminals running carefully-configured Windows (with all of the dangerous and unnecessary stuff completely removed). Our anti-virus software is multi-platform and watches our network collectively and our workstations individually. Around here, even after a program is installed, it doesn't get access to a URL or a port just because it asks for it: we vet the connection and block anything we don't feel it needs. I guess that's why we haven't been infected or lost any files from our network since it went on-line in 1995. Happy downloading! Enjoy your BSOD.

ClassicCon on August 19, 2008 at 3:43 PM

Bill, Bill Gates…is that you?

Apparently you don’t distinguish between “adware/spyware” and “software”: we do here.

We use Linux for servers and all the heavy lifting, and they also support a few terminals running carefully-configured Windows (with all of the dangerous and unnecessary stuff completely removed). Our anti-virus software is multi-platform and watches our network collectively and our workstations individually. Around here, even after a program is installed, it doesn’t get access to a URL or a port just because it asks for it: we vet the connection and block anything we don’t feel it needs.

I guess that’s why we haven’t been infected or lost any files from our network since it went on-line in 1995.

Happy downloading! Enjoy your BSOD.

]]> By: Janos Hunyadi http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1316346 Janos Hunyadi Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:31:39 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1316346 N B C = Non-intelligent Butt-kissing of Chi-coms National emBarassment Crap Nothing Broadcasted Competently ( this could go on forever.......) N B C =

Non-intelligent Butt-kissing of Chi-coms

National emBarassment Crap

Nothing Broadcasted Competently

( this could go on forever…….)

]]> By: Bugler http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1316224 Bugler Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:53:34 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1316224 OK, it's available online <a href="http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/player.html?assetid=BS1H-BJ-SD07-081808-185002" rel="nofollow">here.</a> Chinese-American beanball, here I come! OK, it’s available online here.

Chinese-American beanball, here I come!

]]> By: john1schn http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1316146 john1schn Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:29:17 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1316146 <blockquote>Somebody once said that to make baseball really interesting, the rules would need to be changed to allow defensive players to thrown the ball at runners, and also to allow the runners to bring their bats with them. jackmac on August 19, 2008 at 4:11 PM </blockquote> Women in bikinis, men in jockstraps. That way you get sexy and funny in the same game.

Somebody once said that to make baseball really interesting, the rules would need to be changed to allow defensive players to thrown the ball at runners, and also to allow the runners to bring their bats with them.

jackmac on August 19, 2008 at 4:11 PM

Women in bikinis, men in jockstraps. That way you get sexy and funny in the same game.

]]> By: Bugler http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1316136 Bugler Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:27:02 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1316136 Is this game available online? I'd love to watch it, but I can't make sense of MSNBC's goofy Olympics site. Is this game available online? I’d love to watch it, but I can’t make sense of MSNBC’s goofy Olympics site.

]]> By: jackmac http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1316088 jackmac Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:11:15 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1316088 Somebody once said that to make baseball really interesting, the rules would need to be changed to allow defensive players to thrown the ball at runners, and also to allow the runners to bring their bats with them. Somebody once said that to make baseball really interesting, the rules would need to be changed to allow defensive players to thrown the ball at runners, and also to allow the runners to bring their bats with them.

]]> By: chief http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1316008 chief Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:50:06 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1316008 This is like the Sox/Yanks, or should I say Sox/Rays, rivals involved in an intense baseball game. While I agree he should not have thrown at his head, however this happens all the time in MLB. You can't throw "chin music" at the batters hip. As long as this is an accepted part of the game there is not much you can do. This is like the Sox/Yanks, or should I say Sox/Rays, rivals involved in an intense baseball game. While I agree he should not have thrown at his head, however this happens all the time in MLB. You can’t throw “chin music” at the batters hip. As long as this is an accepted part of the game there is not much you can do.

]]> By: ClassicCon http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1315984 ClassicCon Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:43:53 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1315984 You kids are making me giggle with all the poindexter outrage at a Microsoft "plugin". Before any of you could watch anything from YouTube you had to install a flash plugin from Adobe which I doubt anyone whined about. Landlines, so what is your virus software running on? Linux?, OSX?, beos? or maybe you run some version of windows. You kids are making me giggle with all the poindexter outrage at a Microsoft “plugin”. Before any of you could watch anything from YouTube you had to install a flash plugin from Adobe which I doubt anyone whined about.

Landlines, so what is your virus software running on? Linux?, OSX?, beos? or maybe you run some version of windows.

]]> By: Esthier http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1315981 Esthier Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:43:46 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1315981 <blockquote>titleist123 on August 19, 2008 at 3:42 PM</blockquote> Sure, the second one was unnecessary. But they hit us 5 times. One, unnecessary but perfect legal move is nothing compared to that.

titleist123 on August 19, 2008 at 3:42 PM

Sure, the second one was unnecessary. But they hit us 5 times.

One, unnecessary but perfect legal move is nothing compared to that.

]]> By: titleist123 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1315968 titleist123 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:42:00 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1315968 Uh for anyone who says the second catcher was blocking the plate needs to watch the video again. They had a shot from overhead and it clearly shows he was blocking the path with 4 strides to go but then he moved forward and out of the runners path. You could also see the USA guy clearly move towards the inside so he could hit him. Not that I have a problem with beating someone or running into the Chicoms but when your up 8 runs???? Now if the USA guy did this after the USA got beaned in the head that I'm all for it. Run him over and then back up and do it again! PS don't install the plug in for NBC. It just gives NBC the chance to make you watch 4 commercials in the middle of the clip your trying to watch. Screw Microsoft-NBC. Uh for anyone who says the second catcher was blocking the plate needs to watch the video again. They had a shot from overhead and it clearly shows he was blocking the path with 4 strides to go but then he moved forward and out of the runners path. You could also see the USA guy clearly move towards the inside so he could hit him. Not that I have a problem with beating someone or running into the Chicoms but when your up 8 runs???? Now if the USA guy did this after the USA got beaned in the head that I’m all for it. Run him over and then back up and do it again!

PS don’t install the plug in for NBC. It just gives NBC the chance to make you watch 4 commercials in the middle of the clip your trying to watch. Screw Microsoft-NBC.

]]> By: landlines http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1315928 landlines Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:33:17 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1315928 <blockquote>Do you (or NBC) really expect people to install yet another piece of Mickeysoft crapware just to watch their lousy videos? corona on August 19, 2008 at 11:13 AM</blockquote> Two companies I <em>never</em> trust: NBC and Microsoft!!! Our virus software has been instructed to reject anything from either one of them. ...and the LAST thing the world needs is another bug-filled, limited usefulness, virus magnet video viewer... So I'll just close my eyes and <em>imagine</em> the carnage!!!

Do you (or NBC) really expect people to install yet another piece of Mickeysoft crapware just to watch their lousy videos?

corona on August 19, 2008 at 11:13 AM

Two companies I never trust: NBC and Microsoft!!! Our virus software has been instructed to reject anything from either one of them.

…and the LAST thing the world needs is another bug-filled, limited usefulness, virus magnet video viewer…

So I’ll just close my eyes and imagine the carnage!!!

]]> By: BelchSpeak » Post Topic » Chinese Baseball Players are Dirty http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1315908 BelchSpeak » Post Topic » Chinese Baseball Players are Dirty Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:29:10 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1315908 [...] and it makes me mad the way that the world is pandering to the Chinese thugs running the games. But HotAir showed me this clip and it wowed me. Those Chinese baseball players ain’t right. Click below to [...] [...] and it makes me mad the way that the world is pandering to the Chinese thugs running the games. But HotAir showed me this clip and it wowed me. Those Chinese baseball players ain’t right. Click below to [...]

]]> By: john1schn http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1315905 john1schn Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:27:36 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1315905 <blockquote>Stupid comment! The NBA or any corporation can hire someone from another country if they have qualifications that exceed those available in the USA. That’s how that started happening. Those very players you list go back to their OWN countries and represent them in the Olympics because that’s what the Olympics is all about. The Olympics has now degenerated into a capitalistic whorehouse for totalitarian states. Sultry Beauty on August 19, 2008 at 3:08 PM</blockquote> Wow. You need to turn that down a notch. I pointed out that foreign nationals are playing here for the NBA, and play for their own countries during the Olympics. I don't have a problem with the NBA going looking for talent.

Stupid comment! The NBA or any corporation can hire someone from another country if they have qualifications that exceed those available in the USA. That’s how that started happening. Those very players you list go back to their OWN countries and represent them in the Olympics because that’s what the Olympics is all about. The Olympics has now degenerated into a capitalistic whorehouse for totalitarian states.

Sultry Beauty on August 19, 2008 at 3:08 PM

Wow. You need to turn that down a notch. I pointed out that foreign nationals are playing here for the NBA, and play for their own countries during the Olympics.

I don’t have a problem with the NBA going looking for talent.

]]> By: Sultry Beauty http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1315869 Sultry Beauty Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:15:16 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1315869 BTW~ They only show 2 Americans getting hit anywhere. Where are the other 3? How did this play out. It seems the MSM is trying to make this out to be that both had equally as much to blame, but I'm getting the vibe that there's more here. Why can't you get any video fed or information on the other 3 that got hit, when, and how that played out? Seems to me that the ChiComs were playing a little to loose with the pitches and when the catcher decided to straddle the plate, the Americans decided to return the favor and give them something to think about. A bruised leg is FAR different than a bruised skull! BTW~ They only show 2 Americans getting hit anywhere. Where are the other 3? How did this play out. It seems the MSM is trying to make this out to be that both had equally as much to blame, but I’m getting the vibe that there’s more here. Why can’t you get any video fed or information on the other 3 that got hit, when, and how that played out? Seems to me that the ChiComs were playing a little to loose with the pitches and when the catcher decided to straddle the plate, the Americans decided to return the favor and give them something to think about. A bruised leg is FAR different than a bruised skull!

]]> By: Sultry Beauty http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1315851 Sultry Beauty Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:08:45 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1315851 <blockquote>john1schn on August 19, 2008 at 12:11 PM</blockquote> Stupid comment! The NBA or any corporation can hire someone from another country if they have qualifications that exceed those available in the USA. That's how that started happening. Those very players you list go back to their OWN countries and represent them in the Olympics because that's what the Olympics is all about. The Olympics has now degenerated into a capitalistic whorehouse for totalitarian states.

john1schn on August 19, 2008 at 12:11 PM

Stupid comment! The NBA or any corporation can hire someone from another country if they have qualifications that exceed those available in the USA. That’s how that started happening. Those very players you list go back to their OWN countries and represent them in the Olympics because that’s what the Olympics is all about. The Olympics has now degenerated into a capitalistic whorehouse for totalitarian states.

]]> By: Esthier http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1315827 Esthier Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:56:55 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1315827 <blockquote>dave742 on August 19, 2008 at 2:51 PM</blockquote> "bandwidth exceeded"

dave742 on August 19, 2008 at 2:51 PM

“bandwidth exceeded”

]]> By: Esthier http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1315821 Esthier Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:55:51 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1315821 <blockquote>I thought they were on the skinny side. No hips. Don’t get sucked in by the skinny model ideal. It’s not attractive. dave742 on August 19, 2008 at 2:39 PM</blockquote> I'm not saying they are fat. They're Olympic athletes. Of course they're not fat. It's just the close up and the way the bottoms wear on them, which is why I prefaced it with all of that.

I thought they were on the skinny side. No hips. Don’t get sucked in by the skinny model ideal. It’s not attractive.

dave742 on August 19, 2008 at 2:39 PM

I’m not saying they are fat. They’re Olympic athletes. Of course they’re not fat. It’s just the close up and the way the bottoms wear on them, which is why I prefaced it with all of that.

]]> By: dave742 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1315813 dave742 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:51:21 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1315813 Esthier: <a href="http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff253/rkz9/br/83.jpg" rel="nofollow">This</a> is what makes Brazil famous. Esthier:
This is what makes Brazil famous.

]]> By: coldwarrior http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/19/its-on-five-americans-hit-by-pitches-three-chinese-ejected-in-baseball-showdown/comment-page-1/#comment-1315812 coldwarrior Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:51:20 +0000 http://hotair.com/?p=22917#comment-1315812 Esthier on August 19, 2008 at 2:24 PM -- No. Happily single. Previously <strike>owned.</strike> married. Esthier on August 19, 2008 at 2:24 PM –

No. Happily single. Previously owned. married.

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