I can't stand Billy Bene

LivnLegend · 08-03-2003, 05:41 PM

I mean, what a crappy draft pick that was!

streetballer67 · 08-03-2003, 05:53 PM

Must be pretty crappy, I never heard of him.

El Caballo · 08-03-2003, 06:00 PM

Must be pretty crappy, the Dodgers drafted him.

darkhorse · 08-03-2003, 06:04 PM

Pfft! Not nearly as gay as Billy Bean.

Skipaway · 08-03-2003, 11:38 PM

Billy Bean was a bit better than Billy Beane.
Billy Beane was much better than Billy Bene.

twins15 · 08-04-2003, 12:43 AM

This thread really fell short of expectations, kind of like Billy Beane and Billy Bene.

LivnLegend · 08-04-2003, 02:16 AM

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Originally posted by twins15
This thread really fell short of expectations, kind of like Billy Beane and Billy Bene.

In all fairness, it was a one joke thread.

Crapshoot · 08-04-2003, 11:00 AM

In all fairness LL, wasn't he was the guy they picked ahead of Roibin Ventura in 1988(?).... they felt the need to make up for him ?

Gastric ReFlux · 08-04-2003, 11:09 AM

mmmm lots of beans are good for lunch and later make you fart a lot to keep the coworkers happy

LivnLegend · 08-04-2003, 12:20 PM

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Originally posted by Aadik
In all fairness LL, wasn't he was the guy they picked ahead of Roibin Ventura in 1988(?).... they felt the need to make up for him ?

Yep, that is true. The Dodgers took Bene at #5, ahead of Ventura, Jim Abbott, Tino Martinez, Charles Nagy, Ed Sprague, and one of your favorites, Royce Clayton, all of whom went in the first round.

The other school of thought on the acquisition of Ventura was that GM Dan Evans saw Ventura play for years when Evans was working his way up through Chicago's front office and when the chance came to grab him he took it. Of course that was years ago when Ventura was still good and of course the Yankees probably would have traded him for a bag of chips, but that's Evans for you.

AnotherAlias · 08-04-2003, 12:35 PM

Or, as fruity as Mr. Bean

Gastric ReFlux · 08-04-2003, 12:38 PM

^^^It looks like Mr Bean is ripping off a good fart.

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Crapshoot Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: watching: DArwin's missing link in action Posts: 3,112	In all fairness LL, wasn't he was the guy they picked ahead of Roibin Ventura in 1988(?).... they felt the need to make up for him ? __________________ Senior Senor Member of the OOTP Boards Pittsburgh Playmates- OTBL

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El Caballo Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 126	Must be pretty crappy, the Dodgers drafted him.

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darkhorse Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: fort worth, tx Posts: 10,850	Pfft! Not nearly as gay as Billy Bean.

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Skipaway Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Where you live Posts: 11,017	Billy Bean was a bit better than Billy Beane. Billy Beane was much better than Billy Bene. __________________ Jonathan Haidt: Moral reasoning is really just a servant masquerading as a high priest.

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Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	mmmm lots of beans are good for lunch and later make you fart a lot to keep the coworkers happy

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AnotherAlias Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I'm back...for now Posts: 4,190	Or, as fruity as Mr. Bean

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Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	^^^It looks like Mr Bean is ripping off a good fart.