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Humbugardy: Numb3r5 for 600
2005-10-29 12:19
by Score Bard

This is round 2 of Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

The two men who have held famous MLB career records (one of which since surpassed) represented by these digits:

1652

 

Note: In this round, searching the web is allowed.

 

Numb3r5 Sudoku 6th Degree Quotes What and Where Anagram Lines Subjective
200 Bob Timmerman Bob Timmerman 200 For The Turnstiles deadteddy8
400 For The Turnstiles For The Turnstiles 400 Joe 400
For The Turnstiles Next... 600 600 For The Turnstiles 600
T J 800 800 Murray argosy 800
1000 1000 1000 Bob Timmerman For The Turnstiles 1000
Humbugardy: Sudoku for 200
2005-10-27 16:07
by Score Bard

This is round 2 of Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

sudoku for 200

 

Note: In this round, searching the web is allowed.

 

Numb3r5 Sudoku 6th Degree Quotes What and Where Anagram Lines Subjective
200 Bob Timmerman Bob Timmerman 200 For The Turnstiles deadteddy8
400 For The Turnstiles For The Turnstiles 400 Joe 400
600 600 600 600 For The Turnstiles 600
T J 800 800 Murray argosy 800
1000 1000 1000 Bob Timmerman For The Turnstiles 1000
Humbugardy: Anagram Lines for 600
2005-10-26 11:36
by Score Bard

This is round 2 of Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard. Let us now finish off this despised category, once and for all:

 

According to a famous love song, these people are anagrammatically "making alcohol fleeting"

 

Note: In this round, searching the web is allowed.

 

Numb3r5 Sudoku 6th Degree Quotes What and Where Anagram Lines Subjective
200 200 Bob Timmerman 200 For The Turnstiles deadteddy8
400 For The Turnstiles For The Turnstiles 400 Joe 400
600 600 600 600 For The Turnstiles 600
T J 800 800 Murray argosy 800
1000 1000 1000 Bob Timmerman For The Turnstiles 1000
Humbugardy: 6th Degree Quotes for 400
2005-10-25 10:07
by Score Bard

This is round 2 of Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

He was the first umpire to ever call out on strikes
the father of
the only player to steal a base off of
the catcher who was born in the same town as
the poet who wrote,
"What a filthy Presidentiad!"

 

Note: In this round, searching the web is allowed.

 

Numb3r5 Sudoku 6th Degree Quotes What and Where Anagram Lines Subjective
200 200 Bob Timmerman 200 For The Turnstiles deadteddy8
400 For The Turnstiles For The Turnstiles 400 Joe 400
600 600 600 600 ... 600
T J 800 800 Murray argosy 800
1000 1000 1000 Bob Timmerman For The Turnstiles 1000
Humbugardy: Subjective for 200
2005-10-21 08:53
by Score Bard

This is round 2 of Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

As subjectively determined by your host on Monday morning, the best explanation of how a baseball executive personifies "The Wind, One Brilliant Day" by Antonio Machado.

 

Note: In this round, searching the web is allowed.

 

Numb3r5 Sudoku 6th Degree Quotes What and Where Anagram Lines Subjective
200 200 Bob Timmerman 200 For The Turnstiles deadteddy8
400 For The Turnstiles 400 400 Joe 400
600 600 600 600 600 600
T J 800 800 Murray argosy 800
1000 1000 1000 Bob Timmerman For The Turnstiles 1000
Humbugardy: Numb3r5 for 800
2005-10-20 08:40
by Score Bard

This is round 2 of Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

The player commonly associated with the number represented here:

 

Note: In this round, searching the web is allowed.

 

Numb3r5 Sudoku 6th Degree Quotes What and Where Anagram Lines Subjective
200 200 Bob Timmerman 200 For The Turnstiles Next...
400 For The Turnstiles 400 400 Joe 400
600 600 600 600 600 600
T J 800 800 Murray argosy 800
1000 1000 1000 Bob Timmerman For The Turnstiles 1000
Humbugardy: What and Where for 1000
2005-10-19 10:57
by Score Bard

This is round 2 of Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

What and where this is:

 

Note: In this round, searching the web is allowed.

 

Numb3r5 Sudoku 6th Degree Quotes What and Where Anagram Lines Subjective
200 200 Bob Timmerman 200 For The Turnstiles 200
400 For The Turnstiles 400 400 Joe 400
600 600 600 600 600 600
800 800 800 Murray argosy 800
1000 1000 1000 Bob Timmerman For The Turnstiles 1000
Humbugardy: What and Where for 800
2005-10-18 08:12
by Score Bard

This is round 2 of Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

What and where this is:

 

Note: In this round, searching the web is allowed.

 

Numb3r5 Sudoku 6th Degree Quotes What and Where Anagram Lines Subjective
200 200 Bob Timmerman 200 For The Turnstiles 200
400 For The Turnstiles 400 400 Joe 400
600 600 600 600 600 600
800 800 800 Murray argosy 800
1000 1000 1000 1000 For The Turnstiles 1000
Humbugardy: 6th Degree Quotes for 200
2005-10-17 12:11
by Score Bard

This is round 2 of Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

This pitcher was the last to strike out
the father of
the manager whose owner has the same name as
the player born in the same city as
the poet who wrote,
"Done with the Chart!"

 

Note: In this round, searching the web is allowed.

 

Numb3r5 Sudoku 6th Degree Quotes What and Where Anagram Lines Subjective
200 200 Bob Timmerman 200 For The Turnstiles 200
400 For The Turnstiles 400 400 Joe 400
600 600 600 600 600 600
800 800 800 800 argosy 800
1000 1000 1000 1000 For The Turnstiles 1000

Humbugardy: Anagram Lines for 800
2005-10-14 21:16
by Score Bard

This is round 2 of Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

His TV show brought together a man who wrote an anagram of
"Live long, gunman"
with a man who was one

 

Note: In this round, searching the web is allowed.

 

Numb3r5 Sudoku 6th Degree Quotes What and Where Anagram Lines Subjective
200 200 200 200 For The Turnstiles 200
400 For The Turnstiles 400 400 Joe 400
600 600 600 600 600 600
800 800 800 800 argosy 800
1000 1000 1000 1000 For The Turnstiles 1000

The Call
2005-10-13 10:17
by Score Bard

The Angels doth loudly protest:
"What kind of beast has the gall
To rule, or to even suggest,
That someone as saintly as Paul

Would uncleanly capture the ball
Then act like he couldn't have guessed
A putout was needed at all
And left that concern unaddressed?

The sinner who cannot be blessed
Is someone, who after his fall,
Denies that he should have confessed
He blew it in making his call.

Under a rock he should crawl,
This lowly contemptible pest;
To duck being mobbed in a brawl,
He'll need some new digs to infest."

 

Oh, boo hoo. These Angels who bawl,
Who brag that their offense is small,
That they needn't hit over the wall,
Deserve what cruel fate may befall,

For those who are truly the best,
Who are worthy of winning the quest,
Don't live by befriending Joe West,
Then die whining, "I am oppressed!"

Humbugardy: Anagram Lines for 1000
2005-10-12 14:09
by Score Bard

This is round 2 of Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

"He lacks peer; invents word, blank cat."

 

Note: In this round, searching the web is allowed.

 

Numb3r5 Sudoku 6th Degree Quotes What and Where Anagram Lines Subjective
200 200 200 200 For The Turnstiles 200
400 For The Turnstiles 400 400 Joe 400
600 600 600 600 600 600
800 800 800 800 Next... 800
1000 1000 1000 1000 For The Turnstiles 1000
Humbugardy: Anagram Lines for 400
2005-10-11 08:20
by Score Bard

This is round 2 of Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

A song line, which is an anagram of
"Filthy team at twilight",
describes this person

 

Note: In this round, searching the web is allowed.

 

Numb3r5 Sudoku 6th Degree Quotes What and Where Anagram Lines Subjective
200 200 200 200 For The Turnstiles 200
400 For The Turnstiles 400 400 Joe 400
600 600 600 600 600 600
800 800 800 800 800 800
1000 1000 1000 1000 Next... 1000
Humbugardy: Anagram Lines for 200
2005-10-10 13:36
by Score Bard

This is round 2 of Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

He wrote a famous anagram of:
"Yuck, Toaster has itchy gums"

 

Note: In this round, searching the web is allowed.

 

Numb3r5 Sudoku 6th Degree Quotes What and Where Anagram Lines Subjective
200 200 200 200 For The Turnstiles 200
400 For The Turnstiles 400 400 Next... 400
600 600 600 600 600 600
800 800 800 800 800 800
1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
Humbugardy: Sudoku For 400
2005-10-07 11:57
by Score Bard

This is round 2 of Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

sudoku4

 

Note: In this round, searching the web is allowed.

 

Numb3r5 Sudoku 6th Degree Quotes What and Where Anagram Lines Subjective
200 200 200 200 Next... 200
400 For The Turnstiles 400 400 400 400
600 600 600 600 600 600
800 800 800 800 800 800
1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
Double Humbugardy
2005-10-06 14:15
by Score Bard

Welcome to Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

Here are the rules for the double humbugardy: I will provide the answer, you provide the question. The answers and questions will all be related to either baseball and poetry somehow, but not necessarily both.

The first person with the winning question gets the points, and gets to choose the next answer.

The question must be in the form of a question. If the answer is a poem (or part of one), the question must not only be correct, it must scan correctly to complete the poem.

When I announce that the answer is questioned correctly, the winner can then choose the next answer. After which, I'll post the next answer. I'll post one or two answers per day, at random times.

In this round, you are allowed to use the web to research.

Ready to start? The first person to comment below can pick the first answer from the following categories:

 

Numb3r5 Sudoku 6th Degree Quotes What and Where Anagram Lines Subjective
200 200 200 200 200 200
400 400 400 400 400 400
600 600 600 600 600 600
800 800 800 800 800 800
1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

The current standings:
Bob Timmerman1100
Shaun P1100
Cliff Corcoran700
Rorschach500
TFD500
For The Turnstiles463
Jacob L400
T J400
Baby Maddux300
cynic300
Dan Lucero300
Derek Smart300
Ryan Wilkins300
MatPat11200
Sam DC200
Humma Kavula100
Jen100
metfaninalaska100
misterjohnny100
Philip Michaels0
Joe0

Astros-Braves LiveVerseBlog
2005-10-05 13:11
by Score Bard

The Astros get right out to work.
Biggio singles, and Berk
Earns a walk.
Ensberg, a knock,
Scores the first run as a perk.

Pettitte, the pick by his skip,
With a great ERA, also WHIP,
Gets two quick outs,
Easing the doubts,
Then gives up a homer to Chip.

Inning three, Hudson loses command.
The ball wildly flies from his hand.
Two walks and two hits
Are giving him fits
Two runs down isn't quite what he planned.

Andrew Jones in the fourth overthrew
A sac fly, but later came through,
Put the throw in the past
With a much needed blast
Helping the Braves to score two.

Abruptly in frame number five
Hudson's command comes alive.
Pettitte's sharp, too.
This inning flew.
It goes quickly when both pitchers thrive.

The sixth is quick, too, but alas,
Hudson then runs out of gas.
Ensberg once more
Drives in a score.
The Braves have a two-run morass.

In the eighth frame, Atlanta's relief
Puts fans into stunned disbelief.
The Astronauts soar,
Five runners score,
The crowd's hopes all turn into grief.

The Braves give their fans one more thrill.
They rally and battle until
A Furcal double play.
To the home fans' dismay,
They now trail in games, one to nil.

Yankees-Angels ALDS Preview
2005-10-04 14:05
by Score Bard

The Yankees could not opportune it
To boost series chances with Unit
Starting two games.
They've got title claims,
But this little fact could harpoon it.

Sox ALDS Preview
2005-10-04 09:15
by Score Bard

Contreras--game five? I thought surely
The White Sox, who clinched it so early,
Were playing a joke.
He's set up to choke.
I tell ya, they shoulda used Buehrle.

Padres-Cardinals NLDS Preview
2005-10-04 00:43
by Score Bard

The Padres are hoping that Peavy
Will sign, seal, deliver like Stevie.
And with two wins by Jake,
They would need one more break.
But to bet on that would be naïvy.

Score Bard's blog: now verse than ever!
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