this is the thread where you document the exact moment when you first feel The Itch

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i haven't yet so consider this the anticipation of The Anticipation.

― John (jdahlem), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 01:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Last week, after the final NFL playoff game of the weekend, when all the teams I really gave a crap about were finally removed from Super Bowl contention.

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 02:04 (twenty-one years ago)

two days ago, when talking about "24" running straight through to the end of the season, no weeks off, and my brother said, "Yeah, it'll carry right up to the baseball season."

― Riot Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 02:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Soxfest was this past weekend, but I didn't go, because I kind of don't have much excitement for them this year.

I'll probably get into it as opening day approaches, but not too much before that.

― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 02:14 (twenty-one years ago)

when ~~baseball~~ sports weekly published the al schedules i first got xcited cuz the A's and the angels are coming to turner field this year, amp up slightly the next week when nl schedules published and i indulge my 'if i had enough money/time to do the 20 game ticket package which 20 games do i pick?' fantasy, amp up slightly more when individual game tickets go on sell whenever, and then: opening day!

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 02:40 (twenty-one years ago)

When the Randy Johnson trade was announced and I realized that this was finally going to be the year that Steinbrenner busts that last big blood vessel.

― I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 03:23 (twenty-one years ago)

About a week after I slept with Anna Benson.

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 06:18 (twenty-one years ago)

that deserves instant excelsiorization but i'm afraid the dweebs over at ile wouldn't appreciate its full depth and color.

― John (jdahlem), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 07:09 (twenty-one years ago)

..and BODY. how could i forget BODY.

― John (jdahlem), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 07:45 (twenty-one years ago)

milo otm

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 09:48 (twenty-one years ago)

My World Champion Boston Red Sox tickets came in the mail today. I am ready for baseball season, and fully expecting the reality of seeing them beat the Yankees at Fenway to be like a million chocolate-covered orgasms.

― Daniel Cohen (dayan), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 09:59 (twenty-one years ago)

i think, maybe, i will make it my life's most pressing goal to attend that series/game/one of those games anyway.

they're probably already sold out though aren't they. shit.

― John (jdahlem), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 13:38 (twenty-one years ago)

When the Prospectus book comes out, and when the NYC SABR annual regional meeting occurs (both in March). And when Ralph Kiner mangles his first player name on exhibition season TV.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 14:19 (twenty-one years ago)

I think I'm getting the itch right now because this thread is making me think about who I want on my fantasy team.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 18:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmm... should I start prepping the Fantasy League? Or at least start a 2005 Fantasy thread?

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 18:32 (twenty-one years ago)

yes, yes! do it now!

(w/ sugar on top)

― jonathan quayle higgins (j.q. higgins), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 19:03 (twenty-one years ago)

When does the Prospectus book come out? I think I'm going to get it this year. (If it is what I think it is.)

― I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 21:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Get your hands offa my Mueller!

― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 21:33 (twenty-one years ago)

try some tough-actin' tinactin.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 18 January 2005 22:01 (twenty-one years ago)

two weeks pass...

i am feeling it.

o am i feeling it.

― John (jdahlem), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 23:40 (twenty-one years ago)

welcome back John!

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 23:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I won't start really caring for another 6-7 months.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 23:47 (twenty-one years ago)

my baseball compass is pointing me sharply to the south of late; yeah i'm bleeding cardinal red now, fuck the yankees.*

*not really but sort of.

― John (jdahlem), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 00:33 (twenty-one years ago)

o and thank u gygax!

― John (jdahlem), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 00:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, John, welcome back, I was worried that you wouldn't be here....

I'm feeling it. BREWERZ over .500 IN 2005, feel the burn

― The Obligatory Sourpuss (Begs2Differ), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 14:41 (twenty-one years ago)

as soon as I saw Puj in that silly Nike Warriors ad, I done gots the itch.

― bnw (bnw), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 15:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Curious George, the pub date is 2/22, and $12 is really a steal:

http://baseballprospectus.com/book/

I am strongly considering a Mets' 6-pack (I don't mean Beltran's abs) so I can get into the Yankee series.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks Morbius, that book's definitely on The Must List, even though Am*z*n is on my fecal roster after the wild ride of last Saturday/Sunday.

― Curious George Rides a Republican (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 22:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Bought my Mets 6-pack, even after finding out it doesn't get me on the postseason order list!!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 4 February 2005 22:15 (twenty-one years ago)

(cough cough)

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/wri/58922911.html

― maura (maura), Tuesday, 8 February 2005 21:52 (twenty-one years ago)

(cough cough cough)

http://www.craigslist.org/sfc/mis/58758459.html

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 01:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Damn it, Maura, I'm making big IT bucks now - don't tempt me with a job that involves BASEBALL WRITING!

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 04:00 (twenty-one years ago)

The MLB job is a nights and weekends gig. You can do that AND your day job!

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 04:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Oy, the commute...

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 05:05 (twenty-one years ago)

three weeks pass...

They're going into the bottom of the 8th, but MLB.TV has the first spring game on now, live: http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/video/mlb_tv.jsp

WSH 4, NYM 3

― mattbot (mattbot), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 20:23 (twenty-one years ago)

http://pics.drugstore.com/prodimg/10412/200.jpg

― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 20:46 (twenty-one years ago)

started about two weeks ago with a discussion in a bar. now is in hyper-overdrive!

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 20:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I got it on Monday listening to this awesome interview with Bill Lee

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4516268

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 21:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Nothing like going home sick from work and watching some baseball. Watching the game today, I kept thinking the Mets were playing the Angels, as the Nationals uniforms are quite similar.
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― Earl Nash (earlnash), Thursday, 3 March 2005 02:26 (twenty-one years ago)

i've had the itch since the sox won the series! i wanted more baseball the next day.

― Chris 'The Nuts' V (Chris V), Friday, 4 March 2005 15:59 (twenty-one years ago)

2 days ago - I was reading an article about Alex Rios on the train.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 4 March 2005 16:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Quantity 2
Item(s) Ordered New York Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals (NY): May 14, 2005

Quantity 2
Item(s) Ordered New York Mets vs. Chicago Cubs (NY): August 6, 2005

yay!

― bnw (bnw), Friday, 4 March 2005 17:32 (twenty-one years ago)

are you going to the latter to boo the cubs? oh wait, i just realized, it might be a date. cool dude.

i wonder how many games i'll get to go to this season.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 4 March 2005 20:00 (twenty-one years ago)

oh wait, i just realized, it might be a date.

omg, bnw, i just realized -- how do the two of you deal?!

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 4 March 2005 21:48 (twenty-one years ago)

it's forbidden l♥ve!

― bnw (bnw), Friday, 4 March 2005 23:12 (twenty-one years ago)

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