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Hairps	Newark, NJ (and Gary, IN)		Lead	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 1990 06/19/09 12:04 PM Veteran Member	Tags : None Gary, Indiana! What a wonderful name, Named for Elbert Gary of judiciary fame. Gary, Indiana, as a Shakespeare would say, Trips along softly on the tongue this way-- Gary, Indiana, Gary Indiana, Gary, Indiana, Let me say it once again. Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana, That's the town that "knew me when." If you'd like to have a logical explanation How I happened on this elegant syncopation, I will say without a moment of hesitation There is just one place That can light my face. Gary, Indiana, Gary Indiana, Not Louisiana, Paris, France, New York, or Rome, but-- Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana, Gary Indiana, My home sweet home. Last Edited By: soxprospects 06/19/09 2:27 PM. Edited 1 time.
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carltonfiskga		#1	[url]	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 184 06/19/09 12:14 PM Veteran Member	I don't mean to rain on your parade but isn't Gary , Indiana like the Newark, NJ of Indiana? A major crap hole of a city? IF so, why would anyone be singing praises of it? lol.
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MLBDreams		#2	[url]	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 374 06/19/09 12:30 PM	Gary, Indiana is where Lyman Bostock (Angels OF) was killed @ 27 yr old in 1978 when he visited his family during the off day. I never forget about the news when I was teenager.
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templeUsox		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 13569 06/19/09 12:54 PM Veteran Member Podcast Panelist	Newark is not a craphole.
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okin15		#4	[url]	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 197 06/19/09 1:01 PM	templeUsox wrote: Newark is not a craphole. It's a metaphor. I can make it a simile and say it is LIKE a craphole. Either works. EDIT: Simile is pronounced similie, but spelled simile, which I did not know. Last Edited By: okin15 06/19/09 2:32 PM. Edited 1 time.
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carltonfiskga		#5	[url]	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 185 06/19/09 1:06 PM Veteran Member	Temple, would you care to make a wager on that? I worked in Newark for many years, drove through Newark, father in law was a Newark cop too and he thought it was a crap hole as well.
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templeUsox		#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 13570 06/19/09 1:07 PM Veteran Member Podcast Panelist	You have a real strong grasp on figures of speech. Too bad your spelling is awful.
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templeUsox		#7	[url]	[-]
Posts: 13571 06/19/09 1:10 PM Veteran Member Podcast Panelist	carltonfiskga wrote: Temple, would you care to make a wager on that? I worked in Newark for many years, drove through Newark, father in law was a Newark cop too and he thought it was a crap hole as well. What do you mean a wager? I've been to Newark more times than I can count. You won't be telling me anything I don't know. Newark is a completely different city than it was even 10 years ago. Go back sometime, you'll be surprised.
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MaleNurse2010		#8	[url]	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 201 06/19/09 1:14 PM	Can't we just all agree that scary Gary is the Midwest equivalent of Baltimore?
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Zennla		#9	[url]	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 288 06/19/09 1:14 PM Veteran Member	ThSneak wrote: Fight on fight on dear old Muncie Fight on -- Hoist the gold and blue You'll be tattered, torn and hurtin' Once 'The Munce' is done with you! You're a Muncie girl? "Pedroia thinks he's yet to see a pitcher that he thinks is any good," Murphy said. "That's his secret. He's 5-foot-6, balding, can't run, can't throw, he's weak, and it's true. But he believes that he's as strong and as big and as fast as anybody."
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Hairps		#10	[url]	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 1991 06/19/09 1:17 PM Veteran Member	There's nothing wrong with Newark that a monorail wouldn't solve.
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carltonfiskga		#11	[url]	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 186 06/19/09 1:18 PM Veteran Member	Temple, I worked in Newark from the 80's through the 90's.Where would you like to begin the grand tour? UMDNJ? Wechwaic Want to stand on Lyons ave. some summer afternoon and count how many high speed chases go by from cars that were car jacked being chased by the cops? HOw about standing in the lobby of a NEwark hospital while some crook, who robs a local convenience store nearrby comes running through with the police chasing him? Driving into NEwark at night to go to work was bad enough that you were smart not to stop at lights if yo ucould avoid it. Then how about all the growth of the gang activity over the last 15 years? Shall I go on?
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Sbones13		#12	[url]	[-]
Rookie Posts: 39 06/19/09 1:21 PM	templeUsox wrote: Too bad your spelling is awful. This sentence made me laugh out loud.
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templeUsox		#13	[url]	[-]
Posts: 13572 06/19/09 1:25 PM Veteran Member Podcast Panelist	Crime has dropped rapidly over the last 5 years, private investment is way up, new office buildings and construction projects are way up (NJPAC and the Prudential Center to name a couple), they've got the brightest young politician in the country as their mayor, and they will be getting the eventual overflow of yuppies from Hoboken and Jersey City.
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Skins24		#14	[url]	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 119 06/19/09 1:35 PM	All thanks to Tony Soprano and the deal he made with the Councilman. Gary, Indiana is consistently one of the worst five cities in the U.S. East St. Louis is probably the most comparable city. Cities like Baltimore and Newark are Eden compared to those shitholes. I just don't like the attitude that the Yankees are all there is to baseball. And I've gotten that impression over the years. Screw them. -- Beau Vaughan
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ZeketheSoxFan		#15	[url]	[-]
Rookie Posts: 53 06/19/09 1:35 PM	I too have spent considerable time in Newark (recently) and will suggest that there is room for both of you to be partially right. Newark IMO, is still largely a dump but is certainly on the strong rebound. Gary on the other hand... i don't see the upswing there, though that town did have its day.
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mtomeo		#16	[url]	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 352 06/19/09 1:38 PM Veteran Member	Nice sign! Now there's your .900 OPS in Lowell. Of course, he's a bit older than 19. Poor Pichardo seems like the odd man out these days with all the OFers we drafted. Edit: Sorry if my post was Off Topic. I don't know anything about Gary or Newark.
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BriantheTaoist		#17	[url]	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 1646 06/19/09 1:38 PM	On a list of all the things I never expected to see on this site, a spirited debate over whether Newark, NJ was, or was not, a "craphole" would probably be up there. edit: Oh, and yay Hazelbaker! Welcome to the Red Sox player development machine ...
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Hairps		#18	[url]	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 1992 06/19/09 1:43 PM Veteran Member	carltonfiskga wrote: Temple, I worked in Newark from the 80's through the 90's.Where would you like to begin the grand tour? UMDNJ? Wechwaic Want to stand on Lyons ave. some summer afternoon and count how many high speed chases go by from cars that were car jacked being chased by the cops? HOw about standing in the lobby of a NEwark hospital while some crook, who robs a local convenience store nearrby comes running through with the police chasing him? Driving into NEwark at night to go to work was bad enough that you were smart not to stop at lights if yo ucould avoid it. Then how about all the growth of the gang activity over the last 15 years? Shall I go on? That sounds like trouble. With a capital "T" That rhymes with "P" And that stands for Pool
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BSCrich		#19	[url]	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 1296 06/19/09 2:00 PM Veteran Member	carltonfiskga wrote: Temple, I worked in Newark from the 80's through the 90's.Where would you like to begin the grand tour? UMDNJ? Wechwaic Want to stand on Lyons ave. some summer afternoon and count how many high speed chases go by from cars that were car jacked being chased by the cops? HOw about standing in the lobby of a NEwark hospital while some crook, who robs a local convenience store nearrby comes running through with the police chasing him? Driving into NEwark at night to go to work was bad enough that you were smart not to stop at lights if yo ucould avoid it. Then how about all the growth of the gang activity over the last 15 years? Shall I go on? If Newark was still as bad as you claim I do not think the New Jersey Devils would have built a gorgeous new arena in the "downtown district".
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ziggyosk41		#20	[url]	[-]
Veteran Member Posts: 1874 06/19/09 2:04 PM	Newark isn't so much a Craphole as it is an Armpit Impact. Dominate.
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