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In the last season, when Ted wants to move to Chicago, he tells lilly (obviously not a good idea) and at one of their dinners with everyone, she blabs it out... You might say it was because she was a little drunk, Marshall wasn't there and she was a little anxious, she even had Linus give her a drink whenever she wasn't holding one, but later she revealed she thought she was pregnant, so all of those drinks were non-alcoholic, which means she wasn't drunk... Did she reveal it on purpose? Was it an accident? She blames it on the alcohol... Was it a mistake from the writers? Idk , thoughts?
At Ted and Stellas wedding the gang was debating whether or not Robin should come Ted says how she’s like his best friend, and obviously Marshall and Barney got upset so he corrects himself and says “best female friend” and Lilly fakes getting upset and gives up the charade halfway through and says why fake it but after all they’ve been through Lilly is definitely his best female friend and she should have been offended.
The Hall of Fame released their official ballot this week, and it includes 20 first timers. Some of them are great, some of them are not, and one way or another, several of them are going to be off the ballot after one year of voting. We're going to take a look at each one of them, starting from the bottom. Here's the first installment. And now...
Ted Lilly
Bill James Hall of Fame Monitor: 12
Career bWAR (11 years): 27.1
Stats: 130-113, 4.14 ERA, 1681 K, 1982.2 IP, 1.255 WHIP, 106 ERA+
Awards: All-Star X2 (2004, 2009)
League Leading Stats: Starts (34, 2008)
Teams Played For: Expos (1999), Yankees (2000-02), A’s (2002-03), Blue Jays (2004-06), Cubs (2007-10), Dodgers (2010-13)
Theodore Roosevelt Lilly III. In the annals of Major League fandom, I strongly believe that all players can be broken down into four basic categories: there are, of course, your favorite players. Pretty easy to suss out. Equally as easy to identify, are the players you absolutely fucking hate. Group three (actually group four, but we’re working out of order for narrative flow) is Everyone Else: the litany of players who, be they good or bad at their jobs, don’t inspire much in you and are just the names on the other rosters. Finally, there’s the group of Guys You Like.
These aren’t to be confused with your favorite players, AKA Guys You Love. These guys might be on your favorite team, they might not. They might be All-Stars and MVPs, or off the bench role players and specialists. But whatever role they fill or position they play, these are the guys that someone will bring up in conversation and you immediately go “Aw. I like him.”
I honestly believe that Ted Lilly wasn't interesting enough fit into group number two for anyone. I’m also pretty sure that not even Mama Lilly considered Ted to be her Favorite Player. But for a surprisingly high number of people, Ted Lilly was a Guy You Like.
If Lilly was the number one guy in your rotation, it was a pretty clear indicator that your team was in Year Three of its rebuilding plan. But as your number three guy, he was someone you felt perfectly comfortable handing the ball to twice a week.
During his prime (2003-2010), he was a perfectly respectable 104-82, 4.38 FIP, 7.6 K/9, 111 ERA+ guy who was good for 25.4 bWAR during that span. And within that period, the
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This happened about 10 years ago, when I was in college at UC Davis. I was reminded of it by some other recent Ted lilly discussion, and thought maybe some of you might enjoy it.
So i was a senior, and a friend asked me out to breakfast so we went out to IHOP. Out of the corner of my eye, while walking to the table, I had one of those ''I know that guy'' moments. I couldn't immediately place the face though, as the person was pretty unremarkable looking. I couldn't shake that feeling though that it was someone famous. My friend was relaying some tough stuff in his life, and I tried to listen intently, but my mind couldn't move on. He stepped out to take a phone call, and I went into the tank to figure this out.
In order for me to recognize this person out of context, it must be something I look at frequently. Was he one of my professors? No, I'd figure that out. Was he a famous musician or actor? That didn't sound right. Was he a famous athlete? I didn't actually watch that many sports on TV those days, as I was a cheap college student, and the A's (my favorite team) didn't have a dedicated TV station in Sacramento.
Then, it hit me. He was on my fantasy team. It was Ted Lilly. He pitched for the A's before, and I'd just recently traded Derek Jeter for him straight up. I got second in the league that year. Anyways, I confirmed this by figuring out how to use the internet on my Motorola Razr and pulling up his page. Sure enough, that was him.
A couple minute later he and his friends got up to leave. I had to seize this opportunity.
Me: ''Hi there, this might sound weird, but I have to ask. Are you Ted Lilly?''
Ted: ''Yeah, that's me. Nice to meet you.''
Me: ''Oh man, it's such a pleasure. I'm a huge fan of yours. I'm an A's fan, and I followed you a lot and looked up to you. It's great seeing you do well with the Cubs. You're a lot of fun to watch on TV. It's really cool to meet you. Thanks for taking the time to say Hi, I know you don't have to, and I appreciate it.''
That would have been a good way to handle that situation. That's not what I went with. I didn't exactly plan out what to do after working up the nerve to ask this random dude in an IHOP if he was also the third best starter on my fantasy team. So I went with what I knew.
Me, actually: ''Oh, you're on my fantasy baseball team!''
Ted: ''Oh, cool dude. I'll see ya later.''
Instantly, I knew I blew it. These days I'm sure players are used to this, but in 2007 fantasy baseball was still
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I read the discussion and no one seemed to point out this part of the episode where Lilly is talking about Marshall becoming a Judge. They both seemed genuinely upset and Ted says this line:
Ted: "All of a sudden his dream is more important than yours, and he did it behind your back! Bastardo!"
Didn't she do the same thing at the end of Season 1 when she left for that painting fellowship in San Francisco? But she also called off a wedding and broke his heart in the process. Not to mention she also hurt Ted as well, in doing so, yet all of this is somehow forgotten?
This was my brothers idea, he thought (and I agree) the best ending to the show would be Marshall sayin "time to pay up" to Lilly, and she gave him $20, agreeing that she lost the bet and that Ted ended up with Robin, she slaps the cash in Marshal's hand and the credits roll. I think it would have been the best final scene. What do you guys think?
My buddy is saying that he remembers an interview between Len & Bob and Ryan Dempster and Dempster said that Lilly was the hardest guy to make laugh because he's self-conscious about not having teeth.
I think it was implied that he was saying bitch, but everyone was reacting like he was sating cunt.
Of course talking about the show How I Met Your Mother.
