A plea for President Obama to authorize a special forces raid on John Lannan's compound
That son of a bitch did it again. It took just two batters for the world's most notorious living terrorist to strike. In the first inning, after retiring leadoff hitter Jimmy Rollins, John Lannan hit Shane Victorino with a 1-0 fastball.
For those of you keeping score at home, here is an updated breakdown of the extremist leader's successful attacks:
Lannan has faced 2612 batters in his career and has hit 22 of them. That is .84 percent of batters.
Of the 2612 batters Lannan has faced, 310 of them have been Phillies (11.86%).
Of the 22 batters Lannan has hit, 9 of them have been Phillies (40.9%).
John Lannan has hit 2.9% of Phillies that he has faced.
Here is a list of the Phillies that Osama bin Lannan has hit:
Chase Utley, three times
Ryan Howard, three times
Shane Victorino, twice
Raul Ibanez, once
The civil libertarians simply have this one wrong. Bin Lannan is a dangerous fanatic who hates our freedoms--most notably, our freedom to see our stud second baseman win the 2007 NL MVP award. He possesses a thoroughly warped worldview. He is deeply hostile to our way of life. And he will stop at nothing short of murder to terrorize the world into adopting his twisted way of life. While the right to a fair trial is very much at the heart of our thriving democracy, Bin Lannan has demonstrated through his conduct that he is unworthy of this privilege.
I hereby call on the president to authorize a targeted strike by a highly-trained team of special forces operatives on OBL's compound--similar in style to the raid on the other OBL's compound--in order to neutralize this monster. For every moment OBL remains active, no Phillies batter is safe. What's more, as long as he is active, he will serve as an inspiration to young lefties with sub-par stuff the world over. Do what needs to be done, Mr. President.
And if you are struggling to find someone skilled enough to complete this admittedly daunting mission, I have just the man for the job.
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Straight-up Anton Chigurh
Love it.
"They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds." - Wilt Chamberlain
I imagine Vance Worley could go to Hong Kong, swoop in and bring him back to the DA.
Wait, am I thinking of the wrong movie? Wasn’t Vance in that movie? Yeah, yeah he was. I’m good.
It's in his wheelhouse!!
Carlos Ruiz, My Nickname is Chooch.
Who on the Nats is he going to use as his human shield?
Aristotle was not Belgian, the principle of Buddhism is not "every man for himself", and the London Underground is not a political movement.
I move that so long as he is still kicking and writhing in this world, that John Lannan – per FM’s titling of him in the post – should forever be known as JBL.
Could you imagine the media circus if we were to merely capture him? They would all descend upon Philadelphia for the trial – and would give him ample opportunity to express his extremist views. We cannot allow him to use a trial as a forum to disperse orders to his network via his favorite media outlet – Dan-Jazeera.
A proud member of the Church of BaseBa'al
Johnsana Bin Lannan. Best nickname ever.
by Joecatz on May 6, 2011 8:53 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Bill Baer's take
here, with pretty graph and h/t’s to TGP.
Celebrating 50 years of slightly more Phils wins than losses: 1962-2011
John Lannan has hit 2.9% of Phillies that he has faced.
To take this just a little bit further, that 2.9% Phillies Hit Rate brings up his league average of 0.84%. When Phillies vs. Non-Phillies hit rates are compared, we see:
Phillies Hit Rate = 2.9%
Non-Phillies Hit Rate = 0.56%
If you are a Phillies batsman, you are 5.2 times more likely to be hit by OBL.
Seal Team Six engage.
"Ninety percent of this game is half mental" - Yogi Berra (SI, May 14, 1979)
Ruben Amaro’s Phantastic Phour Special Phorces.
A proud member of the Church of BaseBa'al
by WanderingMoses on May 6, 2011 9:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Most damning of all
13 Games against the Phillies, 9 hit batters.That means, on average, 75% of the times he faces the Phillies he attempts murder. In his non Phillies games murder is only attempted 14.6% of the time, on average.

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