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Sexson --> New York, Ibanez !--> Arizona

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Designated thread to talk about this or go off-topic.

No, Tony Clark to Arizona doesn't mean their search for an Eric Byrnes replacement is through. Tony Clark is not a solution to a starting OF spot.

Possible off-topic suggestions:

-It was cloudy this morning
-Stone's 12th anniversary beer is a Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout
-Seattle still doesn't have an NHL team
-There are too few good lunch spots in downtown Seattle

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by MarkE on Jul 17, 2008 11:44 AM PDT reply actions  

Since I live in NY

I’m going to watch MANY MANY MANY more Yankee games now, watching Sexson do his ‘thing’ with the Yankees will be amazing…..MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Also, listening to the horrible talk radio on the way to work in the afternoons will be that much more amazing now that Sexson has come on the scene.

by Limerickx on Jul 17, 2008 11:46 AM PDT reply actions  

I kind of find it hard to deny that a part of me root for the Yankees.

After they signed Matsui (who I like), Damon, Randy, ARod (I’m always going to like him, though this whole Madonna thing makes me think a LOT less of him), and now Sexson. Also if it’s Yankees versus Sox, I’m going to root for the Yanks, because Sox fans are now more annoying than Yankees fans.

by LantermanC on Jul 17, 2008 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions  

WOOOO OLDER CHICKS!

The Jose Lopez Watch - 113 H - 12 BB - 67 G Left

by seattlebruin on Jul 17, 2008 11:50 AM PDT up reply actions  

Is this a dig at me?

The Jose Lopez Watch - 113 H - 12 BB - 67 G Left

by seattlebruin on Jul 17, 2008 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

And your taste

CTB was friggin hot once she started banging Wilson.

by AZSEAfan on Jul 17, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Those are both horrible pictures.

AKA "BRO-RAY" according to drunk Graham...

by Thingray on Jul 17, 2008 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

Agreed. Two very attractive women,

and you post two of their more unflattering ones?

by LantermanC on Jul 17, 2008 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

You can find a more flattering picture of her.

She looks much better now that she stopped dying her hair brown. I shouldn’t have to do this for you.

by JI on Jul 17, 2008 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Still not a great picture.

But I wouldn’t say she’s ugly.

AKA "BRO-RAY" according to drunk Graham...

by Thingray on Jul 17, 2008 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions  

They're both REALLY attractive

who cares? It’s like saying, would you rather have David Wright or Chase Utley on your team? Who cares? I’d be thrilled with either.

by LantermanC on Jul 17, 2008 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

So what you're saying is,

who you choose depends upon what needs you have?

AKA "BRO-RAY" according to drunk Graham...

by Thingray on Jul 17, 2008 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

CTB?

Figured it out, cut-throat bitch? She wasn’t hot, what about the other girl, ‘Olivia Wilde’. She went to my high school.

by LantermanC on Jul 17, 2008 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

That beer sounds really nice right now.

Although I’ve preferring IPA’s and other ales with the hot Portland, OR weather.

by Jed MC on Jul 17, 2008 11:47 AM PDT reply actions  

Or sprain an ankle.

Just ask Gomez.

AKA "BRO-RAY" according to drunk Graham...

by Thingray on Jul 17, 2008 12:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yes

I could say a lot of things about the perils of eating out but none of them are SFW

by Gomez on Jul 17, 2008 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions  

Good call.

Restraint is an excellent skill to have.

AKA "BRO-RAY" according to drunk Graham...

by Thingray on Jul 17, 2008 3:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

Off the top of my head from when I worked downtown:

Bakewell’s
Chuck’s Hole in the Wall BBQ
Cafe Zum Zum
Mae Phim
Salumi’s
Blue Water Tacos on 2nd Ave near Madison
burrito shop on 3rd Ave, across the street from the Courthouse

by Steve Nelson on Jul 17, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

The city is going to cave to the NBA demands for arena specifications

And there is noway the league allows the city to build something that gives them competition for the winter dollar since the new-Sonics will already have a likely frosty reception here. The league is all about less crowded markets.The Renton plan was our best shot at the NHL.

by Robert on Jul 17, 2008 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

We didn't have much of a chance at an NHL team anyway

Kansas City is 1st in line, assuming any teams are actively looking to move.

by Gomez on Jul 17, 2008 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions  

Unfortunately :(

I feel like I’d be a much bigger hockey fan if there was NHL up here. When I lived in Florida, I didn’t understand why Florida needed not one, but two pro hockey teams. But then again there are a lot of people who retire from northern states like New York, or Canada. More obscure places I don’t understand even today, like North Carolina, or Nashville. The Nashville Preds have to be the NHL equivalent to the New Orleans Hornets. If any team were to move here, I would bank my hopes of them doing so, unfortunately they have a shiny new arena, so chances of that are slim.

JI/Robert '08!

by Fin on Jul 17, 2008 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

Oh, I agree

It’s usually tough to have any sort of serious interest in the NHL when you don’t have a team. Guys like Jeff are among the exceptions.

by Gomez on Jul 17, 2008 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

Exactly

I know Vancouver isn’t that far away, but I don’t think having to cross a border into another country makes it a hometown team. I guess we just have to hope that the NHL some how tied in with the stadium deal if one gets passed next year.

JI/Robert '08!

by Fin on Jul 17, 2008 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Speaking of the NHL

horrible rumor that the Kings might trade Anze Kopitar for who gives a shit.

I’ll quit the NHL if this trade happens.

The poster formerly known as Matt.

by bluemax on Jul 17, 2008 12:11 PM PDT reply actions  

You can get a 40" TV for free?

Where?

The Jose Lopez Watch - 113 H - 12 BB - 67 G Left

by seattlebruin on Jul 17, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

I dunno

but anyone want to buy my lovingly used 36” panasonic? It’s still in great shape. Weighs about 200 lbs though.

by johnbai on Jul 17, 2008 1:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

Panasonic isn't a girls name.

AKA "BRO-RAY" according to drunk Graham...

by Thingray on Jul 17, 2008 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Just wait until Robert has children

The Jose Lopez Watch - 113 H - 12 BB - 67 G Left

by seattlebruin on Jul 17, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

Beats me

I live in Los Angeles and last season I just tried to watch as many Kings games as I could find time for.

I also would post/read the NHL thread over on NeoGAF from time to time. Aside from that I dunno. The last time I got into hockey was back in elementary school because I had a friend who was a Rangers fan and he got me excited about the Rangers (they won the cup that year and I listened to it on the radio).

The poster formerly known as Matt.

by bluemax on Jul 17, 2008 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

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by Robert on Jul 17, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

You must hate Fausto Carmona, Good Felix, Wang, etc

GB to second-GB to second-GB to second-inning over-GB to second-GB to second-GB to second-inning over-GB to second-GB to SS-GB to second-inning over-GB to second-GB to first-GB to second-inning over-GB to second-GB to second-GB to SS-inning over-GB to second-GB to second-GB to second-inning over-GB to second-GB to second-GB to second-inning over-GB to second-GB to second-GB to second-inning over-GB to second-GB to second-GB to third-inning over-GB to second-GB to SS-GB to second-inning over

by Faux on Jul 17, 2008 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Please explain how, because I don't see it.

I saw Halladay get 10 straight grounders to 2B, and you know what people did? They got up and went to the concessions.

by Faux on Jul 17, 2008 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

I still don't see the giant difference.

In football, part of the game is running down the clock and play defense as well (to take it to a different sport). Teams that excel at that win. Same with hockey. If it works and it’s legal, why not use it. You’re there to win, not to entertain people.

You guys hate them so much, but they got rid of that style of play indefinitely with the rules change they caused.

Just like the ruling that you have to pitch w/i a certain time they instituted this year. It was to combat people like Traschel.

by Faux on Jul 17, 2008 12:47 PM PDT up reply actions  

One, not anymore.

Hence the rules changes.

Two, there are teams just based around running and defense in the NFL. That doesn’t seem so different to me.

by Faux on Jul 17, 2008 12:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't know that much about hockey either.

But I don’t see why the giant amount of hatred towards a team that didn’t do anything but follow the rules. It’s not like they were screwing other teams or cheating. Other teams copied them, and those other teams started winning as well.

Then Toronto swooped in and changed the rules, and under the new rules that style of play couldn’t win anymore. So they moved on to other styles that weren’t as effective.

by Faux on Jul 17, 2008 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

They did something, it worked.

People like to bitch a lot, but everyone else copied it until the rules changed, didn’t they?

by Faux on Jul 17, 2008 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's boring offense designed to slow down the game

Felix and Fausto are performing a defensive role.

by Gomez on Jul 17, 2008 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

I guess I just don't see the problem.

They found a loophole and exploited it to win until the powers that be closed it.

by Faux on Jul 17, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think you're upset at the wrong people.

Sean Avery sat in front of Brodeur in the playoffs and blocked his vision by acting like a fucking dope. In between that game and the next, they added that to the things that construe goalie interference.

by Faux on Jul 17, 2008 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sorry, cut myself off.

They could have changed that rule long before they did.

It’s not the Devils fault for that.

by Faux on Jul 17, 2008 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

The problem here seems to be a disagreement over whether the ends justify the means.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but you seem believe that the goal of winning justifies any strategy you use to achieve it (assuming it’s within the rules), while the rest of us believe that a team can be judged on the manner in which it tried to win as well as whether or not it did. Is that a fair statement?

by ningwers on Jul 17, 2008 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

Sort of.

I believe that any loophole should be exploited by a team to win. If it meant standing on the mound for 3 hours, or going out and arguing until the snow got deep enough for the game to get called before it was official, or by playing a hold offense.

I also believe that loopholes should be closed immediately by whatever powers exist, without exception. Hockey can, and does, change its rules on the fly (see my Avery example above). How they couldn’t have done so immediately, or during the mid-season break (or hell, after the first season that had this problem), is more erroneous than the teams that actually do the thing I dislike.

To equate this to baseball, I was pissed when the salaries skyrocketed and NYY and other large markets started buying out other teams star talent. I was slightly pissed at NYY, but more pissed at the MLB FO. When they started the supplemental pick system, that allayed a lot of my rage (not far enough, but they’re moving in the right direction at least). Same thing with the RuleV draft and some FOs hogging all the minor league talent.

Now, I just hate the Yankees because I largely hate most things NY based, and because I can. Not really because of the salaries anymore.

I hope I’ve clarified myself a little bit.

by Faux on Jul 17, 2008 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's like if there was a loophole in the MLB rule books that stated games lasting more than five hours

are immediately ended if official and every time the Ms had the lead after 5 innings the Ms pitcher would go out there and just hold the ball for the next 3 hours until the ump was forced to end the game.

by Matthew on Jul 17, 2008 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

Exactly.

And you know what, that would last a week before just about everyone would vote to change it.

Toronto could have change that rule after the first season, or pushed it through midseason. But you’re mad at the team, not the people in charge of the rules.

In other words, don’t hate the player, hate the game.

by Faux on Jul 17, 2008 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

You need to update your SBN favorite teams list.

It’s like changing your relationship status on facebook. It makes it offical.

by Robert on Jul 17, 2008 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions   3 recs

Rec'd for being the perfect example

The Jose Lopez Watch - 113 H - 12 BB - 67 G Left

by seattlebruin on Jul 17, 2008 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

That's a valid option, and you're perfectly entitled to it.

I take that road quite a bit myself (see my response above to nwingers).

I’m just happy when people realize that they were allowed to do that, so they did, and that the party allowing it to happen deserves the blame as well.

Too many put the blame solely on the shoulders of the team/person involved, when it’s really also an administrative problem (see Bonds, Barry or the Chacon/Wade saga).

by Faux on Jul 17, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

My friend says

“you know how the Rays got good this year all of a sudden? In response, Martin Brodeur has petitioned to have his team renamed the New Jersey s”

The Jose Lopez Watch - 113 H - 12 BB - 67 G Left

by seattlebruin on Jul 17, 2008 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

Jaguars are my third team

but it’s rough since they’re in the same division as the Texans

by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jul 17, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

How the fuck can people have three teams

I had trouble picking an NHL team because I know I was going to root against them when/if Seattle got a team.

by Robert on Jul 17, 2008 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

I like the Chargers in the AFC

But I still wanted to impale myself when Micheal Boulware was a fucktard a few years back when we played them.

by Robert on Jul 17, 2008 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Not the same

Babs is the bringer of hopes and dreams.

by Robert on Jul 17, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

I never said Babs is good

I just said he was the bringer of hopes and dreams.

by Robert on Jul 17, 2008 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

I hope I get hit by a bus full of hot chicks

and by “hit,” I mean “it stops so I can get on”

The Jose Lopez Watch - 113 H - 12 BB - 67 G Left

by seattlebruin on Jul 17, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

It does.

That’s how I have a friend who’s an M’s fan, and an A’s fan as well (but hates the Raiders, go figure).

AKA "BRO-RAY" according to drunk Graham...

by Thingray on Jul 17, 2008 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yep

Jaguars were just a local team that I want to win if they’re not playing against my two teams

by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jul 17, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

I have the worst.

Unless it deals with historical baseball stats.

by JI on Jul 17, 2008 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

The Bears?

Fail Fail Fail Fail Fail.

by BrianL on Jul 17, 2008 12:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

YES YES YES

No the bears I was thinking of, but yes!

by JI on Jul 17, 2008 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

Does this mean we are still on the hook for paying Sexson this season?

Or do the Yankees have to pick his check up?

(I know Sexson is a sunk cost and having money saved this year doesn’t help us at all; I was just wondering.)

by Wilder. on Jul 17, 2008 1:03 PM PDT reply actions