From Now till Opening Day, in Terms of Sporting Excitement:
by Matthew on Feb 1, 2009 11:42 PM PST
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March Madness? Spring Training?
This year’s Spring Training will especially be exciting for the Mariners.
Yup.
It is like Mad Max!
Only with overly uplifting Spring Training profiles on guys we will never see in the big leagues.
So going to lose on Thursday.
PURPLE PRIDE BIZITCH!
There are no good individual basketball statistics.
54!
AMEN!
That game’s gonna be fucking sick.
Woops, just realized you are not referring to UW, but U of Portland.
by Fin on Feb 2, 2009 2:23 AM PST up reply actions
Indeedsy.
Though we beat them earlier too. :P
There are no good individual basketball statistics.
54!
Well UW is still doing awesome in basketball
Which is refreshing after how embarrassing our football team was.
by Fin on Feb 2, 2009 2:45 AM PST up reply actions
Yes!
I’m going to the Memphis game on Saturday – anyone else here going?
I previously posted as "Man From Nantucket"
by mem on Feb 2, 2009 7:57 AM PST up reply actions
Atleast there is beer to fill the void.
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
re: Masters
The Masters starts on April 6th, I believe, so it’s after opening day.
I can see my house from there
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Stop being bored by the Premier League and get into it
Better than the alternatives.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 2, 2009 7:15 AM PST reply actions
We are one piece away.
And apparently that one piece is a new head coach.
Turns out Steve Mason has mono.
We were shut out by a goalie suffering from a disease whose main symptom is fatigue
Time to find yourself a new favorite player.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 2, 2009 9:35 AM PST up reply actions
I did not know this was a possibility and now I am worried.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Feb 2, 2009 9:53 AM PST up reply actions
You could have stayed with the Isles.
Then you’d have Tavares.
And…
uh…
My team has a name.
Further illustrating how superior West Ham United is to other football clubs.
Fear the NPE
Ducks is indeed a massive flapping penis of a name
by Jeff Sullivan on Feb 2, 2009 12:28 PM PST up reply actions
I miss the Mighty Ducks
and the Mighty Ducks logo.
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Juuuust a bit outside!!
http://www.rightfieldbleachers.com
Don't want to talk about it
Get rid of AV.
by Woodinville_12thMan on Feb 2, 2009 7:25 PM PST up reply actions
Rich Hill ---> O's for PTBNL
That’s sporting excitement, right? In a way. Apparently there’s some strange deal where the PTNBL’s identity depends on performance which I guess means that the O’s, who aren’t going anywhere next year anyway, have an interest in seeing him fail in the short term.
by Bearskin Rugburn on Feb 2, 2009 9:52 AM PST reply actions
That man was Harry Chiti
You just don't know when to keep your mouth shut, do you Saxy boy?
by oc on Feb 2, 2009 12:25 PM PST up reply actions
I cannot believe this didn't get me boxed.
by Aaron Campeau on Feb 3, 2009 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
First I'd heard of it. What other trade returns depended on player performance?
Kinda wish the Bedard trade worked out this way.
by Bearskin Rugburn on Feb 2, 2009 10:18 AM PST up reply actions
A non-trivial percentage of PTBNLs
are determined by how the 40-man player performs.
I wonder what the formula is for the performance measure?
Do they pre-pick a handful of PTNBL and rank them, followed by the performance of the traded player?
I imagine it will be something like
Player X for <100 ML IP
Player Y for 100-150 ML IP
Player Z for >150 ML IP
or, as a reasonable proxy for the same, replace IP with BB/9 and some arbitrary milestones. I have to think that Tilllman is somewhere toward the top of that list.
by Bearskin Rugburn on Feb 2, 2009 10:25 AM PST up reply actions
So it may be results based, but sixteen months later, this prediction has turned out amusingly
The Royals are hopeless.
John Buck, Alex Gordon, Mark Teahen, Billy Butler, David DeJesus, Zack Greinke, and Joakim Soria make for a solid young Major League core, with Luke Hochevar on the way and Justin Huber still hanging around. Dayton Moore makes the front office competent for the first time in centuries. It’s the White Sox who’re screwed. (Note: I was going to address a “The Orioles are hopeless” point too until I realized that they really are.)
I don't know
I would argue that a bunch a heady moves after the 2007, their farm system is quite a bit stronger. Plus it appears that they realize that team defense is quite a bit more important than one player.
by Robert on Feb 2, 2009 12:32 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
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