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seiferguy posted:I assume Alyssa Milano is the league leader in this.
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Sep 16, 2010 03:09
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THE MACHO MAN posted:Who doesn't like the subway race to Yankee you goddamn pinko Steve Simmons is the worst. Brooks atleast covers the CBa poo poo extensively even if he is an rear end and you disagree with his CBa opinions.
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Sep 16, 2010 20:12
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barkingclam posted:To continue awful baseball journalism: Steve Simmons is the worst sports writer and I refuse to believe otherwise. Just a blubbering beelzebub baby. His articles leading up to the 2009 NHL draft were incredible. One day Tavares was an egomaniac who would bust the next day he was Toronto's prodigal son and Burke needed to do whatever it takes to get him.
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Oct 5, 2010 23:48
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I didn't find that article to be so bad. Yeah, its basically telling fans to not read into stats cause its a waste of time, but its focus is on the idea that as fans we should focus on the story, as players they should focus on creating the story, and as journalists we should focus on telling it. The stats behind it all are the GM's job. I disagree, I think understanding the stats makes for a more informed fan, but its not straight up saying its all BS. Though I am also much more optimistic.
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Oct 11, 2010 22:25
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Badfinger posted:If the point of the article was that people that are into stats sometimes aren't great writers and people that are very good writers don't understand stats then it'd be spot on. If it was something along the lines of "This is a blueprint for how to make stats mainstream!" that'd be pretty cool. Oh its definitely horribly written, but beneath the meandering thought it didn't offend me as much as some other articles would have beyond the fact that essays I've written an hour before class are better and more coherent than that.
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Oct 11, 2010 23:07
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leokitty posted:For the gently caress of it: Age of consent in Connecticut is 16. Connecticut also still has original blend 4lokos.
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Feb 10, 2011 00:26
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THE MACHO MAN posted:His religious beliefs were that he'd look like an idiot if he lost and that it would be viewed as a freebie if he won. It's a trained competitor who qualified for states, not a random girl of the street. Piledrive her skull into pieces like you would for anyone else. Even if his reasons are BS, the comparison is pretty terrible and I'm not going to get on a 15 year for not wanting to wrestle a girl. She may be just as good or better, her skill is irrelevant. I've also never wrestled so I could just be entirely wrong in saying that could be awkward for reasons that I don't feel are sexist.
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Feb 22, 2011 16:49
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jeffersonlives posted:Players refusing to sign is usually a marketing thing and has little to do with the player hating fans. Pujols has an exclusive auto deal with Upper Deck, and many memorabilia companies want to keep their players signing as little as possible to keep prices up. It sucks, but that's the way of the world, although a lot of guys get around it by signing side panel or in marker instead of pen. And some teams discourage fan interaction for various reasons. This is true and it goes for all sports. The Islanders do at least 3-4 team signings a month all year long and use everyone multiple times, but in his two years here Tavares has never been apart of a team signing, only Steiner sports or immediately after his drafting, because of his various sponsorship deals and such (being that he is the only player anyone not an Isles fan would know). Personally I really don't like the practice. But I'm also not the one making money off of it.
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Mar 7, 2011 19:27
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TUS posted:Is there a rivalry between Philly/Boson in either Basketball or Hockey? "Hey, Bruins and Flyers hate each other, why can't the Red Sox and Phillies?!" Sort of. Both are in different divisions. But both have had big tough teams throughout the years and when good certainly had a natural "two good tough teams rivalry" thing. Plus last year either Boston choked to Philly after being down 3-0 in the series.
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Mar 14, 2011 18:59
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If you guys wanna see some really bad journalism go to here. http://7thwoman.blogspot.com/ Somehow she has more inside access than Chris Botta because the Islanders higher ups are retarded. Yes its a blog, but she's essentially their beat reporter.
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Apr 12, 2011 16:00
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Mornacale posted:If a baseball player said they were taking the year off to read poetry, they would immediately become my favorite baseball player for all time. RA DIckey reads poetry and play baseball. 
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May 22, 2011 17:11
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DO YALL WANT A BOXC posted:I've liked everything on the site so far. It's another place to get good semi-long form journalism and that's pretty great in my book. Yeah, even the stuff thats not what i agree with is at least obviously a product of effort. Theres a self awareness that is refreshing, and its nice to be able to enjoy the idyllic-ness of sports writing without feeling guilty. The story of the 3 on 5 game high school basketball game is really good in this regard. Its like good Rick Reilly writing. It gets a bookmark from me.
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Jun 9, 2011 16:57
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Ribsauce posted:I was pretty excited about Grantland because I have always felt long form sports journalism needed a stronger foothold on the internet. So far I am really enjoying most of the content. Even if I don't know the score, knowing the game is already concluded takes away a lot for me. Its like knowing that there is a twist at the end of Fight Club but not knowing the twist. You end up looking for the twist and when it happens its less of a surprise and more like "ah, there we go. that was clever."
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Jun 9, 2011 17:10
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Edawg06 posted:Honestly, I don't think that's really it. I think it's more "Oh god we are going to have this rammed down our throats for a month." The HBO Documentary is proof of this. I mean, Jeter is a fine player and full credit to him when (if!?) he reaches 3000 hits. But it's not a national event and I don't need live look-ins of every at-bat. Cause Derek Jeter has an EDGE.
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Jul 8, 2011 15:57
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Bigass Moth posted:Yes and the Arizona Diamondbacks needed it more than the Yankees
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Jul 21, 2011 14:48
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Mornacale posted:Oh, I see, so it's just "dumb jocks" rather than "dumb blacks" well I guess that's perfectly reasonable. Actually Simmons is right to an extent. Whether its nice or not, the NBA primarily draws from lower income households and the elite skipping/breezing through college. Hockey is primarily middle-class and above for its talent pool. Its not 100% true for every player, but the difference in economic background makes a difference. This is especially true for American B-ball players vs. American hockey players. American hockey players play longer in college at better colleges and have less freedom to gently caress up because they are not an economic foundation of schools in the same way basketball is. Its a hosed up system. He probably should have gone into that further, otherwise you have knee-jerk reactions like your post and half-asses apologies like his. That being said, player unions and players have lawyers who do know what they are doing. I don't think the education background is at play in this lockout. Okposolypse fucked around with this message at 16:59 on Oct 21, 2011 |
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Oct 21, 2011 16:57
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ElwoodCuse posted:Actually, athletes from lower income families have a significantly smaller chance of making it to the NBA There was also I think a Simmon's article on a kid who got would play in corporate leagues and would get paid to do so. Would poo poo like this be a factor, or a small blip? Regardless, I don't think Simmons' was implying the NBA is just "dumb black people."
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Oct 21, 2011 17:13
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Dutchy posted:Does that sentence become more cool and reasonable if they say "Why are you rooting for anybody, you should still be playing right now!!!!"? Ever so slightly. But not really. Sports fans who have that "WHAT? YOU THINK ABOUT ANYTHING BUT BASEBALL?" attitude are the worst. They will legitimately argue that they deserve a return for all the sweat and tears they put into watching their team. Okposolypse fucked around with this message at 18:12 on Oct 21, 2011 |
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Oct 21, 2011 18:10
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:This is kind of not quite so accurate. First of all, I would agree on balance that NCAA hockey players do attend college for longer than NCAABB counterparts. However, this is in part due to the fact that most of the top-level talent in the NHL plays Major Junior. People who play Major Junior hardly get an adequate high school education. Of course, many elite basketball players also skip NCAABB but I would imagine that the percentage of total players attending university at any point is higher for the NBA. The elite talent that goes to NCAA for hockey typically leaves on a similar trajectory to their basketball playing counterparts. IS there a way to look at stats for parents educational backgrounds of athletes? Regardless, I don't think their is a huge difference (there are some really "dumb" hockey players, especially those from reservations and who have little contact with their family on travel teams. Its really hosed up how many of these kids from that background have disorders and behavioral problems), but I don't think Simmon's was making a subtly racist point. Okposolypse fucked around with this message at 19:31 on Oct 21, 2011 |
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Oct 21, 2011 19:27
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Totally agree with you on the support and background thing, but most of the guys who make the NHL don't go on to Canadian universities. Most of the guys who make the NHL out of Junior either make it straight out of Junior or they toil in the E and A for a while before finally making the show. quote:I think lots of people underestimate just how disruptive it is to uproot 15 year old kids, put them all the way across the country with host families and expect them to play extremely competitive hockey at a high level which expressly conflicts with their education. It's a really hosed up system (Danton, etc being the worst of it), but at a lower level it's still damaging. Agreed 100%. Sometimes it works out fine, you get a great host family, a good coach, and your set. But it puts kids in a very vulnerable position where they can get isolated easily. Frost will always be the worst example of how quickly that atmosphere can destroy kids. But even just not being home must have a stunting effect on these kids.
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Oct 21, 2011 19:59
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http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/f...ksEnabled=false This is one hell of an article on Marcus Dixon. Didn't even know his story.
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Nov 27, 2011 17:20
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The Prisoner posted:John Steigerwald with another gem: Steigy is a piece of poo poo homer and his partner sucks rear end too. The team is set-up to be the best team in the league and exists only because of Mario's sweet tears over potentially losing his legacy. Meanwhile franchises are left to rot because they haven't been blessed with Tears of the Lemieux. Ovechkin still owns. He's been Kovulchuked, reduced to a gimmick. Give this guy a real coach and not some fat guy in a suit and some better conditioning. Similiar thing happening to Stamkos (though he's still producing), coaches can't regulate these dynamic players to one-timing PP point dudes. Its easy and produces goals but its going to get shutdown and lead to them neglecting the rest of their game.
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Dec 5, 2011 21:06
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Mornacale posted:Wrong Steigerwald, buddy. Well, thats a rant wasted.
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Dec 5, 2011 22:23
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Roids would help a lot for specific players and if Laraque is to be believed, its common place. I'd assume its common place more within the goons. Actual players need more lean muscle, being bulky (especially in today's speed game) doesn't help. It would help with recovery times though. If anyone is a steroid suspect is DiPietro who put on as poo poo load of bulky muscle in a single offseason then proceeded to have every joint in from the hip down deteriorate despite being a fitness/workout freak and a natural multi-sport athlete. Okposolypse fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Dec 6, 2011 |
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Dec 6, 2011 17:56
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:You were actually the first person I heard this from awhile back; what are the sources on this? I haven't heard a peep about DP and roids but my ear isn't as close to the ground for isles news as you obviously. People on the IslanderMania message board have connects to people inside the team. Either by working there, or associating with people who do, or through some of the season ticket team greets where fans have had conversations with Nolan and such. From people who used to go to the practices, news articles from the time (Isles website was bragging about his sudden macho-man physique and said he was poised to have a huge year). It was a really rapid weight gain and it was pure muscle, dude was absolutely ripped (those who would go iceworks said he gained it all in like 2-3 months from April to the very first skates when he would do workouts with McCabe and poo poo). The year before Sean Hill was busted for roids in an incident that was surprisingly quietly swept under the rug. The sudden muscle mass addition and subsequent destruction of his joints are suspicious. And there were steroid being used in the Isles lockerroom by Hill. I don't fully buy the story, but for someone who is as freakishly into his health/body as DP, I just find it hard to believe he had the kind of injuries he did. They just completely wore out. Some of it maybe that DP rubs people the wrong way in person (theres a good story of him in the AHL and how vets were getting pissed cause he he was a smug poo poo to the AHL vets), but if you wanted a classic example of steroid symptoms, DP had 'em all. Ovy drinks a shitload and its probably a conditioning thing. He can be explosive in short bursts and when it matters but he can't fly around anymore. That and there is better offensive depth cutting into his minutes. Okposolypse fucked around with this message at 06:37 on Dec 7, 2011 |
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Dec 7, 2011 06:15
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Medical Sword posted:I like how he allegorizes a trade between baseball teams to rape We got a rape joke, black joke, hitler joke, and some lovely stat argument. Its like an amalgamation of lovely Fans With Opinions into a single article. Its not terrible, like there are worse articles with far more stupid arguments, but its the shear amount of poo poo crammed in that is impressive.
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Dec 17, 2011 22:09
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Crion posted:Uh huh. How do you feel about the US Women's Curling Team, out of curiosity Im sure it was Sewden or Canada that had the hottie but curling is mesmerizing for reasons untirely unrelated to that. You could naked rosie o'donnel's or mila kunis and either way that sport would still be captivating for unexplainable reasons.
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R.D. Mangles posted:My favorite baseball player in the whole world, Slammin' Sammy Fuld, has a great article on Game 162 from the Rays' perspective. Thats seriously superb.
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Feb 20, 2012 17:43
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