Tuesday Morning Fly By: Add In The Giants Story, and That Was a Busy Monday
by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 6:00 AM EST
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Today's open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes...
- Previewing the Flyers game against the Panthers: [Bill Meltzer]
- The Flyers picked Ilya Bryzgalov over Sergei Bobrovsky, and that's just as bad of a choice as it was when they made it: [Backhand Shelf]
- Claude Giroux could use the All-Star break to take time away. But he's playing in the game: [Daily News]
- Brayden Schenn is taking advantage of his opportunity on the top line: [The Checking Line]
- And he's just one of the rookies the Flyers are relying on: [CSNPhilly]
- Asking if/when the rookies will hit a wall: [Flyers Faithful]
- Scott Hartnell had a huge day Sunday: [SB Nation Philly]
- And he's having a great season: [delcotimes]
- But don't forget about the day Max Talbot had: [The Checking Line]
- Former Phantoms part-time-goalie-full-time-student Carter Hutton was named AHL Player of the Week after going 4-0-0 with a 1.25 goals against average and 0.960 save percentage: [TheAHL.com]
- NHL Power Rankings for this week show Nashville as the big winner (again) with Boston and Detroit surviving dates with their main conference rival: [SB Nation Philly]
- Alex Ovechkin was suspended three games for his hit on Zbynek Michalek: [Washington Times] [Puck Daddy]
- Alex Goligoski signed a four year deal with Dallas worth $4.6 million per. Matt Carle takes note: [Defending Big D]
- The optimists guide to those teams who aren't going to make the playoffs: [Down Goes Brown]
- Tim Thomas caused a stir yesterday when he refused to join his teammates at their White House ceremony: [SBNation.com] [Puck Daddy] He released a statement afterwards: [Facebook]
- Great study by Deadspin breaking down how much time Sportscenter devoted per week to certain topics. The NHL got 13.5 minutes, or 2.4% of air time, which was less than Major League Baseball. Non-Penguins coverage of the NHL totaled 8.5 minutes, or 1.5%: [Deadspin]
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Has anyone ever played an All Star game while suspended?
Simon Gagne AND Mike Richards may move between towns, wear new jerseys and call different arenas home but, at the end of the day, they will both always be Philadelphia Flyers.
One day Sean Couturier will win the Conn Smythe. You heard it here first.
by PursuitOfLappyness on Jan 24, 2012 6:57 AM EST reply actions
Evidently Mr. Thomas is the new Curt Schilling. Now I really hate him.
by j reed on Jan 24, 2012 7:10 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
He would all of a sudden be the Thomas which Boston nearly ran out of town for not living up to his contract before he all of a sudden became fat jesus between the pipes.
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why, have you read it?
Beets,Bears,Battlestar Galactica.
MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
I’ve read enough Rand to stay away from it. She should have stuck strictly with her philosophical writing, she’s a dreadful fiction writer. She wrote like what she was, a philospher. He writing is very didactic and lacked nuance- just too stiff. It was more about clobbering the reader over the head with her ideology.
the sex scenes are great though. Industrial Purple.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Jan 24, 2012 1:52 PM EST up reply actions
isnt that really what most politically motivated books do though…. orwells books did that to me
Beets,Bears,Battlestar Galactica.
MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
I don’t know that Orwell inspired his own “religion,” though. Unfortunately, Rand has her own class of followers, some of the more gregarious are referred to as “Ayn Rand Assholes”. And it’s fitting.
"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn
Orwell had the courage to attack political tyranny on his own side of the spectrum. He was a socialist but valued individual liberty. There is more nuance in his body of work.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Jan 24, 2012 2:03 PM EST up reply actions
he was a socialist? ive never heard taht….when did this come about?
Beets,Bears,Battlestar Galactica.
MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
hmmm… that seems odd to me because if he really wanted a classless society then that society would need an over lord to enforce the classlessness and equality, which kinda leeds right into 1984
Beets,Bears,Battlestar Galactica.
MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
There’s an ocean of literary talent between Orwell and Rand, whatever their political views are.
Keeping alive the old Vaudeville joke, "I'd rather be dead than play Philadelphia."
is that due to rands political believes or actual writing skills?
Beets,Bears,Battlestar Galactica.
MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
That is due to actual writing skill. That’s why I said “whatever their political beliefs.” I have no trouble reading about Rand’s philosophy.
Are you claiming libertarians are fundamentally worse writers than socialists?
Keeping alive the old Vaudeville joke, "I'd rather be dead than play Philadelphia."
where the hell did i say that..im an independent who agrees with much of what ron paul says..not all but alot
Beets,Bears,Battlestar Galactica.
MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
were you the guy yesterday talking about how dirty and high the flyers hits were on stanely cup of chowder, because ive gotta tell you, your completely wrong if you did
Beets,Bears,Battlestar Galactica.
MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
And thanks to so many of your teams players for the holes on other teams.
G, the second coming of Foppa.
Embrace the Jagr.*
by JerseyDriver on Jan 24, 2012 2:23 PM EST up reply actions
I can only hate him for playing for a conference rival, he’s free to say and do as he pleases. But to say it has nothing to do with politics or party is a bit disingenuous. It may have nothing to do with party, but does have to do with politics. At least he’s consistent in that he passed on the opportunity to devour an entire buffet funded on the public dime so as not to increase the federal deficit. Still, it’s kinda stupid to decline some of the best food and service found anywhere in the US.
oh isn’t that ironic the millionaire goalie from boston doesn’t like Obama because he’d like Thomas to pay more taxes. I guess thomas’ krispy kreme tab is a lot higher than we all thought
by profoundnotions on Jan 24, 2012 10:28 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
sorry that wasn’t to you guys it was supposed to be at the bottom on its own not a reply. stupid android app…
by profoundnotions on Jan 24, 2012 10:28 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Cue Cornbread Maxwell quote, who said he became a Republican since he was making so much money (actually, that’s a paraphrase, he used a more colloquial term as I recall).
GMAT verbal section question, Philadelphia sports version.
In 2015, which one of the following will prove to be a better investment?
(a) Ilya Bryzgalov's contract (b) Ryan Howard's extension (c) Mike Vick's extension (d) Greek bonds from 2009 (e) Papelbon's bloat deal
I like that piece from Backhand Shelf though I wasn’t crazy about this line.
Whatever happened in Boston on Sunday is beyond Bryzgalov’s blame, but anytime you’re looking enough to throw a five-spot on Tim Thomas and the Boston Bruins is a game that you should win.
And I was adamantly opposed to signing the guy, so I’m not an apologist for him but given the article is about how Bryz was a bad signing, that sentence seems very “read between the line-ish”. Plus, the Flyers played here not in Boston.
While that game wasn’t on Bryz he definitely sucked it up enough to give up 2 goals that he never should have, which could have been the difference between a W and an L.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
I’m not gonna fault a goalie for anything when they are made to (or asked, but he wouldn’t say no so I’ll just stick to made to) play back to back games simply because they shouldn’t unless it’s an emergency.
Cue BROKEN RECORD. The amount of force a goalie subjects his lower body and hips to when they drop into the butterfly postion is the equivalent of an OLYPMIC clean and jerk. So playing on back to back days is similiar to doing functional weight lifting – deadlifts, squats, good mornings, clean and jerks, snatches, lunges, etc. with maximal to submaximal loads two days in a row. I shouldn’t have to explain why that is bad on this blog at least to the hockey players. Not to mention the average goalie wears 50 lbs. of pads so that requires alot of muscle endurance and finally the additional CNS strain of spending a hour in a hyper-vigilant state and having a hard rubber disk flung at you at high speeds. Personally given that work load I wouldn’t put a goalie thru back to back games esp. when I have an excellent well rested replacement. As such I don’t feel I can fairly critique a goalie’s performance when they are subjected to such loads.
I would never put goalies through back to backs but that’s my uninformed opinion since I’m not a coach and wasn’t a goalie.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
After all those consecutive-day ardors for Bryz, why not toss the SO bone to Bob in the Boston game? You get a fresh goalie hungry to make a mark,. And it could work the other way, too, with Bob yielding to a fresh Bryz after playing to a tie. The first shot that’s stopped will make Lav look like a genius.
by Lesion of Doom on Jan 24, 2012 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
Ed Snider, Homer and Lavi just need to hang their heads and admit they made a mistake and make Bob the starting goalie. Just because Bryz makes more coin is no reason to start him over a goalie that the team can trust and one that can obviously win you games.
Bob is the goalie this team should have been built around from the get go. Bob as the number one and a somewhat cheap tenured back-up goalie that could help Bob deal with the pressure as a number one goalie, oh wait I forgot he now plays in Carolina. :(
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
This offseason would be amazing if we had an extra 5 million in cap space by getting rid of his contract. Suter would probably be coming to Philly on a long-term front-loaded deal with NMC.
Simon Gagne AND Mike Richards may move between towns, wear new jerseys and call different arenas home but, at the end of the day, they will both always be Philadelphia Flyers.
One day Sean Couturier will win the Conn Smythe. You heard it here first.
by PursuitOfLappyness on Jan 24, 2012 7:50 AM EST up reply actions
Really none of this is Lavi’s fault. I am surprised for a guy who has shown an intolerance for less than stellar goaltending and a hair trigger for pulling goalies hasn’t given Bob more time, maybe it’s out of his control which would suck even more. However, that all said, goaltending is a roller-coaster your can’t come out and say he sucks, we messed up, he’s finished in this town after 1/2 a season. That is just as fool hardy as signing him in the first place. Sit him a little more but how does anyone not know the next game he drives to the rink a different way, spills coffee in his lap, singes his nuts and puts up three shutouts in a row? That is how unpredictable goaltending is. And until he totally bombs in the playoffs and goes stone nuts like Czechmanek you have to let this run its course without compounding mistakes. IMO ;-)
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Really none of this is Lavi’s fault.
I disagree. In my opinion this I put this mostly on Snider for being a greedy fool who doesn’t understand the game. And then it falls on Lavi who pushed Snider to this by the way he handled Bob last season and by the way he handled the goalies in the playoffs. And who knows, after the season he may have agreed with Snider that the team needed a number one, he also may have said that they are fine with Bob, so really I have no idea where Lavi stood on the issue. He never publicly said anything one way or the other but the way he handled things is why Snider forced Homer to go out and get Bryz.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
Lavi has no control on what goalie Holmgren and his staff scouted and signed. Everyone seems pissed at the contract cost to performance results, a very small sample on this team mind you. And I of all people hate to say this, but his performance falls into a pattern Bryz has statistically shown over his history. Right now he is at the bottom of his curve, but it is what it is, everyone needs to relax and stop blaming everything on the goaltender. This d is stretched to the max and without a leader, we are playing with a minimum of 4 rookies per game and we are in the top 4 of the conference. It ain’t all that bad. It sure ain’t the time to be goaltender hating. Do I wish the guy could miraculously steal us a game or two, pitch a shut out, sure.
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Lavi has no control on what goalie Holmgren and his staff scouted and signed.
I never said Lavi had any control over any of that.
What I did say is that the way Lavi handled things is what forced Snider to go ape shit and demand Homer go out and get a goalie. If Lavi had used half a brain cell and handled his goalies properly last year there is a very realistic possibility that Bryz would not be on this team.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
I stated as much in my article
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 24, 2012 9:11 AM EST up reply actions
You made a couple of good points in your article, CCB, but the handling of the goalies in such an atrocious manner I don’t feel can be laid all at Laviolette’s feet. Such ridiculous maneuverings, I think, only came about because Bob/Reese said something about being exhausted. Everyone could see it by the end of the season, but I doubt the carousel would have started spinning unless Lavy felt he had no choice. It makes absolutely no sense to me otherwise.
Often wrong, but never in doubt.
by A Flyers Phamily on Jan 24, 2012 9:23 AM EST up reply actions
didn’t stop him from running Bob into the ground in the regular season
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 24, 2012 9:27 AM EST up reply actions
Absolutely true. That is definitely a decision that should have been questioned.
Often wrong, but never in doubt.
by A Flyers Phamily on Jan 24, 2012 9:30 AM EST up reply actions
He is guilty of nothing other then playing the hot hand.
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And if playing the hot hand in sports was as simple as doing it in poker that would be one thing but it isn’t. People have physical limits which Lavi ignored.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
Actually we agree, but what else could Lavy do???? I said a hundred times last year he should have given him some rest but he really didn’t have a lot of options. No one really knows how playing decisions get made. A lot goes on behind the scenes. But no one makes decisions to purposely screw the team. There is a lot of criticism of the WIP mentality I read by a lot of commenters. But Bryz has struggled and every other comment is eat his contract and ship him off to Siberia. And one guy even wants to fire the coach who has a Siberian bound starting goaltender, 1/3 of his roster is rookies and the team sits 6 points out the the number 1 spot in the whole league.
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He’s also guilty of playing the cold hand. Evidenced by his playing Bob 10 times out of 16 despite his having a 0.893 Sv% in his 10 games and Boucher having a 0.923 in his 6.
Laviolette mishandled Bob last year, period. He played him when he was hot and he played him when he was cold, then panicked in the playoffs.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 9:47 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
If in those 6 games you noted Boucher didn’t throw up a .929 and a.931 in two while in the other 4 games he having a .862, .782, .880 and .902. Not really a sign of rock solid stability. Yea hang on the overall .923 while going 2-4. 4 losses is what Lavy is reacting to not overall save percentage.
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Boucher was 3-2-1 in his 6 starts during that 6 game stretch – from February 18th through March 23rd. I don’t know where you got your numbers from, since he threw up 949, 862, 778 (in a game where Bob came in and posted an 833 in relief), 931, 909, 880, 929.
In that same stretch, Bob went 3-3-2 with two no decisions (one was the Rangers game, another was him getting yanked against Washington after giving up 3 goals on 9 shots. Boucher came in and got the team a point).
So it’s not the losses, since your numbers are wrong. Both had 3 wins, Bob had more regulation losses, both goalies were pulled once – except Boucher came in and got a point, Bob came in and got torched as well.
Try again.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 10:15 AM EST up reply actions
Boucher really did have a marvelous year last year. I took a lot at the Buffalo playoff series and Boucher’s numbers are pretty filthy, for what he is
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 24, 2012 10:16 AM EST up reply actions
Exactly. You talk about riding the hot hand, Boucher had a career year last year and didn’t get playing time.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
The entire team stunk in March
Boucher
Date Opponent Result GS MIN W L OTL EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Mar 22 WAS OTL 4-5 0 44 0 0 1 0 1 1.38 14 13 .929 0
Mar 17 @ WPG OTL 3-4 1 65 0 0 1 0 3 2.78 25 22 .880 0
Mar 15 @ FLA W 3-2 1 60 1 0 0 0 2 2.01 22 20 .909 0
Mar 10 @ TOR W 3-2 1 60 1 0 0 0 2 2.01 29 27 .931 0
Mar 6 @ NYR L 0-7 1 26 0 1 0 0 4 9.07 18 14 .778 0
Feb 26 @ OTT L 1-4 1 60 0 1 0 0 4 4.00 29 25 .862 0
Bob
Mar 22 WAS OTL 4-5 1 21 0 0 0 0 3 8.42 9 6 .667 0
Mar 19 @ DAL W 3-2 1 65 1 0 0 0 2 1.85 30 28 .933 0
Mar 12 WPG OTL 4-5 1 61 0 0 1 0 5 4.90 41 36 .878 0
Mar 8 EDM W 4-1 1 60 1 0 0 0 1 1.00 25 24 .960 0
Mar 6 @ NYR L 0-7 0 34 0 0 0 0 3 5.37 18 15 .833 0
Mar 5 BUF L 3-5 1 59 0 1 0 1 4 4.06 34 30 .882 0
Mar 3 TOR L 2-3 1 59 0 1 0 0 3 3.05 33 30 .909 0
Feb 24 NYI W 4-3 1 65 1 0 0 0 3 2.78 35 32 .914 0
Feb 22 PHO OTL 2-3 1 62 0 0 1 0 3 2.89 29 26 .897 0
Feb 18 @ CAR L 2-3 1 59 0 1 0 0 3 3.07 29 26 .897 0
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And yet Boucher was better than Bobrovsky.
How are you disputing this? The Flyers scored 2 goals or more in 9 of Bob’s 10 games. They scored 3 goals or more in 6 of the 10 games, and he could only win 3 of them.
But no, Lavy went with the guy who got W’s. Come on, M. Not only is this a bad metric, it doesn’t take you to the conclusion you want.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 10:33 AM EST up reply actions
I am just looking at this as neither goalie proved they were clear cut starters during the span that you believe it was Boucher. What good is a sv% in a loss. The only thing matters is the w’s. But again neither guy stood head and shoulders over the other guy other then in small spans. Hell Bob threw in a couple great games in losses as well.
2010-11 PHI 54 52 3017 28 13 0 8 4 130 2.59 1527 1397 .915
2010-11 PHI 34 29 1885 18 10 0 4 2 76 2.42 902 826 .916
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I am just looking at this as neither goalie proved they were clear cut starters during the span that you believe it was Boucher.
But one guy proved to be performing very poorly, and Lavy played him 67% of the time despite this. The other guy proved to be performing at an average rate, and he only received 33% of playing time despite this.
From January 23rd, Bob got 60% of the starts despite going 6-5-2, two no decisions, and 0.902 compared to Boucher going 6-2-2, one no decision (relief appearance) and 0.930.
Lavy is guilty of more than “going with the hot hand”. He’s guilty of playing the cold one too.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 10:55 AM EST up reply actions
Do you think if he had gone with Boucher over Bob it would have made a difference in the end results of the season? Do you think they would have gotten past Boston?
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That is irrelevant to your initial contention, which I disputed, of “He is guilty of nothing other then playing the hot hand.” Because it is false.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 11:18 AM EST up reply actions
Yes it was false from late February onward. And it didn’t matter anyway.
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I guess what you are getting at is that Lavi couldn’t play a completely wiped out Bob in playoffs because he over road his hot hand during the season in order to get to the playoffs. And Boucher for as much as everyone loves him is just not a number 1 goaltender especially at this stage of his career, which has always been a roller coaster. Leighton is just a useless situation without a solid defense which was depleted without Pronger and a worn out SOD. Really the whole thing was a mess and no one can really say what caused what. That team was not going to make waves in the playoffs last year and that was evident in late February. If you want to blame all of that on Lavy I see your point, I guess.
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And Boucher for as much as everyone loves him is just not a number 1 goaltender especially at this stage of his career, which has always been a roller coaster.
This is completely true. And yet Boucher outplayed Ryan Miller in a 7-game series. It’s amazing what can happen in small samples.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 9:20 AM EST up reply actions
Boucher outplayed Miller in a 6 game series
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 24, 2012 9:23 AM EST up reply actions
Fair point.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 9:47 AM EST up reply actions
I know I remember that run in 2000, until it ended. And a lot of goalies have outplayed Ryan Miller seeing as he has never won anything to prove other wise. I don’t think you and I disagree other then how poorly I seem to put out my point of view. I guess how I see things is how being in 4th place in the east is not an example of how Bryz is a waste of everything and Lavy is totally incompetent. 6 rookies and we lost to what is arguably the best team in the league Sunday in a shootout.
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Everyone seems pissed at the contract cost to performance results, a very small sample on this team mind you.
What do you mean by “a very small sample on this team”?
It sure ain’t the time to be goaltender hating.
I don’t know, a 0.905 ESS% – 60th best in the NHL – with an 0.895 Sv% – 5th worst in the NHL – seems like a damn good time to be goaltender hating.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 9:19 AM EST up reply actions
my problem is that people are content with the goaltender hating, and not spreading their hate
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 24, 2012 9:24 AM EST up reply actions
And this is a fair point to make. But it’s difficult to spread blame when the other goalie is doing much better with the same team in front of him.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 9:50 AM EST up reply actions
I’d hedge Bobs future starts to mirror his previous 2 games against the Islanders
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 24, 2012 10:12 AM EST up reply actions
I see a half of a season as a small sample with these parameters, meaning the team in front of him. The right team in front of Leighton made him Terry Sawchuk.
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But Bob has the same team in front of him and his numbers are vastly different.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
Yes. My point exactly.
I think Lavi should man up and make Bob the starter for a multiple game stretch and see what happens. If Bob is still able to put up the same or better numbers well, the proof is in the pudding.
Then do the same with Bryz, if he pulls himself together and has a good stretch, great. If not look at Snider and Homer and say, now what do you want to do?
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Jan 24, 2012 9:43 AM EST up reply actions
Boom, said it before I could.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 9:48 AM EST up reply actions
I do want to make a bet with someone that Bryz’s numbers will be better than Bob’s first half numbers, likely making them equals by the end of the year
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 24, 2012 10:15 AM EST up reply actions
That’d probably be a smart bet for you to make. Go find someone.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
Again I agree, In reality he should be playing Bob more at this point, except he has a GM and an owner glaring at him about the 51 million dollar goalie that needs to work himself out of the funk. I don’t know how much pressure Lavy is getting to play Bryz. Or if he he believes maybe giving the high paid starter more rope to work his way out of the slump is the right plan. Because the last time he played Bob to much he couldn’t handle the load. One year later and the guy is definitely able to play 20 starts in 25 games? Damed if he does….
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It’s easy to hyperbolize the other side of the argument, but it doesn’t make your argument look good.
You contradict yourself by saying Lavy has a GM and owner “glaring at him” to play Bryz then immediately say “I don’t know how much pressure” he’s getting.
We are arguing that Bob should be getting the majority of starts, not that the should get 80% of them (20 of 25, for those math impaired). It’s not damned if he does, since that’s just as dumb.
The argument is to stop being dumb, not swing to the other extreme of dumb.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 10:18 AM EST up reply actions
I should have left the point at we don’t exactly know how much influence the GM has on who Lavy starts. I do believe that the GM has a lot more influence on who plays then people would realize. And what’s dumb about being the 3rd best team in the conference.
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What’s dumb is sitting a guy who is playing better four of the last five games. What’s dumb is playing a guy 80% of the time.
Both of those things are dumb.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 11:21 AM EST up reply actions
I guess what is dumb is not letting stats own, manage and coach your team, because it is truthfully just that simple. I don’t even know how I got on this side because I want Bob to play more and have for a month now. I just don’t think Lavy is an idiot, but i guess I could be wrong.
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How you got on this side is by taking what people say, throwing it into hyperbolic range, and saying you disagree with that.
Essentially, you are fighting a strawman. The argument isn’t that Bob should play 20 of 25 games or that Laviolette is an idiot, two things which you have been fighting against.
The argument is that Bryz should not be playing 4 out of 5, Bob should be playing 3 out of 5. The argument is that Laviolette mishandles goalies, he did it last year and he’s doing it again. That doesn’t make him an idiot, despite you projecting that statement onto me.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 11:53 AM EST up reply actions
You called him dumb. I took exception.
and this is where it started or it went downhill in my case:
Ed Snider, Homer and Lavi just need to hang their heads and admit they made a mistake and make Bob the starting goalie. Just because Bryz makes more coin is no reason to start him over a goalie that the team can trust and one that can obviously win you games.
Nothing obvious about goaltending.
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So anybody who does dumb things is dumb?
No, I did not call Laviolette dumb. I said he’s doing dumb things.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
HAHAHAHAHAHA
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It’s a rather simple concept to grasp.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 12:34 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, and:
I guess what is dumb is not letting stats own, manage and coach your team, because it is truthfully just that simple.
Isn’t “going with the hot hand” letting stats – whether it be goals against or save percentage or wins – manage and coach your team? Unless you want to say “going with the hot hand” is all about eyes, not showing up in goals against, save percentage, or wins.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 11:56 AM EST up reply actions
can we just agree that the real dumb thing is paying a goalie 6.6 mil for 9 years
when the only reason he did well was because he was in an ultra defensive system
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I agree with the contract being stupid always have. But it is pointless to argue over it or whine about it anymore. It’s done!
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Then why are you talking about playing Bob too much last year?
/zing!
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Good point! I don’t even know how we got there anyway. I am not a great typer and truthfully I lose my argument while trying to type replies.
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it happens to us all…i usually write down my argument so i dont forget
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I interpret what I said as taking the team situation into the equation not just the goaltenders numbers. How many times during that stretch we are arguing about did comments like man that wasn’t on the goalie tonight, yet a year later his save percentage is the rock solid basis of why it was his fault.
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How many times during that stretch we are arguing about did comments like man that wasn’t on the goalie tonight, yet a year later his save percentage is the rock solid basis of why it was his fault.
I don’t know, M, how many times? Further, was anybody saying Bob was fine and playing better than Boucher? Because I linked you to my words written at the time saying Boucher was playing better.
Care to dispute that with someone saying the opposite?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 12:30 PM EST up reply actions
I just hope they don’t dump Bob. I am pretty sure if the team has to rely on Bryz to be the number one with an AHL type as a back-up this team will be in deeper trouble.
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Jan 24, 2012 8:48 AM EST up reply actions
Bob is as good as gone after next year unless something drastic happens.
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
Well that sucks. So who do you think becomes the back-up?
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Jan 24, 2012 8:56 AM EST up reply actions
With Bryz as the starter that’s a scary thought.
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Jan 24, 2012 9:10 AM EST up reply actions
how is it a scary thought?
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 24, 2012 9:11 AM EST up reply actions
Uh, because he is pretty bad so far this season.
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Jan 24, 2012 9:21 AM EST up reply actions
BFP? I think he’s supposed to be a Phantom next year.
Or maybe we’ll have the Third Coming of Brian Boucher.
Bob.
by The Dark on Jan 24, 2012 12:12 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
he will net a very good return…a part of me is excited for what that return might be
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 24, 2012 8:57 AM EST up reply actions
I hope it’s enough of a return to fill the huge hole he will leave in the net.
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by LegionofDoom on Jan 24, 2012 9:08 AM EST up reply actions
a huge hole he will leave at the backup position*
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 24, 2012 9:10 AM EST up reply actions
A back-up that can win games and out play the starting goal tender.
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Jan 24, 2012 9:21 AM EST up reply actions
yeah, that’s great, but he’ll never be a starter here
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 24, 2012 9:23 AM EST up reply actions
Thanks to Ed Snider.
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Jan 24, 2012 9:38 AM EST up reply actions
true, but that doesn’t mean the statement is any more false
"Start playing with some jam in here"
by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 24, 2012 10:13 AM EST up reply actions
I never said it was false.
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Jan 24, 2012 10:23 AM EST up reply actions
Wow!
I didn’t realize my comments would have spun up such a lively conversation.
And for the record I did not call Snider, Homer or Lavi dumb. I just said they made a mistake in the handling of the goal tending situation, but what else is new.
My teams are the Flyers, Phillies and the Steelers. Deal with it.
by LegionofDoom on Jan 24, 2012 1:27 PM EST up reply actions
Got my ass kicked thanks!
Geoff said they did dumb stuff but their not dumb. I basically spun a horrible one sided argument today that Geoff happen to write about on SBN last year. Who actually reads the SBN Hockey? I have to do some more research before I take a side.
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Sorry. :(
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by LegionofDoom on Jan 24, 2012 1:36 PM EST up reply actions
they’re*
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 1:45 PM EST up reply actions
/grammarnazi’d
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....
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Jan 24, 2012 1:48 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
necessary?
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It was in response to:
that Geoff happen to write about on SBN last year. Who actually reads the SBN Hockey?
A little of this, a little of that, then M and I go back to grudging respect :)
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 1:56 PM EST up reply actions
I’m always your huckleberry Deets!
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haha, and I love it.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 2:06 PM EST up reply actions
oh then nvm had it coming
/joke killed
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Who’s nvm? I am now even more confused.
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...
Look it up on Urban Dictionary, M.
/lol jk. It means Nevermind.
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Whats really funny is I am reading reapers stuff ands wondering how someone can be that bad of a typer.
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by MJDII on Jan 24, 2012 2:14 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
reaper’s*
Beets,Bears,Battlestar Galactica.
MICHAEL!
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Not yet newbie!
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lol shouldn’t knock typing skills then forget the possessive apostrophe
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also the “ands”
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Can we leave governmental politics out of sports please? Is it disrespectful of Thomas to decline to join the rest of the team on the visit, Yes. But I can give a number of reasons (non-political) why a hockey player wouldn’t be terribly enthralled to accept a visit by President Obama, two simple ones would be, he probably cares as much about hockey as ESPN does,and most players (though Thomas is an exception in this case) are not even US citizens.
I go Bananas for Wayne Simmonds.
AGREED!
Let’s not do any of this today, it just makes a mess of things.
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Haven’t you seen the Michelle Obama youth hockey ads?? They care…THEY CARE!
by captj on Jan 24, 2012 8:39 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I don’t know why, but I read the end of this comment in Lewis Black’s voice.
Which made it amazing.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 8:40 AM EST up reply actions
I brought Swatches
"Can I refill your eggnog for you? Get you something to eat? Drive you out to the middle of nowhere and leave you for dead?"
by PraiseMartyMoose on Jan 24, 2012 10:41 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Those reasons have nothing to do with the situation.
Keeping alive the old Vaudeville joke, "I'd rather be dead than play Philadelphia."
oh..you have intel into thomas's reasoning?
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Well, he knows for a fact Thomas is an American. So that leaves out that choice.
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?
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MICHAEL!
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He’s saying bfrank’s non-political reasons have nothing to do with the situation because Thomas is, in fact, an American. You can eliminate that one.
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No, I was referring to Snevik.
"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn
OK. I just thought “[someone] is saying Thomas is an American so you can eliminate that choice” sounded more like a clarification of “well, he knows for a fact Thomas is an American. So that leaves out that choice” than of “Those reasons have nothing to do with the situation.”
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Well, I was taking the more obvious view and trying to keep the politics out of it in this case, so just saying the non-political views to which bfrank posted above obviously don’t have anything to do with this since TT is an American.
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Yeah, I…ugh, this so isn’t worth the work for what was supposed to be just a humorous diction note. But since we’re in it now, I guess I have to dig myself out.
- Snevik said “those aren’t the reasons”
- reaper said “how do you know?”
- You said “Thomas is American, so cross that one off.”
- reaper said “huh?”
- You said “He‘s saying that Thomas is an American, so not-being-American isn’t the reason he isn’t going.”
But that’s not what Snevik said; that’s what you said (Snevik said neither was the reason). So it sounded to me like you referred to yourself as “he”.
/shouldajustleftitalone
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As slow as I am I actually got what you were saying Eric right from the start and got so confused I thought i was just missing everything.
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Nah, Snevik.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 2:07 PM EST up reply actions
I assume Snevik is the “he” in this “he said”
Bob.
by The Dark on Jan 24, 2012 2:07 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Yeah, it’s on his Facebook. Linked above.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
sorry i respect it…….also
This was not about politics or party, as in my opinion both parties are responsible for the situation we are in as a country. This was about a choice I had to make as an INDIVIDUAL.
bush was snubbed b4 and they were called heros for standing up for what they believed
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bush was snubbed b4 and they were called heros for standing up for what they believed
Just like Thomas is being called a hero. This whole “it’s hypocritical!” cry is coming from the hypocrites.
Like doubleh, those who snubbed Bush were equally petty and frustrating.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 2:11 PM EST up reply actions
exactly my point
while i respected the choice to snub bush at the time it was just as petty then as it is now
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Right. Us three agree.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 2:17 PM EST up reply actions
Tim Thomas
I think what he did was a selfish thing to do. He put his ideology first and his team second. And as we all know hockey is a team sport, and he should be a good soldier for the sake of the team. It’s not that I don’t agree with Thomas, I just don’t agree with his choices. And what would of been done if Chara said the same?
-bob
by Rrainone on Jan 24, 2012 7:59 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I respect what TT did. He had every right to do it. Speaking out politically like that takes balls, whether you agree or not. He’ll catch so much flak for that. For any president, having your picture taken with teams (especially hockey in this case) is political. Politics and sports don’t go together.
by SkookFlyerfan on Jan 24, 2012 8:23 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
absolutely nothing political about it.
by j reed on Jan 24, 2012 8:44 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Rec’d. Some naivete in this thread.
GMAT verbal section question, Philadelphia sports version.
In 2015, which one of the following will prove to be a better investment?
(a) Ilya Bryzgalov's contract (b) Ryan Howard's extension (c) Mike Vick's extension (d) Greek bonds from 2009 (e) Papelbon's bloat deal
Your comment contradictes it self. Commending him for taking a stand for his political beliefs, than stating sports and politics don’t belong together. What he did was selfish and you can’t dispute that. You do what is good for the team period. You bite your tounge and go in there with your teammates, you go for the guys you battle for everyday. You do it for them, not for your political views.
-bob
by Rrainone on Jan 24, 2012 9:38 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I was commending him bc it took a lot of gall to do what he did, right or not. I don’t think he should have said anything tho, b/c it starts a firestorm like this. It was a personal decision, no one was required to go. If he was required and he refused it would be an issue. It wasn’t selfish, it was a personal decision. Him not going doesn’t affect the Bruins season or anything else. His teammates respected his decision, and thats all that matters.
by SkookFlyerfan on Jan 24, 2012 9:59 AM EST up reply actions
New DGB
http://www.downgoesbrown.com/2012/01/optimists-guide-to-non-playoff-teams.html
Simon Gagne AND Mike Richards may move between towns, wear new jerseys and call different arenas home but, at the end of the day, they will both always be Philadelphia Flyers.
One day Sean Couturier will win the Conn Smythe. You heard it here first.
by PursuitOfLappyness on Jan 24, 2012 8:06 AM EST reply actions
Amazing new material
Toronto Maple Leafs – May finally be able to get a win against the Bruins this year, now that they know that Tim Thomas will refuse to show up if you just crowd enough left wingers around him.
Simon Gagne AND Mike Richards may move between towns, wear new jerseys and call different arenas home but, at the end of the day, they will both always be Philadelphia Flyers.
One day Sean Couturier will win the Conn Smythe. You heard it here first.
by PursuitOfLappyness on Jan 24, 2012 8:07 AM EST up reply actions
This was my other favorite...
Columbus Blue Jackets – Well, at least that annoying glass-half-full guy who responds to every loss all season long by saying “It could be worse, we could have Brett Lebda” will shut up now.
Madly in love with Jaromir Jagr's brilliant smile and epic goal salute.
Sean Couturier and Matt Read for joint Calder Trophy winners!
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by Chemistry66 on Jan 24, 2012 11:07 AM EST up reply actions
Oh lord the Panthers are good this year and they’re still only averaging 3000 viewers a game. Sounds like the Rays and the Marlins had a baby Panther.
They’re in a suburb of a suburb of Miami. They’re in a damn retirement community. Their only coverage is the same station that carries the Lightning, who have a MUCH better PR department.
They’re doomed.
Bob.
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Hey, the Dark—did you hear they’re bringing Wawa to Orlando?
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Bring Wawa to Northern Virginia!
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
Manassas / Gainesville is the closest they get, last time I checked.
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The closest one to me is 25 minutes away, down 95 in Bethel. I don’t see one in Manassas, though I’d accept one there.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 12:37 PM EST up reply actions
From the Wawa website:
Store #651
14461 Lee Hwy
Gainesville, VA 20155
(571) 261-4089
This is like 20 miles from me, and I really never go in that direction, but if you need a hoagie fix, it’s an option.
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I used the Wawa store locator and that didn’t show up.
But ooooooh! That will only be 20 minutes from where I’m moving too.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 12:58 PM EST up reply actions
Late night Wawa run!
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It’s like a bad movie, ‘Geoffie Deets goes to wawa’. Just watch out for the shroom eating NPH
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Geoff: You’re originally from Spinnerstown, right? I used to spend quite a bit of time there, as there was a Latvian summer camp there, just down the road from the old Pfaff school site on Sleepy Hollow Rd. I think the Latvians sold the property, and I know the camp closed down back in the 90s.
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Yup. I grew up less than a mile from the intersection of Spinnerstown and Sleepy Hollow. Went to the old Pfaff too. Never heard of the Latvian summer cmap.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 1:13 PM EST up reply actions
The camp ran from the 70s until some time in the 90s. It was about a mile further out on Sleepy Hollow, past the s-turn in the road by the church/cemetery. It was down a long driveway behind a couple of farms. The only way you’d know it was there was a small sign out front by the road that read “Camp Nometne”. Nometne is the Latvian word for “camp”. It attracted Latvian kids from all over the East Coast. Good times, back in the day.
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Camp Camp
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Chai means tea? Who wouldve known it.
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It’s not Asian?
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Tchai means tea in Russian. So Chai Tea, even if asian in origin, still is repetitve in my book.
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Man there really are a lot of smarter them myself folks around here. I at least had fun during my 7 years of college.
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Meh, I minored in Russian. No big whoop.
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Both “tea” and “chai” stem from different pronunciations of the same original Chinese word: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea#The_word_tea
Looks like Mandarin “cha” became Persian “chay”, which in turn led to the modern “chai”. So yes, “chai tea” is “tea tea”. The Indian spiced tea to which you are referring is masala chai.
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Ummm HH said Russian.
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Yeah, but he’s saying it’s also Asian, which I didn’t know. So chai is essentially tea in most foreign languages.
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Ah. I don’t know where you’re talking about, but I am very familiar with that area. Used to take Sleepy Hollow all the way to Kings Highway when avoiding 663.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 1:58 PM EST up reply actions
Well played.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 2:07 PM EST up reply actions
Really? Depending on where in Orlando, it may still be 100+ miles away, but I’ll have to look into that
Bob.
by The Dark on Jan 24, 2012 12:32 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Which is, of course, why our population is larger than Pennsylvania’s
Bob.
by The Dark on Jan 25, 2012 12:12 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Nielsen ratings are ridiculously flawed
They use an absurdly small sample size, only about 25,000 homes, to measure the whole of US TV viewership.
The sample is also highly unscientific, they pick and choose their homes, leading to inherent biases.
So when they say that “3000” households watch the Panthers in Miami, that means that only 1 of the 500 or so Nielsen households in south Florida was tuned in. That’s before you even look at the demographic makeup of the households.
Flyers, Phillies, Union, Eagles, Phantoms, Wings.
Holy formatting fail, Batman. Does that page look like absolute shit on anybody else’s browser?
And this further fuels my desire to drop Florida and Phoenix and have a 28-team league. Nobody watches them.
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when Bryzgalov completely lost sight of the puck behind the net leading to the go-ahead goal.
Just gonna completely disregard that that goal in fact wasn’t scored on the short side, but when the defenseman failed to get to the puck before the crashing forward
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 24, 2012 8:47 AM EST reply actions
NHL12 Players…
Is Matt Read not in that game at all? Do I need to create him myself? I just dl’d the roster updates and I assumed he’d be on the team but he’s not.
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so you’re saying that even off ice he’s not noticeable
I kid brother, I kid
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 24, 2012 9:18 AM EST up reply actions
Haha. I’m pissed because Jake is there, Scooter and Schenn are there. He ended with the Phantoms last year I don’t understand why he wouldn’t be in the game.
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by KreiderDesigns on Jan 24, 2012 9:27 AM EST up reply actions
He’s in the game for me…
Simon Gagne AND Mike Richards may move between towns, wear new jerseys and call different arenas home but, at the end of the day, they will both always be Philadelphia Flyers.
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by PursuitOfLappyness on Jan 24, 2012 7:19 PM EST up reply actions
Did you update your rosters? He’s definitely on my team on a line with schenn and scooter…unless I’m going mad. I’d check right now but the wife is watching tv.
by KornontheKobb on Jan 24, 2012 5:08 PM EST up reply actions
Something I was thinking about the other day…if JVR and everyone else on offense was healthy, would you shut down Jagr for like two weeks just to let him heal and get back to what he started at this season?
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Yes and I would do it now regardless. Pay now when you still have some wiggle room instead of later when you absolutely can’t afford to.
Bingo!!!
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Why I'll take Bob over Tim Thomas any day of the week
I found it interesting to see this from Joe Haggerty’s take on Thomas:
But Thomas made a pretty symbolic change at the beginning of last season when he drained the Black and Gold colors from his goaltending pads and goalie mask after a summer of trade rumors. Thomas removed the Bruins logo from his mask and instead replaced it with an image of the lucky coin he wears around his neck.bq,
Haggerty goes on to say that Thomas at that point was playing for himself first and the team second.
One of the things that I admire about our “back-up” Russian goalie who is always the subject of trade rumours is that it is always team first for him. His attitude is that you don’t do anything to disrespect your teammates. It’s reflected in his comments to the media and in his work ethic on and off the ice.
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Apparently people are piling on Thomas now. (Not speaking about you)
Ed Snider is a crotchety old fuck.
That is all.
eh, that’s fine. As a self-identified Libertarian older people don’t take kindly to our message
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 24, 2012 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
There’s no room for a third party!!! /s
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it’s disappointing, but looking at 08 the Libertarian message is spreading, which is something I’m extremely happy about. Probably will never be a big party, but one that I’m happy with right now
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 24, 2012 11:12 AM EST up reply actions
I watch Bill Maher all the time. He’s sort of a Libertarian. He has them on his show whenever he can.
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he’s always rubbed me the wrong way when it came to his show
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 24, 2012 11:41 AM EST up reply actions
except for his loud obnoxious race baiting
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He’s not so much a race baiter as an everything baiter. Ever hear him talk about religion? He exists to stir the pot. That’s how the show works. It’s how Limbaugh works. It’s how they all work.
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everytime ive watched him hes calling some1 a racist
bad timing i guess
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much like chris mathews
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Well, there are a lot of racists out there, especially in politics nowadays. Politics has all become even more abot hate mongering than they used to be. I suppose all these Limbaughs, Matthews, etc. don’t help.
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but the problem with labeling some1 in politics a racist is that its subjective due to the other sides thought processes….simply because a rep drops funding from a failing inner cuty program, doesnt mean they hate black people. it means the money could go toward a program that actually helps…. or mathews famous “calling obama the welfare president is racist” isnt racist when more people have signed onto welfare under his term than any1 in a long long time, and its racist for mathews to think that because then matthews is making a correlation between welfare and black people….frankly for us to proceed forward the gotcha politics and the baiting has to stop from both sides
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That’s how politics have been run for centuries. It’s all about “gotcha” and spin. We don’t elect people who are smart and possible have the right ideas and solutions to save our country, we elect people who are the most popular (or least crappy choice) and available to us. Bah. The two party system stinks. We’re supposed to be a country based on freedom of choice, but it’s all bullshit.
"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn
I mean, it’s essentially one more choice than people who live in a dictatorship get. Think about it. (I’m only half-joking)
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this is epically true..for example the congressman from colorado who presented a bill that would cut congress and the presidents salaries back to 60k and would eliminate their tax payer funded healthcare will never get a nomination because he bucks the status quo of people who care only about corporations and people who care about cowboy poetry and maple syrup experiments
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MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
but who decides what is “baiting?” this line from your comment
when more people have signed onto welfare under his term than any1 in a long long time
does an excellent job of baiting me. I’m on the hook, because it is easy to infer that you believe the high welfare exists because Obama is president, when it fails to take into account the utter economic disaster that is the shared responsibility of a lot of people with political and financial power and that was handed to Obama.
I’m not saying you’re specifically race-baiting. I don’t know that. But it’s certainly careless if not hypocritical to ask for a stop to baiting and gotchas when you have a perfect example of it in your comment. Tend your own garden and all that….
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Jan 24, 2012 1:40 PM EST up reply actions
no no no..im looking at it as a factual point of veiw
it is in fact true that under obama more people have joined welfare…thats it , cut and dry, much like bush had had 2 eco down turns on his watch(even though the first was due to 9/11 something not under his control) it still remains bush had a down turn….
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MICHAEL!
Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end.
First of all, isn’t “factual point of view” approaching oxymoron?
You think the phrase “Obama is the welfare President” is a factual statement without incendiary intent (separate from whatever race-baiting might be there)?
I try to keep my non-hockey political comments to one-and-out so I’m already one over.
Final rebuttal is yours.
/s, more often than not
by flyersfaninchicago on Jan 24, 2012 2:07 PM EST up reply actions
No, final rebuttal isn’t his. Gonna cut this whole discussion off right about here. Let’s get it back to Tim Thomas/hockey.
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by Travis Hughes on Jan 24, 2012 2:11 PM EST up reply actions
woops sorry did see u posted that..no disrespect meant
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It’s okay, haha.
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by Travis Hughes on Jan 24, 2012 2:18 PM EST up reply actions
i think commenting on some1 elses intent is extremely subjective to that judging persons thoughts…how is it possible to know how some1 decided their reasoning without guess work?
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Don’t mention the Libertarian Party around the old-school libertarians. You will get your head bitten off.
Bob.
by The Dark on Jan 24, 2012 12:18 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Just bought tickets to see my first ever live Flyers game!
Flyers vs Sharks, Feb 28 cant wait!
I’ll be there too. BSH meetup at the sushi stand? (Ahhh, so California.)
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Re: Thomas
Don’t care. Moving on.
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I don’t care, either but I’m sort of loving seeing him get ripped. It’s his right to protest, but it’s everyone else’s right to jump on him for it. You court the media, you’ll get it from every direction. Dumbass.
"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn
Apparently, you’re not a member of the 24×7 news media culture. When a story shows even the slightest inkling of being politically polarizing, you must beat it death, resurrect it, and then beat it to death once more. Wash – Rinse – Repeat…
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OT
But we live in a world where Jonah Hill has an Oscar nomination. Maybe the Mayans were right.
"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn
did you think the Truman Show or Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind should’ve gotten an Oscar nomination?
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 24, 2012 10:51 AM EST up reply actions
Jim Carrey is a much better actor than Jonah Hill. So much, it hurts.
"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn
point is, you would’ve never known that Jim Carrey had that potential because of his work in: Liar Liar, Ace Ventura and The Mask
Jonah Hill branched out with success
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 24, 2012 10:57 AM EST up reply actions
I always knew Jim Carrey had that potential because I had seen him years ago on a TV movie drama.
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Eternal Sunshine should have. That movie is great.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 10:56 AM EST up reply actions
Truman Show? Abso-fucking-lutely. That movie was years ahead of it’s time.
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by KreiderDesigns on Jan 24, 2012 12:41 PM EST up reply actions
Tim Thomas I would give you a Bruin hug if I could
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 24, 2012 10:57 AM EST reply actions
Goddammit! I just checked the schedule and Sharks vs Jets was two weeks ago! I missed it! Did anybody watch the game? Was there much finger-snapping?
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Damn, we should have had a thread.
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I think there should be a nightly open thread on non game nights to give an area for the bored to come here and talk about anything, other games, bad movies, etc. I was the only person watching the Blues Wings game last night apparently. And I had no one to converse with.
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Not a bad idea. At least worth a shot to see if it gets much activity. Some nights it might just be dead around here.
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And it doesn’t hurt anything to put it up. I know we can all create a fan shot but it just don’t accomplish the same purpose if its not on the main page.
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Upon further reflection, what we’re talking about is technically what the Fly By is:
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes…
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Yea I thought about that but by evening it’s taken it’s toll, not at the top of the page and gotten stale. Fresh set of downs might generate if nothing else mindless banter. I am sure some nights it will be useless.
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“Fly By Night”
“BSH After Dark”
???
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BSH After Dark!
Done! Get it done Hintzy
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MOIST!
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You would go for that choice… :-p
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Hey guys like Reaper and The Dark take it to certain levels.
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We can give this a shot, I don’t see what the harm would be in trying it. We don’t have anything going on after 6 or 7 pm on weeknights anyway.
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by Travis Hughes on Jan 24, 2012 2:21 PM EST up reply actions
Cool. It might be useless but some of us older, married losers sit around and watch tv and have nothing better to do on most nights.
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We’ve done it in the past for nationally televised games, at least, so doing it more wouldn’t be that weird.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 24, 2012 3:10 PM EST up reply actions
You weren’t the only one. I was watching it too, just doing so on St. Louis Game Time while doing some work for The Brotherly Game.
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by KreiderDesigns on Jan 24, 2012 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
I have even thought of going to other sites but it’s not as fun on other sites.
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but atleast FLYERROB would be there to keep you company
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I have to say I never engaged him from the start. I actually thought he was odd and uninteresting and I am not really one to point that out to people. Like even MarioD for being a dick he was interesting with his points and really challenging to argue with. For his faults I actually respected a lot of his bullshit.
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I was just referring to the fact that after being banned here, he seems to have joined every other team’s SBN blog to talk about the Flyers when we play that team.
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Well I like the Blues and wanted to talk to them about lending their blog my services.
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by KreiderDesigns on Jan 24, 2012 2:31 PM EST up reply actions
PARDINI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where the hell is Pardini when you need his schtick. No pun intended
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Aw, I forgot about it too! And Niitty wasn’t healthy, so we didn’t get to see if the streak survives in the Western Conference or not.
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by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 24, 2012 3:14 PM EST up reply actions
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Hearing that with CHI’s Jonathan Toews out of ASG because of injury, PHI’s Scott Hartnell is the replacement. #hartnelldown
From Bob McKenzie of TSN.
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Obviously, you’re wooing the Hartnell in part and not the Toews injury part.
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Obviously.
I mean, without Toews, there’’ll be no hilarious screencaps of his death glare.
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by Chemistry66 on Jan 24, 2012 11:13 AM EST up reply actions
Or his pig nose!
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No, that’s Tyler Kennedy.
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by Chemistry66 on Jan 24, 2012 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
Good for Scott! He deserves it, not his contract but an all star appearance.
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The Twitter banter on this is pretty funny. Seems a lot of people don’t like Hartnell.
Who knew???
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Yeah, all he does is stand up in front of the net and score goals. Any of us could do that! Where's the skill?!
GMAT verbal section question, Philadelphia sports version.
In 2015, which one of the following will prove to be a better investment?
(a) Ilya Bryzgalov's contract (b) Ryan Howard's extension (c) Mike Vick's extension (d) Greek bonds from 2009 (e) Papelbon's bloat deal
stand up?
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You got a link? I wanna read to get a good laugh
by Anders Jensen on Jan 24, 2012 11:43 AM EST up reply actions
http://twitter.com/#!/search/hartnell
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I like how they compare Hartenll replacing Toews with cars and wines.
by Anders Jensen on Jan 24, 2012 12:09 PM EST up reply actions
Congratulations Scotty!
His picture is on the web site – All Star Forward Scott Hartnell
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I was investigating some Tim Thomas and I stumbled upon his current mask for this year
It’s beautiful
http://ingoalmag.com/masks/tim-thomas-2011-2012-bruins-mask/
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by CoburnsCuddleBuddy on Jan 24, 2012 12:39 PM EST reply actions
Hey, did Tostitos avoid receiving a call from the league after the last game?
Ecstatic to be joing the Florida Panthers Organization!! Awesome day... Truly a dream come true.
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OT
But if the reports are true, Fielder for 9/$214 million to the Tigers is in-SANE.
"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn
That’s ludicrous…. heck I don’t think I can come up with a good enough adjective off-hand for how preposterously crazy that is.
Warning: Arguing the NHL CBA with me could be hazardous to your mental health. Proceed at your own risk.
by DragonGirl0583 on Jan 24, 2012 3:47 PM EST up reply actions
And Ryan Howard is still the highest paid first baseman.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 24, 2012 11:04 PM EST up reply actions
Never said I liked his contract, either. I think his, Pujols and Fielder are all insane.
"I wouldn’t run if there was a fire. I wouldn’t run anywhere. I hate running." - O. Munn
Oh, I know. I was just pointing out the absurdity of it all.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 25, 2012 8:11 AM EST up reply actions
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