Dan Gould

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just up here in the cheap seats, but does a triple negative put a runner in scoring position? Hey, how dare you point out stupid grammar tricks? FLMAO at the man who thinks I am his "bitch".

Thanks, Dan. Would you like a copy of the BFT? No, but thanks for offering. Too much to deal with this month.

How about posting a list of signees so we can make sure we are on it? http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=29363

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Ron, If no one has the info, you might try emailing Peter Crawford at Stateside: stateside@prodigy.net

The Truth Patrol Back Once Again: THE FACTS: Every baseball observer knows that Varitek is much more than his "non-existent bat". His pitch calling, his knowledge of hitters and his knowledge of his pitching staff are talents that cannot be utilized from the bench. Lopez (who has always been a crappy catcher) and Mirabelli were on their own trying to do a job they are not equipped to do on a full time basis. But don't take my word for it. Consider the experienced voice of Mike Bauman of MLB.com. He actually earns a LIVING with his knowledge of baseball: Truth Patrol Signing off For the Night. Baseball is full of mediots who "make a living" perpetuating unsubstantiated myths about baseball, and "leadership" is another one of those myths. I guess no team who never had a player-manager never got leadership from their manager, right? Because he wasn't also out on the field? Any of Varitek's bogus "leadership" is just as present when he's on the bench as when he's grounding into a double play and generally embarassing himself by attempting to hit (which pretty much defines his 2006 season). The Red Sox lost absolutely nothing offensively by Varitek going down, and they'll gain absolutely nothing on offense when he comes back. Truth Patrol Back One More Time:: THE FACTS: You have NO READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS WHATSOEVER, RIGHT? The facts are that we are talking about LEADING a pitching staff. CALLING games. SETTLING DOWN and ENCOURAGING young pitchers. Furthermore, Berigan has identified that Varitek's bat was far from worthless, and on a pace to easily match his average 80 RBI season. He was actually on a pace for 100 RBIs, but I'm factoring in the usual late season slump. YOU ARE A FOOL. "A few injuries to unimportant players:" Keep saying shit like this and NO ONE on this board will have an ounce of respect for you or your opinions. Let's tally them up, in chronological order: THE STARTING CENTERFIELDER FOR 7 WEEKS. (FINGER) THE NUMBER THREE PITCHER FOR FOUR MONTHS (ASIDE FROM TWO STARTS) (KNEE) THE NUMBER FIVE PITCHER SINCE JUNE 16 (SHOULDER) THE NUMBER FOUR PITCHER SINCE JULY 20TH (BROKEN RIB) THE FOURTH OUTFIELDER FOR 6 WEEKS (WRIST) THE FOURTH OUTFIELDER AGAIN FOR 8 DAYS (WRIST) THE STARTING RIGHTFIELDER FOR FOUR WEEKS (BICEPS) THE STARTING CATCHER AND LINCHPIN OF THE STAFF (KNEE) THE REPLACEMENT NUMBER THREE PITCHER FOR THE FINAL 5 WEEKS AND PROBABLY MORE (CANCER) AND THE TEAM'S TWO MVP CANDIDATES, AND THEIR ACE CLOSER, FOR AN UNDETERMINED LENGTH OF TIME You are embarassing yourself now. And I am laughing my ass off.

It's his CRAMPS that make him lose the match, brother! It happens when they was at 5/5. "Their honest opinion" just sound to me like a LITTLE biase, to say the least. Or they didn't look the same match as me. WRONG. From the NY Times:

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Not according to Wayne Shorter!! Wayne did not have a high opinion of Pearson's musical taste. He might be part of the reason Blue Note went down the toilet in the late 60's. Source, Kevin? And was he referring specifically to his production duties or his work as arranger on so many dates prior to Alfred's departure?

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Well, his record was better than some of his other stats would suggest. He has trouble commanding the strike zone and would get into high pitch counts and rarely work past the 5th inning. What was impressive was his ability to get out of trouble. All in all, being a 22 year old rookie, its been a decent debut, that's for sure. Hopefully this is all just a bump in the road and he'll get the chance to build on this and become a solid #3. Now watch for Heatwave to show up with his blather. After ripping Big Papi when the man may have a serious heart condition, God only knows what he'll say about a kid who could be facing cancer. Just wondering -- do you think Lester's cancer will raise or lower his trade value? My hunch is that a diagnosis of cancer would *lower* one's trade value, but considering the bizarre perspective you offered last week -- where his shaky 2006 performance would have no effect -- perhaps you have other ideas. I'm gonna stick with "cancer = lower trade value" myself, though. The Truth Patrol Back Yet Again: THE FACTS: When you are 22 years old and post a 7-2 record in your rookie season, you have done NOTHING to lower your trade value. 3/4 of the league would be happy to have Jon Lester on their roster. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT FACT OF ALL IS THAT ANYONE WHO BRINGS UP THE TRADE VALUE OF A 22 YEAR OLD DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER IS A MOTHERFUCKING PIECE OF SHIT.

The Truth Patrol Back Once Again: THE FACTS: Every baseball observer knows that Varitek is much more than his "non-existent bat". His pitch calling, his knowledge of hitters and his knowledge of his pitching staff are talents that cannot be utilized from the bench. Lopez (who has always been a crappy catcher) and Mirabelli were on their own trying to do a job they are not equipped to do on a full time basis. But don't take my word for it. Consider the experienced voice of Mike Bauman of MLB.com. He actually earns a LIVING with his knowledge of baseball: Truth Patrol Signing off For the Night.

Yves, thanks for your comments. I did not watch enough of the Baghdatis match to judge, but my Mom and Dad did watch it through to the end. Their honest opinion was that Baghdatis wasn't cramping but was actually trying a little gamesmanship. As I say, I didn't see enough, but when I heard about the cramps and then saw that he took Agassi to 7-5 in the fifth, I honestly wondered how bad those cramps could have been. Anyway, I think a special exception has to be made given the situation of this match, Agassi's last hurrah - it could have been the Pope hitting winners on the other side of the court, and the crowd would have booed. And for what its worth, I agree with you when you say there isn't a great sense of tradition there ... but I still love the way the fans get behind players and scream and yell for them. Definitely the toughest environment to play in, that's for sure.

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Not only is Ryan Howard red hot, but so is Barry Bonds. All of a sudden, if he hits around 10 more this season, he'll be less than 20 away from Aaron's record, and that looks more and more do-able for next season. Oh well - it will just make it that much more pleasurable to see his record vacated after he is indicted, convicted, and banned from baseball.

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I've stated my point. What's your problem? I supposed that there is lot of GRASS FANS or fans of any kind of others SURFACES who can also "heave coins at the head of opponents". I suppose that this kind of beahaving is not particular to CLAY COURT'S FAN ONLY unless it's a kind of SICKNESS that just touch that particular kind of FAN. If it's the case nevee heard about the sickness in question. And I've acknowledged that you are not one of those fans. But any observer of tennis knows that the worst crowd behaviour, by far, comes in the clay court countries of Europe and Latin America. I'd say its related to soccer fan behaviour but some of the worst of the hooligans in that sport are British ... maybe the worst hooligans elsewhere aren't quite so discriminating in what they root for. But no, I know of no cases where fans outside of clay courts act in the worst way imaginable. And it utterly puts to shame any supposed violation of ettiquette by US fans at Flushing Meadows. That is what is ticking me off. You want to say the tournament sucks because it was built on the flight path of one of the busiest international airports in the world? Fine. But I don't understand any bitching about the behavior of the fans.

You guess wrong, friend. The modern DAVIS CUP is all about NATION against NATION. Not really about tennis. Long time that I've stop to watch the DAVIS CUP or any tennis competition of that sort. Because tennis is one of the rare sport where it's usual (and GOOD!) that fan support a player for his GAME and not for his NATIONALITY. Through the time, I've been fan of KEN ROSWALL, TONY ROCHE, JOHN NEWCOMBE, MANUEL ORANTES, ARTHUR ASHE, JOHN McENROE, STEPHAN EDBERG, PETE SAMPRAS and, today, ROGER FEDERER, to name some. None of my "TRIBU", here. And very few EUROPEANS. So, I don't know where your "APPALLING DOUBLE STANDARD HERE" apply here, to say the least. Let me spell it out then: You think that the behaviour of US fans at Flushing Meadow is somehow horrible. I watch clay court Davis Cup matches in which fan behaviour is beyond anything seen at the US Open, and beyond anything seen in any other Davis Cup tie. Shitty behavior is shitty behavior anywhere. And you may not be one, but there are plenty of clay court fans who think the US Open is a zoo but won't hesitate to heave coins at the heads of opponents.

I have to admit that when they started the new campaign, it didn't do much for me and as tired as I was of the caveman spot, it was still much funnier. Now, I'm starting to like the new spots, particularly the VO guy (hey, another VO guy can dream, right?) and the Little Richard spot. So what do you say?

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My take exactly. US OPEN is far behind the two for me to as you stated. The amount of noise in the US OPEN and the behaviour of the spectators, has you also stated, is frankly unbearable and should not tolerate in a GRAND SLAM tournament. It sounds a bit like they are playing tennis in the garden of a massive Mc Donalds restaurant by an airport. So what have we learned? Europeans hate the Open and Americans don't have much respect for Roland Garros. BFD. I'm guessing that people who love clay court tennis don't give a rat's ass about appalling crowd behavior as long as its DAVIS CUP. Only if its GRAND SLAM is it "unbearable". And that is an APPALLING double standard.

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