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- 11/22/09
Hamilton by 9 Calgary by 3
Setta
posted by dfleming at 11:59 AM on November 13
My results aren't on the list, but then again, I didn't win so it doesn't matter! Can't wait for next year!
posted by dfleming at 07:20 AM on November 10
Whoa. I don't understand the pile-on on kerrycindy.
There's nothing like a consensus opinion to change someone's mind.
posted by dfleming at 10:55 AM on November 07
tahoemoj, i could care less how long you have been on here.
It's not at all helping your point that you're combative about it. You've insulted several people's intelligence without any grounds to do so, despite mod intervention you continue to push your point and you show no care for the community in the least. The fact you haven't been banned is a testament to the patience of the admins.
There are 159 million mentions of the word Fuck on Google. Perhaps your son should not be on the internet if he's so impressionable.
Signed,
4.0 Fucking GPA.
posted by dfleming at 02:42 PM on November 05
I have absolutely no use for either of those services but I also can't see them hurting the huddle.
* - Also a big fan of the huddle.
posted by dfleming at 07:14 PM on October 29
Yankees in 5 MVP: Sabathia Over 3 hours 44 minutes
posted by dfleming at 12:34 PM on October 27
Phillies in 6 Yankees in 6
NL: Cliff Lee AL: A.J. Burnett
AL + 12
posted by dfleming at 10:50 AM on October 14
Philly in 5 NYY in 3 Cardinals in 4 Red Sox in 4 Teixera AL + 6
posted by dfleming at 09:43 AM on October 07
Detroit by 3 Brandon Inge
posted by dfleming at 10:46 AM on October 05
It's Camus and it's The Fall. Literary competition on SpoFi? That's technically a sport, right?
posted by dfleming at 07:24 AM on October 01
It's just hard to imagine that won't go terribly wrong and result in a site with just 10 super-intelligent members who all talk like Sheldon on Big Bang and then plot world domination.
*registers sportsfiltercabal.org*
posted by dfleming at 02:38 PM on September 30
Plus the whole "If you want to weed me out, just fucking pull the plug on my ass" martyrdom thing really gets my goat. Nobody even remotely suggested that.
posted by dfleming at 10:07 AM on September 30
It seems like an absolutely huge overreaction. The commenter admits to not reading all the comments and not liking the post from the start. It's skimming for confirmation of something you already think you know. It's being a bad community member by not caring enough about the opinions of the members to want to know what they have to say.
To date, I've battled with rcade over a ton of issues here but he's fair and rarely (if ever) do I feel he's pushing anything with his posts. It's an interesting post bound to spark a discussion; perfect for SpoFi. Any editorializing of the post is done in the spirit of summing up the original article, which has an outrage slant to it.
posted by dfleming at 10:05 AM on September 30
I should mention that my team name changed to the Theoretical Fleurys.
posted by dfleming at 10:45 AM on September 27
I put together a little list on the side of sleepers (at the top, two players, Sergei Gonchar and Marco Sturm, who were hurt for most of last year and might slip in the rankings). My iBook froze and with my second pick, I took Sergei Gonchar.
Otherwise, it was a deep draft and this team looks a lot weaker than my 13 team league one is, but I think it's got some potential.
posted by dfleming at 08:21 AM on September 27
In as hackthebone.
posted by dfleming at 12:56 PM on September 09
pieceofshitracistanti-fanfuckbagmotherfuckers2 will have to do, then.
posted by dfleming at 09:18 AM on September 04
I'd be up for taking a Dump here once in a while.
posted by dfleming at 02:01 PM on August 24
I'm in as Deep Throwt. Should be fun.
posted by dfleming at 09:36 AM on July 19
I dropped out folks. you've got your even number. I've got 6 teams spread across three sites and realistically, I'm not going to be able to keep them all going while, you know, getting work done at work.
posted by dfleming at 08:00 AM on March 20
The field in the Ipswitch goal looks crazy lumpy and lopsided. That's not an excuse (ultimately, on an unpredictable field, pick the damn ball up) but it looks like they're playing on a mine field.
posted by dfleming at 10:47 AM on March 16
I *think* FolkswaysSpitballers didn't understand the picking process and picked things in the opposite order. Either that, or they're looking for a top-to-bottom upset of the WBC!
posted by dfleming at 01:50 PM on March 09
United States (Seriously, how is Chris Chelios still playing?)
His inability to skate has little to do with his relief pitching.
posted by dfleming at 01:30 PM on March 02
I know so much about the abilities of these countries I thought it appropriate to predict Taipei to finish both 4th and 12th. Yikes.
I can't believe the Netherlands has a team. Orange uniforms will be exciting!
posted by dfleming at 01:24 PM on March 02
Sammy So-So here.
posted by dfleming at 02:12 PM on March 01
I have access to the list of 104 players who juiced from 2001-2003 and Alex Juiceriguez will draft accordingly.
posted by dfleming at 07:22 PM on February 21
That said, I don't think you're necessarily wrong either. I think it's a combination of two problems at once.
posted by dfleming at 03:45 PM on January 06
I agree, dfleming, but observing sports crowds over the last 35 years or so, I believe that A causes B.
Observing people for the 25 years I've been alive, I think people are just becoming bigger and bigger jerks.
posted by dfleming at 03:45 PM on January 06
Toronto Maple Leafs: Give Brian Burke a few years. Toronto Blue Jays: Open your wallets or trade Halliday and let him have a chance at the playoffs. He's too remarkable to play on a mediocre team his whole career. New England Patriots: Be smart with Matt Cassell and Tom Brady. Sign a feature back and draft defensive depth. Toronto Raptors: Trade for a wing. The Bobcats have been trying to give you Gerald Wallace; take him. Please. WWE Wrestling: Go bankrupt.
posted by dfleming at 11:50 AM on January 05
How about owners and players in professional sport make a resolution to run their businesses and play their games for the benefit of the fans. After all, without fans, there wouldn't be professional sport in the first place.
In addition to this, how about fans treat players, coaches and staff like people again. Stop the heckling, the out of bounds criticisms based on people's personal lives and the throwing shit at them while they're on the field. In short, sports fans should stop acting like entitled princes who throw tantrums when things don't go their way.
/ idealism goes both ways
posted by dfleming at 11:46 AM on January 05
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Congrats, JPR!
posted by dfleming at 11:34 PM on November 28
It's hard to give an MVP to a player who's on the field for 1/10th of the plays. It's the same argument for a closer getting an MVP nod; you have to be really, really spectacular to be the most valuable.
posted by dfleming at 01:54 PM on November 24
You Canadians are a strange and wondrous people.
Our insides are filled with candy too.
posted by dfleming at 10:13 AM on November 22
Man, an 0-fer except for the bonuses. What a week.
Calgary by 7 Henry Burris Under 240
posted by dfleming at 10:04 AM on November 20
One thing about the chart: it's directing the team name links to sportsfilter, not yahoo.
That said, this glut of information is wonderful.
posted by dfleming at 08:59 PM on November 17
The referees just called an "inadvertent whistle".
Ref 1: "What did you see, Al?" Ref 2: "I saw...uh...pass...clipping. #53. Defense. I swear. Shit. No, sorry, I saw this really hot girl in the stands and I was all 'Damn, that girl is *tweet*!'"
posted by dfleming at 03:04 PM on November 15
My team leads the league in ridiculous beards. Richard Hamilton looks like a founding father.
posted by dfleming at 02:53 PM on November 15
Edmonton by 3 BC by 7
Ricky Ray for Yardage.
BC Sacks.
I don't feel good about any of these picks except the sacks total. I think that means this week's games are going to be worth watching.
posted by dfleming at 11:00 PM on November 12
Edmonton by 10 BC by 7
Luca Congi.
posted by dfleming at 07:29 PM on November 06
Madeleine Allbricks here.
posted by dfleming at 07:41 PM on October 25
Your table no looky at all.
posted by dfleming at 11:50 AM on April 23
Boston in 4 Detroit in 4 Orlando in 5 Cleveland in 5 Lebron James LA Lakers in 4 Dallas in 5 San Antonio in 6 Utah in 6 Kobe Bryant
posted by dfleming at 07:50 AM on April 18
While you're at it, pick me up a new keyboard. Mine's now tea stained.
posted by dfleming at 07:56 AM on April 17
I don't want to talk about it and you don't want to hear. You sleep with Nimoy's wife once and suddenly, you're the bad guy...
posted by dfleming at 07:04 AM on April 10
You got me. I'm William Shattner.
posted by dfleming at 12:01 PM on April 09
I am not Henry James, James Joyce or Joyce Brothers. Yall can stop with the rumors.
posted by dfleming at 06:32 AM on April 09
Thanks!
posted by dfleming at 10:43 AM on April 08
Murdered my ass. C David Ross 1B Mike Sweeney 2B Ray Durham SS Bobby Crosby 3B Nomar Garciaparra (DL already) OF Reggie Sanders OF JD Drew OF Cliff Floyd SP Rich Harden RP BJ Ryan
posted by dfleming at 01:07 PM on April 01
I just got a spam from ArmchairGM about his NCAA pool. Anyone else?
posted by dfleming at 12:01 PM on March 17
The end result, whether you want to blame it on the responders or the pissers, is that there's plenty of piss to go around. Is the consensus here that it doesn't matter and/or that nothing can/should be done to help the situation? I think, at least personally, things are nowhere near as bad as you make them seem. The signal to noise is still quite high. If there is a particular user you think is being a problem, please single them out so that the admins can deal with it. Your reluctance to point out all the pissing going on with links makes it very hard to believe there are more than a few concentrated drops of piss around.
posted by dfleming at 04:41 PM on March 05
There wasn't an argument to respond to, dfleming. It was an observation: the guy's retiring. If you're arguing for a simple observation and move on policy on things like this, sorry, you're fucking nuts. That's not a community; that's Google News. Sports sites like this discuss not only *the* incident itself but also the effect it will have on the sporting community as a whole. Favre's retirement will lead into a discussion about his place in history because it's the most logical place to go with it. Discussing the merits of his career achievements, numbers and reputation (which are, incidentally, in the article) is important.
posted by dfleming at 11:01 AM on March 05
I don't really think that because you have issues with something that's related to the topic of the thread, it's automatically appropriate and on-topic for you to vent in the thread. Having issues with the premise of an argument is where discussion comes from. Favre's retirement thread brings out a heated debate; some people see him as a hero, some people see him as a risk-taking quarterback who doesn't belong in the elite. The day of his retirement is as good a day as any for people to discuss that. It's not like the man is dead and needs a funeral procession of people saying how wonderful he is. He's just retiring.
posted by dfleming at 07:59 AM on March 05
In as well. Vida Blue Berries are to be feared.
posted by dfleming at 02:28 PM on February 12
My apologies. Offensive Rushing TD.
posted by dfleming at 04:44 PM on February 02
Pats by 10 1. Patriots 2. NE Rushing TD 3. 5:25 Q1
posted by dfleming at 08:31 AM on January 30
Wow, a 9 point round for Monica. That's amazing. NE by 12 GB by 7 San Diego's Mike Scifres with 225 yards.
posted by dfleming at 12:01 PM on January 16
Green Bay by 10 New England by 5 Indianapolis by 10 New York by 3 1. 12 2. NE 3. +2
posted by dfleming at 05:25 PM on January 08
CFL Pick 'Em, Division Finals Edition
Montreal by 9 Saskatchewan by 3 Anthony Calvillo Montreal