- 10:22 PM
- 11/21/09
The culture of this site is alienating Yankee fans. The two principal moderators -- one of whom decidedly does not like the Yankees, the other just this week went from enjoying Yankee suffering to pitying it -- either consciously or unconsciously (I prefer to think the latter) enable and facilitate that culture. They aren't deliberately unfair, but they do have biases. The handling of the playoff posts is just one example. The Yankees are a lightening rod for hate and there's little counterbalance here. I have tried to provide some of that counterbalance. Everyone has a limit for how many times they can be told to get over it before they'll walk away from a pointless fight. Take a look around and count the regular contributors who are Yankee fans. I've heard a few longtime members comment that not long ago that there used to be more but they're not as vocal anymore. Just since I've been here I know there are Yankee fans still contributing on this site who no longer seem interested in discussing the Yankees here. I never, not once, asked for or sought sympathy. And I didn't ask for this drama. I didn't put up this thread. I was perfectly happy to say my mind to rcade and walk away quietly. My argument was so badly misrepresented that I felt I had to say something, and I did owe an apology. For my trouble I get a lot of unwanted attention and a fresh set of footprints on the seat of my pants. I'm not leaving because I'm wounded or hurt, I'm leaving because I finally sobered up enough to realize this party just isn't my taste. I will always remember this place as the one where I was called a whiny ass titty baby the most.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 12:02 PM on October 11
I think I should clarify this before it gets any further along -- like goddam, I had no issue at all with the specific phrase "early exit." I'm not sure where that notion came from. I took issue with the timing, quality and source of the post, the general biases of both the post and the article toward the Yankees' loss as opposed to the Indians' victory, and the fact that no other series had been covered at all, let alone in such abrupt fashion. If you want to continue to debate whether "early exit" was proper don't let me stop you, but for what it's worth my issue wasn't with specific semantics.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 01:40 PM on October 10
Is that fair? Probably not, but non-Yankees fans might think it's also not fair that the Yankees have won 26 championships. That sentiment gets right to the crux of why I am leaving. That number 26 means nothing to me -- I wasn't alive for 20 of them and the six I did see did nothing to keep me from rooting just as hard (and this year, for personal reasons, probably 100 times harder) for my team to win. Nobody here can contol the distribution of wins and dollars. The distribution of fair handling is controllable. There's a pervasive air here (other places, too, of course, but more disappointingly here) that you can offer less consideration to Yankees fans and dump on their team harder because they've won more. Maybe that's justifiable on some level, but it's not the place I want to hang out.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 12:41 PM on October 10
I actually told rcade I wasn't going to do this, but I changed my mind for the singular reason that I think that 1) I owe the community an apology for my indefensible use of vulgar language Monday night (though I maintain that I stand by the sentiment); and 2) I should quit properly and publicly. My issues with rcade's first post after the Yankees loss are these: 1) it was a throwaway AP article that was tossed up minutes after the game ended -- it was, in effect, a game recap with some regurgitated conjecture about the future of the Yankees that has been running in the mill since February. 1a) (added on edit) The real story about Joe Torre's future broke Sunday morning when Steinbrenner made the remark. Nothing went up about it then. Nothing in Monday's AP article was new news -- some was 2 days old, some was a year old, some was the same "oh my god, the team's breaking up" that has been the annual ritual since 2001. 2) there was no precedent to such hurrying to get a post up for any of the other series. Additionally, equally big stories on which rcade has posted, like the USC upset, were apparently worthy of waiting until the next day's well-developed copy. 3) This comment made by rcade during last year's ALDS. I am still relatively new to this whole blogging thing, but in a short time I have learned a little bit about how to respect my fellow bloggers. I slip from time to time (like I did Monday night) but I do try to be considerate. For that reason, I try to stay away from posting negative stories about rivals of my team where I might leave the sense that I was revelling in their misery. When I saw that weak post go up Monday night, knowing rcade's feeling about the Yankees, I felt he was gloating. It was the wrong article at the wrong time from the wrong person. I wrote to rcade Tuesday morning with a clearer head and told him that I stood by my comment on Monday night. He then banned me until I apologized. I am going to copy my reply to that notice below: You can't fire me, I already quit. I apologize for the vulgarity but not the sentiment. If you can honestly look inside your soul and write me back and say that you put up that FPP without an ounce of glee, without a bit of revelry in the state of Yankees affairs, or even if you can tell me you actually spent any time looking for the most well-written and insightful observation of the series and the possible scenarios in aftermath, keeping with the high standards clearly stated in the SportsFilter guidelines, I will issue you a full apology. If you can't do that and your best defense is that I overreacted, then I don't think I'm the one who should be apologizing. I believe I and the other Yankee fans were unfairly and unkindly taunted, and beyond that I believe you see that kind of taunting as acceptable. And for that I would like to kindly invite you to have sex with yourself. I can't express my feelings any better than that. I didn't "suggest I might quit." I quit. I will continue to read here selectively, but I'm done opening myself to abuse. I live in Red Sox territory and I don't get near as bad treatment outside as I do in here. Outside they just throw stuff at me. I now invite you to the dozen or so comments about my oversensitivity, which I will read. They will undoubtedly make me feel so much worse about my decision. Again, to rcade and to those who saw it, I apologize for the way I expressed myself Monday night.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 11:19 AM on October 10
No game tonight. (Also, awesome job, Chico.)
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 10:19 AM on October 04
I know I do. Each team was chosen at least once to win the whole thing. And Yukon's talk was far and away the trashiest. Gross.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 09:25 AM on October 04
Pitching in the AL is better than that, I hope. The last time the Sox and Angels squared off in a best-of-five, seven players hit .333 or better with 10 or more PA. And I would argue that the hitting is more improved than the pitching for both teams this time around.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 04:25 PM on October 03
"...and here come 86 and yerfatma storming out of the dugout! They've lost! Look at this!... They've been ruled out, and are now having to be forcibly restrained from hitting Tim McClelland. And Grum has won the ball game 4 to 3!"
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 11:56 AM on October 03
I did. I also looked at his numbers vs. the Angels this year, which are also good. But looking at both rosters, I don't see any chance of Drew being #1 in batting average. Not in this group. He might hit .333 and finish eighth.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 03:04 PM on October 02
BA, Drew You can't be serious. For a minute, I thought you made a mistake and put your Diamondbacks picks at the end of your Red Sox line. If J.D. Drew leads that series in BA I will wear a Drew belly shirt and boxer shorts while parading around Thomas Circle singing "I Will Survive" at the top of my lungs, and I will videotape it and post it here. That's how confident I am in that not happening.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 01:15 PM on October 02
I can't find where we enter the number of games. How do you do that?
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 09:43 AM on October 02
Rockies in 4 Cubs in 3 Los Angeles of Anaheim in 3 New York in 3 Posada NL +17
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 09:18 AM on October 02
That video is appropriate for every occassion, JG. You should post it in the lawyer thread so we call out the character of Irish Jig Instructors. I don't have a link for you SDD, but there's one I wish I had. My dad, brother, girlfriend and I went down to Baltimore for the Yankees' final game Sunday. When we got back to the car, we turned on WFAN just in time to hear the greatest rant in sports radio history. During some show hosted by Chris Russo (a Giants fan, otherwise known as the Mad Dog) and some pro-Mets guy, a Mets fan called in to discuss his feelings on where the Mets go from here. This guy started listing everything that "needs to be blown up" within the organization and he didn't miss anything in a full-on, single-breath raging scream-- Wilpon, Minaya, Randolph, Jose Reyes, Carlos Delgado, Paul LaDuca, the bullpen, the vendors, Keith Hernandez, Abner Doubleday, Jeffrey Meier, screwcap wines, jughandle turns, and the infield-fly rule. I may have missed some from laughter. When the guy finished (and presumably passed out), there was a beat, then Russo says, "You know what's next for you? Yankees/Indians, Thursday at eight." That might be the single cruelest response by a radio host I have ever heard. I know that's not what you're looking for, but it's a story.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 04:36 PM on October 01
That sounds good. You can put my vote down for Geoff Blum.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 04:14 PM on October 01
Loose: we bend the MLB rules a little and say that the player that had the last plate appearance before the game-winning run was scored gets the GWRBI, whether it was a credited RBI or not. Meaning that, in the event the winning run scores on a wild pitch, the player batting gets the award, or the player before the player at bat (the one having last completed a plate appearance)? I'd actually be good with making it a kind of subjective thing, with DrJohn as the sole arbiter. For example, if Geoff Blum walked, stole second and third, then scored on a wild pitch, you might give it to Blum. If Josh Bard doubled and Geoff Blum bunted him over to third and he scored on a wild pitch, then you would consider giving it to Blum. If Josh Bard tripled, Blum walked, and then Blum drew a balk from the pitcher with his crazy antics, well then you could certainly give it to Blum. That kind of thing.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 01:45 PM on October 01
San Diego by 1 Geoff Blum Hoffman comes in with a 3-run lead and has a shaky ninth but holds on for the save with a runner in scoring position. (+5 points if that's right)
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 12:46 PM on October 01
I guess it depends on your measure of quality. There is no question that Bonds hit in larger parks against better pitchers. Here is an article that analyzes just the ballpark effect, which puts Oh at 650 Major League homers. Here is another that puts him at 527. On the other side, though, the 500 HR club in Japan is much smaller and Oh still (I believe) has everyone beat by over 200 career homers. And nobody has accused Oh of... well, you know. I'm not a sabermetrics guy. Hope this helps some.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 11:33 AM on September 26
I'd post my Bust list but it might be a little to lengthy for this post. Is there such a thing as a Locker Room Column? There should be. I'd like to hear your thoughts, SDD. I'm just dumb enough -- if you list Crosby I'll probably cut him.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 12:04 PM on September 25
I had to trade Heatley to BPP for Nabokov. I had not choice. His team looks awesome now. It should give you all solace to know that if anyone can turn holding the top two rated players into mediocrity, it's the guy who's got 'em. With one year of experience under my belt, I still pretty much have no idea what I'm doing. I hope Budaj falters, not just for the obvious reason, but because I have his backup. I thought that WAS the obvious reason... what's the obvious reason again?
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 10:37 AM on September 25
Q, seriously, you should consider coming back. Your "break" should come during the baseball season -- hockey didn't take your sport out of town. I promise you won't spend a moment worrying about Carlos Marmol. And Sammy should be in here, too. Having come back in time and all.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 12:06 AM on September 19
Aside (not to be confused with an argument for removal): why does fantasy hockey not reward PIM in reverse? When is it a measure of success to accumulate the most penalty minutes? I've never watched a game and said, "YES! A penalty against our side! Putting them on the power play is EXACTLY where we want them!" Penalty minutes killed would be a good stat.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 03:38 PM on September 18
Adding Points at 1st glance seems redundant as it rewards a Goal Scored twice to our scoring system. As Chico rightly noted, PPP has a similar effect. Adding Points as a category would change the weight put on PPP relative to regular old even-up G and A from 2:1 to 3:2. How much more valuable is a PPP than a regular point? In hockey reality, they're equivalent -- a goal is a goal is a goal. Making PPP twice as important seems kinda arbitrary. This is not me pushing really hard for Points so much as I am clarifying why I even brought it up. In the end there's a really good chance that the Robin Goodfellows are going to get pounded regardless of the categories used. On edit: I also like FOW more than SOG for the reasons Chico stated.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 02:24 PM on September 18
Thanks, SDD. I didn't realize at the time that the fantasy points scoring was an entirely different league style -- I thought it was a manipulation of the Roto category format. In other words, I thought finishing first in goals would give you 40 points while finishing first in assists would give you 20 and finishing first in PIM would give you 30, using my parenthetical example above. What I wrote -- as I copied from the Yahoo site -- didn't reflect what I was thinking I was writing, hence my confusion. In any case, they should have that option available. So, I guess my suggestion is keep PPP without splitting or adding other PP categories and add Points as a category. And anything else that makes Andy McDonald more valuable.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 01:42 PM on September 18
Splitting PPG and PPA but including them both is exactly the same thing as including just PPP. Not really -- the difference is that PPP becomes worth a maximum of 40 points (and a minimum of 2) rather than a maximum of 20 (and a minimum of 1). It doubles the total value of PPP. Personally, I don't like the idea of making PPP more valuable than regular old goals and assists. I'd rather see a Points category added to G and A to double their value against the other categories. Alternatively, we could use Yahoo's "fantasy point scoring" which allows for weighting of particular categories (e.g. a goal counts for two points, an assist one point, and penalty minute 1.5 points, etc.). That way we could use as many or as few categories as we want and still maintain a balance that puts offense ahead of goalie points.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 01:12 PM on September 18
No Q? Quel fromage! I demand an explanation! You're not going on a hockey road trip, are you?
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 12:19 PM on September 18
The Robin Goodfellows are ready to be giving you the business. We approve of any date that is bad for Weedy and Grum.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 01:03 AM on September 17
Great to see you back here, Sammy.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 10:45 AM on September 16
For years, I thought I was doing the Safety Dance. Turns out, no, I was doing the Macarena. Could've been worse, I guess. Could've been the Lambada. That's, like, "the dance that's not allowed," isn't it? In any case, it sounds quite the opposite of the Safety Dance. That's for sure.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 04:14 PM on September 11
I'll take one of those stouts, and toast to many healthier days for you.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 03:25 PM on September 11
I will come as a comic book sketch and sing "Take On Me."
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 10:16 AM on September 10
Putting Frisby second by .16 So close. Dude, you are SO close.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 11:46 PM on September 07
Oh, and good luck kid. We're all pulling for you.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 12:09 PM on September 07
Need some suggestions. Lock your luggage. I kid. If I were going to propose in NYC? --at The Blue Mahoe on East 14th --at Angelo's on Mulberry Street in Little Italy --at Vince & Eddie's on West 68th --at Veniero's Pastry Shop on East 11th --in a hansom cab --on a row boat on the Lake in Central Park. Don't lean TOO far -- this is the one place in New York where tipping is discouraged. /rimshot --on the JumboTron at Yankee Stadium. Okay, no, I wouldn't. That's a few I can think of. If Chicobangs, goddam and the other NYC crowd are around, I'm sure they will have more. By way of a caveat, it's certainly a matter of taste, but I find Tavern on the Green a little over the top and not all that romantic. There, I said it. On edit: If you really want to impress her (and spend more than you did on the ring), you can go to one of the really REALLY upscale trendy places like Morimoto, Babbo, Bar Jamon, Mesa Grill, Bolo, or any other of the Restaurants of the Food Network Stars. I haven't been to any of those, though, so I can't really recommend them.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 11:55 AM on September 07
Root mean squares are hot.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 09:05 PM on September 06
As terrible a book title as that is, I have to concede I do really like Amazon's condensed version for the URL. A "Brawling-Bimbo-chasing-Championship-Baseball-Uniform" would undoubtedly draw some serious cash on e-bay.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 02:58 AM on September 06
My second time playing the home run game and I hit 213 home runs. My high is 61. If I could figure out some way to get my computer to slow the game down, I think I could get more... perhaps as many as 73.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 10:57 PM on August 23
It's you, isn't it. You're the mole. Get him!
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 05:31 PM on August 15
Yeah, dude. It works 100% of the time on the Locker Room link, but about 10% of the time on the main thingy with the thing. But maybe that's, you know, a good thing? (I found this place via Yahoo! So, yeah. Maybe it's good to not be there.)
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 10:15 PM on August 09
I don't know what happened to Ray Ray, but there was a long time when I was wondering what happened to SummersEve. I missed your smell. I missed your musk. When this is all over, I think you and me should get an apartment together. I think that's the second time I've used that quote recently. Alright, I'm gonna stop talking for a while.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 09:04 PM on August 09
It points out it's happening again, Crafty, so maybe there's something that can be done about it to prevent it from becoming a regular thing. You're right. We need to do something. Maybe we can get the Ad Council to run a new anti-spam PSA campaign. All we need is a spokesperson. Someone with solid on-screen experience. Like, twice in the last two weekends. (See... getting naked and screaming "Look at me! Look at me!" works in almost any forum. Even written forums. And Jumbotron Manufacturers Conventions. Anywhere.)
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 10:26 PM on August 07
JG, I believe catfish's point is that you are restating a known issue: Armchair GM spams SportsFilter members. It's no more clear here what we're supposed to do about it than it was in the last thread. Personally, I don't think you deserve to catch so much grief for it. We always have a new collection of members that weren't around for the original thread. And at the very worst, these threads almost invariably devolve into something really hilarious. I've been on jumbotrons for two consecutive weekends during two different historic sports events. Top that, fame-seekers! On edit: what yerfatmå said
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 09:22 PM on August 07
I got one today. Please don't stop them. I like getting mail, especially from friendly singles who just want to chat. Boy, they sure are friendly!
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 12:30 PM on August 07
Dude, that looks like an awesome trip. There's like a 1% chance I could meet up in Syracuse, but it's not looking good for me right now. we'd certainly welcome them with open arms and some French love words Ugh. I have that damn "Lady Marmalade" song stuck in my head now. The best that can be said is that it's the original version and not the Christina Aguilera debacle.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 10:20 AM on August 02
In sixth grade, my school trip to NYC was to see the Hayden Planetarium. I feel pretty confident in saying that if my school, at any level, had forced me to see "Cats" I would never have graduated. What kind of school takes class trips to Broadway shows? Did you go to Fame Schooll?
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 09:57 AM on July 26
Hard to scrape ice of your windshield with an mp3. I give Apple a year before that feature appears on the iPhone. I see an agreement with Leatherman in the near future. What good is the thing if I can't open a beer with it?
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 12:17 PM on July 25
I just laughed so hard my Swatch watch fell off. You might have an easier time picking it up if you weren't wearing those fingerless gloves. Or if you could keep your sweatshirt on both shoulders. Young pitching is such a crapshoot. For every Santana, Peavy and Haren there's a Prior, Wood, and Liriano. And oddly it's actually getting harder to pry young pitching prospects away from teams. Even with established stars like Texeira as bait. You can't even get them from the Yankees.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 08:22 AM on July 25
You know, I think it was a knuckle curve. Imagine my embarrassment.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 12:24 PM on July 24
Ah. Uh. Yeah. I give that a B+. They're pretty close. And I think Hafner's playing hurt. Yep. Thanks for not putting that one in your profile...
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 11:23 AM on July 24
at least one resource out there suggests otherwise Thanks, dude. Yes, that was the game in question. My friend will be much amused by those links. the guy who wound up throwing slop for Tampa Paul Wilson did eventually become the ace of the Reds. 11-6, 4.36. Solid.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 11:14 AM on July 24
Their rotation last year started out with Sidney Ponson, Jeff Suppan and Jason Marquis. Worked out alright then. I went to a Cardinals game at Shea a couple weeks ago. The lineup was a who's who in "Who?" Wellemeyer, Stinnett, Speizio, Miles, Brendan Ryan, Pujols, Ludwick, Taguchi, Encarnacion. No Molina, no Rolen, no Edmonds, no Eckstein, no Kennedy. I feel okay using injuries as a headline excuse, especially when one way or the other a mediocre rotation is going to win the Central. Certainly, other things have gone wrong -- I thought Reyes would break out this year, for one. One marginally funny thing about that game at Shea: they have a board hanging from the bleachers that indicates the speed of every pitch. The sign also identifies what kind of pitch it was -- fastball, curveball, etc. When Isringhausen came in (for what would be a blown save), every time he threw an off-speed pitch the sign indicated that it was a "knucklecurve." I was sitting next to a Cardinals fan and I asked him if Izzy throws a knucklecurve, and this guy was losing his mind over the sign. "No. There's no way. He does not throw a knucklecurve. That doesn't even look like a knucklecurve." Yet every pitch there it was, and they didn't indicate that pitch for any other pitcher that day. That Shea Stadium is one messed up operation.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 09:58 AM on July 24
Anytime you wanna start a thread about how brilliant I am, do send an email. Geez, here I thought that was the point of all the threads. back in '04 when he pooh-poohed the acquisition of Dave Roberts I don't think we need to bring that up anymore. Seriously.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 11:11 PM on July 23
How do I measure myself against other predictors? By height. But here's how I grade myself: AL East: New York Yankees Grade: B+ (they're down, but far from out given their recent surge) AL Central: Detroit Tigers Grade: A AL West: Seattle Mariners Grade: A- (c'mon -- you weren't even THINKING about them) AL Wild Card: Boston Red Sox Grade: A- (I picked them for the playoffs, and they're going to the playoffs - that's a good call) NL East: New York Mets Grade: A NL Central: St. Louis Cardinals Grade: D (I didn't see those injuries coming, nope) NL West: San Diego Padres Grade: A- (close) NL Wild Card: Los Angeles Dodgers Grade: A- (I may not get the exacta, but...) AL Champs: Detroit Tigers Grade: A (I see no reason this won't happen) NL Champs: San Diego Padres Grade: B (I'd probably go with the Mets at this point, but San Diego's pitching is looking good) World Champs: San Diego Padres Grade: C- (when did I ever think this?) AL Cy Young: Johan Santana (MIN) I learned my lesson -- I'll never pick against him again Grade: A- (he's not in the lead, but he's close) NL Cy Young: Roy Oswalt (HOU) Grade: C- (eh... yeah... uh... I would have done well to listen to Carlos Zambrano) AL MVP: Vlad Guerrero (LAA) Grade: B (this was a hedge bet since I didn't pick the Angels to make the playoffs, and I think it's still not bad... but there's this guy on the Yankees...) NL MVP: Albert Pujols (StL) Grade: B- (I don't know who's going to win, but I think I know who isn't...) AL ROY: Daisuke Matsuzaka (BOS) Grade: A (I like his chances) NL ROY: Ryan Zimmerman (WAS) Grade: F (this turned out to be a terrible choice even without considering that he isn't a rookie) Where Is Roger Clemens on July 1st?: New York Yankees Grade: A+ (can't pick better than that) Where is A-Rod on Aug 1st?: Chicago Cubs Grade: uh... incomplete...? Where is Carl Pavano on Aug 1st?: Chicago Cubs Grade: F (I couldn't be more wrong if my name was Wrongy Wrongstein.) Where is Carlos Zambrano on Aug 1st?: New York Yankees Grade: er... incomplete...? Where is Aramis Ramirez on Aug 1st?: New York Yankees Grade: tsssss... incomplete...? Overall grade: C. I'm in line with a couple that weren't gimmes. I blew a couple that appeared to be in the gimme column. As predictions go... pretty mediocre, but still promising.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 08:31 PM on July 23
Here is the video that he took. Fake.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 11:15 AM on July 20
| SpoFite | W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | Total Points |
| Ufez Jones | Henin | Kuznetsova | Sharapova | Mauresmo | Federer | Djokovic | Nadal | Canas | 75 |
| bperk | Henin | Sharapova | SWilliams | Mauresmo | Federer | Nadal | Roddick | Davydenko | 75 |
| lil brown bat | SWilliams | Sharapova | VWilliams | Mauresmo | Federer | Nadal | Blake | Roddick | 74 |
| owlhouse | Mauresmo | Henin | Sharapova | Kuznetsova | Federer | Nadal | Roddick | Hewitt | 73 |
| Weedy | Sharapova | SWilliams | Henin | Mauresmo | Federer | Nadal | Gonzalez | Canas | 70 |
| Sousepaw | Henin | Sharapova | Hingis | Mauresmo | Federer | Nadal | Gonzalez | Roddick | 68 |
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 03:28 PM on July 06
Mom? I can't tell you how many rules you're breaking right now. One: stay off my blogs. Two: stop calling me a loser in public. Three...gah, you're really cheesing me off right now. I'm coming upstairs.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 03:22 PM on July 05
I have half a trophy. I have to share it with a teenager with a blind spot for spelling his own username. I let him have it first, not knowing that he was heading off to camp for the summer, and I'll probably never see it now. Yes, I want more trophies. I want to be the Federer of fantasy tennis. I want to walk down the street and have people point and say, "There goes The Crafty Sousepaw... the greatest fantasy tennis player who ever lived." Or at least once have somebody post, "The Crafty Sousepaw is a fantasy robot." But, you know, mean it in a good way. I wish I was watching a lot of good tennis today. Instead, I'm listening to some really terrible baseball. Maybe that's why I'm so chatty.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 01:55 PM on July 05
Bperk sure gets chatty when she's kicking everyone's butt, doesn't she? You are so going down in the Open. Regrettably, the only match I've seen any part of was the most recent Roddick victory, and I can say without reservation that I really, really dislike Mathieu. What a punk. And maybe it's me -- maybe it's the constant cut-aways -- but Roddick is looking more and more like Connors to me on the court. The way he sprinted from one side of the court to the other after coming back from 3-6 in the final set tie-breaker to even it up was very Connors-esque.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 10:04 AM on July 05
Yeah, well, that's what you get for so joyfully posting of my early demise. In technicolor no less.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 04:56 PM on July 03
Updated table (sort of):
| SpoFite | W1 | W2 | W3 | W4 | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | Total Points |
| Ufez Jones | Henin | Kuznetsova | Sharapova | Mauresmo | Federer | Djokovic | Nadal | Canas | 40 |
| bperk | Henin | Sharapova | SWilliams | Mauresmo | Federer | Nadal | Roddick | Davydenko | 40 |
| Sousepaw | Henin | Sharapova | Hingis | Mauresmo | Federer | Nadal | Gonzalez | Roddick | 40 |
| Weedy | Sharapova | SWilliams | Henin | Mauresmo | Federer | Nadal | Gonzalez | Canas | 40 |
| owlhouse | Mauresmo | Henin | Sharapova | Kuznetsova | Federer | Nadal | Roddick | Hewitt | 40 |
| lil brown bat | SWilliams | Sharapova | VWilliams | Mauresmo | Federer | Nadal | Blake | Roddick | 40 |
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 01:38 PM on July 03
Editorializing on the Front Page
I can't think of a constructive reason for me to continue with this thread. I have a macrame class in 20 minutes and from then on my life is pretty much booked. My e-mail address is in the profile where it will stay for a couple days. Feel free to contact me if you want to suggest self-help books for all the psychological disorders with which I have been diagnosed here, or if you have suggestions for a new place to keep my opinions.