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| Name: | Eric Wyman |
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| Homepage URL: | http://www.localnine.com |
| Location: | Portsmouth, NH USA |
| Member since: | January 31, 2002 |
| Last visit: | April 24, 2008 |
YukonGold has posted 18 links and 587 comments to SportsFilter and 23 threads and 567 comments to the Locker Room and has written 1 column.
18 "sent home" early from Sony Open: A new rule on the PGA tour gave 18 players credit for making the cut, paid them and awarded FedEx points but they were not allowed to continue on the weekend to potentially earn more.
posted on Jan 14, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
Trick or Treat If you had a choice between some M&M's or an autograph from a recent World Series champion catcher which one would you take?
posted on Nov 2, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Visit historic fenway park. Come for the atmosphere, stay for the pizza.
posted on Apr 17, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
What if the BCS bowls all went to high school together?
posted on Dec 20, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
A little fine dining, a little cloak and dagger, and a whole lotta yen. Inside the California vacation that was signing Daisuke Matsuzaka and how the Sox got there.
posted on Dec 18, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
A dazzling Manny being Manny moment I saw this on ESPN this morning and burst out laughing as soon as I saw the high-five. There are few players who could get away with doing something like that.
posted to Baseball at 11:18 AM CDT
WHAT GIVES, GUYS? Nelson says there's no problem, Davis says very little For Warriors coach Don Nelson, the mind-boggling question everyone wants answered is really a no-brainer. Why didn't he play Baron Davis in the second half of Monday's playoff-elimination game in Phoenix?
posted to Basketball at 8:05 AM CDT
Not at all because you only provided information to make it seem as if it was in fact a wise move to make.
Never before have such clearly stated facts so easily been refuted by a statement that ONLY further proves the points in question with such unexplained logic.
posted at 12:14 PM CDT on April 17
Actually, no, that's not more likely, that's just your guess.
posted at 7:47 AM CDT on April 18
Implication? Clause? Sentence? Argument?
posted at 7:02 PM CDT on April 18
The Red Sox and Oakland open the season in Japan with Dice-K returning home to start. Usually these trips result in a lot of grousing by the players (most famously, Mike Mussina), but there's not a lot of sympathy when you're getting $40,000 for your troubles. Except if you're not: the MLB has announced that while players and managers will receive the stipend, coaches will not. Red Sox players are threatening to walk off the field today if the MLB does not reverse its reversal of its original stance.
posted to Baseball at 9:03 AM CDT
Because Spring Training isn't long enough for anyone.
posted at 6:18 PM CDT on March 20
Maybe they're getting hookers made of blow.
Now that's worth 7 diamonds!
posted at 6:19 PM CDT on March 20
You can only link to Maxim's pictures.
posted at 6:32 PM CDT on March 21
Randy Moss Re-Signs with the Patriots Moss and the Patriots agree to a three year, $27 million deal. Meanwhile the Falcons release Warrick Dunn one day after signing Michael Turner to a six year deal. However, the week's biggest winner is Ben Roethlisberger who agreed to a $102 million deal with the Steelers.
posted to Football at 8:07 PM CDT
I sincerely hope that the real Randy Moss resurfaces and NE gets burned.
The real Randy Moss? I think that's the player who has not once, but twice, taken less money than was offered but other teams to play for the Patriots. I think the real Randy Moss is interested in playing with the best QB in the league and for the team that is the out and out favorites to win next year.
I must be drinking the kool-aid again
posted at 7:45 AM CDT on March 4
Belichick and Pioli speak out. A Boston Globe report on Walsh's videos and his firing. Also Belichick speaks about why he taped other teams and it's prority in his preparation.
posted to Football at 4:55 AM CDT
This seems to be another thread for everyone to loudly proclaim which side they're on.
I'M OVER HEEEEEEEEERE!
posted at 9:46 AM CDT on February 18
posted to Football at 9:07 PM CDT
10 points after 3 quarters of play? That isn't very entertaining.
If entertainment equates to points scored then yeah it was a snoozer. Most people were crediting the Week 17 game as the best of the season and despite it being the polar opposite offensively the Super Bowl was as entertaining of a game for me.
was so bush league that it killed their karma
Karma? How free-spirited of you. I figured some Patriots fan must have shifted in their seat the wrong way to seal the final score.
It's cheap. It's unsportsmanlike.
Except when it works out for my team though, right? C'mon. There are easier ways to hate on someone.
posted at 9:07 AM CDT on February 4
I think coaches should be able to challenge calls the refs make, but not calls they don't. Otherwise they could challenge holding not being called on every play.
I think Belichick getting clarification on whether he could is testament to how the whole challenge process is built on shaky ground. There are clearly more rules to determine what can and cannot be challenged than anyone can keep straight.
I highly enjoyed seeing Brady's perfect little world...
Can I get Vegas over/under action on unnecessary schadenfruede comments?
posted at 10:05 AM CDT on February 4
You think this thread isn't mocking the Patriots, Howard? I'm going to disagree.
Save for a few knucklehead comments and the anti-belichick sentiment it's been pretty above it all.
I'll admit I have a hard time with any of that. Being a Giant fan and having an overwhelming number of friends be rooting for "the other guys" was tough. Anyone who wants to make comments of that ilk is disrespecting the game that was.
In my seat I was resigned to losing - prepped myself for it all week, was gonna be no big deal. Sitting on the other side it's shock, pure shock. Foregone conclusions don't exist in football. There is no next game. You can't win 4 in a row and battle back from elimination. You have 35 seconds. They may have only scored 31 points combined but I think it was the greatest football game I ever watched.
posted at 12:16 PM CDT on February 4
but I don't think Eli deserves nearly the credit he's receiving. The play where he escapes everybody on the Pats' defense was incredible, but if not for a standout play by Tyree, that ball goes two feet above his head.
That was a desperation pass and an amazing catch.
Doesn't deserve the credit? Desperation pass? That's what unbelievable plays are made of...desperation. If Manning doesn't escape the throw never happens. If Manning hits him in the numbers David Tyree doesn't use his helmet to fend off Harrison and make his catch. Is it possible to just accept it for what it is? They both deserve credit and the MVP process is clearly screwed up.
posted at 2:06 PM CDT on February 4
Sorry, Yukon. Didn't mean to offend you, but the truth is the truth.
I guess I was trying to point out that in someways the boneheaded-ness of it all lends to the greatness. What could he do to not throw it up?
3rd and 5, 1:15 remaining, I've just escaped converging defenders, one of whom had hold of my jersey. Tyree is in tight coverage but those guys I just got away from are coming back. GET RID OF IT!!!! Terrible throw, please catch it. Shit that's gonna get picked. Oh shit he caught it on his helmet. TIMEOUT!
I don't think that has room enough to say he doesn't deserve the credit he gets.
but he still hasn't shown that he can thread the needle and be accurate when the pressure's on.
The first touchdown pass to Tyree. Defender in pursuit and another coming towards the ball. Aikman pointed out the difficulty immediately.
posted at 3:59 PM CDT on February 4
Licking themselves?
Because they can?
posted at 8:07 PM CDT on February 4
Yeah, Manny's got more talent in some ways than any ballpark can hold.
Great statement. I think the game is just so easy for Manny at times, but his personality is so opposite the other players of his caliber. He doesn't seem to retreat to the dark pursuit of being perfect, looking for that edge and smelling his own ass in the way other players have in recent years.
Yes, it's a contract year - but I think he's just swinging the bat and playing the game as much as it is contractual motivation.
For reference of how far Manny had fallen out of favor, this was Baseball Prospectus' projection for 2008.
.281 AVG 74 R 22 HR 89 RBI