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| Name: | Jason |
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| AIM: | Debo270 |
| Member since: | May 26, 2006 |
| Last visit: | November 06, 2009 |
Debo270 has posted 4 links and 512 comments to SportsFilter and 1 link and 3 comments to the Locker Room.
Pittsburgh Pirates Set Record for Futility: While September is often a time for one final push in baseball, the Pittsburgh Pirates made their push in another direction, becoming the first team in the top four U.S. pro sports to have 17 straight losing seasons.
posted by Debo270 to baseball at 07:57 AM on September 08 - 20 comments
Five Reasons to Watch the World Series: So it's not Manny being Manny and shots of Ben Affleck sitting in the stands. It is still going to be a great series for all the right reasons.
posted by Debo270 to baseball at 09:08 AM on October 22 - 13 comments
5 good reasons to watch the World Series: So its not Manny being Manny and Shots of Ben Afleck sitting in the stands. It is Still Going to be a great series for all the right reasons.
posted by Debo270 to gametime at 10:32 AM on October 21 - 8 comments
Ahh yes Great success!!!!: Most people who are familiar with heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko know that he's Ukranian. What's less widely known is that Klitschko was actually born in Kazakhstan. What are his views on Borat
posted by Debo270 to boxing at 01:37 PM on June 02 - 12 comments
Steeler announcing great dies at 79: He was Pittsburgh's Harry Carry. You loved or hated him. Very rarely did he make sense but more times then not, you found youself turning down the TV and turning up the radio to hear Cope announce the game. He was a legend in Pittsburgh and he will not soon be forgotten. If you never heard him, you missed a great one. Pop open an Iron City at Cope's Cabana and drink to one of the greats.
posted by Debo270 to football at 01:14 PM on February 27 - 19 comments
Cincy fans do not get a vote because Hines broke that guys jaw on a clean hit
That part was a joke tahoe
posted by Debo270 at 02:16 PM on November 06
Debo: Your expectations for what constitutes a valid survey seem awfully high to me, given that political polls (a subject of vastly more importance) are extrapolated from much smaller percentages of the groups involved.
While I would agree with you in the sense of a political poll, with 20% being enough of a sampling to get pretty reliable results, there are major differences. In a political poll, you choose person A,B,or C. Most people would know something about the person and you would get good results if the survey was done over a diverse section of the population. If the survey was done in one area, the results would be skewed/squewed. If you took an Obama/McCain poll before the election in "the hood" vs "the deep south" you would get very different results.
That being said, if SI had said we polled 9 random players from all 32 teams(9.25 if you do the math also making me think it is inaccurate) I would believe it but if i dont know the sample, I can't trust the results.
The steelers have not played Tampa Bay in a few years. I would wager if Tampa players were surveyed, more would pick players in their division they play 2 times a year. If 53 players from the Bengals were asked, 52 would say Hines Ward.
All i am saying is I would put more faith in the results if I knew what the sample group was.
posted by Debo270 at 02:15 PM on November 06
The NFL did not suspend Santonio Holmes for the same thing last year. The team did for a game but that was in season.
posted by Debo270 at 01:37 PM on November 06
The survey should be stricken from the record
posted by Debo270 at 12:11 PM on November 06
Only 296? That's more than enough of a sample to get a good idea of which players have the worst reputation for taking cheap shots.
No it is not. There is a good chance many of the players polled have never played against half the teams in the NFL. It does not say players from all 32 teams were polled. most of the dirty players chosen were from AFC teams causeing me to think more AFC players were polled then Nfc. I think this is a very Bias poll.
20% is a good percentage of people to ask if you are looking at a question that has nothing to do with who you are playing every season, but without knowing who was polled, you cannot say this survey has any validity
posted by Debo270 at 11:34 AM on November 06
The survey was conducted by Sports Illustrated, which polled only 296 of the league's 1,693 players.
I would like to know what teams were polled. That may have alot to do with the choices in the article. Thats not even 20% of the NFL's players. Bet Cincy players were polled by the results.
posted by Debo270 at 10:42 AM on November 06
BI, I was Going to say the same thing about Troy, but didnt want to be accused of being a homer. Glad someone agrees. If hitting back makes you dirty, then I would gladly have my whole team called dirty.
I just hate that none of my 'Boys were on the list from either defense or offense.
You can still sorta claim Roy Williams
posted by Debo270 at 10:26 AM on November 06
Joey Porter was a Douchbag. I will agree on that for sure.
posted by Debo270 at 10:07 AM on November 06
Gotta agree Bike nut. Players on defense are just not used to having to have their head on a swivel too. 15 games a season, they see wide recievers that cannot/will not block. Hines takes your head off, he must be dirty. Now i know I am a Steelers fan, but I did read it 2 times like jojo said. If you saw the steelers play every week, you would see he is a tough all around "football" player, not a diva receiver who is scared of contact and cant help in the run game.
Cincy fans do not get a vote because Hines broke that guys jaw on a clean hit and they have hated him since. Sorry, but since Carson got his knee blown out in that playoff game, the Steelers have been public enemy #1.
posted by Debo270 at 09:39 AM on November 06
The Kansas City Royals are not spending $130 million less than the Yankees on their players out of choice.
The Pirates are!!!!!!
posted by Debo270 at 11:05 AM on November 05
Maybe if Steinbrenner had not screwed the city out of several hundred million dollars with the property assessments of the land he built the stadium on, they would not be so bad off.
posted by Debo270 at 10:10 AM on November 05
Looks like Kansas city fans need something to entertain themselves since the Chief are not getting it done. Larry Johnson just can win.
posted by Debo270 at 01:53 PM on November 04
I Fail to understand why the Yankees are still pitching to him. Most of the situations he has homered in have not been situations where the free pass to 1st would have been an choice. I dont care if you walk him intentionally or just throw balls to him and see if you can get him to miss bad pitches, but if I managed the Yanks, he would not see another strike thrown his way till spring training.
posted by Debo270 at 01:53 PM on November 03
They would have had a sunday night game if it wasnt originally set to be Philly/NY. I think it was a good move, especially with both games in the same city.
posted by Debo270 at 11:31 AM on November 02
Giants ace Lincecum cited for marijuana possession
Based on the fact that Tim was also caught with a pipe, I'd say he is an amatuer.
Disagree with that one. If it is good stuff, you rarely need to roll a whole one for just yourself. A nice glass pipe conserves the trees. Just not the best idea to drive around with.