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  1. Willie D

    Nightengale: D’Backs likely to move to Scottsdale in 5 years

    Again, where in Scottsdale do you put the thing? Scottsdale proper is shaped like a Q-Tip. You can't do it north of Shea due to the City's development overlay. Heck, code enforcement won't even let you plant a ficus tree. :D That leaves Old Town or South Scottsdale. I'm gonna go out on a...
  2. Willie D

    OT: Rams - Chiefs game moved to LA

    The Berkeley vs. Stanford Band game was moved back two weeks. My friends in Sonoma County says the air is almost unbreathable. That field in the D.F. looked like junk.
  3. Willie D

    Nightengale: D’Backs likely to move to Scottsdale in 5 years

    One simple reason...there is no available land. Consider: 1. Scottsdale overwhelmingly passed Prop 420, meaning that Jim Lame's $70 million Desert Edge profit grab ain't gonna see the light of day. Where the he** elso would you put this behemoth? 2. Steve Ellman tore down Los Arcos mall...
  4. Willie D

    2018 MLB Awards Finalists Announced

    Oh f**k it, this is silly. I'm done with this. Y'all realize a few relief pitchers have been given this trophy, so team performance counts in it...or at least used to. But just screw it. Go lob up another 50,000 posts on an internet message board and say that you care.
  5. Willie D

    Stark: What happens when ‘bullpenning’ madness meets the free-agent starter market?

    The Sox won because of better hitting, fewer mental errors and sheer inertia offensively. If you want to term that "gut instinct," then yes. The lack of "mental errors" was Cora not paying so much attention to the number geeks. The Brewers made the playoffs on good timing. They peaked when...
  6. Willie D

    2018 MLB Awards Finalists Announced

    Maybe someone who had a record more north of .500? Scherzer? Maybe someone who carried their team to a playoff berth at the bitter end like Kershaw? And trust me, my friend, it pains me to speak well of the Doyers or the Expos. When sports writers say he won the Denton True Young Award...
  7. Willie D

    Nightengale: D’Backs likely to move to Scottsdale in 5 years

    Trusting Bob Nightengale on baseball reporting is like relying on Lee Harvey Oswald that JFK won't get shot in the face.
  8. Willie D

    2018 MLB Awards Finalists Announced

    Poor choice.
  9. Willie D

    Spurs @ Suns 11-14-18

    I caught the game in between a hockey game, but nice to see them keep the pressure in the second half. Anyway, San Antonio still owes us for that junk in the conference finals. That ledger is far from balanced. :D
  10. Willie D

    Stark: What happens when ‘bullpenning’ madness meets the free-agent starter market?

    Milwaukee had junk for starting pitching. Hence the "bullpen-openers." Counsell left some in too long, yanked others too fast. Perhaps this strategy might work out in a decade when the game is run by nerds wielding Cray Suprecomputers to figure out who to play at each individual moment of the...
  11. Willie D

    Stark: What happens when ‘bullpenning’ madness meets the free-agent starter market?

    --Ask Craig Counsell how this worked out.
  12. Willie D

    ASU Hockey 2018-19

    Podcast with ASU head coach in charge: https://www.uscho.com/podcasts/2018/11/13/ranked-at-no-18-after-a-9-3-start-arizona-states-greg-powers-talks-sun-devils-hockey-on-uscho-spotlight-episode-6/
  13. Willie D

    The 2018-2019 Around the NBA thread

    ...Judge Ito, I'd like to introduce exhibit #1 (or #2, depending on your view). :D
  14. Willie D

    Chriss and Knight traded

    Who traded Negele Knight? :D Did we get "Fourth Quarter Frank" Johnson back? We could use him and Socks Perry right aboot now! :D
  15. Willie D

    The 2018-2019 Around the NBA thread

    Well, I can give you that. But he was lauded when riding into Manhattan on his unicorn that he would save the team with his zen philo and his triangle offense (see earlier post). Too bad none of the Knicks knew how to run the triangle, or ever had the players who were needed to run it well. I...
  16. Willie D

    The 2018-2019 Around the NBA thread

    In a different vein, I just have to let this out: SHUT UP FILL JACKSON! That smug troll was on the ESPN series about the history of basketball. He claimed the Spurs were not a "dynasty" with that smug grin on his grill. What a stupid statement. He then went on to infer that he invented the...
  17. Willie D

    ASU Hockey 2018-19

    I don't want to overstate this, 'cause Michigan State has had a few down years, but they have won the Frozen Four 3 times. Other teams they overtook in the rankings: Minnesota (6 titles), Wisconsin (6), Lake Superior St. (3), Boston College (5), Boston U. (5), and Michigan Tech (3). That's...
  18. Willie D

    OT: Goff's New Custom Play Call

    Did you hear the news that Barkley was starting @ QB? I don't see any emojis, so I can only assume you're serious. Just relax.
  19. Willie D

    OT: Goff's New Custom Play Call

    So apparently the Rams have gotten so bored Jared Goff is making up custom audible play names. This weekend he debuted the "Halle Berry" audible. Akin to Payton Manning's "Omaha" mystery, no one knows what the F it is. But it was loud enough for the comely actress to pick it up on the CBS...
  20. Willie D

    Fire Robert Sarver

    Only difference: the Clips were always middling around .500. Enough butts in the seats to turn a profit, so you can do stupid shite like trade Danny Manning. The Scums can't even sniff that. Don't forget how much Ballmer paid for that jackbag franchise--$2 large.
  21. Willie D

    Zero chance of losing to the Raiders...

    ...right...and Xerxes won the war vs. the Greeks at the Thermopylae Pass. :rockon:
  22. Willie D

    Who cares..

    People have expected "baby steps" from that team since they moved from St. Louis. The only baby step was a Paul Bunyan step when they came within a whiff of the Lombardi Trophy. And let's be honest, that playoff run had some rather improbable plays all around. My parents moved to Scottsdale...
  23. Willie D

    I have a weird gut feeling we win this week

    How much cashish would it take to make this commercial a reality? :cheers:
  24. Willie D

    ASU Hockey 2018-19

    Update on the way back home to Scottsdale: Ice Diablos take both games from Sparty. I hope they enjoyed the extensive tanning time, 'cause it's gonna be a long trip back to East Lansing Oh...and in game one, the Ice Devils got two assists from a freshman named "Lemieux." If you don't...
  25. Willie D

    Buffalo Bills - the Trash Heap for Cardinal QB Rejects

    While this says lots about Buffalo's willingness to sign sloppy seconds @ QB, it says just as much about Rod Graves' and Steve Klimes' inability to judge talent, and Mikey Birdwell keeping them on the payroll for so long. Someone once took that infamous Leinart photo and made it into a DSFCU...

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