Thames gets second straight start
Posted by: Chad Jennings - Posted in Misc on Jun 05, 2010 
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Derek Jeter SS
Nick Swisher RF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Robinson Cano 2B
Jorge Posada DH
Marcus Thames LF
Francisco Cervelli C
Brett Gardner CF
By the way, the clubhouse has been open for about a half an hour. Do far I’ve seen Damaso Marte, Chad Moeller and Chad Gaudin. That’s it. Optional BP today.
Steve June 5th, 2010 at 10:06 am
Unless the team goes on a serious forward roll soon , Cashman is eyeballing a bat and a bullpen arm as he gets ready for what will shake out at the 7/31 trading deadline.
At this point, the White Sox and Royals are heading toward being in a selling mode. NL teams are Plan B thoughts.
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The Yankees are playing .618 baseball. How much more of a roll do they need to be on? That’s roughly 102 wins.
GTLU is closed. Congratulations to mick and Tom in N.J., our GLTU Winners!!
“The Yankees are playing .618 baseball. How much more of a roll do they need to be on? That’s roughly 102 wins.”
GB,
I think people make “get on a role” comments for 3 reasons.
1. This team has been sneaky. Not rolling off an 8 game streak, but are always taking 2-3.
2. Everyone in the AL East, save Bmore is playing great.
3. Some fan expectations are crazy or too high.
GB7
Good morning. How ya doing?
Don’t know if you saw it but I became a Granpa again Tue. A cute little Granddaughter.
Optional BP? Is that a reference to the oil spill?
To reach 102 or so wins, NYY needs to will 17 games a month. That’s about normal for them. Seems to me that these clowns should spend a little time realizing what the Yankees do. They win series, sweep bad teams and split with good teams….just like they’re supposed to do.
GB7
By the way, ray(red sox fan) Is who I thought he was and we did go to HS together.
The Yankees are playing .618 baseball. How much more of a roll do they need to be on? That’s roughly 102 wins.
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All well and good. I’m talking about one of the patented Yankee charges where challenging teams wonder what they have to do for gaining any ground as the Yankees don’t allow teams to get close enough. That stage hasn’t arrived yet.
Who do they will the games to?
MaineYankee June 5th, 2010 at 10:27 am
GB7
Good morning. How ya doing?
Don’t know if you saw it but I became a Granpa again Tue. A cute little Granddaughter.
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Maine, I saw that. My congratulations to you and your wife and the proud parents. really pleased to hear that it was a girl. My great grandson (the other twin) is 10 months old and is partial to younger women. He’s looking for a furture bride.
again, Maine congrats to you and your family. Nothing better than that….especially if you don’t have to clean them up.
Except for baltimore not SAVE Baltimore . Who wants to save Baltimore ? No Michael kay this series what a joy ! He is terrible
William Buckner -
I guess it must be difficult for Chad to still maintain the strong ties with SWB. When he does talk about minor leaguers, it is terrific, though.
And that weekend you brought up – yup, I agree, that was tough. Maybe we should all get (more of) a life?
MaineYankee June 5th, 2010 at 10:29 am
GB7
By the way, ray(red sox fan) Is who I thought he was and we did go to HS together.
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I can’t imagine any scarier thought than you two in the same town and school. a real Stephen King moment.
GB7
Thanks. My wife is real happy to have a little girl to dress up.
No clean up duty here. Not in the contract.
They will def need a set up man and another bat.
All the Yanks need to do is be steady through the system. save the “patented charge” for the post season.
MaineYankee June 5th, 2010 at 10:35 am
GB7
Thanks. My wife is real happy to have a little girl to dress up.
No clean up duty here. Not in the contract.
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Yeah, well I “had” the same contract. Strange how I end up being the only one that can read.
Huh, I play the game once and I win.
Since the Yankees started winning again in the 90s they have been more even keel about making moves during the season. To early to panic and make changes when they haven’t been whole yet.
“…but as a team the current Yankees are hitting .519 in 27 career at-bats against Cecil.”
So anyone cares to post what our numbers are against today’s pitcher?
Sure, .617 ball… after whacking the Orioles and Indians, who have a combined 34-74 record. Forget what was happening before that homestand?
The “patented charge”, to the extent it even exists, would come when they are a bit behind and not winning, not when they are already winning at a .618 clip. Besides, there are too many good teams in their division for a “patented charge” to accomplish much.
GB7
I’ve got it made cause my wifes a teacher so I hope she can read.
Also I’m real good at acting dumb when I need to.
Looks like it’s time to take a break from here today. The first of the idiot trolls just rolled in.
Tom in N.J. -
That catches you up with quite a few people. About 30 or so people played the first day of the season and won that game; some have never played again.
Why do we need to win a certain number of games in order to be happy?
Why does it matter if the Yankees win 120 and not win the World Series or win 92 and win it all?
Which would you rather have?
I rather win just enough to get to the dance and then get hot, then beat everybody during the regular season only to get upset by some wild card opponent that everybody says have no business beating us but does.
MaineYankee June 5th, 2010 at 10:43 am
GB7
I’ve got it made cause my wifes a teacher so I hope she can read.
Also I’m real good at acting dumb when I need to.
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I tried that part about acting dumb. My ex said that she couldn’t tell any difference.
What’s with this Girardi’s love affair with Thames in left field?
I thought we all already agreed that Thames should never see the field again.
I never know how to respond when people say things like, the Yankees only have the record they have because they beat up on the (Orioles) or (Indians) or (fill in the crummy team). It is what they are supposed to do.
You beat the weak teams, you win at home, you play around .500 or slightly better on the road, and you hold your own or slightly better against the “better” teams in the league.
Would you be happier if they had trouble with the Orioles or the Indians or whoever? Of course not.
Toronto is not the bottom dweller this season. They are or were tied with the Red Sox. Toronto, the Yankees, the Red Sox and the Rays are the top four teams in runs scored so far this season. Toronto also has some good young pitching. This kid last night had a good night; AJ had a bad night. That’s what last night came down to.
The AL East is the Monster Division in baseball.
GB7
If you live among RS fans it’s easy to act dumb.
It has a tendancy to wear off on us sane ones.
Maine Yankee
Congratulations. Sugar and spice and everything nice.
Congratulations to the Italian! Francesca Schiavone on her French Open victory!
Did I read last night that congratulations to Sam are also in order?
Doreen
People tend to make statements that have no merrit in order to back up there panic.
GB7,
“There is something rotten in the state of Denmark”, you turned down my grandson, 2 yrs, 5 mos. because she can’t date until age 45, but Maine Yankee’s new granddaughter is fair game for your 10 month old grandson….lol That is sex discrimination if I ever heard it.
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Maine Yankee,
Congrats and all best wishes to you and your family.
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I am very good at writing long posts at the end of a thread. If anyone is interested, it is at the end of the last thread
Very, very true, Doreen.
I’ll most likely be the rookie who hit’s a home run in his first swing then proceeds to go 0-20.
pat
Thanks.
If she takes after me she’s got it made.
GB7 keep it to yourself!!
Maine-
Congratulations. Be careful about bringing her over to GB’s though.
He drives a very hard bargain on arranged Marriages.
An endless supply of beer and pizza ain’t cheap these days.
“I thought we all already agreed that Thames should never see the field again.”
It doesn’t matter what we think about Thames in the field.
There were only 447 game posts last night and non by Chad after the 6th inning….Im afraid to say that maybe the blog is starting to jump the shark. Its sad because this has been my Yankees home for the past 3-4 years and I don’t know if my baseball experience would ever be the same without it, especially because I live in CA and only get to 1-2 games a year at the Stadium and a few in Anaheim.
So, what to do? First, we cant let it happen. Chad, I hope you’ll post more frequently in-game, and not just about the last play that happened. We all know that. Tell us more inside stuff, clubhouse perspectives and stuff only you see as being part of the entourage. Thats a lot of the reason we came here originally.
Secondly, make it a registration. Get rid of the trolls and people who only care about inciting a riot. I think all of us should not get puled into troll posts, but we do sometimes…its part of the deal in any fan blog, but Chad should do whatever he can to keep this a pure Yankees blog.
Thirdly and most importantly, have some respect for each other. I didn’t see the posts last night, but apparently it was ugly. Ugly? Between us Yankee fans? We’re all connected by a common bond, a love for the best team in the history of sport, and we are the best fans in the world. But why would we ever attack eachother. That just doesnt make sense to me.
And one other thing, don’t ever, ever mention the Red Sox here. I don’t care what Bucholz does in June. Or any other time for that matter.
Chris
Secondly,
pat -
Yes, I missed that, too. I saw some posts congratulating Sam, but I didn’t see what for. I was not paying full attention to the blog or the game last night.
SAS
Thanks.
She’s just been born and got boys fighting over her already.
Maine-
You have no idea how happy I am.
Thanks to the clues you have provided about your neighboring Red Sox fans I have now been able to locate the “source” for the “loser gene”.
No more hot, sweaty, insufferable hours in lab searching.
Woo Hoo. Now it’s onto the source for “Ebola”. Should be a piece of cake compared with the other.
SAS, I can’t allow my great-granddaughter to be a trophy wife to an older man…unless he can support me. I’ll have to check with Dunn And Bradstreet on your grand$on’$ qualification$ and “honorable intention$”. And in my family, boys will be boys….just not with my girls.
Congrats Maine!
Mornin everyone.
Bronx-
Let’s hope so.
Ledger_Yankees Girardi thinks Posada can start doing some catching related activities next week.
MTU & Bronx
Thanks.
As long as I keep her up north she’ll be alright.
Maine – I have two daughters and three grandsons – somehow it all works out!
Maine-
Watch out for “Killer”. I wouldn’t put past GB to use him to sniff out the child’s whereabouts.
pat June 5th, 2010 at 10:52 am
Did I read last night that congratulations to Sam are also in order?
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If Sam just became a daddy, then there is no excuse for him to not be posting new information late into the night and controlling the trolls. He’s going to be up all night anyway. Might as well be useful will his wife takes care of the baby.
Might as well be useful ***while*** his
Morning Bronx Born
How’s the book coming along?
Alas for me my tree has borne no fruit.
But I do have two cute little puppies, fish and a turtle named freddie.
Does any of that count ?
MTU (aka GBURL) June 5th, 2010 at 11:08 am
Maine-
Watch out for “Killer”. I wouldn’t put past GB to use him to sniff out the child’s whereabouts.
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Forget about “Killer”. The only thing he’s ever sniffed out was his next free meal.
MTU (aka GBURL) June 5th, 2010 at 11:10 am
Alas for me my tree has borne no fruit.
But I do have two cute little puppies, fish and a turtle named freddie.
Does any of that count ?
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Alright CR9….quit impersonating MTU.
Thames has to play if Gardner or Granderson gets the day off. Russo is no better defensively and far worse defensively.
That’s why I would have kept Winn and dropped Russo back to Scranton. When you rest a regular you’re not likely to get offense anyway, so make sure about the defense.
Also it doesn’t help that the Yankees baby injuries the way they do. Everyone takes longer to be “cleared” than just about anywhere else. I guess it’s an overreaction to having cleared Wang too soon.
I disagree with the poster who suggested the Yankees don’t need another arm because Joba is back on track.
1) I don’t consider Joba back on track at all just because he had two good outings.
2) I don’t trust the pen except for Mo. We need another arm.
As to last night, well – given the stuff I’ve been through here, I’m not going to say that last night was bad. I will just say that the imposter issue has to be taken care of; that, and not trolls, will drive people away. This is supposed to be entertainment, not hard work, but it’s becoming the latter; who wants to have to constantly defend themselves or deny posts were made all the time ? It’s WAY too easy to copy someone else’s name in the NAME field and say whatever you want to. Then
GB-
“The only thing he’s ever sniffed out was his next free meal.”
Sounds like some of the people in our Society.
You mean he’s not trained to bring you beer and pizza on command ?
I think people dont fully understand the meaning of “jump the shark”.
You’re not in the process of jumping the shark. You either do or you dont. “This blog is starting to jump the shark” is not a correct use of the term.
Jumping the Shark happens when something really bad happens and it never recovers, usually only used for television shows. Example, “Heroes Jumped the Shark after the Writers Guild Strike. The shows writing team never recovered and the following seasons were terrible, leading to the shows cancellation.”
Now, if you wanted to say this blog jumped the shark, you might say something like, “This blog jumped the shark when Pete painted himself red and moved to boston.” Seeing as something terrible happened and it hasn’t been the same since. Or you could say “this blog jumped the shark when posters began thinking that because they read a report online they began thinking they actually knew something.”
So yeah, when using the term “Jump the Shark”, please use it correctly.
MTU (aka GBURL) June 5th, 2010 at 11:13 am
GB-
“The only thing he’s ever sniffed out was his next free meal.”
Sounds like some of the people in our Society.
You mean he’s not trained to bring you beer and pizza on command ?
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Sure he brings beer and pizza on command….for himself. He has his girlfriend do it.
oops……
Then the person being impostered has to go through all the posts and explain his or herself should the imposter have made vulgar posts. Actually, we have to depened on the posters here to know what we would or wouldn’t say and to sniff out the imposters. As I said, hard work.
I would never complain about Chad and Sam’s posts; if you don’t like it, go elsewhere. I hated Pete’s posts about Springsteen, etc…….. but then, I don’t care about the Boss (not that one). It’s not necessarily up to the blogger to drive conversation. If you want to talk about interesting stuff, then let the posters ask questions or bring up certain topics or whatever. It’s very easy to start a new, intriguing conversation.
Everyone sucks except SJ and CB jumped the shark when he picked that name. Does that work.
congrats to Sam because his wife gave birth last night.
Everyone sucks except SJ and CB June 5th, 2010 at 11:14 am
I think people dont fully understand the meaning of “jump the shark”.
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Put a cork in it and go feed the sharks….up close and personal…by hand.
Pat, that’s good news – thanks!
GB-
“Sure he brings beer and pizza on command….for himself. He has his girlfriend do it.”
After I posed my question I realized my mistake.
Shoulda known better.
At least the Dogs don’t wear diapers, and cry incessantly. That’s a plus. Mine are too small to get the front end of the can or bottle into their mouths. It’s a genetic defect.
My wife has seen some of the coments here and thinks I’ve joined a nuthouse.
Maine-
what does she mean “thinks” ?
MaineYankee June 5th, 2010 at 11:20 am
My wife has seen some of the coments here and thinks I’ve joined a nuthouse.
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You married well, Maine. She has great insight.
the gay Yankee fan June 5th, 2010 at 10:47 am
What’s with this Girardi’s love affair with Thames in left field?
I thought we all already agreed that Thames should never see the field again.
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‘We already agreed’? Guess what, none of you ‘we’s’ have a say in this, Girardi is the manager and makes the decision. If the collective intelligence of this blog were to run the Yankees they would probably be in 4th place because all the minor leaguers would be playing every day.
I’m off for awhile but I’m sure GB7 can fight off the trolls by himself.
And then I asked myself if I was really “crazy” but I didn’t like the answer myself gave me so I just moved on.
I meant “we” moved on.
MTU (aka GBURL) June 5th, 2010 at 11:19 am
GB-
“Sure he brings beer and pizza on command….for himself. He has his girlfriend do it.”
After I posed my question I realized my mistake.
Shoulda known better.
At least the Dogs don’t wear diapers, and cry incessantly. That’s a plus. Mine are too small to get the front end of the can or bottle into their mouths. It’s a genetic defect.
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Your pups will learn, MTU. They’ll soon be dining on beer and pizza…and shoes.
“Killer” has a sick sense of humor. He’s housebroken and goes on the newspapers. why he thinks it’s funny to wait until I’m reading them bothers me.
Tarheel, that is a valid use of the term.
GreenBeret, i’m on your side.
Funny thing is, I bet there are less than 8 people here causing all of these problems.
They have about 40 different screen names and use them to post their junk.
The other night, it was really the work of two people with six different names causing all the problems because they were saying the same thing under different names.
Rocket scientists they aren’t.
If the powers that be here can’t get control of the situation, this place will be a ghost town in the middle of the summer because, when school is out for the summer, these folks will really ruin the place.
Trolling can be handled. The impersonator situation has to change.
That, more than trolling IMO, is the biggest problem on here right now.
“If the collective intelligence of this blog were to run the Yankees they would probably be in 4th place because all the minor leaguers would be playing every day.”
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Yeah, the ones that weren’t traded for every player that hit a home run or won a game the night before.
I think GLove, if I recall, created a message board. Maybe we can go there if it gets bad enough………..that’s really the only thing we can do. Of course it’s not the same as a blog, with the blog’s real-time conversation, but it’s a start.
GB-
“why he thinks it’s funny to wait until I’m reading them bothers me.”
Maybe he just can’t control his bladder.
Have you had his prostate checked ?
Or maybe he’s just starting to turn on you.
It’s something that bears watching. In the meantime don’t dare read the paper in bed. That’s my only advice.
“Everyone sucks except SJ and CB”
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Doesn’t the “proper usage” of this handle mean you suck as well?
I definitely agree that the impostering is the problem; at some point, people are going to throw their hands up in the air and just give up. As I said, when entertainment becomes hard work, it loses it’s appeal. There are other boards out there, other blogs, that people can go to; they aren’t forced to stay here.
I don’t know what can be done to the impostering; per Chad and Sam, they “just can’t ” do much beyond what they’ve been doing. We didn’t get any explanation (fishy?), just that there is not much they can do.
The last few days, it’s been empty here – and it’s depressing.
LGY-
Really. Your logic is impeccable.
MaineYankee June 5th, 2010 at 11:20 am
My wife has seen some of the coments here and thinks I’ve joined a nuthouse
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Your wife is very smart.
Betsy – Hughes rules (pleading the Fifth) June 5th, 2010 at 11:29 am
I think GLove, if I recall, created a message board. Maybe we can go there if it gets bad enough………..that’s really the only thing we can do. Of course it’s not the same as a blog, with the blog’s real-time conversation, but it’s a start.
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Betsy, try this one, our group left the Daily News Yankees blog for the same issues as here. I am the Admin and we always need more posters: http://yankeesboard2010.proboards.com/
Registration is required but we have lots of fun and good baseball talk as well.
Here’s something on our catching prospects:
http://www.newsday.com/sports/.....-1.1982799
With Jorge Posada expressing a willingness to take more at-bats at designated hitter – because Nick Johnson’s right wrist created a void at DH, and because Francisco Cervelli has filled in nicely at catcher – it might feel natural to anoint Cervelli as Posada’s successor behind the plate.
It won’t be that simple, though. Posada does figure to start catching again at some point, and in the farm system, the Yankees have catching prospects Jesus Montero and Austin Romine.
Montero, 20, is playing for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and not hitting well at all, with a .652 OPS entering Friday. He also drew a benching after not hustling on the bases. Romine, 21, is playing for Double-A Trenton and is hitting considerably better, with an .848 OPS in the same time period.
Here’s what a talent evaluator from another team opined (on the condition of anonymity) about the Yankees’ young catchers: “I really like Romine. He’s got a chance to be a very good two-way player behind the plate. He’s an athletic kid who can hit and is going to be a good defensive catcher.
“Montero will probably be the better hitter with more power, but it’s going to be hard to find a place to play him.”
The scout added that defensively, Montero is “not as bad as I thought he was going to be.” He also voiced his endorsement of Cervelli’s future.
Erica-
Maine’s wife can’t be that smart after all she married him, right ?
MG, thanks – I’m going to check that out right now; do you use the same screen name there as here? I hope others also check out your message board. I’m going to make it one of my favorites.
I never posted on the Daily News blog; whenever I would check out the comments, they just seemed so juvenile.
Thames in LF two day in a row is tempting fate.
Rich-
You must have missed that throw last night. Thames nailed a guy at third.
Totally agree SJ; lets hope they make those changes ot keep the trolls out. I guess until then, we all just have to ignore them as best we all can.
GB7 and Maine Yankee,
You speak of the credentials of my grandson. He has gorgeous red hair and blue eyes. He is tall, likes music, kicking a soccer ball, playing with trucks, cars, trains and airplanes. He knows his letters and numbers, can count, etc.
What better Dunn and Bradstreet could you get than that!!!
Betsy – Hughes rules (pleading the Fifth) June 5th, 2010 at 11:37 am
MG, thanks – I’m going to check that out right now; do you use the same screen name there as here? I hope others also check out your message board. I’m going to make it one of my favorites.
I never posted on the Daily News blog; whenever I would check out the comments, they just seemed so juvenile.
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Betsy, I’m the Admin, you’ll figure out the screen name when you look at the board.
Hi Tarheel… I have been contracted to write another.
ONE CHILD SOLD should be out pretty soon. Just waiting word from the publisher.
MTU (aka GBURL) June 5th, 2010 at 11:35 am
Erica-
Maine’s wife can’t be that smart after all she married him, right ?
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MTU, that was me not Erica.
SAS-
If I might step in here.
I think GB was referring to the bank account so GB could be kept in the style he is accustomed to.
I know it’s kind of shallow but it’s practical.
YankeesWFAN Thames scratched from lineup with stiff neck. Russo takes his place.
MTU
So you”re saying that he used up his luck allotment for the weekend?
eboland11 Girardi just informed us Thames is a late scratch because of a stiff neck. Replaced by Russo
Betsy, that’s the trouble with most of the “experts”. They don’t even bother to go see these young players. They and posters that follow the minor leaguers, only bother repeating what somebody else said….two years before. They don’t bother to update the true facts.
Gotta run. catch you all later.
Bronx Born- congratulations on the new book assignment.
Erin-
Sorry. Brain fart.
New Post: Thames scratched, Russo in
Montero and Romine both won’t be Yankees by the end of 2011. I’ve got a feeling that one of them will be traded, maybe even as soon as this summer, if the deal is right. if I had to pick, I’d say Montero is the one who does get traded as from all reports it seems as if Romine is the better catcher and won’t have to look for a position to play.
Rich-
looks like you’re absolutely right he was scratched from today’s game.
Adios for now, and this time I’m not taking any more calls for a while.
MTU (aka GBURL) June 5th, 2010 at 11:43 am
SAS-
If I might step in here.
****I think GB was referring to the bank account so GB could be kept in the style he is accustomed to.****
I know it’s kind of shallow but it’s practical.
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That’s total BS. I’m tired of living the life that I’m accustomed to. I want to live above my station.
GB-
Well have it your way then. I was just trying to let SAS down gently.
Trolling can be handled. The impersonator situation has to change.
That, more than trolling IMO, is the biggest problem on here right now.
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Unfortunately, trolling happens on every blog and can be handled by ignoring the trollers.
Impersonators can only be handled by registration which those able to make such decisions have no interest in doing.
It’s a major reason why so many bloggers have or are going elsewhere such as myself. Why beat a dead horse ?
MTU (aka GBURL) June 5th, 2010 at 11:49 am
GB-
Well have it your way then. I was just trying to let SAS down gently
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I’ll reconsider SAS’s grandson if he becomes a hotshot yankee pitcher with a 100 MPH fastball, Santana change-up, Blyleven curve and Rivera cutter and control or a Rodriguez hitting, Ozzie smith fielding shortstop.