shrader
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Yep, Kruk is/was a freak. An out of shape baseball player "I'm not an athlete, I'm a baseball player" - one of the best quotes of all-time.
I never put much stock in predictions, but him and Reynolds are both
pretty good at telling you what baseball players are thinking given a scenario.
Just my bias.
I've never gotten that from Kruk, but I did from Reynolds. He was always able to explain bunting technique, baserunning, fielding, and other things. I don't remember ever seeing anything of value from Kruk.
As for the predictions, its an instant credibility killer. I don't see any reason to listen to the guy after hearing him say those things. The only thing worse was a few years back when Larry Bowa was on the show. Whenever they'd make their NL picks, he'd always go with the Phillies.
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Kruk is ok? Let's see, last year he predicted 30 wins for Randy Johnson. This year he predicted 130 wins for the Yankees... finishing 2nd in the AL East. I won't even mention the fact that he's a bumbling idiot (wait, I just did). If this is the kind of analysis you're looking for from Baseball Tonight, then I guess he would be ok.
A little change of subject here, does anyone else hate the fact that they now do a countdown for the webgems. It was so much better when they would argue over which play was the best. Unfortunately, espn had to go and take a great show and turn it into "Sportscenter: Baseball".
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Music has a calming influence on a lot of people. For me, its my escape from that marketing department, who just happen to be the most annoying people on the face of the earth.
I'm easily annoyed by people, so a screaming little kid in what is usually a much more quiet office is going to drive me crazy
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Great, more John Kruk. Thanks a lot espn.
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Actually, I would never throw a baby out a window. I draw the line at 3 years old.
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This entire floor is all research people, except for the small corner outside my office which has the hospital's marketing department. Since they're a completely different department, I have no idea who I could possibly complain too, other than the mother herself.
She has brought her kid in a couple times in the past, but never for more than maybe 10 minutes. Today he's been here all day.
Not only that, making jokes about harming children are funny, and fully acceptable.I would joke about harming the mother, but that wouldn't really solve my problem, would it?
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Even worse, I think just about every late 20's woman on this floor is pregnant. This buidling is going to be pure hell in a couple years.
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It's bad enough that the people outside my office are already the most annoying people the world has ever seen, now one of them brought her 4 year old son in today. I know he's 4 because he's been telling people nonstop. The damn kid has been screaming, yelling, and running back and forth in front of my door all damn day. I wish I had a land mine or something to put out there. Sure, the blast would kill me too, but I don't really care anymore.
If you see anything on the news tonight about a 4 year old in Boston thrown out the window from the 9th floor of a building in Boston, yeah, that was me.
Seriously though, I understand why people might have to bring a kid into work, but would it be too much to ask for that person to actually watch the kid and try to control his behavior?
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He has already seen it. There were quotes from him in an article a week or two ago.
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Am I only the one completely shocked by this ruling? $5 million for a player who's career high in points is 65 and has played a full season only once. Don't get me wrong because Briere is a good player. But he essentially got rewarded for a half season and a pretty good playoffs. Sets a really bad precident for future deals. Good for Briere, bad for Buffalo.
A minor argument with what you just said, but what the hell:
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdispla...pid%5B%5D=16000
78 games in 2001-2002.
82 games in 2002-2003.
82 games in 2003-2004.
78 games counts in my book. That's 3 full seasons he's played.
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Wasn't there a B with a buffalo jumping out of it?
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Havlat was up for Arbitration this year. Muckler traded him not because of his fear at losing the arbitration case this year, Muckler felt Havlat would lose, but he traded him because Havlat stated it was his desire to be a unrestricted free in 2007-2008. So Muckler rather than lose him for nothing traded him to Chicago. Havlat was still up for Arbitration, but him signing the three year deal ended that for Chicago. Under this It has been stated they did in fact use him as example for Briere.
What does this have to do with my pointing out that McKee's contract does not have any influence on Lydman's arbitration hearing?
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Including Briere's salary, the Sabres have ~$26 million in contracts for next season. Last year's team played for ~$29 million. I believe the Sabres still have 9 players eligible for arbitration, including Max (if Briere got $5, what's the leading scorer get?) Kalinin, Lydman, Campbell, Dumont, Connolly, Gaustad, and Pominville. All are due BIG raises.
Campbell is already taken care of. Connolly's concussion history is going to hurt him badly in his hearing. Lydman already makes a big salary and he won't get too much of an increase. Kalinin's poor season will probably hurt him. Guastad will get a decent raise, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him stay below the $1 million mark. I have no idea what to expect for Afinogenov, Pominville, and Dumont. I just pray that no one else gets the same arbitrator that Briere had.
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Briere wanted the exact same thing that veteran rearguard Jay McKee was seeking: a long-term deal with respectable dollars.
" I'm happy with the one year award", said Briere, "but all I really wanted was a long term deal. Like Jay (McKee), my wife, kids , and I love the Buffalo area. A long term deal is what we were seeking. They (the Sabres) don't do business that way. We'll see what happens", said Briere
Sure, whatever you say Briere. Tallinder probably doesn't agree with that comment.
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No one is worse than that "Sporscenter starts... RIGHT NOW" assclown.
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So we get a few extra episodes before the MLB playoffs start up? I'll take it. Last season's cliff hanger really pissed me off, but thank god the show will be back soon.
It may just be me, but does anyone else think that monday night tv has been severely lacking since Prison Break and 24 ended their seasons?
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But since they're on in the afternoon, they're going to have to start playing music again (unless they've already done that in the past few years that I've been gone). That will badly cut into their time, which can't be a good thing.
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I went with the steak burrito and it was damn good.
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Either a steak burrito or a sandwich from quiznos. Right now I'm leaning towards the burrito.
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If I had to take a guess at what the most recognizable logos in hockey are, I'd say it's the original 6. Other than a few slight modifications, these logos have stayed the same for a long time. It's interesting how the expansion era teams have gone through so many more major logo/jersey changes in just under 40 years than the original 6 have over their entire existance (other than those 1910-1930 jerseys, which where... different).
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You don't know what it is? It says Anaheim Ducks, and the D is a webbed foot. I guess they technically don't even have a logo. They're not the best jerseys, but I think they're better than the originals. They took a much more simple approach. When will all these sports teams realize that most of this modernized crap is pure garbage? Simple is usually better.
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And he was Lance Armstrong's teammate. Let the speculation begin (continue?).