Quack Fix: Paced by Wong, men's golf in third place after Round 1
by PaulSF on Jun 2, 2010 7:00 AM PDT
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PrintI took a break from football (and sports in general) this past weekend to attend the Sasquatch! Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre. Needless to say, I'm a little behind (and exhausted), so if anything here seems like old news, well, there's my preemptive excuse. Anyway, here's your Wednesday Morning Quack Fix:
- After the first round, the Oregon men's golf team sits in third place at the NCAA Championships in Chattanooga, Tenn. Sophomore Eugene Wong paced the Ducks with a 3-under 69, good for a 10-way tie for third place in the individual standings.
- Oregon senior center Jordan Holmes was one of 37 players named to the Rimington Trophy watch list yesterday, the award given each year to college football's top center.
- Barbara Bowerman, widow of the late legendary Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman, passed away this past Saturday at 96, according to The Oregonian. Barbara and Bill were married for 63 years before he passed away in 1999.
- ESPN.com's Ted Miller examines the Pac-10's deepest and thinnest positions. He also has begun ranking the top 25 Pac-10 players, starting with UCLA kicker Kai Forbath at No. 25.
- Yesterday, recruiting site Rivals.com released the first iteration of the 2011 Rivals100, a list of the top 100 high school football recruits. What was really interesting was looking at the list of the Rivals100 No. 1-ranked overall recruits since 2002. Oregon's been in the running for the top player two of the past three years (Bryce Brown in 2009 and Terrelle Pryor in 2008). Although we don't have much of a chance at Jadeveon Clowney, who currently tops the list, the Ducks are listed among the contenders for Florida linebacker Tony Steward, who's currently ranked No. 2 overall, and the list has been known to change throughout the recruiting process.
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GO DUCKS!
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Interesting story about The Big O and how a graduate student is trying to get it reserved on the historic register. I’ll be honest, I didn’t even know that we had one of these before reading the article.
--Dominic, Addicted to Quack
Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.
I never knew about this either. Any pics available?
I can get you a toe by three o'clock this afternoon.
Some of you may remember the cross that was replaced by this flag in the late 90’s.
I feel like I should say something smart.
It looks like it's bleeding, single tear.
I am not a Communist, a Communist's lawn would never look this good.
by Bill Musgrave on Jun 2, 2010 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
I do indeed, didn't even know it was replaced.
I am not a Communist, a Communist's lawn would never look this good.
by Bill Musgrave on Jun 2, 2010 5:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Mr. Stewart demonstrating a phantom stiff arm to the back of a Michigan player
"I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I'm good at everything." - Demetri Martin
What goes up must come down. Unless it’s Jonathan Stewart.
STILL stopping every few minutes to realize "Whoa. The Saints won the Super Bowl."
by AllSaintsDay on Jun 2, 2010 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions
Have you ever seen a wolverine catch a duck?
Neither have I.
I feel like I should say something smart.
Michigan DT Terrence Taylor clearly has no idea how to play football. Tackling your own teammate is counter productive Terrence! Also, there appears to be some sort of extraterrestrial being hovering over the top of this stupid man in a helmet, though it may just be a lens flare. Beings like that just don’t exist in nature.
They call him Rags. Where he goes, no-hitters follow.
Addicted to Quack, the home of Tako Tuesdays
In his latest interpretive dance montage, Oregon auteur Jonathan Stewart aptly describes the respective directions of the Oregon and Michigan football programs in a single, beautiful metaphor.
by HoodRiverDuck on Jun 2, 2010 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, I failed to tackle J Stew. Guess I’ll just lay here and sniff this guy’s butt.
I want Canzano to stand there in that [expletive] white uniform, and with his Harvard mouth, extend Chip some [expletive] courtesy! Addicted to Quack
I thought it was an an angel, but much to my surprise…
He hopped over some Wolverines and headed for the skies!
Singing come sail away, come sail away…
Defending maligned chants since 2009
by Gorbachav5 on Jun 2, 2010 1:08 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
axemen, I know you have no idea who Styx is. But this needs to win.
They call him Rags. Where he goes, no-hitters follow.
Addicted to Quack, the home of Tako Tuesdays
Michigan: “Yeah #28, we’ll lose in the Big House when Wolverines fly out of your butt.”
J. Stew: “That can be arranged.”
by JonathanPDX on Jun 2, 2010 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nice to see 2 players out of Oregon on that top 100 list
Stackin' wins like legos; toastin' Pac-10 like de eggos
It’d be great if we could pick up one or both of those players. The coaching staff is going after them hard, but it doesn’t seem like either player cares all that much about playing in Oregon, and are getting pursued by big teams all over the country. Oregon has a good head-start on both players, but it’ll be interesting to see how it all turns out.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Which one is the bigger get?
In your opinion
Stackin' wins like legos; toastin' Pac-10 like de eggos
It seems like either would fit our system exceptionally, though at positions. The question I guess comes down to having size or speed. I think I’ll take Lyerla, just because it seems like his combo of size and speed don’t come around all that often. However, Lyerla also had way more hype before his junior year, and just never seemed to live up to it. Top 100 ain’t bad, but people were talking about him being a top 25 player early on, which just never materialized. I don’t know if he should be knocked for that, but it seems to be a small red flag.
Also, FWIW, USC recently offered Scarlett.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Lyerla was the victim of a poor offense around him last year. His defensive stats were just fine.
Half the wheels, twice the alibi.
I’m not talking about stats. If you’re a top 100 player, you better be racking up stats.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
I think it is easily Lyerla
He is, in my opinion one of the 35 best players in the country.
We did a hour long podcast on Tomahawknation.com (FSU’s SBN site), and I named him as one of the guys I really thought deserved to be higher.
Just swung by to say thanks to the authors for answering baseball questions for us and thought I’d chime in on this too.
365 days, until I change my ways.
Thanks for the info, and I’ll make sure to check out that podcast. Tomahawk Nation when it comes to recruiting info.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
I talked to Lyerla...he's wary of Oregon for some reason.
He said that he doesn’t think the people in Eugene want him at Oregon.
Onto victory urge the heroes, of our mighty Oregon!
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jun 2, 2010 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
I know, and I told him that that was far from the truth.
Onto victory urge the heroes, of our mighty Oregon!
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jun 2, 2010 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Seriously wrong!
Anyone in Eugene loves it when a local kid plays for us. It gives another reason to rally around them, I cannot tell you how excited I am to see that kid from Sheldon suit up this year or next.
Holy cow town, this is not a good situation for OSU
At least 23 people — including 15 players, four assistant coaches and four support staffers — have exited Wagner’s program in the past four seasons. Players and their families say university officials did not respond to years of complaints, but when it was announced that four players were leaving within six days, De Carolis said he felt his hand was forced…
…If Wagner were fired now, her contract would require her to be paid nearly $1.2 million — a large sum in an athletic department that ran a $5.9 million deficit in 2008-09.
I want Canzano to stand there in that [expletive] white uniform, and with his Harvard mouth, extend Chip some [expletive] courtesy! Addicted to Quack
Jeez, I can.
She sounds like the typical picture of a sociopath…someone who is outwardly charismatic but in private, goes insane. That’s just freaking sad, I don’t care what school it happens at.
by HoodRiverDuck on Jun 2, 2010 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions
I agree. It’s a sad situation and has really put OSU in a bad place, both from a program standpoint as well as financially. I couldn’t imagine having to pay her $1.2MM to leave after the damage she has caused and with only 4 players left on the team.
I want Canzano to stand there in that [expletive] white uniform, and with his Harvard mouth, extend Chip some [expletive] courtesy! Addicted to Quack
The article says they were down to a roster of 4 at one point...wow.
From the comments, sounds like the consultant they hired will help them get her contract nullified for professional misconduct.
by HoodRiverDuck on Jun 2, 2010 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions
Nope
They’re buying her out for the $1.2M, they could fight it but its not certain they’d win or even if they did that they’d save that much $ due to legal costs.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I have to imagine the money they spend in court fighting it, plus the ridiculous amounts of negative press (and let’s not kid ourselves; it’s one thing to have 20 year old kids giving you bad press; it’s a completely different matter when a $400k a year coach destroys a major athletic program) is not worth it. They’ll pay her the $1.2 million to go away, and try to keep everyone focused on whoever they hire to “turn the program around and get it moving in a positive direction.”
Defending maligned chants since 2009
I know almost nothing about OSU
But that AD needs to go, what a sack of crap.
The AD needs to go for failure to grow the program
There is no reason why a program such as their football team should struggle to sell out as consistently good as they’ve been.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
BtD is saying that two other players are looking at transferring too. That would put the team down to 2 players.
I want Canzano to stand there in that [expletive] white uniform, and with his Harvard mouth, extend Chip some [expletive] courtesy! Addicted to Quack
I feel bad for them, but this is also kinda hilarious.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Would it be hilarious if we had a mass exodus from our WBB team?
I think it crossed the line between funny and sad a long time ago.
Half the wheels, twice the alibi.
Somebody please think of the children.
As I said above, I do find this story sad, but a roster of 2, yeah, that warms the heart. What does a team like Stanford do to 2 scholarship players and 10 walk-ons?
by HoodRiverDuck on Jun 2, 2010 10:24 AM PDT up reply actions
This story has reach a level of absurdity that it definitely takes on a certain humor. It can be both humorous and sad at the same time.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
I feel bad for OSU of course
If it were Washington I’d point and laugh but I want the Beavs to be good because when both OSU and UO are good, its better for everyone in the state of Oregon.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Not me . . .
I want OS to lose every game in every sport and can never understand why people think a good OS is good for the Ducks (it might be good for the state, but I only care what’s good for the Ducks . . . I’m that small-minded).
We catch so much crap from the beavs over the smallest (and sometimes the biggest) things, that I could care less what happens to Bobby Couldcareless and their AD. They thought they pulled off some coup in hiring Wagner and should have canned her when they first learned of the things that Wanda the Terrible was doing . . . instead they gave her contract extensions and ignored the complaints of the kids and their parents. Shame on OS and shame on the Oregonian and local media for jumping all over every one of our problems and letting some stringer carry the ball on this story.
I’m with you on the rivalry thing. I like it when OSU loses.
But the schadenfreude goes only so far. It is so absurd that it’s funny, and I don’t feel bad for the program at all. The AD should have done something long ago. But I do feel bad for the individuals who were hurt by all these things, even though they were OSU players. They didn’t deserve that.
Defending maligned chants since 2009
I totally feel for the players
They did not deserve the mess at OS.
I think so. It would get to that, all we can do is laugh at this point, sort of level.
We were pretty much just laughing at the end of all the suspension/crime/police report stuff was going on. But I like to laugh at the ridiculous.
its spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-A-L-I-T-T-L-E-I-L-L-L-A-T-E-L-Y"
When girls are involved
I always give it the mother/daughter/sister test. Maybe that makes me sexist.
by HoodRiverDuck on Jun 2, 2010 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I agree, and with what some of these girls are going through (needing counselling, having to talk to independent admins because of fear) it definitely doesn’t pass the daughter test.
Also, I don’t like it when any school has to go through something like this where people of authority have abused their power. De Carollis has done well for OSU, but he feet need to be held to the fire for letting this go as long as it has.
I want Canzano to stand there in that [expletive] white uniform, and with his Harvard mouth, extend Chip some [expletive] courtesy! Addicted to Quack
Bobby Couldcareless LOVES to poke at us
How many times has he prefaced comments with “unlike our neighbors to the south” . . . . hahahahaha. He and the OS President are as responsible because they could have done something to rectify the situation but sat on their hands and let more and more girls and their families get hurt. Nice family values that they preach at OS.
I agree partially
I hate the Bavers. When I hear they beat Eastern Washington, I hate it. When I hear they beat USC, I hate it. When their baseball team won I hated it. Mostly becausr I can’t stand the fans. However, Baver or Duck, no one deserves what has happened to these girls.
I totally agree
Those girls bought what LaVonda was selling during their recruitment and got something much different during their time as players. They deserved MUCH better treatment from OS.
And OS deserves all the scorn and derision
they are getting because they did NOTHING but give LaVonda contract extensions.
I’m not laughing at how the girls are being treated. That’s not cool at all.
But I can’t help but laugh at how Oregon State got themselves into this horrible, horrible situation.
its spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-A-L-I-T-T-L-E-I-L-L-L-A-T-E-L-Y"
This returning O-linemen chart sure is looking different from last season…
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Miller has named Casey Matthews the #24 player in the Pac-10.
Onto victory urge the heroes, of our mighty Oregon!
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jun 2, 2010 10:19 AM PDT reply actions
Rumor on SBN Nation.com that BSU is going to go to the Mountain West
FUCK BOISE STATE but yeah http://www.sbnation.com/2010/6/2/1497598/boise-state-mountain-west-conference-mwc-invitation-realignment
The opening salvo in the Great Realignment Battle of 2010 could very well center on Boise State and the Mountain West Conference (MWC). While the Big Ten’s efforts to add one, and possibly five, teams, in order to qualify for the cash cow that a conference title game would be have garnered the most attention, the MWC appears to be on the brink of making a preemptive move of its own to brace itself for a brave new college football world.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
This would make me very happy. Until we steal Utah, then screw the Mountain West and their weak schedule.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
by jtlight on Jun 2, 2010 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Sounds like a precursor to Utah joining the Pac-10
They can have BSU. We’ll take their better school.
Hey now, don't you take your spot in the Pac-10 for granted.
Just kidding :)
Onto victory urge the heroes, of our mighty Oregon!
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jun 2, 2010 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey! Bringin’ back the old Pullman/Moscow rivalry!
its spelled "S-H-U-F-E-L-T-A-L-I-T-T-L-E-I-L-L-L-A-T-E-L-Y"
Moscow, you say?
Onto victory urge the heroes, of our mighty Oregon!
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jun 2, 2010 11:09 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Flagged for more red than I ever want to see on a non-Big 12 site.
STILL stopping every few minutes to realize "Whoa. The Saints won the Super Bowl."
by AllSaintsDay on Jun 2, 2010 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
I’ll bet Bill Musgrave is the one who rec’d this
I want Canzano to stand there in that [expletive] white uniform, and with his Harvard mouth, extend Chip some [expletive] courtesy! Addicted to Quack
You are so wrong you big dummy.
1. Read my signature.
2. I support feudal systems of government.
“Let them eat shit”.
I am not a Communist, a Communist's lawn would never look this good.
by Bill Musgrave on Jun 2, 2010 6:11 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
FWIW
Talking today with a friend who’s a big Texas fan (I don’t think there’s any other kind), he says that there’s been talk on whatever boards he frequents that there’s a chance UT joins the Pac-10 if the Big 12 breaks up. The general preference is to join the Big 10, though, because of research dollars. With another school, say, Colorado, the Pac (12) would be broken up into north and south divisions, and I’d assume there’d be a football championship game.
Again, it’s chatter on some unknown Texas board, but interesting that they’re talking about it while we’re thinking about Utah.
more chatter … I don’t think anyone really knows what is going on. BSU to the MWC seems likely. Texas to Pac-10 seems unlikely, but adding Colorado and Texas would be AWESOME
Today on College Football Live, they suggested the latest rumor they'ld heard as PAC 10 addition was
Kansas! huh? That’s what I heard them say………………
"If you can't copy 'em, don't imitate ''em."
YOGI BERRA
National basketball following, delivers the KC market
Colorado/Kansas would actually be better than Colorado/Utah
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
Ok, I just got home a bit ago and the TV is on Food Network. As I’m sitting here typing this, some Barefoot Contessa lady is using lots of double entendres to describe her cooking.
Onto victory urge the heroes, of our mighty Oregon!
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jun 2, 2010 10:42 AM PDT reply actions
Some other Quack Fix honorable mentions
Taylor Lilley Made her WNBA debut last night, scoring 3 points and grabbing 3 rebounds
The Oregon Women’s Ultimate Frisbee team won their first national title yesterday in Madison Wisconsin, throttling UC Santa Barbara to win the title.
Half the wheels, twice the alibi.
I think I’m addicted to Sporcle. Thanks Dave.
Onto victory urge the heroes, of our mighty Oregon!
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jun 2, 2010 12:27 PM PDT reply actions
Try This one It’s a doozy and you gotta know your CFB history. I got 102/139
Half the wheels, twice the alibi.
I got 104.
Onto victory urge the heroes, of our mighty Oregon!
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jun 2, 2010 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I was teasing
but good work
Now repping the Ducks in Koreatown, Los Angeles CA, and repping them hard.
109
And I would love to spoil it for everyone by yelling INSERT OBSCURE ANCIENT COLLEGE HERE! JERKS!
by HoodRiverDuck on Jun 2, 2010 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, thanks to the authors for answering baseball questions for us !
365 days, until I change my ways.
not a problem
Tako and I answered some questions for the Seminole blog Tomahawk Nation here
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
No national title for golf this year
They fell HARD today, now 16 shots back just above that team from Corvallis.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
if we can sneak into match play, we'll see. its 3 days of stroke play, cut to 8 then 3 of match play.
Half the wheels, twice the alibi.
Didn't know that
They have to go low tomorrow for sure. Had a horrible day.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
They are falling further and further as plenty of teams still on the course.
Bad time to play (in the words of Casey Martin) your worst golf of the year.
But they had a good lead from yesterday, so we'll see how it all shakes out
But they definitely have to go low tomorrow to have a chance of being one of the 8 teams in match play.
Apparently they had to stop play today
and will finish in the morning. Right now we’re tied for 9th, but only 1 stroke behind the two (UW being one of the teams) tied for 7th. Hopefully they will have a round like they had yesterday and not a repeat of todays round.
Sad day for the Oregon track family
Barbara Bowerman, wife of late track coach and Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman, has passed away at the age of 96. It was her waffle iron that formed the first Nike running sole. Let’s keep the Bowerman family in our thoughts today.
They call him Rags. Where he goes, no-hitters follow.
Addicted to Quack, the home of Tako Tuesdays
On a related note
I should start reading Quack Fixes. Jesus…
They call him Rags. Where he goes, no-hitters follow.
Addicted to Quack, the home of Tako Tuesdays
Driving so can’t read all comments but this is time sensative. For anyone interested, Chip Kelly will be on 95.5 in a few mins. Ot sure if he’s overseas. Clownzano said CK skyped him & said bring him on @ 520. They have live streaming @ 955thegame.com for those not in pdx area.
"Maybe your parents didn't believe in you."
by MarineCorpsDuck on Jun 2, 2010 5:15 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
He’s back in Eugene & loves rain now after the middle east tour.
"Maybe your parents didn't believe in you."
by MarineCorpsDuck on Jun 2, 2010 5:21 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Terrorists tried to bomb Chip Kelly?!?!?!? Oh HELL no!
They call him Rags. Where he goes, no-hitters follow.
Addicted to Quack, the home of Tako Tuesdays
I think it irks the hell out of clownzano that he can’t get Chip’s goat. Everyone had a friend with a really cool dad…Chip is the cool dad. The guy that jokes around and all the son’s friends like him, but when he gets angry all-of-a-sudden the son’s friends are all gone because they know it’s about to get ugly.
"Maybe your parents didn't believe in you."
by MarineCorpsDuck on Jun 2, 2010 5:37 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I watched Kelly come in from his run on the Pre Trail with a couple of other coaches. Interesting.
He crossed the footbridge across from Autzen heading north. Every other coach and athlete that I’ve seen returning to the Mo Center from Pre’s trail crosses that bridge, hits the sidewalk and immediately cuts left over to the Mo. Not Kelly. He stays within the striped crosswalk heading straight toward Autzen and doesn’t shift directions until after he’s crossed the street.
I am sure that he did not see me. I’m fairly sure that he was modeling ‘doing the right thing.’
"If you can't copy 'em, don't imitate ''em."
YOGI BERRA
My commanding officer when I was stationed in Japan used to always preach his motto: Square Your Corners. He’d always talk about lazy people walking through the grass just before a corner of sidewalk, wearing a nasty dirty path where there had been green grass. Maybe I will start calling Chip the Lieutenant Colonel.
"Maybe your parents didn't believe in you."
by MarineCorpsDuck on Jun 2, 2010 9:06 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
This guy could make ANYTHING about squaring your corners. “You see, when dealing with a bowling ball you have to square it’s corners.”
“Sir, that was the most insanely idiotic thing I’ve ever heard. At no time during your rambling, incoherent speech did you even come CLOSE to anything that could be considered a rational statement. Everyone in this room is dumber for having heard it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.”
"Maybe your parents didn't believe in you."
by MarineCorpsDuck on Jun 2, 2010 9:34 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I guess none of you guys freaked out over the missed call to ruin a perfect game. I certainly was. I know the umpire said sorry and all, but that pitcher will never come close to ever pitching a perfect game again. If there is only one thing, in this era of sports, we should be able to trust it is an accuracy in officiating. I do not understand why the MLB can’t fix this particular and all future occurences of severely-wrong-game-ending calls. All of the evidence necessary to correct what happened is there. One man should not be able to destroy a historical fact. In my sport of track, for example, this is the equvilant to an American distance runner breaking a world record by 5 seconds but having some offical, report the times incorrectly and perminently. Mistakes are a part of life and I do not have anything against that umpire, but to say it is now unfixable? To me is not right. I apologize for my non-duck related rant but I still believe the incident deserves a mention.
by runfast on Jun 2, 2010 9:06 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Yeah, that was pretty incredibly shitty. It’s sure to bring about some degree of replay, that’s for sure.
--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog
Ken Griffey Jr retired
this is the more important baseball news of the day
--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog
I agree with you Dave. Ken Griffey Jr. deserves the #1 headline. But the “shitty call” situation just rubs me the wrong way and has almost a 1984 type feel to it. If that makes any sense? Like the MLB holds the power to make perfect games, imperfect. Why haven’t they just fixed it already? Do we have to be so rigid that we cannot break any rule under any circumstance?
My #1 complaint about American society…live life to the letter of the law. Who gives a shit what the spirit is, find any loophole you can and jump through it. This is how murders and rapists get away with it because some cop forgot to dot an I or cross a T on some useless form.
"Maybe your parents didn't believe in you."
by MarineCorpsDuck on Jun 2, 2010 9:42 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I see your point and I think its true that I am overreacting to the situation. I think that the MLB really needs to have replay, which would completely solve this problem. I agree with your point about living life to the letter of the law and instead of “break”, I should have said “changed” the rule. Maybe it ‘s not right to reverse the ruling at this point, but as for the future, this should never happen again. Thanks MarineCorpsDuck for the response, I like what you said, you’ve change my opinion on the matter.
I didn’t hear about it because I got to work @ 5 a.m., drove home @ 5 p.m., then just finished 3.5 hours more work. Did I mention that being a salaried manager rules? I’m pretty certain that I’d make more than LeBron if I could get them to make me hourly.
I’m going to ESPN’s mobile site to read about it right meow.
"Maybe your parents didn't believe in you."
by MarineCorpsDuck on Jun 2, 2010 9:11 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
OK, I just watched the video and there is just no freaking excuse for that nonsense. If ANYTHING, the benefit of the doubt on a dribbled grounder, with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th of a perfect game has to go to the pitcher there. Does that ump officiate PAC 10 football?
"Maybe your parents didn't believe in you."
by MarineCorpsDuck on Jun 2, 2010 9:16 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
So I just read the story and I have to give that ump credit for at least having balls not to hide like the NBA surely would have done. He came right out to the media and admitted he screwed it up, said he feels horrible for costing the kid a perfect game, then went into the Tigers’ clubhouse (lion’s den?) and formally apologized to the pitcher, the manager, and the team.
He still screwed that call up and has to live with that, but i , for one, am going to give him credit for manning-up and being accountable.
"Maybe your parents didn't believe in you."
by MarineCorpsDuck on Jun 2, 2010 9:29 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm calling with death threats.
Sincerely,
Oklahoma
I am not a Communist, a Communist's lawn would never look this good.
by Bill Musgrave on Jun 2, 2010 9:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Wait, Bill, you let a team score 2 straight touchdowns on you, ran back a kickoff, then got the field goal blocked that would have made up for the fact that you had ADRIAN FUCKING PETERSON against Old-Allioti’s defense and had to blame it on the refs that you had an epic choke job?
Seriously…AD against Old-Allioti defense. If we were playing a video game every single one of would take Peterson for 6539 yards in that game.
"Maybe your parents didn't believe in you."
by MarineCorpsDuck on Jun 2, 2010 9:38 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
No joke, AD was a once in a long time kind of beast.
We did have a pretty good run D at that time and generally under old Allioti, but I still remember AD wearing the shit out of us by the end of that game.
AD was the kind of guy that had all the physical talent AND would rather break his own collar bone than stop short. AD wouldn’t give up against a convoy of 18 wheelers.
Oh, and you’re right, I hate myself.
-Oklahoma
I am not a Communist, a Communist's lawn would never look this good.
by Bill Musgrave on Jun 2, 2010 9:43 PM PDT up reply actions
We'll up your death threats.
Sincerely,
Royals Fans in 1984
Onto victory urge the heroes, of our mighty Oregon!
by TennesseeQuackAttack8 on Jun 2, 2010 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I saw it at work and was flabbergasted
Such a bad call, but it happens, and I feel like we still witnessed perfection for the 3rd time in a month. I feel SO bad for Galarraga and the Ump, but the ump took full responsibility, and armando really felt like he could move on easily. I agree though that MLB can change it, they can reverse the call, and they should.
Half the wheels, twice the alibi.
They said today that they wouldn't reverse the call.
I can’t imagine what the ump thought he saw, unless he just wasn’t looking.
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