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Re: The Most Insane Cavs Trade I like; Andre Drummond

@H_Gove — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:46:42 -0000

You sir, Mr. Pelligrino, are some sort of prophet. My thoughts haven't really changed though. I'm now on the Lamarcus Aldrige and Demarcus Cousins in a trade bandwagon. Would still love Drum though.

Re: The Most Insane Cavs Trade I like; Andre Drummond

Mike Pellegrino — Tue, 21 May 2013 09:23:23 -0000

I love stuff like this, Hayden. I'm curious about whether you still do this trade if the Cavs end up with the #1 pick in the draft. Would you rather Nerlens Noel (or Otto Porter or anyone else you think would be the pick) and Varejao or Drummond?

Re: Dwight Howard to the Clippers?

Jack Docal — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:19:33 -0000

Your Roster Is Impossible. If Grant Hill retires which seems likely that leaves the Clippers with 44 million dollars for next season spent on DeAndre Jordan, Caron Butler, Blake Griffin, Jamal Crawford, Eric Bledsoe and Willie Green. That leaves 18 million and they still need to resign Barnes, Billups, Odom and most importantly Chris Paul. Getting Dwight as well is impossible without a big trade or players taking considerably less money. Something like trading DeAndre Jordan AND Caron Butler might work.

Re: Three MLB Pet Peeves

Todd Hoyer — Tue, 14 May 2013 03:47:24 -0000

1 and 3 are minor annoyances, although I do agree with you. 2 though, is huge, and I'm totally on your side. This applies to all professional sports, but mostly baseball, where there is no clock, so there is always an unlimited amount of time to come back from whatever deficit a team finds themselves in. Ask the 2001 Mariners who in their MLB record 116 win season, could have had 117 if they hadn't let the Indians come back down 14-2 in the 6th inning.

But mainly your point that if they don't like it, stop them, is what I agree with. You're a professional athlete, this is your job. If you don't like that someone is running up the score on you, do something about it. Stop them, don't whine to the press about it afterwards, or talk about some bs "unwritten rule".

Re: Face of the Franchise – A.L. West

Matt — Mon, 13 May 2013 01:37:17 -0000

The Angels were a mess, for sure. I didn't really think about Eck as the face of the As, although I guess I should have given him more consideration. I think he got wiped out on two fronts: one- his Oakland days connect him with McGwire, Canseco, and LaRussa, and also he'll always be a Red Sox to me.

Re: Face of the Franchise – A.L. West

Matt — Mon, 13 May 2013 01:35:29 -0000

Maybe if Yu has a 20 year career, strikes out 4-5,000 guys, spins 5-8 no-nos and then buys the team, he has a shot. Until then, I think it's Ryan.

Re: Face of the Franchise – A.L. West

Mike Pellegrino — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:28:42 -0000

Angels are tough. Rod Carew? Mike Scioscia? Darin Erstad? Bobby Grich? Mike Witt? Not a lot of great options.

As far as the A's go - what about Eck?

Re: Face of the Franchise – A.L. West

Dustin Bicknell — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:55:44 -0000

Yu Darvish will become the face of the franchise eventually, hes on pace to break Ryans ranger record for K's in a season (301).

Re: Browns Quarterback Brandon Weeden Needs Thicker Skin

LOL — Thu, 09 May 2013 10:20:37 -0000

You're complaining about Weeden blocking you, even though you never followed him anyway? This is the funniest, most hypocritical thing I've read today, thanks for the giggles :)

Re: Browns Quarterback Brandon Weeden Needs Thicker Skin

@djwise23 — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:39:11 -0000

How is it an idiot writer. Quarterback needs to toughen up if he can take critisism and honesty

Re: Browns Quarterback Brandon Weeden Needs Thicker Skin

not a fan of yours! — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:34:09 -0000

Or maybe, idiot writers can stop being negative all the time. this is horrible writing.

Re: Why I Want Tim Tebow to be a Cleveland Brown

clevelandjohn — Mon, 06 May 2013 00:32:41 -0000

If Weeden fails? Hire him.

Re: Boston Celtics Pride

dokimos — Thu, 02 May 2013 06:32:37 -0000

I've never been a big KG fan. Not sure why, but the "anything is possible" howl fest after winning the championship comes close to the mark, But that being said, I agree with your assessment about the mark of the Pierce/Garnett led Celts. It's part of what keeps you rooting for this team even when you know they've got no chance of winning it all. Obviously, Doc is another reason this team is so watchable. He and Pop are the top two coaches in the league, with Phil gone, and I could watch their teams play anytime.

Re: NBA Team Buyer’s Guide

Pipes — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:14:57 -0000

Great insight hard to find that nowadays in regards to the NBA.

Re: My Two Cents on Jimmy Haslam, Byron Scott and Ubaldo Jimenez

ryanisley — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:03:24 -0000

I think it would have made a difference if Irving didn't admit earlier in the year that he didn't feel like playing and was going through the motions in one game and then his effort at times was questionable.

Re: My Two Cents on Jimmy Haslam, Byron Scott and Ubaldo Jimenez

Mike Pellegrino — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:29:01 -0000

Not knowing the ins and outs of the Cavs franchise, I was surprised at the Scott firing, Ryan. Figured that having a former guard who knows what winning feels like was the right setup when you're developing Waiters and Irving. Most Boston fans give Doc Rivers a ton of credit for Rondo's development.

Re: The Houston Astros are Picking Up Where They Left Off

Mark Mazzone — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:07:56 -0000

Thanks Ebby. I totally agree it is early to making judgments about teams, but that is what is fun to me. Halfway through the season I can look at this article and see how Houston has improved with experience or how they have regressed. Thanks for the feedback. Always appreciated.

Re: Losing Lackey

Ebby Calvin LaLoosh — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:31:20 -0000

Boston can afford to absorb Lackey's $82.5M contract much like the Yankees did with Carl Pavano, A.J. Burnett, and Kevin Brown. Small-to-mid market teams don't have this luxury. In hindsight, I'm glad the Indians didn't sign this bust.

Re: The Houston Astros are Picking Up Where They Left Off

Ebby Calvin LaLoosh — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:06:05 -0000

As much as Hayden showed in his article, it's a little early to be chastising the Astros after 8 games. Are they bad? Yeah. Are the really, really bad? Absolutely.

Houston won 55 games in 2012 in a very weak, top heavy division last year. Similarly, the Indians only won 68 games in their top-heavy division. Moving the Astros to the AL West does the franchise no favors considering the current rosters of their competitors but they are also one of the youngest teams in MLB. Texas will go through a rebuild here soon and that division will be a two team race. They will have a chance to compete but you're probably correct on your assumption that it won't happen until 2015.

Good stuff, Mark. I like the passion.

Re: Stop Judging the Indians

Ebby Calvin LaLoosh — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 09:40:22 -0000

The fact that this fan base goes haywire after eight games only highlights their irrational thought process. Think about how über excited everyone was after starting 2-0. It's what we do as fans: overanalyze and hypercritical.

No one wants to mention the fact that we caught New York at the "wrong" time. NY had lost 2 of 3 vs BOS and @ DET to start the season. Or, like in 2011 when a Francona-led Boston team started 2-10 (including a 3-games sweep at the hands of the Indians) then went on a 9-3 run. Baseball is cyclical. It's a marathon sports fans, not a sprint. Talk to me at the All Star Break.

Nice piece, Hayden.

Re: Making Changes to College Basketball

ryanisley — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:25:43 -0000

No way. I want it to be the two who tie it up. I think that is the only way to do it. Otherwise, teams would force it on purpose knowing they would win the jump.

Re: Making Changes to College Basketball

Mike Pellegrino — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:48:30 -0000

Ryan - what do you think about allowing teams to designate who they want to jump it up rather than forcing the two involved in the tie-up?

Re: Face of the Franchise

Matt — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:01:54 -0000

I wish we had the audio from last night's radio show. I got killed on Boston by many other people, but I had to write what I believe. In my defense, I had to talk myself out of Williams, because he was my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices, initially. I agree on Crawford, but alas, he chased the money. Steib was in the running for the Jays, and Carter was my initial thought, but in the end, it had to be Olerud for me. The batting helmet while playing first base is seared in to my memory banks.

Re: The East, The Commish, The Lakers, and The Tiger

Matt — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:59:01 -0000

When David Stern leaves office (assuming his replacement doesn't use his playbook) is when I'll be able to take the NBA quasi-seriously again. Thanks for the video, that's absolutely horrific. Vince McMahon ain't got nothing on David Stern.

Re: Face of the Franchise

Mike Pellegrino — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:05:12 -0000

Baltimore is the only one I agree with you on. It's definitely Cal, but then it gets murky. I think Jim Palmer and Earl Weaver deserve spots above Boog (although maybe his food is just that good).

Boston = Ted Williams. Just stop.

Yankees = Babe Ruth

Rays = Dick Vitale. And I realize just how sad that is. Would be Carl Crawford if he'd stuck around. Wade Boggs for kissing home plate on his 3000th? I don't know. Maddon seems like an acceptable choice.

Jays = Dave Steib. I'm not sure if that's an objective choice, or if it simply has to do with the era I lived through. My guess is that most people would say Joe Carter because of the homer.