Letters to the Editor

• Lynx

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  I, like most people, enjoy rooting for the underdog. And you guys have actually succeeded in making the winningest team of the decade a de facto underdog. Quite a mean feat if you ask me.

  Thanks for avoiding my points though. Harrison taking HGH, Shanahan admitting that he does the EXACT same thing (albeit without video - which again is most likely the reason for the rule, the NFL controls the rights to ALL video of their product).

  Again, why hasn't Shanahan and the Broncos been hit?

  I stand by my assertion that this is the MOST asinine controversy I've ever heard...and the only reason that Goodell handed down punishment is because the sporting literati has blown this thing up beyond all comprehension. Did anyone else find humour in Tomlinson riding his moral high horse on this topic when his teammate is Shawne "I got suspended 4 games for steroids" Merriman?

  Permalink Friday, September 14, 2007 09:09 AM

• lynx

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  Ummm...let me see if I have this straight.

  The Broncos escape your vitriol simply because their methods were not explicitly verboten.

  Which of course means that in your mind the intent is not the problem (stealing signals) but rather the methods employed (video instead of binoculars)

  do you see how this doesn't wash??

  AND furthermore, the medium of video being used to steal signals (remember, it's not the stealing that's offensive, but rather the medium) is WORSE somehow than having players juicing?!?!

  REALLY?!?!?

  man, I get it..you dislike The Patriots..but sheesh...that's some crazy mental gymnastics you're undertaking here.

  Permalink Friday, September 14, 2007 12:11 PM

• Red Leg (and hockey)

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  Hey Red Leg,

  Nice to see Halladay getting some notice outside Toronto! Your comment about his low strikeout totals is a bit off-centre though. Earlier in his career he used to have quite a high K total, but recently he's become much more of a groundball pitcher. Rather than work the counts deep, he induces a really sick amount of early groundball outs. It keeps his pitch count low and is directly related to his high CG total (I read somewhere that he places a silly amount of pride in complete games - far more than strikeouts). That being said, it ain't Doc's year - missing a month with appendicitis, and his curiously high ERA counts him out.

  My non-existent vote would be for C.C. - he's just sick (and wears his hat in a jaunty fashion ;)

  also

  Great take on the hockey game King! Me and my friends all bemoaned the stupidity (yet again) of Bettman putting up the outdoor game against Bowl Day...I hadn't even considered that it could be that Bowl Day just isn't important anymore (although it's still the best way to work off that hangover)

  Apparently this is going to be a yearly thing...which is great news. I'm looking forward to Leafs v Habs down the line (i just won't be watching it with my dirty Leaf lovin' friends!)

  Permalink Wednesday, September 19, 2007 11:02 AM

• damn

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  You beat me to it!

  I noticed that fact about the CFL (7 of 8 Quarterbacks being black) last weekend and was just waiting for the proper avenue to highlight it! Oh well, I guess that's why they pay you the big bucks ;)

  A couple of points though

  1) Damon Allen isn't only the leading passer in CFL history, but ALL of pro football history - he passed Warren Moon last year (i believe)

  2) The Montreal Alouettes generally have a hispanic quarterback (but he's injured right now...and replaced by a black quarterback). Only lily-white Edmonton (the west texas of Canada) has a white QB.

  3) Argos GM (Adam) Rita has been known to say some pretty dumb things, and this is certainly an example of it. But I think his point (however silly) was that Allen was brought in 3(or 4) years ago as basically a legend at the end of his career - hoping to catch lightning in a bottle and maybe win a playoff game. Nobody really expected him to play so well, so they had to keep him on...which isn't a bad thing, but it certainly hindered the development of the current QB Michael Bishop (remember him? almost won the Heismann? K State I believe). What's especially daffy about Rita's comment is that Allen clearly lost his job in the first game of the season (he's obviously lost more than a step) to Bishop - his injury just made the transition easier.

  4) McNabb is absolutely correct, no doubt about it. His timing might be questionable though - 'cause man, that team has ZERO deep threat capability. It's gonna be a LOOONG season for Westbrook.

  5) My vote for the ball-thingy: coming up with another truly pointless statistic a la PRV or Neifi Index. (write in vote)

  6) I agree with Tom re: Eli. Poor guy is screwed :)

  Permalink Wednesday, September 19, 2007 08:07 PM

• Off Topic Post for the Weekend

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  So now that The Giants made it official that they aren't bringing Bonds back next year, which desperate AL team will sign The Surly One as DH?

  Oakland maybe?

  any others?

  Permalink Friday, September 21, 2007 06:04 PM