Comments on: Never Mind The Ballgame, Here’s The G.M. http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2008/06/19/never-mind-the-ballgame-heres-the-gm/ Covering the MLB with a focus on the Toronto Blue Jays Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:15:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: dp http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2008/06/19/never-mind-the-ballgame-heres-the-gm/#comment-9087 dp Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:21:39 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2008/06/19/never-mind-the-ballgame-heres-the-gm/#comment-9087 maybe brett should host the show, in posting 24 he called it cito is back, and you were so sure in denying his thoughts. great incite on his part, i guess most of us would have agreed with you at the time though. MW: Brett definitely managed to read between the lines - none of the rest of us could. maybe brett should host the show, in posting 24 he called it cito is back, and you were so sure in denying his thoughts. great incite on his part, i guess most of us would have agreed with you at the time though.

MW: Brett definitely managed to read between the lines – none of the rest of us could.

]]> By: Matt S http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2008/06/19/never-mind-the-ballgame-heres-the-gm/#comment-8765 Matt S Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:43:23 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2008/06/19/never-mind-the-ballgame-heres-the-gm/#comment-8765 "MW: He didn’t say that he didn’t need Dunn, he said he didn’t want him. I had never heard of that definition of pious before - congrats on whipping out a little-used meaning to a commonly-used word." Yes, well if you weren't so pious in your judgment of my use of American English you would have felt no need to congratulate me for using a word that I am quite familiar with. Zing! (Sorry, I can't help it as I majored in English at University. And no, this doesn't give you more credence to to correct my flawed grammar more so than others!) MW: Thanks for at least spelling grammar correctly! “MW: He didn’t say that he didn’t need Dunn, he said he didn’t want him. I had never heard of that definition of pious before – congrats on whipping out a little-used meaning to a commonly-used word.”

Yes, well if you weren’t so pious in your judgment of my use of American English you would have felt no need to congratulate me for using a word that I am quite familiar with.

Zing!

(Sorry, I can’t help it as I majored in English at University. And no, this doesn’t give you more credence to to correct my flawed grammar more so than others!)

MW: Thanks for at least spelling grammar correctly!

]]> By: Vito From Hamilton http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2008/06/19/never-mind-the-ballgame-heres-the-gm/#comment-8724 Vito From Hamilton Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:41:32 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2008/06/19/never-mind-the-ballgame-heres-the-gm/#comment-8724 Poor Croatia! And you think baseball is cruel. Poor Croatia! And you think baseball is cruel.

]]> By: Vito From Hamilton http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2008/06/19/never-mind-the-ballgame-heres-the-gm/#comment-8708 Vito From Hamilton Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:44:43 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2008/06/19/never-mind-the-ballgame-heres-the-gm/#comment-8708 This news just compeletely catapulted me right out of my miserable mood today. I can't contain my joy. This news just compeletely catapulted me right out of my miserable mood today. I can’t contain my joy.

]]> By: Vito From Hamilton http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2008/06/19/never-mind-the-ballgame-heres-the-gm/#comment-8707 Vito From Hamilton Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:39:40 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2008/06/19/never-mind-the-ballgame-heres-the-gm/#comment-8707 Gibbons is out! Holy Molly! Gibbons is out! Cito is back! Cito is back! I couldn't believe my ears! YAHOOOO! Ricciardi FINALLY wakes up and smells the coffee. It can't be any worse than Gibbons. I'm prepared to back off on Ricciardi until the end of the season to see how it goes. YAHOOOOO! I love you JP! MW: Don't make promises you know you can't keep, Vito. Gibbons is out! Holy Molly! Gibbons is out! Cito is back! Cito is back! I couldn’t believe my ears! YAHOOOO! Ricciardi FINALLY wakes up and smells the coffee. It can’t be any worse than Gibbons. I’m prepared to back off on Ricciardi until the end of the season to see how it goes. YAHOOOOO! I love you JP!

MW: Don’t make promises you know you can’t keep, Vito.

]]> By: Vito From Hamilton http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2008/06/19/never-mind-the-ballgame-heres-the-gm/#comment-8678 Vito From Hamilton Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:24:15 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2008/06/19/never-mind-the-ballgame-heres-the-gm/#comment-8678 And Mike. As long as the Jays insist on continuing to stink out Major League ballparks, I'll continue to be "priceless". And Mike. As long as the Jays insist on continuing to stink out Major League ballparks, I’ll continue to be “priceless”.

]]> By: Troy http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2008/06/19/never-mind-the-ballgame-heres-the-gm/#comment-8676 Troy Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:11:27 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2008/06/19/never-mind-the-ballgame-heres-the-gm/#comment-8676 Sorry Mike another spelling mistake in the post responding to spelling mistakes. I'm laughing as I WRITE this. For post #170 "right" should most certainly be WRITE. WHOOPS this is getting hilarious. HE HE Take Care. Sorry Mike another spelling mistake in the post responding to spelling mistakes. I’m laughing as I WRITE this. For post #170 “right” should most certainly be WRITE. WHOOPS
this is getting hilarious.
HE HE

Take Care.

]]> By: Troy http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2008/06/19/never-mind-the-ballgame-heres-the-gm/#comment-8670 Troy Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:53:07 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2008/06/19/never-mind-the-ballgame-heres-the-gm/#comment-8670 Hey Mike thanks for responding to my post (#154). I apologize for my spelling mistakes and imperfect grammar and punctuation. There are probably many more errors in the refered passage but here are some of the spelling mistakes. 1. there should have been they're 2. to should have been too 3. atheletes should have been athletes Sorry about that I just write these things (blog responses) from a stream of consciousness kind of approach. I try to get it down as fast as I can so to speak because I found very early in university that if I didn't I forgot what was in my mind to begin with. My significant other was who I depended on to proof my work because she was exceptional at spelling, sentence structure and grammar. Shes at work and probably has little to no interest in my extra curricular (not sure if I spelled that correctly) activities such as this blog. Take care Mike Oh ya hopefully the Jays can start to turn this ship around tonight in Pittsburgh. Hey Mike thanks for responding to my post (#154). I apologize for my spelling mistakes and imperfect grammar and punctuation. There are probably many more errors in the refered passage but here are some of the spelling mistakes.
1. there should have been they’re
2. to should have been too
3. atheletes should have been athletes

Sorry about that I just write these things (blog responses) from a stream of consciousness kind of approach. I try to get it down as fast as I can so to speak because I found very early in university that if I didn’t I forgot what was in my mind to begin with. My significant other was who I depended on to proof my work because she was exceptional at spelling, sentence structure and grammar. Shes at work and probably has little to no interest in my extra curricular (not sure if I spelled that correctly) activities such as this blog.

Take care Mike
Oh ya hopefully the Jays can start to turn this ship around tonight in Pittsburgh.

]]> By: Vito From Hamilton http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2008/06/19/never-mind-the-ballgame-heres-the-gm/#comment-8669 Vito From Hamilton Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:41:20 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2008/06/19/never-mind-the-ballgame-heres-the-gm/#comment-8669 In reference to Mike's response in post 89: I don't believe the A's were way better than the Jays when Ricci. got here. Maybe slightly better by a few games but not WAY better. It doesn't matter to me anyway. I don't care what he did or didn't do in Oakland. All I'm concerned about is what he has done here which in the last 5 years was ZIP. Dunn made him look the fool too. Exposed him for what he really is. Maybe other players feel that way about him too, who knows? Look Mike, I'm so tired of watching this crap. All I want is the POWERHOUSE team that I was promised andnot this assembly of girlie hitters JP has strung together one night while coming home drunk. MW: Oakland had come off consecutive playoff appearances with seasons of 91 and 102 wins when Ricciardi was hired, and they won their division the two years after he came over. They were WAY better, regardless of what you believe. Who promised you a powerhouse team? In reference to Mike’s response in post 89:

I don’t believe the A’s were way better than the Jays when Ricci. got here. Maybe slightly better by a few games but not WAY better. It doesn’t matter to me anyway. I don’t care what he did or didn’t do in Oakland. All I’m concerned about is what he has done here which in the last 5 years was ZIP. Dunn made him look the fool too. Exposed him for what he really is. Maybe other players feel that way about him too, who knows? Look Mike, I’m so tired of watching this crap. All I want is the POWERHOUSE team that I was promised andnot this assembly of girlie hitters JP has strung together one night while coming home drunk.

MW: Oakland had come off consecutive playoff appearances with seasons of 91 and 102 wins when Ricciardi was hired, and they won their division the two years after he came over. They were WAY better, regardless of what you believe. Who promised you a powerhouse team?

]]> By: Matt S http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2008/06/19/never-mind-the-ballgame-heres-the-gm/#comment-8665 Matt S Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:26:12 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2008/06/19/never-mind-the-ballgame-heres-the-gm/#comment-8665 "MW: Do you know what pious means?" Yup, I sure do. From Merriam Webster's: "marked by sham or hypocrisy" J.P. was "marked by hypocrisy" (or pious if you prefer) when he said he doesn't need Adam Dunn. The guy has more homers than our 1B, CF, 3B, and RF combined. He also would lead our team in OBP by far. MW: He didn't say that he didn't need Dunn, he said he didn't want him. I had never heard of that definition of pious before - congrats on whipping out a little-used meaning to a commonly-used word. “MW: Do you know what pious means?”

Yup, I sure do. From Merriam Webster’s: “marked by sham or hypocrisy”

J.P. was “marked by hypocrisy” (or pious if you prefer) when he said he doesn’t need Adam Dunn. The guy has more homers than our 1B, CF, 3B, and RF combined. He also would lead our team in OBP by far.

MW: He didn’t say that he didn’t need Dunn, he said he didn’t want him. I had never heard of that definition of pious before – congrats on whipping out a little-used meaning to a commonly-used word.

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