Lorrie Masset on The Trade

by Adam J. Morris on Dec 28, 2006 3:22 PM CST in News Comment 82 comments

I know a lot of you guys read the NMLR forums...

But for those of you who don't, I'd encourage you to read this post from Lorrie Masset, the mother of Nick Masset, talking about her feelings about The Trade and the impact it had on her and the Masset family.

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I don't have an account

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.

by Chris Martin on Dec 28, 2006 3:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

She's sad

but understanding.

by Brett Perryman on Dec 28, 2006 3:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I think

that this could be really good for Masset. If you look at what Don Cooper has done for guys like Bobby Jenks and Matt Thornton, among several others, he could be just what Masset needs to become a top pitcher. Masset has a great arm and quality stuff, but, this winter notwithstanding, hasn't had the command necessary to put up numbers representative of that. That guy could help to turn him into a monster.

by Brett Perryman on Dec 28, 2006 3:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Z

I think you are right. Masset goes from a guy trying to solidify himself to a guy they traded for. I think that in itself will allow him more opportunities, and he doesn't start with history essentially. He can start from this day forward, and he has shown to be pretty solid over the last 1 - 1 1/2 years. I think Nick might end up being a big part of this deal in the end

by Mike Simonek on Dec 28, 2006 9:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Say, that reminds me

We need to get wufdog over here.

MUHAHAHAHA

Barak Hussein Obama-his real middle name

by Sharky on Dec 28, 2006 4:28 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

No.

He was the death of the ESPN boards...

by ghostofErikThompson on Dec 28, 2006 4:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

and

one of the major reasons I left the NMLR boards

"Strippers dude, I tell you, I really respect the cunts now. . . I'm not gonna lie to ya." - Voice of Her Generation, Lindsay Lohan.

by DJCahill on Dec 28, 2006 4:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

What did he do?

Penalty Box? DONT THINK SO!!!!!!! And i wish everyone could stop writing that crap cause its gay...SUPER GAY!!!! NYTXfan!!!

by Brian Thomas on Dec 28, 2006 4:53 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

He's the Grinch

He ain't happy, and no one else should be.

by Brett Perryman on Dec 28, 2006 5:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

So you're not gonna tell me?

Penalty Box? DONT THINK SO!!!!!!! And i wish everyone could stop writing that crap cause its gay...SUPER GAY!!!! NYTXfan!!!

by Brian Thomas on Dec 28, 2006 5:05 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Imagine a T.O. apologist ...

... on crack with an attitude problem; swap out Buck/Hart for T.O. and add in some wacky man-love for anything pro-management; then imagine a guy with an "angry at the world" temperment in constant attendence on his keyboard looking to pick a fight over the most petty of details; add in a ton of "..." to the posts--that's Wuf.

by Athos on Dec 28, 2006 5:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Good description.

There are a lot of great posters over there, but I got tired of having to put up with the two or three crazy ones who made it a point to start a fight/argument in every single thread that they posted on. I won't name names, but those of you who have read the boards over the last year or two know who I'm talking about.

by austintxhorn on Dec 28, 2006 5:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That's excellent

I was trying to think of a way to say it without just saying he's a big jerk, but that was perfectly put.

by Brett Perryman on Dec 28, 2006 5:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Thank you

Unfortunately, I guess I'm like a moth drawn to a flame, because you have piqued my curiousity (I'm not saying he doesn't sound douchesque).

Did he have any brains to him, or was he more the 4 exclamation point type? And what do you mean pro-management? He was a Hart/Hicks apologist?

This guy must have been bad, if he was so toxic you couldn't just ignore him...

Penalty Box? DONT THINK SO!!!!!!! And i wish everyone could stop writing that crap cause its gay...SUPER GAY!!!! NYTXfan!!!

by Brian Thomas on Dec 28, 2006 5:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Well, according to him

...he's "a millionare" and a huge business success, and a quality professional player, so he had that going for him, which was nice.

As far as the toxicity, his posting frequency was amazing. If you think some of us are bad, you should see how he could litter a board.

by Brett Perryman on Dec 28, 2006 5:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

He was pretty bad....

To answer your questions:

Did he have any brains to him, or was he more the 4 exclamation point type?

He did have brains. That was the frustrating part. Once he came to a opinion about something, everything else which might be contradictory to that opinion he would totally ignore.

So while, there were times that he agreed with us, you would remember the times where he disagreed, because no logic or additional evidence could sway him.

Basically, he was like a more astute-Sharky (though not a caricature).

And what do you mean pro-management? He was a Hart/Hicks apologist?

Essentially, yes. Everything that they did, he would get behind (or at least that's what he'd say publicly). Only time he would change his opinion is when they decided to cut bait with those players (Drese, Diaz, Chris Young, etc.).

His retort was always "Well, management has WAY more information than you, so therefore, they must be right."

This guy must have been bad, if he was so toxic you couldn't just ignore him...

He was pretty bad, because 1) You couldn't get any real enlightenment from him, 2) he'd be very confrontational about his opinions, and 3) he didn't provide any humor.

Most people in my ignore-set only fulfill 2 or 2 1/2 qualities. He made all 3.

Req

by Requiem on Dec 28, 2006 5:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Block Quotes

You know, I can't quite identify why this is, but it seems like the block quotes are a lot less condescending than italics are...

http://tinyurl.com/vxkvz

by Dustin on Dec 28, 2006 6:07 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

maybe if you used them...

...people wouldn't think you're a giant ass. lol. For the record, I'm not one of those people. I find your posts mostly productive and thought-provoking. Seriously.

I don't think block quotes should be used in every scenario, but especially when you're quoting another article or poster, it helps differentiate in a way that italics or simple quotation marks can't.

Your Texas Rangers...laying the foundation for 2007, in a winnable AL West. Never thought I'd say that!

by RangerMoto on Dec 28, 2006 11:13 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

heh

I was just kidding with Requiem, although I don't know why I bother. He has a grudge against me and won't respond no matter what.

Thanks for not thinking I'm a giant ass.

http://tinyurl.com/vxkvz

by Dustin on Dec 28, 2006 11:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That's bizarre

Neither of you seem like the kind of person who would harbor resentment.

That said, I do notice the two of you tend to be in on most of the heated threads on here...

I try to stay out of as much as I can--except politics.

Your Texas Rangers...laying the foundation for 2007, in a winnable AL West. Never thought I'd say that!

by RangerMoto on Dec 29, 2006 12:00 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't harbor resentment....

When someone continues to assume the worst of you, blatantly states that their assumption of you is fact, and refuses to give in or accept that they're wrong, well, I don't see the point in continuing the conversation.

I have enough problem in everyday life, why should I subject myself to that behavior on a message board?

Basically, I gave him chances to admit some fault, he didn't and continued to persist in his assumptions and behaviors, so I decided it wasn't worth the time to continue to communicate with him.

It's definitely made my life much easier on this message board.

It's simple for me. If you're going to make it difficult to communicate with and you persist in doing it, I'm not going to take the time and effort to try to establish that communication and connection.

For example, on the old ESPN message board, I used to get into these long arguments (along with Adam, zywica, Cahill, etc.) with wufdog about various Rangers' topics. After a while, I realized that he wasn't going to change his behavior to make him more amenable to discussing issues. So, I decided it wasn't worth the effort.

It's also why I didn't understand why Adam would go out of his way to address a point that Sharky brought up. Most of the time, Sharky's going to ignore your comment and post some random defense, and even he does rebut it, it usually don't make much sense. Adam persisted in doing that, though, even though he'd get no real feedback from Sharky.

I guess Adam's just a glutton for punishment.

Req

by Requiem on Dec 29, 2006 12:33 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Requiem

You take me way too seriously, man. Do I still call you condescending? Nah. The above comment isn't a serious one, obviously. I was poking fun at the situation to highlight that the whole thing was stupid (yeah, on my part).

It's just the internet. I don't think I've done anything so vile as to require a formal apology. In fact, on the internets, I think I would only apologize if I'd called a smart person stupid, or in the heat of the moment implied someone was dishonest or something. I don't think I said anything like that to you. If I did, well, I am sorry because that really would've been out of line. Other than that, you'll have to consider my admission that the whole thing was stupid as some form of capitulation, because that's what it is.

Have fun.

http://tinyurl.com/vxkvz

by Dustin on Dec 29, 2006 8:46 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Sid Superego??

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.

by Chris Martin on Dec 29, 2006 11:19 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hadn't thought about Sid in a long time.

Don't miss him, either.

by Athos on Dec 29, 2006 12:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Me either

But he and wufdog were fun to watch sometimes as neither wanted to let the other have the final word. It was also funny when one of them would pull out the "I just can't discuss something with someone who refuses to admit they might be wrong" argument when they were equally guilty of it.

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.

by Chris Martin on Dec 29, 2006 2:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Nah...

I remember Sid. Never really had much of an opinion on him, but then again, I don't really remember much memorable posted by him, either.

I'm not sure but I think someone also thought I had another alter-ego on the ESPN boards.

Only had one, though.

And I'm perfectly willing to admit I'm wrong all the time. I'm just not willing to admit to something which I'm not.

Req

by Requiem on Dec 31, 2006 3:55 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Adam is a glutton

for sure, but I also think he's amused by Shark. I know I am.

by Brett Perryman on Dec 29, 2006 2:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Well that makes 3 of you

Your Texas Rangers...laying the foundation for 2007, in a winnable AL West. Never thought I'd say that!

by RangerMoto on Dec 29, 2006 3:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Without Sharky

it just wouldn't be LSB.

by t ball on Dec 29, 2006 3:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Wow

I am constantly surprised at how many people at LSB knew each other well (as posters) on the ESPN boards.

I guess I really missed out. I didn't catch the hook until discovering Adam's badass site...

Penalty Box? DONT THINK SO!!!!!!! And i wish everyone could stop writing that crap cause its gay...SUPER GAY!!!! NYTXfan!!!

by Brian Thomas on Dec 28, 2006 6:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah...

That's part of what helped build the LSB community here so quickly...there were a lot of folks over there who jumped over here...

by Adam J. Morris on Dec 28, 2006 6:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

i never posted

on the newberg site, or the old ESPN board. But i didn't have the chance to really get into the rangers until i went to college, so looking around for message boards, etc. led me here.
I actually found the newberg site at the same time as LSB, because i was looking for more news about the rangers minor league system (which at the time, i had no idea how lucky i was that we have jamey).
I never got into posting over there because i like this format much better than the traditional forum format. I've tried getting in to other forums for things that also interest me (politics and other sports forums) but i NEVER stick with it.
Oh well, I'm just rambling, but I do like this site a hell of a lot, thanks AJM

Troy I.

by tdi1985 on Dec 28, 2006 6:52 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I popped on over there

First time in a year or so. My god. Larrylegend is a nut. Just arguments, but with a basic lack of information to back up their points.

Texas Rangers: baby step to 2007. Baby step to 2007.

by WyoRanger on Dec 28, 2006 5:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, Ive read that "larrylegend" guy

Quite the jackass. Isn't he Fraley's biggest supporter?

Generally, as a rule, I'm prone to attach the label of "colossal douchebag" to anyone who incorporates "legend" or "dog" to any facet of their identity.

Its good to see that philosophy validated, in this case at least...

Penalty Box? DONT THINK SO!!!!!!! And i wish everyone could stop writing that crap cause its gay...SUPER GAY!!!! NYTXfan!!!

by Brian Thomas on Dec 28, 2006 5:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Ahhh, the old ESPN boards

Full of posters asking if we're willing to trade either Tex or Blalock for Juan Cruz because "He's a pitcher and you guys need so much pitching", the offers for Blanco, the A-Rod comments, etc.

Ahhhh, memories...

by Taylor on Dec 28, 2006 7:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Blalock for Cruz

I wasn't completely against that deal.

Unfortunately, neither of them turned out to be nearly as good as I thought they would be.

by BurntOrange on Dec 28, 2006 10:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm sure a lot of people have commented this befor

But the inter-team posting that went on at the ESPN boards was something that was a positive, mostly. Something not replicated here.

I said something to Papi Blez about it over at gearheads of war, wondering if we could get inter-blog logins, he kind of blew it off..

Ahh well, might not work that well for this structure anyway.

Barak Hussein Obama-his real middle name

by Sharky on Dec 29, 2006 4:30 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Imagine...

if you will, you had formed an opinion, and, with a desire to share this opinion, through the joys of the Internet, people reading your opinion agreed with you in a way where they too were vocal about this same opinion.

Now, imagine someone deciding, that while they claimed this was a well reasoned opinion, that they would play devil's advocate to this opinion, blurring the lines of sanity or brevity at every turn to debate this opinion simply because it was popular among a large faction of people.

Take that idea in your head, make it a million times more annoying and self important and you have the pariah known only as Wufdog.

by ghostofErikThompson on Dec 28, 2006 5:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

We have a winner

by Adam J. Morris on Dec 28, 2006 5:36 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Sadly

there are more than one poster at Newberg that could fit that description.

by FirebatM3 on Dec 28, 2006 5:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

one other thing that set wuf apart

His experience in the St. Louis Cardinals minor league organization and his subsequent success as a businessman made him more qualified to answer any baseball question than you or me. Such justifications were used to tell us why modern day statistics meant nothing, Barajas was a better choice for catcher than Laird, and the best (which only appeared on the NMLR board), how methamphetamines are neither harmful nor help ballplayers because he had personally tried them with no effect.

by ab03 on Dec 28, 2006 6:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Also...

...if you suggested (prior to July, 2004) that there was a power struggle going on in the organization between Buck and elements in the front office (particularly Grady Fuson), or if you thought Buck was working behind the scenes to force Fuson out, you were a tin-foil-hat wearing conspiracy theorist.

And you shouldn't listen to anything any writer said about anything, because they make up sources and are just trying to sell papers.

And Buck's reputation as a control freak, and the idea that players didn't like him, was a fiction that was manufactured by Randy Galloway and Gerry Fraley, and any national writer who said that about Buck was just repeating what Galloway or Fraley told them.

by Adam J. Morris on Dec 28, 2006 6:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

what!

He really said that about amphetamines? That. Is. Hilarious.

As someone who used to party with Adderall and Dexedrine, I can say, unequivocally, that they pump you up like nothing else. Even slamming six Red Bulls won't get your heart racing remotely close to the way meth--prescription or otherwise--can.

The only exception I've read about is with people who are extreme ADD cases. Then, the pills have the opposite chemical effect. Maybe this poster you're talking about was just serious ADD...

Your Texas Rangers...laying the foundation for 2007, in a winnable AL West. Never thought I'd say that!

by RangerMoto on Dec 28, 2006 11:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

thats funny

Although I rarely post, I still read others opinions, but he's the reason I quit going to ESPN and the NMLR boards. The only time I go back is when someone links a good post over there.

by smalls on Dec 28, 2006 5:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hey

who woke Sharky up?

Texas Rangers: baby step to 2007. Baby step to 2007.

by WyoRanger on Dec 28, 2006 4:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Wuf's

not that bad. In my very first few posts, we went at it a bit, but then I decided not to play that way and we actually are able to dialogue now and then.

I guess it comes down to not judging others by a standard you're not willing to uphold yourself. I imagine we all have posts in the archives we'd probably take back in the clear light of a new day.

Just my opinion.

by ncrangerman on Dec 28, 2006 6:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Then keep it to yourself

Everything I've posted is complete truthiness and inoffensivelike.

Texas Rangers: baby step to 2007. Baby step to 2007.

by WyoRanger on Dec 28, 2006 6:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That's not the problem....

I guess it comes down to not judging others by a standard you're not willing to uphold yourself. I imagine we all have posts in the archives we'd probably take back in the clear light of a new day.

The problem is that if you're devoted to a search for truth and DISCUSSION rather than argumentation, there's got to be give and take.

You can't just have one side unwilling to bend the littlest bit just because he wants to make a point (or because he imagines he's right all the time).

Oh yeah, that's another problem with wufdog, he refused to admit that he even had the CHANCE of the possibility of being wrong (at least in an argument).

If you can't even admit when you've been human (i.e., wrong or erring), how can you learn from that and how can anyone else learn from any dialogue with you?

Req

by Requiem on Dec 28, 2006 9:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Where is hawkera...

...from the old ESPN boards, was it discovered that was an alter-ego of Sharky?

Also, didn't Chris Martin go by 15 different names over there and have conversations with himself (as a joke)?

Ah, the good old days.

by jgosline on Dec 28, 2006 7:14 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I miss RangersKnight

by Adam J. Morris on Dec 28, 2006 8:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

User ID

How come your # is 3? Who are 1 & 2?

by t ball on Dec 28, 2006 9:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

#1 and #2

Blez and the tech guy.

by Adam J. Morris on Dec 28, 2006 9:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I was wondering that, too.......

How'd that happen?

by tklawless on Dec 28, 2006 10:47 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Weird

apros pos of nothing, Req and I are exactly 100 apart.

Texas Rangers: baby step to 2007. Baby step to 2007.

by WyoRanger on Dec 28, 2006 11:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

VII

Is he still over there being the bane of my existence?

At least when the NMLR board was on PHPboard, I could download a firefox extension to block user's posts. Does the current version have that feature yet?

by jtts on Dec 28, 2006 9:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Yes

He is. Nobody can get under my skin like him. Wuf can at times, but he takes the cake.

by Mike Simonek on Dec 28, 2006 9:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yep

I've been posting on Jamey's board for six-and-a-half years, and I've never liked him. Unfortunately, with me being the type who likes to argue a point, I've wasted way too much of my life going back and forth with that guy.

It's not only that he's a jerk, but he's the type of jerk who likes to rub it in your face when he's right. That whole "I'm going to go on and on and on about how I was right about Soriano" thing last year made me want to give him multiple virtual punches in the face. The "boy wonder" crap about Daniels is also way past old. Not surprisingly, he's never shown his face at any of the NMLR gatherings.

by RCCook on Dec 28, 2006 9:30 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Top offender

I'm pretty laid back most of the time, can communicate without clicking with wuf and VII/Newbie. Lately there is a snert who repeatedly shows up via reregistration even though Eleanor has kicked him offline a couple of times. I have no clue why he even posts on a Rangers' journal, forum, or board. Most of his input is contrived sharply personal insults or abasement of other posters. Not just the 'different sides, heat of the argument' type, but really low and offensive stuff. His ID was SteveP/Anis and another I can't recall. Apparently the board software doesn't support IP and Mask bans, as all it takes to return is use a valid email address and make a new registration.

Having been a moderator (not such a good one, either) for a while, I've learned that sooner or later the admin for the board needs tools that probably are not readily available.

by Ed Coffin on Dec 28, 2006 9:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

BrianP

not StevenP...don't want to offend the Steve's of the world

by Mike Simonek on Dec 28, 2006 9:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Right - Thanks Mike

Not sure what I was thinking, except he may now be back there, with a "Steve" pseudonym.

by Ed Coffin on Dec 29, 2006 12:41 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Seven

It's been a long time and I could be mistaken, but I think I remember liking that guy. Wasn't he the really, really prolific writer in the political section? Maybe it wasn't him, but the guy I'm thinking of could write circles around anyone.

http://tinyurl.com/vxkvz

by Dustin on Dec 28, 2006 9:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Nope

wasn't him. The big political writers were Cahill, Incrediculous, BobKing, Black Knight, etc.

by Mike Simonek on Dec 28, 2006 9:29 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

And jjoudean

ver fascinated with politics

by Ed Coffin on Dec 28, 2006 9:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hmmm

I don't think it was any of them. Maybe the guy wasn't that prolific, but just a really good writer so it sticks with me. BobKing was pretty good, but wrong most of the time (in my view). I remember the Black Knight from way, way back when he was called something else, and I always thought of him as a Sharky type. I remember the other names but I don't think they're who I'm talking about, either.

http://tinyurl.com/vxkvz

by Dustin on Dec 28, 2006 9:49 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

What sucks

is that the stuff drives off so many good posters. I freely admit I am not really a heavily researched dude, or the most baseball informed, so I like to see guys that really are hard core post.

Even though I have probably debated with all of them at one time or another I don't like it that Cahill, AJM, Zywica, BobKing, Brian Thomas, etc. don't post or rarely post anymore.

Even if I don't agree they generally have thought out post, and something to back them up.

by Mike Simonek on Dec 28, 2006 9:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

This thread wins...

GOTD

by ghostofErikThompson on Dec 28, 2006 10:07 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Im stupid

so help me out...what does the "G" stand for?

by Mike Simonek on Dec 28, 2006 10:25 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Gem Of The Day

Old ESPN boardies will catch this reference.

by ghostofErikThompson on Dec 28, 2006 10:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Wasn't GOTD

supposed to be for posts which were so utterly inane or stupid that they were hilarious?

Not sure if this thread qualifies in that light.

Of course, I could be mis-remembering....

Req

by Requiem on Dec 28, 2006 11:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

gotd

I think they morphed into that, but I think they originated to point out other ESPN team board trade proposals. The height of the bad ones was when we had two 3rd basemen in the minors, and we just had to trade one of them. Someone would find Blaylock or Teixeira trade proposals every day.

A Mets boardie would offer their 38 year old 5th starter for "Batlak" with the reasoning that "Texas needs pitching, and they can't play them both at 3rd!"

Was it tlt that created gotd? I think he has it copyrighted.

Anyone remember the TTG? (did I even get that right?)

Yes, I'm a MisFit... from the Isle of MisFit Toys.

by Oracle Galvez on Dec 29, 2006 12:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

txtwstr

He coined "GOTD".

The TTG was m0j0filter.

by Adam J. Morris on Dec 29, 2006 2:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

NMLR

I'm a big fan of the emails. Hate the board. I think that's one reason why I've never understood the dislike some have for Jamey and Mike. I don't ever read their posts. Just the emails.

Back when I first discovered NMLR and Adam's old blog I used to read the NMLR board and really enjoyed....Eric Berlin? I think that was his name.

Did Adam's old blog allow comments? If it did I never read them. When he switched to LSB I left NMLR board and came here.

by bdavison94 on Dec 28, 2006 11:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

It's

Eric Belin. He still seems to post there. I check out NMLR message board on slow days, and it just lacks the spark that it had a few years ago. Most of the good posters immigrated here, although I miss Belin, Brian Patrick Hayes, Carl/Blacknight (for comic relief), and a few others. Heck, I even thought Seven/Newbie used to work in the strange ecology that was the NMLR message board. What was Seven's handle before Seven? Oh, and Redcaps, too.

by rodinuk on Dec 29, 2006 9:25 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Seven

Was LBrooks and Ed Napoleon in previous incarnations.

by Jamey Newberg on Dec 29, 2006 9:43 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Late to the thread as usual.

I quit posting at NMLR probably about a year ago. I just got so fed up with it being so dysfunctional. I really didn't agree much with Adam, but this board is a much better posting environment. I don't even read Newberg's stuff anymore which I always enjoyed.

by gp on Dec 28, 2006 11:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I pretty well stick to this site for my ...

... Rangers fix. I read Jamey's e-mails, which are very good sources of info and I like Mike's updates (if not the extra stuff), but I've pretty much quit going to the NMLR boards. I got sick of all the toadies that would jump on anybody that dared to disagree with Jamey or Mike on any point. They couldn't just say, "I agree with Mike or Jamey and here's why." It was always, "How dare you belittle what Jamey and Mike do! You're not just disagreeing with them, you're personally attacking them and that is sorry considering what they provide you free of charge!" Given that my opinions of Buck/Hart were never very favorable, and given Jamey's and Mike's (most of the time) propensity for never saying anything negative about either of those two, I didn't tend to agree with them on many issues touching on management. The "you're attacking them personally" crap got to be such a constant beat-down that I finally decided it wasn't worth the headache.

by Athos on Dec 29, 2006 12:21 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

That defensiveness is silly

What person with a rational mind thinks Jamey does all that so that everyone can agree with everything he says?

by t ball on Dec 29, 2006 12:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Well,

if you read some of Mike's outbursts in the past, you get the feeling he doesn't particularly want to be disagreed with.

"Strippers dude, I tell you, I really respect the cunts now. . . I'm not gonna lie to ya." - Voice of Her Generation, Lindsay Lohan.

by DJCahill on Dec 29, 2006 12:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yep

he is the polar opposite of Jamey in personality it seems.

by t ball on Dec 29, 2006 12:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'd like to get a crack at that Wufdog dope

I think I might be able to get under his skin a little...

Penalty Box? DONT THINK SO!!!!!!! And i wish everyone could stop writing that crap cause its gay...SUPER GAY!!!! NYTXfan!!!

by Brian Thomas on Dec 29, 2006 4:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Head to Jamey's board

I'm pretty sure I saw a post from him fairly recently when I went by there.

by Brett Perryman on Dec 29, 2006 10:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, just go to Jamey's board

and call him out for a postdown! At noon, 20 paces, mouse at the ready. Just realize, the best lawyer in the world can't argue with a fencepost and win.

by t ball on Dec 29, 2006 10:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs