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[Used 2 B Hu]

You can all say whatever you want about Harvey. He's probably not going to be the next Bob Gibson, but right now? He's all we got and he's >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> any of your team's starters.

Emoticon of a raspberry goes here.

 

[Rock Strongo]

here you go snoogins

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Love me a nice Corned Beef sandwich on rye.

Pete / VP, best Jewish deli in NYC?

What's the one deli off Broadway near time square?


I got a turkey sandwich from there that was about 7 inches high.

 

[Rock Strongo]

lets try again

 

[blade]

All I'm saying is if I have a choice today of a pitcher to start a team with, Harvey is in the discussion with Felix and JV. The only "new York" thing about it, is I get to watch him pitch on TV. Otherwise, I despise the Mets

It's only been 109 innings. And as another guy said, only three friggin teams have seen him more than once.

There is a long, long list of guys who have blasted out of the gate to start their career, only to have reality catch up with them.

Heatwave, can you give Dirt the Scott Richmond lecture, please? He's a little star struck right now and needs some direction.

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Katz is considered the best but I think it's over Bradyd

 

[Kate Upton]

1.60 according to stats

he hasnt tested positive for crisco, tho billy butler has

Haha. Avoiding the question without avoiding it, and a touch of humor thrown in. Good job buddy!

 

[Sake Bomb Sam]

Love me a nice Corned Beef sandwich on rye.

Pete / VP, best Jewish deli in NYC?

Anne Franks Deli


But its hard to find

 

[Rock Strongo]

weird, i have a signature, i clicked "display signature"

it doesnt show up

 

[Kate Upton]

Tony Cingrani >>>>> Your team's overrated phenom

 

[Zig]

weird, i have a signature, i clicked "display signature"

it doesnt show up

did ya hit 'save changes' at the bottom?

 

[mike hunt]

You can all say whatever you want about Harvey. He's probably not going to be the next Bob Gibson, but right now? He's all we got and he's >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> any of your team's starters.

Emoticon of a raspberry goes here.

Some truth to that.

Last year and it was Zach Wheeler being the future ace of the staff, hell if Wheeler even comes close to what Harvey is doing the Mets willbe in good shape.

Memo to Sandy Alderson learn how to put together a bull pen and trade or sign a real outfielder, carry on

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

It's only been 109 innings. And as another guy said, only three friggin teams have seen him more than once.

There is a long, long list of guys who have blasted out of the gate to start their career, only to have reality catch up with them.

Heatwave, can you give Dirt the Scott Richmond lecture, please? He's a little star struck right now and needs some direction.

He strikes me more as verlander than Scott Richmond, and I'm not one that typically humps a small sampling. The kids total makeup, hos pounding of the strikezone, and his stuff has me believing this is a rare type of pitcher

 

[heatwave31]

What's the one deli off Broadway near time square?


I got a turkey sandwich from there that was about 7 inches high.

i've notice all the blue jays bashers have had a lot less to say the past few days. normally we would have about 15 pages full of jays bashing.

 

[RedSoxWorrld]

So much for the "Bucholz and pray for rain" approach

It was a fun April

-

andy pettite

you're welcome

 

[Ron Burgundy]

So Tom Brady sees "ghosts" under pressure. At least that's what Pittsburgh nobody Ryan Clark says. Well, then, maybe other quarterbacks should see what Brady does. Because if there's a gold standard for the position, it's Tom Brady.

Since taking over as New England's starter in 2001, he's been to five Super Bowls and seven conference championship contests and won the AFC East title every year he finished a season except for one.

That was 2002 when New England tied for first and lost the tiebreaker.

Nevertheless, Clark insists Brady's not the same and wilts under pressure. Maybe, except there are a couple of things to point out: Brady is 35, so, no, he's not the same. Plus, he absorbed a zillion hits over his career, so I'd hope he's sensitive to pressure by now.


But wilt? I don't think so. Since returning from a season-ending knee injury in 2008, Brady hasn't missed a start, hasn't lost a division title and is 49-15, with 137 touchdowns, 37 interceptions and one unanimous league MVP award.

Impressive? You bet. But pass the message to Clark. He said Brady will "duck" and "flinch" even when he's not about to be sacked, adding that he reacts when "his clock goes off in his head and the ball should be out." I don't know about that. What I do know is that too many quarterbacks don't listen to clocks in their head and commit stupid mistakes, get pulverized or both.

Meaning they should be more like Tom Brady.

Clark seems to suggest that Brady is morphing into a present-day Jim Everett, but that's not even close. Brady is tough, accurate and enormously successful, and if he has a shortcoming it's not enough support from teammates he's had to carry for too many years.

I think back to 2006 when his go-to receivers were Jabar Gaffney and Reche Caldwell, yet somehow Brady had the Patriots within a minute of advancing to Super Bowl XLI. That was the season Clark joined Pittsburgh, so he should remember. He should also remember that in three games vs. Pittsburgh since Clark's been there, Brady is 2-1, with nine touchdowns, no interceptions and a passer rating of 116.9.

I'll take that, ghosts or no ghosts.

Still, his critics tell us Brady's lost his mojo, pointing to a 3-5 record in his last eight playoff games and his failure to win a Super Bowl since the 2004 season. Fair enough. What they forget to mention is that Brady hasn't had a downfield threat since Randy Moss left, was forced to tough out the 2009 playoffs with broken ribs and had to carry the club in recent years -- with the New England defense ranked no higher than 25th the past three seasons, including 31st in 2011 when the Patriots reached the Super Bowl.

Oh, yeah, then there's this: Brady lost his last two Super Bowl games ... except he didn't. The New England defense did. In both defeats, the Patriots couldn't prevent the New York Giants from driving the length of the field on their last series. In Super Bowl XLII, it was an 83-yard drive punctuated by a touchdown with 35 seconds left. Five years later it was an 88-yard series, with the Giants scoring the go-ahead TD with 57 seconds remaining.

I don't argue that Tom Brady isn't the quarterback he was five years ago. The guy turns 36 in August, for crying out loud. Yet he continually is asked to do more with less.

In 2006, the Patriots shuttled Brady's favorite receiver, Super Bowl MVP Deion Branch, off to Seattle after he held out of training camp. In 2010, they got rid of Moss after he complained about a contract extension. Then, two months ago, they let Brady's favorite target, Wes Welker, walk to Denver after Brady called him "the heart and soul of what our team is all about."

Tom Brady's problem isn't ghosts. Playmakers are. He doesn't have enough of them. He never did. Yet somehow, some way, he wins where others could not, and listen up, Ryan Clark: It's that success -- not imaginary pass rushers -- that makes Ton Brady unique.

 

[Rock Strongo]

lol

my girl just textes me 'i had a dream last night that you cheated on me"

i replied

"was she hot?"

i got a "fuck you" in return

 

[blade]

Haha. Avoiding the question without avoiding it, and a touch of humor thrown in. Good job buddy!

Word. Nice one from rock. Cowboy, you need to be taking notes here. That's how it is done.

 

[black francis]

i've notice all the blue jays bashers have had a lot less to say the past few days. normally we would have about 15 pages full of jays bashing.

blue jays suck

does that make you feel better?

 

[gener8tr]

Katz is considered the best but I think it's over Bradyd

Used to be a really good place in Downtown Portland - Cornblatt's Deli.

Had all of their deli meat brought in from NYC daily (not kidding).

Food was incredible, but they brought their prices in from NYC, too.