Author Topic: Tex and the Nats... (Read 168633 times)

tomterp · « **Reply #2050 on:** December 17, 2008, 03:26:50 pm »

Quote from: JeffCMSB on December 17, 2008, 03:23:20 pm

Thanks guys...didn't intend to over generalize...Thanks to those who understand what this is about. I have to laugh at the "I don't believe you have a source" crowd..like it's so unreal that someone in Maine might have a friend high up in a Sports organization and have that friend tell them a story that is factually true...it kills me..obviously if you look at some of the people we have interviewed we aren't just a bunch of morons. We fully admit, we are not pros, we are fans with a love of the medium and have done something about it, made contacts and are starting to carve out a niche...so there it is...again thanks to those who get it.

Sounds cool to me. Mind you, I withhold judgement pending some evidence and track record, but there's no reason to get along well in the meantime.

Were you once an Expos fan, and if so did that have any impact on your development of a source(s)?

Natskins · « **Reply #2051 on:** December 17, 2008, 03:30:18 pm »

Quote from: ronnynat on December 17, 2008, 03:25:41 pm

http://masnsports.com/2008/12/gammons-weighs-in.html

http://wnst.net/wordpress/drewforrester/2008/12/17/tex-update-washington-hot-osnot/

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3775042

I've seen all of those stories, but unless I'm mistaken, this Central Maine blog post was posted long before any of those stories were published/reported. This one is from Dec. 10, the ones you posted all came along several days later: http://www.centralmainesportsblog.com/2008/12/teixeira-to-nationals-99-according-to.html

BerkeleyNat · « **Reply #2052 on:** December 17, 2008, 03:32:47 pm »

Quote from: JeffCMSB on December 17, 2008, 03:02:21 pm

hey Guys...just your friendly neighborhood Associate Editor of The Central Maine Sports Blog (www.thecmsb.com) were most of you have poo pooed our little story. I can assure you it is a real story with real sources that are very trustworthy. Believe what you want...just know where it was heard 1st when this is all said and done...

JeffCMSB

www.theCMSB.com

That's great news if it turns out to be true. To show you what good sports we are, we'll give you AZ's first born son: little Randy Elijah Milton Zimmerman.

Natskins · « **Reply #2053 on:** December 17, 2008, 03:37:50 pm »

Quote from: BerkeleyNat on December 17, 2008, 03:32:47 pm

That's great news if it turns out to be true. To show you what good sports we are, we'll give you AZ's first born son: little Randy Elijah Milton Zimmerman.

BerkeleyNat, you must be the only Nats/Ravens fan I've ever come across. I know plenty of Skins/O's fans, but no Nats/Ravens fans. How did this come about? Just curious.

JeffCMSB · « **Reply #2054 on:** December 17, 2008, 03:38:45 pm »

we spoke to our source last night after, what we thought was Peter Gammons saying 24-48 hours and it was down to the Red Sox and Nats. We later learned when ESPN posted the video, Gammons mentioned Sox and Nats in passing in a quickly referencing Teixeira only in passing. The source said they were still "99% sure" and "99% certain" Tex would be a National. We know that the loss of draft picks was a huge matter and that was discussed organization wide.

If you take that info, and combine it with the stories circulating around Boston today that John Henry, the Sox majority owner, said unequivocally, no player would get a 10 year deal, and you see more and more why we at The CMSB are sure our source was correct from the get go.

ronnynat · « **Reply #2055 on:** December 17, 2008, 03:40:05 pm »

Quote from: Natskins on December 17, 2008, 03:30:18 pm

I've seen all of those stories, but unless I'm mistaken, this Central Maine blog post was posted long before any of those stories were published/reported. This one is from Dec. 10, the ones you posted all came along several days later: http://www.centralmainesportsblog.com/2008/12/teixeira-to-nationals-99-according-to.html

I think a lot of people here thought there was a 99% chance of us getting Tex that day.

Natskins · « **Reply #2056 on:** December 17, 2008, 03:42:07 pm »

Quote from: JeffCMSB on December 17, 2008, 03:38:45 pm

we spoke to our source last night after, what we thought was Peter Gammons saying 24-48 hours and it was down to the Red Sox and Nats. We later learned when ESPN posted the video, Gammons mentioned Sox and Nats in passing in a quickly referencing Teixeira only in passing. The source said they were still "99% sure" and "99% certain" Tex would be a National. We know that the loss of draft picks was a huge matter and that was discussed organization wide.

If you take that info, and combine it with the stories circulating around Boston today that John Henry, the Sox majority owner, said unequivocally, no player would get a 10 year deal, and you see more and more why we at The CMSB are sure our source was correct from the get go.

Sounds plausible. I can't imagine the draft pick situation being a huge obstacle, considering the fact that top-15 picks are protected...so neither of our top ten picks would be affected. But yeah, Henry's comments did sound like he was distancing himself from Tex. We'll see. I'm growing more and more optimistic.

natsfan4evr · « **Reply #2057 on:** December 17, 2008, 03:45:43 pm »

Is your source a Nationals official? Tex spokesman? High Ranking MLB official?

PANatsFan · « **Reply #2058 on:** December 17, 2008, 03:49:05 pm »

Quote from: wpa2629 on December 17, 2008, 03:19:05 pm

Wow ... out little band of Merry Nats fans are getting attention - How about that! I feel so important now

I think he looked at his server traffic, and a spike came from WNFF.net - Props for standing up for yourself and sticking to your story.

JeffCMSB · « **Reply #2059 on:** December 17, 2008, 03:51:54 pm »

Ahhhh TomTerp....someone is using their thinking caps!!! Executive Editor Matty is and was an Expos Fan. You should see our Montreal Expos Appreciation Series

http://www.centralmainesportsblog.com/2008/10/montreal-expos-appreciation-day-redux.html

and check our interviews for that series

http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/23991

PANatsFan · « **Reply #2060 on:** December 17, 2008, 03:53:44 pm »

Quote from: JeffCMSB on December 17, 2008, 03:23:20 pm

Thanks guys...didn't intend to over generalize...Thanks to those who understand what this is about. I have to laugh at the "I don't believe you have a source" crowd..like it's so unreal that someone in Maine might have a friend high up in a Sports organization and have that friend tell them a story that is factually true...it kills me..obviously if you look at some of the people we have interviewed we aren't just a bunch of morons. We fully admit, we are not pros, we are fans with a love of the medium and have done something about it, made contacts and are starting to carve out a niche...so there it is...again thanks to those who get it.

Well Maine is one of my favorite places in the world, but random dudes can start blogs with "anonymous sources" - your site is well done, that's all I can judge right now. MLBTR has a serious track record of respectability - Gammons reads it. You have to build a reputation over time. It's not that you live in Maine, it's that your source isn't named and you haven't earned respect yet.

That Boston Globe reporter that didn't know that the top 15 picks are protected, and that Type A FA's cost 1 pick instead of 2 now, that reporter has negative credibilty. You sir, have my respect for defending yourself and stick to your principles, but I need proof that you really have inside sources.

BerkeleyNat · « **Reply #2061 on:** December 17, 2008, 03:54:41 pm »

Quote from: Natskins on December 17, 2008, 03:37:50 pm

BerkeleyNat, you must be the only Nats/Ravens fan I've ever come across. I know plenty of Skins/O's fans, but no Nats/Ravens fans. How did this come about? Just curious.

I just happened to be a Ravens and Expos fan. I stayed with the Montreal franchise when they relocated to Washington. I started liking the Expos when I was a kid because of Gary Carter. That was due to the fact that I was playing catcher at the time in little league. I just kind of stuck with them after that, even after Carter left.

DPMOmaha · « **Reply #2062 on:** December 17, 2008, 03:57:30 pm »

Quote from: BerkeleyNat on December 17, 2008, 03:54:41 pm

I just happened to be a Ravens and Expos fan. I stayed with the Montreal franchise when they relocated to Washington. I started liking the Expos when I was a kid because of Gary Carter. That was due to the fact that I was playing catcher at the time in little league. I just kind of stuck with them after that, even after Carter left.

Similar story to how I became a Nats fan, except I'm not a Ravens fan...or of any other NFL team really.

ronnynat · « **Reply #2063 on:** December 17, 2008, 03:59:26 pm »

Supposidly there will be a press conference in an hour or so where it will be announced that Tex will be a Nat.

JeffCMSB · « **Reply #2064 on:** December 17, 2008, 03:59:51 pm »

Do you ever get a chance to come up PANsts fan...where do you visit?

natsfan4evr · « **Reply #2065 on:** December 17, 2008, 04:01:01 pm »

Quote from: ronnynat on December 17, 2008, 03:59:26 pm

Supposidly there will be a press conference in an hour or so where it will be announced that Tex will be a Nat.

I heard that we will announce that we've traded Wily Mo and Nick Johnson for Jake Peavy

PANatsFan · « **Reply #2066 on:** December 17, 2008, 04:01:19 pm »

Quote from: ronnynat on December 17, 2008, 03:59:26 pm

Supposidly there will be a press conference in an hour or so where it will be announced that Tex will be a Nat.

ESPN and MLBTR have nothing on this - only that the O's are out

ronnynat · « **Reply #2067 on:** December 17, 2008, 04:02:18 pm »

Quote from: PANatsFan on December 17, 2008, 04:01:19 pm

ESPN and MLBTR have nothing on this - only that the O's are out

Some MASN dude said it.

PANatsFan · « **Reply #2068 on:** December 17, 2008, 04:02:42 pm »

Quote from: JeffCMSB on December 17, 2008, 03:59:51 pm

Do you ever get a chance to come up PANsts fan...where do you visit?

We go to the beach on the Southern coast - would love to explore the rest of the state at some point - but the drive is long enough as it is

Great seafood, nice people, beautiful place.

spidernat · « **Reply #2069 on:** December 17, 2008, 04:03:31 pm »

Quote from: ronnynat on December 17, 2008, 03:59:26 pm

Supposidly there will be a press conference in an hour or so where it will be announced that Tex will be a Nat.

If this happens it's going to be fun listening to how the birds fans at OH spin it to be a negative for us and how they are better off without Teixeira.

cmdterps44 · « **Reply #2070 on:** December 17, 2008, 04:03:47 pm »

Supposedly we traded Wily Mo for a Keg.

Nick Johnson got us a stock and Dmitri Young got us a Mcdonalds chain!

HalfSmokes · « **Reply #2071 on:** December 17, 2008, 04:04:39 pm »

Quote from: ronnynat on December 17, 2008, 04:02:18 pm

Some MASN dude said it.

This has to be killing MASN/How can they be outraged the hometown boy spurned them and still pretend to be half nats?

spidernat · « **Reply #2072 on:** December 17, 2008, 04:05:23 pm »

ESPN just said the orioles are out of the Teixeira sweepstakes.

KnorrForYourMoney · « **Reply #2073 on:** December 17, 2008, 04:05:31 pm »

Quote from: ronnynat on December 17, 2008, 03:59:26 pm

Supposidly there will be a press conference in an hour or so where it will be announced that Tex will be a Nat.

I'll believe it if/when I see it.

BerkeleyNat · « **Reply #2074 on:** December 17, 2008, 04:05:33 pm »

Quote from: ronnynat on December 17, 2008, 03:59:26 pm

Supposidly there will be a press conference in an hour or so where it will be announced that Tex will be a Nat.

Seriously? Sources please...