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Offline blue911

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #125 on: February 12, 2009, 03:47:51 pm »
Quote from: cmdterps44 on February 12, 2009, 03:46:35 pm
"Whiny Nats Fans" isnt bashing us? He made that comment in his own comment section in his article because fans were defending.

We tend to whine a bit.
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Offline R-Zim#11

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #126 on: February 12, 2009, 03:50:02 pm »
Quote from: blue911 on February 12, 2009, 03:47:51 pm
We tend to whine a bit.

I don't call it whining when there are blatant factual errors, and really just dumb comments that make no sense. This guy is a professional writer -- it is his job to do better.
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Offline Nat of the Living Dead

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #127 on: February 12, 2009, 03:52:55 pm »
Quote from: blue911 on February 12, 2009, 03:47:51 pm
We tend to whine a bit.

Of course we do and it's terminal for three or four around here. But name one sports team's fans (except the Detroit Lions) that doesn't.

Hell, Red Sox and Yank fans whine even when they are winning! And dare we mention Cub and Phillies fans?
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Offline blue911

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #128 on: February 12, 2009, 04:12:24 pm »
Quote from: Nat of the LivingDead on February 12, 2009, 03:52:55 pm
Of course we do and it's terminal for three or four around here. But name one sports team's fans (except the Detroit Lions) that doesn't.

Hell, Red Sox and Yank fans whine even when they are winning! And dare we mention Cub and Phillies fans?

We're talking Keith Law gnat on the ass of life.
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Offline Nat of the Living Dead

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #129 on: February 12, 2009, 04:16:48 pm »
Quote from: blue911 on February 12, 2009, 04:12:24 pm
We're talking Keith Law gnat on the ass of life.

No, you were saying "WE" do whine, which we do and unless DCfan is Keith Law (that would make a lot of sense actually), Law has nothing to do with what I said.

"Whining" isn't specific to any one sort of sports team and it's fans. Unfortunately, it is a side effect of liking any sport and being on any sport site.
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Offline fan

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #130 on: February 12, 2009, 04:24:45 pm »
Not sure if someone else posted it, but Law even commented on the Bonifacio deal back when it happened.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3694981&name=law_keith
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Offline blue911

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #131 on: February 12, 2009, 04:25:37 pm »
Quote from: Nat of the LivingDead on February 12, 2009, 04:16:48 pm
No, you were saying "WE" do whine, which we do and unless DCfan is Keith Law (that would make a lot of sense actually), Law has nothing to do with what I said.

"Whining" isn't specific to any one sort of sports team and it's fans. Unfortunately, it is a side effect of liking any sport and being on any sport site.

Damn I didn't mean to quote your post
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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #132 on: February 12, 2009, 04:25:56 pm »
Quote from: fan on February 12, 2009, 04:24:45 pm
Not sure if someone else posted it, but Law even commented on the Bonifacio deal back when it happened.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3694981&name=law_keith

yeah, it's like the only positive thing he's ever said about the Nats in the past 4 years.
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Offline Ashburn

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #133 on: February 12, 2009, 04:46:06 pm »
I'm not sure Law is all that off base.  Basically, he's saying that Dunn might not be here when the team becomes competitive (possibly true) and that he might block the development of one of the younger guys (again, possibly true).  And then he repeats his past criticisms of Bowden's failure to flip more vets for prospects (definitely true).

The core problem is that the Nick Johnson's health puts the Nats in a horrible bind.  So they almost have to over-stock to avoid last year's disaster.  Problem is, the over-stocking easily confuses everyone's roles, and that can't be good.  And Acta's comments this afternoon -- we haven't decided whether Dunn will play LF or 1B -- don't help in that regard. 
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Offline KnorrForYourMoney

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #134 on: February 12, 2009, 04:50:42 pm »
What Law is completely ignoring is that Dunn will not COST us a draft pick right now, as he was not offered arbitration, yet he is a strong contender to net us a draft pick at the end of his contract, as long as he is a type A free agent at that time.

So at the very least, he *could* end up getting us a late first-rounder in two years, which would add a long-term gain to the short-term production we're getting out of him.
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Offline tomterp

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #135 on: February 12, 2009, 04:57:05 pm »
Quote from: R-Zim#11 on February 12, 2009, 03:39:24 pm
The half-assed journalism is getting worse and worse at ESPN. He took several more swipes at me throughout his chat (which I am rather proud of -- I shall have to annoy him more!)

Are you the one that spelled it "Zimmerann"?   :?
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Offline HalfSmokes

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #136 on: February 12, 2009, 05:02:00 pm »
Quote from: PANatsFan on February 12, 2009, 04:59:09 pm
He's actually so stupid that he thinks that the fact that the DBacks rejected arbitration will hurt his Elias rating in 2 years. How was he ever an assistant GM? Oh  wait, it was the Blue Jays.

I don't see Elias survings past the next cba
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Offline KnorrForYourMoney

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #137 on: February 12, 2009, 05:04:41 pm »
Quote from: PANatsFan on February 12, 2009, 04:59:09 pm
He's actually so stupid that he thinks that the fact that the DBacks rejected arbitration will hurt his Elias rating in 2 years. How was he ever an assistant GM? Oh  wait, it was the Blue Jays.
He worked for that fool J.P. Ricciardi.  Enough said.
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Offline PebbleBall

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #138 on: February 12, 2009, 09:40:21 pm »
Hey, Keith linked to this forum on his personal blog:

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Chat today.
February 12th, 2009 Posted in Chat | 22 Comments »
Usual time, 1 pm EST.

And yes, I completely forgot the Bonifacio/Willingham trade. Inexcusable error on my part - working on getting it fixed.

UPDATE: I found Angry Dan the Nats Fan and some of his little friends on this message board. None of them realized the Salmon line was a joke. Pretty sure they all owe $5 fines now.


http://meadowparty.com/blog/

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Offline sportsfan882

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #139 on: February 12, 2009, 09:41:37 pm »
damn that's hilarious. He read this thread.
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Offline Nat of the Living Dead

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #140 on: February 12, 2009, 09:41:57 pm »
Quote from: PebbleBall on February 12, 2009, 09:40:21 pm
Hey, Keith linked to this forum on his personal blog:


http://meadowparty.com/blog/



Oh, so Law is reading this? Good.

YOU SUCK.
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Offline cmdterps44

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #141 on: February 12, 2009, 09:44:41 pm »
:rofl: whos angry dan?

anyway, Keith Law keep it up, you give us someone to hate. oh and those articles suck too.
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Offline Nat of the Living Dead

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #142 on: February 12, 2009, 09:47:26 pm »
Quote from: cmdterps44 on February 12, 2009, 09:44:41 pm
:rofl: whos angry dan?

anyway, Keith Law keep it up, you give us someone to hate. oh and those articles suck too.

That would be R-Zim. :lol:

Man, he must of really got under Law's skin to have that pansy take time out of his day, search the web, find this site, find this thread, and read through it all. What a loser. Now I see why ESPN hires such "talent."
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Offline sportsfan882

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #143 on: February 12, 2009, 09:50:57 pm »
Quote from: Nat of the LivingDead on February 12, 2009, 09:47:26 pm
That would be R-Zim. :lol:

Man, he must of really got under Law's skin to have that pansy take time out of his day, search the web, find this site, find this thread, and read through it all. What a loser. Now I see why ESPN hires such "talent."
true. Dude has nothing better to do than to make fun of the Nats. Get a life, Keith.
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Offline hammondsnats

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #144 on: February 12, 2009, 09:52:28 pm »
how could we know the salmon line was a joke, when he didn't know bonafacio wasn't a nat anymore. 

obviously he knows baseball as he has worked in a front office and has a decent number of loyal readers, but he needs to learn how to take criticism better.  all journalists catch some heat. 

look we know the nats aren't a great team, but for him to continue to harp on issues we've all heard before, is a waste of time.  how is two years of dunn going to block any of our first base/outfield prospects?  none of the ones we're looking to rely on as a stud are going to be ready soon (burgess/marrero).  we were near the bottom in most offensive categories and dunn is going to help put some runs across the board for us.

to me it seems that law has always hated the nats/expos organization for some reason?
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Offline DCFan

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #145 on: February 12, 2009, 09:56:34 pm »
Quote from: hammondsnats on February 12, 2009, 09:52:28 pm
look we know the nats aren't a great team, but for him to continue to harp on issues we've all heard before, is a waste of time.

No, 7 pages on Keith Law is a waste.  (and this wasn't directed at you hammonds).
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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #146 on: February 12, 2009, 09:56:58 pm »
hey, we should go back and merge all the "Keith Law Nats Hate" threads into one megahuge thread that Law can read at his leisure, in order to better understand just why the majority of us hate his freaking guts.

I mean, since he has so much time to personally find our message board to try and make fun of Nats fans.
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Offline cmdterps44

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #147 on: February 12, 2009, 10:04:46 pm »
Wheres this Chat he speaks of?
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Offline The Chief

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #148 on: February 12, 2009, 10:07:46 pm »
This is hilarious.  I was wondering why someone tried to register the name "NatsArentARealTeam."  I guess this explains it :lol:

I'm going to extend Mr. Law an invitation...
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Offline sportsfan882

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Re: Keith Law on Dunn
« Reply #149 on: February 12, 2009, 10:09:44 pm »
Quote from: The Chief on February 12, 2009, 10:07:46 pm
This is hilarious.  I was wondering why someone tried to register the name "NatsArentARealTeam."  I guess this explains it :lol:

I'm going to extend Mr. Law an invitation...
:?
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