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Comment on I before U, except after T by GarForever

GarForever — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:49:30 +0000

Oh, jeez. That should be your notoriety…ugh

Comment on I before U, except after T by GarForever

GarForever — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:40:09 +0000

Don’t forget the Dave approved GMZ for Zduriencik.

Congrats, Dave! You’re notoriety is now such that you get a definite article before your name: I like it…The Dave.

Speaking of your notoriety (”his fame is expanding faster than the known universe”?), here in Chicago the afternoon guys (Boors and Bernstein) on 670 The Score talked up (and quoted at length) your Fangraphs piece on the Cubs signing John Grabow. They instinctively felt they didn’t like it, and your piece confirmed it for them.

Comment on A Name To Tuck Away by Leroy Stanton

Leroy Stanton — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:32:37 +0000

I don’t think the Doumit thing will happen, at least not before the season starts. The Pirates were very high on him but he slumped badly after he returned from the wrist injury. But he did hit very well in September. For 3.5MM, I think they’ll at least wait to see how he does and move him either before the trading deadline (unless they’re contending – just kidding) or before next season. It’s a pretty good gamble. If he comes anywhere close to approaching his ‘08 numbers they’ll be able to get a lot more for him.

Comment on I before U, except after T by Mike Snow

Mike Snow — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:31:51 +0000

I think your pan might be a little too dead there.

Comment on I before U, except after T by putnamp

putnamp — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:27:38 +0000

I donno who any of these guys are but I’ve always been a big fan of Grant Winstrom and Matt Hasselback

Comment on I before U, except after T by Mike Snow

Mike Snow — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:22:04 +0000

It’s not that we expect people to know everything about High Desert. It’s that we want to have intelligent conversations, and that requires that if somebody wants to talk about the advanced Class-A team, it’s on them to get at least some basic background knowledge (that means knowing we’re not in Inland Empire anymore).

Comment on I before U, except after T by Gregor

Gregor — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:19:22 +0000

Niehaus is German (house of, uh, knees?) and in German “when two vowels go walking, the second one does the talking”

Actually, that’s not really true. A German “ie” is pronounced like a long German “i” (which sounds like an English “ee”). When spelling, the letter “i” in German is pronounced like the English letter “e”, which has been a neverending source of confusion for my bilingual children.

And for the translation, literally “never house” (”never home” would be “nie zu Haus”), but in all likelihood, it is a variation of “Neuhaus” (new house) which is a fairly common name (both place and person) in Germany.

Comment on I before U, except after T by roberto

roberto — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:12:53 +0000

I check this site on a daily basis to hear more about my beloved M’s but I find it a little offputting to suggest that, since I can’t, off the top of my head, spell Jack Pzuerencikzx’s crazy polishey name or pronounce the names of the entire roster of the High Desert Mavericks, that I don’t care. I’ve endured too many Bavasi blunders to be called apathetic, thank you very much.

GOO MAYRINURZ!!

Comment on ‘09 40-man Preview Extravaganza by nwivoryhunter

nwivoryhunter — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:06:47 +0000

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Comment on I before U, except after T by fiftyone

fiftyone — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:06:36 +0000

I think that’s where my highschool girlfriend lived.

Best laugh of my week. Thanks.