Hot/Cold Player Tracker 2009

[raiders_umpire]

Why don't you guys pretend to like each other?

[Magnus_CA]

Why don't you guys pretend to like each other?

How else are they going to get their post counts up?

[daullaz]

New article up today.

[The Artful Dodger]

Chris, you also forgot that Newcastle start off their first day in footballing purgatory (hosted by Coca-Cola) this coming weekend.

Barca-Galaxy was fantastic and more than 93,000 at the Rose Bowl, 85-90% of them in Barca shirts (not exaggerating). Quite funny to know that there was plenty of traffic coming in, a couple of hours before the Rose Bowl gates opened. There was also a minute's silence for Sir Bobby Robson before kickoff too, which was a nice touch for truly a great man on and off the pitch. Game itself was what it was, preseason friendly that Barca attempted to get their timing back and a game Barca of course should've won anyway. Great day all around and I'll probably blog about it tomorrow when I have time.

Thanks for pinch-hitting again.

[AussieDodger]

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Thanks for pinch-hitting again.

Sorry, I didn't understand much of that

[The Artful Dodger]

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Thanks for pinch-hitting again.

Sorry, I didn't understand much of that

Numpty.

[AussieDodger]

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Thanks for pinch-hitting again.

Sorry, I didn't understand much of that

Obscure insult.

Sorry dude, we're going to need an interpreter.

[chadlincoln]

Great article. He needs to write them all the time. Look at the ratings compared to others.

[chris8]

Chris, you also forgot that Newcastle start off their first day in footballing purgatory (hosted by Coca-Cola) this coming weekend.

Barca-Galaxy was fantastic and more than 93,000 at the Rose Bowl, 85-90% of them in Barca shirts (not exaggerating). Quite funny to know that there was plenty of traffic coming in, a couple of hours before the Rose Bowl gates opened. There was also a minute's silence for Sir Bobby Robson before kickoff too, which was a nice touch for truly a great man on and off the pitch. Game itself was what it was, preseason friendly that Barca attempted to get their timing back and a game Barca of course should've won anyway. Great day all around and I'll probably blog about it tomorrow when I have time.

Thanks for pinch-hitting again.

Always a pleasure, although I don't know how I "forgot" to mention the excitement of Newcastle beginning life in the lower leagues next week

Good to hear that the game lived up to expectation, and especially good to hear about the honour afforded to a true legend in Sir Bobby. I know his name won't mean much to non-soccer fans, but he will be very sadly missed by anyone who knows anything about the game.

Chad - I appreciate the comments, but, to be frank, I don't see any particular difference in the columns - I mean, I use TAD's format, so it's not as if the column is totally different this week. The only real difference is in the choice of players - and we shouldn't be voting on articles on that basis! I guess our style of writing might be a little different too, but I've never understood the low votes for TAD's articles anyway. I always enjoy reading them, myself.

[Montana168]

i know a lot of people want to take a chance on snell but i'm staying away. Yes, he mowed down hitters in AAA so maybe his confidence is high, but look at his remaining schedule with the mariners. He plays the yankees, angels, and texas TWO series each the rest of the way. He will get shelled.