is a huge joke. Its even worse than what you hear on ESPN radio. I dont think they actually even have a call screener, because the crap that gets through is simply amazing.

I can think of 3 HUGE calls that have gone their way this postseason and only one that went against them (that tag-up play last night).

Remember the Panthers just three-four years ago? The Saints five years ago? The only disparity I see in the NFL is the Lions. They have to be going on ten years without a winning record.

could also be due to the mismanagement of front offices, no? Heck, the only teams in the last ten years who haven’t be in competition for a playoff spot at least once is pretty small: Orioles, Royals, Rangers, Reds, Pirates, Nationals. And the only thread linking all of them together is that none of them have had consistently strong front offices.

(Of course, I’ll be the first to admit that “competing for a playoff spot at least once in ten years” is a pretty awful way to judge the success of a team, but it is also worth noting that there ARE teams that have completely changed their roster cores without a heavy reliance on free agency…they just happen to be the smartest teams)

He probably has an “I’m Petered Out!” bumper sticker on his car and probably still talks about how the Bedard trade was one of the stupidest moves the Orioles have ever made. We talk here about stupid Yankee fans, but there are plenty of stupid Orioles fans out there. The ratio of good:idiot fans is probably very similar between the two teams, but smaller fanbase means less idiots.

over the course of the off-season. Do you really wnat daily pictures of Brian Bass and Matt Albers in January?

that BAD personality doesn’t mean shit if they are productive. GOOD personality with productivity is a bonus. I think the argument, or at least the one I made, was that I don’t guys b/c they are “nice guys” or have good personalities but can’t play for shit.