Comments on: Colts Ghosts: Earl Morrall

By: neal s

neal s — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:14:41 +0000

@Andrew – I read Camden Chat all the time but don’t dabble much in the comments. It seems silly that anyone would object to Stacey taking the time to highlight other sites. I think it’s a great idea. I kind of wish I had done it myself. We’re not talking about CNN versus Fox News here. We’re all just a bunch of fans who are creating content based on passion. No reason not to spread the love around a little.

Back to the Colts, I find the whole dynamic very interesting. I fully get why the hate existed, but I’m less able to understand why it continues to exist. It’s a very Baltimore story.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:49:24 +0000

@neal s – heh heh. When Stacey did roar from 34 or numerOlogy or one of those, duck and johnny pops got into a long-ass argument because jp made a snide remark about the quality of the site and pimping out other sites, and then duck threw what jp called a “hissy”.

As for the Colts…I’m pretty sure my dad is still a Colts fan deep down (he got me a pair of pretty sweet Baltimore Colts glasses last Christmas that just look perfect filled with some whiskey), although his reaction to the band that wouldn’t die was touching in its sincere anger towards Irsay – this from a guy who doesn’t much care for the Ravens frankly because they aren’t the Colts.

It’s hard for me to get up in arms – I was born in ’85, which means I grew up with my godfather rooting for the Bears, and also that the Colts is just a name to me…but it sure is funny how a single conversation and a glass of scotch can make me really, really want to beat the Colts on Sunday. More than I’ve wanted to beat the Yankees, and that is really saying something.

By: Kevin B

Kevin B — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:46:36 +0000

@Andrew - If he ends up here, I move that we refer to him only as "The Heavily Unpopular Carl Pavano".

By: neal s

neal s — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:37:47 +0000

Certainly at least one of them will end up being not as good as we thought he’d be. That’s the unfortunate Reality of Baseball. I’m with you — definitely not looking forward to finding out which one it is.

By the way, what was the “hissy fight” folks were talking about in the Camden Chat comments? That one was completely lost on me.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:32:33 +0000

Oh don’t get me wrong – I was thrilled that we were watching Berken and Bergesen instead of Adam Eaton and Steve Trachsel (especially since 3E1N looks like he could be a solid back-end guy), but it is alarming that Berken was just the next guy in a long line of pitchers like Kurt Ainsworth, Omar Daal, Matt Riley, Radhames Liz, Adam Loewen, Damian Moss, Brian Burres, etc. who were basically junk.

I’m hoping that we sign someone reasonable (I have no idea who that might be, though if it were up to me I might go with the heavily unpopular choice of Carl Pavano in lieu of John Lackey), because frankly I’m sort of terrified of finding out that Matusz, Tillman, or Arrieta aren’t that good.