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BGrantFan said:
Not really true. I grew up a fan of the Atlanta Braves, but I lived in Portland. Why? Because the Braves were on WTBS every night They are still my favorite team, and I've only been fortunate enough to see them play 5 times in person.

Plus, is being a Blazer fan really on par with being a Yankee or Steeler fan? The Blazers are kind of a cult following, while the Yanks/Blazers are like saying U2 is your favorite band.
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My uncle played on those Braves. Or at least the early 80's Braves. I'm not sure how old you are.
 
buffalo is a small sports town like portland. braves i just sarted watching on tbs
 
Welcome back, MIXUM. Has it really been five months? Man, time flies...

Ed O.
 
MickZagger said:
My uncle played on those Braves. Or at least the early 80's Braves. I'm not sure how old you are.
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Does your uncle's name rhyme with Pail Durphy? I was a kid then, and that's when I started loving the Braves. Brett Butler, Rick Mahler, Rafael Rameriz, Claudell Washington, Glenn Hubbard, Dale Murphy, Gene Garber, Bob Horner, Bruce "Eggs" Benedict, Phil Niekro...
 
thanks ed-o good to be back.

5 months ... hard to believe october is days away.
 
BGrantFan said:
Does your uncle's name rhyme with Pail Durphy? I was a kid then, and that's when I started loving the Braves. Brett Butler, Rick Mahler, Rafael Rameriz, Claudell Washington, Glenn Hubbard, Dale Murphy, Gene Garber, Bob Horner, Bruce "Eggs" Benedict, Phil Niekro...
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Nope. Ken Dayley.

He was the 3rd pick in the 81' draft behind Strawberry and some other guy.

His pitching coach back then with the Braves was Bob Gibson. He said he was an ass, the head coach was Joe Torre. He was traded to Cards and was much more successful.

My dad played high school ball against Dale Murphy and said he hit 3 dongs against them. I guess Murphy was an absolute freak in high school.
 
MickZagger said:
Nope. Ken Dayley.

He was the 3rd pick in the 81' draft behind Strawberry and some other guy.

His pitching coach back then with the Braves was Bob Gibson. He said he was an ass, the head coach was Joe Torre. He was traded to Cards and was much more successful.

My dad played high school ball against Dale Murphy and said he hit 3 dongs against them. I guess Murphy was an absolute freak in high school.
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Murph was a freak in MLB as well and should be in the Hall of Fame. His only fault was swinging at breaking balls way out of the strike zone. Used to drive me nuts.

I do remember Ken Dayley, but moreso as a St. Louis Cardinal.
 
BGrantFan said:
Murph was a freak in MLB as well and should be in the Hall of Fame. His only fault was swinging at breaking balls way out of the strike zone. Used to drive me nuts.

I do remember Ken Dayley, but moreso as a St. Louis Cardinal.
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Yep, he spent most his career there. Still lives in St. Louis. I'm going back there for Thanksgiving and my cousins wedding. Its always fun.

Murphy lasted forever, I remember the end of his career when he was playing for the Phillies and Rockies.
 
Nice first post after a five month layoff -- but you're wrong about Armon Johnson, his field goal attempt to assist ratio was nearly 2:1 and he almost always drove looking to pass, it's neither here nor there though.

Welcome back.
 
MIXUM said:
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH... IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK!!!! Man, it feels like its been 2 off seasons since I posted here. What day better for a MIXUM return then MEDIA DAY? The last time you heard from me was on April 29th. The night the blazers season ended. I kept my promise as I have not posted since. Today is September 27th, almost exactly 5 months to the day that you had last heard from me. With a new season on the horizon... Mixum is ready to go. God knows I need it. Following the Bills so far has been like following the Oden rehab... brutal. Anyhow it was a hot hot summer here in the north east. I spent much of my summer on the beaches of CT and Newport, RI while waiting for the Blazers to make the big trade and see where Lebron would grace his presence. I feel old today as I just turned 33 yesterday watching the Bills lose in Foxboro. Enough of that. Lets get to my recap of the summer that never was for the Blazers....


Lets start at the draft where we all knew Kpee was on the verge of being fired. Thank god it finally happened. I was in Newport RI (DJ-ing a friends wedding) around June 5th when I read the first Quick article saying KPEE was close to being let go and lets say it made my weekend much better. It was the worst kept secret in the NBA. The draft however was like the last few in years past... BORING. Basically same thing... we trade a solid player for a project. Personally I liked Martell and thought Babbit was a reach. My initial thoughts were we better pray Batum stays healthy.... and thats iffy since he has a bum shoulder. IMO... bad move. The guards we drafted seem ok but they are bench fodder. Hey at least KPEE is gone. That made me smile since I told you guys he sucked 2 years ago. I thought it was hilarious that Quick was reporting KPEE had 1 more move up his sleeve to land a star. Like that had any chance of going down.

Free agency was pretty much the same as the draft. Very quiet while you knew we would f##k the Jazz some how. That has become as predictable as Oden getting hurt. Wesley Mathews is a solid player. Will be a nice backup to Roy. Wont look lost like Rudy does on defense. Did we overpay? Obviously. But he's a nice player. I mean, I didn't expect much here. We really couldn't sign an elite player and we had no GM to pull off quality trades. Hell, we still dont but I will get to that. The Chris Paul fiasco/speculation was just that. If he gets traded... it wont be till February and likely wont be here. It was very upsetting we didn't make a play for Collison though. Great young PG who could have been a nice fit. We had the pieces to make that deal.

Summer league was interesting. Johnson stood out to me. Nice looking COMBO guard. Like we need another. Mills is a chucker.... thats pretty much it and wont waste another sentence on him. Penergraph took a step back. Looked like Oden did in his first summer league. FOULS x10. He really looked bad IMO. Duante was decent but I expected more. Babbit was up and down. best game was his last. Looks like an all or nothing type player. If his three is falling... hes good, if not he's useless. Him playing defense was painful. Again... did we really trade Martell for this guy? Really?

The Gm hiring of Cho. I guess the word boring or letdown comes to mind. Listening to him speak was as bad as watching Rudy play in the playoffs. The Cho hiring to me was kind a safe hiring. Maybe even a YES MAN hiring. My problem is, I dont see this guy pulling off one sided trades. Could he trade Rudy for a bad draft pick? Yep. He likely will. But why cant we get a GM with a little panache? Swagger? Someone who is a wheeler and dealer? Cho will say all the right things... or at least try to say them... but again will be very average as far getting us to another level. The other problem is... no quality GM's want this job after the KPEE fiasco. Can you blame them. Its a wait and see I guess. But this time next year I expect us to be searching for a PG or picking up Millers option.

This season will depend greatly on health and how some of our younger guys develop. I mean we still have no PG of the future, no backup PG, no backup PF who can bang and no backup SF. Thats kinda concerning. Did we take a step back or a step forward? I mean we signed Mathews but we signed him at a position we were stacked at. How does that work???? Then theres Oden...:sigh: who nobody knows what really is going on with him. First he could return for the playoffs, then he would be ready by mid summer, then training camp... now we hope to see him by next years playoffs. I mean good god, what a joke that has become. Can they just come out and say.... "greg isnt where we had hoped" instead of this Mike Barrett sugar coating sh!t? Jeez. Its time to just accept Oden might not play till after xmas IF we are lucky. Anyone out there who hasn't come to terms with greg being a bust needs to do so. Otherwise you are gonna be really bummed out by next Spring. Its like I knew in July by the transcripts I read on Oden, this dude would be nowhere near ready for the season. I mean theres wishful thinking and just being Mike Barrett JR aka HCP-ing it. All sunshine and rainbows.

This team IMO is nowhere near the elite teams until we make some trades. Roster is a cluster of combo guards and fragile centers. It SHOULD be a playoff team but I wonder if we are more the Utah Jazz (jazz reached expectations) or Hornets (fell out of playoffs after being NBA darlings) of last year??? Im sorry but I wasn't very impressed with anything the blazers did all summer. Hopefully they will prove me wrong. With all that said.... I have returned. Its good to be back. I've missed posting here, Ive missed blazers basketball, and missed lots of you guys as well. Btw I checked out that Rudy Cee dude over the summer.... that boys good!!! :clap:


MIXUM HAS RETURNED FOR THE NEXT CAMPAIGN! :lol::lol::lol::lol:

GO BLAZERS!!!:cheers:
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MIXUM said:
how bout portland????
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Nah, I saw some dude MIXUM on one of their forums. He was trying to bury that team and it's players, starving for attention and carrying on wildly.

You don't want anything to do with a fan base like that. :)
 
well natebishop... i must tell you... you are a quality moderator. nice post.
 
Welcome back, Mixum. I, for one, look forward to your peculiar brand of analysis and opinions. Hope you had a summer where you could recharge.

Go Blazers.
 
lol brian... thanks and ask and u shall receive.

im ready to go.... big time. all this homerism has driven me nuts all summer. reality check time.
 
MickZagger said:
Nope. Ken Dayley.

He was the 3rd pick in the 81' draft behind Strawberry and some other guy.

His pitching coach back then with the Braves was Bob Gibson. He said he was an ass, the head coach was Joe Torre. He was traded to Cards and was much more successful.

My dad played high school ball against Dale Murphy and said he hit 3 dongs against them. I guess Murphy was an absolute freak in high school.
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I played one game against Dale as a freshman in HS and I will never forget it. He was catching when I went to bat. The dude was a foot taller than me. I walked and stole second off of him. I thought the coach was insane for giving me the sign to steal third. It was not close. Murph hit two off us that day. Classy guy for a high school kid.
 
Weav said:
A homer fan is the best kind of fan, because they actually support their local teams. Rooting for a team from across the country, to a place you've never lived, is rediculous. You have no sense of our community, so how can you claim to be part of it?

Root for your home team
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im 11,000KMs away - fuck outta here with that kinda talk
 
WB Mixum btw, always good to have both sides of the coin in the debate - i don't always agree but i do read your stuff.
 
ya know whats missing in this thread? maxiep. there hasnt been a google map of where i live. hybrid addition.

no sly poker dog. no rizzle, no mixum going to jail jokes. seriously WTF???
 
MIXUM said:
ya know whats missing in this thread? maxiep. there hasnt been a google map of where i live. hybrid addition.
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I assumed that maxiep ended up peering into one of your windows last summer. I think he has a crush on you, in a stalky kind of way.
 
lol bgrant!!!

sure GO-time. How bout i take oden gets injured?
 
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