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Old Thu Apr 03, 2003, 11:39am
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Okay, I take back everything nice I said about the Blazers this past couple of weeks. Now Zach Randolph slugged Reuben Patterson in a practice, Cheeks didn't even know what to do, and it's all over the news everywhere. The sports editorial column this morning says, "Disband the whole kindergarten!" But of course, nothing will get better until we trade Whitesitt ... Whitsit ... Whittsit... Whatever...
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Old Thu Apr 03, 2003, 11:45am
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Okay, I take back everything nice I said about the Blazers this past couple of weeks. Now Zach Randolph slugged Reuben Patterson in a practice, Cheeks didn't even know what to do, and it's all over the news everywhere. The sports editorial column this morning says, "Disband the whole kindergarten!" But of course, nothing will get better until we trade Whitesitt ... Whitsit ... Whittsit... Whatever...
To make it worse, the whole story is that Patterson and Woods were in an altercation. Several other players grabbed Patterson, and while they were holding him, Randolph walked up and punched Patterson in the face...Cheeks comment was "We are a family, and families sometimes have disagreements. That's all it was." Riiiiggggghhhhhttttttt....
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Old Thu Apr 03, 2003, 01:17pm
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I still wonder if we can trade the whole bunch of clowns for the Expos.
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Old Thu Apr 03, 2003, 01:57pm
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Hey Vera! Are you listening?

(For those not in the area, Vera Katz is the mayor of Portland, Or.)
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Old Thu Apr 03, 2003, 03:02pm
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I still wonder if we can trade the whole bunch of clowns for the Expos.
Sorry, the Expos are going to Nothern Virginia.
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Old Thu Apr 03, 2003, 03:35pm
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I still wonder if we can trade the whole bunch of clowns for the Expos.
What a coincidence. The city of Boston asked the exact same question.
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Old Thu Apr 03, 2003, 04:12pm
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I still wonder if we can trade the whole bunch of clowns for the Expos.
Sorry, the Expos are going to Nothern Virginia.
I heard they're changing their nickname to the "Y'alls".
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Old Thu Apr 03, 2003, 04:21pm
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At least while they hitting each other the refs are safer
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Old Thu Apr 03, 2003, 10:27pm
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I still wonder if we can trade the whole bunch of clowns for the Expos.
Sorry, the Expos are going to Nothern Virginia.
Why? Did we make someone mad?
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Old Thu Apr 03, 2003, 11:30pm
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Why? Did we make someone mad?
"Washington" baseball, perhaps?

(Hey - NOVA is a hell of a lot better than North Jersey!)
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Old Fri Apr 04, 2003, 09:52am
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Good article by Vecsey this a.m. on the Jailblazers:

http://www.nypost.com/sports/33488.htm
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Old Fri Apr 04, 2003, 07:49pm
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I was just at the grocery store and they had a radio station promotion going on. If you answered three questions correctly, you had your choice of prizes. One of the choices is a Trailblazer logo hat. The DJ told me I was the fifth person to win a prize so far, and I was the fifth person to choose something other than a Blazer hat. I was also the fifth person to tell him specifically I didn't want anything with a Blazer logo on it.

Boy - those guys are popular around here.
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Old Fri Apr 04, 2003, 08:33pm
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They WIN!!


Keep in mind, I don't like their behavior either. I blame most of their player problems on PIPPEN. He was brought there to lead. Lead meaning playing hard every game, chastising unacceptable behavior and most importantly showing the most talented team in the league HOW he WON 6 RINGS!

The owner handles his business by paying the players very well. Cheeks, just took over Iraq as the coalition troops approach.

Pippen, Pippen, Pippen!!!!!!!
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Old Sat Apr 05, 2003, 12:08am
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Unpopular Until...They WIN!!
But Wooddee, they are winning. They are still ahead of the Lakers, second in their division, fourth in their conference. That's the best they've been at this point in the season for a number of years. And they aren't popular. It's kind of embarrassing...
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Old Sat Apr 05, 2003, 01:04am
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Juulie - you know as well as I do that the Blazers pick up players such as Wallace, Stoudamire, Woods, Randolph, Wells, etc. because they don't care what the "average" fan in Portland cares about the team. It's like the old line from Laugh In - "We're the phone company. We don't care. We don't have to." The Blazers are the only major league franchise in town and they only care if they sell the luxury boxes to corporations and season tickets to rich dudes and other corporations.

They won't have to start caring until they get some real competition for the sports entertainment dollar here in Portland, and that means an NHL franchise owned by someone other than Paul Allen.

Frankly, I wouldn't walk across the street to see those bums - for free!!! The alumni team is more entertaining.
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