Comments on: The Blue Jays may be interested in Matt Garza

By: rico7207

rico7207 — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 23:19:45 +0000

Send him there ASAP. PLEASE GET RID OF HIM!!!!!!

By: dirtyharry1971

dirtyharry1971 — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 01:29:21 +0000

well we know this isnt true proudly cause the jays would have to take on a decent contract and since they are just about broke they won’t be trading for this pitcher. stick with those flops you call prospects

By: Alex K

Alex K — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:32:11 +0000

He’s fast and plays hard, true. That doesn’t make him someone to keep around if there is a prospect coming up that is ready. Campana isn’t a lot but fast.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:28:15 +0000

hiltonandastoria: Craig’s demurral notwithstanding, the problem isn’t with him, it’s with the interfaces between your browser and WordPress (which sucks). Chrome is especially susceptible to issues here. The same thing occasionally happens to me, and others have come onboard here to complain about it. About half the time, the post you thought was blocked will actually show up in the thread you posted to some hours later. The other half, it won’t show up – but WordPress will act as though it has it, because if you try to re-post you’ll get a “duplicate comment” notification.

The answer, I think, is to find another server for this blog. WordPress has lots of nice little bells and whistles but it also has all sorts of problems with basic functionality.

By: cshearing

cshearing — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:05:25 +0000

@hiltonandastoria: It is hilarious to hear that attitude from a PHT regular. Even though I am a hockey fan first, I had to quit going to the site due to so many idiotic posters. And horrible stories. Though I’ll readily admit it was mostly the posters.

By: randygnyc

randygnyc — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:58:52 +0000

I’d be surprised if garza doesn’t wind up in the Bronx, as long as the Yankees can deliver a decent package. I suspect that of all the teams out there, Theo prefers, at this point, to send all his grade A talent to the Yankees, just to stick it to the Red Sox. Bad blood runs deep.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 17:13:48 +0000

And you are a dimwitted troll who lies in wait by your keyboard for me to post something, anything about a Matt Garza trade before springing into action like some sorry imitation of a cholla cactus. Your obsession with me, and with the Garza/Morrison trade negotiations this past weenter – which you denied happened but then freaked out when I linked you, pointlessly as it turned out, to articles about them, is more than merely borderline pathological.

Now, as for your predictably ignorant comments about neither/nor, this from GrammarMonster.com (http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/either_or_neither_nor_double_negative.htm). Since you had no use for my link correcting your vaporousness about the Garza/Morrison negotiations, though, I have to assume you might have no use for this one either, and so am rendering the relevant passage in its entirety:
_________________
Either/Or and Neither/Nor

The pairings either/or and neither/nor can be used to group two people or things. Although not a major grammatical error, the grouping of more than two things is frowned upon by some style conventions.

Examples:

Neither the forwards nor the scrumhalf, all of whom were within 10 metres
of the tackle, nor the crowd appealed for a foul. (three things grouped) (X)

I could neither laugh nor cry. (√)
_____________
I think it’s still early enough for you to sign up for a fifth grade makeup English grammar course in your local district summer school program. Good luck!

By: vivabear

vivabear — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:52:54 +0000

‘neither very bright nor amusing yourself’

For such a self-proclaimed master of written english, one would expect you to know using ‘nor’ following the use of neither is unnecessary.

I’m relevant enough to know you’re a dipshit who contributes nothing of value to these comments sections.

By: silversun60

silversun60 — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:50:38 +0000

BOOM! ROASTED!

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:36:48 +0000

You go ahead and pack the Rogers. Me, I’ll occupy Caplansky’s and have a smoked meat with lettuce, tomato, onion and horseradish mustard on rye, and a bottle of that killer diet cream soda they serve there that you can’t find in the States.

By: Craig Calcaterra

Craig Calcaterra — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:36:40 +0000

I’ve not blocked you at all. If there is some hangup in your posts its a technical thing, not me or anyone else around here blocking you.

But hey, if you like feeling persecuted, don’t let me stop you.

By: hiltonandastoria

hiltonandastoria — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:34:25 +0000

So Im blocked by Craig Calcaterra every chance he gets every day. Today I was blocked from posting for this…

“Same with “Blue Jays Alex A is interested in [Insert player name here]“”

While OldGator is more than welcome to post

“And you, steeped in bile and irrelevance as you are, are neither very bright nor amusing yourself.”

Im glad to find out who has been doing this everyday after I post
Inform the gentlemen who run the hockey side of this site, I won’t be joining them for any more of their live events or contributing in anyway shape or form anylonger.

They can thank the bias and unprofessional Craig Calcaterra for chasing off one of the best contributors to hockey, now he can chase off Govminion and MrMojo and turn the hockey side into a ghost town

By: WhenMattStairsIsKing

WhenMattStairsIsKing — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:31:01 +0000

Dude jumps OVER third basemen when on the basepaths. He’s the fastest Cub I’ve seen since…um…ever. Yeah, I want him to stay.

By: silversun60

silversun60 — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:24:03 +0000

Are you suggesting we start an Occupy The Blue Jays movement?

By: 18thstreet

18thstreet — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:21:28 +0000

I better start churning out some rumors. It’s going to be hard to get to 100 trade rumors involving one team; there’s only 750 major leaguers, and 25 of them already play for Toronto.

I’m hearing the Blue Jays are interested in Johann Santana.

By: Alex K

Alex K — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:19:07 +0000

Campana?

One of these things is not like the other……

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:08:13 +0000

It’s that one percent you have to worry about. Just like with lightning strikes.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:07:34 +0000

…that he’ll be traded to the Cubs???? Thou jesteth….

By: hiltonandastoria

hiltonandastoria — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:03:44 +0000

Same with “Blue Jays Alex A is interested in [Insert player name here]“

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:02:36 +0000

And you, steeped in bile and irrelevance as you are, are neither very bright nor amusing yourself.

By: diehardcubbiefan4life

diehardcubbiefan4life — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:50:32 +0000

My very thoughts exactly. I would love it if he got an extension.

By: proudlycanadian

proudlycanadian — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:43:43 +0000

99% of stories that predict future Jays trades are wrong.

By: xpensivewinos

xpensivewinos — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:41:57 +0000

That commotion you hear is Travis Snider hastily packing his packs in the hopes that……

By: WhenMattStairsIsKing

WhenMattStairsIsKing — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:41:15 +0000

It’s a shame Miami has no room – Ozzie loves that Castro guy.

By: WhenMattStairsIsKing

WhenMattStairsIsKing — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:36:07 +0000

I want Campana, Castro and Garza to stay. The other 22 guys can go. Garza is just way too fun to root for – please stay!

By: vivabear

vivabear — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:34:45 +0000

Seriously? This is neither funny or realistic.

By: scapistron

scapistron — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:30:50 +0000

[insert name of competitive team] is interested in Matt Garza

That will be the headline for the next month.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:21:19 +0000

Here’s how the Jays can acquire Garza: trade Bautista to the Feesh for Tweeter, and then trade Tweeter to the Cubs for Garza. Hell, if the Feesh had sprung for that package deal involving Tweeter over the Weenter Garza would be our third starter now.

By: El Bravo

El Bravo — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:13:39 +0000

They may be taking offers for Castro now, given last night’s brain poop.