Comments on: Bobby V.-produced documentary has MLB a bit cranky

By: bigleagues

bigleagues — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:48:20 +0000

paperlions,

Oh I’ll agree it’s a strange name.

I lived on and off in ECT for the last 30 years. Just moved into the Hartford area over the Winter. Miss the Coastline.

Small world.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:48:17 +0000

I love CT, lived here in eastern CT for 6.5 yrs, love the woods, the streams, the coast, and the people.

I just thought it was weird that a population in New England would name themselves after a spice that (at the time) was probably only grown in Indonesia.

By: bigleagues

bigleagues — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:36:08 +0000

paperlions,

Yeah, that’s one theory. Arguably the weakest of them. Certainly not fact. Also ‘scam artists’ is a bit of a stretch, but whatever.

Most likely is that Connecticut became the main import point of nutmeg to New England – which was obviously a valuable spice and especially as it became a key ingredient in countless recipes of New England origin and adaptation.

Of course, I could just go and trump any and all and drop the hammer with

#constitutionstatepride

(First Constitution in the New World).

By: bigharold

bigharold — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:24:00 +0000

So after this, when Valentine gets canned from from the RS what’s the over/under on him getting another Mamagers job, … 15 years?

You’d think he would have learned his lesson having it take ten years between his last two jobs.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:00:54 +0000

I believe that we got the nickname because we were the first state to pass a law against the fake nutmegs, so we have that going for us.

By: drewsylvania

drewsylvania — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:15:39 +0000

Anything that helps Bobby V get fired from MLB.

By: justthepeanutgallery

justthepeanutgallery — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:05:52 +0000

us Nutmeggers would rather be known as Wood Carvers, or simply Carvers but it didn’t work out, so we’re owning our mistakes

By: oldpaddy

oldpaddy — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:05:04 +0000

Google “bobby valentine liar” and you’ll find many, many examples of his lies.
Just pointing out the facts.

By: sabatimus

sabatimus — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:52:49 +0000

Lying? No. Sucking? Yes.

By: oldpaddy

oldpaddy — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:30:54 +0000

Since bobby v has something to do with it, I’d give it a 30% chance of it being an honest report.

How many times has bobby v been caught in a lie this year? At this point I’d trust my congressman over bobby v.
How do you know bobby v is lying? His lips are moving.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:46:06 +0000

I love that Connecticutters take pride in the “nutmeg” nickname, a name that arose because of scam artists that would carve wood to look like nutmeg (an expensive imported spice from Indonesia at the time). Not as bad as “sooners”, but still pretty funny.

By: bigleagues

bigleagues — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:34:50 +0000

I’ll repeat . . . I LOVE BOBBY V!

#nutmegpride

By: Jay Seaver

Jay Seaver — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:13:20 +0000

I saw it at IFFBoston a couple months ago, and it’s pretty good. One thing that really struck me was how often we’re given the impression of buscones being nothing but parasites and scam artists in most baseball coverage, whereas they come across pretty well here. It really makes the new signing rules seem even more exploitive.

It’ll be playing Boston’s (well, Brookline’s) Coolidge Corner Theatre soon, with Bobby V hosting a preview screening. Not quite “Sugar”, but worth a look.

(My review from the festival: http://www.efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=23581)