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Name:	Tom Clancy
Location:	Dover, NH
Member since:	January 30, 2002
Last visit:	September 16, 2025

yerfatma has posted 326 links and 11,961 comments to SportsFilter and 17 links and 1,232 comments to the Locker Room and 1 column.

Sports Bio

Prediction Tracker

smithers (6/21/06): Heat don't make the East finals next year A

holden (8/29/06): I'm not so sure that Lester will be anything other than a league average pitcher going forward . . . he may not even be better than Anibal Sanchez F Updated to D- for whining

louisville_slugger (1/11/07): Cowher coaches Giants in 2008. F

Great Predicitons I Have Heard

"Big mistake for DET. Milicic is the next Wilt Chamberlain."

"can you say L.A. Saints QB Matt Leinart?" Verdict: False

"I believe that the 49ers will play to lose on Sunday and thus create a situation with the draft. This could cause the Saints to be able to draft first, and get Bush. This will put Matt Leinart, the Saints' former option, in a freefall. He will probably land outside the top 5 and into the hands of Al Davis and the Oakland Raiders." Verdict: True, True, False, but not bad, except . . .

"Let us talk about the #2 pick. That will be Saints QB Matt Leinart. Lat night's game will be like half of Leinart's season. However, there will be a bright side. His coach will be Dom Capers, yes Capers. Also he will be the L.A. Saints QB" Verdict: False, False, False

"Martz is getting the Saints gig and Haslett the Lions. " Verdict: False, False

"Martz is one really foolish man, but he more than half a brain, and I doubt that he'll take the [Saints head coach position-- contrast with opinion above, ed.]. Dom Capers probably will" Verdict: False and conflicting with previous predictions on both coaches

"The News in the NFL is that the Saints have played their last game in Louisiana ever. The question now is where will they play next year: S.A. or L.A. Remember, Baton Rouge and N.O. are now out of the picture for 2006 and beyond." (12/20/2005) Verdict: False

"The PAckers are battling the Jets for Haslett. We'll have to see if NY breaks or not." Verdict: They didn't

This Wonderlic story is a joke. This will probably hurt VY. Verdict: True, 3 days after the story broke and everyone was already asking if he was a draft risk

"Look like the Marlins are moving." (11/22/2005) Verdict: False

"However, let me present the scenario that will happen in all liklihood. There is a tug of war between Vegas and Portland for the Marlins. Vegas will probaby win. and get the Marlins. Anyways, the loser of the Marlins sweepstakes get the Nats. This will probably be Portland. Anyway, both Vegas and Portland will get a team, soon." Verdict: False

"Johnny Damon is next [to the Dodgers], so long as the Boys in Blue give up on Reggie Sanders" Verdict: False

"The Big Unit will probably not be in pinstripes." (12/20/2005) Verdict: False

"As hard to believe as it may seem, I believe in Manny the Met. This is how one can look at it. Shaq to Miami was the Ruth to Yanks of the modern era. This trade is not as lopsided and bizarre as the Shaq trade." (1/6/2006) Verdict: False, crap

Clement had a slow start last year with the injury and all.... He should put up very good numbers this coming season. Heck, he should be close to making the 20 win mark (3/20/2006) Verdict: He's really going to have to work to get to 20

2006 MLB Final Standings (4/16/2006)

By the end of next week, Chicago should be at the top looking at the Tigers from the rear view mirror (5/30/06) Verdict: False

New England is past their prime. they will be lucky to make the playoffs. (6/1/06) Verdict: False

This Detroit team reminds me a little of the fab '84 team that went like a shot and never looked back.I believe they will go all the way. Verdict: False

Giants will go all the way and that's a fact jack. You can take that to the bank. (6/29/06) Verdict: False

I think that Tiger is not even the best overall player of his time. That's Phil . . . Sergio Garcia, who is probably tomorrow's Tiger (8/7/06)

But I'll predict right now that the PGA at Medinah won't be No. 51. I don't really want to stir up the "Tiger can't win on truly tough courses" thing again,but two weeks from now,I'll be saying I told you so. (8/6/2006) Verdict: False

I promise my wife will not be pregnant come the time for next season's draft. (8/30/06) Verdict: Semi-Accurate, draft never happened

lee suggs will be texans #1 rb and rush for 1500 yds and 20 td. (9/3/2006) Verdict: False, Suggs signed with the Dolphins on the same day

Upset special coming up this weekend. Penn State over Ohio State. (9/18/2006)

Prediction: Bears do not extend the contract of Lovie Smith and Cowher comes aboard in '08. (1/5/2007) Verdict: Highly un-effin' likely

Well Danny rose up to the occasion. Faced with another dynasty or becoming the Devil Rays of basketball, Ainge stepped up and hit the homer. (7/30/2007)

SF is going to be the worst hitting team in MLB next year if Bonds is not playing for them. (9/22/07) A

La Russa is all but in. Rivera and Posada are gone in that case, Pettitte and Clemens are gone even if Torre had survived. A-Rod seems to be gone I think that if La Russa is hired, chances are higher than Giambi will be gone (10/10/07)

As for A Rod, I read somewhere that both he and Mo Rivera will likely consder Torre's new digs at Chavez Ravine in their decision. (10/30/07)

"Tiger is scary. He will have the best season ever next year." (12/20/07)

Great Predictions I Have Made

"Roberts has a .335 career OBP; he's a leadoff hitter like Tony Womack's a leadoff hitter. I'm not down on the guy before he's played an inning, but no one needs a pinch runner."

"Regardless of how great he's been the last two years, I won't miss [Johnny Damon] when he's gone. Unless he goes to NYC."

"This off-season has made it clear the Celtics' interest is in competing for entertainment dollars, not championships."

Recent Links

A Requiem for the Supertuck: Not the gender-bending move, but a way to go real fast on a bike.

posted by yerfatma to other at 11:23 AM on April 02, 2021 - 0 comments

The story behind Barcelona's disastrous rejection of Luis Suárez: Hands up everyone who saw this going well.

posted by yerfatma to soccer at 11:17 AM on February 12, 2021 - 3 comments

The N.F.L. Had Over 700 Coronavirus Positives. The Seahawks Had None.: How did they do it? Corona virus can't melt steel beams.

posted by yerfatma to football at 10:52 AM on February 05, 2021 - 1 comment

Who knew there was a :

In golf’s history, there were just four previous condors reported through 2018 — all of them holes-in-one on par 5s, starting in 1962 when a golfer in Hope, Ark. cut the corner on a dogleg for an ace on a 480-yard hole. Before Pon’s rare feat, the last condor was in 2007, when a 16-year-old aced a 511-yard hole in New South Wales, Australia.

posted by yerfatma to golf at 11:14 AM on January 15, 2021 - 1 comment

The Annual : and it's wonderful.

If this last terrible year could do one good thing it would be to move the definition of the word community away from its more recent meaning – online interest group – back towards its older, more challenging meaning – the people who live near you with whom you have to learn to get along with.

posted by yerfatma to soccer at 07:59 AM on January 08, 2021 - 5 comments

Recent Comments

SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle

Wow, Emile Francis is taking things even further back.

posted by yerfatma at 11:05 AM on September 16, 2025

What We’ve Learned About the Kawhi Leonard Situation—and What We Haven’t

Now that the second podcast has hit, this is a foundational moment in Adam Silver's legacy, some sort of . . . like an event that changes everything or a catastrophe that will be remembered forever. Damnit, why am I so bad with metaphors?

Silver recently responded to complaints about how much it costs to subscribe to all the services that carry NBA games with a suggestion to just watch the highlights, since those are free online. So I am sure he will handle this with the gravitas it deserves.

posted by yerfatma at 03:36 PM on September 11, 2025

Ken Dryden was a towering figure in the crease and a principled gentleman off the ice

Yeah, any time his name came up my dad mumbled an appreciative "Stood on his head" about 1971 and moved on.

posted by yerfatma at 02:21 PM on September 11, 2025

What We’ve Learned About the Kawhi Leonard Situation—and What We Haven’t

There really is no off-season any more. And I love it.

posted by yerfatma at 02:20 PM on September 11, 2025

SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

Great, now I have to like Jim Harbaugh?

posted by yerfatma at 11:42 AM on July 24, 2024

SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

I have this horrible feeling the real Belichick is right around the level Pat's show is looking for. There are no second acts in American life.

posted by yerfatma at 11:08 PM on April 18, 2024

SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

Oh and Nick Nurse as the coach is a chefs kiss.

posted by yerfatma at 09:15 PM on April 17, 2024

SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

I'm watching this Sixers Heat game but it's driving me nuts. Its like an old folks home for elderly con men, watching Lowry and Butler trying to cage free throws without ever putting up an honest shot.

posted by yerfatma at 09:02 PM on April 17, 2024

RIP Jim Brown

Wow, that's ... a reason to watch One Night in Miami.

posted by yerfatma at 12:43 AM on May 20, 2023

Tempe Voters Reject New Arena for Arizona Coyotes

The team needs to change its name again

We have plenty of coyotes in New England. Here's an idea: shove them in a mall in Connecticut!

posted by yerfatma at 02:34 PM on May 19, 2023

Colin Cowherd Wants Sacramento's Beam Investigated

Light that bum.

posted by yerfatma at 10:06 PM on April 20, 2023

Suns Beat Clippers, Chris Paul Beats NBA Referee

Just a bump.

this CP3 and Kawhi bump what's that about pic.twitter.com/djEXms4UTF
— alex medina (@mrmedina) April 19, 2023

posted by yerfatma at 03:37 PM on April 19, 2023

Cricket is Coming to America

Yes, but it would be in words you wouldn't understand.

posted by yerfatma at 11:26 AM on April 17, 2023

Zion Williamson's Health and Future Remain a Mystery

Walton 3.0

posted by yerfatma at 11:25 AM on April 17, 2023

Zion Williamson's Health and Future Remain a Mystery

Voodoo?

posted by yerfatma at 08:45 PM on April 15, 2023