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| Name: | David Wertheimer |
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| Member since: | May 29, 2002 |
| Last visit: | April 18, 2023 |
werty has posted 17 links and 108 comments to SportsFilter and 0 links and 0 comments to the Locker Room.
Roger Federer is retiring: Fresh off Serena Williams's departure from tennis, her peer on the men's tour is retiring. Federer leaves with 20 majors--now good for second on the all-time list--and a legacy as a beloved and graceful star, both on and off the court.
posted by werty to tennis at 11:15 AM on September 15, 2022 - 6 comments
MLB settles minor-league class action lawsuit: Major League Baseball has agreed to a settlement over unpaid wages with its minor-league players.
posted by werty to baseball at 10:15 PM on July 15, 2022 - 1 comment
Brooklyn Nets land James Harden: In a trade that's huge in both impact and scale—four teams! Seven draft picks!--the Nets have acquired James Harden from the Houston Rockets. Also on the move are Victor Oladipo (to Houston from Indianapolis) and Jarrett Alen (to Cleveland from Brooklyn) and several other players.
posted by werty to basketball at 05:13 PM on January 13, 2021 - 3 comments
Texas Rangers' bankruptcy affects players most of all: The top six unsecured creditors in the Texas Rangers' bankruptcy filing are players, including Alex Rodriguez, current Rangers 3B Michael Young and, um, Mickey Tettleton.
posted by werty to baseball at 10:57 AM on May 25, 2010 - 7 comments
Don Koharski off to quieter pastures.: The longtime hockey referee's 32 solid seasons are overshadowed by the doughnut incident with Jim Schoenfeld in 1988.
posted by werty to hockey at 01:45 PM on April 10, 2009 - 0 comments
My picks:
Chiefs by 12 (lock)
Giants by 7 (lock)
Bengals by 1
49ers by 4
Passer: Patrick Mahomes
Rusher: McCaffrey
Receiver: Kelce
Player with interception: C.J. Gardner-Johnson
posted by werty at 01:38 PM on January 21, 2023
Hey rcade, it looks like the individual stat winners aren't tallying properly; everyone shows the winning choices and not their own picks/points from last week.
posted by werty at 10:33 PM on January 20, 2023
My picks:
49ers by 10 (lock)
Chargers by 7
Bills by 14 (lock)
Giants by 2
Bengals by 14 (lock)
Cowboys by 5 (lock)
Passer: Josh Allen
Rusher: saquon barkley
Receiver: justin jefferson
Player with interception: trevon diggs
Picks made by Eli (age 11) with a little bit of fatherly guidance.
posted by werty at 02:58 PM on January 14, 2023
Mitch Haniger is going to be great for the Giants. (Not kidding.)
Apparently top-tier free agents in baseball have only signed back with their old teams two or three times this century. Most players who get that far want to leave--look at Justin Verlander, who took his World Series victory and his Cy Young award and promptly decamped to the Mets. Judge returning to the Yankees is a pretty big deal. His brand is strong enough in terms of ticket and merchandise sales that the team won't regret it. And there's no reason he can't turn into Nelson Cruz the last few years while continuing to lead the team.
posted by werty at 11:10 PM on December 07, 2022
Revised picks:
Bengals by 5
posted by werty at 07:14 PM on September 22, 2022
My picks:
Steelers by 5
Bears by 3
Raiders by 6 (lock)
Chiefs by 7 (lock)
Bills by 10 (lock)
Vikings by 5 (lock)
Ravens by 3
Bengals by 10 (lock)
Eagles by 7 (lock)
Saints by 2
Chargers by 13 (lock)
Rams by 5
Seahawks by 3
Buccaneers by 5
49ers by 5
Cowboys by 4
posted by werty at 07:11 PM on September 22, 2022
Revised picks:
Browns by 9 (lock)
Steelers by 3
Seahawks by 3 (lock)
Raiders by 3
Packers by 6
Bills by 4 (lock)
Vikings by 5
posted by werty at 09:39 PM on September 15, 2022
My picks:
Chiefs by 4
Browns by 9
Commanders by 2
Buccaneers by 5
Giants by 4 (lock)
Steelers by 3 (lock)
Colts by 6 (lock)
Ravens by 4
Rams by 5
Seahawks by 6 (lock)
Bengals by 8 (lock)
Broncos by 3
Raiders by 4
Packers by 4
Bills by 2 (lock)
Vikings by 6
posted by werty at 12:25 PM on September 15, 2022
Revised picks:
Colts by 7 (lock)
Chargers by 5 (lock)
posted by werty at 11:18 AM on September 11, 2022
My picks:
Saints by 7
49ers by 10 (lock)
Bengals by 7
Lions by 3
Dolphins by 7
Ravens by 14 (lock)
Commanders by 3
Browns by 7
Colts by 7
Titans by 7
Packers by 7
Chiefs by 3
Chargers by 3
Buccaneers by 7 (lock)
Seahawks by 7
posted by werty at 11:17 AM on September 11, 2022
Philadelphia-Toronto is ridiculous, too. They should have done Philly-Pittsburgh (intrastate) and matched the Blue Jays with Detroit (the closest MLB city to Toronto). But the whole thing is kind of silly.
posted by werty at 11:35 PM on August 24, 2022
I'm really posting this to gripe a little about the individual insignificance of class-action lawsuits. MLB paying $185 million is a big deal--for MLB. And the players' lawyers, who are getting 30% of the settlement, or roughly $55 million. (Mind you, contingency lawsuits mean the lawyers spent years on this deal without getting paid, so it does work both ways.) Then there's $5 million in assorted legal costs, and then there are as many as 20,000 players who could get paid out of the lawsuit, meaning each of them will receive--ready?--around $6,000. And it's probably taxable income. I feel bad for the players who excitedly pursued this initiative hoping to be made whole, only to get rewarded with a final payout that barely covers a year of car payments.
posted by werty at 10:19 PM on July 15, 2022
Kudos for Cleveland choosing a name with local resonance and a touch of eccentricity, rather than chasing trends (cf. that hockey team in Seattle).
posted by werty at 01:01 PM on July 23, 2021
MLB banned him for life.
Did officials also do this to the battery-throwers in Philadelphia back in the day?
posted by werty at 06:53 PM on July 18, 2021
Yankee Stadium Opened 100 Years Ago Today
If only it were still standing.