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Name:	Tom Clancy
Location:	Dover, NH
Member since:	January 30, 2002
Last visit:	June 24, 2022

yerfatma has posted 326 links and 11,938 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 Sunday Huddle

Thanks! Trying to be around again.

posted by yerfatma at 08:30 AM on June 24, 2022

SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

I suppose if you'd told me early in the season that Murder Kornet and The Hausitzer would play > 10 minutes in the NBA Finals for the Celtics, I would have taken that deal just to see what the hell happened.

posted by yerfatma at 12:24 PM on June 17, 2022

SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

I have no idea what this means.

MLB unveiled a collaboration with Off-White and New Era featuring Off-White's meteor holes

Hats cost $260
T-Shirts cost $355
Hoodies cost $630
Jerseys cost $1,030 pic.twitter.com/mqdwmhZggS
— Joon Lee (@joonlee) June 16, 2022

posted by yerfatma at 02:00 PM on June 16, 2022

SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

The Celtics seem insistent on ending their season like it started. That's frustrating as hell. That said, obviously most of the problem can be credited to the Warriors.

posted by yerfatma at 07:16 AM on June 15, 2022

SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

How have I never seen this?

posted by yerfatma at 10:26 AM on July 14, 2021

Camera-Seeking Fan with Sign Causes Enormous Pileup at Tour de France

"Go grandpa-grandma"

Man, this pronoun shit is getting weird.

posted by yerfatma at 07:38 PM on June 28, 2021

SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle

I feel like that was a pretty good day of Euros. 2 games, 14 goals, a penalty shootout (much as I hate 'em for making heroes and villains out of individuals).

posted by yerfatma at 07:31 PM on June 28, 2021

SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

Between the last two days, I am starting to think people with the initials KD (or Kd, I suppose) are preternaturally good at sports.

posted by yerfatma at 08:06 PM on June 17, 2021

SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

Feels like Gareth Bale should have used a club with a little less loft.

posted by yerfatma at 01:20 PM on June 16, 2021

SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

I got so annoyed with Derek Rae's pronunciation of "Bruno Fernandes" (it doesn't jibe with my decades-old New England understanding of Portuguese) that I discovered this IPA pronunciation tool and will now waste the rest of these Euros taking the spellings from players' Wikipedia entries to judge the commentators' accuracy.

posted by yerfatma at 01:13 PM on June 15, 2021

Putting the Journey in Journeyman

Quitter.

posted by yerfatma at 04:24 PM on June 14, 2021

SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle

Patrick Schick.

Might not be taking that L if you'd kept Naisy around

posted by yerfatma at 10:11 AM on June 14, 2021

SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

In this state? Good goddamn luck.

posted by yerfatma at 07:42 PM on April 21, 2021

Will a 'Super League' blow up global soccer? Here's what we know after bombshell announcement

Well that folded faster than Superman on laundry day. And it meant the end of Ed Woodward. If it gets rid of the Glazers and Fenway Sports, all the better.

posted by yerfatma at 09:03 AM on April 21, 2021

SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

Last weekend in Larne someone tied a photographers shoelace to a fence without him knowing

There already is a Super League'. It's called the Irish League. pic.twitter.com/n8euUJWh6E
— Shane Todd (@shanetodd) April 20, 2021

posted by yerfatma at 09:02 AM on April 21, 2021