Comments on: God, I Hope the Nationals Get This Right… http://umpbump.com/press/2007/09/18/god-i-hope-the-nationals-get-this-right/ In-your-face baseball commentary Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:30:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Paul Moro http://umpbump.com/press/2007/09/18/god-i-hope-the-nationals-get-this-right/comment-page-1/#comment-22940 Paul Moro Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:20:30 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/god-i-hope-the-nationals-get-this-right/#comment-22940 Okay, okay, in light of your sworn affidavit and especially your allusion to the Army-McCarthy Hearings, I have decided to award you full credit! Okay, okay, in light of your sworn affidavit and especially your allusion to the Army-McCarthy Hearings, I have decided to award you full credit!

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]]> By: Sarah Green http://umpbump.com/press/2007/09/18/god-i-hope-the-nationals-get-this-right/comment-page-1/#comment-22873 Sarah Green Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:08:29 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/god-i-hope-the-nationals-get-this-right/#comment-22873 I guessed it before I googled! But then when Coley said he hadn't had the surgery, I had to check, didn't I? Come on! I guessed it before I googled! But then when Coley said he hadn’t had the surgery, I had to check, didn’t I? Come on!

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]]> By: Paul Moro http://umpbump.com/press/2007/09/18/god-i-hope-the-nationals-get-this-right/comment-page-1/#comment-22802 Paul Moro Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:12:46 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/god-i-hope-the-nationals-get-this-right/#comment-22802 It's Wells. But I'm not sure you can get full credit if you just Google up the answer though, Sarah... I mean, pretty much any of these questions are answerable by Googling! It’s Wells. But I’m not sure you can get full credit if you just Google up the answer though, Sarah… I mean, pretty much any of these questions are answerable by Googling!

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]]> By: Zvee Geffen http://umpbump.com/press/2007/09/18/god-i-hope-the-nationals-get-this-right/comment-page-1/#comment-22515 Zvee Geffen Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:57:51 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/god-i-hope-the-nationals-get-this-right/#comment-22515 My God, Coley. Wikipedia! Wrong?! Say it ain't so! Wikipedia, have you no decency? At long last, HAVE YOU NO DECENCY, SIR? My God, Coley. Wikipedia! Wrong?! Say it ain’t so!

Wikipedia, have you no decency? At long last, HAVE YOU NO DECENCY, SIR?

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]]> By: Coley http://umpbump.com/press/2007/09/18/god-i-hope-the-nationals-get-this-right/comment-page-1/#comment-22510 Coley Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:33:25 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/god-i-hope-the-nationals-get-this-right/#comment-22510 But Sarah, Wikipedia does not list David Wells among the players who have had Tommy John surgery. Could Wikipedia possibly be wrong? But Sarah, Wikipedia does not list David Wells among the players who have had Tommy John surgery. Could Wikipedia possibly be wrong?

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]]> By: Zvee Geffen http://umpbump.com/press/2007/09/18/god-i-hope-the-nationals-get-this-right/comment-page-1/#comment-22508 Zvee Geffen Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:20:13 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/god-i-hope-the-nationals-get-this-right/#comment-22508 Sorry, Coley. I brought my A-Game to UmpBump today. Looking for something with which to prove you wrong, I may have found our trivia answer. Now, I will have to wait for Nick (who is now on Japan time) to tell us whether this still holds, but in 2002, USA Today reported: "[Tommy John's] 164 post-surgery victories remained unsurpassed until last year, when David Wells eclipsed it. (Wells had the surgery in his early 20s, as a minor leaguer.)" Yes, write it down: Sarah Green has won her first UmpBump trivia question EVAH. Sorry, Coley. I brought my A-Game to UmpBump today. Looking for something with which to prove you wrong, I may have found our trivia answer.

Now, I will have to wait for Nick (who is now on Japan time) to tell us whether this still holds, but in 2002, USA Today reported:

“[Tommy John's] 164 post-surgery victories remained unsurpassed until last year, when David Wells eclipsed it. (Wells had the surgery in his early 20s, as a minor leaguer.)”

Yes, write it down: Sarah Green has won her first UmpBump trivia question EVAH.

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]]> By: Paul Moro http://umpbump.com/press/2007/09/18/god-i-hope-the-nationals-get-this-right/comment-page-1/#comment-22502 Paul Moro Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:39:01 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/god-i-hope-the-nationals-get-this-right/#comment-22502 What about Kenny Rogers? I hear his name among the list of guys who have had it, but I don't remember hearing about it when it happened, which makes me think it was before I really started paying attention to baseball. What about Kenny Rogers? I hear his name among the list of guys who have had it, but I don’t remember hearing about it when it happened, which makes me think it was before I really started paying attention to baseball.

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]]> By: Coley http://umpbump.com/press/2007/09/18/god-i-hope-the-nationals-get-this-right/comment-page-1/#comment-22496 Coley Fri, 07 Sep 2007 19:09:29 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/god-i-hope-the-nationals-get-this-right/#comment-22496 Wells never had Tommy John surgery. Wells never had Tommy John surgery.

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]]> By: Zvee Geffen http://umpbump.com/press/2007/09/18/god-i-hope-the-nationals-get-this-right/comment-page-1/#comment-22472 Zvee Geffen Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:24:09 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/god-i-hope-the-nationals-get-this-right/#comment-22472 Hmmmm....too obvious, eh Ward? What about someone not as obvious...like....David Wells. He's had surgery on every joint in his body. It could be him. Hmmmm….too obvious, eh Ward? What about someone not as obvious…like….David Wells. He’s had surgery on every joint in his body. It could be him.

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]]> By: Zvee Geffen http://umpbump.com/press/2007/09/18/god-i-hope-the-nationals-get-this-right/comment-page-1/#comment-22471 Zvee Geffen Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:22:25 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/god-i-hope-the-nationals-get-this-right/#comment-22471 Kason Gabbard had it in the minors, too, I believe, but it's obviously not him....as much as Nick wishes it were! Kason Gabbard had it in the minors, too, I believe, but it’s obviously not him….as much as Nick wishes it were!

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