Comments on: The Browns conclude preseason 0-4 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/2008/08/29/the-browns-conclude-preseason-0-4/ Musings on the world of sports Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: alan t. http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/2008/08/29/the-browns-conclude-preseason-0-4/comment-page-1/#comment-678 alan t. Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:08:12 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/?p=483#comment-678 Easy answer. I'd handle "bringing up statistics" beginning with 1999, the year the new franchise was born. You don't "bring up statistics" of the Browns' Kellen Winslow by mentioning the 13 passes he caught in the 1982 playoff game against Miami, do you? Why not? It's Kellen Winslow, isn't it? You don't because he wasn't even born yet, and it's not the same guy as this guy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I82BPA5QAaQ Easy answer. I'd handle "bringing up statistics" beginning with 1999, the year the new franchise was born. You don't "bring up statistics" of the Browns' Kellen Winslow by mentioning the 13 passes he caught in the 1982 playoff game against Miami, do you? Why not? It's Kellen Winslow, isn't it?

You don't because he wasn't even born yet, and it's not the same guy as this guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I82BPA5QAaQ

]]> By: DSandYes http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/2008/08/29/the-browns-conclude-preseason-0-4/comment-page-1/#comment-673 DSandYes Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:42:49 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/?p=483#comment-673 Not sure how one would handle bringing up statistics then. Are you suggesting to qualify every statement with "Since the team returned..."? That's ridiculous. With your suggestion, anything ever written or word spoken about the Browns must have that qualifier. Just not worth the time and I can't even believe I'm wasting my time responding to you. Not sure how one would handle bringing up statistics then. Are you suggesting to qualify every statement with "Since the team returned…"? That's ridiculous. With your suggestion, anything ever written or word spoken about the Browns must have that qualifier. Just not worth the time and I can't even believe I'm wasting my time responding to you.

]]> By: alan t. http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/2008/08/29/the-browns-conclude-preseason-0-4/comment-page-1/#comment-663 alan t. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:01:07 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/?p=483#comment-663 Whoopie. The second time in team history they went winless in the preseason. That first time, they would have beaten the unbeaten Dolphins if a Stevie Wonder-like Mike Phipps didn't have an absolutely pathetic playoff game, throwing balls around the field like Charlie Sheen in "Major League." By the way, major pet peeve here, and you're far from the only guilty party when it comes to the local yokel sportswriters. "Team history?" It's a different team. Just because they have the same name doesn't make it the same team. If the Charlotte Bobcats were named the Charlotte Hornets, would that make them the same team? I know, I know, maybe I need tons more fiber in my diet, but when people refer to it as if they're in any way, shape or form related to Paul Brown's Browns or Art Modell's Browns, it bugs the hell out of me. Start the team records from scratch, it's a different franchise. Same town. Different team. Whoopie. The second time in team history they went winless in the preseason. That first time, they would have beaten the unbeaten Dolphins if a Stevie Wonder-like Mike Phipps didn't have an absolutely pathetic playoff game, throwing balls around the field like Charlie Sheen in "Major League."

By the way, major pet peeve here, and you're far from the only guilty party when it comes to the local yokel sportswriters. "Team history?" It's a different team. Just because they have the same name doesn't make it the same team. If the Charlotte Bobcats were named the Charlotte Hornets, would that make them the same team? I know, I know, maybe I need tons more fiber in my diet, but when people refer to it as if they're in any way, shape or form related to Paul Brown's Browns or Art Modell's Browns, it bugs the hell out of me. Start the team records from scratch, it's a different franchise. Same town. Different team.

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