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The squad arrived in Russia shorty after noon Moscow time. They are there for almost 24 hours before heading for Beijing and Guangzhou. http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/460435/nets5.jpg Mikhail Prokhorov met the team for the first time. He promises he will be in Newark for Opening Night against Detroit, and he may stay in Jersey for October 31 against Miami.

Seventeen years after, Divac looks back at his friendship with Petrovic as they won a World Championship, the destruction of their relationship through the Croatian War of Independence, and an unexpected goodbye before they could patch up their differences. Dave D'Alessandro Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_FTjCe1C7Y

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Make it six errors, six unearned runs in the game.

There have been four errors and three unearned runs in this game.

Your second sentence is part of my argument to your first one. As I said in our conversation, out of the eight postseason teams last year, seven's closers tripped up at one point or another. The one team's that didn't ended up winning it all. Also, as a by the way, I don't believe Rivera had a blown save in the '03 World Series. Maybe I'm wrong, though, I didn't start following baseball until the year after.

The Pru is an incredible upgrade from the IC. The lighting is significantly better. The sound system makes the experience more enthusiastic. I wish we kept the zigzags along the FT line, though. I don't know why we got rid of them. I feel like I haven't seen the team play this physically in a long, long time. I really don't think I've ever been this excited for a Nets season.

Fat Elvis with two opposite field drives. Gardenhire got thrown out. It looked like strike three to me and just about everyone else in the park.

Fat Elvis drives it the other way for a solo shot! Only his second HR as a Yankee, but he has still been incredibly productive in our lineup against RHP.

I have been very, very impressed with Jorge today. He slapped a couple of singles the opposite way after working the count, and he brought the count to 3-2 before striking out just now. Can Wood and Mo seal this one up?

David Robertson's breaking ball ends the inning. I was watching the Phillies scored 3 runs in the second inning earlier today before letting that third out happen and viewed that as what the Yankees wanted to establish in their offense. Good to see it happen in the four-run rally.

No idea. Anyway, shortly after a replay of Tex homering off Crain back in May, he delivers!

Definitely. That 2001 World Series was classic. Pretty cool how it was the only series ever to start with Game 3, and we swept Arizona before the series could even go west. My mind filters out any fictional nonsense that is shown on television, so I saw some cool stuff like what is shown below, but then the screen blacked out. I guess the show is over. http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd420/Wali_Sabuhi/yankees1.png http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd420/Wali_Sabuhi/yankees2.png http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd420/Wali_Sabuhi/yankees3.png http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd420/Wali_Sabuhi/yankees4.png http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd420/Wali_Sabuhi/yankees5.png Look... ketchup! http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd420/Wali_Sabuhi/ketchup2.png

What is this? Some documentary on a nonexistent baseball season?

It's similar to the Yankees' case in the aspect of both teams receiving a lot of opposition, but they do their opponents a favor by drawing significantly bigger crowds when they visit stadiums that typically don't have high attendance levels.

One year ago on this date: http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=7011249 It is freezing inside my house, and I love it. There's that connection between the weather and postseason baseball flowing through my mind.

Nah, it's fake, haha. In all seriousness, though, it's going to be called "Check Our Stats." EDIT: I was certain this was fake. I guess not.

The Nets season can do most of the responding, but I just want to point out that from last year's squad, there are only four players that are on the team right now: Harris, Lopez, Humphries, and T-Will.

I wasn't able to go, but from what I've read, Favors showed his athletic ability, Petro was impressive, Outlaw wasn't himself, Farmar was lighting up from long range, Ammo was mediocre, T-Will seemed to get severely hurt, but he should be fine, Lopez didn't seem to be trying too much, and Harris was doing his job as a leader. There were more positives than negatives, but judging by yesterday, the question is whether the Nets have a go-to guy on this squad.

I was ready to attend the practice, but the weather outside isn't too pretty... two months' worth of rain in one night. A couple of pictures from others: The lighting here is much, much better. http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/large/170418301.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1285891512&Signature=oDMC7Ii6oLdLJiMk78f%2FogKaxWA%3D Banners under the lights. http://web6.twitpic.com/img/170423814-95aa30bc8e86fd48f84ad486d3ecba54.4ca52480-scaled.jpg

1) Congratulations on becoming a referee? 2) You deserve it? 3) Predict the Wizards record for the 2010-2011 season? 4) AboveLegit is a cool name? 5) I was going to ask you ten questions, but my mind is blank?

From what I've read, it's dead for now. Talks might pick up later, but I'm not expecting a deal in the next couple of weeks. Is it really money? Because it seems like the deal went pretty far before the Nuggets weren't sealing the deal. Of course, reports conflict, but on Saturday, it was said that Denver was listening to other team's offers to get the Nets to include more.

Nets reportedly set a 24-hour deadline for Denver earlier today. More recently, both Al Iannazzone and Stefan Bondy say the deal is dead.

There are a few connections between the potential four-team Carmelo deal and a deal the Yankees had nearly sealed up before this year's trade deadline. Back in July, it was being reported by multiple newspapers and sports shows that the Yankees were putting final touches on a deal to bring over Cliff Lee in a deal that would be sending Jesus Montero, Zach McAllister, and David Adams. I was very, very worried, assuming the deal would go through. Here are some similarities between the two negotiations: 1) Potential was being given up in both deals. In the Nets' case, it's Derrick Favors. For the Yankees, it was their top prospect, Jesus Montero. Neither had played a game for their teams. 2) The superstar being brought over was in the final year of his contract. The Yankees are expected to go after Cliff Lee after this offseason, so many assumed that this winter, Lee would be willing to re-sign. As for the Nets, they are only bringing over Melo if he agrees to an extension. The Yankees don't sign extensions during a season, so that's a different story. 3) I believe both deals could range from being a major disaster to a success. If Cliff Lee came over, it could have possibly allowed the Yankees to speed past competition this year and win it all. If he were to re-sign, the Yankees have the two starters from Game 1 of the 2009 World Series on the same team for some time. On the other hand, Cliff Lee could also choose to sign with someone else following the 2010 season, and the Yankees could get ripped off. Why? If Jesus Montero is putting together a Hall of Fame career in Seattle, or even an all-star one, the Yankees end up getting four months out of a superstar pitcher and possibly a ring, but nothing after that, in exchange for a big-time hitter, another top 20 prospect in the organization, and a third minor-leaguer. For the Nets, if Anthony continues his superstar career in Jersey (and then Brooklyn), likes where he is, possibly draws Chris Paul, and the Nets rise in the rankings, the trade is in all likelihood a success, depending on how Favors fares in Denver and Harris wherever he lands. But if Anthony does not like where he is, while Favors thrives in Denver and Harris is in 08-09 form, we're regretting the trade. 4) One deal broke down. The other is reportedly less likely to happen.