Sharks of Las Vegas

Interesting note on the news sidebar of PatsFans.com just now:



I have to wonder if CHB's "just a feeling" is a crap line and he's heard something from other staffers there.

Why would a baseball insider like Dan Shaughnessy have any idea when the report would come out?

robertweathers said:

That's an insult to bricks.

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Fair point. At least a brick has some utility.

Uncle Rico said:

I have to wonder if CHB's "just a feeling" is a crap line and he's heard something from other staffers there.

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If Dan Shaugnessy turns out to be right (about anything), and/or if the NFL releases a report that effectively exonerates the Patriots, then I will lose my grip on reality - but happily.

What does CHB mean?

VectorPrime said:

Why would a baseball insider like Dan Shaughnessy have any idea when the report would come out?

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BradyManny said:

If Dan Shaugnessy turns out to be right (about anything), and/or if the NFL releases a report that effectively exonerates the Patriots, then I will lose my grip on reality - but happily.

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I don't think it would be a matter of Shaughnessy himself being right so much as some of the actual reporters he knows passing on what they're hearing. Safer for him to say this the way he did than, say, Volin. Shaughnessy is an idiot but he's not stupid; I don't think he puts this out there for no reason.

Uncle Rico said:

Safer for him to say this the way he did than, say, Volin. Shaughnessy is an idiot but he's not stupid; I don't think he puts this out there for no reason.

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Fair point.

Honestly, as much as Shaughnessy makes me irate, I do respect him more than the majority of folks out there. He's an unbearable troll, but he doesn't try to hide it, and he's skilled at it. He's not just stupid, he actively tries to take the opinion that will piss the most people off, he doesn't just happen there by not being informed (like most). He's also a much better writer than these hacks nowadays. You are right, he's not an idiot.

VectorPrime said:

What does CHB mean?

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curly haired boyfriend, a name Carl Everett gave to him because he was a pia to some sox players.

Looking at CHB's actual Twitter post, sounds like he's not the first to say he expects the report today. So he could be right but only because others were right first.

https://twitter.com/Dan_Shaughnessy/status/595950864843546624

Hopefully it's not just people being confused because it's Orson Welles's 100th birthday today.

Oh Well

Dan Lifshatz ‏@Dan_Lifshatz 18m18 minutes ago
I was told by a very good source that I should not trust anything I heard on Deflategate...disappointed to say the least

CheekyDave said:

Oh Well

Dan Lifshatz ‏@Dan_Lifshatz 18m18 minutes ago
I was told by a very good source that I should not trust anything I heard on Deflategate...disappointed to say the least

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So basically Shaughnessey's source is a talk show call screener? Maybe he is stupid.

Uncle Rico said:

Interesting note on the news sidebar of PatsFans.com just now:

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I have to wonder if CHB's "just a feeling" is a crap line and he's heard something from other staffers there.

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He reads Sharks of Vegas...

Maybe the "Sharks of Las Vegas" is Shanks alter ego.. and that is where he tries to play with the big boys...

The Sharks of Las Vegas might have credible info, particularly if you look at how the information was released; Kravitz in the middle of the night, Mortenson Late Monday nite and Peter King early Wed AM.. so this may be a new PR method of the NFL.. release info at different times, from different people..

Then Goodell can say that he will get to the bottom of these leaks, but will never be utter a comment about this again..

CheekyDave said:

Oh Well

Dan Lifshatz ‏@Dan_Lifshatz 18m18 minutes ago
I was told by a very good source that I should not trust anything I heard on Deflategate...disappointed to say the least

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Well, that sucks. If you read all this tweets though - what he says is simply that no one knows what is in the report. So it's not as if he is reporting that the opposite is the case (that we're getting slammed).

Probably just talked to someone who had read SoV and then reported it as fact...

When it comes to backstabbing, BS sources, I wouldn't doubt that shank has some sources. seriously. He's spent decades trying to smear people.

shmessy said:

I forgot about her.

There really should be a full-length movie about deflategate someday. It's a story too crazy and winding for any scriptwriter's imagination.

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The story should be the first example of the "don'ts" that they show journalist students.

CheekyDave said:

Oh Well

Dan Lifshatz ‏@Dan_Lifshatz 18m18 minutes ago
I was told by a very good source that I should not trust anything I heard on Deflategate...disappointed to say the least

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I knew I couldn't trust this guy, he's ANOTHER nobody just trying to get followers.

TommyBrady12 said:

there is no way the Final Report will mention the ideal gas law. it's too complicated for goodell.

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I liked your post to counter the idiotic "disagree" that was given to it.

Sounds like we'll be getting the report in the next 24 hours. Reiss + PFT have alluded strongly to this.

I posted in the Deflategate forum several days ago I just had a feeling it would be Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. I certainly hope we get this over with today.