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rebkell
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sportsfan48
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Reb, you are right. Lisa had a very good game...on both ends of the court. Other than a missed layup, she was right on. Both Lisa and Kayte are playing on sore knees.
The Mercury definitely missed their other players, but I thought the others stepped up well.
As for Wright and preseason...she spent a lot of the preseason injured. She did strengthen her upper torso and seems to be a lot more confident to take the ball inside. That is where Freakie Reek is most effective and it will improve her game.
A few fans talked to Plenette briefly after the game. She said she is day to day, but right now she is very sore. She hopes to be available for Tuesday. She didn't like watching this game from the bench.
As for Tom and Dan, the commentators. Yes, they are local and were teamed for several of the Suns games. Dan has been a welcome addition to the Suns commentatary team. He is a well loved former Sun and a huge Mercury supporter. His last name, in case you missed it, should be familiar to those who regularly read Brigade posts, Majerle....as in Majerles.
I know what you mean by the off topic discussions, but you need to keep in mind that the TV provided was a local station and broadcast in Phoenix on an independant, noncable station. Having the Suns broadcasting team was a good thing for the Mercury. If they increase their TV viewership, they may increase attendance. Our best play by play guy is Kevin Ray, the radio man. He has even won radio's equivilant to the Emmy for his Mercury coverage. But people complained about him last year too. I guess it is what you get used to.
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| Posted: 05/22/05 2:22 pm ::: |
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| There's no way that Majerle can be worse than Shumate. That guy was the worst commentator ever, but I guess Merc fans can thank him for getting Taurasi and PT.
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CamrnCrz1974
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| Posted: 05/22/05 5:05 pm ::: |
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We lost by 5 points...without Penny Taylor, Plenette Pierson, and Kamila Vodichkova. Not a bad effort.
Caune had her "Snelly is a Ledge" sign.
Post-game: NOT Majerle's! We were at Hard Rock. We got hugs from Lily and Mario Taurasi. Angelina Williams was super friendly. Ashely looked like a supermodel. We consoled Diana about how she wasn't getting calls from the officials.
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Keegan
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| Posted: 05/22/05 5:34 pm ::: |
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| CamrnCrz1974 wrote: |
| Post-game: NOT Majerle's! We were at Hard Rock. We got hugs from Lily and Mario Taurasi. Angelina Williams was super friendly. Ashely looked like a supermodel. We consoled Diana about how she wasn't getting calls from the officials. |
Is this a one-off or the new thing? |
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BBallFanCT729
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| Posted: 05/22/05 5:41 pm ::: |
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| CamrnCrz1974 wrote: |
| Post-game: NOT Majerle's! We were at Hard Rock. We got hugs from Lily and Mario Taurasi. Angelina Williams was super friendly. Ashely looked like a supermodel. We consoled Diana about how she wasn't getting calls from the officials. |
The Taurasi's are great. Ashley always looks nice, and that's nice to know about Angelina. She struck me as a friendly person just watching her last night. I think she is going to be a "surprise" player in this league.
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CamrnCrz1974
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| Posted: 05/22/05 6:34 pm ::: |
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Apparently, MB can no longer get a reserved table at Majerle's. There aren't any servers for him to ask out...he has asked out all of them!
Seriously, there was some event last night...they weren't doing reserved tables, not even for the Brigade. Heck, the Taurasi family had to come to Hard Rock, so I guess they really weren't playing faves.
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mercfan3
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| Posted: 05/22/05 6:55 pm ::: |
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| CamrnCrz1974 wrote: |
| Post-game: NOT Majerle's! We were at Hard Rock. We got hugs from Lily and Mario Taurasi. Angelina Williams was super friendly. Ashely looked like a supermodel. We consoled Diana about how she wasn't getting calls from the officials. |
Really, you'd think Diana would be used to not getting calls by now...
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caune
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caune
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| Posted: 05/22/05 7:40 pm ::: |
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Every team should have a Kayte on the bench to send into the game to "send a message"  |
Didn't John Chaney get in trouble for that? |
Come on pilight, not even close to the same thing. Kaytes never injured anyone, but she is certainly physical, that's her role on the team.
Now about Snelly, I gave her the last bag of the Violet crumbles, which she did share with Diana, so I'm surprised they didn't shoot better 
And Snelly, she has a great arm cause after the game, she threw me a t-shirt and was spot on, 11 rows off the court, right to me...maybe she should be the one making those cross court passes 
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Keegan
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| Posted: 05/22/05 7:41 pm ::: |
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| CamrnCrz1974 wrote: |
Caune had her "Snelly is a Ledge" sign.
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My theory is that Snelly saw the sign in the last 6 minutes and started channelling her ledgeness. |
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) But when you come in August we'll make a new sign!!!