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February 28th, 2008

(Insert Busy Signal)

By: Jeff | Comments 3 Comments

After yesterday - y’know, when something happened - things seem to have returned to the pre-season norm in Colorado Rapids-Land. The Official Organ’s weekly update provides a pretty forthright demonstration of this: the first section talks about heading to England/Arsenal, the second section flags the Rapids’ next pre-season game (March twenty-what-now?!), and, apart from [...]



February 27th, 2008

A Trade: Does Ward(D) = Nico (M/F)?

By: Jeff | Comments 1 Comment

This one looks pretty fresh: the Colorado Rapids sent Nicolas “Nico” Hernandez to the Columbus Crew in exchange for defender Tim Ward and a rummage through the junk-pile (or, as my people call it, the 2009 supplemental draft). Incredibly, The Official Organ (the Rapids official site) seems to have beat everyone to the punch [...]

February 25th, 2008

What the Rapids Do, You Cannot Know…Except When We Tell You

By: Jeff | Comments 2 Comments

One of the first things I learned by eavesdropping on Colorado Rapids fans and blogs - and not just today, but over time - is that “the organization” isn’t the best about information sharing. As I understand it, they view blogs as “peasants”; it’s possible they’re a bit tight-lipped with local media as well, [...]

February 25th, 2008

By Way of Introduction…

By: Jeff | Comments 4 Comments

To paraphrase Admiral John Stockdale, “Who am I? Why am I here?”
(NOTE: Sorry to keep using that line. There’s just something about Stockdale’s performance in the 1992 vice presidential debate: to see a man of such accomplishment reduced over the course of one hour or so into a national punch-line; positively searing. [...]

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