Comments for Teds Take

Comment on I Feel So Sad by Carol From Bklyn

Carol From Bklyn — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:24:49 +0000

Teddy, I have a very dear friend who is fighting for her life. She is 50 I am feeling sad about it. It doesn’t make sense. Everyday you have to find The JOY and build on it! So, when BRUCEE put together a strategy to tie up last nights game it took me to a better place. Enjoy the moments and create more! Thanks. Lets Go Caps!

Comment on Take the Point–Be Somewhat Grateful by Dwight French

Dwight French — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:24:26 +0000

I read the fan zone comments, and it’s pretty funny the way that fans are agonizing over the team’s seeming shortcomings. They (1) refuse to focus on what we do very well; (2) don’t realize that over the last ten games, essentially since the break ended, no one has put up more standings points than us, even though the captain has been out the past two games, we’ve treated this stretch as sort of a new training camp by resting players and tinkering with lineups.

The fans don’t study the entirety of the league closely enough to see that, while we aren’t perfect by any means (to quote BB) everybody else has serious problems as well that may well drag them down.

Comment on Know What Bothers Me? by Gavin

Gavin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:18:53 +0000

Ted,
Have you ever used your power as the owner of the Caps and leaseholder of Kettler Capitals Iceplex to threaten to take away someones season tickets, or hockey playing priviledges?

I know you have personally e-mailed me about posts made on the official capitals messageboards, which was clearly posted as a satire/joke (The “murphy’s law, what can go wrong will go wrong” thread). In that e-mail you asked for confidentiality, which I gave you. I did not, and have not shared that e-mail with anyone else, either in public or private. But you took the content of a lighthearted thread way too seriously.

You have the power here, you can rescind tickets, ban people playing hockey all for what, for posting something you don’t agree with. And then you wonder why people use fake names/contact information here?

Perhaps what you call “reaching out”, others see as threatening, since you are in a position of some esteem in the community and have significant influence to wield.

I would urge you to focus on, as your book title says, the business of happiness, and less on what frustrations are expressed (usually after a loss) on a blog or message board. The only light they see is the light you choose to shine on them, and usually if you ignore them, they are forgotten about and confined to the dustbin of “generic internet rants” within a few hours.

You will see I have left my name and e-mail here also, my correct information, as I have always done on your blog

Comment on 12 in a Row by Adaline Meneses

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Comment on I Feel So Sad by matt

matt — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:47:33 +0000

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Comment on Know What Bothers Me? by 1995hoo

1995hoo — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:07:54 +0000

I view this issue as being very similar to anything else online: Ignore the trolls. Think about when you read reviews on a site like Amazon.com. It’s not hard to tell which reviews are worthwhile and which ones should simply be ignored, is it? “I recommend you not buy this phone because of the ridiculously short battery life, the problems with inability to hold a signal, and the flimsy case” says a lot more than “This phone is crummy and it sucks. If you like it, you suck too.” Unfortunately, for whatever reason there are a lot of people on the Internet who seem to have an axe to grind, or who lack the intelligence to say anything more than what’s in the second example in my previous sentence, or who simply get their jollies from acting in a juvenile fashion.

It seems to me that if a person posts a fake e-mail address, it means that he doesn’t want a reply, and if I were the blog host, I’d probably consider that fact in deciding whether it’s a comment that’s worth taking seriously. It seems to me that if a post is “tough minded or is a rant or is mean spirited,” it’s probably in the nature of the “it sucks” review. (In my mind there is a different between a constructive rant and flat-out garbage-spewing, BTW, and I interpret Ted’s comments as being a commentary about people who spew garbage.)

Comment on I Feel So Sad by Joanna

Joanna — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:19:15 +0000

My heart goes out to you and your friend’s family and loved ones. To lose a friend is hard, to lose one so young when there was the expectation of many years of fellowship is so much more shocking.

Comment on A Billion Bucks by Penney Touhy

Penney Touhy — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:06:29 +0000

Neat blog, some interesting details. I believe 8 of days ago, I have found a similar post. Does anyone know how to track future posts?

Comment on I Feel So Sad by Jeff Lee

Jeff Lee — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:42:18 +0000

regret to learn of this loss. way too young :-[ j

Comment on Season Ticket Renewals–Heads Up by Mike N

Mike N — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:54:04 +0000

Mr. Leonsis,

I’m not able to find any information about getting on the season ticket waiting list on the Caps website. How can I go about doing that?

Thanks!