TOMMY, WE HARDLY KNEW YE
BY DAN VALENTI
PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY
FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY FEB. 2, 2022) — THE PLANET knew the day was coming. Nonetheless, it still seems unreal. Tom Brady, the ageless GOAT, has officially retired.
GOAT, not just for his position, but GOAT including every position. There’s a new No. 1, Tom Brady. Now in second place all-time, the great Jim Brown.
THE PLANET won’t even try to lists all the superlatives and stats.
Perhaps you start with the seven Super Bowl rings, the 10 SB appearances, the 10 conference championships, the 14 conference appearances (twice as much as the next guy), the 17 division titles in 18 years as the Patriots starting QB (didn’t start in his rookie year and missed virtually all of 2008 with a knee injury).
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft put it best of anyone:
“Words cannot describe the feelings I have for Tom Brady, nor adequately express the gratitude my family, the New England Patriots and our fans have for Tom for all he did during his career. A generation of football fans have grown up knowing only an NFL in which Tom Brady dominated. He retires with nearly every NFL career passing record, yet the only one that ever mattered to him was the team’s win-loss record. In his 20 years as a starter his teams qualified for the playoffs 19 times. He led his teams to 10 Super Bowls, winning an NFL-record seven championships. In a team sport like football, it is rare to see an individual have such a dominant impact on a team’s success. You didn’t have to be a Patriots fan to respect and appreciate his competitiveness, determination and will to win that fueled his success. As a fan of football, it was a privilege to watch. As a Patriots fan, it was a dream come true.
“I have the greatest respect for Tom personally and always will. His humility, coupled with his drive and ambition, truly made him special. I will always feel a close bond to him and will always consider him an extension of my immediate family.”
Well said, Robert.
As once website noted, Boston, Titletown, now boasts the “quadfecta” — “the Mt. Rushmore of GOATs in the four major sports” — Brady in football, Bill Russell in basketball, Bobby Orr in hockey, and Babe Ruth in baseball.
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Peyton Manning also had a great tribute:
“Congratulations to my friend Tom on an unbelievable career,” Manning said. “To do it as long as he did, at the highest of levels is absolutely incredible. It was an honor and privilege to compete against him on the field, and I truly appreciate his friendship off the field. I have always admired and respected his competitiveness, his dedication, his discipline, and his commitment to being the best. I wish him the best in his next chapter. Congratulations again, pal!”
We leave it to Boston.cbs to put some it down for the record. Buckle up:
This is where the conversation on Tom Brady starts: His ridiculous success in the Super Bowl. Brady went to the big game 10 times, and his seven Super Bowl wins is the record for a quarterback, three ahead of his idol, Joe Montana, and Terry Bradshaw. Brady has more Super Bowl wins than any other quarterback has Super Bowl appearances. He owns more Super Bowl rings to himself than 30 NFL franchises can claim.
That’s perverse! But it’s only the start.
Brady has five Super Bowl MVPs — more than anyone else. His 21 touchdowns passes in the big game are more than anyone else, more than the next two guys on the list (Montana, 11, and Bradshaw, 9) combined. He spread those 21 touchdowns out to 13 different receivers over the years.
He also owns the most career passing yards in Super Bowl history (3,039) and the most passing yards in a single game with 505, which he set in New England’s Super Bowl LII loss to the Eagles. It broke his own record of 466 yards set against the Falcons in Super Bowl LI. Yes, Brady has so many Super Bowl records that he broke his own from time to time.
All that winning means there was probably a game-winning drive or two involved. How about six? Brady led game-winning drives to take the lead or break a tie in the fourth quarter in each of New England’s Super Bowl wins, making him, obviously, the only quarterback to lead game-winning drives in six Super Bowls.
Let that one soak in: Brady led game-winning drives to take the lead or break a tie in the fourth quarter in each of New England’s six Super Bowl wins. He also led go-ahead drives in the fourth quarter in two of New England’s Super Bowl losses.
He got a jump on making all this history, as Brady is the only quarterback to start and win three Super Bowls before his 28th birthday.
And despite playing in all those Super Bowls against the best team the opposing conference had to offer, Brady only threw six career Super Bowl interceptions, which is only the fourth-most — impressive considering he’s been there more than anyone. Brady threw 48 straight passes without getting picked off in two different Super Bowls.
Brady dominating the NFL well into his 40s is something that will likely never be repeated. He was the oldest quarterback to start a Super Bowl, the oldest quarterback to win a Super Bowl, and the oldest player to win a Super Bowl, doing all of that at the age of 43 years, six months and five days with his Super Bowl LV win with the Buccaneers over the Chiefs.
Playoffs
Brady started 47 playoff games and walked off the field victorious in 35 of them — both NFL records. He leads the world in postseason touchdown passes (86) and yards (13,049).
If that isn’t enough, he also owns the most postseason completions (1,165), multi-TD passing games (28) and 300-yard passing games (18).
Fine, let’s keep going. His 14 Conference Championship Game appearances are the most ever by a quarterback during the Super Bowl era, as are his 10 victories.
Brady has thrown three or more touchdowns in 13 of his playoff appearances, the most since the 1970 merger. His 27 multi-TD games in the postseason are the most ever as well.
The Rest Of The Best
Ready for all of Brady’s passing records? These include postseason numbers as well:
– Most passing yards all-time with 96,969
– Most passing touchdowns with 707
– Most passing attempts (13,081) and completions (8,369)
– Most touchdowns thrown to different receivers at 92
– Most wins by any player (278)
Now let’s take a look without playoff numbers:
– Most passing yards of all-time with 84,520
– Most passing touchdowns with 624
– Most passing attempts (11,317) and completions (7,263)
– Most wins by any player (243)
Despite leading the football world in passing yards and touchdown passes, Brady didn’t throw too many passes to the other team. He is tied for 29th on the NFL all-time interception list.
But wait, there is more! So, so much more.
– Brady’s three NFL MVP awards are tied for the second-most all-time, behind Peyton Manning’s five MVP trophies. Brady was 40 years old when he won in 2017, the oldest player in NFL history to bring home the award.
– Brady has been named to 15 Pro Bowls (though he didn’t usually play in them for obvious reasons), one of only five players in NFL history with that many Pro Bowl nods.
– Brady’s 14.00 touchdown-to-interception ratio in 2016 (when he tossed 28 touchdowns to just two interceptions) is an NFL single-season record. Brady’s 3.07 touchdown-to-interception ratio for his career is fourth all-time behind Aaron Rodgers (4.83), Patrick Mahomes (4.08), and Russell Wilson (3.36).
– We’re gonna talk about 2007 — just not the end of it. That was the season Brady ripped up the record books, tossing a then-record 50 touchdowns passes and compiling 4,806 yards. He completed 68.9 percent of his passes and averaged 300 passing yards per game for the season. Brady and Randy Moss put on a clinic, connecting for a record 23 scores.
It didn’t end the way anyone wanted it to, but it was one heck of an offensive display by Brady and company.
– Brady led the NFL in touchdown passes four times with the Patriots (2002, 07, 10, 15) and then again with the Buccaneers in his final season, tossing 43 touchdowns at the age of 44 in 2021. Those five seasons as the NFL’s touchdown leader are the most ever by any quarterback.
Brady also led the NFL with 5,316 passing yards in 2021, making him the oldest quarterback to lead the league in passing yards.
– Brady shared the love like no one else. He hit 92 different players for a touchdown during his career, which is obviously an NFL Record.
– Wins. Brady won a lot of games. He is one of only four players in NFL history with at least one win over all 32 teams in the league.
Brady won more at home (133) than any other quarterback. And he won more on the road (110) than any other quarterback.
He had 13 straight 10-win seasons, and 12 straight 11-win seasons — both NFL records. All those victories led to 19 division titles, the most ever by a starting QB.
So many wins for No. 12.
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Here’s what Sports Illustrated posted:
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| How Tom Brady, the Person and the Process, Made Greatness Seem Routine |
| Before many athletes and teams followed his lead, Tom Brady was redefining what it took to be the best, on and off the field. |
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Look: Tom Brady’s 25 Sports Illustrated Covers |
| Brady graced the cover of Sports Illustrated 25 times over the course of his unrivaled career. | |
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Tom Brady, In His Own Words |
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Sports World Reacts to Tom Brady’s Retirement |
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Brady Makes No Mention of Belichick, Pats in Retirement Statement |
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Breaking: Tom Brady Officially Announces Retirement |
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A Timeline of What’s Happened Since ESPN’s Brady Retirement Report |
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Who the Bucs Have at Quarterback Following Brady’s Retirement |
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Tom Brady Is the Fantasy G.O.A.T. |
Finally, THE PLANET personally thanks Tom Brady for giving us our single most favorite memory in all our years as a sports fan: The Patriots win in Super Bowl XXXVI, the game, the 4th quarter drive, that started it all. We watched that game with our dad, he in his favorite chair — THE CHAIR — and we in our mom’s chair. Brady drove down the field and Adam Vinatieri split the uprights, a close bond once again fusing, one into the other, proved the child ephemeral and the parent immortal.
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“Morals are private. Decency is public” — Rita Mae Brown.
LOVE TO ALL.
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Much has been written about Tom Brady’s retirement but none better than this piece. Accurately and beautifully written as to why Brady is the number 1 retiree of all time. Loved it, Dan, this sendoff is one of the best I have seen.
CHUCK
Thanks. Coming from you, a Colgate star who once brought Jim Brown down with an open field tackle (NOBODY does that!), means a lot. No. 1, all time. Tom Brady for the world, Chuck Garivaltis for Berkshire County.
Great Article Dan!!!I believe Chuck made that tackle! I also belive he was crapping his pants before our great one took The Great One down., Agree Brady is The Greatest ever lived. But give me this The Holy Roller demolishes the Brady Tuck’ which for all I tents and purposes vaulted your man to this G O A T moniker. So thank you Raiders. Al Davis coined the phrase Just Win. And Tom did just that for our beloved Pats.
GORILLA
Yeah. The Tuck Rule. The correct call, BTW. So besides Chucky and the Raiders, we need to thank Mo Lewis of the Jets MOST OF ALL. He delivered the hit that took Bledsoe out in Game 2 of the 2001 season. Tommy took over. Nuff ced.
Didn’t Josh McDaniel admit it was a fumble?
Well, not really so, Gorilla. This was my fourth time against Brown and all other games were close and decided in the last quarter. We beat Syracuse and Jim Brown my freshman year. After that, there were good games during my sophomore and junior years. Our senior years were something else because Jim Brown had developed into a superstar. Syracuse killed Colgate. It was never the same after that. Ernie Davis came along and he was as good as Brown, who now ran over the pros. Shortly after Colgate decided to call it quits and began playing in the Patriot’s League. Brown went on to become an NFL football star and Ernie Davis died a natural death before pro football playing days. What a crying shame!
Nice to see you here Chuck, excellent piece Dan
I’m going to cancel my paid SI subscription after reading the Planet’s article. Excellent job .
So nice to see you here Chuck and Dan great article
Brady was something
Looks like there will be a lot of shuffling of the NFL deck next season.
Fer sure. GARY, maybe you can talk Milt Plum into a comeback?
All good things that he accomplished. What about Inflateagate?
That rates up there with the liberal’s “collusion illusion”
That was jyst a cover up for actual Brady violations
Tom Brady for Prez in 2024! The Lovely Linda for Veep in 2024! Andrea Harrington for A.G. in 2025! Chrome Dome Adam Hinds for Secretary of State in 2025!
Meanwhile, another murder in Pittsfield last night…
Had not heard about that but the shit has been a brewing. You can sense the gang tension in the air in Pittsfield. OOPS, hope all the New Yorkers recently moved in did not read that.
What’s the gang unit doing about ‘ Gang’ tension?
As shucks Phil. Just when Let’s Go Linda was gettin ready to brag again about Shitsfield.
Yeah.And where was the shot spotter? Or the Mayor?
Luckily District Attorney Andrea Harrington responded to the scene to make sure no criminal rights were violated.
Campaign speeches don’t belong at homicides.
And to offer legal services, milk and an audience with Joke Kennedy.
Did the Russians hack The Planet again this morning?
probably one of Linda’s GOBSIGS
Mr. Brady also scored about 27 rushing touchdowns and running the ball was not even his thing.
And Dan you failed to mention his cheating and more importantly his total FU to all new England fans and team and coach and owner on way out of NFL. WTF??? He can’t even thank New England. I have lost all respect for him and will take my grandsons 12 jersey and toss it out. Now he can sell more ridiculously priced products to fools!!!
Someone hacked the King St. violence yesterday.Haven’t seen a thing in the rag?
Well Gorilla, I’ve said before and I’ll say it again, you can take them out of the jungle, but you can’t take the jungle out of them. Pittsfield kicked off MaumauMonth with a hominoid-cide. Elsewhere Maumaus celebrated with a violent food revolt which included bashing and smashing each other’s skulls with baby highchairs because feeding time was off a bit. And no arrests were made! All suspects remain uncaged and on the loose.
Good point Sally goat aside. What did Kraft do or anyone else but get him another super bowl. Common Tommy. Redact those comments T B and let us all love you We know what you meant to New England!!!!! Kraft love you like a Son
Aside. The Commanders?. Common Man.
Actually, I love the name Commanders. As for Tommy, he sent a separate announcement loving the Patriots. Also, rumors about that he will sign a one-day contract and retire as a Patriot. Kraft and the team are planning something big, with tommy’s approval.
I like the name Redskins and the logo rocked too. Sad that Walter Wetzel , who was Native American will have his logo snuffed out by the woke crowd. His family and Blackfoot nation were proud of his contribution. Funny thing is there aren’t any Commanders in Washington anymore.
My choice for the name: The Washington Hacks. The logo will be a money bag with dollar sign, sprouting wings and flaying away.
My choice was Washington Commodes. There bringing our once great Country down the shitter.
Where is the separate announcement Dan? I call bullshit on this.
His separate announcement is the Tampa SB ring he wears on his middle finger.
Gratitude is best served warm Dan. If he were your son i bet you would straighten his ass out over this.
Deflategate was an overblown case of silliness.
Brady thanked Patriots’ Nation on social media yesterday and his show is pretty much all about the Patriots.
As for throwing your grandson’s jersey away, here are two words: Grow Up.
Again you are wrong. Patriots were not thanked. Are you incapable of telling the truth
It’s not my fault you’re ignorant of the news.
Ignorant no. You simply make things up
Here’s two words for you buddy – The first begins with the letter “F.” The second with the letter “Y.”
10 Superbowl appearances, 6 wins, multiple MVPs. And all you do is whine?
Right back at you.
BLEAK
Correct! Except he won 7 Super Bowls in 10 appearances. Here’s the stat that will never be repeated. Brady had a 22 year career but started in “only” 20 seasons. Didn’t play in his rookie year (except for garbage time on thanksgiving Day in a loss to the Lions) and in 2008, season opening, when he went down in the first quarter to a knee injury. He didn’t play the rest of that year. So in 20 years as a starting QB, he played in 10 Super Bowls (exactly half of all SBs in that time span, plus four conference championships. So that in 14 of his 20 seasons, he made the conference championship game or SB 70% of the time, the same .700 percentage he had in the SB itself. Kkkkrazy!
Exactly. I should have clarified that it was 6 rings for the Patriots.
It is mindboggling that in the face of his amazing career, people are whining about not being appropriately thanked.
Snowflakes all around.
BLEAK
We’re in total agreement!
Fact. In his retirement tweet he did not thank the patriots
Yahoo Sports
Tom Brady is the greatest underdog story in sports history, period
Frank Schwab
Frank Schwab
Tue, February 1, 2022, 10:57 AM
Among the greatest athletes in American team sports, Tom Brady took the unlikeliest and most-doubted road.
Wayne Gretzky was a legend by age 10. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was a star in high school, when he was known as Lew Alcindor. LeBron James was a high school star too, with highly publicized national television appearances. Alex Rodriguez and Barry Bonds were well-known before ever stepping in an MLB batter’s box.
Many Michigan fans wanted Drew Henson playing over Tom Brady. Plenty of New England Patriots fans probably didn’t even know of Brady, a sixth-round draft pick, when he replaced an injured Drew Bledsoe.
There’s a well-worn, and partially embellished, story of Michael Jordan being cut from his high school varsity team. That helps the legend of Jordan becoming an unlikely star. It ignores that Jordan was a national player of the year at North Carolina and while he shouldn’t have slipped in the NBA draft, being picked third overall isn’t bad.
Brady is the epitome of the out-of-nowhere superstar story. None of the other GOAT candidates in sports have quite Brady’s underdog story. We’re very unlikely to see it repeated.
No other American sports GOAT has a story like Tom Brady. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)
No other American sports GOAT has a story like Tom Brady. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)
Nearly 200 draft picks went before Tom Brady
The quarterback with the greatest resume in NFL history went 199th in the draft. You’ve heard that a few hundred times over Brady’s career.
It’s still worth telling again because this is the actual fairy tale that we like to create. Look at a random NFL depth chart and pick a backup QB who was barely drafted, then project him to win seven Super Bowls and become the NFL’s all-time leader in passing yards and touchdowns. Or pick a quarterback at a big-name college program struggling to hang onto his starting job over a hot recruit and imagine him making 15 Pro Bowls. It seems impossible because, practically speaking, it is.
Brady’s story might seem like one of many unlikely star stories — Joe Montana being a third-round draft pick and beginning his career behind Steve DeBerg, or Mississippi Valley State’s Jerry Rice overcoming too many drops as a rookie to be a legend with the 49ers, or Kurt Warner going from bagging groceries to winning a Super Bowl — but it’s unlike any other we’ve seen. Brady had almost no pedigree. He was closer to being out of the NFL than developing into a star. Then he did things nobody ever had in professional football.
Brady is simply the greatest underdog success story in American sports history. Even if, for most of his career, nobody wanted to hear it.
Brady then became the NFL player everyone loved to hate
At some point, Brady became an NFL villain. It never made sense because Brady has never come off as a bad guy. Maybe it was DeflateGate, though that was never proven anyway. Most people didn’t even know why they disliked Brady. As the Patriots kept winning, the bitterness grew.
It started to change the past two seasons. Brady moved on to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and was removed from the corporate coldness of the “Patriot Way.” It became harder to hate Brady. And it became practically impossible to deny his accomplishments. Going to another franchise and immediately winning another Super Bowl at age 43 is beyond unprecedented. It’s something else Brady did that might never be replicated.
Perhaps there’s a future undrafted NBA player who will surpass Jordan, someone who takes a while to establish himself as a starter who will beat Bonds’ home-run record or even another sixth-round quarterback who will go to 10 Super Bowls.
You just shouldn’t count on it. Brady’s NFL career was once in a lifetime.
Agreed Dan. He is the Goat
And that has nothing to do with fact he did not mention the patriots in his retirement statement. This lying on your part is why you never made partner
Such a whiny snowflake.
Not whining at all. Pointing out you are a liar
You are always wrong, John.
Not John. But you are Matt. Tell me please the last name of who you think I am so they can sue you. Please !
Fellas, fellas. How ’bout a peace pipe to calm things down? You guys are much better than the insults.
Sure, Bob.
Come on. I know who you are and say it publicly. You think you are so smart let’s have it. Come on. But I know you won’t. Says a lot
Sure, Bobby. Say hi to Jackie.
See you won’t. Because you are a scared puppy
Sure Bobby. Lanesboro really misses you.
Still waiting Matt. Guess you aren’t man enough
Man enough? Real men don’t go hogging like you do.
You prove my point. Scared little thieving Matt. We all know
Annnnnd Whoopi Goldberg new quote ‘ The Holocaust wasn’t about race’ ? Hellllllooooo?
You think someone with a name like Goldberg would know better…What a maroon!
Quite frankly that statement by her is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. In my lifetime.
Her real name was Johnson. Her fake woke name is Goldberg.
Well, you can call me whoopi,or can call me J but ya doesn’t have to call me Johnson.
As much as I dislike her and her ilk, she is technically correct in that on the census forms and other government papers, race is listed as white, black, Hispanic, or Native American or pacific inlander . That’s it. Technically, being Jewish is a nationality like being Irish or English
Not scientifically though. Just because the government prints it doesn’t make it true
Didja know Whoopi was married to Ted Danson, the CHEERS bartender for many years?
Never married, Danson just cheated on his disabled wife, with the water buffalo Whoopi.
The hypocrite racist Whoopi, also had Danson dress up in blackface at an event she helped write the script of.
Way to tell it like it is Sall. He is a MUGOAT Most Ungrateful of All Time
Dan. My nickname for the Washington team was even looked at. The Deficits.
Love it! That’s the winner.
Total “FU” Sal? I disagree.
He thanked his New England fan base, teammates and coaches when he left the Patriots, have you forgotten? I think you are being too hard on him Sal. Unfortunately Belichick didn’t want to plan his team roster around an aging QB. Brady felt he had a few more years left, so he joined the Bucs, and wow, he led them to a Super Bowl win and a playoff, retiring before any catastrophic injuries.
Enjoy time with your family, Brady!
27 mostly black colleges recieved bomb threats yesterday in the United States of America.Our red states are banning the teaching of black history under the penalty of job loss.The red states are banning books and women’s rights along with laws to surpress voting.Ignorance is now the wealth of the Republican party.This is the red state Christian today 2022.
Very fake information. You are a liar
Trump tells you the truth.If the treat me unfairly start protesting…..Trump . is America’s Karen
I remember when a couple of white males kidnapped a black female and drug her into the woods at Simon’s Rock College recently too, TSC.
And I remember when Charleron Al sharpton claimed a bf was raped by a cop and left in a gutter around Albany. Another lie.
Thought the Democrats swept Georgia
One year later:
Nothing is built
Nothing is back
and Nothing is better.
You voted (twice?) for it TSC!
Seems racist to call a college a black college
Calling Jussie Smolette
https://youtu.be/VVB18xbRMI4
President Joe Biden quietly withdrew Whoopi Goldberg’s Supreme Court nomination after she downplayed the murder of six million Jews. Goldberg would have made history as the first Black Female Justice.
You really need to be on twitter so see what a brown nosing bootlicker of a pol our DA is. She’s retweeted Rep. Joe Kennedy’s wife’s tweet of a Washington Post article. It’s about DC city council’s decision to hand over $10k to daycare workers. It’s just a pile a cash for one segment of the economy impacted by Covid. Never mind that this will be an administrative nightmare with the potential for massive fraud, not to mention a stupid one-off gimmick that solves nothing. The Berkshire County DA says it’s common sense because…Kennedy.
The same dunder-headed city council also voted to allow senior citizens to attest to their own medical need for marijuana, rather than see a doctor. Never mind that marijuna use can contribute to respiratory complications such as bronchitis, making COVID-19 more dangerous for seniors already at risk. Our DA never seems to read anything or examine any evidence before spewing an opinion. Please keep her empty head away from the courts.
lauren kennedy @laurenkennedyMA
washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/…
19h
to: everyone
cc: anyone in government
re: THIS
DA Andrea Harrington
@harringtonforda
Replying to @laurenkennedyMA
This is common sense.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/02/01/childcare-workers-checks-dc-council/
Please stop shitting on Andrea Harrington. It is similar to me shitting on Pittsfield’s Pot King. Shitting on a past or present politician is different from giving him or her deserved criticism(s). I was called out for doing it years ago, so now I am calling you out for it now.
If you are not careful Jon she may just shit on you. I am sure she has a file on you and is watching for you to cross the libel line. Just sayin
I have been slandered, bullied/harassed, and even threatened with violence by my political enemies in Pittsfield politics and beyond since I was 20 years old in the Spring of 1996; (I am now 46.5 years old); when my dad was campaigning for Berkshire County Commissioner, so I have my own files on them, too. It works both ways, buddy. I don’t understand why politics has to be about all of us having files on each other. It is like we live in Russia or China instead of the U.S.A.!
Works both ways Buddy? Fizz was just giving you some good advice on watching out for yourself.
Contributors here are holding elected officials accountable. Your problems are personal. Get help.
LS,
Contribute like like this person did.
https://www.berkshireeagle.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-kudos-for-editorial-raising-questions-on-das-behavior/article_3f0a17e8-8395-
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Berkshire Eagle
Letter: Kudos for editorial raising questions on DA’s behavior
To the editor: I write to commend The Berkshire Eagle for publishing its editorial “Some serious questions for Berkshire DA.” (Eagle, Jan. 29.)
I have resided in Lenox since the end of August 2021, having moved here after living in Baltimore for 36 years. As a lawyer, law professor and longtime Baltimore city resident, I was astounded by District Attorney Andrea Harrington’s tweet supporting Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby and Ms. Mosby’s assertion that the federal criminal charges recently lodged against her stemmed from retaliation about her handling of the 2015 Freddie Gray case, which gained a great deal of national attention.
Ms. Mosby’s argument is an insult to the federal grand jurors who reviewed all the evidence presented to them and to the United States attorneys who brought the case. As she or anyone accused of a crime in this country is entitled, Ms. Mosby will have her day in court, where the burden of proof is on the federal government to prove her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
For the Berkshire County DA to jump on Ms. Mosby’s bandwagon and to proclaim her a victim, however, defies logic and good sense. As a prosecutor herself, Ms. Harrington should have known better and should have gathered all the facts, as we instruct law students, rather than succumbing to Ms. Mosby’s attempts to undermine this country’s legal system, of which both she and Ms. Mosby are a significant part.
Barbara A. Babb, Lenox
I’m sure if they come to the basement you live in I have a feeling it’s covered with articles and pictures of her.
Dude your stalking the DA is getting weird. Really grow up.
Stalking, pictures, basement. You wrote this already on this blog like 10 times and directed it at other people. What about the law prof above, is she a stalker, too?
February 3, 2022
I just read a political news article about Super PAC Man Richie Neal raising more K Street lobbyist money than ever. How does that work out for the people who live in his mostly rural Western Massachusetts Congressional District? Answer: Richie Neal only represents K Street lobbyist firms, especially Insurance Companies.
https://readsludge.com/2022/02/02/neals-pac-is-raising-more-money-than-ever/
Meanwhile, on February 1st, 2022, the U.S. National Debt crossed the $30 trillion mark. Joe Biden has spent well over $10 trillion in his first year as U.S. President, while Richie Neal refuses to raise federal taxes to pay for Biden’s Buck$ because his real constituency are his K Street lobbyist firms who are filling his campaign coffers with a record amount of money.
https://www.usdebtclock.org
The Hill recently reported that the top K Street lobbyist firms reported record earnings in 2021. If you want to know where all of the Biden Buck$ are going, please look at Super PAC Man Richie Neal.
Jonathan A. Melle
Stooge says he’s delivering. And Stooge is never wrong.
Dan, Agree with Chuck that this is a well-written tribute to Brady. I clearly remember when he came in for Bledsoe and his boyish enthusiasm coupled with his great skills lit up the team and the fans. What I appreciate the most about him was that he was a 6th round draft pick and through discipline, drive, and guts pushed himself to the pinnacle of success. 6th round pick? HA! What a remarkable athlete.
Right place, right time, he owes all his breaks to Kraft and Belecheck yet couldn’t thank either, nor his New England teammates or fans, on way out of NFL.
He is a shining example of ingratitude!
And let’s not forget the guy that let the air outta them balls for him to get a better grip. He played dirty pool.
And he did not lie about being vaccinated.
Fake news from the Jet loving Commissioner who is still upset Belichek gave him the proverbial finger when he left the Commissioners team the Jets. Even a fifth grader showed how cold air deflates things
I have been told he since has gone on the record expressing gratitude for his time with the Pats.
From NBC Sports: Bill Belichick released a heartfelt statement honoring Tom Brady after the former New England Patriots quarterback officially announced his retirement from the NFL. In it, he declared Brady “the best player in NFL history.”
Brady thanked his longtime head coach for the kind words and returned the favor with a complimentary message of his own.
“Thank you Coach Belichick I appreciate being coached by you the Greatest Coach in NFL history,” he wrote on his Instagram story.
Brady thanked “Patriots Nation” in his response to Patriots owner Robert Kraft before replying to Belichick’s statement.
It’s clear there’s still plenty of respect between the quarterback and head coach. Six Super Bowl titles and nine appearances over a dynastic 20 years will do that.
I’ve seen them all post Brady pre Brady.On achievement greatest all time. On talent that’s another story. I believe this Joe Burrow in time could be the heir apparent, will find out next Sunday. Greatest athlete to come out of Pittsfield was Belanger. And I couldnt stand him or his brother.
Belcheciky doesn’t have a heart. And is a known cheat. ASIDE. RIcky Moral stop leaving long winded storm message on my phone!!! You’re not that important to us, a two minute call?I’ll figure my own weather problems out.
By the way RIcky. You have a diminutive police officer, who makes almost double you make. And good for her. Do not defund police. Defund shot sputter, plowing two inches of snow,and vacations disguised as administrative promotions at the tax payer dime.
It’s due to side effects of the Faucci ouchie
Best to watch or read. Lifetime Achievment Awards Local andNational
Best Writer: all genres Dan Valenti Herb Caen San Francisco
Best athlete professional: Tom Brady and Lawrence Taylor, just what Bill Belichick said
Best local athlete: Mark Belanger, Chuck Garivaltas,Frank Scago
Best city councilor: Peter Arlos Dan Bianchi
Best mayor: Dan Butler Remo Delgallo
Best public employee: Bob Staskin Vinny Barbarotta
More to come
Valenti……my bad Dan
Seriously? Brady is the one who made Kraft a billionaire and made Bellenchecks name recognizable. Without Brady no one would know who either of them are.
What about Gronk?
GRONK said he needs time. My guess is that he’s played his last down.
He’s slow now. But we loved him!!!!!
Don’t be confused. Gronk didn’t hurt Brady.
They should shut the public sector of the city down tommorrow morning. Roads are going to be an ice skating rink.
Kraft was signing the checks. And that’s the bottom line.
The Pittsfield library reeks of skunk pot. Went in there briefly and it was an overwhelming stench. So sad that children are going into this library and have to breathe in this disgusting odor. The library also used to be family oriented, but now has been taken over by people who are creating a bad and unhealthy environment in the library.
Pittsfield Libary is a warming shelter for the homeless.
Arlos used to hold Court there daily,who cares?
Went to Big Y on West Street today, parking lot reeked of skunk pot from the soon to be opened BudHaus on West Street. Then went to Joanne Fabrics and their parking lot reeked of skunk pot from Berkshire Roots. Welcome to Potsfield, the City filled with pot shops and growers. The City where hard working taxpayers taxes keep getting raised, yet Mayor Tyrant has yet to tell us how much revenue is being taken in from these establishments!!! Too bad our Mayor Tyrant mandated masks don’t block out the stench.
Driving out all the drunks
Pelosi is warning those attending the Olympics in China that they should not speak out against China because China is highly dangerous and may destroy their reputations. Gosh Nancy that sounds a lot like what the far left is doing in this country if anybody speaks out against the policies of the Biden Administration.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-warns-olympic-athletes-not-to-risk-incurring-the-anger-of-ruthless-chinese-government