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Post by Pamela Shriver on Jan 9, 2009 16:12:33 GMT -5
Giambi is back in Oakland!
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Post by leelee on Jan 9, 2009 16:42:26 GMT -5
Giambi took a pay cut to go back to Oakland. Where he should have stayed all along.
With Holliday, the A's lineup is shaping up. Maybe they can compete in the West.
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Post by Pamela Shriver on Jan 10, 2009 21:38:25 GMT -5
Giambi took his old number back, 16.
He will be a productive addition to the A's lineup, and his experience will do the clubhouse wonders. Plus, in Oakland, he can go back to his rebel roots, and hopefully be more comfortable and confident.
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Post by The Chloe on Feb 8, 2009 16:23:43 GMT -5
And now A-Rod is a doper, too. Does anybody care?
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Post by leelee on Feb 8, 2009 16:32:38 GMT -5
Only the haterz, which there are many.
Everyone was cheating then.
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Post by The Chloe on Feb 8, 2009 21:08:11 GMT -5
It was a 2003 test. And it wasn't illegal then? Was that document even meant to be released? I'm confused on these matters. Part of me thinks I should feel badly for him taking the brunt of this.
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Post by leelee on Feb 8, 2009 21:55:03 GMT -5
Obtaining the drugs that most players in the US do is illegal without prescription.
As for baseball's rules, there was vague mention that "any drugs" can lead to penalty. Which basically means, nothing. Baseball has always been fucked up like this. That's why Bud Selig makes $18 million per year.
No. From what I gather, this was a test done only to show what percentage of players were juiced, with no penalty. For the purpose of proving to baseball and the unions that they needed to get serious about steroids. Not only was the public not supposed to know, many steps were done like moving test results thousands of miles away.
I love Alexander Rodriguez more than anyone, and I don't feel badly. He cheated, and more importantly, broke the law. It's not excusable just because everyone else was doing it.
However, it is unfair that Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, etc... have been blackballed for this because they were the best players from this era. Either we group all baseball players from 1995-2005 as cheaters, or we accept what happened. I think the latter is wise.
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Post by The Chloe on Feb 8, 2009 22:03:15 GMT -5
I don't feel badly for him so much as hate the idea of him being used as a scapegoat (just like Bonds and McGuire were).
I agree with your last point.
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Post by The Chloe on Feb 9, 2009 22:29:08 GMT -5
Well, at least he's not denying it. That's something.
Not that denial would make sense at this point, but it wouldn't be the first idiotic denial on this issue.
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Post by leelee on Feb 9, 2009 22:40:11 GMT -5
He can't admit it due to legal ramifications, and he can't be honest like Canseco because he'd be blackballed by baseball. Alex already had image issues to deal with.
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Post by The Chloe on Feb 9, 2009 23:06:26 GMT -5
Well, he admitted to taking something or other that is performance enhancing. He's just pretending that he doesn't know what the something or other is.
He did the best he could given the circumstances, I suppose.
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Post by janie on Apr 13, 2009 15:40:36 GMT -5
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Post by Calico on Apr 18, 2009 19:23:18 GMT -5
That was very sad news. Harry Kalas will be missed. I enjoyed his disctincly deep voice doing NFL highlights for a very long time. I also know he was very well liked in Philadephia for being a Phillies broadcaster since 1979.
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Post by Calico on Apr 18, 2009 19:24:37 GMT -5
The Cleveland Indians beat the New York Yankees 22-4 today at the new Yankee Stadium. And the Yankees actually led 2-0 in the game.
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Post by janie on Apr 20, 2009 17:19:03 GMT -5
That was very sad news. Harry Kalas will be missed. I enjoyed his disctincly deep voice doing NFL highlights for a very long time. I also know he was very well liked in Philadephia for being a Phillies broadcaster since 1979. Actually since 1971, cat. FORTY YEARS! Probably summer won't even come here this year.
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Post by Calico on Apr 21, 2009 21:27:51 GMT -5
Janie, I wonder if the Phillies will do something permanently to honor Harry Kalas such as an annual team award. I would think Phillies fans think he deserves it.
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Post by DBBN on Jul 14, 2009 19:10:04 GMT -5
All-Star Game!
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Post by leelee on Jul 14, 2009 20:53:42 GMT -5
Nobody cares.
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Post by DBBN on Jul 14, 2009 20:57:41 GMT -5
Heh. I was just about to post how after 3 pitches I gave up. It's on, but meh.
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Post by The Chloe on Jul 15, 2009 7:53:37 GMT -5
Remember that year that they called the allstar game a tie because they ran out of pitchers? Yeah.
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Post by DBBN on Jul 15, 2009 9:25:34 GMT -5
I don't.
So. Who won.
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Post by The Chloe on Jul 15, 2009 9:45:33 GMT -5
Dude, how can you forget that game? It was all scandalous! I still don't understand why somebody didn't pay one of the pitchers to throw it in the last inning. That would have been more honourable than calling a tie, highlighting that the game is a joke.
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