Bonds Sentence: No Jail Time
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 16, 2011 11:43 AM PST
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Barry Bonds sentence: 2 years probation that includes paying fines by beginning of it, location monitoring for 30 days...Barry Bonds sentence: 250 hours of community service, can't own firearms or dangerous weapons
No jail time. A $4,000 fine. I'm no lawyer -- though I did play one in my eight-grade play! -- but that seems like a good scenario for Bonds. David Fucillo is a lawyer, though, so make sure that you follow his updates on the case here.
If the government had taken the millions they spent on this case and put it toward my student loans instead, I'd have half as much student-loan debt.
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Yea
I think Barry’s Lawyer just put a rubber chicken on the wall.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 16, 2011 11:57 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
BONDS IS TEBOWING AS WE SPEAK
he should have done the TE-BOW on the courthouse steps, BARRY THE GOAT
Trade Sabean/jk...Overthrow the Ydorks...
Would have
Would have also made closing comment, but there is this crappy “appeals” process he has to deal with.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 16, 2011 12:59 PM PST up reply actions
What kinda of sick play is that
where a lawyer is involved.
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This a pretty real problem for community colleges.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 16, 2011 12:40 PM PST up reply actions
Huh and apparently it's based on real events:
Source material and legacy
The play is based on events which took place at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in July 1986, though some details were changed for dramatic purposes. Members of Rifle Security Company, Windward Side, 2nd Platoon believed that one of their number, Pfc. William Alvarado, was a malingerer and had informed about a Marine firing across the border into Cuba.2 In a retaliatory hazing, or “Code Red”, ten Marines attacked Alvarado, blindfolded him, stuffed a rag in his mouth, beat him and shaved his head.2 Alvarado was seriously injured, but did not die.2 Of the ten Marines, seven accepted other than honorable discharges as part of a plea bargain, but three, including David Cox, refused to accept the plea bargain and went to court.2 Cox was defended by Don Macari; David Iglesias was also a member of the legal team.3 Cox was found not guilty of aggravated battery, but guilty of the misdemeanor charge of simple assault. He was sentenced to time already served in the brig, and returned to active duty.2
Cox was honorably discharged from the Marines in 1989. When he saw the film version of A Few Good Men, he was upset at the liberties taken with the event, most notably that the Marines in the case were dishonorably discharged, and considered suing the filmmakers; however, before he could take any legal action, Cox was mysteriously murdered in 1994.2
David Iglesias later became a United States Attorney, and was one of eight U.S. Attorneys dismissed by the George W. Bush administration.
WWRWD?
by SF Pete on Dec 16, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions 3 recs
Rec'd Hella Hard
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
by Cody_ransom on Dec 16, 2011 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
Rec fail...
Ment to rec the goldilocks redux
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
by Cody_ransom on Dec 16, 2011 12:24 PM PST up reply actions
you can rec my informative post too. I’m sure a few people were curious about the origins of A Few Good Men.
WWRWD?
Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who’s gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago’s death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don’t want the truth because deep down in places you don’t talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall.
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That is one hell of a job by Nicholson. I think people forget that he is the bad guy in that movie.
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Nah…he was a serious bastard. He did such an amazing job most people forget until this happens:
Col. Jessep: What is this? What’s going on? I did my job, I’d do it again!
[stands up defiantly] I’m gonna get on a plane and go on back to my base.
Judge Randolph: You’re not going anywhere, Colonel. MP’s… guard the Colonel! [MPs take post]
Judge Randolph: Captain Ross?
Col. Jessep: What the hell is this?
Capt. Ross: Colonel Jessep, you have the right to remain silent. Any statement you make…
Col. Jessep: I’m being charged with a crime? Is that what this is? I’m being charged with a crime? This is funny. That’s what this is. This is… [turning to Kaffee and lunging at him]
Col. Jessep: … I’m gonna rip the eyes out of your head and piss into your dead skull! You fucked with the wrong Marine!
Capt. Ross: Colonel Jessep! Do you understand these rights as I have just read them to you?
Col. Jessep: [contemptuously] You fuckin’ people… you have no idea how to defend a nation. All you did was weaken a country today, Kaffee. That’s all you did. You put people’s lives in danger. Sweet dreams, son.
Kaffee: Don’t call me son. I’m a lawyer, and an officer in the United States Navy, and you’re under arrest you son of a bitch.
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Yup
1992 best supporting actor.
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Atticus Finch was not a lawyer
the man is a saint.
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by CalBear949 on Dec 16, 2011 11:50 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
This is a lawyer I can stand behind.
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It was some shitty play where Goldilocks was on trial
Or something.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 16, 2011 12:06 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe if you didn’t have such a bad attitude the play wouldn’t have been so shitty!
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by jhiat00 on Dec 16, 2011 12:08 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
For whatever reason, I’m imagining Goldilocks and the Three Baers, with Grant playing prosecuting attorney Bill Neukom.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 16, 2011 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
“Someone has been dipping into my Rainy Day Fund!”
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
And Goldilocks tried the first Rainy Day Fund and said, “Wow, this Rainy Day Fund has too little money.” So she went to the next chair and tried the Rainy Day Fund that she found in the slightly bigger bowl. Upon sampling the second Rainy Day Fund, Goldilocks exclaimed, “This Rainy Day Fund also has too little money!” So she sidled one more chair over to the final bowl containing Rainy Day Fund, this one bigger than all the rest. Carefully, she tested it, only dipping in her finger for a taste. Bringing the scrumptious Rainy Day Fund to her mouth, Goldilocks was heard to say, “My gosh! Even this Rainy Day Fund has simply too little money!”
Watching the proceedings, Baby Baer, Mama Baer, and Larry Baer couldn’t help but agree. “You’re right,” they said. “All of our Rainy Day Funds have much too little money. This calls for a very serious budget. However, you have been sampling our Rainy Day Fund illegally, and now we have no choice but to sue you.”
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by howtheyscored on Dec 16, 2011 12:16 PM PST up reply actions 12 recs
Oh, one of those. We did one of those my Freshman year of high school for George for his killing of Lenny. I was defense attorney and just had George perjure himself. No witnesses to prove otherwise. Acquitted.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Dec 16, 2011 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Oh wait, this was a play, nevermind then.
by GuyWhiteyCorngood on Dec 16, 2011 12:11 PM PST up reply actions
Government tries to pitch Bonds low and inside
But he walks anyway.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
by scout6 on Dec 16, 2011 11:47 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
Bonds got 99 problems
but a pitch ain’t one
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by SnowLeopard on Dec 16, 2011 12:47 PM PST up reply actions
And thanks to Greg Anderson
A snitch ain’t one either.
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by marcello on Dec 16, 2011 12:58 PM PST via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
in todays world, it is incredible Anderson has kept his mouth shut.
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by giant4life83 on Dec 16, 2011 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
If the government had taken the millions they spent on this case and put it toward my student loans instead, I’d have half as much student-loan debt.
/laughs
/cries
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Don't worry
in 20 years, all is forgiven!
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
I rant on Twitter
But even then isn’t that only under certain circumstances?
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I believe you have to be good with your payments over the duration, at least.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 16, 2011 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
I guess I’m ok there. Only 16 more years to go!
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Keep on truckin’.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 16, 2011 12:02 PM PST up reply actions
Got my chips cashed in.
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Chips are delicious.
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by satyricrash on Dec 16, 2011 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
I believe these ones were made of clay.
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…possibly plastic.
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Well you should fire your chef immediately!
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by satyricrash on Dec 16, 2011 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
Those are among my favorites.
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Every now and then, it’s necessary to say something snarky about one’s student loan debt.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 16, 2011 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah, Howie. How big is yours?
Dearest, Susan - The Patron Saint of Patience
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
I don’t want to think about it.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 16, 2011 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
It’s not as much as a small house, so there’s that.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 16, 2011 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
Why do I get the feeling you guys aren’t talking about my student loans anymore.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 16, 2011 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
PENIS PICS OR GTFO
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My tv often suggests
If its fixed for more the 4 hour to consult a doctor.
Though it is clearly well-informed, we find his argument unconvincing; however, the possibility that we are too stupid to comprehend it deserves serious consideration. Germane Literature: The Cutting Edge 13:2, 4/2006
Honestly, I don’t recall exactly. It’s been a long while since I had to worry about anything except actually accruing the debt.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 16, 2011 12:55 PM PST up reply actions
Consider “worry about” a poor synonym for “think about” in this case.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 16, 2011 1:06 PM PST up reply actions
"I'm no lawyer -- though I did play one in my eight-grade play!"
I have Croix de Candlesticks older than you.
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by troymccluresf on Dec 16, 2011 11:48 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
“You’re a crook, Captain Hook,
Judge won’t you throw the book?”
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At the (former) Piraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
This was my thought
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
LOL gummint.
LOL taxpayers.
I hope they’re a touch more successful when (if) they go after the folks that wrecked the economy.
11 01 10
Veni Vidi Vixi
by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 16, 2011 11:48 AM PST reply actions
HISTORY'S GREATEST MONSTER!!
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 11:49 AM PST reply actions
Grandpa, Herman, or Eddie ?
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HAW HAW, PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES!!
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by satyricrash on Dec 16, 2011 11:49 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
the courthouse pirouette
may have been over the top.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Jeff Novitzky has done more illegal things than Barry Bonds ever has. Possibly in the last 5 days.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
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by scout6 on Dec 16, 2011 11:52 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
You think he's pleased with the results of his life's work?
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by Cody_ransom on Dec 16, 2011 12:26 PM PST up reply actions
i bet he drinks a lot
Ride the tiger...You can see his stripes but you know he's clean.
by James Westfall on Dec 16, 2011 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
I don't throw this around lightly like most people in the media and politics do
But what a waste of taxpayer money
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
This makes the fact that he did not play anywhere in 2008 even more of a shame.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 12:01 PM PST reply actions
I'm glad both my kids
got to see Barry play, though we never got a chance to see him during batting practice. I would’ve liked that.
I used to love watching batting practice
the only problem is you have to get to the park super early
Ride the tiger...You can see his stripes but you know he's clean.
by James Westfall on Dec 16, 2011 12:37 PM PST up reply actions
That’s not a problem. That is a perk! I lurve going early.
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During the 2009 season, the Giants opened the park an extra hour early on Fridays and Saturdays. You could go in and see almost the whole BP. So awesome.
@legaleagle88
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
For anyone wanting a baseball this is by far the best time to go. Plus it is fun to watch the pitchers have to shag balls.
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Dude was pretty good.
Pretty good.
Carter Jurica!
"Has anyone really been for even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?"
by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 16, 2011 12:04 PM PST reply actions
NO HOF FOR A CRIMINAL!!!!!!!!!!
Kickham where it hurts
by say hey nation on Dec 16, 2011 12:04 PM PST reply actions
Sorry, Darren Ford.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 16, 2011 12:05 PM PST up reply actions 4 recs
The one good thing about this whole thing....
At least for the next two days, everyone will stop talking about Tim Tebow.
I've really got to look up who this Tebow guy is.
by mrs. owlcroft on Dec 16, 2011 12:09 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
No
you really don’t.
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Just wait...
Soon, people will be going door-to-door telling everyone about the greatness of Tebow
Though it is clearly well-informed, we find his argument unconvincing; however, the possibility that we are too stupid to comprehend it deserves serious consideration. Germane Literature: The Cutting Edge 13:2, 4/2006
Have you heard the good news?
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Tebow’s Witnesses
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YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH
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by satyricrash on Dec 16, 2011 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
From La Wik
[Albert] Pujols and his wife are devout and active Christians;96 one of his writings on his family’s foundation’s website states, “In the Pujols family, God is first. Everything else is a distant second”.97 He writes, “My life’s goal is to bring glory to Jesus. My life is not mostly dedicated to the Lord, it is 100% committed to Jesus Christ and His will. God has given me the ability to succeed in the game of baseball. But baseball is not the end; baseball is the means by which my wife, Dee Dee, and I glorify God. Baseball is simply my platform to elevate Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior.”98 Pujols attends a Baptist church.99
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by SnowLeopard on Dec 16, 2011 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Oh good, let's get some religion talk in here too.
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Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Has that already been done to death?
I just think it’s funny that everyone is so zeroed in on Tebow’s faith, when it doesn’t seem to come up as a topic of discussion in regards to the many other players who have strong beliefs. I mean, Pujols was majorly in the news lately, and I didn’t see any references/jokes/comments, the way one constantly does with Tebow. Maybe it’s cuz Pujols has never written “John 3:16” in his eyeblack or something like that …
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by SnowLeopard on Dec 16, 2011 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
Maybe it’s cuz Pujols has never written "John 3:16" in his eyeblack or something like that
That’s it right there.
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Pujols hasn't done
a pro-life Super Bowl commercial either.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
I really don't care about Tebow's faith
It’s really not important to me since I don’t know him personally. I just dislike how the media is blowing him up as the next great QB.
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actually
I think the faith is brought up by Tebow supporters who are trying to discredit Tebow critics.
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I really don’t care about Tebow’s faith
Which is the whole point here right ? Why do we should have to be reminded of it ad infinitum. I am sick of hearing about his religious beliefs. You’re a football player. I don’t come to your church and talk about my beliefs. Leave the God stuff in church and bring you skills to the football field.
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Then just watch him on the football field. Plenty of players put to the sky or cross themselves or say prayers before/after a game.
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But they generally don’t talk about it in every interview.
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Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
But then that's outside of the football field
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He's only being interviewed because he is a football player. Talk about football.
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
So Football players should only talk about football
because I am sure interviews with athletes go way beyond the sport they play in.
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How far would you like to take this ?
I’m sure we could expand this to include anything you wish. My point if there is one here, is that this a man who plays football. I’m not even convinced he is very good at that with the limited sample size given.
I really don’t care much about him, and it annoys me because other people that believe it their duty to publicly prosthelytize for their religion be given the electronic pulpit to do so. I have a similar reaction to politicians that continually remind me who their God is, when they have clearly demonstrated their only God has pictures of dead presidents on it.
Just because you are a celebrity it does not give you the authority sprinkle your political and world views on me every time I turn on the TV. There are channels specifically for that. Go there and talk about God.
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Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
AND HE DOES. It’s everyone else that keeps bringing it up.
I ask again, have you ever heard a Tebow interview?
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by giant4life83 on Dec 16, 2011 1:38 PM PST up reply actions
Sorry, your reply was below my ongoing rant with CalBear :-)
Yes…and I will give the you fact that it does seem to be the media that often brings it up first. That could be solved, as is often done, by stating that he would really like to talk about the sport. It’s not that hard to drive the interview in the direction you wish.
To both of you I would say that my energetic response to this is partly driven by the sanctimonious injection of ones “faith” into way to many discussions these days. We have many, many problems in this country. I am glad that people have faith in anything, but who your God is, is not that important to me.
Aren’t we supposed to be talking about baseball ?
I'm a Giants Fan, but I'll always be rooting for Matt Downs
Adopted Son:Dan Burkhart , Future Backup To Buster Posey.
It's not all on Tebow
ESPN has been hard-selling his faith since college.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
Have you ever even heard a Tebow interview? the dude doesn’t talk about himself or his faith at all. its all on the media for selling that story
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by giant4life83 on Dec 16, 2011 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
I just want him to fail because I hate the Broncos and it would crush their fans’ souls.
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That's totally fine with me.
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I want him to succeed because everyone says he can’t.
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by giant4life83 on Dec 16, 2011 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
I don't care if he succeeds or fails
I just want people to call him out for what he is, a super flawed QB in a gimmicky offense.
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HE WINS GAMES,SILLY!
ALL BY HIMSELF.
The Dude: Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.
First of all, he’s improving quite steadily. Secondly, just because you don’t like the way the offense is set up doesn’t make it cheap. These are professional football players.
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by giant4life83 on Dec 16, 2011 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
He has not improved at all. He was 3 for 16 in the first 3.5 quarters of the Bears game. He completed passes because the Bears decided to give all of his receivers 10 yard buffers. That’s like throwing with no defense.
I didn’t say it was “cheap” I said it was gimmicky., which means you cannot have sustained success with it. Miami won 11 games in 2008 with the Wildcat formation and Chad Henne as the QB. That does not make Henne a good QB.
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so you believe in an obvious disconnect between ‘winning’ and ‘good’ in a very non luck-based sport?
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by giant4life83 on Dec 16, 2011 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
Yes because Tebow actually hinders the Bronco’s probability of winning.
If Tebow was even Alex Smith level, the Broncos would be winning by 10-14 points instead of squeaking by at the end.
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I’ve spoken with people who think that his 1% INT rate is sustainable. Aaron Rodgers has the lowest career INT% among qualified leaders in the history of the game at 1.9%.
When that number regresses, those 15-17 offensive points the Broncos are scoring per game with Tebow is going to become something like 10-12. Enjoy your quarterback, Denver.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 16, 2011 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
Well, that’s not exactly fair. I’ve spoken with people who think that some historically low interception rate is sustainable for Tebow. Nobody married themselves to 1%.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 16, 2011 1:36 PM PST up reply actions
Plus half of his throws are made to wide open recievers after the offense has run the ball 1,000 times and the defense bites on the play action.
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I really hope they make the playoffs and have to play the Ravens or Steelers in the first round. It will be filthy.
No. KC will go into Denver the last week and put them out of the playoffs with Orton (the QB they cut because they have Tebow).
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That would be quite amusing.
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Sadly, with the Raiders upcoming schedule I’m pretty sure that Denver is going to be in the playoffs by default.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 16, 2011 1:39 PM PST up reply actions
Oh wait, they already played Green Bay. They won’t beat Detroit, but San Diego and KC (sorry) are winnable.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 16, 2011 1:40 PM PST up reply actions
AdvancedNFLstats has them at 34% chance of making playoffs compared to 83% for Broncos..
http://www.advancednflstats.com/2011/12/playoff-probabilities-week-15.html#more
I think Denver has the tiebreak, is the main problem.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 16, 2011 1:44 PM PST up reply actions
I'll be curious to see what he does against
NE this week.
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Plus half of his throws are made to wide open recievers after the offense has run the ball 1,000 times and the defense bites on the play action.
How is that any different than any other team that has a power run game? You going to handicap every QB who has a good run game in his offense, including a QB who can even create his own run game?
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by giant4life83 on Dec 16, 2011 1:42 PM PST up reply actions
But that does not make him a good QB!
It may make him a good wildcat RB who can throw a little but not a QB.
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I want him to fail because I don’t want to admit that Josh McDaniels was right about anything.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
I don’t want him to fail. I just expect him to.
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by howtheyscored on Dec 16, 2011 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
I guess it’s not that I want him to fail; I just want him to validate my opinion that Josh McDaniels was a hilariously awful football coach in every respect.
Because I really don’t want to change my opinion.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
Pujols has never written "John 3:16" in his eyeblack
Yeah. When you’re writing things on your face, it gets a little more attention.
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by troymccluresf on Dec 16, 2011 1:03 PM PST up reply actions
Tom Brady, after living a full life, died. When he got to heaven, God was
showing him around. They came to a modest little house with a faded
Patriots flag in the window. "This house is yours for eternity Tom, said
God. “This is very special; not everyone gets a house up here.” Tom felt
special, indeed, and walked up to his house.
On his way up the porch, he noticed another house …just around
the …corner. It was a huge 3-story mansion with Orange and Blue sidewalks
and drive ways, a 50 foot tall flagpole with an enormous Broncos logo flag
waving, a swimming pool in shape of a horse, a Broncos logo in every
window, and a Tim Tebow jersey on the front door.
Tom looked at God and said “God, I’m not trying to be ungrateful, but I
have a question. I was an all-pro QB, I won 3 Super Bowls, and I even went
to the Hall of Fame.”
God said “So what’s your point Tom?”
“Well, why does Tim Tebow get a better house than me?”
God chuckled, and said “Tom, that’s not Tim’s house, it’s mine.”
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by Kitspool on Dec 16, 2011 12:26 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
This is the best Tebow comment I have ever heard.
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Jeff Passan's whiny article about this is going to be gold
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 12:09 PM PST reply actions 4 recs
poop…shame…poop…destroyed baseball…poop..poop…Big Mac…poop…*
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by say hey nation on Dec 16, 2011 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
I think Costas is the bigger Bonds hater
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by giant4life83 on Dec 16, 2011 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
although outside of that, I really like Costas. shame
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by giant4life83 on Dec 16, 2011 1:19 PM PST up reply actions
I liked his mini rant on MNF a few weeks back.
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Dude seems to love baseball, so I cut him some slack. He is also pretty damn good at what he does. He can be annoying when he goes off to 1920 though.
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I think Costas is thebiggerbiggest Bonds hater
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You also gotta look at Costas in this light- he doesn’t sweep shit under the rug. If there’s something someone is to be called out on, he does it. So I suppose I can respect him for that.
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by giant4life83 on Dec 16, 2011 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
it bothered me when he tried to differentiate between Clemens and Bonds. Seemed like he clearly had something personal against bonds.
WWRWD?
what, white vs black? I’ve never heard him say that
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by giant4life83 on Dec 16, 2011 1:35 PM PST up reply actions
You also gotta look at Costas in this light- he doesn’t sweep shit under the rug. If there’s something someone is to be called out on, he does it.
I don’t mind him shining the light. It’s his being selective, that concerns me.
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I’ll have to look back at the things he has said about Bonds v Clemens. I don’t remember Costas being selective by any measure
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by giant4life83 on Dec 16, 2011 1:45 PM PST up reply actions
Here's a quote from a 2009 interview/article
http://www.observer.com/2009/o2/sports/why-roger-clemens-isnt-barry-bonds
Last summer, Bob Costas outlined an argument for skepticism on Real Time with Bill Maher. “To much of the media, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens make a perfect pair of bookends: one black, one white. One the greatest hitter in the modern game, the other the greatest pitcher.”
But, as Costas cautioned, “Their careers are not the same. Bonds’s numbers took off into the stratosphere after his association with BALCO. All Clemens did was maintain a career that was already on track for the Hall of Fame.”
Shortly after the Maher show, I asked Costas to elaborate his point.
“I’m not saying that Clemens is guilty or not guilty of using some form of PEDs,” he told me. “What I’m saying is that there’s nothing in his career numbers that would indicate any kind of artificial enhancement. I think a lot of people who assume that his later career performance was artificially enhanced haven’t done their homework.”
This seems to be a selective. He has thrown BLB under the bus from day one. We might need some help here.
/lights the owlcroft signal
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Costas when he thinks about it
and realizing that pitchers use(d) steroids too, should work to rectify such blatantly selective condemnations. Both or neither, Bob, at least for PEDS.
Hey, he might get airtime for it!
Though it is clearly well-informed, we find his argument unconvincing; however, the possibility that we are too stupid to comprehend it deserves serious consideration. Germane Literature: The Cutting Edge 13:2, 4/2006
List of of things I saw BLB with out planning on seeing a milestone (except for 71, 72, and 73)
Hit 300th, 500th HR, 600th, 660th, 661th, 700th
Hit 71, 72 and 73.
Join the 400-400 club
And many more. Bobby Bonds must have had sex with a God. That is the only reasonable explanation I can think of.
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by say hey nation on Dec 16, 2011 12:11 PM PST reply actions
I was at the 700 game as well
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
Was at 500 and 756, the latter of which was because of Goofus’s generosity and unyielding attempts to bed me.
by Grant Brisbee on Dec 16, 2011 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
I think i have told this story around here before, but I was at pretty much all of the big milestones. Would have been at 756, but I donated a few sets of tickets to our kids school auction. I figured there would be little value to a mid-week game against the Nats in early August. My two ticket partners have not yet forgiven me.
I think I was at 500, too. I don’t remember, I have to check my pin. I just remember jumping up and down with my baby daughter sleeping in my arms. She slept through the whole thing.
Yes
Tight game with the Dodgers and BLB’s 500th put the Giants ahead.
LOL Dodgers as they had a ceremony right in the middle of the game.
Where have you gone John Johnstone?
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 17, 2011 12:10 PM PST up reply actions
I was at 756
Mrs. Kitspool and I sat in the Mayor’s seats that night. And I’m not talking about Gavin Newsom.
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i saw 723
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by James Westfall on Dec 16, 2011 12:31 PM PST up reply actions
I was at the game in San Diego when he tied Aaron's record
Quote from my adopted son Mike Krukow: "We're the Giants. We're San Francisco. And we're World Series Champions!"
My memory is fuzzy
But if there was some sort of monumental home run that Bonds hit at a game at the Oakland Colliseum, I think I was there.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I have all my tickets still. I have to frame them. I also have Roy Halladay’s post season no hitter ticket I’m going to frame.
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by say hey nation on Dec 16, 2011 12:19 PM PST up reply actions
Ah, I looked it up
It was 716, which tied Ruth.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
WAT
716, which tied Ruth
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by troymccluresf on Dec 16, 2011 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
Typo.
714.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
I thought that was wrong.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 16, 2011 12:38 PM PST up reply actions
I saw 757. The night after 756. GODAMNIT MIKE BAKCSIC OR HOWEVER YOU SPELL YOUR FUCKING NAME.
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 16, 2011 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
i was there
i went to every game and was glad he hit the HR when he hit it so i didn’t have to go to the other games. It was tiring to go to all the games like that to witness history
http://www.dwizzlesworld.blogspot.com/2007/09/ode-to-barry-bonds.html
Just a heads up...
Posting that link in every post is considered spam although I think it is acceptable to do it in your signature.
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Or a goddess...
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by Cody_ransom on Dec 16, 2011 12:27 PM PST up reply actions
I saw him hit 71 and 72. I’ll never forget that night. It’s a record that will never be broken
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by giant4life83 on Dec 16, 2011 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
I was at 755
My family and I just happened to be taking a trip to San Diego that week, so we picked up some tickets ahead of time, not realizing that it would be falling around the time he was close to the record. Pretty epic part of the vacation. Best trip to San Diego ever.
Some great odes and poems to barry Bonds!!
dwizzlesworld.blogspot.com/2007/09/ode-to-barry-bonds.html
plus a great video of him hitting 756
Breed my log.
The most delightful ecumenical contradiction in nomenclature.
Dursh nerf darsh narf. Poop.
Didn't he do steroids?
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Student Loan Jokes
Classic!!!
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by James Westfall on Dec 16, 2011 12:23 PM PST reply actions
Barry Bonds sentence: 250 hours of community service, can’t own firearms or dangerous weapons
That’s a weird sentencing to my non-lawyering, layman’s eyes. It’s not like he committed a violent crime, so why should he be banned from owning firearms? Or is the ban just temporary?
Believe me, I’m no NRA member or anything, but if I was a famous rich dude like Barry Bonds I might feel the need to legally protect myself.
"The definition of insanity is startjng Orlando Cabrera over and over again and expecting different results"--Albert Einstein
Anyone whose is found guilty of a felony offense cannot own fire arms.
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by say hey nation on Dec 16, 2011 12:36 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks
I honestly didn’t know that.
"The definition of insanity is startjng Orlando Cabrera over and over again and expecting different results"--Albert Einstein
It’s pretty dumb. Can’t vote either.
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I wouldn’t say that.
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by say hey nation on Dec 16, 2011 12:51 PM PST up reply actions
For just any felony it is. Especially when just about anything is a felony these days.
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I can agree with the second part of that comment.
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by say hey nation on Dec 16, 2011 1:01 PM PST up reply actions
IIRC getting arrested with any amount of marijuana is a felony in the state of AZ.
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But AZ now allows medical marijuana
So if it’s anything like California’s experience, you’d have to be pretty dumb to get caught with illegal marijuana.
RIP 2011 Giants Post Season
DUI
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IIRC, its only a felony after 3, correct? If that is the case a person who isn’t responsible enough to not drive impaired probably isn’t responsible enough to own a fire arm.
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by say hey nation on Dec 16, 2011 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
It depends on a bunch of factors
but it can be a felony if the DUI causes injury.
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thats what the HGH is for
Barry’s always got two guns on him at all times
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by James Westfall on Dec 16, 2011 12:34 PM PST up reply actions
millions and millions, FOR NOTHING
YOU ARE THE FRIGGIN MAN BARRY!!!!
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Back before I was famous for being in pictures of various Giants, Barry waved at me from LF. That might still be my coolest Giants-related interaction ever.
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I thought Nate Schierholtz was cool before it was cool to think Nate Schierholtz was cool.
*pictures with various Giants, I mean.
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I think BB’s lawyers will somehow get the 250 hrs. of CS knocked down or out. Or changed to something where he doesn’t have to appear in public.
Maybe in a morgue with La Lohan
Though it is clearly well-informed, we find his argument unconvincing; however, the possibility that we are too stupid to comprehend it deserves serious consideration. Germane Literature: The Cutting Edge 13:2, 4/2006
LOL
Now there is a TMZ episode I might actually watch. Nah..probably not.
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If the government hadn’t spent millions on this trial or wasted it paying off Grant’s student loans, they could have bought Ty Cobb’s old house down in Atherton, which was just listed for sale for $5.48M. C’mon, McCoven, let’s get a drive together to buy me The Georgia Peach’s old digs. Waddya say?
RDF'd
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Lived there for most of his retirement years
About 3/4 down the page:
You can see a picture of Cobb standing outside his Atherton home. Tons of other great photos on the link.
by biff pocoroba on Dec 16, 2011 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
Betcha it’s a white neighborhood.
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WOW
the photo right below that one is amazing, he’s doing a flying karate kick into the catcher
WWRWD?
INTEGRAL PART OF THE GAME!
He knew what the consequences were!
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Bonds already did his 250 hours of community services
by getting out of baseball and not terrorizing opposing pitchers and managers around the country.
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One thing about the characterization cost that I object to
Most of the estimated cost is probably man-hours/attorneys’ fees which is misleading since the prosecutors are being paid already. They would have spend those man-hours working up other case(s).
It’s still a waste of resources but it’s not like the government actually paid millions of dollars extra to prosecute Bonds.
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Sure
but that’s not millions of dollars. Probably a few hundred thousand tops. But that would be spend prosecuting any case.
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But that money WASN'T spent on other cases.
Those man-hours were spent on this. So either the government paid other attorneys to deal with those cases, or those cases were never dealt with. They bought those man-hours and threw them away on this. Spending money on things you don’t need is wasted money. Differentiating ‘wasting resources’ and ‘wasting money’ is semantic and a false dichotomy to boot. Money is a numerical representation of the ability to acquire resources.
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Dec 17, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
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Cuddyer 3-year WAR in COL – 1.7, 1.4, 1.0. So overpaid by 50% in ZiPS reckoning.
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That seems incredibly low
especially considering that the Rockies will misplace the humidor sometime in August.
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Go Away, Baitin'
Pagan CF
Beltran RF
Posey C
Panda 3B
Melky LF
Huff 1B (Belt steps up if 2011 Huff is back)
Sanchez 2B
Crawford SS
P
I want
Blerg
Yeah
I would really like Beltran for cheap. But not likely to happen.
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Joe Strauss reported today that the Cardinals are “realizing traction” with Beltran. WTF?
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They'll be realizing traction until....
SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!
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Someone is going to come in
and offer Beltran some money to give them .290 and 20 HRs.
That someone is not going to be the Giants.
Even if Beltran comes to the Giants asking for 2/22, I really doubt Giants will spend the moneys.
It's going to be an AL team
they can DH him Ellis Burks style.
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Unless the Cardinals suddenly get interested in Prince Fielder, they pretty much need to sign Beltran.
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Maybe
but the OF there is quite crowded.
They definitely have the money but it would be hard to rely on a 36-year old Berkman and potential injury risks in Holliday and Beltran for your offense…oh and Furcal.
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Yeah
but Cleveland gave him 3 years at a pretty heft price.
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I really liked Burks
but in his first 2 years in Cleveland, he had a total of 25 starts in the OF. He was a full-time DH by that point. Letting him go was the right move.
"If it's weird, you know it's probably Wilson's." - Matt Cain
Gimpy Beltran going to put up 270/360/475 slash lines at a minimum. He put up 4.7 WAR last year in 142 games last year, 600 PA. In 800 PA over 3 years he could put up 6 WAR easy and be worth 30 mil. He is a gold mine waiting to happen for a team with a good 4th and 5th OF (Nate and Huff and/or Belt Cough) and can give him a break a lot.
Seems too easy, and yet.. RDF.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 16, 2011 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
Wait
Are you saying that he will have the same level of production 35-37 as he did last year?
6 WAR does not equate to 30 million
He has played 5 more games than Mole the past three years.
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Nothing about his game tells me he is in decline
Other than not being able to play from injury. What I read of WAR is 5 mil is approx worth 1 WAR.
Even 800 PA is conservative to the point he is injured about 2/3 of the contract. He could rack up 20 mil in value with one healthy year.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 16, 2011 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
Two things in him that tells me he is in decline: He’s going to be 35 and has knee issues.
I believe that WAR is at $4.5 million currently and I not enamored with that idea.
In my opinion, if Beltran get $30 million, there is a 40 percent chance that he will be worth that, 50 percent chance that he will be substantially worse than that and 10 percent that he will be substantially better than that.
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At 4.5 mil a year
Last year would have been worth 21 mil
The guy was a 5-8 mil WAR a year guy for almost 10 years. He is a class above all the other OF, even giving him only 400-600 PA a year, 30 mil is a massive bargain.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 16, 2011 1:43 PM PST up reply actions
BARRY! BARRY! BARRY! BARRY!
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by giant4life83 on Dec 16, 2011 1:13 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
keithlaw keithlaw
Barry Bonds, because he hit the most home runs. RT @JaSanchez16: @keithlaw who do you believe is the true leader in home runs in mlb??
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by GrahamCrakalaka on Dec 16, 2011 1:16 PM PST reply actions
He is really laying it down to some idiot tweeps.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
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I was JUST going to post that
It made me LOL pretty good.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 16, 2011 1:23 PM PST up reply actions
I wonder if Bonds has spent any time in the batting cage recently
I think he would still make a pretty good DH.
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by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2011 1:17 PM PST reply actions
GP said earlier
It’s not out of the realm of possibility to think he could still OBP >.350 and SLG .450
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
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LOL
Dan Szymborski @DSzymborski
Some will make the argument that Cuddyer’s versatile. He’s not – playing a number of positions lousily isn’t versatility.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
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Klaw is great
keithlaw @keithlaw 5m
Barry Bonds, because he hit the most home runs. RT @JaSanchez16: @keithlaw who do you believe is the true leader in home runs in mlb??
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It’s like putting anchovies on a cheesecake. It doesn’t make anchovies more versatile, it makes the cake bad.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
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In response to?
Cuddyer playing 3B?
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 16, 2011 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
Talking about Cuddyer's versatility.
Think of it like when they were talking about how DeRosa could fill in at pretty much every position.
Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
My boy has mad hops
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I agree
I was guessing Cuddyer. WIlllingham was a much smarter signing. Even funnier that Colorado paid that price given the fact of of his suiters went away.
Kubel is going to be a steal if anyone can get him at WIllingham’s price or cheaper.
Blerg
by Myemail21479 on Dec 16, 2011 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
Willingham makes so much more sense than Cuddyer especially for the Rockies
Purple Row is defending the acquisition because Willingham is a bust or boom type of player. Except, Willingham’s career OBP and SLG is higher than Cuddyer’s while playing in pitchers’ parks.
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I think there may be a bit of frustration on Bonds' fans
because he was the one so vehemently targeted as the face of steroid usage. Then most others were given a write off.
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Bonds’ prior standing with the media and public probably has alot to do with the way he was targeted. Dude was an asshole, makes for an easy target.
Also, being the best hitter of all time tends to attract attention.
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by giant4life83 on Dec 16, 2011 1:37 PM PST up reply actions
Absolutely
It’s clearly something personal, and I’m not okay with that.
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Ross on Halladay: "I’d tried everything against him…going the other way, taking pitches, trying to walk…and nothing worked. I’d never tried going up there and just trying to hit a home run off him."
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by Johnny Disaster on Dec 16, 2011 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
The reason the government got so mad when Bonds may have lied is simple!
The government from 2001 to 2008 lied to us about almost everything. Weapons of mass
distruction, the economy, so much so that they would not even testify themselves under
oath when called to testify to the 911 commission. As a matter of fact, Bush would not
testify alone, without Cheney sitting next to him and testifying, “not under oath” on really
important national security matters. They lied about outing a CIA agent. The case was
about, “they can lie to us as much as they want, and we can do nothing about it” maybe
they will allow a lowerling to take the brunt, but we, the average citizen, or even the star
baseball player, cannot even appear to lie or they will be prosecuted. Bonds, Martha
Stewart, it doesn’t matter, they are not members of the plutocracy. Even polilticians
who are not on board with the correct insiders are not safe. But you better not lie, to them,
even as they lie to you, because you are not one of them.
by bradleybear on Dec 17, 2011 6:35 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
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