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Who says Walker can't piviot?

I thought I heard Ronnie Woo Woo. Last year when the Cubs played the Yankees I saw Woo Woo in Yankee stadium. How he got there I have no idea.

I hope Harvey works out b/c I'd hate to see RF become like 3rd base after Santo left Hawk Sammy Burnitz Jones ???

Walker with a Texas leaguer. I [heart] Todd Walker.

Harden is dealing too.

Stupid Neifi :D O:) J/k

Nice yaker.

What?!? sorry. What what?!?

Len is off his game today, Marby looks nothing like grace at the plate.

Pierre looks like a minature Dave Chapelle.

yeah. i caught that too. :? Me too. Cedeno and Walker are in Mesa, Len.

Marshall looks like he is 9 feet tall. This is the first I've seen him pitch. He has throw more strikes.

I think the Cubs offense will be medicore once again. Not terrible but not great either. I think they will score about @ 20 to 40 less runs than last year. That is how I judge offesense by runs scored not team AVE/OBP/SLG/OPS.

Chocolate Milk, See that is the thing. If you read my posts througout this thread you will note that I ddi not try to defend Sammy. I never said he didn't. In fact, I said I don't know. What I did is present his homerun totals from 93-03 and they showed a natural career arc for a slugger. I questioned other peoples justification for saying Sammy was on the juice. To me it appears as if they have nothing more than bias. McGuire is tottaly irrelavent to the discussion of Sammy. However, as far as I am concerned they all have the taint of steriods, but that doesn't mean they used them. It is one thing to say "I suspect" and quite another to say "he did". Especially when one gives hat size and shirt size a a justification.

[sarcasim]Now is the time to do the Walker for Matos deal.[/sarcasim]

You mean the ones who can tell what drugs people have taken by looking at pictures of them in baseball uniforms? The thing I don't understand about the majority of people on this board is why they defend Sammy Sosa when they criticize Barry Bonds and say that he took steroids. The fact is that Sosa's body changed just as much as Bonds's did. Both of their heads looked like they got filled up with helium. When did you measure their heads? Sammy's body changed at a much younger age then Bonds. Sammy came from a third world country and was rail thin in Texas and barely out of his teens. Sammy never gave testimony that said he used steriods. Sammy has never been caught with Steriods. Sammy has never tested positive for steriods. Now, all this doesn't mean he didn't do it. But what you have done in this thread is absolutely nothing to demonstrate in any tangible way that Sammy was a user. You've passed your opinion off as fact. So it is probably best that you are done with this thread. These are pretty strong words from someone who said the following about Mark McGwire who similarly is only speculated to be steroid user. I would have no problem if the plaque read the same thing for sammy or any other player whose career ran from the mid 90s to 2005. McGuire went in front of Congress and didn't answer questions about his use of steriods. McGuire played the majority of his career in the bay area with Canseco and with Giambi. Again, I don't know if he took steriods either. But there is far more circumstantial evidence for McGuire than Sammy. You are dismissing other's circumstantial evidence regarding Sammy but using other circumstantial evidence to say that McGwire shouldn't be in the HOF? That is where you are wrong. They haven't presented any evidence whatsoever. None. Nada. Zip. Zero. Nothing.

You mean the ones who can tell what drugs people have taken by looking at pictures of them in baseball uniforms? The thing I don't understand about the majority of people on this board is why they defend Sammy Sosa when they criticize Barry Bonds and say that he took steroids. The fact is that Sosa's body changed just as much as Bonds's did. Both of their heads looked like they got filled up with helium. When did you measure their heads? Sammy's body changed at a much younger age then Bonds. Sammy came from a third world country and was rail thin in Texas and barely out of his teens. Sammy never gave testimony that said he used steriods. Sammy has never been caught with Steriods. Sammy has never tested positive for steriods. Now, all this doesn't mean he didn't do it. But what you have done in this thread is absolutely nothing to demonstrate in any tangible way that Sammy was a user. You've passed your opinion off as fact. So it is probably best that you are done with this thread. These are pretty strong words from someone who said the following about Mark McGwire who similarly is only speculated to be steroid user. I would have no problem if the plaque read the same thing for sammy or any other player whose career ran from the mid 90s to 2005. McGuire went in front of Congress and didn't answer questions about his use of steriods. McGuire played the majority of his career in the bay area with Canseco and with Giambi. Again, I don't know if he took steriods either. But there is far more circumstantial evidence for McGuire than Sammy.

That's because he could go to the Dominican Republic for his supply. They don't have smoking guns in the DR (except for Manny Alexander). Sammy has proven that he is not above cheating, e.g. corking his bat. Given that, I am fairly confident that he would have no problem taking steroids. Be careful. If you've ever gotten a speeding ticket you could be charged with murder.

You mean the ones who can tell what drugs people have taken by looking at pictures of them in baseball uniforms? The thing I don't understand about the majority of people on this board is why they defend Sammy Sosa when they criticize Barry Bonds and say that he took steroids. The fact is that Sosa's body changed just as much as Bonds's did. Both of their heads looked like they got filled up with helium. When did you measure their heads? Sammy's body changed at a much younger age then Bonds. Sammy came from a third world country and was rail thin in Texas and barely out of his teens. Sammy never gave testimony that said he used steriods. Sammy has never been caught with Steriods. Sammy has never tested positive for steriods. Now, all this doesn't mean he didn't do it. But what you have done in this thread is absolutely nothing to demonstrate in any tangible way that Sammy was a user. You've passed your opinion off as fact. So it is probably best that you are done with this thread.

who did that? Sammy Sosa and before anyone corrects me, he was 29. Either way, it's still not natural. When did you put him on the scale?

The stadium isn't even DONE yet. Maybe the 15 National League pennants and 9 World Series banners will give it "character"? :wink: What would give it more "character"? A mound in center field? A train track above the outfield? Ivy on the wall? A roof? A roller coaster in the bleacher section? No thanks. It's a baseball stadium, in it's purest form........ and is expected to be as comfortable as any stadium in baseball. That's fine, by me. What will give it character is the bestest most knowledgable fans in sports. :pukel:

who did that?

Sammy's HR totals from 1993-2003 93 33 94 25 95 36 96 40 97 36 98 66 (McGuire chase, Maris and Mantle had a similar chase in 61 with each having career years in HRs) 99 63 00 50 01 64 02 49 03 40 To me that looks like a typical career arc for a power hitter. 2001 actually markes the down slope of that arc.

The last time I checked it wasn't too good. I think he was hitting in the low 200s. But ST numbers don't really mean the much.

As long as one or both of them can stay off the DL. I'm glad Aramis came to camp in better shape. He could have a monster year if he can stay healthy. I worry about Lee's shoulder. Glove arm or not it can affect his swing. I tore some of the muscles in my rotator cuff lifting weights in the summer of my Junior year and didn't get surgery. My senior year, I didn't hit for much power at all. I don't know if it was the injury or something else though.