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  1. USSoccer
    Wrong! He's a delight. The Real team is strange. It's like a player goes to Madrid and just decides that their mere presence on the field is enough to win. They don't buy in like Inter bought in for Mourinho. They have no reason to feel this way because Barca is superior in every way. I think the whole Real thing is pretty dysfunctional. Deep down, they know Barca owns them, so it doesn't matter if Ronaldo scores 6 against Real Betis or whoever; Barca's going to be 3 goals better than them whenever they play barring something strange. Side note: Houston Dynamo's stadium looks completely awesome. The membrane or whatever on the exterior is cool as hell. Also, Fulham are going to revolt against Martin Jol at some point.
  2. USSoccer
    Why does that matter? You're still paying him the same amount and paying it later is better than paying it sooner. That's not the problem with the deal. The problem with the deal is Aramis isn't likely to be productive enough to justify it. He's being paid on past production and a bounce-back season at age 33. Bounce back? Did I misunderstand his 2011?
  3. USSoccer
    Out of curiosity, what does that look like if you normalize his 2010 where he was hurt like half the year?
  4. USSoccer
    Oh, okay. That makes total sense. If 3 weeks ago this is what Ramirez had wanted, we should have been all over it like Mizzou on hair gel
  5. USSoccer
    Horsecrap. Say that this June when Ian effing Stewart is batting .212 and we're in 4th place.
  6. USSoccer
    Probably not, in part because our douchebag color commentator was allowed to launch on him constantly and no one from the front office bothered to call him out on it.
  7. USSoccer
    Seriously? I would have EASILY signed him on that contract. Come on, Theo. Anger.
  8. USSoccer
    Wow. Just wow on so many levels
  9. USSoccer
    Nice hands, Santana Moss
  10. USSoccer
    Grossman killing it today.
  11. USSoccer
    Is that ad real? That's horrible.
  12. USSoccer
    Yeah, he basically has to prove that something was tainted... which can happen. Some guys on the Mexican national team got suspended at one point and were able to prove it was tainted beef at a restaurant. But the most common defense is that an over the counter supplement had something in it that wasn't on the label... and that one has never worked for a player. The MLB has an approved supplements list for a reason. That was 7 players from the Mexican National Team that allegedly ate chicken tainted with Clembuterol. They were all suspended from the Gold Cup pending their appeal. The WADA didn't ban them for the longer length of time because the poultry industry in Mexico is notorious for having issues with chicken. That said, in that case, it's highly unlikely that those guys weren't doping. They happened to have their entire country being willing to take a hit on their behalf. That's not going to happen to Braun. Not only are MLB's rules far more strict in terms of appeal, but I doubt there's any realistic scenario where he wouldn't be held accountable for what goes into his body. Basically, unless a hooker shot him up with steroids while he was unconscious, he's going to serve this suspension. Which sucks for baseball, the Brewers, and Braun.
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    -Clint saw a late PK saved that would have tied; Fulham lose to Swansea -Watching Roy Hudson on GolTV call a Barca/Real game is worse than any other color announcer in any sport, ever. It's ruining the game. EDIT: He shrieks more than Ron Santo ever did during games. Jesus. Also, Real are choking.
  14. USSoccer
    Because when you're a major market team, a move's not worth making unless it costs you 25 mil. If this were Jim Hendry letting Ramirez walk and replacing him with Ian Stewart, the rage would be palpable And Trey is right-ish will get real around here when we don't win the bid for Darvish (still not sold on him) and if we pass on Fielder. If it were Jim Hendry, neither deal would have happened. Complaining about the deal being one a major market team doesn't make is stupid. We're worse now than when we ended the season. And we sucked last season.
  15. USSoccer
    Because when you're a major market team, a move's not worth making unless it costs you 25 mil. If this were Jim Hendry letting Ramirez walk and replacing him with Ian Stewart, the rage would be palpable And Trey is right-ish will get real around here when we don't win the bid for Darvish (still not sold on him) and if we pass on Fielder.
  16. USSoccer
    Glad we're acting like a major market team this winter
  17. USSoccer
    The clip of him breaking ankles and hitting the bar 5 minutes before the goal was pretty slick, too.
  18. USSoccer
    That's ass
  19. USSoccer
    Yes. Hahaha, no one gets out of this game alive. About time we saw a deathmatch
  20. USSoccer
    It looked like the scene in The Program where the linebacker who can't read got his knee destroyed and ended his life and made his mom homeless
  21. USSoccer
    Good thing he got his contract exten-oh.
  22. USSoccer
    Why the heck do coaches do that? At best you give the guy a free practice kick. Does "icing the kicker" ever work?
  23. USSoccer
    The real final was RSL/LA. Good god Houston was inept.
  24. USSoccer
    Yep. That's what I'm going for there.
  25. USSoccer
    Jeebus I have a better arm than Marmalard
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