Sammy Sofa
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Jason DuBois again?!?!
Sammy Sofa replied to Schwarber Fan's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Why would Dubois get those starts over Nady? -
another cuban defector
Sammy Sofa replied to questionmarkgrace's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
It's cliche, but if the Yankees are determined to get him they will. -
I don't think that analogy works at all. Thomas truly is a singular case from that era given his insistence on being tested. What other player was out there demanding such a thing, especially year after year for over a decade? I think it truly would be shocking for a player that open about putting himself and his reputation out there for so many years. This isn't like guys pleading the 5th or saying "no comment." It's not like Palmero. This is someone who was putting it all out there for anyone who wanted to see. It would be one thing if he had just repeatedly stated that he didn't use PEDs and that was it, but he went well beyond that. No other player put themselves in that position. The key to me is that he started insisting upon it well before steroids were a major issue. Exactly. It wasn't matter of desperation and general douchebaggery like with Canseco. It wasn't like he had his back up against the wall like the guys called before Congress or when the media finally started grilling players. He was talking about this well before it was really on anyone's radar. I think it goes to show just how pervasive it was if he was determined to make sure people knew that he wasn't a part of it. If it was just a relative few using I doubt he'd have done and said what he did, nor would we be where we are today.
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I don't think that analogy works at all. Thomas truly is a singular case from that era given his insistence on being tested. What other player was out there demanding such a thing, especially year after year for over a decade? I think it truly would be shocking for a player that open about putting himself and his reputation out there for so many years. This isn't like guys pleading the 5th or saying "no comment." It's not like Palmero. This is someone who was putting it all out there for anyone who wanted to see. It would be one thing if he had just repeatedly stated that he didn't use PEDs and that was it, but he went well beyond that. No other player put themselves in that position.
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Between this and his slam dunk contest idea, da Bum is killing it today.
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Re: Damon to Tigers?
Sammy Sofa replied to Sammy Sofa's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Damon is a huge injury and defensive liability at this point. And Granderson is pretty much a platoon CF at this point in his career. So you take the good with the flaws. damon's issues are much bigger than granderson not being able to hit lefties Maybe, maybe not, but for one year I would tolerate Damon's issues, especially considering that got a really solid deal for Granderson. What the hell does Granderson have to do with the idea that Hendry should have waited to try and sign Damon? -
Re: Damon to Tigers?
Sammy Sofa replied to Sammy Sofa's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Damon is a huge injury and defensive liability at this point. -
And no results have been posted except for a few names that were leaked. Again, I'm not saying he used, I'm just saying that nobody knows anything about the results. That would be an incredibly bizarre scenario if he was demanding that he be tested each year will using anything he shouldn't have been. I think we'd be letting the paranoid and melodramatic attitude towards steroids in baseball reach new heights of ridiculousness if we act like such a sceanrio is likely.
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He wasn't just outspoken: he insisted on being tested every year for over a decade.
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Yeah, I remember that being reported on the radio like it was a done deal. I was on my way up to Wisconsin with the family for vacation and I remember spending the entire trip bummed out because I figured Pippen was gone and he was my guy on the Bulls (besides the obvious).
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I'd rather have Bosh than Wade. I mean, it's obviously not like having Wade is a bad thing at all, but I think it would better fit the Bulls if they could come away with Bosh and Joe Johnson as opposed to Wade.
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And what percentage of the BBWAA do you think will pause long enough to remember that before they start writing indignant articles? He started doing it 1995 and then repeated his request to be tested every year after that. He appeared before the whole Mitchell brouhaha and flatly stated it yet again. When names have been tossed around of 90's players who people assume have juiced I never see him come up. I think his stance on the matter is pretty well known amongst the voters.
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Is he really going to be held back by the steroid issue? He was basically out there in the middle of it demanding to be tested, plus he was always gigantic, even when he was a kid.
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I hate you.
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There's is absolutely no reason for a team as limited as they are money-wise at the moment to sign another reliever. They have more than enough in-house options.
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It's edited by Al Yellon. Makes sense. Ewwwwwwwwwww.
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You'd think there's probably only one guy actually putting that stupid thing together.
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You'd think at least one guy at that magazine what have in his job description "DO NOT LET COVER PHOTO MAKE 'ANNUAL' LOOK LIKE 'ANAL.'" Seems pretty basic.
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[expletive], if you were looking at lefties to emulate in the 90's then Bonds-Griffey-Gwynn have to be the holy trinity.
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It was the only thing he offered up as a reason and all I did was note that other respected leagues have teams with stupid names. Well, for one, you're not the reason police so nobody has to justify their dislike of arena football to you; and for two, the point was simply that it's a really intentionally dumb way to spell a team name. Nobody was making a point about stupid team names in general.
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At least they used letters. I'm grasping what he's saying, but I just think it's stupid to not take a sport seriously because a team is given a stupid name. A Sox is stupd, a Knick is stupid, the Mets are stupid. Minor league baseball is filled with stupid names but it's still a decent form of sport. How do you know that's anybody's one reason for not taking it seriously? It was simply the most glaringly stupid thing he chose to comment on.
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"Sox" was at least an actual acceptable and formal way to spell the plural of "sock." It's definitely old timey and out of date, but it's nowhere near is willfully stupid as "Dawgz."
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Packers? Sorry NFL, not taking you seriously. That's ridiculous and you know it. No I don't. It's a stupid name that people accept because it's been around. Not taking a league seriously because of a dumb team name doesn't make sense to me. Don't take it seriously because it's a bastardized version of football played indoors with crazy rules, but because some hicks decided to name their team something stupid? gooney, how are you not grasping this? Nobody gives a crap if they're called the "Yard Dogs." What's ridiculous is spelling it "Yard Dawgz." Yes, sports is filled with ridiculous names. The NFL team of nation's capital rocks an ethnic slur, but even they don't spell it "Red$kinz."
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That might work is they were known as the Packrrrrrz.
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Clubhouse cancer.
