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  1. from the deadspin funbag: I've been meaning to say something like this as well. It's one thing to discuss amongst your friends how much your life would be screwed up if this happened, but these writers who keep talking about the miserable lives all of the victims must now have have gone overboard. I think half of them would be disappointed to learn that several of the guys have adjusted to life post-rape.
  2. By the way, Billick's narrative there was such typical BS where the announcer acts as though he knew exactly what happened based on what the ref called, when the video completely contradicts his statement. Starts at the shoulder and works it's way up to the head? WTF
  3. http://deadspin.com/5859724/meet-the-minor-leaguer-and-scam-artist-who-sold-a-pittsburgh-pirate-to-australia this is somewhat miscellaneous
  4. I'm fairly certain it's still the "unless they are playing in the NCG" scenario.
  5. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7237091/cal-ripken-jr-ex-baltimore-orioles-great-visits-japanese-kids-affected-tsunami NOW IT'S AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT!!!!
  6. isn't everybody in that divison 4-5?
  7. To be fair, Ramirez rather aggressively countered criticisms just a couple months ago (I believe it was Hollandsworth who he went after). They have every right to respond, but this isn't the first time his side has responded. This isn't the first, but that was, no? Ramirez has been remarkably quiet his entire time in Chicago, not anywhere close to a boat rocker or anything of the sort. Probably a lot like Sandberg in that regard. But of course...
  8. I actually think the hysterical thing is there are people who will be unhappy with that. Not just less enthusiastic than most, but genuinely disappointed.
  9. The national perception of Ramirez is based upon the ignorant rants of local media. He's choosing to combat that perception. Yeah, but why give it more traction? Leave it behind in Chicago. It already has traction. Everybody who reports on Ramirez reports bases it on the perception supplied by Kaplan, , Brenly, Sullivan & Co. We've seen multiple comments by Buster Olney, Timmy K and others who all bad mouth Ramirez.
  10. I don't think it is out of nowhere. Theo has mentioned Francona and admitted he's under consideration. I think his talk about not being Boston West (or whatever it was) trumps those statements, but it's not out of nowhere. It has been a chance since the day Boston missed the playoffs and started killing their own.
  11. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/andy_staples/11/15/mtv-music-video-power-rankings/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp_t11_a1 I have no idea how accurate these rankings are, but I enjoyed the premise. Even if it probably counts as a Simmons rip-off.
  12. Just a wife beater ....oh wait that was K-Rod nevermind father-in-law-beater which might not even be illegal in queens and is actually sanctioned in florida.
  13. The national perception of Ramirez is based upon the ignorant rants of local media. He's choosing to combat that perception.
  14. The goal is not to let guys go the minute they pass their prime. He was still quite productive and valuable after his peak.
  15. If he's good, his final year of arbitration will easily surpass $12m. Also, Theriot got $2.6m in his first year of arbitration, and that was by losing to the Cubs and taking their number. Castro will start at a higher level than you are assuming and make more every year.
  16. this video is good enough, but check out the 0:30 mark for CF HR feature
  17. http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2011/10/insanely_ugly_animatronic_home.php Nashville-born, New York-based artist Red Grooms would be charged with "designing a spectacular signature home-run feature that will be in the center-field area... His display will incorporate water, lasers, sound effects, and caricatures of Marlins." This is what he apparently came up with. "When you're in that ballpark, and a Marlins' player hits a home run, the whole park is going to come alive with this feature," said Michael Spring, director of the Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs. "Lasers will go off. It's going to be fabulous." https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150370601964746
  18. The new "news" only comes from an email McQueary sent to his former teammates, essentially defending his honor. The report gives no indication of McQueary making any effort to stop the act beyond the obvious pause in the action that occured when everybody locked eyes, and before he ran away.
  19. https://twitter.com/#!/clarkspencer/status/136307530640007168 Hanley doesn't want to move positions?
  20. And soon-to-be mentor of Andrew Luck?: "Legendary former Ole Miss quarterback Archie Manning quickly discovered something in his role as co-chairman of the selection committee charged with hiring the Rebels' next football coach.He has learned that imagination runs wild when compiling a list of candidates to replace lame duck coach Houston Nutt, fired a week ago effective at the end of the regular season. How wild? Try the suggestion that Archie's famous No. 2 son, injured Indianapolis Colts' quarterback Peyton Manning, should retire from the NFL because of his neck injury and coach the Rebels. ‘I've gotten about 20 or 25 e-mails from people in that regard,' said the elder Manning, who was in town Monday night to speak to the Touchdown Club of Memphis. "I passed that on to Peyton. He said, 'Just tell them that I'm 0-10 as an assistant for Indianapolis.'" And for those that can't fathom googling an excerpt to find out where this is from: http://deadspin.com/5859610/a-beautiful-soccer-goal-that-results-in-a-not+so+beautiful-celebration
  21. Would you expect him to carry on bringing children to campus in plain view of the guy who saw him rape a child? no, but that's different. i would assume after being busted raping a kid by someone who then leaves the scene, he would probably think, "i better stop raping this kid in case that guy that just ran off goes and gets help/the cops/angry mob," as opposed to "welp, back to this raping i was in the middle of." maybe that depends on how close he was to finishing.
  22. Because rapists never continue their act despite the danger of being caught? I'm not sure why you'd highly doubt the ability of a child rapist to act irrationally, especially while in the act of raping. The fact is, every indication is that all McQueary knew was that the act was interrupted, not ended. He didn't make sure it ended unless he waited around to see the kid dress and leave, physically seperated the two and/or immediately called authorities. Seeing them pause, while in the act, then leaving does not give McQueary any knowledge of what happened next. If he made sure it was over before leaving, why wasn't that in his grand jury testimony?
  23. That's what the crazy Pittsburgh writer said in his April column back when nobody was talking about the situation (and PSU was still granting access to Sandusky).
  24. I like how you manage to be so incredibly wrong and such a jerk at the same time. if the middle ground didn't exist no team would ever sign a guy before the last minute
  25. any player who has interest in a longterm deal that offers security at this stage of his career has no choice but to leave money on the table. They can choose to go for the maximum every year and wait until his first free agent year to sign big, but that choice has risk.
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