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Interesting. I had no idea Vincent did that. Why did Selig seemingly have to start from scratch? Something about Vincent's notice/memo must have been solid enough, otherwise Selig could have just used it as precedent. Does anyone have an asnwer for this? I'm not tryin to pick a fight...it really doesn't make any sense to me why Vincent's memo wouldn't hae been used as some kind of precedent. wasn't the disconnect that while the league said PED's were against the rules, the MLBPA wouldn't budge on testing for it, basically making the rule unenforceable? So does that mean Vincent's memo was basically moot and meaningless? i'm sure it was well-intentioned. i don't know the history of the commissionership (word?) well enough to know who let the union have so much power I'm really curious about this now since it seems like such a action would have meant a lot more over the last 10 years, but this is the first I've heard of it. a quick perusal of Vincent's wikipedia page doesn't shed any light on the PED thing, but boy, the owners sure hated that guy. and oh look, it was Selig, Pohlad and Reinsdorf who led the charge to get him booted as commissioner.
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Interesting. I had no idea Vincent did that. Why did Selig seemingly have to start from scratch? Something about Vincent's notice/memo must have been solid enough, otherwise Selig could have just used it as precedent. Does anyone have an asnwer for this? I'm not tryin to pick a fight...it really doesn't make any sense to me why Vincent's memo wouldn't hae been used as some kind of precedent. wasn't the disconnect that while the league said PED's were against the rules, the MLBPA wouldn't budge on testing for it, basically making the rule unenforceable? So does that mean Vincent's memo was basically moot and meaningless? i'm sure it was well-intentioned. i don't know the history of the commissionership (word?) well enough to know who let the union have so much power
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Interesting. I had no idea Vincent did that. Why did Selig seemingly have to start from scratch? Something about Vincent's notice/memo must have been solid enough, otherwise Selig could have just used it as precedent. Does anyone have an asnwer for this? I'm not tryin to pick a fight...it really doesn't make any sense to me why Vincent's memo wouldn't hae been used as some kind of precedent. wasn't the disconnect that while the league said PED's were against the rules, the MLBPA wouldn't budge on testing for it, basically making the rule unenforceable?
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Baseball Tonight and franchise players discussion
Derwood replied to Paladin Cecil's topic in General Baseball Talk
Probably not, since their past is filled with so many better players and teams than the Cubs could even dream of. sure, of course. I meant only that I think it gets a little tiresome to always hear (in the Yankees case) how no player you have now or ever will have will be as good as these guys from the past. It's a lot to live up to, which is probably why they've attached themselves to Jeter. -
Baseball Tonight and franchise players discussion
Derwood replied to Paladin Cecil's topic in General Baseball Talk
i wouldn't be surprised to see Jeter named by the fans. Most fans respect the history of their teams, but tend to prefer the players within their own lifetimes. Jeter was the "face" of the 4 championships in the 90's. i'm not saying they're right or wrong. do you think Yankee fans are as sick of hearing about the past as Cubs fans are? -
again, you can't have odd numbered teams in each league without an interleague series being played all the time And there's no good reason why you couldn't do that. i haven't done the math, so I don't know if that would mean more interleague series or not. I certainly have no problem spreading it out rather than having this weird chunk of the schedule that's suddenly all interleague (minus the one NL series).
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Baseball Tonight and franchise players discussion
Derwood replied to Paladin Cecil's topic in General Baseball Talk
those are the 3 I was thinking as well. are viewers dumb enough to pick Jeter? Sweet Jesus, I hope not. Please please no. I'll set 5-1 odds that say they are. I also bet Paul O'Neill would be an honorable mention if they list any. what about scott brosius Ricky Ledee? Enrique Wilson? -
again, you can't have odd numbered teams in each league without an interleague series being played all the time
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Baseball Tonight and franchise players discussion
Derwood replied to Paladin Cecil's topic in General Baseball Talk
no Bob Brenley on the Giants list? :lol: This seemed like a no-brainer list. The Yankees will be a bit tougher -
I'm pro-wild card and, I guess, anti-4 divisions per league. And I don't know why you're hung up on the Yankees and Red Sox. i'm not. I don't care if one of them is left out every year. Look at the year when the Braves and Giants each won over 100 games and one didn't make it to the playoffs. And those are the specific instances I'm talking about. You're making it seem like I specifically want the Yankees and Red Sox to make the playoffs every year which isn't the case. If those two teams are two of the best four teams in the AL, then yes they both should make the playoffs. And that goes for any two teams in the same division, not just the Yankees and the Red Sox. Take this year, for example. The Brewers and Cubs seem to be two of the best four teams in the NL. If there was a 4 division format with four teams per division, one of the two would miss the playoffs. And that's not right. No sport ever has the teams with the best records make the playoffs. The only way to do that is to eliminate all league/conference/division set ups and just take the top 8 records to the playoffs. It doesnt' happen, and I think it's part of the charm of pro sports. Your ability to make the playoffs is never entirely in your own hands
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Cuban looks like Wil Wheaton in that photo
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Is Alfonso Soriano going to be a Hall of Famer?
Derwood replied to inari's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Chipper's counting stats probably make this a moot point, but he played ~2 seasons worth of games in the OF -
NY Giants. 2007-8. I don't mean having a QB that fans/media didn't believe in. I mean a team entering camp not having a clue who their QB was going to be. Eli was the QB from the start no matter what the fans wanted
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the truth is, contending teams don't enter training camp with open QB auditions. Name me the last team who had a "quarterback controversy/battle" in training camp who did anything with their season?
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someone test Reed Johnson's pee
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9/27/89
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LOL To be fair, Dempster was horrendous in 06. I know, I'm not picking on Mojo, just funny how things change
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Brian Roberts should be leading off, amirite?
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LOL
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oh boy, that hurt
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ha ha ha
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Burnitz used to eat us for lunch when he was on the Brewers
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that's right brian, it's all the umps fault
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LEAVE HIM IN! LEAVE HIM IN!
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he is NOT a clutch player. should've bunted
