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  1. soccer10k
    Shall we take bets on how long it is before this thread gets locked? I say 30 minutes.
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    There are highly publicized deaths every week, and thousands of other deaths that go unreported. I think it is much better to have a story about Tillman's death, than no stories about soldier's deaths. At least it brought attention to the soldiers' plight. It's not a matter of him being more special. But the fact that he walked away from millions to serve is a story worth being told. Likewise, the guys who died in the battle that eventually turned into the Blackhawk Down got a ton of press, including books, movies and tv specials about them. What makes them so special that they deserved the attention? Don't get me wrong. I have tremendous respect for anybody that joins the military for whatever reason because I could never do it. I applaud Tillman for walking away from NFL millions to join the military. As for Blackhawk Down or most of the other military movies, I can't speak for those stories because I don't know much about them and don't watch those types of movies (just not my thing). So I can't offer a comparison to Pat Tillman and Blackhawk Down or other based-on-true-events movies. BTW there was just an ad for a Pat Tillman "Outside the Lines" special on Sunday. Worth mentioning.
  3. soccer10k
    Or teams that only win 83 freaking games in the regular season and almost choked away an 8.5 game lead on September 20 with 13 games to go. ETA: At least the Tigers worked the whole second half to blow their lead and still finished with 95 wins.
  4. soccer10k
    Cliches and overboard are entirely different. The cliches are thing BS about putting things in perspective, then the same guys will go out and freak out about ARod in the playoffs or whatever else. I don't get complaining about the Tillman coverage just because he got more than most soldiers. You, if you don't want to hear the stories, it's extremely easy to avoid them. People seem to like complaining about the media a lot. They are an important part of society, but many think of them the same way they think of your typical congressman. To counter the anti-media talk, here is a nice story on the Lidle situation, written by a member of the media, and friend of Lidle's. I do avoid the Tillman stories. It ticks me off because what makes Tillman more special than any other soldier that has died in a war? That he was lucky to be skilled enough at football to play in the NFL? That's BS. I know the media is an important part of society and I am trying to make my way into that part of society but they do go overboard with a lot of these stories.
  5. soccer10k
    Figured this would be the best thread to post this stat. ML Out Leaders: 1. Juan Pierre 532 2. Jimmy Rollins 521 3. Michael Young 512 4. Jeff Francoeur 507 5. Alfonso Soriano 493 The 532 outs Pierre made this year is also tied for the eleventh most outs made in a single season as per baseball-reference
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    It had it's funny moments ("I was gonna go have a few beers with Babe Ruth and Randy Johnson's career.") but I agree with you completely in that it was a good tribute. And that is so true about the cliche's written by the sportswriters. I'm not trying to hijack the thread here but what I'm going to say pertains to this issue. One of the things that ticks me off is all the stories about remembering the death of Pat Tillman. I realize that it's unfortunate that he passed away but nobody would be saying a word about Pat Tillman if he didn't play football. I'm not trying to downplay the death of a US soldier in a war, but he would have been just another soldier. There wouldn't be stories in ESPN the magazine or Sports Illustrated commemerating what he did. They wouldn't have 15 minute pieces on SportsCenter talking about him. At least with Lidle there would still be a ton of news coverage because it was a plane hitting a building in New York as evidenced by the story being on CNN for a little while before it was reported Lidle was involved. I'm not trying to be insensitive but the media takes these things WAY too far overboard.
  7. soccer10k
    Somebody made this point in another thread (I think) and it's not feasible to do this.
  8. soccer10k
    My initial reaction is that Soriano doesn't want to play in Washington. I would think that is close to the best offer he is going to get from any team.
  9. soccer10k
    Not sure if you were looking for a recap show or something but Matchday 3 is next week (Oct 17 and 18). The last matchday was Sept 26 and 27.
  10. soccer10k
    *&^%*&^$&^%#$&^%*%%^$&^%$%%$#**^$%#$%#&
  11. soccer10k
    Here we go Big Hurt. Walk off Grand Slam.
  12. soccer10k
    Come on MILTON!!
  13. soccer10k
    Huston Street has not looked sharp in the postseason so far.
  14. soccer10k
    He was also talking about how getting on base leads to runs.
  15. soccer10k
    Bradley again. 7-5 Tigers. GO A'S!!
  16. soccer10k
    Goodbye Oakland?
  17. soccer10k
    An example of Lou Piniella's commentary tonight: "Blah blah blah. Blah blah. Blah blah blah blah."
  18. soccer10k
    Verlander's breaking ball is absolutely wicked.
  19. soccer10k
    Chavez should have had that ball and an inning ending DP.
  20. soccer10k
    Come on Loaiza. Throw strikes.
  21. soccer10k
    Sorry, I wasn't alive in 1969...the last time the Mets cost the Cubs anything. 2004? Victor Diaz... I prefer to think of LaTroy giving up that game with the assist to Mercker. Bingo. To me, the Mets are just another team. I hold no grudge or ill will toward them. I don't like them because they're from New York. I can't pull for a New York team.
  22. soccer10k
    MILTON BRADLEY!!! 3-1 A'S!!
  23. soccer10k
    Managers can't do a ton of good. They can do a ton of harm, though. Beat me to it.
  24. soccer10k
    Are you saying NSBB is somehow inferior? No it's the opposite. NSBB is so superior to other sites that it assumes the posters here are smart enough to make sure the avatar is small enough before uploading it.
  25. soccer10k
    So it appears this Verlander guy can throw the ball hard.
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