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Regardless of the steroids issue, I still wouldn't put Big Mac in. His one dimensionality really bothers me. I know, I know, that one dimension is pretty impressive, etc., but it's just a personal quirk of mine that I like to have ballplayers be able to have at least 2 tools. if you don't consider getting on base/selectivity a tool, you should.

one people used to use a lot is marquis grissom with better defense

yes, truly, cuse deserves all the credit for imb's work. without his baseless assertion, imb's research would never exist. =D> Silly sarcasm aside, isn't this the nature of scientific research? Someone has a theorem, they don't know if its true, research is done to either prove the theorem true or false. What IMB did was necessary to actually come to some level of resolution to the debate. Relying upon the idea that "it sounds baseless, so it must be wrong" doesn't exactly seem like a reliable way of actually, I don't know, proving something. pick up a scientific journal and see how many submissions you can find that are just people throwing out baseless hypotheses, asking people to either disprove or support them. Actually, scientific journals are FULL of observed phenomenon that are either (a.) proven to be true through experimentation or (b.) proven to be false through experimentation. Its the nature of the scientific method. dear world, i think gravity might exist or something. you guys figure it out and let me know. love, isaac Wow. Proved me wrong. Sarcasm and ridicule proves a point better than discussion ever could, apparently. a. Cuse had an observation b. IMB did research to disprove his observation c. The truth was discovered Seems pretty simple to me, and really not nearly as contentious and in need of pointless ridicule and silly sarcasm as you think. What, exactly, is gained by taking shots at Cuse (and me, apparently) because he had an observation that differed from yours? His theory was proven false-isn't that enough? Or does everyone somehow benefit by taking shots at others after the fact? cuse had a completely unsubstantiated argument which he continually advocated to be true on the basis of nothing. attempting to shift the conversation to something along the lines of "hey, you're just rubbing it in his face" is a waste of time. the fact that imb did all this hard work gives cuse's thoughts more credence than they deserved. if he, or anyone else, wants to advocate a position as extreme as his, there needs to be some modicum of evidence behind it. hopefully imb's rebuttal will serve as a reminder that it's important not to trust your eyes and to try to prove things if you want people to believe them. unfortunately, i'm sure it will only lead to people saying, "well, if i'm wrong, imb or someone will come in with evidence to show me."

yes, truly, cuse deserves all the credit for imb's work. without his baseless assertion, imb's research would never exist. =D> Silly sarcasm aside, isn't this the nature of scientific research? Someone has a theorem, they don't know if its true, research is done to either prove the theorem true or false. What IMB did was necessary to actually come to some level of resolution to the debate. Relying upon the idea that "it sounds baseless, so it must be wrong" doesn't exactly seem like a reliable way of actually, I don't know, proving something. pick up a scientific journal and see how many submissions you can find that are just people throwing out baseless hypotheses, asking people to either disprove or support them. Actually, scientific journals are FULL of observed phenomenon that are either (a.) proven to be true through experimentation or (b.) proven to be false through experimentation. Its the nature of the scientific method. are the observed phenomena just people claiming they have a good eye and throwing stuff out claiming it's true? dear world, i think gravity might exist or something. you guys figure it out and let me know. love, isaac

yes, truly, cuse deserves all the credit for imb's work. without his baseless assertion, imb's research would never exist. =D> Silly sarcasm aside, isn't this the nature of scientific research? Someone has a theorem, they don't know if its true, research is done to either prove the theorem true or false. What IMB did was necessary to actually come to some level of resolution to the debate. Relying upon the idea that "it sounds baseless, so it must be wrong" doesn't exactly seem like a reliable way of actually, I don't know, proving something. pick up a scientific journal and see how many submissions you can find that are just people throwing out baseless hypotheses, asking people to either disprove or support them.

no, it's because the cubs insisted that he take a below market contract for 2009 even though they can only force him to take below market contracts through 2008. i'm sure that's what you meant to say though.

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It's more that these guys are pro athletes and likely not master, or even capable, criminals, and based on what this report is showing as to how a lot of these guys got their supplies, it surprises me that any of them would be able to do it seemingly as airtight as Sammy has done, if he was using. If he was, wouldn't he need to keep using whatever throughout the season at various points? I guess maybe he could just stock up in the DR if that was doable and then have enough for the season. It's more common in the other thread than this one. People there are continually "surprised Sammy was smart enough" for a variety of things. I'm guessing it's because he's an ELL. A lot of people assume "stupid" when they hear an accent and broken English, which has never made sense to me. Especially when it's likely Sammy has a better mastery of two languages than the majority of people on this board. completely, completely, completely agree. people hear that accent and think he must not be very smart.

that was my first thought as well, i just couldn't bring myself to say it

well at least he gets to play in a warm climate for a sure winner? great fans? there must be something that david eckstein really likes to do that is legal in canada but not the us.

I didn't see it either. Also didn't see Pujols. so? this is the least comprehensive report ever. they were all on that (now obviously bogus) list going around the internet earlier today. that's why people looked for them first on the real report.

mercker obviously only purchased to remove the evil drugs from the marketplace

agreed

if fukudome puts up a .798 obp i will literally for reals cream my pants if he posts a 798 obp it's going to be because he started the season 13-15 or something (whatever the smallest number of PAs you can have to get a 798 obp) before being attacked by killer bees

Really? Those were like the first books I ever read. I wore "Soccer Halfback" out from reading it so much. i told you ball state wasn't a real school

He's involved in LA and San Diego. he's probably in a gang or something in chicago builds up one area while tearing down another Bet he uses all the cash the Cubs give him for doing nothing. buying drugs to give to people at NA

He's involved in LA and San Diego. he's probably in a gang or something in chicago builds up one area while tearing down another

everett is an awfully special defensive player. and theriot sucks real bad.

It's very, very easy to idenitfy the differences between the people from the different regions/countries of Asia. I blame movies more than anything for making people think they're hard to tell apart, since they'll often, say, cast someone who is Thai as Chinese, or someone who is Japanese as Korean, etc., etc.. agreed on both counts. i think it also has something to do with the fact that the whole "all asian people look the same!" thing is thrown around so freely (often jokingly). i suspect there are a lot of people who never make any attempt and just assume it's impossible or something.

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if soriano is 27 that means . . . he played nine games in the central league in Japan at 17 he hit .305/.361/.501 in 360 at bats in the AA eastern league he made his major league debut at 19 that would be awfully impressive.

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What with the holiday season in full swing and all, I've been having a minor debate with a few of my friends, so I've decided to put it to a poll. What's your favorite kind of pie?