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QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ May 7, 2009 -> 11:19 PM) oh man, Canseco is in full conspiracy/crazy mode. He's saying he probably didn't test positive now, it's a conspiracy to make up for past use. It's actually quite believable.

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 7, 2009 -> 11:17 PM) I'm not going to throw out the player Manny has been for the last 15 years because of this quite yet. That. It sounds like a doctor somewhere should be fired.

Manny "Recently I saw a physician for a personal health issue. He gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he thought was OK to give me," Ramirez said. "Unfortunately, the medication was banned under our drug policy. Under the policy that mistake is now my responsibility. I have been advised not to say anything more for now. "I do want to say one other thing; I've taken and passed about 15 drug tests over the past five seasons. I want to apologize to [Dodgers owner Frank] McCourt, Mrs. McCourt, [manager Joe] Torre, my teammates, the Dodger organization, and to the Dodger fans. LA is a special place to me and I know everybody is disappointed. So am I. I'm sorry about this whole situation."

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ May 7, 2009 -> 11:12 PM) I shouldn't be surprised, but I am. I think if this was someone that I didn't enjoy watching play than I wouldn't really care. That.

I believe this thread proves one thing. I am an idiot.

I believe that Manny has been screwed over by his doctor.

Ramirez is expected to attribute the test results to medication received from a doctor for a personal medical issue, according to a source familiar with matter but not authorized to speak publicly.

Yeah this is nuts.

I am saddened by this...

wow

If they f*** up the Deadpool movie, I will kill whoever wrote and directed it. He f***ing said "Shoryuken" and uppercutted that broad. There is no funnier/cooler character. Back to your regularly-schedule Star Trek conversations.

That was an amazing post.

Maybe I have the blinders on then...

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 7, 2009 -> 05:47 AM) Jordan, and it ain't close. LeBron just hasn't changed the game the way Michael did. You can't remove that context. I'm not talking about changing the game. Yes, Jordan paved the way for guys like LeBron. I'm saying... if you were starting a franchise, whom would you want, right now? They will play in 2010. You guys have the blinders on if you don't say LeBron.

QUOTE (shipps @ May 7, 2009 -> 05:31 AM) How many rings has Lebron won? After this season, 1. How many rings had Jordan won at 24? Zero. He didn't win it until he was 28. I love, love, love Jordan. However, LeBron is on another level... he's a freak.

Good. World Series hero looked weird with #1 on his back.

If you were starting a franchise... whom would you select? You get said player as he enters the NBA. I'd be taking LeBron. I love Jordan, but LeBron, in my mind, might already be as good as Jordan ever was... at 24.

QUOTE (rangercal @ May 6, 2009 -> 03:19 PM) That is f***ing hilarious!

I'm down.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ May 6, 2009 -> 12:34 PM) FOUND IT! It was Anthony Randolph of the Warriors... Good old SlavkoSrbija defending Tyrus on YouTube...

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ May 6, 2009 -> 12:21 PM) I wonder where that team is going to move, because it seems pretty clear they need to move. Obvoiusly a winning team would help, but Phoenix doesn't seem like an enviornment condusive to NHL success. As for the Hawks last night, just an awful performance all around. Let's hope game 4 is better because it's the season on the line. If they won, at all, they would survive. I think the obvious choice would be to send them back to Winnipeg... or to Quebec. They moved during the exodus of Canadian teams when the Canadian economy was so outrageously worse than the US's. Putting another 1 or 2 teams in Canada seems like a no-brainer now.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ May 6, 2009 -> 12:18 PM) I can live with the trade because Tyrus showed some major improvement this year IMO and I think his attitude now is a lot better than it was. But it was still an absolutely horrific trade, and that's reality. As for Tyrus' defense, I will say it was a lot better this year (as was everything else he did), but he still played below average defense (much better defense, but still below average) and took way too many goaltendings IMO. As for the post (can't remember who it was) which said Derrick will never be a top 5 player because of his defense and jump shot, well he will never be one with his current defense and jump shot, but those are things that can be impoved. I think his jump shot this year was much better than his jump shot at Memphis, and I think he will continue to work hard and continue to improve on it. As for his defense, that's the #1 reason I want VDN gone, defense. Derrick, and everybody else on this team, will struggle to improve on defense as long as a coach who simply does not care about his team guarding is in charge. And you can't win a championship that way. Look ma, a good post!

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ May 6, 2009 -> 11:43 AM) I also find it funny that the very same people who claim defense is the uber important thing in a team and b**** about Gordon's defense, complain about one of our top 3 defenders and our best post defender whether you like to admit it or not. But he's not a good defender. He gets blocks. He also takes stupid fouls and plays ole' defense way too much. Blocks do not = defense. See: Chris Kaman.

Norton... still the greatest.