Gregory Pratt

QUOTE (fathom @ May 5, 2009 -> 06:03 PM) So what happened with Gavin? Were they hitting him hard? Of course!

Poor Floyd.

QUOTE (knightni @ May 5, 2009 -> 05:31 PM) I like how the topic from the main page says, "I'd like to donate my hard...". BobDylan is a great writer.

If I am not on the east coast, I will certainly be there.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Feb 16, 2009 -> 10:04 AM) Agreed. It is also a shame that when it is time for the HoF voting, stuff like this isn't figured into the voting. (I am not suggesting Buerhle is HoF material, I have someone else in mind) Who?

yeah, me neither

Let's split my donation in two to include DA.

Oh yeah.

This is rather easy for Alomar to disprove. Get a test and if you're clean, you're clean. I suppose he is not.

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It could be that she's telling the truth.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 11, 2009 -> 12:08 PM) If he had HIV or AIDS since he was 17, it would have been almost impossible to keep it under the radar. Magic takes so much medication with his HIV and has bulked up considerably . Robby is just a little guy. I think there are a lot of holes in this woman's story. You should probably calm down. All she said is that that's what he told her -- we don't even know what the context for everything is, just what some news reports are quoting, bits and snippets. I don't know if Robby had AIDS or if he kept it from her and had unprotected sex with her while lying -- if he did, though, he is going to fork over a lot of money, and he should. But then again, I'm inclined to believe her when she says what she says about their unprotected sex and AIDS, since I can't imagine a lawyer filing this if he didn't have AIDS and if there wasn't much truth to her claims. This is too weird to be made up.

Oswalt would erase Rodriguez's numbers "A-Rod's numbers shouldn't count for anything," Oswalt said in a phone interview with MLB.com. "I feel like he cheated me out of the game."

QUOTE (Jimmywins1 @ Feb 11, 2009 -> 05:32 AM) Chipper Jones is 6'4/210 and very solid defensively, Troy Glaus is 6'4/240 and just had a good year defensively and Adrian Beltre is 6'0/230 and is regarded as one of the best defensive 3b in the game, it's not about your size. Not true.

"What kind of stupid question is that?" --Randy Johnson, when asked by a Giants fan if he's "misunderstood."

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 04:12 PM) If he stopped in 2003, then why would Gene Orza have tipped him about the date of the upcoming steroid tests in 2004 so that he could be cleaned out for them? Precisely.

I misunderstood the latest news report, but I still don't really believe him.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 01:31 PM) Well I'll be damned, and it wasn't the "I only did it one time" B.S. either. Yeah, but it's still sort of BS. I can't believe that he just started in 2003 and then stopped because he was no longer dumb and silly and loosey and goosey.

QUOTE (zenryan @ Feb 7, 2009 -> 11:24 AM) Kinda funny hearing Barry Larkin on the MLB Network saying how disappointed he is A-Rod. I looked up Larkin's power numbers: 1991 123 games, 20 HRs 1992 140 games, 12 HRs 1993 100 games, 8 HRs 1994 110 games, 9 HRs 1995 131 games, 15 HRs Free agent season 1996 152 games, 33 HRs 1997 77 games, 4 HRs 1998 145 games, 17HRs 1999 161 games, 12 HRs 2000 102 games, 11 HRs It's real easy for players from the 90s to run their mouths because there is no way to go back and see if they were cheating or not. I'm not sure that's proof of anything. Look up, for instance, Roger Maris' jumpy numbers. I don't know if Larkin ever used but oddities in numbers aren't obvious. Changes in body are far more obvious, and other signs. But I don't know what Larkin looked and hit like in 1996.

QUOTE (fathom @ Feb 5, 2009 -> 01:20 PM) With the way the officials were calling holding on every other play, you absolutely have to take the points when you can. I don't think so. It's as risky as hell, but I'd have done it. At the least, he should've stopped at the line until someone got close then stepped over, just to kill a little bit more time. He was way out in front of everyone.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 5, 2009 -> 01:13 PM) Quite frankly that might have been the smartest play in NFL history if he'd stopped at the 1. I actually said it out loud right after he ran through and broke free. I was thinking about Brian Westbrook who did that. But yeah, I thought it immediately and knew it would hurt them because Arizona's defense is a joke. Afterward I thought, What if they can't get in? but if you really can't stack the line and push through for one yard on four tries, and if you don't trust your team to do that, there's something deathly wrong.

Shame on Fitzgerald for not thinking about football and instead just rushing into the endzone watching himself instead of thinking to stop and down the ball as close to the goalline as possible without crossing.

why do you laugh at Clemens but not Bonds?

QUOTE (BobDylan @ Jan 29, 2009 -> 08:06 PM) I think this belongs in the 'buster, and also, I disagree with your second point. Saving is what caused the great depression. Spending wisely creates other opportunities. I'd like to see your sources on the italicized.

Joe Posnaski is my favorite sportswriter after Pat Jordan. He's got a great essay up about Jeff Kent, Why We Need Numbers. The rest is worth reading, too. Actually, everyone should subscribe to his blog.