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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 02:38 PM Original message |
Regarding MLB "juicing": What should be done about the guy with the .242 batting average? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Pete Rose should have been executed by the baseball commissioner years ago |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. This isn't about The Hit King. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. If a guy hits .242 with 'help' |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. Since we'll never know the names of everyone who juiced I think things should stay the same |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. Banned. Those players are, in my eyes, the worst offenders. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. How does a ban affect an easily-forgotten, below-average player? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Keeps them from showing up to work. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 06:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. What if they've already retired? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. As I said, |
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HamstersFromHell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Now that's an idea.... |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. We should take their balls away... |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Noooooo! |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. I think every player is tainted at this point. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. *you're* a taint. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. .242? he's probly not taking anything illegal |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Maybe he'd have only hit .210 without them. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 05:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. If he's currently playing |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Hell yes! |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. In Rollie's case, the 'waxer' |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. 1 year suspension if caught, 3 strikes and out |
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Magrittes Pipe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
19. Nothing. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 07:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Would you also blame Bud Selig for |
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HamstersFromHell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 07:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. In a way, yes... |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 07:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Baseball exists on three levels. In the first, it is a business. |
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Magrittes Pipe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Yes. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. So it takes more than drugs to be a great player? |
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