tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post5780542364974931878..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Friday Baseball PostJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-44393484267424192292013-08-12T15:47:08.383-05:002013-08-12T15:47:08.383-05:00What an odd metaphor.
Who goes to Home Depot to b...What an odd metaphor.<br /><br />Who goes to Home Depot to buy candy bars? Yes, they sell them, but still....Matt Jarvisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-4956211443807463832013-08-12T00:23:43.393-05:002013-08-12T00:23:43.393-05:00Why would it?Why would it?Crissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13389565751169783614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-41468264344728444842013-08-12T00:22:32.669-05:002013-08-12T00:22:32.669-05:00Why is effective treatment more wrong than ineffec...Why is effective treatment more wrong than ineffective treatment?<br /><br />There's dozens of things that players do to boost their effectiveness; some work, some don't, some legal, some grey and some not. It just seems to me we're picking and choosing at random.Crissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13389565751169783614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-46460149091321727622013-08-11T11:15:50.055-05:002013-08-11T11:15:50.055-05:00I have to go with Charlie Pierce on this: "It...I have to go with Charlie Pierce on this: "It is no accident that the Dominican Republic, where you can buy the evil PEDs over the counter like candy bars at Home Depot. . . functions as the Northern Marianas Enterprise Zone for major-league franchises. (Zirin also points out that a lot of the players who are currently selling out their fellows in the public prints are the products of the suburbs of the United States, and that this ought to be noticed more. He's right.) The tattered children who survive this system and managed to hit the major-league lottery are then expected to give up the potions that got them noticed once they get to Yankee Stadium because a lot of sportswriters had some Moral Outrage lying around the garage that they weren't using.<br /><br />Read more: Alex Rodriguez Suspension - The A-Rod Question - Esquire <br />Follow us: @Esquiremag on Twitter | Esquire on Facebook <br />Visit us at Esquire.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-81023324384585663182013-08-10T18:11:45.922-05:002013-08-10T18:11:45.922-05:00Also I've heard it argued that HGH gives eyesi...Also I've heard it argued that HGH gives eyesight a large boost, and therefore many users OBP goes up considerably upon taking it. <br /><br />JB, at least Selig is hanging it up and trying to take the mess that he created with him. Baseball's losing its market share by the second and ridding the game of "cheaters" will go a long way to restoring that.Jamie Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08579007138576584958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-66518967981338969512013-08-10T18:04:31.376-05:002013-08-10T18:04:31.376-05:00I love JB's passionate defense of these guys. ...I love JB's passionate defense of these guys. I am no fan of Selig, nor hater of Bonds or A-Rod, but despite there being no rule on the books, I believe that Bonds and Clemens cheated the game. And no I don't think it's the same as what Mantle, etc did because they were just mixing a cocktail of stuff hoping it would work, not injecting highly targeted pharmaceuticals. I don't buy that argument for a second. I think the commissioner's an idiot and is trying to make up for looking the other way when he was riding that size 16 head during the recent boom, but I hate what those Bonds, ARod, Clemens and Selig did to the game. <br /><br />Also just to respond to one of JB's favorite things to retort, I don't think what Bonds did was amazing, any more than I think a Cheetah running a 4.2 40 would be amazing.<br /><br />Also, it's not a witch hunt if there's evidence he's a witch. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/baseball/mlb/03/06/news.excerpt/Jamie Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08579007138576584958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-91961420544514257972013-08-10T13:54:55.317-05:002013-08-10T13:54:55.317-05:00I have a hard time buying that the homerun record ...I have a hard time buying that the homerun record has anything to do with Arod's suspension. With his injuries and fall off in playing ability in recent years, he doesn't seem like any kind of threat to hit 756 homeruns.Ron E.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-38203333984569653002013-08-10T08:44:09.247-05:002013-08-10T08:44:09.247-05:00Further, it probably seems odd, especially to a Gi...Further, it probably seems odd, especially to a Giants fan, that the difficult issue of what to do with Bonds/Clemens/et al is left to a guy who cut his baseball teeth on the injustice of the great Hank Aaron (and team) being taken out of Milwaukee to Atlanta.<br /><br />Beyond the fact that Selig has been in the Commissioner's seat, I think that's how these things tend to go. When the other owners receive happy emails that the new brand of cheaters have been put in their place, those owners write back "you're welcome". When they receive angry emails that everyone was a cheater, and Bonds/Clemens (at least) were nevertheless stupendous, they simply forward those to the commish.CSHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-63367663400642163592013-08-10T08:36:42.529-05:002013-08-10T08:36:42.529-05:00Question: who'd be your dream commish? If the...Question: who'd be your dream commish? If there isn't a specific name, just a vague description of how they would behave in the job would be great.The Bitter Fignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-33660339227274198902013-08-10T07:35:35.589-05:002013-08-10T07:35:35.589-05:00I never knew this before five minutes ago, but pri...I never knew this before five minutes ago, but prior to buying the bankrupt Seattle Pilots and moving them to Milwaukee, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Selig" rel="nofollow">Bud Selig</a>, otherwise smalltime local immigrant car leasing guy, went to <i>great lengths</i> to bring/keep baseball in Milwaukee - even staging several highly successful White Sox games at Milwaukee County Stadium (and attempting to move the White Sox to Milwaukee).<br /><br />Which <a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/aaronha01.shtml" rel="nofollow">star slugger</a> was obviously the centerpiece of that effort on Selig's part?CSHnoreply@blogger.com