7/17/09 DLD: Injury bug spreading...
by gigglingone on Jul 17, 2009 10:22 AM PDT
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I don't want the DLD to go on the DL, so here's the Friday edition, which today highlights injuries. If everyone else is getting injured, we can't, right? Right???
Pope breaks wrist in Italy. I guess you can't say he's in-fall-able, right? (Ohhh, that was bad Gigs....)
Levi Leipheimer breaks wrist in France. Europe is starting to sound like a dangerous place...
Maybe they should take up fencing, like this kid with a broken-wrist did.
Someone in Scotland has neck pain. (Wow, a quintuple-bogey? I think even I could do better than that....)
It's not injury-related, but I swear the headline here said "pants", not "paints". I was confused. And intrigued.
So now that I've reported all the injuries for the day, let's hope that the injury bug escapes the A's for at least a little while....hopefully....maybe....please???
Happy Friday all. Don't hurt yourselves while you dump.
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I found this hidden on the front page....
NOTE FROM BASEBALLGIRL: We still need about 10 tickets sold to meet our initial deposit for AN Day! If you are going, it is $20; please reserve your ticket now! Details here.
Dude, $20 for fireworks, baseball, and all of us? Awesomeness.
There's no crying in baseball!
But then she gives no way to send or give money.
I was gonna support the cause and buy a ticket or two for the needy student population of AN, but no link , no nothing. Only a link to me being snarky about something…
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2009 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Umm....
Group tickets are now on sale for this event. The A’s play the Tigers that night, and the Coliseum has already sold a good number of tickets, so I have put some on hold. To order yours, simply PayPal me at baseballgirl1976 at hotmail dot com with your ticket money and your AN username.
Nico: Okay. We have twelve hours to make a really big pickle.
I'm really not speaking with you any more.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2009 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions
I've had a fat lip all week.
Home-based injuy. It hurts. Well it’s more than a fat lip. It’s a small hole that is barely underneath my bottom lip that went through the lip. No it’s not a piercing. Well, I guess it is, but not intentional.
Gigs rules. So do her Friday DLD’s. See you next week at Cooperstown!
Oh that’s right. AN Day. Guess I should get my money in. {Checks wallet.} Um…
I'm here to talk about the past.
I won't be doing the DLD next Friday
So someone else will have to pick up the slack.
Can we fast forward time to next week? I’m ready for vacation….
There's no crying in baseball!
Have a great time!!
Just got back from my baseball pilgrimmage from earlier this summer and it was inspiring!!
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base. ~Dave Barry
by BERRYJO on Jul 18, 2009 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you read my challenge in yesterdays DLD gigglingone?
Here are a couple video game links, for those who like that sort of thing.
Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition packs eye-opening bonus, costs $150
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
The challenge is ON
a) It was Wednesday’s DLD
b) As of now (58 hours after it was posted), you have 127 total comments on it. We’ll check where this one sits in 58 hours….
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 17, 2009 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions
true, it was Wednesday's DLD
I made the challenge yesterday so I got mixed up.
BTW, I made 24 comments myself so really the number to beat is 103.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Okay, I'll keep that in mind.
So 103 comments that aren’t mine? Hmmmm…..
WHO WANTS A CUPCAKE????
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 17, 2009 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
no bribing people!
although I wouldn’t mind a cupcake. How many comments does it “cost” to get one? ;-)
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
I've found cake too...
(not my own baking though…)
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 17, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions
Apparently some cakes come with beer too
(again, not my baking…)
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 17, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow - baseball cake FAIL
Why is a team in blue playing a team in red, when the scoreboard says A’s 28, Gnats 0?
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
Um, Colt 45 was my drug of choice.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2009 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions
You were an old Houston fan?
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
no, I was a pathetic drunk.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 18, 2009 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions
You can be a Houston baseball fan and still be a pathetic drunk
No mutual exclusivity there. In fact, watching the team start out with three 96 loss seasons could lead one through quite a few bottles.
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
Yes, but I'm here,
commenting on the A’s website, which does seem to preclude an allegiance to a defunct Houston team. At least for me. I don’t believe in sports bigamy and despise almost everything from Texas.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 18, 2009 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Look, I'm sure you and Oakland are quite happy and stable right now
But maybe you fooled around in the 60’s a little. You know, had a nice day game out with your favorite team, then snuck off to a night game with a different franchise. Maybe you really experimented and tried switching leagues. Lots of people did that back then. No judgement here. And hey, I gotta say Houston’s quite the looker these days.
And Texas ’aint all bad. Just ask this guy:
For more on the Texas/California rivalry, try this link (that is what we do in this thread, right?):
California v Texas: America’s future From one of my favorite mags, The Economist
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
screw Texas.
I dislike or despise:
the Rangers, the Astros, the Cowboys, the Texans, the Oilers (RIP), the Spurs, the Mavs, the Longhorns, et al…
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 19, 2009 12:49 AM PDT up reply actions
I'd like one that reads:
CHONE!
{shakes fist at nemesis}
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 18, 2009 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions
The second part would be an illustration, of course.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
....maybe....
we are word-driven here, though…well, and picture too, I suppose…hmmm. Good question.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 18, 2009 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I keep meaning to ask
What is it about that tiny town in Equador that drives you so crazy LB?
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
how do they pronounce it?
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 19, 2009 12:50 AM PDT up reply actions
from Wikipedia:
For entertainment the residents of Chone will attend parties, go to the beach and visit their families. Family is a major part of Latino culture.
Now there’s some party animals.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 19, 2009 12:55 AM PDT up reply actions
...and why do all their families live at the beach?
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 19, 2009 11:57 AM PDT up reply actions
I hate to add to the comment count but
this goes with the expensive Modern Warfare 2 story
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
I was not teasing! Just making a pun!
And really, I stole it from a friend’s status update, so really, he’s the one who is in trouble….
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 17, 2009 11:21 AM PDT up reply actions
that's okay
I’ve already got an air-conditioned suite reserved for me. We’ll work on our tans.
by cityplANner on Jul 17, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions
As my UJ once said
“Jeffy, all the cool people are in Hell. If you get there first, save me a seat by the water cooler.”
and
“When I am in Hell it will be so cool. The devil will say, ‘John, break that rock with this hammer.’ And I will say ‘no.’ What’s he gonna do, I am already in Hell?”
I have had the similar thoughts
I would always remind my friends “you were already going, now you are just one seat closer to our friend Abdo, who already tipped the guy up front to get a good seat…”
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
There's no such thing as hell.
and I’m Lucifer, so I should know.
Really, if you f**k up really bad in this lifetime, about the worst that’s gonna happen to you is that you’ll be reincarnated as a Kansas City Royals fan and work as a security guard at a sausage factory, except, you’ll be really really really dumb.
"Flea Markets aren't just for blind dates anymore!"- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 17, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
you know,
that close enough to my current existence that I’m wondering what kind of havoc I created in my previous life.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2009 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions
I like the idea of commanding and participating in many, many, many orgies.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 18, 2009 10:36 AM PDT up reply actions
For any Fringe fans out there
The Observer spotted at the All-Star Game
Cool campaign or silly gimmick? My vote is mildly entertaining.
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
I think the last TV show I watched regularly
was Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And to me it feels like it wasn’t very long ago. Just a couple years, right?
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Yeah, it was a couple of years
But I mean a couple of years in the same sense that I keep saying, “Hey, it’s only been a couple of years since the Big 3 all pitched in Oakland”. That said, both Buffy and Angel were awesome shows. And Firefly, for that matter. Joss Whedon can pretty much do no wrong,
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
I remember seeing that guy and thinking
WTC?
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
I'm behind on my acronyms...
Does that stand for “What The Clunge?”
"Flea Markets aren't just for blind dates anymore!"- The Reverend Billy Lard
by Gaijin_Suketto on Jul 17, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Crap
What the crap! you don’t know what WTC means!
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Wu-Tang Clan?
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 17, 2009 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey, I think my man Cheese used
to play in a band called that.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2009 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Asian delegation first round draft pick?
Green and Gold Lantern Corps
by oaklandSMASH on Jul 18, 2009 4:04 AM PDT up reply actions
Look!
My man, Cheese, at an awards show! What, is that the award for the Biggest Name in the Game, Eastside?
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 18, 2009 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions
yay for old people
God bless Tom Watson – he makes me feel young
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
Watson makes me feel like a infant
He’s so old he’s way before my time. It would be amazing for a 59 year old guy to win the Open.
I'm amazed Tom Watson is only 59.
Seems like he should be in his 70’s, at least…
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2009 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, and 59 is NOT old.
In fact, that’s young here.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2009 6:16 PM PDT up reply actions
yes
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
I suppose it doesn't make much sense to add a link...
… since you have to be an ESPN Insider subscriber to see it, but the rumor mill reports that Brandon Morrow could be on the table for the Mariners. I have no idea if the A’s have anything the M’s want, but I sure wouldn’t mind having Morrow in green and gold.
And being a Cal alum and Bay Area native, I’m sure he wouldn’t mind playing for the green and gold….
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 17, 2009 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Not a good fit.
Morrow is intriguing, but it seems to me that almost any other team has more use for him than the A’s do.
I believe it that he’s available. The M’s sent him down to AAA when they brought Hannahan on. Morrow has a lot of talent, but he’s had some terrible outings, and it’s starting to look like he may have maturity / head-case issues. Could be an interesting reclamation project for someone, and in the right environment he could thrive, but in Oakland? I don’t think so. Basically he’s Sean Gallagher, and we just unloaded one of those.
One thing I really love about Anderson, Cahill, and Bailey is that they’re smart, mature, and level-headed. That’s huge in a young pitcher.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
Facebook police?
Bob Geren, on 8/2/07, on the success of Alan Embree as new interim closer: "What can I say,... he's been our Steady Tremendous Bullpen Man"
I'm not sure I want advice from Brad Pitt
you should only text in the bathroom
There's no crying in baseball!
Just wondering...
Since a lot of the DLD comprises of links from newspapers and news organizations, what would be your reaction if the NY Times and Washington Post went to a pay-only online service, as David Simon suggests? The assumption being that once those two newspapers go to pay-only, the other bigger ones should/would too.
Rickey Henderson's strike zone is "smaller than Hitler's heart." - Jim Murray
My reaction would the same as it is now.
I would continue to ignore them.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
when you walk through the garden, you gotta watch your back.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2009 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions
last linky from me
What a MMA fight boils down to
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
um, no.
and I think you’re baiting me.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2009 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions
it isn't that dirty, just funny
PG-PG13 only.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
nonono.
you’re calling something I like quite a bit lame, uninteresting and essentially for brain-dead hick truck drivers.
It’s not socially inappropriate. It is short-sighted, generalizing, dismissive and wrong.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2009 6:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Ah
No, I think it’s kind of cool. My friend showed me a clip the other day where a guy punched his opponent in the face and you could tell he was unconscious before he hit the mat. Despite the guy knowing he was out cold he followed up with a smash to the his dome while on the ground before the ref could jump in. Later he said “I knew he was out, the last one was just to shut him up”.
Now that is very violent but entertaining in a guilty pleasure kind of way. Besides his opponent knew what he was getting into.
I’m also the guy the posted this in my DLD
These babes will put you to sleep, and not from non-stop talking, but from a choke hold. oh yeah, they could also break your ribs and give you a concussion.
Gina Carano has many ways to hurt you
Cris Cyborg puts reporter to sleep after she gets tired of answering questions
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
also,
his opponent talked mad shit for about ten straight weeks of TUF. Dan Henderson really is a quiet kind of guy and just kind of acts like a typical Californian (he’s from Temecula, IIRC), until you get him in the ring/octagon. He’s a bad man. Bisping talked mad smack literally all season of TUF9. He kind of deserved that.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 18, 2009 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions
it's not true but it's funny
: -)
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Well, maybe...
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2009 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions
You guys should really settle this in the octagon
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
your words are sage.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 18, 2009 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions
This is one of the funniest youtube vids I've ever seen
THE LYRICS ARE ABSOLUTELY 100% NOT SAFE FOR WORK.
"I’m Joey Devine, I’m what Joba Chamberlain would be if he was good and nobody had ever heard of him."
by mikev on Jul 17, 2009 12:38 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I love Jon Lajoie
They say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing all the time!
by muffinpryde on Jul 17, 2009 12:39 PM PDT up reply actions
He's like a dirty Weird Al!
I thought me “show me your genitals” was funnier.
Thanks alot btw, I was going to go back to work when you posted that.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Hey, a rap star I can relate to
neato.
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
Red Sox DFA Julio Lugo
In that post, the teams they mention are the Mets, Cardinals, and Cubs. Those are all NL teams, so our waiver claim would beat them, right? Even if everything was even, I might still pick Cabrera as my shortstop going forward. But, if you’re one of those people who believes in a change of scenery helping to break players out of a slump, then Lugo could be interesting.
Yikes, no waiver claim for Lugo
I think he could be an interesting pick up if he clears waivers and the A’s could sign him for the minimum while he collects checks from the Red Sox. But hopefully the A’s will not be stupid enough to take on that contract and let the Sox off the hook.
If Boston ate a toooooon of his salary, I might consider it
At the very least, we’d know what we’d be getting for the next two years. A 350 OBA, passable-to-crappy defense, and a good steal threat. Maybe locking down SS for two years (even with a less-than-optimal-solution) would allow us to focus more on other institutional gaping holes (hello, 3B!). 2 years of SS could offer a pretty seamless transition to Grant Green without us feeling like we needed to rush him.
What would be a realistic offer to the sawx if they ate up 75% of Lugo’s remaining salary?
"My wrist hurts"?
I think people are confusing the DLD with the late-inning game threads.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
My wrist does hurt.
But, to be fair, I’ve been “using” it a lot lately.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 18, 2009 9:13 PM PDT up reply actions
You're using?
Well, that explains a lot. Who’s your dealer?
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
Using my wrist.
so, I suppose the dealer in question would be the internet.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 19, 2009 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions
NO JINX
GiG1,
If anyone who wears green and gold gets an injury in the next day or two…?
"It’s kind of like wishing one of our current players would turn into the second coming of Rickey." 67Marquez. April 28, 2009
Monte FAILe chimes in
As usual, he’s wrong (a link I found on another site that offers demands free condiments).
"If Vin Mazzaro comes anywhere near me with shaving cream he’s gonna be coming away with a bloody stump" – Dallas Braden
Le Freak?
C’est chic.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 17, 2009 6:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Confusing subheadline in the article
Buck stops at GM for Oakland’s slide
At first I thought it was piece arguing against benching Buck all the time. Then I wondered if Travis was somehow being blamed for the Jeremy Giambi incident. Then I figured it all out.
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
your getting close GG
but you have the disadvantage of having your second day a saturday.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
I know
I’m hoping for a big trade. Or a scandal. Or Leopold Bloom’s insomnia.
There's no crying in baseball!
You could also play it very dirty
An excellent idea, most excellent.....
I’ll keep that in mind for my next DLD.
There's no crying in baseball!
So there's going to be another one
Dare I hope, clinging to this promise that this shan’t be the last of the DLDs?
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
No, it won't be the last
The DLD will never die. It might be day-to-(every other) day for a while, but it will not die.
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 19, 2009 12:42 PM PDT up reply actions
or.
I could have to work on Saturday morning.
Conversely, gigs is in trouble because we’ve got an “early” (4pm start time here) game this particular Saturday. You know, I’ve paid Comcast about $200 to virtually cuckold my television in lieu of radio and gameday threads, but I’m still torn when they jack my coverage from me.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 18, 2009 9:29 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s a really long story, Chet.
Gary and I were messing around with the computer Friday night. We decided to make a woman and we did and she went crazy and she messed up the whole house.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
Why are we wearing bras on our heads?
Ceremonial.
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." - Connie Mack
dad's a plumber.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 18, 2009 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions
<blinks at LB and walks away>
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
&lsaquo feels filled with self-loathing for self-fufilling prophecy &rsaquo
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 18, 2009 11:50 PM PDT up reply actions
So I guessed right then?
I have no idea what you were talking about up there, but I figured it must be some movie.
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
yup,
1986’s (?) Weird Science.
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 19, 2009 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
I think I was actually still watching movies back then.
But missed that one.
I saw Empire Strikes Back seven times in the theaters. When was that?
"Go ahead and overachieve, you scrappy Brett-Favre-colored walk-takers." —Rev Halofan
1980? 79, even?
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 19, 2009 7:27 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay, people, I'm having a bit of an argument
with some fellers over at an MMA SBN site, and I want your honest opinion here—not based on who I am, but on what you truly think.
My take is that we’re coming out of a two-decade-long stint with PEDs in MLB and that we need to stop lying to ourselves. We kind of all knew in the 90’s and so forth that the numbers were too much, the stories were too out of whack—something was amiss. And the guys, the big guys, seemed WAY too big.
I look at a great number of these MMA guys and feel certain that many of them are taking PEDs. That doesn’t necessarily make me want to stop watching it, but in the same sense, because I allowed myself to be fooled before in MLB, I refuse to be oblivious to it now.
My question, is there any way that Brock Lesnar is not on some form of PEDs?
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
Just an uneducated guess
but I think Lesnar might be getting some help. He has a big noggin.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
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If ever there were a group
of hyper-competitive guys, I think the MMA fits the bill. So if there is no regulatory body, I’d imagine that these guys are jumping on any conceivable “edge”. Is also seems like PED’s are almost tailor made for this type of sporting activity. Increased strength, improved reaction time, and an accelerated recovery period are all very desirable traits in MMA competition. So my short answer, with absolutely no supporting evidence, would lead me to believe that PED’s are rampant.
But it’s the MMA and gladiators are what the people want. So I can’t see any groundswell of public sentiment ever forming to eradicate their use.
"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer
LB's "insomnia" helps you win you the challenge gigglingone, more comments in a much faster time
congrats on your victory. :-) Although we all win when DLDs don’t die. AN has been hopping this week.
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
...are you suggesting I'm using some sort of PED for Blogging?!
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 19, 2009 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions
Yes, and don't worry, I'll send you some more before my next DLD. ;)
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 19, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
if caffeine is a PED
then yes ;-)
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
WAHOO!!!
Thanks LB, and really thanks to everyone who posted in this DLD. I couldn’t have won without you all.
And now I’ll extend the challenge to whoever wants to post the Monday DLD. Can you beat both micdog2001 and me?
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Jul 19, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions
....
….wait a minute!
This is some sort of trick, isn’t it?
A real Poppy Palace would have a lot more chocolate, and a moat with otters. -Poppy
by Leopold Bloom on Jul 19, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
looks like your challenge will not be met
:-(
You have to include smiley faces - Poppy
;- ) :- ) :-O : -> : -] : -}
Video of Jon Wilhite throwing out the first pitch
And the article is a good read too….
There's no crying in baseball!
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