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That movies looks awesome.

That makes them look substantially less hotter. Oh wait, no. It does the opposite...

I actually think they should've inducted Buck, and I think it was a real mistake to leave him out. Maybe not so much as a player, but as a spokesman for the game he was unparralelled. "God's been good to me. They didn't think Buck was good enough to be in the Hall of Fame. That's the way they thought about it and that's the way it is, so we're going to live with that. Now, if I'm a Hall of Famer for you, that's all right with me. Just keep loving old Buck. Don't weep for Buck. No, man, be happy, be thankful." I'm plenty sentimental about the game, but not so much the hall of fame. It sh

I'm pretty sure I've seen this picture before. I think it was in Time magazine or something.

And Pujols should be right behind him.

And there's a good chance nobody's going to make that big of a deal about it when he breaks the record, and most people won't recognize him as "their" home run king. Bud Selig's not even going to be at the game. (I hope Barry breaks it in Miluwakee, personally. Just to see what Bud would do.)

"Impossible Germany" is one of my 12 favorite songs on Sky Blue Sky.

To be honest, I'm only vaguely aware of who you are.

Speaking of another guy who should be in the Hall! I guess I'm just not much of a sentimentalist when it comes to the hall of fame. There are so many guys in there who shouldn't and alot more who should be in who aren't for whatever reason (they were assholes, they didn't reach the arbitrary numbers, etc). The Hall of Fame is as much a popularity contest as it is a shows the greatest players of the game's history. I mean, we're going to see a guy like Curt Schilling get in most likely, but not a guy like Kevin Brown. Why? Extremely similar overall numbers, and you could argue Brown was a

I think Rolling Stone's sales would shoot up if they included nudies of Rosario Dawson, on real film or otherwise.

Bonds still comes out ahead, and there's only one season when they are even.

Rose McGowan looks altered, but I like to think Rosario is au naturale.

This guy got caught.

It's more my opinion that I don't think it changes much. He was that much better than everyone before he started taking steroids, and he just became even more dominant after he did it.

Griffey keeps his arms carefully guarded, but I must say he looks much bigger in a Reds uni than a Mariners uniform. FWIW, I met him once before a game and he was huge. Like, huge and jacked.

Griffey simply wasn't better during these times. OPS+ (Basically, it shows how much better than league average the player was in OPS; 100 is average) Griffey|Bonds 172 | 206 170 | 182 120 | 168 152 | 187 164 | 170 149 | 177 138 | 162 So Bonds was better than Griffey every single year. Griffey hit more home runs probably, but Bonds' ability to walk 130 times a year (and the fact that he hit for a higher average, had more doubles and triples helps).

Ok, according to Book Of Shadows, Bonds started using roids during the 99 season. So we'll exclude everything after 98. Is he still the greatest, lets see: He's at about 411 homers and 450 steals. I think we can safely assume he could've played another 3 years at his 1998 level of production of 38 home runs and 120 rbi. He swiped 28 bags that year, but I'm going to say he probably would've only averaged about 15 during those three years. So we are looking at an addition of 120 (actual production during those three years: 156). I do think it is reasonable to expect him to stay around that sa

I find it really hard to believe that Griffey never took steroids. And he was never as good a player as Bonds.

But who would you say is the best hitter of the generation, period? Take steroids out of the equation? Is it still Bonds? I'd bet it is. There is simply no way anyone can be punished for their actions ten years ago. I say let Sammy, Mark, Barry, and even Albert Belle into the Hall of Fame. But basically, what I mean by "hard lined" is either let anyone in who has the credentials or don't let anyone in, regardless of credentials. It's the only way to be fair to everyone. You can't pick and choose which players were media favorites and let them in, or which players didn't look like steroid

Barry Bonds, and it's not even close. You simply cannot argue this fact. Tony Gwynn would make a good case to be better than him, what with him not looking like a steroid use, and what with him being like nice and stuff, but no. He simply wasn't as good a hitter as Bonds even pre-Steroids (Bonds had won 2 MVP's before steroids were illegal, and according to Book Of Shadows, he didn't use them until 1999).

He was undeniably the best hitter of the generation before the steroid use. Let's assume he started using steroids after the 1998 season, which is what most of the evidence points to. He obviously felt like the only way he could still remain competitive in the game was to follow the lead of numerous other players who had been doing it for longer and who were starting to pull ahead of him. So why not even the playing field for himself? If you are looking at being the highest paid player naturally, and then suddenly a bunch of guys are moving into the realm previously occupied only by you, and

Haven't heard that. I'll look it up.

If you believe most of the stats floating around, most of the hitters of this generation, and probably all of the great hitters who played during the 90's (and many of the pitchers) used steroids too, and he was still so much better than all of them. You have to judge players by the context they played in. Sure if Bonds passes Aaron, you can argue that since he played in a more home run happy era where steroid juiced freaks were launching home runs out of the park in record numbers, he isn't the legitimate home run king, or you could use statistics to prove that had he played in Aaron's era he

Looking over the stats, the 1997 Marlins World Series team probably should not have won that. That was not an impressive squad that year. They had 2 1/2 good pitchers and not a single hitter who slugged over .500. Also, Kevin Brown should've won the Cy Young in 1996. An ERA+ of 214? Thats unheard of. He walked 33 batters in 233 innings. That's Maddux-ish. I do find it funny that he hit half as many batters (16) as he walked (33). Kevin Brown should be a borderline hall of famer, and I think you could argue he deserves to be in. If it wasn't for the fact that he played for some awful te

I assume this is all sans capo, ie 5=5th fret, and not 10th fret? I realized I had most of it down, but in the wrong order. Thanks!