MrRain422

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I linked the article. That's the source.

It's important to cite your sources properly.

I don't think I have either, although I also can only think of a few instances where I could hear what someone on the field of play was saying/yelling.

John McDonald was not the thirdbaseman on the play in question, Earl. Howie Clark was. McDonald was playing shortstop at the time, and so he was the one that Clark apparently thought was calling for it. Anyway, I tried asking this earlier, but I'll give it another go. How would the media have reacted if Jeter had done this? Yeah, I know, I know, Jeter wouldn't do it. But hypothetically, if he had, how do you all think the media/public reaction would have gone?

It's amazing to me that people are so relentless in trying to create scandal around a guy who is one of the best players in the history of the game, and relatively devoid of real scandal. The fact that none of his teammates were standing up for him reflects much worse on the rest of the team than it does on A-Rod, IMO (although their thirdbase coach, Larry Bowa, did defend him, and corroborates A-Rod's claim that he just yelled "Hey", not "I got it"). I don't even like A-Rod, and yet I find myself defending him constantly. Weird. Edit: Could someone please link me to where A-Rod said t

But the injury risk is in players not hearing someone call for it (or hearing them but going for the ball anyway). If they hear someone calling for it, then they back off. I don't see how a collision could be caused by something like this. I guess it's up to the players to decide what the "code" is or whatever, but I think anyone who can make it to the Majors should be used to hearing all sorts of things coming from every direction, and has to learn to tell who is yelling what. Fans yell "I got it" when an outfielder is going for a flyball all the time (and no, I'm not suggesting that pla

You must really hate the hidden ball trick, too.

How exactly does a museum acquire a font and then what does it do with it?

But they need our support now more than ever!

Right, because unlike A-Rod, Jeter is not willing to do whatever it takes to win. I understood your point, I just had another point to add myself.

If Jeter had done it, the NY media and fanbase would all be praising him today for being clever and for doing whatever it takes to win. I am about 98% certain of this.

What's wrong with yelling "Mine" to distract a fielder? It's the fielder's job to know where his teammates are and what they sound like. There isn't anything in the rules that even remotely makes that illegal. It was a heads up play on A-Rod's part.

That would be a really dumb trade for the Yankees to make. Reyes is awesome, but A-Rod is probably the best player in the game. And would that involve moving Reyes to thirdbase? Were they responding to any sort of rumors, or was it just something that they made up to talk about? Biggest mistake since Pavano? It would be a much, much worse mistake than that. Pavano has been a disaster, but they're not hurting for the money exactly. Getting rid of A-Rod would be a much bigger screw up.

A-Rod is both far more talented and way less of a distraction than Terrell Owens. This story about him hitting the strip clubs is the first semi-scandalous thing that I can really remember being associated with him. I hate A-Rod because he plays for the Yankees, but I can't think of any real legit reasons why A-Rod wouldn't be loved more than T.O., at least by his own team's fans. He doesn't have a very interesting personality, but he doesn't seem to be a big jerk or anything (especially when compared to Terrell Owens). In T.O.'s case, there's such a circus everywhere he goes and surroun

New Adventures in HiFi is my second favorite REM album. Very underrated.

Are you trying to bait me?

Oh yeah, DLee works too.

Jason Marquis?

That's correct. Two teams from the same division cannot face each other in the first round of the playoffs.

But it wouldn't be political suicide if they hadn't allowed the White House to frame the debate to begin with. The congressional Democrats allowed their opposition to equate de-funding the war with abandoning the troops. If they'd done a better job of explaining that de-funding the war would not in fact leave the troops in the battlefield with no ammunition, but would rather simply bring the troops home (which is the reality of it), then they could have done so without the fear of such dire political repercussions. This was a failure in rhetorical device, which quite frankly is pathetic at

*sigh* Those who live by the Todd Jones die by the Todd Jones.

Also on Sportscenter tonight, look for Edwin Jackson getting knocked on his ass when he loses sight of a ball that is headed right for his face while backing up an errant throw to homeplate.

At the gas station right up the street, it's $3.85 for regular, $3.98 premium.