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McCovey, please!!

wood20ks

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Hated mcgwire...sosa..who cared about him. You just knew these 2 were on steriods.
Same as bonds. But. He was under scrutiny...more. us. He would be lucky to get 1 strike to swing at. Per AB.. some times 1 per game.. He wasn't as much of a phoney as those 2. Running around hugging and smiling.

It was a black and white thing..........of course they were gonna do that....Didn`t wanna make it a some type of race war..........And what was not to like with McGwire.........?
 

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Seriously?
Seriously what...?

I`m betting you think hes innocent.......?
I sure as hell don`t remember him campaigning to get in either...........he knows he did,he`s not fooling anyone.
 

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Seriously what...?

I`m betting you think hes innocent.......?
I sure as hell don`t remember him campaigning to get in either...........he knows he did,he`s not fooling anyone.
And you would lose that bet.

It's just laughable to say that "you don't hear a peep" from Rose because he knew he cheated. Except for the fact that he denied it for years and has applied for reinstatement multiple times and has appealed to the Hall to change their rule.
 

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They are, but not for the reasons you think they are.
I aim not only to inform but to entertain as well. I'm pretty much on the mark on both fronts consistently.
 

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I aim not only to inform but to entertain as well. I'm pretty much on the mark on both fronts consistently.
I think we can all take something away from this that's useful.

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Simple SABRmetrics usually works.


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Sadly I understand this ... not the chalkboard, but your sentence.

For the record I would vote Sosa and McGwire in (after Bonds and Clemens) based on that one magical season that saved baseball after the strike (or lock out).
 

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It was.........?

I always took mark McGwire as the darling of baseball back then........I always portrayed him as clean as the driven snow......(and this coming from a die-hard Cub fan)........bonds was just always an asshole..........Very easy to hate.

And Sammy,yeah looking back,I could see where people could dislike him easily......


Sammy also had the corked bat incident which made him look like he just had to have something to help him hit homers.
 
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Hated mcgwire...sosa..who cared about him. You just knew these 2 were on steriods.
Same as bonds. But. He was under scrutiny...more. us. He would be lucky to get 1 strike to swing at. Per AB.. some times 1 per game.. He wasn't as much of a phoney as those 2. Running around hugging and smiling.


Were you ditching every English and writing class in high school? Dude, you write the most incoherent posts in tHoop history.
 

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Were you ditching every English and writing class in high school? Dude, you write the most incoherent posts in tHoop history.

He can't even spell the names of Tigers players correctly... lol
 

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Were you ditching every English and writing class in high school? Dude, you write the most incoherent posts in tHoop history.
And yet. I say more in 1 post than you do in 10.
Sooooo. Go to the grammar thread mary
 

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It was a black and white thing..........of course they were gonna do that....Didn`t wanna make it a some type of race war..........And what was not to like with McGwire.........?
McGuire is such a phony. Red head cheater. Never liked him.never did admit to his cheating
 

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As I recall, and was refreshed by this link, McGwire basically went in the back door on that. The so-called "health reasons" ... almost everyone who used PEDs could say that since it actually was partially true for a lot of them. I personally never had an issue with him and he hit some home runs that I still can't believe. A couple of them in Miami for sure.

I recall back when we had a stats league. I had Glenn Davis, I recall, as my 1B and McGwire as my backup. McGwire was coming off a .205 season or some such. Davis got hurt the first day or so and I had to put McGwire in. He responded with something like 11 home runs the first 3 weeks of the season.
 
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