The Hall of Fire

I'm at the point now where I question Roger and his "retirements" and half seasons. Cycle on, cycle off? Probably. See, one of the problems I have with McNamee is that he alleges that he injected Roger 4 times over several weeks. If that's all. then Roger a) was wasting his money and b) d...

Funny you should bring up the trilogy, Holby. I sat down and watched them back to back last weekend. I thought that much of the editing was atrocious and the lustre has definitely worn off quite a lot. The bad bits are even more glaring ( almost the entire first half of RotK :shock: with special men...

I really, really would like to believe Roger.
Unfortunately, I don't.

He still deserves to be elected to the Hall though. As does Bonds in my opinion.

Holby quite rightly said: There is no way to confuse LOTR with the Hobbit. The styles were completely different. I see this heading from a whimsical children's tale into a dark prequel to the LOTR. I'm on my umpteenth (yes, for your information that is a real number!) LotR read right now and I just...

Oh drat! Now I suppose I'll have to read 'The Hobbit' for the second time. Yes, tis true .... I've only cracked open the pages once before and that was over 40 years ago :D And truth be told, I wasn't overly impressed ..... So sue me! I'll go see the film, of course, but I'm not overly excited about...

That's precisely why Mitchell did not recommend penalties for active players, though Selig did not rule any prospective punishment out. "His report is a call to action," Selig said. "And I will act." Pompous twit! :x Mitchell also sidestepped the direct question from a reporter ...

Bud Selig needs to step down. Man is he awful. He talks out of both sides of his mouth, and clearly has an agenda with punishing players regardless of reccomendations. Is he out to get Bonds or what? Yet on the other hand he refuses to accept any culpability in this which is astounding. Couldn't ag...

I also have a lengthy diatribe inside of me on this issue ... but I'll refrain for the sake of my sanity. (And yours) Clemens is not a surprise. Nor is Pettitte. Have you read the leaked list yet? You may be in for a few shocks. One of my problems with this report is the fact that it smacks of McCar...

I appreciate you looking up the stats, Faramond :D But ..... his WHIP has increased slightly over the past four years from 0.92 in 2004 to 1.07 last year (still phenomenal) which leads me to speculate that he might possibly be on the decline. I did say might :) because I do know that he is one of th...

If Andy Pettitte doesn't come back, please Cashman, do not trade the farm for Santana ..... I do not want to give up Hughes, Kennedy, Cano or even Cabrera for Johann. I know he's only 28 but he's thrown a ton of innings over the past few years and last year he gave up 23 (or was it 33?) HRs and his ...

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Congratulations on your third MVP award.



It should have been unanimous but two writers from Michigan (surprise!!) gave their first place votes to Magglio.

What Alatar said.

But then, I don't much care for The Hobbit .... it (obviously) lacks the gravitas of the other works .... it's a children's fairy story ... more akin to the fantasy world of Hans Christian Anderson than the mythos of Arda.

All criminal cases requiring proof beyond a reasonable doubt, and require the concurrence of a unanimous jury. Then it would seem that the Feds are on shaky ground. Which is difficult to believe. I heard a lawyer on ESPN catagorically state that the Feds usually do not prosecute unless they are wel...

The entire justice system is harmed by perjury and obstruction of justice, so yeah, if guilty Barry was doing harm. And taking steroids was illegal at the time Barry was allegedly doing it, was it not? No. Bonds was brought before the Grand Jury in December 2003 to answer questions about his (alleg...

I heard the news earlier today and thought of commenting -- but since the last time the steroid issue was brought up, acrimony resulted, I thought better of it. I'll just say that I am sad to see that the witch hunt has apparently succeeded. Although, to be fair, I suppose I should separate taking s...

Hah! I was just coming in to blow the dust off of this thread. I've been glued to the radio, Griff and busy posting on NYYfans. Yes, it's all true per Leon Trost (official Yankee spokesman). Alex approached the Yankees and the stipulation (by Yanks F.O.) was that Boras could not be part of negations...

Wampus wrote: When I told him that I had been immersed in this myth from my early youth, he said I was lucky -- that it gave me wisdom that many in my generation hadn't yet attained. I'm not sure if that was quite right, but I do know that I had a fairly rare depth in my youth. Perhaps some of that...

(Preface: Dear friends, I have not read any of the posts in this thread yet, not wanting to be influenced by what are bound to be insightful musings -- I need to sort out my own thoughts and feelings first.) Tolkien's Emotional Universe. Seeing this thread title set off fireworks in me because for y...

Congratulations Dodger fans. You are getting a great manager and he's bringing Mattingly and Bowa with him. :) I think he will do very well and will bring a unity that your clubhouse has not seen in quite a while. I fully expect the Dodgers to seriously contend for the division. See, I knew Torre sp...

:rotfl: Even though I still don't like Paplebon. Today I heard his *game* face visually compared to Jim Carey transitioning to The Mask. :D But now there is something we can both agree on. Neither of us want A-rod to ever get a ring. I mean, if Barry doesn't have one, why should Alex? I hope he goes...