― gear (gear), Monday, 1 August 2005 17:28 (eighteen years ago) link
I love politicians...
Bunning:``When I played with Henry Aaron and Willie Mays and Ted Williams, they didn't put on 40 pounds of bulk in their careers, and they didn't hit more homers in their late 30s than they did in their late 20s. What's happening now in baseball isn't natural and it isn't right,'' said Bunning.
Henry AaronHRs age 25-29: 202HRs age 35-39: 203
Ted WilliamsHRs age 25-29: 95HRs age 35-39: 145
Willie MaysHRs age 25-29: 163HRs age 35-39: 123
Hey one out of three ain't bad, it's like batting .333!!!
-- gygax! (gygax0...), March 17th, 2005 3:43 PM. (gygax!)
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 1 August 2005 20:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Monday, 1 August 2005 20:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Monday, 1 August 2005 21:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Monday, 1 August 2005 21:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 1 August 2005 21:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Monday, 1 August 2005 21:39 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.laweekly.com/images/enlarger/index.php3?iyear=05&inumber=36&iimage=sm36features2.jpg
Wow, that's lovely.
― Land Ho (dymaxia), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 08:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Land Ho (dymaxia), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 08:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 11:37 (eighteen years ago) link
in conclusion, making this shit ok doesn't make any sense for the fan, the game's history, & society at large.
― John (jdahlem), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 13:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 13:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― John (jdahlem), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 13:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 13:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 14:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 15:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― John (jdahlem), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 15:29 (eighteen years ago) link
I doubt it. I agree that steroids seem to help hitter performance more than pitcher performance. The general theory is that increased muscle mass is more helpful to hitters than pitchers, and I can accept that, although muscle mass certainly helps pitchers as well (despite theories counter to this in the past). The biggest boon steroids offer pitchers, from what I've heard, is improved ability to recover from or avoid injuries, and I think it's no coincidence that injury time for pitchers seems to be WAY up this year. (Could be wrong, but it certainly seems that way.)
Anyway, I just think that steroid-abusing pitchers are getting a free ride here. Anyone notice Billy Koch's performance lately?
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 16:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 16:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― John (jdahlem), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 17:22 (eighteen years ago) link
A tangential issue: from what I learned in a Nova special, artificially adding a certain gene, usually with the express purpose of increasing the activity of that gene, actually cancels out that gene entirely. Unless Rothenberg is referring to some other technique, he may very well be a quack. Is there a doctorb here who can weigh in? Morbs?
― Leeeeeeee (Leee), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 18:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 18:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 August 2005 19:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 19 April 2006 01:57 (eighteen years ago) link
so was the ESPN '98 film any good?
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 15 June 2020 12:26 (three years ago) link
Jeff Tweedy scoring it is NOT a plus in my book...
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 15 June 2020 13:04 (three years ago) link