NOW I KNOW

[JOHNNY BASEBALL]

WOW NOW I KNOW WHO THE REAL FANS ARE. 2 WEEKS AGO BONDS BREAKS THE BABE'S RECORD AND NOTHING. DAYS AFTER 2 BOOKS COME OUT ABOUT HOW THE BABE USED ILLEGAL BATS MADE FROM GLUED TOGETHER STRIPS OF WOOD(AND UNLESS U R A CARPENTER PLEASE DONT ARGUE THIS WOULD MAKE NO DIFFERENCE BECAUSE IT WOOD)AND NOTHING.

PULJOS WAS ON PACE TO HIT 100 HR-THAT MAKES HIM GREAT NOT A USER

GRIMSLEY GETS KICKED TO THE CURB FOR NOT WANTING TO WEAR A WIRE N TALK TO BONDS BY THE FBI N HUNG OUT TO DRY.

THROUGH ALL THIS NOT A WORD FROM ANY ONE EXCEPT WAIT LET ME GUESS- HES ON STERIODS.

NOW I KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE TRUE FANS AND JUST BLUE FANS.

A SPECIAL PFUCK YOU TO SPUD SELIGE AND ALL FANS OF THE GAME AS FROM THE MOMENT ON BASEBALL IS NOTHING MORE THAN A SOCCER GAME THAT IMMIGRANTS WILL SOON CONTROL.

ARGUE IF YOU'D LIKE BABE IS NOW #3 ALL TIME IN THE SPORT THAT SUCKS CUBAN COCK

XXX-FAN OF THE WORST GAME ON EARTH

[abisai]

Sorry J-Boy, please don't be such an angry man. Bonds did good. I acknowledge that, of course. No one else on this messageboard did because no one else posts about baseball, ever. And I have not posted here in literally months.

I did write a letter to Barry Bonds a while ago that in fact thanked him for his hard work and asked him to forgive me for shitting on him like everyone in the world seems to be doing now. You can read it online at: dkbuckley.blogspot.com/2006/05/letter-to-barry.html

I have never heard about Ruth using wacky bats. I have seen one of his bats at Cooperstown before though. He swung really big, really heavy ones (42 ounces according to the Babe Ruth official website: www.baberuth.com/flash/about/viewheadline.php?id=1916). I tried searching the Internet to read about Ruth's wacky bats, but could not find anything about these books you referenced. I am not denying it, I just know nothing about it and want to learn more.

I love baseball. Bud Selig is the bane of my existance. I dislike 60% of the players on my favorite team. But I love baseball. Even after it becomes a field full of Cubans vs. non-Cuban immigrants, I will still love it. I can't wait until Fidel gets a team that I can root for. They'll be the Red Stars. Or the Commrads. I can see the mascot now, a Mexican swiging a sickle. That is awesome. I'd rather root for that guy than fucking Jason Giambi.

Anyhow, baseball is the best. This HGH stuff is stupid. Noone test football guys for this shit and most of the BALCO professional athletes were football players. I don't get why this is a "baseball" problem instead of "sports" problem. But hey, maybe I got blinders on.

In closing, Jason Grimsley is a loser that srubbed some innings together on the Yankees World Series teams and Albert Pujols is on pace to eradicate any records on the books. I hope he does. And it was cool for him to speak up for Bonds because people listen to the guy hitting the long ball. Especially when the commissioner of the sport is sitting in a vault somewhere with one thumb up his ass and the other in his mouth,

[Rob G]

Fine, I will post on Baseball.

Babe is #3 in life time home runs. He has Babe just barely beat at this time. Babe still has more Runs, RBI's and a lifetime Batting average some 40pts higher which stunning when considering Babes 2.23 life time ERA. Thats 9th and 15th respectively all time. Fat boy could play.

I also heard the strike zone was way bigger back in the day. I also heard that if you dropped a ball from today and a ball from yesteryear off a building the ball of today would bounce mad high and the old one would just hit the ground.

I still dont know who I would rather take. Bonds is BY FAR the best baseball player i have ever seen. Hes like what Rob Gault is to thinking. But Babes pitching is a mighty bonus. Funny i noticed Babe almost managed to pitch atleast a whole game for each season after he really was a hitter. As late as 33. COOL

[larr]

the babe still holds the record for num,ber of whores fucked in the locker room and playing while under the influence of alcahole

[ring87]

Rob you on the ginko. I knew your were way too smart. I watch the yankees allot. I know a little bit about baseball and i know that hitting has allot more to do with hand-eye cordination than power. Power will help the bat speed and that will let batters catch up to that 90+ mph fastball. But you have to have the eye. It's the Eye of the tiger it's the thrill of the fight rising up to the challenge of our rivials, which is why i can't wait for Rocky 6. What has this to do with baseball you say. Why the yanks are playing in Philly and winning hell yeah suck my dick....sweet. Aaahh.
come gets some
thats right we bad, i know it, sham on
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it's over......................a long day at work

[abisai]

The strikezone was bigger. The balls were used the whole game and lumpy. The league was smaller, but there was no money in it so people who could make a real living did that and baseball developed a reputation as "barnstormers" or people who came to town to drink and screw wives. Gambling was a problem because guys took chances to make cash on the side. There was definitely a smaller pool of talent. Physical condition was a medicine ball. Guys threw spitballs because they couldn't throw fast enough to break glass. Numbers were not on most jerseys and names were for teams not the players. The Babe is the point of many transitions, one being the increase in salary, perhaps correlated with the mass popularization of the game.

Hand-eye coordination helps, but it's almost all in the little flick of the wrists. Albert Pujols was tested recently and compared to the supposedly legendary results of a lab study of Babe Ruth. (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/23/ap/tech/mainD8JLSRI80.shtml) This is insane stuff; "...Pujols replicated 133 symbols in a minute - a testament to Pujols' hand-eye coordination. The test makers don't even list a score that high. In a test of finger-tapping speed, Pujols tapped at 2.4 standard deviations faster than average - placing him in the 99th percentile...In fact, Pujols popped the screw right out of the finger tapper. He was contrite, even fixed the machine, tightening the screw with a fingernail." The man has superhuman powers! No doubts Bonds would likely score at least as high, you don't accomplish his ability to hit a ball that square on, that hard, that often, without an insanely amazing set of superhuman abilities. It's weird, but sometimes I think that guys are just born with the tools to play the game well, because so much is tendons and nerves. John Kruk, David Wells, Lamar Hoyt, Cecil Fielder, fat guys can play the game as good as anybody. Billy Wagner, Ron Guidry, little guys can throw as hard as anybody. You combine some innate tools like that with a solid frame of muscle like Bonds or Pujols and legends are born.

It sucked to see the Yankees lose today on Fox, only game I got to see them play in quite a while. Being a Yankee fan I know though that I only need to wait until playoffs to see them play again. Jeter for MVP? Could be the year, I doubt he's going to get another chance like this to be forerunner. Yankees should be a force in the playoffs, I hope!

[Rob G]

That was an interesting post. I agree with your proposal that perhaps its tendons. Makes sense why babe ruth could do EVERYTHING without ever having to get in shape.

[abisai]

You cannot make this shit up. Pete Rose is not only signing balls with "I'm sorry I bet on baseball" before his signature, he will personalize it with your name too. Cost for ball = $299.00, adding personalized name = $50.00, S&H = $4.99, total cost = $353.99, I wonder how many people think this is worth it and what bets Pete Rose will place with this revenue.

www.peterose.com/


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