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Sunday, October 01, 2006
I hate Baseball
Well, you all know how the season ended, and I don't want to talk about it. Go A's for now, death to the Dodgers & Yankees. Anyway, there is some good news which relates to us here at TBG. Check out the news in the Jason Grimsely case. Now, I have been pointing the steroid finger at Clemens for literally years now. A huge reason Bonds started getting allegations was due to his production when he was in his late thirties and early forties. Clemens did the exact same thing, throwing as hard as ever for 200+ innings as a 40 year old power pitcher. This simply shouldn't happen, power pitchers who succeed late in their careers do so with location and offspeed stuff, as they have lost significant zip on their fastballs. The ONLY exception to this rule is Nolan Ryan who spent the last few years of his career in the same dugout as Jose Canseco, Rafael Palmeiro, and Juan Gonzalez. I wouldn't be surprised. Anyway, the fact that Clemens hasn't experienced similar scrutiny to that of Bonds isn't just ignorant, it's plain racism. I hope the conservative fatcats at FOX and other media outlets who chose to turn Clemens into Captain America are exposed for what they are: prejudice whites who don't want a black man saving baseball.
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With very little to celebrate this year, at least there is this: Yesterday, the Braves were officially eliminated from the playoffs. Even with the Giants not there, I will find the playoffs extremely refreshing without the presence of the Atlanta Braves. The Braves are my 2nd or 3rd most hated team (I can't decide between them and the Yankees), and for 14 years or whatever it was, I've had to watch them (most painfully, in 1993 of course) get into the post season. And I don't have to do that this year. I think that's a nice thing to think about in this otherwise mediocre at best season. Am I wrong? Am I wrong? Go Phillies and Padres.
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