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MistaNova:
Well I saw the All Star Announcement Show and I'm glad to see Iwakuma make it.
I'm also glad to see Gomez and Encarnacion make it too.
Although I'm extremely disheartened at how Derek Jeter was snubbed. Truly, utterly shocked. I lost all faith in humanity when I saw that.
And as expected the MLB took the easy route and made Puig the final fan vote so the naysayers can't complain about Bochy putting him in.
I just hope that David Robertson makes it though. There's not enough Yankees on the roster.
#HighSocksForVotes
Remedy360:
--- Quote from: Iveus on July 06, 2013, 08:55:25 PM ---Well I saw the All Star Announcement Show and I'm glad to see Iwakuma make it.
I'm also glad to see Gomez and Encarnacion make it too.
Although I'm extremely disheartened at how Derek Jeter was snubbed. Truly, utterly shocked. I lost all faith in humanity when I saw that.
And as expected the MLB took the easy route and made Puig the final fan vote so the naysayers can't complain about Bochy putting him in.
I just hope that David Robertson makes it though. There's not enough Yankees on the roster.
#HighSocksForVotes
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Would have been cool to see the ageless wonder Raul Ibanez make it but I'm not up in arms over it. Oliver Perez was definitely worthy as well but it's tough for relievers to make it so whatever. One of the few years in recent memory the M's have had more than one guy repping the AL so fuck it.
MistaNova:
A few Dodger notes.
Ricky Nolasco has been traded to the LA Dodgers for three minor leaguers and I believe some international draft poll money. Considering how those three weren't even LA's top prospects, I guess all that talk about the Marlins wanting more was just them reaching.
There's also this Puig campaign video.
http://youtube.com/v/BOEuV8-JzzA
MistaNova:
Here's a little something that's been on my mind for a while.
I'm sure all of us baseball fans have heard arguments against Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens (and A-Rods) HoF cases with the ever so popular "he cheated, why should we honor him?" line. Then it hit me, why can't we honor cheaters even though we honor those in the hall who never played against black/Latino/Hispanic/Asian players, those who were noted gamblers, those who were KKK members, those who were alcoholics and those who were greenies?
How can we say that we have to preserve the integrity of Major League Baseball when it already flew out the window over a century ago?
Remedy360:
--- Quote from: Iveus on July 09, 2013, 08:03:59 PM ---Here's a little something that's been on my mind for a while.
I'm sure all of us baseball fans have heard arguments against Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens (and A-Rods) HoF cases with the ever so popular "he cheated, why should we honor him?" line. Then it hit me, why can't we honor cheaters even though we honor those in the hall who never played against black/Latino/Hispanic/Asian players, those who were noted gamblers, those who were KKK members, those who were alcoholics and those who were greenies?
How can we say that we have to preserve the integrity of Major League Baseball when it already flew out the window over a century ago?
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That's a great point. To play devil's advocate I'd say that times were a lot different in the past, not only in terms of standards of the game (IE Ped's running rampant) but laws and society in general, excluding your gambling point. I don't disagree for the most part though. My one big thing against a lot of the steroid guys is how full of shit so many of them are for lying about it repeatedly. I have zero issues with a guy making a mistake and owning up to it, but when someone is just repeatedly dishonest it rubs me the wrong way. In that sense, I don't mind seeing some of them excluded, but at the same time I wouldn't be the least bit upset if they made it either.
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