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Post by sadoug on Jul 23, 2010 12:35:56 GMT -5
A-Roid is about to "join" the once Elite group of men that hit 600 home runs in a career.
It used to be an amazing accomplishment and a guarantee of immortality via the Hall of Fame.
No more....at least in my book. When it was Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron it used to mean something....Then Barry(the needle) Bonds and Sammy Sosa did it the record meant nothing.Now comes A-Roid...I hope the guy that catches the ball throws it back
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Post by iowafan on Jul 23, 2010 13:22:13 GMT -5
I agree. That is why I am glad I am a National league fan. Even in the National league, records don't mean anything because of the way the world is screwed up these days. I can't believe that these people don't have some pride. I saw a movie about Dominicans trying to make it in the major league, and the guy hurt himself, started to take steroids and they screwed him up so bad that he couldn't function. He quit and tried to recover the old fashioned way and when he couldn't make it and they offered him steroids he cut and run and went to live in New York City. It shows how screwed up the world is. People need to have pride in who they are again and not just on how much money they can make.
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Post by sadoug on Jul 23, 2010 15:32:42 GMT -5
did you read the article about the "baseball" vultures in the dominican that were snatching up young kids as young as 12 or so that showed any talent at all and getting them started on steroids and hoping to bring bthem up and getting a multi million $ contract which they , and not the kid, got most of the money.
They also got much older guys on the youth teams which they could dominate and hope for the same big contracts.
Most baseball teams wont even look at kids in the Dominican anymore because of this. Not that the teams are honorable....they just got burned too many times. A 16 year old with a 90 plus arm and little control is a great prospect, but when he turns out to be 23 instead it isnt the case.
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Post by iowafan on Jul 24, 2010 14:08:15 GMT -5
No I didn't but it wouldn't surprise me. Those poor folks can probably get duped into doing just about anything to get out of the poverty that they live in. And there are plenty of people in those countries equally unscrupulous.
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