Baseball is better off today, the manager who was the face of the steroid era is gone. Good riddance!!
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I feel a little dirty going to that site....what with the lakers and trojans sidebars
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Considering that CC is 2 years younger and a better pitcher than Cliff Lee, I'd say they got him for a good price. Their deals are very similar after this extension.
Considering that CC is 2 years younger and a better pitcher than Cliff Lee, I'd say they got him for a good price. Their deals are very similar after this extension.
he's also a biscuit away from 350 :shock:
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He admitted yesterday that he needs to lose a little weight but I don't see his weight being an issue unless he gets even bigger than he's been. His stamina doesn't seem to be an issue. He's made 33-35 starts and pitched at least 230 innings every year since 2007. As long as he keeps doing that I don't care if he waddles out to the mound looking like Grimace.
Considering that CC is 2 years younger and a better pitcher than Cliff Lee, I'd say they got him for a good price. Their deals are very similar after this extension.
He admitted yesterday that he needs to lose a little weight but I don't see his weight being an issue unless he gets even bigger than he's been. His stamina doesn't seem to be an issue. He's made 33-35 starts and pitched at least 230 innings every year since 2007. As long as he keeps doing that I don't care if he waddles out to the mound looking like Grimace.
Considering that CC is 2 years younger and a better pitcher than Cliff Lee, I'd say they got him for a good price. Their deals are very similar after this extension.
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Waking up to see the Dodgers are for sale...I hope i'm not dreaming
Fuck off McCourt
Great news Norm. Hoping to have a new owner in place by opening day.
hopefully that will happen but i don't want selig to just sell to the "lowest bidder" like he did the last time...i want an owner that wants to run a successful baseball franchise and not enhance their ego
Waking up to see the Dodgers are for sale...I hope i'm not dreaming
Fuck off McCourt
Great news Norm. Hoping to have a new owner in place by opening day.
hopefully that will happen but i don't want selig to just sell to the "lowest bidder" like he did the last time...i want an owner that wants to run a successful baseball franchise and not enhance their ego
No doubt. They are going to make sure its done right. From what I have read, which isn't everything, it seems like the only way McCourt breaks even is if the team goes for a billion or more and knowing him, there is no way he would agree to it if he wasn't going to at least break even.
And just look at the vetting process Crane has gone through for the Astros and think about the history of the Dodgers, I think you will be in good hands when all is said and done.
Ha, true. I do think it will turn out alright, even though you have every right to be pessimistic about it.
I like the pessimistic vibe!
does donald sterling covet a baseball team? :?
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the best thing was this, from the comments section
This is awesome. 2 dorks arguing over something the know absolutely about. Winning an argument on the Internet is like winning a race in the special olympics, even if you win your still retarded.
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will mccourt get rich off of something he never had the money to buy in the first place? :? :wtf:
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WASHINGTON -- Two House Democrats are urging Major League Baseball and the players union to implement testing for human growth hormone and ban chewing tobacco by players in uniform and in public view.
Reps. Henry Waxman of California and Frank Pallone of New Jersey made those requests in a letter Wednesday to Commissioner Bud Selig and Michael Weiner, executive director of the players union.
It's the latest in a series of salvos from Capitol Hill on tobacco and HGH, although recent congressional attention on HGH has focused on the NFL.
Waxman, the top Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Pallone, the top Democrat on the panel's health subcommittee, held a hearing last year on chewing tobacco and dip -- collectively known as smokeless tobacco. They're making a push on tobacco and HGH as MLB and the union negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement, with the current one set to expire next month.
"These issues affect the integrity of the game, the health of your players, and most important, the health of teenagers who aspire to be like pro players," the congressmen wrote.
The players union declined to comment on the letter. MLB did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Waxman and Pallone noted that Selig testified in 2008 that he would support an HGH test "when a valid, commercially available and practical test for HGH becomes reality," and that Weiner's predecessor, Donald Fehr, said at that hearing the union would "consider in good faith any valid and effective test which is developed." Waxman chaired that hearing, held to discuss the Mitchell Report, which identified major league players it said had used steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs.
"The time to begin testing for HGH in baseball has arrived," the congressmen wrote, citing the use of blood testing for HGH in the Olympics.
The NFL and its players already agreed to begin blood testing for HGH as part of their new collective bargaining agreement reached in late July -- but only if the union agreed to the methods. The union has delayed implementing the test, asking for more scientific data to prove it is reliable. Last week, Waxman and two other House Democrats urged the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Michigan Republican Fred Upton, to hold hearings on the impasse. Waxman's office said it has not yet received a formal response.
Meanwhile, four senators wrote to the baseball players union on the eve of the World Series last month urging a ban on chewing tobacco. A coalition including the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Cancer Society and the American Medical Association has been pushing for one since last year. Selig endorsed the ban in March, but the players union hasn't committed to one. Weiner said in June that a "sincere effort" will be made to address the issue.
"There is ample precedent for a ban on the use of smokeless tobacco on the field and in the dugout," Waxman and Pallone wrote. "The use of cigarettes by players in uniform and in view of the public has been banned for over three decades. Minor league baseball has banned the use or possession of smokeless tobacco in ballparks since 1993, with no adverse impact on the game or its players."
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says smokeless tobacco can cause cancer, oral health problems and nicotine addiction, and stresses it is not a safe alternative to smoking. Despite the risks, the CDC's most recent survey found that in 2009, 15 percent of high school boys used smokeless tobacco -- a more than one-third increase over 2003, when 11 percent did.
Some baseball players interviewed by The Associated Press at the end of the season were receptive to a ban, but others viewed it as an infringement on their freedom. Chewing tobacco in baseball dates well back into the 19th century.
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sure it is....
you pay for cable...which pays fox/tbs/yes which pay mlb and or the yanks to carry their games.
i'm sure you buy products that pay for the commercials during those games or sponsorship at the stadium.
however direct or indirect it is, we are all paying money to the yanks.
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http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-110 ... 8015.story
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Fuck off McCourt
That would be my biggest worry though.
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Great news Norm. Hoping to have a new owner in place by opening day.
hopefully that will happen but i don't want selig to just sell to the "lowest bidder" like he did the last time...i want an owner that wants to run a successful baseball franchise and not enhance their ego
No doubt. They are going to make sure its done right. From what I have read, which isn't everything, it seems like the only way McCourt breaks even is if the team goes for a billion or more and knowing him, there is no way he would agree to it if he wasn't going to at least break even.
And just look at the vetting process Crane has gone through for the Astros and think about the history of the Dodgers, I think you will be in good hands when all is said and done.
yeah but it's this guy's hands
:roll:
Ha, true. I do think it will turn out alright, even though you have every right to be pessimistic about it.
he just oozes confidence
does donald sterling covet a baseball team? :?
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my pessimism is backed by facts re: bud selig
and we just got rid of a guy who wants to be sterling...let's try the guy who wants to be jerry buss (cuban)
much respect to barry for doing this :thumbup:
:shock:
This is awesome. 2 dorks arguing over something the know absolutely about. Winning an argument on the Internet is like winning a race in the special olympics, even if you win your still retarded.
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probably not...since he never put in any of his own money, just debt, his profit will be negligible
Lawmakers want HGH testing in MLB
WASHINGTON -- Two House Democrats are urging Major League Baseball and the players union to implement testing for human growth hormone and ban chewing tobacco by players in uniform and in public view.
Reps. Henry Waxman of California and Frank Pallone of New Jersey made those requests in a letter Wednesday to Commissioner Bud Selig and Michael Weiner, executive director of the players union.
It's the latest in a series of salvos from Capitol Hill on tobacco and HGH, although recent congressional attention on HGH has focused on the NFL.
Waxman, the top Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Pallone, the top Democrat on the panel's health subcommittee, held a hearing last year on chewing tobacco and dip -- collectively known as smokeless tobacco. They're making a push on tobacco and HGH as MLB and the union negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement, with the current one set to expire next month.
"These issues affect the integrity of the game, the health of your players, and most important, the health of teenagers who aspire to be like pro players," the congressmen wrote.
The players union declined to comment on the letter. MLB did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Waxman and Pallone noted that Selig testified in 2008 that he would support an HGH test "when a valid, commercially available and practical test for HGH becomes reality," and that Weiner's predecessor, Donald Fehr, said at that hearing the union would "consider in good faith any valid and effective test which is developed." Waxman chaired that hearing, held to discuss the Mitchell Report, which identified major league players it said had used steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs.
"The time to begin testing for HGH in baseball has arrived," the congressmen wrote, citing the use of blood testing for HGH in the Olympics.
The NFL and its players already agreed to begin blood testing for HGH as part of their new collective bargaining agreement reached in late July -- but only if the union agreed to the methods. The union has delayed implementing the test, asking for more scientific data to prove it is reliable. Last week, Waxman and two other House Democrats urged the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Michigan Republican Fred Upton, to hold hearings on the impasse. Waxman's office said it has not yet received a formal response.
Meanwhile, four senators wrote to the baseball players union on the eve of the World Series last month urging a ban on chewing tobacco. A coalition including the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Cancer Society and the American Medical Association has been pushing for one since last year. Selig endorsed the ban in March, but the players union hasn't committed to one. Weiner said in June that a "sincere effort" will be made to address the issue.
"There is ample precedent for a ban on the use of smokeless tobacco on the field and in the dugout," Waxman and Pallone wrote. "The use of cigarettes by players in uniform and in view of the public has been banned for over three decades. Minor league baseball has banned the use or possession of smokeless tobacco in ballparks since 1993, with no adverse impact on the game or its players."
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says smokeless tobacco can cause cancer, oral health problems and nicotine addiction, and stresses it is not a safe alternative to smoking. Despite the risks, the CDC's most recent survey found that in 2009, 15 percent of high school boys used smokeless tobacco -- a more than one-third increase over 2003, when 11 percent did.
Some baseball players interviewed by The Associated Press at the end of the season were receptive to a ban, but others viewed it as an infringement on their freedom. Chewing tobacco in baseball dates well back into the 19th century.
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