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<!--quoteo(post=93782:date=Apr 30 2010, 11:55 AM:name=Runnys)-->QUOTE (Runnys @ Apr 30 2010, 11:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=93777:date=Apr 30 2010, 11:41 AM:name=VanSlawAndCottoCheese)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (VanSlawAndCottoCheese @ Apr 30 2010, 11:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=93764:date=Apr 30 2010, 11:59 AM:name=jstraw)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jstraw @ Apr 30 2010, 11:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Howard is a 30 year-old first baseman.
Pujols is a 30 year-old first baseman.
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Fizzled.
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He didn't fizzle at SS, he moved to 3rd because the Yankees have some guy named Jeter there. A-Rod was a GG SS while in Texas, IIRC.
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That's right...but that he got his first huge payday as a SS makes it even less relevant to what first basemen get paid.
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I think VanSlaw intended "fizzled" to mean "fixed," but in Snoop Dogg-speak.
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<!--quoteo(post=93790:date=Apr 30 2010, 01:11 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Apr 30 2010, 01:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I think VanSlaw intended "fizzled" to mean "fixed," but in Snoop Dogg-speak.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Corizzle.
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Yeah, I know the contract has a bad rep, but there was a <i>reason</i> that A-Rod's $252 M deal happened:
-all-around 5-tool star (a Gold Glove SS, a 40-steals baserunner)
-only 25 years old, just about to ENTER his prime
-for all his quirks, a deeply dedicated athlete
-already one of the best hitters in MLB
-playoff experience, played under a good manager (yep, Lou) had superstar teammates to learn from (Griffey at his peak, Edgar, the Big Unit), and had six years of MLB experience under his belt.
I doubt that that combination will be coming around again in our lifetimes.
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<!--quoteo(post=93794:date=Apr 30 2010, 12:22 PM:name=VanSlawAndCottoCheese)-->QUOTE (VanSlawAndCottoCheese @ Apr 30 2010, 12:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=93790:date=Apr 30 2010, 01:11 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Apr 30 2010, 01:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I think VanSlaw intended "fizzled" to mean "fixed," but in Snoop Dogg-speak.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Corizzle.
Damn, that's annoying.
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Fo shizzle, my nizzle.
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<!--quoteo(post=93796:date=Apr 30 2010, 12:30 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Apr 30 2010, 12:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Yeah, I know the contract has a bad rep, but there was a <i>reason</i> that A-Rod's $252 M deal happened:
-all-around 5-tool star (a Gold Glove SS, a 40-steals baserunner)
-only 25 years old, just about to ENTER his prime
-for all his quirks, a deeply dedicated athlete
-already one of the best hitters in MLB
-playoff experience, played under a good manager (yep, Lou) had superstar teammates to learn from (Griffey at his peak, Edgar, the Big Unit), and had six years of MLB experience under his belt.
I doubt that that combination will be coming around again in our lifetimes.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I agree with that...but no one but the Yankees would have given him that deal...not saying he wasn't deserving of the biggest payday...just that any other team would have had to let him walk with the Yankees in the market.
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He got that deal from Texas.
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<!--quoteo(post=93772:date=Apr 30 2010, 09:15 AM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ Apr 30 2010, 09:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Ryan Howard has abnormally large nostrils. I think you could fit a key lime in one of them.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
There goes those racist Cub fans again.
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<!--quoteo(post=93835:date=Apr 30 2010, 02:08 PM:name=Destined)-->QUOTE (Destined @ Apr 30 2010, 02:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=93772:date=Apr 30 2010, 09:15 AM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Apr 30 2010, 09:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Ryan Howard has abnormally large nostrils. I think you could fit a key lime in one of them.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
There goes those racist Cub fans again.
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Babe Ruth had 'em too. Massive nostrils. Maybe it helps in power hitting.
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<!--quoteo(post=93842:date=Apr 30 2010, 12:13 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Apr 30 2010, 12:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=93835:date=Apr 30 2010, 02:08 PM:name=Destined)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Destined @ Apr 30 2010, 02:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=93772:date=Apr 30 2010, 09:15 AM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Apr 30 2010, 09:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Ryan Howard has abnormally large nostrils. I think you could fit a key lime in one of them.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
There goes those racist Cub fans again.
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Babe Ruth had 'em too. Massive nostrils. Maybe it helps in power hitting.
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Must be the breathing. Fernando would breath through his eye-lids.
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<!--quoteo(post=93842:date=Apr 30 2010, 02:13 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Apr 30 2010, 02:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=93835:date=Apr 30 2010, 02:08 PM:name=Destined)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Destined @ Apr 30 2010, 02:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=93772:date=Apr 30 2010, 09:15 AM:name=ruby23)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ruby23 @ Apr 30 2010, 09:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Ryan Howard has abnormally large nostrils. I think you could fit a key lime in one of them.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
There goes those racist Cub fans again.
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Babe Ruth had 'em too. Massive nostrils. Maybe it helps in power hitting.
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Ruth did have enormous nostrils too, good call.
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I hate my pretentious sounding username too.
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Dude... that Waxman pic is CREEPY!
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<!--quoteo(post=93988:date=Apr 30 2010, 08:15 PM:name=mindbodyspirit)-->QUOTE (mindbodyspirit @ Apr 30 2010, 08:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=93875:date=Apr 30 2010, 02:52 PM:name=Destined)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Destined @ Apr 30 2010, 02:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Dude... that Waxman pic is CREEPY!
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It's also photoshopped six ways to sunday.
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