09-23-2009, 04:34 PM
<!--quoteo(post=64191:date=Sep 23 2009, 01:54 PM:name=veryzer)-->QUOTE (veryzer @ Sep 23 2009, 01:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=64156:date=Sep 23 2009, 10:50 AM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Sep 23 2009, 10:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->the reggie jackson comparison is dumb. he was a cancer on teams full of cancers.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So the Reggie Jackson playing for the Yankees example is "dumb"? OK, how can you explain the A's going to 5 World Series in a row, and winning 3 of them, all with a "cancer" playing in RF?
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the A's had more cancers than the yankees, that's how. they were legendary for their in-fighting. just like the yankees were a few years later. i don't think one player is going to ruin any chemistry when everyone is insane.
and i'm pretty sure when kb brought up reggie, he referred to oakland and new york. it's a bad example.
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How the fuck is that a bad example? Who were the "cancers" on the As? You are pulling shit out of your ass on this Tom. Was Joe Rudi an asshole? Sal Bando? Is there someone out there with a bunch of stories about what a cocksucker Bert Campanaris was?
I know Vida Blue did drugs, and Claudell Washington was sorta lazy, but other than that, who were the "cancers" on the A's? How are they worse than the Yankees? I know Bill North got into a fight, but that was WITH Jackson, which completely reinforces my point. What were the other legendary non-Jackson fights?
Basically, you are using fighting WITH Jackson as an illustration of how these teams had cancers other than Jackson. It doesn't work that way.
So the Reggie Jackson playing for the Yankees example is "dumb"? OK, how can you explain the A's going to 5 World Series in a row, and winning 3 of them, all with a "cancer" playing in RF?
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the A's had more cancers than the yankees, that's how. they were legendary for their in-fighting. just like the yankees were a few years later. i don't think one player is going to ruin any chemistry when everyone is insane.
and i'm pretty sure when kb brought up reggie, he referred to oakland and new york. it's a bad example.
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How the fuck is that a bad example? Who were the "cancers" on the As? You are pulling shit out of your ass on this Tom. Was Joe Rudi an asshole? Sal Bando? Is there someone out there with a bunch of stories about what a cocksucker Bert Campanaris was?
I know Vida Blue did drugs, and Claudell Washington was sorta lazy, but other than that, who were the "cancers" on the A's? How are they worse than the Yankees? I know Bill North got into a fight, but that was WITH Jackson, which completely reinforces my point. What were the other legendary non-Jackson fights?
Basically, you are using fighting WITH Jackson as an illustration of how these teams had cancers other than Jackson. It doesn't work that way.
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