Comments on: Personal Finance Link (Joe West is a Disgrace Edition)

By: The Digerati Life

The Digerati Life — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:37:54 +0000

I have nothing to add (I don’t follow sports) except I found that last comment lol-worthy.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:10:22 +0000

Only if you follow it with certain four letter words…

By: J. Money

J. Money — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:20:48 +0000

Am I allowed to say I like the Yankees here? ;)

By: Kosmo @ The Casual Observer

Kosmo @ The Casual Observer — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:35:22 +0000

There’s also the thought that drug USE isn’t necessarily higher than it was in previous decades, just that more people are being caught.

From the stories former players tell, greenies were heavily used in the ’60s. Cocaine was a drug of choice in the ’80s (and several players did get caught).

It would be nice if they had blood testing instead of just urine, though.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:40:46 +0000

I think the new league would have the same problem of not being able to test for HGH. That’s kind of like not liking a bridge, tearing it down, and building back the exact same way. Nothing is going to be different except that you did a lot of work for nothing.

By: Mr.GoTo

Mr.GoTo — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:07:43 +0000

Sadly, every time a see an alleged MLB “athlete”, all I can think of is HGH and other chemical enhancements. I know that’s over-the-top thinking but the MLB has no credibility left. They ought to blow the league up and start from scratch.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:55:34 +0000

Who is this Babe Ruth you speak of? ;-)

I think with all the science behind sports (even without the steroid stuff), today’s athletes would be far better than the ones in the past. It feels like the level of competition is raise with the chance of being mega-rich.

By: kosmo @ The Casual Observer

kosmo @ The Casual Observer — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:34:53 +0000

or Babe Ruth :)

It’d be fun to to do statistical analysis of this assertion … except that the data is bogus. Fernando pitched at “180 pounds” for his entire career, I think.

There are a few bulky guys these days, but I’m not sure that it’s substantially higher than it has been in the past. Name an era, and you can name same fat/slow players.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:07:54 +0000

I actually think that MLB is moving towards faster more athletics players. The Red Sox and Yankees are sporting young fast players like Ellsbury and Gardner. The Devil Rays have a lot of players who are also fast and athletic. Yes, there are some C.C. Sabathia’s, but is he really any worse than Cecil Fielder (except that Cecil was a hitter)?

By: Mr. GoTo

Mr. GoTo — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:37:44 +0000

Major league baseball is slowing down in general because lard-asses are slowly replacing actual athletes. C.C. Sabathia is a prime example.

I can’t watch MLB at any speed unless my nephew is pitching.

By: Kosmo @ The Casual Observer

Kosmo @ The Casual Observer — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:34:34 +0000

To follow up with the non-sports equivalent about complaining about games that are too long … imagine going to a Springsteen concert and having one of your friends say this:

“You know, I love The Boss … but really, he could have made the concert a half hour shorter and it would have been even better. Really, I would have liked fewer songs …”

Doesn’t make much sense, does it?

By: kosmo @ The Casual Observer

kosmo @ The Casual Observer — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:04:24 +0000

If you truly enjoy watching a sport, is a 4 hour game WORSE than a 3 hour game? I’m too much of a fan to grasp that logic. More baseball = good.

Also, even if West had been right, it’s not his role to comment on such matters, That’s dictator Selig’s job.