Reply #49: How do you feel about Damon? [View All]

[genie_weenie]

I realize the Yankees needed someone to replace Ruben Sierra and Bernie Baseball as those 2 are decrepit dinosaurs, but to choose Damon? Doesn't his being in the black pinstripes seem incorrect? I mean Albert Puljous is the next Frank Thomas but, if the Cubs acquired him I might be happy the Cards got shafted, it would "seem" wrong. Puljous might be an exception since he is such a stud hitter, maybe a more appropriate analogy would be Jim Edmonds. However, I am going to be rooting for Corey Patterson this year over in Camden.

I think you're right about the pitchers being roided up. It would be an interesting case study if someone tried to track the bizarre rise in tendon, ligament injuries that have afflicted baseball lately. As I understand, since you can not increase the strength of those fibers, the increased muscle mass leads to a rise of overworked, overstretched, overstressed tendons, resulting in sprains, pulls, tears beyond the norm.

Also, I think the Owners have to realize their success is tied into the continuation of the league and strong competition. The owners who don't care about winning clearly do not appreciate this and are only interested in the yearly buck.

Brady is one of the biggest "see no evil" Juicer cases ever!
Homer Totals-
92 21
93 13
94 12
95 16
96 50
97 18
98 18
99 24
00 19

The 1996 season represents one quarter of his career HR total...

http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/stats/historical/individual_stats_player.jsp?c_id=mlb&playerID=110229