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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:08 PM Original message |
Poll question: Pete Rose vs. Barry Bonds - who committed the worse crimes against baseball |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. I knew I shoulda bought Jiffy Pop stock |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You want to make money - buy the machine! |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Then I'd hafta work |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. You can set up the profit margin on the popcorn that would allow you to |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. You seem to know this stuff |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Are you sure you're a democratic? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. Pete's ban is right. Bond's lack of a ban is wrong. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I don't care if Rose can never manage in baseball again |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Why Ruth? |
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ohiosmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. You ain't wrong. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. What rules of MLB did Cobb and Ruth break? |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. No arms? Shooting people? |
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Maccagirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I thought his mother shot his abusive father |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Pete Rose used performance enhancing drugs as well... |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. That was Pete Rose Jr. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Incorrect...Rose admitted in an interview to using amphetamines... |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Anyone who doesn't is pretty ignorant |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Seriously |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Why has the use of amphetamine been banned from Olympic competition... |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I will not argue that you are correct about the effects of one being... |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. First we're talking baseball - not Olympics |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Baseball only recently banned steroids as well as amphetamines as performance enhancers... |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Caffeine in sufficient amounts |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. There are certainly levels to many violations... |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. The question is the one you posed before that |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 03:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. But amphetamines are accorded a different penalty system... |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. I'm still waiting for evidence |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. I believe the evidence is easy to find through simple web search.. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. That isn't the nature of the argument |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:18 AM Response to Reply #57 |
75. I have acknowledged there are degrees.... |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. To be completely accurate, ampetamine decrease fatigue, increase concentration... |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
73. A lot of ball players in the seventies were using speed. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 08:20 AM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Not singling Rose out, just comparing the reaction to players... |
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Dragonbreathp9d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. I dont give a shit if someone bet |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. I don't care if he bet on his team to WIN |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. There is still a conflict of interests |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #50 |
63. Same point I was going to make |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. Why do you not include Rose's use of amphetamines as a performance enhancer? nt. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Because Pete Rose is white |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. If this was Mark Magwire chasing the record I'd have the same exact issue |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
47. I was joshing Lynne |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. What - for taking what he thought was diet pills |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. So Rose's claims of ignorance in taking a performance enhancing drug... |
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reyd reid reed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. Both are valid...and I never thought I'd say it, but the one that's worse |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
29. much as i don't want bonds to break the record, i have to say rose |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
32. Rose wasn't a cheat |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Oh but he took DIET PILLS |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Actually he took amphetamines, prescribed illegally by a doctor... |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Yes, he was |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #36 |
55. And aside from the cheating issue, which I think is sufficient to keep him out of the hall... |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Fosse was blocking the plate without the ball |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Not only do people get hurt in sports, they get banned and that's fucking life |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Wow, harsh much? Every catcher doing his job blocks the plate. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I hope the next baseball commisioner ends this controversy by shooting Rose... |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. It's against baseball's rules to block the plate without the ball |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. I'm well aware of the rules of baseball. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:15 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Obviously, we have differing opinions on how baseball is supposed to be played |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Understood, and I have no problem with that. |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
35. Here's the answer... |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 02:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. I'm gonna fix DE tolls so you have to pay TRIPLE just for that damn picture |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Heh heh heh!!1!! .... |
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chieftain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
38. As the NBA ref betting on games shows, gambling calls into |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. It does when it leads fans to think |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
43. I was going to say Rose because of his hair. But by your criiterion, it's Bonds. Clearly. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
48. The single worst crime was committed by Bill Buckner. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
51. I have to go with Bonds on this one. |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Las Vegas has a professional baseball team |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
53. Pete Rose, for two things |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #53 |
69. 'Meaningless' to you, perhaps |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 07:51 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Maybe, maybe not |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
64. other |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
65. neither |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
67. I'm sorry..... |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
70. rose absolutely positively knew |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-24-07 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
72. For me it's Rose by such a hell of a long shot it isn't even close. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
74. I'm going with Rose |
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Magrittes Pipe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-25-07 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
77. Bud Selig. |
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