Comments on: He’s Baaaaaaaacne!

By: Bad Kermit

Bad Kermit — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:11:36 +0000

@Keaton - You're certainly entitled to your opinion, even though it's completely wrong. I'd rip Sosa, Palmeiro, Clemens, and Bonds in much the same fashion if they ever showed their faces around the MLB again.

By: Keaton

Keaton — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:55:22 +0000

Got to disagree with you on this one, Bad Kermit.

As a Reds fan (and hasn’t MY decade sucked???) I share your loathing of Tony La Russa and my broken-hearted, “Say it ain’t so, Mark!” shattered innocence that Mark McGuire represents. As much as I didn’t want to hear it, I knew in 1998 that he was juiced. Anyone with a brain knew this. But baseball was magical that summer – the duel between him and Sosa was eye-popping. It healed the league from the 1994 “Eat Me, You Don’t Get Your Series” strike. Or so we thought.

But it’s because of Sosa that CubFan needs to sit down and shut up. There is no acknowledgement of Sosa’s perfidy, and then slamming McGuire. Both were talented athletes. And both are fallen. Both are in the same career lifeboat, literally, having sank at the very same Congressional hearing. Start paddling, boys, and hand Rafi Palmiero an oar as well.

As much as I love your blog, I don’t think you have a leg to stand on for this one. Ripping McGuire makes any CubFan a hypocrite if you cheered Sosa even once. So he’s back as a coach. So what? Let the man alone. That way, we can leave Sammy alone as well. And we can put little asterisks next to their names, deny both of them the HOF (along with Bonds), and move on to the next era of professional baseball: destroying young fanbases by having extra-late East Coast start times for WS games. Wait, they’re doing that.

I hope we can continue to share in our hatred of anything Yankee, or White Sox. Looking forward to the next post.

Keaton

By: Ron Santo

Ron Santo — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:41:55 +0000

I can just see batting practice now..”You bend over like this and
stick the needle here…”

By: santo10

santo10 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:01:55 +0000

You mean we just hired a real hitting coach when we could have just hired Sammy Sosa?! Who needs experience or knowledge when you can just throw roids at the problem?

By: psychoch

psychoch — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:05:28 +0000

Originally Posted By Mark Giangreco Roman WrestlerMcGwire prodded Holliday to lessen his leg kick last offseason, SOMETHING HOLLIDAY SCRAPPED RIGHT AROUND THE TIME HE STARTED HITTING WELL AGAIN.

McGwire's not going to talk about the past.

By: Luis

Luis — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:12:21 +0000

How many times will we read the headline “McGwire injects life into Cardinals bats” in 2010?

Also, when Skip Schumaker and Brendan Ryan start hitting 60 bombs and striking out 200 times per year, we’ll know why.

This has disaster written all over it. And I don’t mind it one bit.

By: Mark Giangreco Roman Wrestler

Mark Giangreco Roman Wrestler — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:29:37 +0000

Saying Mark McGwire’s hiring could influence Matt Holliday’s decision to stay with the Cardinals is absolutely batshit. Yes it is true that Holliday sought out McGwire for hitting advice in the offseason. And yes, Holliday did change his swing. Here’s something he forgot to mention:

McGwire prodded Holliday to lessen his leg kick last offseason, SOMETHING HOLLIDAY SCRAPPED RIGHT AROUND THE TIME HE STARTED HITTING WELL AGAIN.

By: Farewell Preston Gomez

Farewell Preston Gomez — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:28:29 +0000

Wasn’t Dick Sisler a groin injury?