Comments on: Deep Thoughts: which Hall of Fame candidates will be the most easily smeared next year?

By: 57braves

57braves — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 19:45:46 +0000

This kind of speculation is real crap. Is there a shred of evidence? Guilt by association? Canseco was such a horse’s ass i seriously doubt Maddox or Glavine had a single word with him. As Jack Webb said, “Just stick with the facts.”

By: mcjon22

mcjon22 — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:44:32 +0000

If Maddux and Glavine aren’t first ballot hall of famers, they should just shut down Cooperstown.

By: snowbirdgothic

snowbirdgothic — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:41:20 +0000

Chicks.

Dig.

The long ball.

’nuff said.

By: bbil2012

bbil2012 — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:27:37 +0000

That was right around the time Eck quit drinking too.

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:53:53 +0000

Here ya go
http://coedbc.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/bonds-bicycling-colorado.jpg?w=600&h=350

By: Roger Moore

Roger Moore — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:34:25 +0000

Not 1991, you fool! Maddux didn’t sign with the Braves until after the 1992 season, so that picture must be from some time between 1993 and 1999, when he had Lasik surgery to fix his eyesight.

By: largebill

largebill — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:27:21 +0000

Funny thing is those glasses were plain glass. He has 20/20 vision and just wore the glasses to fool the opposition.

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:00:11 +0000

Not sure if it’s anything worse than “Thomas was the only one who spoke up against steroids, offered his testimony directly to George Mitchell, and wanted to take a drug test” as evidence he didn’t use PEDs.

By: professormaddog31

professormaddog31 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:47:59 +0000

There’s plenty of jerks in the HOF already. I choose to believe that Biggio isn’t a total sleazeball, as 10 and 11 year old me would be very upset to learn that about him. But jerkiness =/= greatness.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:10:15 +0000

TLR runs an animal rescue place. This buys him a lot of leeway in my book….well….it would, if I had a book.

By: Craig Calcaterra

Craig Calcaterra — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:08:05 +0000

I kept the house and made more money. It basically went like this:

“I’m not paying you alimony.”

“OK.”

By: millmannj

millmannj — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:00:55 +0000

Tom Glavine: Head of the Players union. Assessment: Had access to every PED-head’s juicing plan and possibly the home phone number of everyone’s suppliers. Verdict: GLAVINE WAS PROBABLY JUICING.

By: umrguy42

umrguy42 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:59:55 +0000

No, no, no, LaRussa is way worse than a juicer… he’s a VEGETARIAN!

(ducks)

By: cur68

cur68 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:29:41 +0000

Points to everyone for being classy with this jerk. I however feel no such urge.

Fuck off, asshole.

By: flosox

flosox — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:19:39 +0000

Touche

By: grumpyoleman

grumpyoleman — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:18:53 +0000

His move to the bullpen changed his career, not by roiding up and getting the bondsparadefloathead.

By: Chris Fiorentino

Chris Fiorentino — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:17:42 +0000

I didn’t even have a lawyer and I don’t pay alimony…I thought that had to do with the fact that my wife made more money than me at the time we got divorced…oh, and I gave her the house.

By: Gamera the Brave

Gamera the Brave — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:17:10 +0000

“Now I understand Craig’s desire to continue to stir the pot because he needs to generate page clicks to pay his alimony and child support for his kids…”

Congrats on the “Douche-tastic comment of the day”!

Nothing says, “I have a point” like making that point off the back of someone’s marriage ending…

By: Brian Murphy

Brian Murphy — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:11:34 +0000

It’s going to be extremely troubling how many scribes will spout that same logic and actually mean it next year.

By: nategearhart

nategearhart — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:57:37 +0000

Next time I sit down to watch a baseball player ride a bicycle, I’ll do so with a critical eye.

By: number42is1

number42is1 — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:52:53 +0000

nope

By: nolanwiffle

nolanwiffle — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:50:28 +0000

Moose is an Oriole.

By: The Dangerous Mabry

The Dangerous Mabry — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:44:28 +0000

This deserves one of those “Great Moments in Self-Promotion” posts.

By: Craig Calcaterra

Craig Calcaterra — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:39:42 +0000

Sorry, bambam, I don’t pay alimony. I had a good lawyer in my divorce. Me.

By: stlouis1baseball

stlouis1baseball — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:33:33 +0000

Shhhh! It is totally lost on her Lazlo. Pebbles has no idea.

By: stlouis1baseball

stlouis1baseball — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:32:35 +0000

Whatever Pebbles. You don’t even know if the state of Ohio requires alimony payments.
Further, you don’t even know if Piazza and Biggio are “non-jerks.”

By: randygnyc

randygnyc — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:32:01 +0000

Tick- I have no doubt that there is no connection between Canseco and Eck, regarding steroids. I have no doubt that as vociferous as Eck has been, if Canseco knew any different, he’d say so. Now of course, Eck may have juiced, but I don’t think he did so with cansecos help or connections.

By: lazlosother

lazlosother — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:27:15 +0000

Bambam and cognitive dissonance.

You came to the site, read the post and made a comment. This is like hunting through the house to find your wife, helping her with whatever she’s doing, and then giving her a big smooch – just to demonstrate that you don’t give a shit about her.

By: mattyflex

mattyflex — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:24:23 +0000

Yeah but those bubbles in his Air Max Nikes were cutting edge back then.

By: Tick

Tick — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:23:35 +0000

I’m sure Rickey took PEDs too and I also have no problem with either being in the Hall. I just have a problem with this notion that certain players are somehow above accusations, even though they have the same cloud around them as others do. Especially a guy like Eckersley who wants to pop off his mouth.