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damn, some of these guys are a little uptight about the mention of weed...and perhaps a little too literal concerning the quantity smokeable. relax, a momentary diversion from baseball doesn't mean the whole forum is going down the tubes. I've seen much worse than this...just visit the Hardaway thread for a sample of how distasteful some individuals can be.

is PC gonna venture down again?

how much weed ya think was in the park that day????

kinda liked that one myself, thank you very much.

wow, I see that, but one comment by one individual who expected him to be a future ace doesn't mean he was THE replacement for Pedro0 You're trying to connect the dots without following the numerical sequence. So if your picture was supposed to look like Jessica Alba's nude body I think you've got something along the lines of Captain Kangaroo with a coke bottle up his ass.

Was thinking about this very point this a.m. The Yanks fkd Pettitte 3 yrs ago and he was pissed...and he comes back saying: "Everything's kind of the same," Pettitte said. "It feels like I never left." Either he has a short memory, or he is disengenuous or $16m was way more than ANY other team was going to pay him. Take yer pick.

who ever fkn said this? Krist this discussion has grown some legs and i think BL is the one spreading the fertilizer.

If you are saying he consciuosly cares about these other things more than BB I'd disagree. IMO he can't sepearate the image and the striving for perfection on all levels from the game...in a sense he puts to much pressure on himself trying to be all things to all people. And the Yankee fans are exacerbating the problem, which is really good news for other teams.

He's playing the "respect card"...straight out of the Pedro Martinez book of negotiation. I can't tell you how thrilled I'd be if the Yankees fkd this up and lost him. Sh*t, if he ever ended up in Boston it'd be monumental. However, Bernie also said he'd consider Boston several years ago...then after jacking up his price to the NYY he signed there and said he never really intended to play anywhere else, so my guess is Mariano stays put, too.

personally I find myself in a state of mourning, I can't concentrate at work and I'm thinking about exiting the building via the 6th floor window, destined for the courtyard below, where blood will spurt from my lifeless body, mysteriously forming the value 7.85 in honor of Lenny's 2006 ERA. good fkn riddance.

he should change his name to "shittenheimer"

overall, you are right, Captain Obvious. The issue is you're creaming your jeans over a guy who was mediocre in the NL Central last year. Personally I'd rather Pettitte stayed in the NL as he used to kill the Sox...but I seriously wonder if the result will be the same this time around. Maybe...maybe not. Needless to say I am pleased that the Yanks FO, and you, regard him so highly as it leads me to believe maybe they'll go with the staff they've got now.

Against who? Milwaukee? The Nats? The vaunted Cubs offense? Please.

Huh? ARod owns up to sh*t? ARod actually owns up to TOO much...his constant striving for personal perfection, fan adoration and team acceptance drives him to accept responsibility for EVERYTHING that goes wrong in the Bronx. Said Gammons: "A-Rod is a great player who accepts the responsibility of greatness and plays hard every day." After the 2004 Playoff Debacle, ARod said he accepts for the Yankees failure to advance. "I accept full responsibility for this loss. If I played like they pay me to, we would have won," said Rodriquez. Consider some other ARod quotes: "I need to make more contact. I struck out more than one-hundred times. I can cut down on my errors and I'd like to steal thirty or forty bags. I made a lot of dumb baserunning mistakes this year." "I love the challenge of the game. I love the work. My goal right now is to have a season next year that will make people forget about this one. I'll use things like this for motivation." "This whole year has been a learning experience. There are still a lot of areas in which I think I can improve." So exactly how is it that he fails to accept responsibility? I'd say that because of his ego, he actually shifts TOO MUCH blame and responsibility unto himself. In fact it is that self-centeredness that I most dislike about him. I'm not 100% sure whether he sincerely thinks he means that much to the outcome of every game or if it's just an act...but whatever the case, I think he's shown a proclivity to heap responsibility upon himself, right or wrong. Sh*t, he probably think he's responsible for: - Global Warming ("the way I hit bombs, combined with my good looks, is heating up the atmosphere") - Giambi's juicing ("after all, he wishes he could hit 'em like me".) - No. Korea's nuclear ambitions ("it's not weapons or energy they're after, they really want to develop a nuclear man, because they think I was incubated in a nuclear reactor which would explain my power") - A dramatic increase in male homosexuality ("even guys wanna do me cuz I'm so fkn hot")

I agree they showed what they COULD do....but will they do it again? What makes you think Pettitte will be such a plus? Wasn't he like 14-13 with a an ERA slightly south of 5? yes he has POTENTIAL.

I'm not so sure about that. All the Yanks have is potential: Wang could be a 20 game winner...or hitters may catch up to him now Mike Mussina is still effective and I could see winning 16 games...or pitching like a 38 yr old Igawa is loaded with the "P" word...then again, who the fk knows? Pettitte has pitched in big games and will only turn 36 this June so he could be effective...or he could find that last year's 4.20 ERA and 27 HRs allowed were an indication he should've stayed in the NL or maybe retired. And if his gynecologist gives him the go-ahead Pavano may actually pitch in some games this year. Sox have potential, but NO team can claim that there hopes ride on potential more than the Yanks.

no ones saying they'd have won anything with him. doesn't mean it wasn't a terrible trade. there were about 3 of us that ripped that trade when it first happened and we got blasted for it. To me nothing has changed...a bad trade is a bad trade, and I don't see Wily Mo ever living up to the value that was discarded when Arroyo was traded.

I predict that this event will pre-empt the usual T&A shows on the Spanish network Univision tonight, further driving down soccer's popularity in the U.S.

i think Schilling's "in-shape" is equivalent to a lot of other guys "out of shape".

there's still a basketball team in Boston?