Emmz
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Binky!
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Lol, you're a fagstick=Acceptable. lol ur gay lol haha=absolutely not.
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go fuk urslf k??
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Yo Kanye I'm really happy for you, and I'mma let you finish, but... Mo Walid is the best IRL troll of all time... THE BEST IRL TROLL OF ALL TIME!
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There are a couple of people who still type like that ON A MESSAGE BOARD. Text speak on message boards; it drives me nuts.
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You're full of 6's and 7's.
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I apologize for using diony as a reference. Please don't ban me.
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I'll borrow one from diony: HOLY SMALL SAMPLE SIZE BATMAN!
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Wood actually was someone mentioned who could be a potentially good replacement, but I doubt he produces right away.
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Bradley's a mental case. Figgins-Ichiro is a speedy one-two, yes, and Figgins will love the new ballpark. However, they have a significant drop after their two aces in the rotation, and couple holes on offense.
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This. How we started going on his monster year I don't really know. It was a huge season, but regardless, he's still a better-than-average offensive player, with Gold Glove defense.
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Fluke seasons have happened all across time, without explanation. Using steroids for a season to hit a bunch of jacks, and then stopping is ridiculous, because players can easily maintain that simply by continuing to use roids with their regular workouts. Even David Ortiz was able to use steroids, and maintain the results for several seasons. Seriously, think about it.
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Players are always working out, Beltre is no exception. His muscle wouldn't just decrease from 45+ HR muscle to 20 HR muscle because he "got lazy". Calling professional athletes lazy is ridiculous.
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Going to Safeco, against greater pitching competition in the superior league also plays a factor, though. I really never saw Beltre repeating his successes that he had with the Dodgers.
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I said entering prime years. Some hitters enter their prime years as early as their early twenties, and it lasts for 10 years, that being the best case. 25 years old certainly isn't far off from entering the prime years.
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Yeah, but it happens. Flukes happen all the time. A bunch of crappy seasons, and in Beltre's case solid seasons, surrounding one monster season? That screams fluke to me more than it does steroids, because steroids usually have an effect on more than one season. There's merit to your argument, I acknowledge that, but I personally tend to think fluke when it's just one season.
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Most players start to enter their prime ages around their mid-late twenties, and 25 falls under that category.
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No, his stadium wouldn't have helped, it's Dodger Stadium, a pitcher's park. I believe it was more flukey than anything. Steroids having an impact on one season? I doubt it. It's the hitter's equivalent to an Esteban Loaiza, except for that Beltre brings a lot even outside of that season. He has power, and he is a Gold Glove caliber player at 3rd.
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I'd lean towards fluke. Steroids usually wouldn't just have an impact on one season, and then simply stop.
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He was in Dodger Stadium, as well. Why did Esteban Loaiza have a monster year, and nothing really close? Hell, he wasn't even viable for most of his career. Beltre has stellar D, and has plenty of power. Not to mention that season came close to when most players have their prime years. Beltre absolutely got his numbers snubbed at Safeco.
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Yeah, Seattle's offense was pretty much non-existent, but I don't know that Figgins and Bradley are going to make as significant an impact as some people think. Everyone seems to think the Mariners will now simply walk away with the division. I think the Angels are still a decent club, and the Rangers are too. Of course, the Angels are significantly damaged with the losses of some key players in Figgins and Lackey. I know that.
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My point was, actually, that I think the Red Sox be close in runs allowed differential. All they have is the duo of Lee and Hernandez. Even with the park factors or both teams.
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