Emmz

I think you're confusing passion with mindlessness. Does it really take that much effort to put some thought into a post? I even post a "Woo" or a "s***" here and there, but I don't do it constantly to rack up a quick hundred posts every time something happens. Why's it so bad to miss the old game threads where intelligent posters made intelligent posts?

There's about 10 posters, I won't name names, who have 95% or more of their post count consisting of 5-word-or-less posts in the game thread. Most of the posters who've been regulars with over 2,000 posts that joined within the last year are people who just spam the game threads with nonsense.

I'll put it like this, even when the sox are winning, people are complaining or being pessimistic. When they lose, it feels like they've just been mathematically eliminated. Not to mention, most of the gamethread posts consist of "s***"s "f*** that"s "god damnit"s and "********"s. There's very few intelligent posts in game threads anymore.

I didn't realize this was the Democratic Nation Convention thread, nor did I realize this was a political website. Please continue.

Yay, lets go bringing politics into the game thread. That's just bringing the dumbassery of game threads to a new low, which has been a trend itself over the course of this season especially.

This, I think he's due for a name change.

CC just seems like he gets psyched out against Boston.

That must've hurt.

ROY is not a value stat, even though Buster Pussy got it last season pretty much purely based on the fact that he was a catcher who's miserable season was turned around by one unsustainable month, so Trumbo.

Your argument is so inconsistent. You said that "gambling isn't the issue" then you said "illegal gambling is the issue". No one implied that legal gambling was the issue here, that's a very sneaky little straw man. Your argument has changed as follows: - He's gonna get suspended because of his defiance. He's really had it coming to him! - He's gonna get suspended because illegal gambling is against the CBA! - Then it's not gambling that's the issue... - Oops, it's illegal gambling that's the issue (One sentence after saying gambling's not the issue) So, can you pick a stance or something? It's starting to get confusing exactly what you're arguing here. Seems to me like you just don't like A-Rod and would get kicks out of him getting suspended for petty crap like gambling. I don't blame you, he's a douche, but it's still a s*** reason to suspend him, considering all the other stuff they've let slip by. They surely might end up suspending him, but considering that people who get DUI's get off scot-free, he certainly should not, I think that's the point every one here is trying to make, which you seem to be missing completely. (I'm surprised I've had to explain this to you so many times)

Not the point, which you seem to be completely missing.

That's not the point. The point is that it's not severe, and MLB would possibly piss off people who for one, are not pricks who think that petty BS like gambling is severe enough to warrant suspension, and also, thought that endangering the lives of others like Miguel Cabrera DID, however, warrant suspension of some sort. If he does this, he's pretty much just trying to show everyone that he's in-charge, which is pretty weak. Endangering lives of others>>>>>>>>>Bud Selig's control complex.

WOW! A story about baseball players doing steroids, I better take that at it's word for sure!

Who cares, it's petty crap. He's not cheating, he's not gaining competitive advantage, nor is he doing something negative towards other players. I don't like A-Rod, I think he's a piece of crap cheater, a poor sportsman and a arrogant douchebag, but this is just stupid.

Cromartie just isn't very good. Nnamdi has not proven himself to be very good, he hasn't covered the top receivers before. He plays the RCB position, which explains why no one throws it to his side of the field. If he's truly an elite CB, he should be covering the top receiver of every game at every play like Revis does, and like every other elite CB throughout history has. He had one good year where he was playing the LCB position, where he had 8 picks, but that just raises the question as to why he plays a position that significantly reduces his value on the field?

Well yeah, every fan of every team is fooled to believe that the entire league is so afraid of him that they just don't throw it to him, when in reality that's just because he covers inferior receivers on the side of the field where most QBs are likely to get intercepted more often.

Nah, then he'd be on the bandwagon for sure though.

Nnamdi covers the second receiver every time lol, dude is so overrated it's not even funny. "OMG no one ever passes to his side of the field tho!!". Well yeah, he covers the second-best receiver every time, while the best receiver is covered by some other guy who they probably picked up to fill the roster a few years earlier.

lol, what a non-factor of a acquisition that will turn out to be.

The physical toll that's taken during one football season from the QB position is not even comparable to that of a baseball season, you don't even need to play to see that. Baseball it's common to see players play every game, and players can often play 10 years easily, some even up to 20. In football, players will usually only get about 8-10, 15 is extremely high, and 20 is pretty much unheard of unless you're a kicker. Not to mention, he is the best QB out there, and could very well retire as the best that ever played. There's really no way people should be comparing football contracts to baseball contracts.