Letters to the Editor
debaser
Published Letters: 656 Editor's Choice: 11
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His influence is pretty palpable
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Like alot of other posters, I too kinda hated the 49ers. Montana irked me to no end for some unknown reason (probably because my cousing LOVED him).
but check this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaching_tree
all of these coaches, in one way or another, were directly influenced by him...and there's some pretty bona fide great coaches in that mix.
as for his style, I'll take nifty passing over pound the ball down the middle any day. But then I'm a Packer fan - so of course I loved Holmgren's Walsh-inspired offense.
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My submission:
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]For the baseball stat that will NEVER be beaten. 309 by Career Triples by Sam Crawford. Second is Ty Cobb with 295.
Heck the only active player in the top 100 is Steve Finley with 124.
I think it's safe to say that this one will never be topped..prolly because stadia are less zany as they were from 1899-1917 (when Crawford played)
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c'mon now!
[Read the article: What's that giant suckling sound?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Breastfeeding is fine, it's great even. The health benefits are too numerous to even mention.
but to the lady facing me at church that one morning when I was a bit hung-over and fuzzy and just looking to get my God on...for the love of all things holy, a church pew is neither the time nor the place for breastfeeding your child!
That's what foyers are for!
just a bit of discretion is all I ask.
heck, urination and defecation are also the most natural things in the world...
but let me reiterate lest I get jumped all over, I think breastfeeding is a wonderful thing to do, I know my sister is glad she did so...especially since neither of us were (oh those pesky 70s), I just think there's a proper place to do these things.
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The only thing I know for certain:
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]is that last night Alex Rodriguez just became ALOT more popular.
p.s. to "omooex": i think you mean methamphetimines
p.p.s To the earlier writer who mentioned Jordan's physical change..thank you! I thought I was the only one who noticed that! (as well as the only one who thinks he pushed off on that final jumper in the finals against the Jazz :)
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The Gaylord Perry Argument
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm not so sure this comparison holds up. I think there are levels of cheating just like there are levels of illegality, and most people can manage to make out the difference.
I mean it's just as illegal to splice into your neighbour's cable box as it is to threaten him with a knife demanding he share his cable with you, but most people know which one is worse.
It's not simply a case of "cheating is cheating"
Perry's placing of spit, or vaseline, or scuffing on a ball is miles away from injecting yourself with an illegal substance in order to gain an advantage. You can argue otherwise, but you know you're being disingenious.
as for the amphetimines - I'm confused as to exactly how they help. I'm no chemist, but I was under the impression that speed would make the taker feel more alert and focused (both of which are pretty damn subjective terms)..then again cocaine would do the same thing. Is that why Tim Raines isn't in the Hall (actually is he even eligible yet?)
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@arsene
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]You wrote:
"If Barry Bonds is to have an asterisk over his name, then every single white baseball player who is loved and respected without question and who played before blacks were allowed into the major leagues SHOULD ALSO HAVE AN ASTERISK.
The likes of Babe Ruth benefitted from that era's race-based apartheid system: the Negro leagues were full of brilliant, talented players who were not allowed to compete with whites. Joe DiMmaggio once said the most talented players he ever saw at the time were in the Negro leagues.
Players like Babe Ruth had the privilege of not competing against a complete pool of available talent. White players benefitted from this racial apartheid---their fame is far more tainted than Bonds' ever will be."
The problem with this reasoning is twofold really. First, you're conflating "active cheating" with "an advantageous situation". As much as you may not want to hear it - Ruth had nothing to do with segregation, it was simply the time in which he played.
The second, and far greater, issue with this reasoning is that it assumes that ALL players from the Negro Leagues were on par with Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige. That there was no such thing as a journeyman black pitcher, that had the leagues been integrated all teams would be stacked with three ace fireballers and three sluggers of African descent. And the history books would be bereft of all white ball players, that Mantle, or Williams, or Snider or Spahn never woulda had a chance in the face of the far superior black talent.
Pardon me if I'm overstepping here, but this kind of reasoning veers dangerously close to "blacks are naturally better athletes" which, if I'm not mistaken, is sickeningly racist.
and besides, you can make almost as many arguments the other way that prove just how asinine this line of reasoning actually is. Off the top of my head I could say "and besides, Bonds benefitted from playing in an era where he knew the dangers of smoking. If Ruth had known that smoking kills you and severely limits your lung/muscle capacity, he'd probably have hit 100 more homeruns."
(i'm being facetious of course, i'm just trying to illustrate a point)