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Ripken and Gwynn guaranteed to receive less than 100% of HOF vote.
"If no one else can find meaningful fault with Gwynn or Baltimore's iron shortstop, Cal Ripken Jr., count on Paul Ladewski to act as designated killjoy. The columnist for Chicago's Daily Southtown vowed in 2005 not to vote for anyone who played during baseball's steroid era, and confirmed Thursday that he had submitted a blank ballot this year."
posted by grum@work at 04:54 PM on January 08
Tainted Steel Our mission is to raise money to put up a billboard in front of Heinz Field in which the truth will be on display for all to see. Its location will draw attention from the national media and embarass the NFL.
posted by mick at 01:08 PM on February 14
First let me qualify that I am a Steeler hater and wanted the Seahawks to win - this coming from a guy who grew up in Western PA but have hated the Steelers since the IMMACULATE RECEPTION - yes I am a Raider fan. The officating did not win or lose the game - there were questionable and missed calls against both teams in the game. The Seahawks lost simply because they made more mistakes than the Steelers in what was probably one of worst played Super Bowls in a long time.
posted at 02:22 PM on February 14
Roger Federer: Tennis is My Fourth Favorite Sport Humor: The Onion
posted by Bill Lumbergh at 12:09 PM on February 02
Got to love the Onion but the writer was clearly American!!!! I am sure being Swiss he would have said football (soccer), snow skiing, bobsleding and fine chocolate making...
posted at 02:14 PM on February 02
That'll shut 'em up (maybe). It wasn't a major, but so what? Amelie Mauresmo, criticized as a perennial choker, followed up a splendid semifinal smackdown of Siberian seductress Sharapova (okay, I'll stop now) with a 5-7 7-6 6-4 victory over Mary Pierce to win the WTA Championship on Sunday. Really amazing play from both Mauresmo and Pierce; if you missed this one, you missed a beauty.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 09:27 PM on November 15
tojord - I agree - I think as she ages she looks more and more like Rob Lowe....
posted at 02:05 PM on November 15
If either is elected one vote shy of a unanimous vote why can there not be an asterisk by the name(s). In an era of the press wanting to qualify records with an asterisk for any reason (i.e. - Marris 61, Mac's 70, and Barry's 73), why can't we do the same to them? Quite honestly it should be a "no brainer" for these two or any other players of similar caliber to receive 100% of the vote (i.e. - Williams, Aaron Ruth and many more where of that caliber). It is clear there are and should be "minimum standards" to get into the hall where voting does come into play for borderline cases - BUT -to snub someone for a generality such as just playing in the "steroid era" is insane. Do we go back and take away votes from the players who took "greenies", acid and the like in the 60's - 80's (Seaver)? Or better yet - do we take away votes because some of the greats played in the "all white" era (Ruth)? Wake up and smell the coffee Mr. Ladewski. There has always been and probably will always be some scenario which causes a different level or standard for players to be judged for any professional or even amateur sport.