Technology Will Be the Death of Me
by the red baron on Feb 25, 2009 12:56 PM EST
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I had a whole big post in my head for today; with the start of official Grapefruit League games and all of that, it seemed to call out for me to do something, at least.
Alas, it is not to be. I've been fighting with my computer all morning, trying to determine if the machine itself, the cable modem, or the router is the issue. Nonetheless, I now find myself desperately behind the eight ball, trying to get something put up over here and complete an RFT post as well. Thus, I hope you'll all accept my apologies when I confess that this isn't going to be very substantial today.
Anyhow, we do still have spring training games finally beginning, with our dear old Redbirds on one side, and an honest-to-goodness, real life opponent on the other. Life doesn't get much better than this; the day that you look around and realise that there will be rebirth and renewal once again, despite whatever signs there may be to the contrary.
Seems that the world agrees with me, as we are currently experiencing a truly glorious day here in St. Louis, the likes of which is enough to make even a masochist such as myself to wish that it could be sunny and warm every day of life.
So today, in the spirit of grand and glorious things, let's all take the long view. We debate the minutiae of the game here day in and day out; the notion of Colby Rasmus hitting ninth is enough to give us endless hours of fodder to feed the addiction. But today, at the beginning of it all, I'm curious as to just what you all expect out of this team this year. We project, inspect, and dissect endlessly; what about the big picture? Will the 2009 Cardinals be as inspiringly shocking as the '08 iteration was? Or will they ultimately let us down with a performance that falls short of the feel-good story we all bought into so completely last year?
Winning team? Losing team? Something else entirely? A team still on the rise, or one that stalls in the middle of construction?
It's all ahead of us today. It begins here, and doesn't end until the leaves not yet even budded have turned and fallen. Just what shape do you expect the next seven months to take?
Again, I wanted to apologise for the short and late post. I promise something a bit more substantial the next time out. In the meantime, go outside. Breathe a little bit. And just take a moment, even a single second, to realise that, no matter what else there may be in this world that isn't so good, today most certainly is.
Ladies and gentlemen, baseball is back.
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71 degrees and partly cloudy in Jupiter
Winter is slowly losing its grip on us!
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Today's Lineup
According to Gameday…
Schumaker, 2B
Rasmus, LF
Pujols, 1B
Ankiel, CF
Ludwick, RF
Duncan, DH
Greene, K, SS
LaRue, C
Mather, 3B
by DisplacedCardsFan on Feb 25, 2009 1:14 PM EST reply actions
R i doin it rong???
Just curious if anybody else has gameday up and isn’t getting anything yet. Silly time to be impatient, I know, I just want to make sure it’s not just my work connection being weird.
I mean, I totally don’t watch baseball games at work that’s irresponsible.
Mine still doesn't have any pitches either
but it did just recently switch from “warm-ups” to “top 1st”
by BTown Birds fan on Feb 25, 2009 1:19 PM EST up reply actions
Gameday finally caught up, and went to ludicrous speed
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Remember that time Blake Hawksworth struck out Dan Uggla swinging?
Oh god I’ve missed you, game thread
Either gameday is slightly off
or Hawksworth really needs to get the ball down.
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IIRC
Gameday for ST games isn’t really that accurate. As in, it doesn’t show all pitches. On a walk, it just shows 4 balls, on a K it just shows 3 strikes, and on pitches hit into play, it just shows one pitch that was in play.
Could be wrong, though.
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by jd is legend on Feb 25, 2009 1:23 PM EST up reply actions
I was hoping to see that Skip was involved in that DP
Twas all Greene, though
hecanthithecanthithecanthithecanthit
FYI
I just got my auto-re-subscription thingy email from mlb.tv today and it came with a schedule for the first week of games. Looks like the Cards game will be on mlb.tv on Friday.
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Gameday is clearly in early Spring Training form
10 minute delay at the start of each half inning, then everything happening at once….
by BTown Birds fan on Feb 25, 2009 1:28 PM EST reply actions
Double for Raz
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Raz!!
Slugging 2.000 so far this year!!!
by BTown Birds fan on Feb 25, 2009 1:29 PM EST reply actions
OPS 3.000
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by jd is legend on Feb 25, 2009 1:32 PM EST up reply actions
This year
I say the cards put it together and their luck actually turns good (as far as injuries).
I see them at 93-69
by DisplacedCardsFan on Feb 25, 2009 1:30 PM EST reply actions
Good call.
The curse of the Rolen-bino?
"Well, folks, this game began as a tiny worm and is blossoming into a large cobra." - Mike "The Moon Man" Shannon
by Tudor's Electric Fan on Feb 26, 2009 12:54 AM EST up reply actions
Supposed to be a link there.
"Well, folks, this game began as a tiny worm and is blossoming into a large cobra." - Mike "The Moon Man" Shannon
by Tudor's Electric Fan on Feb 26, 2009 12:55 AM EST up reply actions
Dunc GIDP
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After 1 AB for each, you gotta call up Rasmus and send down Duncan!!
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by jd is legend on Feb 25, 2009 1:30 PM EST up reply actions
+1
Chuck Norris hit a Home Run
with his beard
by bearcatcardfan on Feb 25, 2009 1:31 PM EST up reply actions
Florida's
not very patient today, so far.
by DisplacedCardsFan on Feb 25, 2009 1:36 PM EST reply actions
walked in a run
Chuck Norris hit a Home Run
with his beard
by bearcatcardfan on Feb 25, 2009 1:37 PM EST up reply actions
pujols walk
ank walk, I’m liking this idea of a more patient ankiel
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Feb 25, 2009 2:26 PM EST up reply actions
No kidding
If he keeps this up, his OBP will be ridiculous!
by Ray Lankford on Feb 25, 2009 2:27 PM EST up reply actions
Where's all your minor league homerun power now, McPherson???
OK maybe I’m a little giddy about baseball starting.
Send his ass down already!
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This will get buried.
So now we know the one thing that can force RB to be succinct, a computer virus. I think he may have been targeted by some nefarious competitors.
Please, Please, Please no one tell Tony about this. The man’s ego is large enough as is.
I came across this little tidbit in another article about managers in the last year of their contract.
Saint Pujols
The week before he reported to spring training, Albert Pujols, through his own foundation, delivered 50 beds to a village outside San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic. He intends to ship 50 more next month and another 100 in November, continuing a charitable endeavor that in years past has provided doctors, dentists and eye exams.
In the neighborhoods where he is providing the beds, Pujols said, "There are no places like them in the U.S. It’s a bad situation these people are living in."
That’s Albert for you, already working hard on his second consecutive Roberto Clemente Award. Wow he’s competitive.
"Do what you want to the women and children but leave me alone"- George Carlin
by That's a Winner on Feb 25, 2009 1:51 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Skip thinks he's still playing the outfield
2 POs, 0 Assists.
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the birds on the bat
like to leave birds on the bags as well
by STLRegalia on Feb 25, 2009 2:15 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Whenever the Marlins play in St. Louis this season, someone should get seats right behind the 1B dugout
Then, every time the Marlins take the field, that person should yell at Dan Uggla to “pretend it’s the All-Star game” nonstop.
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by jd is legend on Feb 25, 2009 2:17 PM EST up reply actions
you mean 6 right
Chuck Norris hit a Home Run
with his beard
by bearcatcardfan on Feb 25, 2009 2:18 PM EST up reply actions
Juuuuuust beat me to it.
I think he’s adding up everyone’s total which over-exaggerates the team total a tad.
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o ok i agree on the exageration 16 lob threw 4 innings is impossible
Chuck Norris hit a Home Run
with his beard
by bearcatcardfan on Feb 25, 2009 2:22 PM EST up reply actions
GD says 25 through 5 now
That’s impressive
Testicle-exploding shit storm, circa 7/12/08 - We will never forget!
I'd rather have 25 LOB
than 0.
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Kill me now
It’s now worthy of a SportsCenter update that A-Rod hit a homer in a ST game.
Not afraid to nitpick
Sure it is.
Unless Joba strikes someone out, do you have a better idea for a SportsCenter update?
I didn’t think so.
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Manny Ramirez just blew his nose
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by jd is legend on Feb 25, 2009 2:22 PM EST up reply actions
do you have video???
Chuck Norris hit a Home Run
with his beard
by bearcatcardfan on Feb 25, 2009 2:23 PM EST up reply actions
I wish I did
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by jd is legend on Feb 25, 2009 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
i know you could sell it.
Chuck Norris hit a Home Run
with his beard
by bearcatcardfan on Feb 25, 2009 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
At the very least I'd get a million hits and a 4.5-star rating on YouTube
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by jd is legend on Feb 25, 2009 2:25 PM EST up reply actions
No link, just word from an anonymous source on the inside
Can’t give it away
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by jd is legend on Feb 25, 2009 2:33 PM EST up reply actions
On the inside of his nose?
Presumably he’s out now after the big event.
by BTown Birds fan on Feb 25, 2009 2:34 PM EST up reply actions
OT: Tiger Woods
I am following Cards gameday but also watching the WGC Match Play. Tiger Woods is two holes in and he has hit every shot absolutely perfect. That is no exaggeration. He hasn’t played golf in 8 months! He just had knee surgery! I think he is quickly becoming the best athlete of his generation, bar none.
Tiger Woods is a better golfer on one leg than I am with two
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by jd is legend on Feb 25, 2009 2:36 PM EST up reply actions
Im so bad at golf he could beat me if i played 9 holes and he played 18
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by bearcatcardfan on Feb 25, 2009 2:38 PM EST up reply actions
I dunno about athlete
I think LeBron James would be better at golf than Tiger would be at basketball…
Not afraid to nitpick
I completely disagree
Golf requires such precise muscle memory, which is what makes it difficult. Basketball requires much more brute strength and less precise muscle memory. I’d also imagine Tiger’s played more basketball in his day than LeBron has played golf.
However, I will say that some NFL team should sign LeBron to play WR and block FGs, just like in that commercial. That would be awesome.
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by jd is legend on Feb 25, 2009 2:48 PM EST up reply actions
Kinda the point
LeBron (or actually some of those freakish 6’2 250 running 4.5 linebackers) would be better at more sports than Tiger IMO
Not afraid to nitpick
There was a story a couple of years ago
John Smoltz, Jeff Francouer, and I think Tom Glavine all played against Tiger. The Braves’ trio played a scramble (meaning, they all hit their shots, picked the best one, then all hit their shots from there, picked the best one, etc.), while Tiger played on his own. The Braves’ players’ cumulative handicap was around 5 (meaning that on average the three of their combined scores would be 5 over par). Tiger still beat them by like 6.
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by jd is legend on Feb 25, 2009 2:56 PM EST up reply actions
It's more about your peers
Tiger is far and away better than anyone in the world at golf. LeBron is a fantastic basketball player, but so is Kobe Bryant, so is Dwight Howard, so is Tim Duncan, so is Kevin Garnett…. and so on and so on.
In that case
It’s Phelps, he doesn’t ever lose. There’s way more people playing basketball from a young age than golf.
It’s all how you define “athlete” so this is kinda pointless to argue it but like I said I think LeBron would be cumulatively better at all sports than Tiger.
Not afraid to nitpick
Putting it that way is a whole different story
I think you have a good argument for saying LeBron would be cumulatively better than Tiger.
But as far as one person in their own sport, Tiger beats LeBron.
That's how I'm defining "athlete"
While golf is crazy difficult and requires very specific skills all, I’m defining “athlete” as being able to do anything well. Otherwise like I said you end up defining Phelps as better than anyone else is within their sport.
Not afraid to nitpick
Also, nobody has quite the mental edge over their competition quite like Tiger
Of course, golf is a much more mental sport than most others
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by jd is legend on Feb 25, 2009 3:04 PM EST up reply actions
92-70 Central Division Champs
Cards beat out Cubs in last week of season. Nobody is within 10 games of either of them in the Central, and the Cubs go home because the East lands two 92+ win teams.
Cards line-up and stats on last day of season (top 5 in the order):
Skip 2B: .310/100 runs
Rasmus CF .265/.320/.460 17 HRs
Pujols 1B: same stat line as always
Luddy LF: .277/.360/.570 35HRs
Ankiel RF: .268/.322/.500 30HRs
Glaus battles injury all year, but Mather becomes a respectable fill-in at both corner infield and outfield positions. Freese gets a fair number of ABs and proves competent. Carpenter starts 30 games and is phenomenal.
A guy can dream, right?
by Cardaholic on Feb 25, 2009 2:43 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
No errors yet for Schu!!!
Its in the 5th inning and Schu hasnt made an error…not sure how many balls hit in his range..but no errors yet still.
Only fielded plays were pop up and line drive...
it must feel just like the outfield for him.
Well that's pretty much what infield is
It’s like the outfield except there are groundballs and I really think Skip can work through this
[/Channeling my inner Hrabosky]
Not afraid to nitpick
Skip's just gotta stay within himself.
You know, having Skip at second base, that’s like making a big trade for a second baseman, only he’s already here.
by mattybobo on Feb 25, 2009 2:51 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
beat me to it
what an rbi
run butted in
Chuck Norris hit a Home Run
with his beard
by bearcatcardfan on Feb 25, 2009 2:45 PM EST up reply actions
Leave-the-game-wick
:/
I hope this is just first game of spring training stuff, but the pessimist in me is still concerned
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by jd is legend on Feb 25, 2009 2:47 PM EST up reply actions
It's not easy
bein’ greene :)) Either one.
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Ludwick hit by Pitch?
I know it was time for the subs to come in, but none the less Ludwick was pulled for Barton after getting hit by a pitch. Does anyone know where Ludwick got hit, and please tell me he was only pulled due to the timing and not injury.
I'm sure they are just playing it safe
and they also want to see what Barton can do
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Feb 25, 2009 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
wrong
Chuck Norris hit a Home Run
with his beard
by bearcatcardfan on Feb 25, 2009 3:09 PM EST up reply actions
looks like
you might be onto something.
I have a love/hate relationship with the Cardinals' middle relief corps.
Schu liked second so much...
he decided to steal it when he was on offense.
The Marlins have made 4 errors in the first six innings of spring ball
Egad!
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Picking up right where they left off.
Meeting is adjourned. Oh I am sorry sir, I didn't mean to overstep my bounds. You say that.
What?
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No, you say that, Governor.
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Why did Pujols have to get walked twice in first game of ST....
are they not only trying to not let him beat them but not get any good competitive at bats.
he got a hit too
Chuck Norris hit a Home Run
with his beard
by bearcatcardfan on Feb 25, 2009 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
who is shaun garceau?
"i have a feeling the answers are bigger than the questions" -Dr Heyward Floyd
I dont know but his strategy of walking a guy
and getting the next to hit into a double play was brilliant and bold.. the young guys need double play practice.
we did that too
Chuck Norris hit a Home Run
with his beard
by bearcatcardfan on Feb 25, 2009 3:23 PM EST up reply actions
we got just as many runs as they did
Chuck Norris hit a Home Run
with his beard
by bearcatcardfan on Feb 25, 2009 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
really weird to see
a live baseball game on TV in February. even though MLB network hasn’t figured out how not to cut off half of the screen.
I have a love/hate relationship with the Cardinals' middle relief corps.
Giants/Indians game is on
not sure if there’s others on the schedule today. it looks like MLB network is just using the local/regional feeds of the games rather than doing their own broadcasts. not sure if that will carry over to how they handle the regular season, but I’m guessing they’ll do it that way as well because of costs.
I have a love/hate relationship with the Cardinals' middle relief corps.
Free baseball on the first day of ST!
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Baseball New Year?
So would today be the Baseball New Year? Or would that be reserved for the 6th of April? I’ve pondered this for a while, to no avail.
Take it easy while it is easy.
I'm going with the first regular season game.
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The Kat man
Am I the only one who is now cheering for the guy named Kat to make the big league squad?
How many extra innings in ST?
I know there’s a limit but I forget the maximum number of innings before is called a tie
I think it's just what the two managers decide to do.
In this case they seem to have decided to call it quits after 10.
by BTown Birds fan on Feb 25, 2009 4:31 PM EST up reply actions
I'm sorry
I just seen tie is the final score after 10th
by Brianzaredbird on Feb 25, 2009 4:32 PM EST up reply actions
Next year...
Spring Training will count!
by sluggerbird on Feb 25, 2009 4:35 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
good post title RB
but it will also be your savior
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Feb 25, 2009 5:27 PM EST reply actions
Maybe, maybe not.
Technology did give us Octo Mom, ya know……..
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heck
without it, I wouldn’t even be reading all this stuff! then what would I do??
but really, dying will be the death of me
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Feb 25, 2009 6:43 PM EST up reply actions
Speaking of science.
Did anyone else read the other day that Wellemeyer spends his time reading books about Physics? Right now, he’s reading a book titled “The Lightness of Being: Mass, Ether and Unification of Forces”.
Getting two tickets to an execution is like getting two tickets to NASCAR, except you [em]know[/em] Jeff Gordon's gonna die.
he just wants to be able to hang with Barton
I like to read physics books too, I think I’ll add that to my amazon wish list
by Cards Fan in Chitown on Feb 25, 2009 8:38 PM EST up reply actions
Great to see the threads return. You guys are the lifeline to those of us in exile . .
. . far, far away
Khapun Kop
An optimist is a man who upon discovering that a rose smells better than a cabbage concludes it will make better soup.
HL Mencken
A tie isn't what I had in mind...
…but I’m glad to see that Cardinal baseball is back. Long live the Cardinals!
Welcome to Baseball Heaven.
Andy Marte, 3B Cardinals
A little off topic…I just saw Andy Marte passed through waivers and was a little surprised that NOBODY wanted to take a shot on him. With Glaus on the mend for the first month of the season, why wouldn’t the Cards take a 1 month shot on this kid. If he flops, you’ve only committed a month to him and you can send him back to the Indians. On the other hand, if he sees this as an opportunity…rubs elbows with Pujols…and finds the potential that made him a top 10 prospect for a handful of years… The risk/reward here seems fairly lopsided. I know there is the additional risk of upsetting a couple thirdbasemen on the farm, but those guys never really profile as much more than league average thirdbasemen.
Glaus is barely going to miss a month
There’s already a log jam at 3rd. Once Glaus comes back it gets even worse.
And I disagree that Brett Wallace profiles as a league average 3rd baseman and, FWIW, Marte has played174 big league games over 4 season and he’s yet to even sniff “league average”.
I’d look at the fact no one took a flier on him coupled with his amazing career .586 OPS, 112 Strike Outs, 36 walks and 9 Home runs and I think you can see why the Cardinals didn’t take a shot on him.
Getting two tickets to an execution is like getting two tickets to NASCAR, except you KNOW Jeff Gordon's gonna die.
what the hell are you talking about?
Marte is WAY better than Wallace
vivaelbeñsheets
by vivaelpujols on Feb 26, 2009 12:38 AM EST up reply actions
did you not sense the sarcasm?
vivaelbeñsheets
by vivaelpujols on Feb 26, 2009 4:41 PM EST up reply actions
I did!
And I think my sarcasm detector has been out of commission this offseason.
Getting two tickets to an execution is like getting two tickets to NASCAR, except you KNOW Jeff Gordon's gonna die.
Wallace
I don’t think Wallace is really in consideration to be the team’s starting third baseman on opening day, and he definitely profiles better than league average (at least with the bat). I was referring to Freese/Craig, who likely view Troy’s injury as their best shot at promotion. I think rather than going w/ one of them and some Brendan Ryan/Joe Mather lovefest, you take a shot on Marte. You have all camp to evaluate him, giving you a free look at a prospect who ranked higher than Wallace.
if you do that though
you are taking at bats away from Freese/Mather on the extremely rare chance that Marte is going to reach his potential here all of a sudden , five years into his career. Odds are that Marte just isn’t what he was expected to be.
* sarcasm might be involved in this comment
and....BEN SHEETS!!! **
**not that BEN SHEETS might be involved in this comment, just BEN SHEETS!!!
(BEN SHEETS might be involved in this comment)
I think Barry Larkin is making shit up.
I’m watching MLB Tonight on MLBNetwork and they’re taking about Left-handed pitchers which brought them to Randy Johnson.
Larking told a story about facing Johnson when he threw what he thought was a fastball at his knee which turned out to be a slider, it broke over the plate and Barry was jumping out of the way of the ball. He said it’s the first time he ever saw Johnson laugh on the mound.
Okay…..I’m having a hard time figuring the physics on this one. Unless Randy Johnson once knew how to throw a reverse breaking slider, I’m not sure how a slider at Barry Larkin’s knee (a right handed hitter) could break over the plate.
I’m calling Shenanigan’s.
Getting two tickets to an execution is like getting two tickets to NASCAR, except you KNOW Jeff Gordon's gonna die.
Maybe Johnson was throwing righty
or maybe he hit a bird again and it altered the flight path.
vivaelbeñsheets
by vivaelpujols on Feb 26, 2009 12:39 AM EST up reply actions
Sounds like
it might have been a scroogie? Not sure if Johnson ever threw a screwball, but as he has been quoted as saying sometime in the 90’s, sometimes the ball would come off the bakc of his hand, and he had no idea where it was headed.
There was Gibson in the Reds' dugout, visibly manhandling about three Reds and tossing them bodily out of the dugout and onto the field...He was the toughest athlete mentally I ever saw, and the greatest competitor. JACK BUCK
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Feb 26, 2009 1:08 AM EST up reply actions
bakc=back
There was Gibson in the Reds' dugout, visibly manhandling about three Reds and tossing them bodily out of the dugout and onto the field...He was the toughest athlete mentally I ever saw, and the greatest competitor. JACK BUCK
by ISawGodInGibby'sRightArm on Feb 26, 2009 1:08 AM EST up reply actions
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