In article  , Grizzlie
Antagonist   wrote:

> On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 00:26:50 -0500, "Deborah Terreson"
>  wrote:
>
>>I mentioned that Canseco is going to go testify to a house committee and Bob
>>just came in and says he has an idea... That every time Barry Bonds goes up
>>to bat, the pitchers should walk him until he comes clean!!
>
>
> Well, tell Bob that Bonds would hardly notice the difference.  And
> then ask him, suppose Bonds "came clean".  Would the pitchers then
> agree to STOP walking him?
>
> On the other hand, what if Bonds came up in the bottom of the ninth
> inning with the score tied and the bases loaded?
>
> Walking him intentionally under those circumstances would probably be
> carrying the principle of forcing him to "come clean" just a little
> too far - wouldn't it?

*LOL* (your reply actually got him out of bed!! Good one, G.A, you can get
him to rise, while I cannot.. ) Bob says well DuH! They'd of course use
common sense in a game!!
>
>
>
>>I think he's
>>getting disgusted, he just huffed out that he's seen Brooks Robinson, Pete
>>Rose and Hank Aaron and he doesn't need this shit!!
>
>
> I can't find that story, but he is always getting disgusted.
> Personally, I think that he should give the press his middle finger.
> He never cared before what they wrote about him.  He never cared
> whether the fans booed or cheered.  Why should he give a shit now?

Well, he doesn't particularly seem to give a shit about his team either.
(Deb aside: I did not know this - is he really not a team player?)
>
> Actually, as long as the investigation of BALCO is still in the hands
> of a grand jury, his attorney is undoubtedly telling him not to talk
> publicly about it, and he should probably be following his attorney's
> advice.

Okay.
>
>
>>Babe Ruth did it on bourbon and hot dogs.
>
>
> As did Mickey Mantle.
>
> Paul Waner - "Big Poison" to his peers (his little brother Lloyd was
> "Little Poison") - was another Hall of Famer who enjoyed looking at
> the wine when it was red - though he was more of a singles-and-doubles
> hitter than a home run hitter.
>
> But most of his 3152 hits (3000 is pretty much of an automatic Hall of
> Fame qualifier) were achieved with a warm happy glow inside of him.

Along with Doc Ellis throwing a perfect game on acid!! (When did this
happen??)
>
> The worst season of his big league career was apparently the one that
> he spent on the wagon.  He explained his success as a hitter thusly:
> I used to see three baseballs, and I hit the middle one.

*LOL!* Let's go back to the beer and whiskey league! Get a sip when you get
to third!!
>
> I recently saw an old movie, "Witness for the Prosecution", in which
> Charles Laughton played a brilliant English barrister defending a
> client charged with murder.
>
> His character frequently sipped brandy stored in his cane while in
> court, and the more drunk he got, the better his command of the law
> and of the facts of his case and the more brilliant and witty his
> legal arguments became.
>
> I wish that I knew where to find brandy like that.

I suppose you could read alot of Oscar Wilde and drink?

Deb.


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