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]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> Never mind...Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines.

Scout

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> 996 comments? only 4 from 1000?

I

Scout

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @buttons: I wish I was younger and I would do a line of cocaine off of my keyboard and go to work. Sadly, I can not and won't be able to.

Moonshine Mike

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Moonshine Mike: Wow. Color me somewhat amazed to see you commenting at this hour, after such an obvious bender. Well done, sir!

(Now go get a beer, it kills the pain a bit.)

buttons

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Athletic Supporter: It could very well be. But the pickin' was fine, but my head is not.

Moonshine Mike

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Moonshine Mike: Bluegrass rocks. (is that a oxymoron?)

Athletic Supporter v0.42beta

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> OKAY - so everyone is more ERSTWHILE than the me. I will then now pass out.

cocaine is a hell of a drug.

Moonshine Mike

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> OH FUCK i'm drunk and I have to be at work in 4.5 hours. god damned piece of shit space/time continuum. shit never works the way i want it to work.

Moonshine Mike

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> I'm totally frickin' drunk again, listening to bluegrass music. oh shit

WHERE THE FUCK IS SKEETS THAT WORTHLESS PIECE OF SHIT CANADAIAN!?!?!?!

Moonshine Mike

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> welp...

just got back from the Phone Booth. it was AMAZING! i'll never forget it! what a thrilling comeback victory by the nationals!

O.D.B. McDowell

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> /comes in

Fuck that.

/spits on floor
/leaves

Nationalcoholic

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> DUANers, if you get a chance to see Superbad, TAKE IT.

I went to an advanced screening tonight. Seriously the funniest movie I've seen in a long, long time.

It's basically a teen comedy in every way; it's immature, horny, filled with expletives--but it never is insultingly stupid. Everything about the movie was well done, and there are some moments that literally had the entire crowd in tears.

My favorite quote from the movie:

"We just c*ckblocked McLovin'. He's our friend. We should be guiding his c*ck, not blocking it"

MoustacheRiders

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> Take care, everyone. I'm gone.

Bad Barbecue

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @drjayphd: One could only hope for a "legend vs. never-was" match featuring Chan Ho Park vs. Juan Marichal.

PQ Crash

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @PQ Crash: I have visited and lived all over this country and parts of Europe, but I have never actually been to San Francisco. However, I just moved to Denver 3 months ago, and the first place I want to visit is there (now that I'm closer than ever). I have copied and pasted your comment to my computer for reference. Thanks.

Bad Barbecue

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @PQ Crash: But does it beat Julian Tavarez strongly disagreeing with Joey Gathright's face?

drjayphd

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> All right gang, I am going to check out as well, as I want to get up for the Big Ten Network Open House tomorrow. See you all later.

Yostal

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> All right kids, I gotta be up in 6 hours. Have a good night.

Oops Pow Surprise

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Len Bias Cocaine Surplus: Pedro vs. Zimmer beats anything the WWE and produce.

PQ Crash

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Bad Barbecue: I was in SF last February for work...I loved that city. The Buena Vista's Irish coffees + riding on the trollies easily ranks on my top-five drunken moments.

Bonus points to the Buena Vista for selling their Irish Coffees to-go.

PQ Crash

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> So yea, I just checked eBay to see what my Bonds rook (G/M10) is going for... Ugh. So very depressing. I'm going to sleep.

'Night DUAN.

I Party With Smoot

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Yostal: Right now, I am trusting anything Fat Possum Records will give me.

Bad Barbecue

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Dr. Michael Mancini: Zambo and Sabathia don't exist! I'm retarded! I can fit my whole fist into my mouth! *gunshot sound*

Oops Pow Surprise

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> I also strong recommend Long Shot (explicit) by Aimee Mann, which you can snag [dw.com.com] here.

Yostal

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @PQ Crash: Wow, right. Well that was button-up Deadspin daytime, Barbecue. This is the new nighttime pants-off, let the fantasy talk fly Barbecue.

Really this is great. I feel like I've moved to San Francisco and everyone who would be ashamed of my actions are dead. Very liberating.

Bad Barbecue

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Len Bias Cocaine Surplus: If it weren't for Rickey, Pedro and Manny would be in a fierce competition for Far And Away Most Bizarre HOF speech ever.

Oops Pow Surprise

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> Goodnight, DUAN. It's been real.

Dr. Michael Mancini

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @PQ Crash: The best Pedro game by far is getting into the fight agains the D-Rays after the first batter then almost throwing a no hitter.

Pedro was awesome, and I'm jealous of the Mets for having him now no matter what he does.

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> Alright, I'm gonna turn in. Good night, guys.

Metschick

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Yostal: You sir, are a fantastic human beng. This is what the internet was created for. Meeting people who can tell you where you can get free shit. And vagina jokes.

Bad Barbecue

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Bad Barbecue:
I recommend anything from the Black Keys.

bizzo5000

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Bad Barbecue: If I like them, I'll make sure to give you the credit for the tip.

BTW...a while ago, you had mentioned that you didn't care to hear about people's fantasy teams. I hope that you haven't heard too much during this baseball season.

PQ Crash

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Bad Barbecue: Or get some Black Keys freebies from download.com [music.download.com]

Yostal

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Bad Barbecue : Wow. That one went way over my head.

@PQ Crash: Bill James has already acted like a douchebag in devising said statistics.

Felonious Monk

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Yostal: It'd be terrifying to see him firing in at 100 MPH and being able to really get on top of it. I'm not a Tigers fan and I'd love to see it.
@PQ Crash: Yeah the pitching definitely gets overshadowed but there is a lot of great pitching in the game today. It would be neat to see them get a couple of perks, after so many years of offensive dominance.

ScottVanPeltIsMyHero

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> By the way, I called my girlfriend to thank her for ending the night short. My exact words were:

Thank you. If you didn't call it a night early, I wouldve been stuck out with you while the game was on.

It sounded so eloquent when I was thinking it. I woke her up, so hopefully she was in a deep enough sleep that she doesnt remember the conversation.

I Party With Smoot

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @PQ Crash: Seriously. Even a preview from Amazon will sell you on the Black Keys. You'll thank me.

Bad Barbecue

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> Hey, I got back just in time for a thunderstorm. Guess I'm gone again. Good night, kids.

The Legend of Vincent Tremblay

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @ScottVanPeltIsMyHero: I know that I've left off a slew of pitchers on that list...it's sad, really; all of the talented pitchers and the rules (and equipment?) are slighted against them.

PQ Crash

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> People seem to forget that there are quite a few good pitchers working these days. It's like 5-man rotations, pitch counts, and the reliance on the bullpen, combined with the offensive nature of the game, make it seem like there's a dearth of superstar pitching talent.

Dr. Michael Mancini

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Yostal: of course! :)

Metschick

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @bizzo5000(Scott Senay): Yeah, I was watching a little of the Barry stuff on ESPN Classic (they were talking about how Griffey was making so much money at $9 mil a year, I found that funny) and, low and behold, the game was still going on.

ScottVanPeltIsMyHero

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Billy Pilgrim: Broke in with a joke. Play on the excuse always used for Ruth.

Bad Barbecue

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Bad Barbecue: No, no, and no... But I'll give them a try the next time I go on a shopping binge in a record store. (It's usually once a week)

PQ Crash

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @ScottVanPeltIsMyHero: Oh my goodness. I mean...

I'm sorry, I need to step away from the computer for a moment while I ponder that as a possibility. Zoom Zoom.

Yostal

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @PQ Crash: Not to mention a guy like Verlander. If you raised the mound for him with that ridiculous gas? It'd be disgusting how good he could be.

ScottVanPeltIsMyHero

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Dr. Michael Mancini: Pedro during that span was better than anyone in a similarly lengthed span since.

I would say more, but Glenn Close is eating a Milk-Bone with Conan O'Brien on NBC right now, and well, my brain is kind of melty.

Oops Pow Surprise

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Billy Pilgrim: I'm sure that Baseball Prospectus has those figures waiting if there's a rule change.

PQ Crash

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @PQ Crash: @PQ Crash: Bought the cd three weeks ago. I second you emotion. Have you tried the Black Keys and/or Elephantboy and the Deadman? As sweet. Go Black Keys first tho. More to listen to.

Bad Barbecue

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @ScottVanPeltIsMyHero:
You mean they went on with the game after Bary hit his home run?

bizzo5000

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @metschick: So Metsy, if I understand you correctly, if I end up making a "Hey we got Cy Young winners over here" shirt for my best friend in Braves Navy and red, I should make a second in Mets blue and orange?

Yostal

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @PQ Crash: Cole Hamels + raised mound = negative ERA?

Felonious Monk

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Billy Pilgrim: Finished, agreed.

PQ Crash

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> What's that sound?

That's the sound of the Giants bullpen blowing the game. That's a close call though.

ScottVanPeltIsMyHero

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @metschick: I'd like to see what Santana could do pitching off a mountain.

White Speed Receiver

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Dr. Michael Mancini: No, 'cos that bastard killed the Mariners during that time...something like: 13-1 0.000000000001 ERA.

Asshole.

But yeah, that was fun watching him dominate everyone else though, but I want more.

@Billy Pilgrim: I'd love to see Santana, Dice-K, King Felix, Sabathia, Oswalt & Webb kill today's line-ups.

PQ Crash

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @I Party With Smoot: No, chicks dig the pitcher's duel.

Metschick

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @PQ Crash: This just in: Samuel L Jackson in "Snakes on a Plane" is even more badass than BRMC.

Is it getting old yet?-ified.

Felonious Monk

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Berto: I gotta get it; I got--got to get it.

Oops Pow Surprise

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Dr. Michael Mancini: WANT MORE!!

Metschick

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Yostal: The IceHawks are fucking awful. For as much trouble as the dumb UIUC reject women (who, for our benefit, fill our sororities) cause us from a Title IX perspective, it's not as if the athletic department has anything at all to gain if we even had a more, uh, conducive ratio for real competitive hockey here.

Oops Pow Surprise

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @PQ Crash: But chicks dig the long ball...

I Party With Smoot

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @White Speed Receiver: You know, I do wonder that some times.

I did tell my fellow high school classmates today that if we do the third annual Thanksgiving informal alumni gathering, I need to know which night it will be, Friday or Saturday, so I can buy my College Hockey Showcase tickets appropriately.

Yostal

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Bad Barbecue: Um...didn't he? Am I missing something here?

@Dr. Michael Mancini: The asterisk thing is so stupid. It's impossible to remove any achievement from its historical circumstances, so how can one record be more valid than another?

@PQ Crash: Yes, dear Lord, please raise the mound. I'd love to see a batting champ hit .310. Seriously.

Felonious Monk

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Khmylevs_Kheroes:
Yeah, but those walls were 1500 feet.

bizzo5000

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> Fina-fucking-ly.

I just dropped by to say that, and hello, and goodnight. It's going to be a rough week at work, ladies and gentlemen.

44 in a Row

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @PQ Crash: Pedro Martinez 1997-2003 didn't do it for you?

Dr. Michael Mancini

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @PQ Crash:

Now raise the fucking mound...I want to see the next Bob Gibson or Koufax.

I agree!

Metschick

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Billy Pilgrim: This just in: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is fucking badass.

Crashed.

PQ Crash

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> Apropos of the Ruth comment, I learned today that balls that bounced over the wall in Ruth's era were counted as home runs.

Not that I think he got a lot of his runs this way, but it was still pretty interesting.

Khmylevs Kheroes

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Yostal: I think our schools, along with MSU and the Godless red hoarde between us, are paying those other schools to stay at the club level just so there can't be a Big11Ten Hockey Conference.

White Speed Receiver

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Oops Pow Surprise: Don't leave your wallet in El Segundo, Oops.

Now I'm out.

My Government Name is Berto, But My Spiritual Name is BRONZE NAZARETH

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Billy Pilgrim:
"TV On The Radio" IS still the shit. Affirmed.

bizzo5000

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> I don't buy into "expansion teams inflating numbers" as a reason as to why certain records fall. Players in the MLB are coming in from all countries now; the talent pool is that much greater than is was 10, 20, & 50 years ago. All of the records are represented by the talent pool of the different eras.

Historically, Ruth was far ahead of his time, his career HR record stood for 50(?) years. Aaron's stood for 30(?). Now Barry's new record could be broken within 10 years.

We're getting better and better players. Now raise the fucking mound...I want to see the next Bob Gibson or Koufax.

PQ Crash

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Billy Pilgrim: Of course Aaron had the talent, and an unreal bat speed which would translate to any era. I just like playing devil's advocate sometimes. Plus I hate the reflexive astrik thinking that's so common and that media like SI love to feed into.

Dr. Michael Mancini

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @bizzo5000(Scott Senay): OK, so that makes the second contemplating seppukku story I have heard in response to the question.

@White Speed Receiver: I knew Iowa had a club team, because if you added Syracuse, you could encourage them, PSU, Illinois, and Iowa to upgrade their club teams and make the Big Ten hockey division, which would make zero sense.

Yostal

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Berto: A Tribe Called Quest. Shit.

That's all folks. TIll tomorrow night.

My Government Name is Berto, But My Spiritual Name is BRONZE NAZARETH

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Billy Pilgrim: But on the other side Aaron didn't play against blacks.

Bad Barbecue

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Berto: This just in: TV On the Radio is still the shit.

Pilgrim-ified.

Felonious Monk

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @ScottVanPeltIsMyHero: yeah, Yostal mentioned it...

And I said that he was breaking a rule (in my book). You don't wear a third team's jersey to a game.

Metschick

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Berto: I knew that was you, Pete.

Oops Pow Surprise

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Yostal: Iowa has a club team. I've been begging the Don to schedule them for an exhibition game. I think it'd be like the Texas State University Fighting Armadillo's game against the convicts. Just that the Gophers have fewer felonies and more misdemeanors.

White Speed Receiver

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> This just in: A Tribe Called Quet is still the shit.

That is all.

My Government Name is Berto, But My Spiritual Name is BRONZE NAZARETH

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @White Speed Receiver: That too.

It's everyone's fault in baseball, and I hate when they want to villify the monster they themselves created.

Yes, he's an arrogant jackass, and I'd much prefer that the classier man keep his record, but it's done.

And I really don't care.

Metschick

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Yostal: [www.vanityfair.com]

Oops Pow Surprise

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Yostal:
Throwing a ninja star into my wood grained bedroom wall. I was 15 at the time. That was the night I threw away my Bonds wrist bands. I was wearing my Killer B's caricature shirt that night too.

bizzo5000

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @metschick: I don't know if you saw this, but it looks like the guy who caught the home run ball was wearing a Mets jersey. Thought you'd enjoy that.

ScottVanPeltIsMyHero

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> I think it's time we looked into the future.

Oops Pow Surprise

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Oops Pow Surprise: I don't think so. If you have a link, I'd appreciate it.

@White Speed Receiver: Can do, will do. It's in my notebook next to my question about Iowa hockey.

Yostal

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @metschick: How long did Selig look the other way before "demanding" testing? Was it before or after roids rebuilt the sport he nearly ruined?

White Speed Receiver

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> The shame is the record has become devalued. From this point on it won't be about the record itself, it will be about surpassing the "villian" who holds it.

Bad Barbecue

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Dr. Michael Mancini: I also agree. That's why I think Hank Aaron is the greatest slugger of all time - never allowed to lift weights, played in bigger parks against pitchers on a higher mound, with a deader ball and a softer bat. Played against the best from a larger talent pool, in a smaller league. He's not the home run king, but maybe he would've been in today's league. Sure had the talent.

Felonious Monk

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Raskolnikov: I understand that. But then it's up to MLB to get the Players Union to agree to stricter testing standards.

Metschick

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Yostal: Yeah. Why is the Big 10 a brand?

Oops Pow Surprise

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Yostal: Ask about the availability of Wisconsin Baseball on the Big Ten network. I'm guessing I'll watch as much Badger baseball as I will anything else on the Big Ten network.

White Speed Receiver

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @BillyMumphry: Guy, listen - one of the reasons why Bonds looks so much bigger than his Pittsburgh days (while Aaron looked very much the same throughout his career) is because baseball teams used to fine players who lifted weights. Progressing from such an antediluvian tradition was one of many things that helped out Bonds. Whether Bonds took steroids is practically a meaningless question if he wasn't allowed to lift weights. Had Aaron been allowed to lift weights, play at Minute Maid Park, and play 10-15 games per year against the Rockies, he might have hit 800. But that's immaterial. The point is this - 756 is always greater than 755. So quit your hating (and your creepy death wishes) and just respect the record for what it is - a number, and nothing more.

Felonious Monk

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Billy Pilgrim: "Dilution of the talent pool due to expansion" is one thing, but when there were 16 or 24 teams, the population that players were drawn from was a lot smaller.

Pre-1947, 16 teams, but no Black or Latin players. Wouldn't the 4th starter for the 1936 Athletics be comparable to a 5th starter for the Devil Rays today?

Dr. Michael Mancini

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Yostal: Funny you bring that question up-- have you seen what is probably Halberstam's last essay? The one about Bush and his self-made comparisons to Truman?

Oops Pow Surprise

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> Ruth got to play the St. Louis Browns 22 times a season.

UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Billy Pilgrim: I'm more inclined to ask Mike Bossy how many goals he would've had if his stick had some kinda curve on it.

Records are always subject to the time period.

I Party With Smoot

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Oops Pow Surprise: I meant to hit 2-9 for the Discovery Channel and hit 3-9 for FNC by mistake. It happens.

My Government Name is Berto, But My Spiritual Name is BRONZE NAZARETH

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @I Party With Smoot: @Billy Pilgrim: I also think expansion has had a lot to do with the inflated slugging numbers, I definitely agree with you all.

ScottVanPeltIsMyHero

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @bizzo5000(Scott Senay): Bizzo, I'll ask you as well. Where were you when Sid slid?

Yostal

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> Hey, does anyone have a question they'd like me to ask at the Big Ten Network Open House tomorrow if there is any Q&A with Silverman and Delany?

Yostal

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @metschick: I'm not a fan of the "Drug Test Defense". It's so easy to cheat those tests because officials can't test blood. Am I a genius if I ace a high school calculus test if Mensa uses it?

Raskolnikov

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> Being from Pittsburgh, I'm one of the few that are allowed to hate the man regardless of steroids or not. I could care less if he took steroids, more pitchers got busted for it than batters so I call it even-stevens. Sid Bream, people. SID BREAM!!!1!

bizzo5000

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> Good Night all. I won't see you in the morning as I have a 7:50 AM dental appointment.

UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @I Party With Smoot: True. Even if Bonds hadn't used steroids, his home run total would still be "inflated" by playing against teams like the Marlins and the Rockies. I use the same sort of argument any time somebody claims that 72-10 Bulls team was the best of all time.

Felonious Monk

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> threadjack
Bonds hit #756 tonight
/threadjack

(This one is for Rob I to wake up to.)

LostinTheOffice

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Billy Pilgrim:

Yeah less than 50 to 73. Must've all been in Houston. Or those weight things you mentioned.

At least Aaron did it the old fashioned way--by playing into his 70's.

Long live Ruth.

BillyMumphry

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> I'm off to bed. Call me if something interesting happens in the game.

Better yet, don't call. I don't care. Not that any of you have my number.

Peter Cavan

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @I Party With Smoot: I've been thinking exactly what it is that just turns me off about all this hoopla.

It isn't the steroids, because I'm a firm believer of "innocent until proven guilty" and he's never failed a drug test.

Like BillyPilgrim & PQCrash said, it's not about the fact that he's an asshole; it's still history.

And I can only come to one conclusion: I don't care because my husband's not here to share it with me. I'm a little melancholy about that. This is exactly the kind of thing that we would have bonded over, whether it was rejoicing in a new record, or mocking Bonds.

Metschick

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> I never did understand the whole harder bats/juiced balls thing. I mean Brady Anderson is a STUD. Of course he hit 50+. If he hadn't spent so much time with John Amaechi he would have hit more!

LostinTheOffice

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Billy Pilgrim: Bonds also had to face 'roided up pitchers.

Dr. Michael Mancini

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> There goes those Frequent Flyer miles Bud's been using.

My Government Name is Berto, But My Spiritual Name is BRONZE NAZARETH

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Oops Pow Surprise: Wait, so if you're saying that Selig was healthier at Yalta, none of this would have happened?

Yostal

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Mr. Randy Watson: If you deadspin, you deadspin.

Oops Pow Surprise

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Oops Pow Surprise: I must break myself.

...ESPN Classic is showing a quasi-Barry Bonds documentary now? They preempted the 2003 World Series of Poker Quarterfinal for this???

Mr. Randy Watson

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Billy Pilgrim: Don't forget expansion to places like Tampa and Miami. A lot of talent in those 5th starters on the 30+ teams.

I Party With Smoot

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @I Party With Smoot: Being a baseball fan for this whole season has been like being Churchill at Yalta.

We have to cede him the record just as Britain gave Stalin all the Eastern bloc countries where his troops were already entrenched. Fine. Have it.

We'll see you about that in, oh, 10 years. Don't get attached.

Oops Pow Surprise

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @I Party With Smoot: It's history and it's one of the most prized records in sports. Even if a total asshole broke the record, it's still history.

Now everyone has a villain to root against for the next player to challenge the record. Perhaps A-Rod can get the public on his side by the time he gets close to it.

PQ Crash

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @being sven: Score.

YNBA

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @UkraineNotWeak: Wow, that's headline news, I wonder why they're not talking about it on ESPNNews, they're talking about some home run thing instead...

@I Party With Smoot: I'm more happy that something historical (in the sports sense) happened so close and that one of my best friend who's a big Giants fan got to be there tonight w/ his dad.

ScottVanPeltIsMyHero

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Manny'sActa

Bonds' personality has nothing to do with this record. Yes, he's an asshole. So's Ty Cobb. Doesn't make his accomplishments less valid.

As for the steroids, that's one small piece in the puzzle. Big leaguers didn't start lifting weights until very recently - therefore, even if Aaron had taken steroids, it wouldn't have done him any good. Furthermore, Barry's benefited from a lot of things outside his control - harder bats, a tighter ball, a lower mound, and bandbox parks like the Little League field in Houston. The baseball establishment needs to get off their throne and take a long, hard look at their game.

Felonious Monk

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Raskolnikov: Corky agrees with that statement.

ChrisMullinsFlattop

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @ScottVanPeltIsMyHero: Women of Ninja Warrior on G4.

PQ Crash

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> Can I be the one person on here to say I was genuinely happy (and even a little excited) that he broke the record? and I mean that in all seriousness.

I Party With Smoot

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Berto: Just another strike in the ongoing culture wars.

1980 David Bowie From The Music Video Ashes To Ashes

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @ScottVanPeltIsMyHero:

Did you hear? ROYCE CLAYTON WAS RELEASED!!!!!!

UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Mr. Randy Watson: Mr. Drago angrily denies your accusations.

Oops Pow Surprise

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @ChrisMullinsFlattop: You're insulting people with Down Syndrome.

Raskolnikov

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Manny's Acta: I think most of us were just glad the damn thing happened. Let's move on to another story already.

Peter Cavan

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> Good evening 'Spinners.

Did I miss much?

[/sarcasm]

ScottVanPeltIsMyHero

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> Michelle Pfeiffer is still a fine looking woman.

UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @BillyMumphry: A black man who gets his steroids from a Russian bodybuilder.

Mr. Randy Watson

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> Cool, now ESPN can start running "Bonds Chase" updates for A-Rod on the ticker.

Barry Lutz

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> I'm seeing alot of "Congratulations Barry" posts on here. You do realize this guy not only used steroids to accomplish this task but is also one of the all-time assholes in all of sports.

Yeah. Congrats, Barry. Now go fuck yourself.

Natzzzzzz

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Billy Pilgrim: I believe in home-field advantage and I'll do my part when I'm at a game.

PQ Crash

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @ChrisMullinsFlattop: It would explain the unnecessarily supportive nature of everyone else on Baseball Tonight whenever he opens his mouth.

Oops Pow Surprise

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @metschick: Cool. Don't want any trouble.

Dr. Michael Mancini

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @BillyMumphry: Black Russians are fucking awesome.

The Dude does not abide on this one though...

PQ Crash

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @BillyMumphry: Dude....take a breather. Calm down. It's just baseball.

Felonious Monk

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Yostal: I dont know whats funnier actually, Bud deciding to skip the series cause Bonds was taking his sweet time, or Frank Robinson being his "official" rep. Cause we all know how Old Man Robinson feels about the steroid homeruns

ArtDonovansLovechild

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @BillyMumphry:
One that likes the really cheap vodka I drank in college.

bizzo5000

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> Does Eric Young have Down Syndrome?

ChrisMullinsFlattop

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Oops Pow Surprise: There's a pretty key question mark missing after "hundy."

@Berto: What in the name of the Lord are you doing watching the FNC?

Oops Pow Surprise

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Yostal: Report confirmed.

Felonious Monk

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> By the way, I still want a video tribute from LEITCH in the morning.

bizzo5000

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> Nibbles running the ESPN broadcast?

buttons

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Berto: Did they drop him to pick up Jose Cruz, Jr?

PQ Crash

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> For you Premier League/Liverpool fans out there, here's what some of your fellow Deadspin Commentors have to say about the upcoming season (and more)...

being_sven

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> I wish you a slow death Barry. With Nikolai cheering you on....what black man names his son Nikolai anyway?

BillyMumphry

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @PQ Crash: Beautiful. I don't want to excuse the more boorish behavior of a small number of Philly fans (shooting flare guns into the crowd and throwing batteries), but if you're going to wear the visiting rival team's jersey, expect to hear an earful.

Felonious Monk

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Berto:
I didn't know he was still alive.

bizzo5000

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @buttons: I miss daytime Deadspin...fucking work.

PQ Crash

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> We rode "Nibbles" hard for about 1100 on a daily basis during the Warriors-Mavs series. Eight hundy "Nibbles" chortles.

Oops Pow Surprise

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @UkraineNotWeak: Yes, I forgot. There's more important baseball news:

The Blue Jays released Royce Clayton today. You didn't know he was still playing, did you?

My Government Name is Berto, But My Spiritual Name is BRONZE NAZARETH

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Billy Pilgrim: In a greater irony, he skipped the game to keep a meeting with George Mitchell, or at least, that is my understanding.

Yostal

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Afino: One of my fondest memories as a lifelong Braves fan, as well. Only to be tempered by Lonnie Smith.

Bad Barbecue

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> I just realized Bud wasn't at the ballpark. I cannot express how angry that makes me.

Felonious Monk

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> Im just worried about my safety wearing my Orioles gear to this weekend O's Red Sox game.. and its a home game

ArtDonovansLovechild

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @I Party With Smoot: I'm not sure which is worse: that story, or explaining to them what "I Party With Smoot" means.

Peter Cavan

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @PQ Crash: yeah, that can be annoying.

But I love going down to Philly, and seeing a large Mets contingent.

Metschick

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @PQ Crash: Shit, on daytime Deadspin, we call that Thursday.

buttons

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @buttons: After 1k, Nibbles goes into a fit like a 4-year-old that just downed a pound of Pixy Stix.

PQ Crash

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> Barry Bonds. Are we still talking about that? Old news, man.

UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @metschick: Politeness is fine. But it irked the hell out of me when the M's played the Red Sox last month and half the stadium was decked out in red.

Although, heckling the Red Sox fans was great fun.

PQ Crash

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> There is 1 good thing from this: they broke into the O'Reilly factor for Bonds #756. And let's just say Bill was not amused.

+1 for Keith Olbermann.

My Government Name is Berto, But My Spiritual Name is BRONZE NAZARETH

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @PQ Crash: Or the guy in the Mark Grace jersey shoving him out of the way

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> So where were you when you saw Barry Bonds break the all-time homerun record?

I was on Deadspin, talking to people named BIZZO5000, BedBathAndJihad, and BAD BARBECUE.

Yea, no offense, but I won't be telling my kids this story.

I Party With Smoot

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @I Party With Smoot:
Done.

bizzo5000

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Dr. Michael Mancini: sure. expos jerseys are throwbacks.

Metschick

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @Billy Pilgrim: Stories like that is why I admire the Philly fans. I wish that the Seattle fans had one-fifth of that type of dedication to our teams.

Side story: During the wild-card game between the 'Hawks and Cowboys, there was a guy wearing an Aikman jersey and he was talking shit the entire game. After Romo shit himself (five rows away from me, if I may add), the dude ran from his seat. He knew he was in trouble.

PQ Crash

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> I love how one of these ESPN announcers has made continual reference to the way Barry's body-type changed about halfway through his career.

buttons

]]> <![CDATA[Rick Reilly Gets Shirtless And Sweaty For His Art]]> @metschick: OK, wait, I do remember there was one time when I violated this rule for the sake of comedy.

It was 2003 and Drew Henson was playing third base for the Columbus Clippers and I went down to Columbus in my Michigan #7 jersey and every time he came to bad, I started chanting "HOU-STON TEX-ANS". (I still have Henson related issues. I'm sorry.)