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By: Al Swearengen

Al Swearengen — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:31:06 +0000

I’m getting more on board with the idea that Helton isn’t as guilty as he was once assumed to have been. Having the chance to watch Colorado in the past year (rarely are they televised on the east coast), especially the playoff game vs. San Diego and when the Rockies came to Boston, it was easy to see that Helton’s bat speed was back. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt, as unlike say…Nomar Garciapara, his batting average hasn’t been .280 since the hammer came down.

I’m curious about the effects of the humidor. When I was at Coors field for the Red Sox series a couple of years ago, the balls seemed to defy gravity when hit the right way. Line drives, well hit balls that would be a single at Fenway, double anywhere else, were maintaining altitude for way too long it seemed, and soaring into the stands.

I had a 3 inning long conversation with a retired season ticket holder, and he told me about how it’s even worse at Colorado Springs. How can a club retain pitching talent over the long term? Jason Jennings blew a gasket this year, but his last season in Colorado was outstanding. The kid who pitched last night, the lefty, did a great job.

I’m pulling for Arizona and Colorado. Mark Reynolds came up big with a solo shot off of Marmol (a guy I had in fantasy for most of the year)…clutch. Webb is out, and I guess it’ll be Lyon/Cruz and then Valverde. Lights out!

By: Duke

Duke — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:50:12 +0000

While I’m not going to be so naive to think one of my favorite players could have been on the juice one can’t ignore the most significant factor(s) in the decline of Todd Helton’s decreased power numbers. The first factor would be the Coors Field’s use of the humidor to reduce the effects of the high altitude (if you’re skeptical Mythbusters did an entire episode on baseball myths including the use of a humidor – it has a dramatic effect (essential the same as playing at a higher altitude but negative). Secondly, Todd has had significant injuries over the past two seasons specifically back issues. If there is anything I’ve learned is once you start having back issues it rarely gets better and more often than not it gets progressively worse.
In conclusion, the saddest thing about this era in sports is now everyone is guilty until proven innocent. Hopefully this will ease up on the heat placed on Todd Helton – the guy will never get the credit he deserves because of where he’s played his entire career (so far) but unsubstantiated claims of steroid use is dumb.

By: karl

karl — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:22:53 +0000

I know i just assume anyone who is a member of the young republicans is a latent homosexual, the guy was just making the same asssumption most of us make everyday.

By: Al Swearengen

Al Swearengen — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 05:13:54 +0000

Yea, that guy really misread the situation. Thought his friend had been giving him that “I can’t say it to you here, but I’m hoping you give me a good reason to double up on therapy sessions for the rest of my life” look…

So late and tired I’m not even sure that one makes sense.

By: karl

karl — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:10:59 +0000

My favorite GOP’er was the chairman of the young republicans that fellated(is that a word) one of his fellow GOPers whle the guy was sleeping. The best part of the young republicans is that they accept people up to the age of forty. That says something about the average age of a republican. It really does seem that the GOP is made up of people who were hippies in the 60′s but couldn’t get laid at Woodstock, so they became bitter and tried to figure out the best way to screw over the country, which apparentely involves giving Dick Cheney power.

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By: Al Swearengen

Al Swearengen — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:21:48 +0000

The GOP is providing a lot of proof these days. Romney talking about his sons, the campaign manager in Florida who propositioned a cop, pretty much every one of them when the topic of Iraq comes up.

By: karl

karl — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 04:31:07 +0000

I will go check it out, if I ever get back to school I would love to write a PHD thesis about the power of denial, it really does seem to drive many actions.

By: Al Swearengen

Al Swearengen — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 04:24:17 +0000

Good insight – - – I can’t really get my arms around why journalists would be upset about a guy like Giambi giving them a story to write and another wrinkle to add to the caper. They must be in camps on this issue, and you’re right, they’ll swarm on something they don’t want out there. I thought that Max Blumenthal from The Nation had the best writeup on Scott Thomas. Have you read that karl?

By: karl

karl — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 04:13:28 +0000

When people are living in extreme denial the truth seems to hurt worse than the act itself. Sort of reminds me of the right wing freak out regarding Scott Thomas.