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[Slaky]

So now Illinois is holding up Northwestern as the standard for how its football team should be judged?  What a world we live in...

Forever called. They wanted to make sure you remember that Illinois has been garbage in football since like...a long, long time ago.

[Slaky]

So the dude that this article tweaked posted a rebuttal. I'll be damned if a good chunk of it doesn't make a whole lick of sense.

The one glaring mistake is that he pegs Illinois as a football team where the fans and team itself expect to compete for a Big Ten title every season. Um, what? Try never. Every time they've won the Big Ten since I've been alive has been a complete fluke.

[Slaky]

Sports topic: Jose Bautista - .368/.520/.868

What the fuck?

[Fork]

Sports topic: Jose Bautista - .368/.520/.868

What the fuck?

Intrepid Reader: Damian Cox

There's no proof he uses steroids, but you gotta ask the question.

[Slaky]

Sports topic: Jose Bautista - .368/.520/.868

What the fuck?

Intrepid Reader: Damian Cox

There's no proof he uses steroids, but you gotta ask the question.

He truly is Canada's answer to Glenn Beck.

[SKO]

Sports topic: Jose Bautista - .368/.520/.868

What the fuck?

Intrepid Reader: Damian Cox

There's no proof he uses steroids, but you gotta ask the question.

He truly is Canada's answer to Glenn Beck.

I'm not saying he's right or that anyone should ask until he fails a drug test or something, but jesus. He slugged under .500 in the minors and all the way up until last year. Where'd this come from?

[Powdered Toast Man]

He slugged under .500 in the minors and all the way up until last year. Where'd this come from?

He doesn't look like a typical PED user, though.  That's a pretty loose statement because I don't really see him as being a treetrunk forearmed 8-gallon head type, but to me I remember him with the Pirates and I've seen plenty of his swings as a Blue Jay and I just think he figured it out.  His swing, stance and timing all seem to be perfect.  I don't know, maybe that's a symptom of PED use in itself?

[BH]

He slugged under .500 in the minors and all the way up until last year. Where'd this come from?

He doesn't look like a typical PED user, though.  That's a pretty loose statement because I don't really see him as being a treetrunk forearmed 8-gallon head type, but to me I remember him with the Pirates and I've seen plenty of his swings as a Blue Jay and I just think he figured it out.  His swing, stance and timing all seem to be perfect.  I don't know, maybe that's a symptom of PED use in itself?

Wasn't he always hurt with the pirates? I think HGH helps all those injuries heal.

[Tonker]

He slugged under .500 in the minors and all the way up until last year. Where'd this come from?

He doesn't look like a typical PED user, though.  That's a pretty loose statement because I don't really see him as being a treetrunk forearmed 8-gallon head type, but to me I remember him with the Pirates and I've seen plenty of his swings as a Blue Jay and I just think he figured it out.  His swing, stance and timing all seem to be perfect.  I don't know, maybe that's a symptom of PED use in itself?

The idea that PEDs on their own will produce exceptional performance is laughable - you have to have the swing, stance and timing to begin with.  However, the idea that you can continue to perform as he's doing without PEDs is equally laughable...

It's a small sample size but unless he comes down to Earth soon, I'm definitely calling shenanimagans.

[Powdered Toast Man]

He slugged under .500 in the minors and all the way up until last year. Where'd this come from?

He doesn't look like a typical PED user, though.  That's a pretty loose statement because I don't really see him as being a treetrunk forearmed 8-gallon head type, but to me I remember him with the Pirates and I've seen plenty of his swings as a Blue Jay and I just think he figured it out.  His swing, stance and timing all seem to be perfect.  I don't know, maybe that's a symptom of PED use in itself?

The idea that PEDs on their own will produce exceptional performance is laughable - you have to have the swing, stance and timing to begin with.  However, the idea that you can continue to perform as he's doing without PEDs is equally laughable...

It's a small sample size but unless he comes down to Earth soon, I'm definitely calling shenanimagans.

I guess one more thing to bring up would be the stadium...is Toronto's park considered a launghing pad?  He hit 33 of his 54 dongs at Toronto.

[Internet Apex]

First off. ALL professional athletes have done PEDs except for Frank Thomas.

Secondly, I've been following him closely since I snatched him off the waiver wire early last season. From what I've read, he altered his swing during the second half of 2008 and has seen increased power numbers ever since due to better leverage and plate coverage. He's moved closer to the plate so he can reach the balls on the outer half and drive them.

http://www.aolnews.com/2010/08/24/altered-swing-mechanics-key-to-jose-bautistas-home-run-binge/

[morpheus]

First off. ALL professional athletes have done PEDs except for Frank Thomas.

Secondly, I've been following him closely since I snatched him off the waiver wire early last season. From what I've read, he altered his swing during the second half of 2008 and has seen increased power numbers ever since due to better leverage and plate coverage. He's moved closer to the plate so he can reach the balls on the outer half and drive them.

http://www.aolnews.com/2010/08/24/altered-swing-mechanics-key-to-jose-bautistas-home-run-binge/

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[Internet Apex]

First off. ALL professional athletes have done PEDs except for Frank Thomas.

Secondly, I've been following him closely since I snatched him off the waiver wire early last season. From what I've read, he altered his swing during the second half of 2008 and has seen increased power numbers ever since due to better leverage and plate coverage. He's moved closer to the plate so he can reach the balls on the outer half and drive them.

http://www.aolnews.com/2010/08/24/altered-swing-mechanics-key-to-jose-bautistas-home-run-binge/

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Well played.

[Powdered Toast Man]

First off. ALL professional athletes have done PEDs except for Frank Thomas.

Secondly, I've been following him closely since I snatched him off the waiver wire early last season. From what I've read, he altered his swing during the second half of 2008 and has seen increased power numbers ever since due to better leverage and plate coverage. He's moved closer to the plate so he can reach the balls on the outer half and drive them.

http://www.aolnews.com/2010/08/24/altered-swing-mechanics-key-to-jose-bautistas-home-run-binge/

Yeah, and Sammy Sosa lowered his hands.

[Internet Apex]

First off. ALL professional athletes have done PEDs except for Frank Thomas.

Secondly, I've been following him closely since I snatched him off the waiver wire early last season. From what I've read, he altered his swing during the second half of 2008 and has seen increased power numbers ever since due to better leverage and plate coverage. He's moved closer to the plate so he can reach the balls on the outer half and drive them.

http://www.aolnews.com/2010/08/24/altered-swing-mechanics-key-to-jose-bautistas-home-run-binge/

Yeah, and Sammy Sosa lowered his hands.

Indeed he did. Which would explain how he became a .300 hitter in his late 20s-early 30s. PEDs alone will not make someone a great hitter. Ask any turd slumping around at AAA with an assful of needle marks and a teste satchel of raisins. Stating that somebody in baseball did roids is like saying somebody in politics lied.