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This past Saturday I went in for a trim and heard the Barber Shop Girl lamenting to her customer over the Rays losing to the Bostons. When he responded to her comments I knew in a heart beat that he was from Massachusetts. He was praising the Sox to the skies, noting that I was listening he asked which team I was for. On my reply that I was a Yankee Fan it brought a moment of silence. Then he started in on Arod, Pettitte, and Clemens being roiders and what cheats the Yankees were. When I brought up Ortiz he replied that "Big Pappi has never failed a test. I then asked what he thought of John Lackey a man who divorced his apouse cause she had cancer. His reply: I don't care as long as he wins.
This past Saturday I went in for a trim and heard the Barber Shop Girl lamenting to her customer over the Rays losing to the Bostons. When he responded to her comments I knew in a heart beat that he was from Massachusetts. He was praising the Sox to the skies, noting that I was listening he asked which team I was for. On my reply that I was a Yankee Fan it brought a moment of silence. Then he started in on Arod, Pettitte, and Clemens being roiders and what cheats the Yankees were. When I brought up Ortiz he replied that "Big Pappi has never failed a test. I then asked what he thought of John Lackey a man who divorced his apouse cause she had cancer. His reply: I don't care as long as he wins.
Ortiz is the OJ Simpson of baseball. He insisted he was going to get to the bottom of his test. That lasted about as long as the words finished coming out of his mouth.
classy... but typical Bostonian...
And the really truly pathetic part to all this is that he will in all likelihood make the HOF.
I lived in Massachusetts for time periods of 6 months first then returned for 3 more years, they are a little different up there.
...I dunno rick...I mean he's strictly a DH, and one that was linked to PEDs...I doubt he gets the votes.
...hell, Edgar Martinez still can't get in and he was just as good, if not better.
Martinez---.312 .418 .515 .933
Ortiz-------.287 .381 .549 .930
...I think PEDs will hurt his chances a lot and are ultimately what will keep him out. Voters are giving NO ONE respect if they were even suspected of roiding. (Bonds, Mac, Clemens, et al)
...and loling @ "shrek"...have not heard him called that in a while.
In another 3 years he should reach 500 HRs & that may be the number that pushes him into the HOF. Edgar had just over 300 HRs but also won 2 batting titles. Personally I don't think either should get in because they both only played 1/2 a game. But I'd put Edgar before Papi because of his connections to PEDs.