flyingswoosh Wrote:i didn;t mean his job, like when he pitches. I meant being a part of the team and cheering them on, when he isn't pitching.

Here is what happened with Clemens:

He retires from Yankees.

Now lives permantly in Houston.

Pettitte signs with Houston.

Pettitte tries to get Roger to come back.

Roger says, no, I can't go through a 160 game season. My family comes first.

Houston management comes to Roger and asks him to play, telling him that he can stay at home during games he doesn't pitch to spend time with his kids.

Roger then goes to all of the players on Houston and asks if they would be all right with that.

They say OK, and now Clemens is 7-0, has been the best pitcher in baseball this year, and has the full support of his teammates and is one of the most respected players on the team.

tysramm1 Wrote:in this weeks SI, a reporter asked Bonds, why he doesnt do what Clemens does and not go on road games, bonds says, "they'll never let a black man get away with that"

That is the dumbest thing I have ever read.

cbfranchise3 Wrote:

flyingswoosh Wrote:i didn;t mean his job, like when he pitches.  I meant being a part of the team and cheering them on, when he isn't pitching.

Here is what happened with Clemens:

He retires from Yankees.

Now lives permantly in Houston.

Pettitte signs with Houston.

Pettitte tries to get Roger to come back.

Roger says, no, I can't go through a 160 game season. My family comes first.

Houston management comes to Roger and asks him to play, telling him that he can stay at home during games he doesn't pitch to spend time with his kids.

Roger then goes to all of the players on Houston and asks if they would be all right with that.

They say OK, and now Clemens is 7-0, has been the best pitcher in baseball this year, and has the full support of his teammates and is one of the most respected players on the team.

Amen!

i still disagree, no matter how good a player is, and clemens has been very good this year, if he is not prepared to have all the respobsibilities other players on the team have, he should not be on the team

cbfranchise3 Wrote:

tysramm1 Wrote:in this weeks SI, a reporter asked Bonds, why he doesnt do what Clemens does and not go on road games, bonds says, "they'll never let a black man get away with that"

That is the dumbest thing I have ever read.

yea bonds has had some interesting quotes lately

tysramm1 Wrote:

cbfranchise3 Wrote:

tysramm1 Wrote:in this weeks SI, a reporter asked Bonds, why he doesnt do what Clemens does and not go on road games, bonds says, "they'll never let a black man get away with that"

That is the dumbest thing I have ever read.

yea bonds has had some interesting quotes lately

I understand now why he hasn't gotten along with the media: they have this tendency to write down and record what you say and then repeat it for others.
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flyingswoosh Wrote:what has bonds done that has put himself above the team.

swoosh, I know this is a few years old, but read this article.

<a href='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/magazine/life_of_reilly/news/2001/08/21/life_of_reilly/' target='_blank'>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_ga...life_of_reilly/</a>

cbfranchise3 Wrote:

tysramm1 Wrote:in this weeks SI, a reporter asked Bonds, why he doesnt do what Clemens does and not go on road games, bonds says, "they'll never let a black man get away with that"

That is the dumbest thing I have ever read.

I agree.

GDawgs88 Wrote:

flyingswoosh Wrote:what has bonds done that has put himself above the team.

swoosh, I know this is a few years old, but read this article.

<a href='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/magazine/life_of_reilly/news/2001/08/21/life_of_reilly/' target='_blank'>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_ga...life_of_reilly/</a>

i can't believe you listen to rick reilly. That guy is the worst sports writer ever. And he actually quotes Kent. What a riot!

cbfranchise3 Wrote:

tysramm1 Wrote:in this weeks SI, a reporter asked Bonds, why he doesnt do what Clemens does and not go on road games, bonds says, "they'll never let a black man get away with that"

That is the dumbest thing I have ever read.

do you people really think it's dumb? I don't, i think it's true. You people think there's no racism in the media. Of course there is. I think Bonds is right.

Also, i don't care what Clemens' teammates think of him, i still think you should have to travel with the team. My dad loves my family, but when a client comes calling, he goes on the road. He'll even go on the road if he doesn't have a speech, if NSA asks him to.

flyingswoosh Wrote:

GDawgs88 Wrote:

flyingswoosh Wrote:what has bonds done that has put himself above the team.

swoosh, I know this is a few years old, but read this article.

<a href='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/magazine/life_of_reilly/news/2001/08/21/life_of_reilly/' target='_blank'>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_ga...life_of_reilly/</a>

i can't believe you listen to rick reilly. That guy is the worst sports writer ever. And he actually quotes Kent. What a riot!

You can't argue with facts. Also, I'm not a Rick Reilly fan, but that was one of the great articles I've ever read.

flyingswoosh Wrote:

cbfranchise3 Wrote:

tysramm1 Wrote:in this weeks SI, a reporter asked Bonds, why he doesnt do what Clemens does and not go on road games, bonds says, "they'll never let a black man get away with that"

That is the dumbest thing I have ever read.

do you people really think it's dumb? I don't, i think it's true. You people think there's no racism in the media. Of course there is. I think Bonds is right.

swoosh, you know as well as anyone that if a white athlete said something like that about black athletes they'd never get away with it.

flyingswoosh Wrote:And he actually quotes Kent. What a riot!

I don't like Kent either, but he was Bonds teammate for a long time so he knows a whole lot more about him than me and you.

I like both Jeff Kent and Rick Reilly. Anybody got a problem with that?

rick riley can be pretty funny, but he writes to be entertaining, so a lot of the time he goes overboard and exaggerates a lot

Totally different grumble, the Astros now have the best road record in baseball, but can't win at home! Earler, they swept the Cardinals on the road and then got swept at home. They have now beat the Marlins on the road but lost at home to them. Win at home, this team is unstoppable.

By the way, Clemens was on the cover of SI this week. Great issue.

cbfranchise3 Wrote:By the way, Clemens was on the cover of SI this week. Great issue.

I thought this weeks issue was total crap.