FB: Liberty League

[lewdogg11]

Who do you guys think the Hall of Famer is that Canseco is talking about?  My thought...maybe Cal Ripken Jr?

Rickey Henderson?

Not a bad guess.  You guys hear Ricky's speech?  Reading is not his forte...

[PBR...]

what the heck pbr will use this as the lighting of the lamp today and a bonus some crazy video...wild stuff...

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1137883380?bctid=17075685001

[bigdvs]

Big DV's thanks for the input.  We did have problems at TE last year with a number of injuries that led to a FR playing the last couple of key games plus playoffs.  The upside is that Bobal and Marsh should be well prepared this year.  It worries me when you tell me that a 230 lb kid at 6'3" or so is too slow to play DE, though.   

He can be quick (Tamarac adjusted and moved him to NT in the second half), but he didnt make any plays that he shouldnt have made which tends to be a sign that someone has better then average speed.

Anyone have any other Section II recruits going to Union, RPI, Hobart or anywhere in the Liberty League?

[dlippiel]

dlippiel heading to Portsmith NH and Cape Cod for the week. Vacation is nice but what this really means is the Kickoff for Union College football 09 and all of D3 football is getting closer. dlippiel can't wait! Light the lamp fellas and have a great weekend!

[PBR...]

dlippiel heading to Portsmith NH and Cape Cod for the week. Vacation is nice but what this really means is the Kickoff for Union College football 09 and all of D3 football is getting closer. dlippiel can't wait! Light the lamp fellas and have a great weekend!

nice dlip....head out to 'tucket for the day and if pbr was there would buy you a nice beverage at the atlantic cafe or boarding house....

[JT]

Mussina should go in with an Oriole hat on. 

Jeter's overrated.  Unless you are comparing him with Luis Aparacio or Nellie Fox. 

Yankees SUCK.

Nah.  He's one of the best. Consistency and clutch. First ballot.  Griffey is another guy that one must appreciate as a non-druggie.

Derek Jeter
Lifetime .316 BA, 2,664 Hits, 217 HR, 1,045 RBI

Rookie of the Year 1996
4 World Series Rings
WS MVP 2000
All-Star MVP 2000
10 time All-Star
3 Gold Gloves
11 Seasons AL Top 25 in BA (8 years in top 10, 5 in the top 5)
12 Seasons AL Top 15 in Hits (7 years in the top 4)
From 1996-2001 had the most hits in the majors
Most hits, runs, and total bases in post season history, while batting .309 with 17 HR's and 49 RBI

Career fielding pct .975

[lewdogg11]

Mussina should go in with an Oriole hat on. 

Jeter's overrated.  Unless you are comparing him with Luis Aparacio or Nellie Fox. 

Yankees SUCK.

Nah.  He's one of the best. Consistency and clutch. First ballot.  Griffey is another guy that one must appreciate as a non-druggie.

Derek Jeter
Lifetime .316 BA, 2,664 Hits, 217 HR, 1,045 RBI

Rookie of the Year 1996
4 World Series Rings
WS MVP 2000
All-Star MVP 2000
10 time All-Star
3 Gold Gloves
11 Seasons AL Top 25 in BA (8 years in top 10, 5 in the top 5)
12 Seasons AL Top 15 in Hits (7 years in the top 4)
From 1996-2001 had the most hits in the majors
Most hits, runs, and total bases in post season history, while batting .309 with 17 HR's and 49 RBI

Career fielding pct .975

Jeter's MAJOR statistics are his clutch performances and post-season performances.  I think Schilling should get in based on his post-season and clutch performances as well.  The Hall of Fame has gotten too reliant on career numbers rather than the mark you made on the game of baseball.

[SaintsFAN]

Who do you guys think the Hall of Famer is that Canseco is talking about?  My thought...maybe Cal Ripken Jr?

dlip...my gripe with your post is if they made $30K/year, they probably wouldn't care so much, but when you had all this pressure, and millions and millions of dollars for being the best, some went and made bad decisions.  I don't think it is right, BUT, it was not banned in MLB, and when Camminiti said most of the players in the league were on the juice, no one listened, but now he probably wasn't far off.

I think the 'anonymous' tests coming out is BS.  Most of those guys took the test willingly BECAUSE it was anonymous, and now they are getting bit by it.  Someone is toying around with MLB, at this rate, release the entire list and stop name dropping every few months to ruin specific guys.  It is a witch hunt.

Some are also saying that players volunteered to be marked as a positive test because they had to have a certain percentage test positive to introduce testing at the Major League Level.  Not sure this is true, but there was an outcry for testing by the Glavine's etc when the issue first came up in the early 2000s. 

I agree... whoever is leaking these names (supposed to be sealed correct?) is further damaging the game. 

My question is... when they did this testing... it was supposed to be anonymous.  Those vials shouldn't even have the team name written on them.  How is all this possible if it was supposed to be anonymous?

[PBR...]

Mussina should go in with an Oriole hat on. 

Jeter's overrated.  Unless you are comparing him with Luis Aparacio or Nellie Fox. 

Yankees SUCK.

Nah.  He's one of the best. Consistency and clutch. First ballot.  Griffey is another guy that one must appreciate as a non-druggie.

Derek Jeter
Lifetime .316 BA, 2,664 Hits, 217 HR, 1,045 RBI

Rookie of the Year 1996
4 World Series Rings
WS MVP 2000
All-Star MVP 2000
10 time All-Star
3 Gold Gloves
11 Seasons AL Top 25 in BA (8 years in top 10, 5 in the top 5)
12 Seasons AL Top 15 in Hits (7 years in the top 4)
From 1996-2001 had the most hits in the majors
Most hits, runs, and total bases in post season history, while batting .309 with 17 HR's and 49 RBI

Career fielding pct .975

more importantly lets see a photo lineup of the all the women jeter shagged...he should be in the hall of fame just for those numbers

[PBR...]

here is a the rumored list...obviously unofficial at this point

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1896618/2003_steroid_list_potentially_leaked_pg2.html?cat=14

[Kira & Jaxon's Dad]

My question is... when they did this testing... it was supposed to be anonymous.  Those vials shouldn't even have the team name written on them.  How is all this possible if it was supposed to be anonymous?

When the first names were linked, I think I remember them saying that the vials were numbered and someone got a hold of the list that linked the numbers to the names.

[JT]

Mussina should go in with an Oriole hat on. 

Jeter's overrated.  Unless you are comparing him with Luis Aparacio or Nellie Fox. 

Yankees SUCK.

Nah.  He's one of the best. Consistency and clutch. First ballot.  Griffey is another guy that one must appreciate as a non-druggie.

Derek Jeter
Lifetime .316 BA, 2,664 Hits, 217 HR, 1,045 RBI

Rookie of the Year 1996
4 World Series Rings
WS MVP 2000
All-Star MVP 2000
10 time All-Star
3 Gold Gloves
11 Seasons AL Top 25 in BA (8 years in top 10, 5 in the top 5)
12 Seasons AL Top 15 in Hits (7 years in the top 4)
From 1996-2001 had the most hits in the majors
Most hits, runs, and total bases in post season history, while batting .309 with 17 HR's and 49 RBI

Career fielding pct .975

more importantly lets see a photo lineup of the all the women jeter shagged...he should be in the hall of fame just for those numbers

Good idea (doesn't include any no-name strange). This is what truly makes Jeter a genius.  He's the single, good looking SS of the Yankees, and he's using that status in HOF fashion.  He didn't do something stupid like get married.  He can do that when he's 40 something and retired:



Former Miss Universe Lara Dutta



Singer Joy Enriquez



Actress Jordana Brewster



Scarlett Johansson



Gabrielle Union



Jessica Alba



Supermodel Adriana Lima



MTV Babe Vanessa Minillo



Jessica Biel



Minka Kelly



Mariah Carey

[PBR...]

bosox gettin' stronger w/ the trade for martinez from the tribe...good trade for them

[pumkinattack]

I'd put Jeter in the HOF for Brewster and Biel (LOVE those two). 

Postseason records are pointless.  Wouldn't Mickey Mantle, Ruth or Gherig slaughteres those records if they had three rounds of playoffs?  Divisional series started in 93. 

[pumkinattack]

JU, this is what I was kind of referring to with the banks:

Seyfarth
NEW YORK CITY-While waiting for the pool of distressed assets to deepen, most buyers have just dipped their toes in the water in "one-off deals," says Ernst & Young in a study released this week. "We haven't seen many portfolio transactions so far," Chris Seyfarth, the study's author, tells GlobeSt.com. "Given the size and the magnitude of the problem with banks, I think the expectation is that at some point we'll start seeing sizable portfolio transactions."
The study found that 53% of respondents to an E&Y survey have purchased distressed or nonperforming loans in the last 18 months. However, 45% of those who have not yet pulled the trigger believe it's too early in the game to even attempt to purchase nonperforming loans at the moment.

One reason is the slow rate at which distressed assets are coming onto the market. Distressed situations are "piling up faster than they're being resolved," says Seyfarth, E&Y's San Francisco-based national director of nonperforming loans. He adds, "The broad view is that commercial real estate assets are getting worse, not better, and that's going to impact financial institutions. The issue is that the price expectations are different between the two players, and in some cases significantly different."

That gap will only be narrowed by sellers coming down on the ask side, rather than buyers changing their pricing calculations, says Seyfarth. "I think we'll reach equilibrium quarter by quarter, as banks continue to increase their reserve levels and drop their book values."

In the meantime, banks have held assets back from the market in the belief that they couldn't afford to sell for what buyers are willing to pay, in many cases preferring to go the workout route. That may be changing soon: "Workouts are costly and time-consuming, and they're not really what banks are set up to do," Seyfarth says.

Commercial whole loans are the preferred investment vehicle for 45% of respondents, more than twice as many as those who preferred either residential and land loans. Seyfarth says he doesn't expect that to change over the next 12 months.

If investors aren't willing to pay higher prices, neither are they setting their expectations as high when it comes to returns. "Only 35% of those investors polled claim to have return requirements above 20% and an equal number actually are shooting for returns in the 10% to 15% range," Seyfarth says in a release. He adds that once the wave of distressed opportunities comes crashing in, the market could deepen and grow competitive quite quickly.