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every single one of those articles was pure speculation. It's still pure speculation with zero foundation. Sports writers are not reliable sources particularly when they clearly indicate they are speculating. Then they feed off of each other perpetuating the speculation.

LOL! Tell you what, you provide evidence that is something more than pure conjecture first.

Of course he was, as I have spoken to numerous times in these discussions. Being involved in the negotiations and strong arming acquisitions or forcing the hand of the GM in these acquisitions is a much different thing. There is no substantiation for that speculation yet it is being argued incessantly as fact. It's not unusual for owners to get involved in the signing of high profile players, in fact, it's smart business.

What does that prove Hamiltown?

I love the way speculation about Arte strong arming acquisitions has now turned into fact of the matter in these discussions.

LOL. OK.

Injuries of that magnitude? BS Poozy. It's not just the amount of injuries, it's how long and who those injuries were and those players'significance to the team. You say you agree with all of what I said but then you reply with something that doesn't jive.

I don't think the so-called philosophical differences are all that great in reality.

Look Poozy, no one is claiming injuries solely to blame for the Angels demise but it is a significant factor. When looking at the number of injuries, time lost to the DL, the significance of the players lost, and the well known lack of depth particularly on the pitching staff, injuries had a large impact. We already knew pitching was not where we needed it to be, especially the pen, even before the season started. Then we added even more pressure on the already weak pen when starters couldn't even pitch through the 5th inning. Those injuries only made it worse. Pitching was awful early forcing the offense to try to make up the difference night in and night out. An offense that wasn't firing on all cylinders but was pressing to score 5+ runs a night to try to win games. That's way too much to put on an offense particularly one that has its prime power hitter playing through a painful injury. Were injuries the entire problem? No of course not.But under the circumstances, the impact was immense.

Wrong. I haven't commented on it in months yet he's posted it a couple dozen times in that time period.

And you continue to trump out that tired canard.

So what?

I thought you were ignoring me? Of course it will be part of the case, it won't however be part of Pujols'deposition.

sure, these players base their assessment mostly on what they see when they face these players. That's a pretty small sample size though. If said player has a particularly good, mediocre, or bad series, it will jade their evaluation. Meanwhile, stats look at performance over a much larger sample and is in fact a much more reliable evaluator than one based on a few games facing a player.

Past allegations that have never been shown to have any credibility. Regardless, Pujols testimony is irrelevant to that end.

No he won't. Those kind of questions are irrelevant to the lawsuit or the parties involved in the lawsuit.

I disagree about their food but them taking over a year to open is irrelevant to their food quality.

Ya I don't get why how long it took them to open makes them a massive disappointment or why that matters at all at this point, but OK.

Boohoo

Huh?

Legal posturing and intimidation is fun

So AJ, I guess they lost their chemistry in 2003 despite having substantially the same roster (and coaching staff btw) ?

Did you actually read the post you are responding to?

No. Yes.

Actually, the merchandise sold outside the stadium is shared revenue with MLB. In stadium sales revenue go to the team.