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TrueBlueWildcat

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  1. Alright so it's just like it sounds, going to vote on your favorite tv show growing up in or just during the 90's.

     

     

    The tv show didn't have to start in the 90's but somewhere right around there.

     

     

    Some examples include:

     

     

    Boy Meets World

    The Wonder Years

    Saved By the Bell

    Step By Step

    Growing Pains

    Family Matters

    Fresh Prince of Bel Air

    Are you Afraid of the Dark

    Kenan and Kel

    All That

    etc.

  2. Sounds iffy to me as well. The Nationals placed him on the DL today, but removed from from the start because he couldn't get loose and they didn't want to chance anything. I honestly doubt they do this for any pitcher other than Strasburg and I also believe that many pitchers pitch without being fully loosened up to start so yeah I believe Strasburg needs to man up!

  3. Hopefully Oswalt nixes this trade to the Phillies, but in baseball you hear one thing and something different happens.

     

    If this trade goes through then the Braves have to get some kind of offensive help and maybe a cheap reliever or starter. I would like to see them make a blockbuster for Bautista and Downs but I doubt it happens. Willingham is another good player who could help down the stretch. Hopefully something works out.

  4. The move they need to make most at this point has nothing to do with a trade. They have got to get McLouth out of there.

     

    The OF situation is this.

     

    Nate McLouth

    Jason Heyward

    Melky Cabrera

    Matt Diaz

    Eric Hinske

    Jordan Schafer

     

    In the minors you have:

     

    Gregor Blanco

    Willy Tavares

    Josh Anderson

     

    Unless I'm forgetting someone that's basically it. There isn't really anyone "internally" that is going to strengthen that group enough to make a difference late in the season. Phillies are making a run and the Braves need a more potent bat in the lineup to help because of the recent struggles from Troy Glaus.

     

    They need to go all out and try to win this year, go after Bautista, Hart, Ross, Young, Upton, Crawford, etc.

     

     

    I still think they'll make a move but I'm not sure as to how big of one yet.

  5. Okay, good post. Let me change my point of attack for a second...

     

    There have been stories in the news in the last 5-10 years about hazing activities at the high school sports level, where things have gone completely out of control. If I really need to do the research to prove my point, I will, but I know some of you remember what I'm talking about. At first it was something small, that eventually escalated to dangerous and something terrible eventually happened. It's a tradition in pro sports, so its a tradition at the collegiate level, and then eventually high schools follow suit and on occassion something terrible happens. Grown men know where their is a line, many 15-18 year old in high school do not. If the dumb hazing activities that occur at the professional level were no longer considered "tradition" and were looked at as the stupid activities that they are, don't you think that would trickle down as well?

     

    Hope that makes sense.

     

    I understand what you're saying and I do remember the stories from the dangerous hazing in high school, but until something like that happens on the professional level I don't see any reason to do anything about it. We see, especially in the NFL, a lot of bad character from these players especially off the field, but on the field these guys are a family and this is a part of what they do. It hasn't gotten out of hand because they know where to draw the line, and instead of telling them to stop it altogether then just have them talk about how it can be used as a bonding activity for teammates as long as it doesn't get out of hand or control.

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