Comments on FIRE JOE MORGAN: 1 Reason I Am Willing to be Baited

But all of a sudden here comes Cyndi with a left h...

2008-05-27T17:03:00.000-04:00

But all of a sudden here comes Cyndi with a left hook to the face of Matt:

Since the writer is from Boston , the whole "fans voting for the closer's song" section is right. Last year, one of the radio stations - either WAAF or BCN - let fans vote for Papelbon's song and that's how he wound up with "Shipping Up to Boston."

Sorry, but “Matt” is wrong. Dr Charles Steinberg chose “Shipping up to Boston ” back when he was still running all things commercial/promotional for the Sox. They covered it on one of those “hated” post-game shows in NESN.

Plenty of radio stations and newspapers made a big deal out of what Papelbon’s song should be and had fan votes, but none of them actually chose what the song was. The Red Sox chose it themselves.

So it was The Dentist. Interesting. I am going to defend Steinberg on this one -- I'm glad it is region-specific, and not just "Hell's Bells" or something.

Matt points out that I totally pooched it, bra:Sin...

2008-05-24T23:34:00.000-04:00

Matt points out that I totally pooched it, bra:

Since the writer is from Boston, the whole "fans voting for the closer's song" section is right. Last year, one of the radio stations - either WAAF or BCN - let fans vote for Papelbon's song and that's how he wound up with "Shipping Up to Boston."

I always referred to the shirt/no pants look as "P...

2008-05-24T23:00:00.000-04:00

I always referred to the shirt/no pants look as "Porky Pigging it." Maybe it's a Maryland thing.

And so does Jake:"Why work out when all you have t...

2008-05-24T21:15:00.000-04:00

And so does Jake:

"Why work out when all you have to do is shoot up?"

Steroids allow you to work out longer, harder. They don't make muscle just magically appear. They allow you to build more muscle faster, but you still have to work out like a maniac. This is why Barry Bonds hurt his ligaments, etc. after he went on steroids. The drugs masked the pain even as they built up his muscles so that they were too much for his connective tissue. Taking steroids is not the lazy way out, its the unnatural way.

Also, wouldn't steroids make you more fit? I don't understand his argument here.

Stephanie makes some good points:You forgot to fur...

2008-05-24T21:13:00.000-04:00

Stephanie makes some good points:

You forgot to further destroy his argument by mentioning that no quarterback actually spends "four full quarters" being attacked by defenders. Even the Superbowl Champion New York Giants had a regular season average time of possession of 31:22. As a stats nerd, I used complicated mathematics to determine that that equals an average of 2.091 quarters, and I'm quite sure that 2.091 < 4.

Also, maybe I am weird, but I would rather watch a 6-hour Senate hearing than a 6-hour Mel Kiper Jr marathon.