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  1. Benjamin Grimm
    Does anyone know anything about this guy? "Kevin," you should know, is his middle name. His first initial is "J." (I don't know his birth place or age or anything else about him.) This Mets player also has a first initial of "J." and a middle name of "Kevin." Are they related? I would think if one was the father of the other we'd have heard something about it, but I don't think we have.
  2. Benjamin Grimm
    The Marlins game the next night is what put me in the "fire Willie" camp. I was aghast and dismayed when he gave a quick hook to Feliciano. It smelled like a panic move at the time he made it, and it turned out so horribly.
  3. Benjamin Grimm
    Here it is, September 19 in Washington: http://cranepoolforum.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=184186
  4. Benjamin Grimm
    I think it was Sosa, but I can't remember which game it might have been. Let me do some searching...
  5. Benjamin Grimm
    I see him as Pat Mahomes. Or Tom Gorman. In other words, long reliever/spot starter/guy who you hold in reserve in a long extra-inning game. If I remember correctly, and I may not, in a rare positive moment during the Collapse, somebody here (and it might have been Mr. Dickshot) proclaimed that Sosa "saved the season." I can't remember the details, though.
  6. Benjamin Grimm
    I don't recall. I think he only implicated himself, but I'm not sure. But would Pettitte risk jail time to keep Clemens' steroid use a secret, when the public at large is already convinced that it's true? I sure wouldn't.
  7. Benjamin Grimm
    I have no opinion on whether or not Pettitte is a great guy. He may or may not be. But my hope is that he's smarter than Clemens and knows that he's best served by telling the truth. Yes, he said "twice" to reporters, but he might admit to more when under oath. And he might not be loyal to his "friend" who expressed surprise and disappointment at Pettitte's steroid use. Keith Hernandez, remember, never admitted to cocaine use until he had to testify in Pittsburgh. He knew better than to perjure himself. Maybe Pettitte will follow the same course of action. I'm not counting on him being a swell guy, just hoping he's smarter than Clemens, which isn't setting that high a bar.
  8. Benjamin Grimm
    I'm looking forward to what Andy Pettitte has to say, if anything. Those two seemed to have such a mutual crush going on. I wouldn't be surprised if, during their intimate conversations, they talked about their butt injections. I'd love to see Pettitte, under oath, come clean. (People who know him seem to think that he might do that.) And if he does, and he says, "Yes, Roger and I did get heinie shots from McNamee, and we discussed it frequently" then Clemens is really up the creek. In my ideal scenario, McGwire, Bonds, and Clemens are all kept out of Cooperstown.
  9. Benjamin Grimm
    Spend some time with Roger Clemens. He'll probably scream it at you too.
  10. Benjamin Grimm
    MLB.com wrote: In the wake of last month's Mitchell Report, Mark McGwire, the first star player tainted by the steroids era to face the electorate, finished at 23.6 percent, almost exactly the same place as last year, when he also received 128 votes despite hitting 70 homers in 1998 to win his famous record home run race against Sammy Sosa and finishing with 583 in his career. In 2007, McGwire also received an underwhelming 23.5 percent. I'm pleased. Jim Rice, meanwhile, missed by just 16 votes.
  11. Benjamin Grimm
    The only thing I'm rooting for this time around is a low vote total for McGwire. I hope that his rejection last year wasn't just a result of voters not wanting him to be a first-ballot guy.
  12. Benjamin Grimm
    Who's the "Good News Guy" now that Jack Lang is dead at the present time?
  13. Benjamin Grimm
    metsguyinmichigan wrote: Honestly, I don't see how that press conference could have gone worse for Clemens. Dreadful. Well, at least there wasn't any foam coming out of his mouth.
  14. Benjamin Grimm
    Here's a question for the lawyers in the house: What's the difference between "defamation of character" and libel or slander? And, in a lawsuit like the one Clemens is pursuing, on whom is the burden of proof? Does Clemens have to prove that MacNamee lied, or does MacNamee have to prove that he told the truth?
  15. Benjamin Grimm
    AG/DC wrote: The Third Man would definitely bat third forSan Francisco. Bullitt would lead off. The cleanup hitter, of course, would be So I Married an Axe Murderer. I'd say The Third Man should be credited to Vienna, if that city ever gets an expansion franchise.
  16. Benjamin Grimm
    RealityChuck wrote: San Francisco should also have AFTER THE THIRD MAN, favorite of mine since it's one of the few New Year's Eve films After the Third Man? I know about "The Third Man" and "After the Thin Man." Are you referring to the William Powell/Myrna Loy sequel to The Thin Man?
  17. Benjamin Grimm
    Here's a question for the lawyers in the house: What's the difference between "defamation of character" and libel or slander? And, in a lawsuit like the one Clemens is pursuing, on whom is the burden of proof? Does Clemens have to prove that MacNamee lied, or does MacNamee have to prove that he told the truth?
  18. Benjamin Grimm
    I was expecting to see Eight Men Out for Chicago.
  19. Benjamin Grimm
    AG/DC wrote: The best one is Luther Hackman. Great name for fans of the original Superman movie, huh?
  20. Benjamin Grimm
    How did the Mets manage to be able to sign him? Was he DFA'ed or out of options?
  21. Benjamin Grimm
    Well, as we (and the world) saw in 2000, Clemens isn't a very convincing liar. That whole "I thought the bat was the ball" business wasn't even worthy of a six-year-old. It's funny that he claims that his two decades as a celebrity should give him credibility, especially since his track record has shown that he's a blatant liar. I really hope that Pettitte flips on him while under oath. And I REALLY hope that Clemens ends up in jail with Barry Bonds. Even without the steroids, they'd be great assets to their prison softball team.
  22. Benjamin Grimm
    Sleepless in Seattle (Seattle also has had some hit TV shows set there, like Frasier, Grey's Anatomy and Dark Angel.)
  23. Benjamin Grimm
    Maybe they took the Staten Island Ferry.
  24. Benjamin Grimm
    I always have trouble remembering who Ed Randall is. Whenever I see his name I think it's a reference to the governor of Pennsylvania.
  25. Benjamin Grimm
    It was watchable. The ending was too hokey. Unmemorable, but not awful. It couldn't overcome the dumb premise, though. A virus that makes people into super-strong zombie vampires? Sheesh.
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