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Is this game on TV?

The US must now beat South Africa Friday to stay alive, surely they will....

I think part of what makes me support Bonds is that while he gets hammered by the national media Lance Armstrong is a hero, that sport is known for keeping ahead of the testers, if you think that Bonds took steroids, which I do then you should view Armstrong with great suspision, he has a great story though while Bonds is considered a prick by most.

Fred needs to send Omar to Cuba right now and get talking to Fidel.

WOW, this seems like a hell of a game, wish it was on later.

] More progress for Pedro THE ASSOCIATED PRESS March 8, 2006, 2:33 PM EST PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez threw his longest bullpen of the spring Wednesday and appears ready to face batters soon. Martinez threw 62 pitches, nearly double his previous high of 34 this year. He removed the two gel pads from his right shoe between his warmup and bullpen session, stating it would help him better understand how his right big toe feels. "It was a really good day," Martinez said. "I felt a little bit uncomfortable but nothing to stop what I'm doing." He worked on location and breaking balls more than he has in his past spring bullpens and felt encouraged. "I could get into a game right now and throw a strike," he said. "but I want to face batters in a bullpen first ... I feel better. To me, it's not an issue whether I pitch opening day or second day." Martinez's right big toe hurts due to the repeated motion of his followthrough. He stopped twice to address the surface of the practice mound with pitching coach Rick Peterson and chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon, and groundskeepers used a large tractor and tiller to break up the sun-baked clay. After Martinez threw his last pitch, Wilpon met with more than half a dozen groundskeepers, including head groundskeeper Tommy Bowes. The group got to work smoothing down the six practice mounds. "The mounds need some work," Wilpon said.

Hold it a second here, Bonds and his freakish steroid taking HR hitters helped bring baseball back to where it is right now, never as popular according to Selig, gonna break attendence records again this year he says, yeah lets dump all the players suspected of taking steroids in the past, what a lame league it would make for.

I didn't know Barry admitted to all that, I thought he admitted to 'cream & flak seed oil' but didn't know what it was.

Well I suppose in a way I am rooting for Bonds to have a great season, he was a great player before he allegedly started using steroids, I would like to see him catch Ruth and Aaron because it's a once in a generation thing.

Well I don't really have a rooting interest , I just don't dislike Bonds, IMO he's the most compelling athlete in sports when he's at the plate, at least he used to be anyway, lets say this season Bonds has another monster one, over 40 homers, 50 if they pitch to him, then what?, I assume he's not taking anything now and that he's been tested.

Yeah he retired last week, he cried and all, said he had lost the passion.

Hernandez came in the Vance Wilson trade IIRC.

If you ban Bonds and/or strip away all his numbers then every player that is found to have taken steroids should be treated the same way, Selig I think will tread lightly here and not deal with this until he has to.

Frayed Knot, I doubt ESPN has any shame left, I imagine they were happy as a pig in shit when this story broke.

Yeah this book seems to be very detailed, like the guys themselves were injecting him, to be honest though I don't care, he's still one of the best players I ever saw and I hope to see him at Shea this season. Does anyone really think he started doing steroids because he was jealous of the attention McGwire was getting, seems a bit flimsy to me.

Rocker in Byrant Park

Kirby had gotten huge in his post playing days, sad really, I suppose that might have been part of the problem.

RIP - sad news.

]Lima Time = 2 2/3, 4 hits, 2 runs, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 HR bad Lima time, Glavine seems on track, good for Kep,it's easy to forget him with talk about Kaz and Hernandez and others.

Yeah I can see him sitting at a game with Jeff Foxworthy.

]So he went over to the other side of the studio, and he was sitting like a four-year-old child, his lips were pursed, the next thing you know, he stands up and stomps out of the studio I can actually picture him doing that, amazing, that show "Pros vs. Joes." is all over TV right now, or at least sports TV.

Yeah Coleman is a terrible at pbp, I remember last season when he was doing it when Gary went on vacation, useless would be a compliment to him.

Yeah, he's got mad skills, although one poster here thought there was no need to dive for it.....

Cool, 'Baseball Tonight' for 90 minutes after the Met game.

Put it in the books, Puerto Rico win 6 to 1, seemd to be a pretty good crowd, was soupcan going to that game?,just great to see Mets baseball again.