Vern Gagne

Did anyone see Gary Plumber on OTL, mention a highly respected team leader and fan favroite LB for the San Diego Chargers had steroids in his home frig? About has close as you can get, without saying Junior Seau.

Allow me to tweak some words here: They can. As a Muslim, I don't really like to hear a non-muslim...especially non-believers, say we need to reject jihad, refuse to respect martyrs. The word of Mohammad has been in place for nearly two thousand years. It's not something that is supposed to undergo dramatic changes. Certainly not allowing women out of the burqas...you risk men going to temple for a reason other than a divine calling. Don't even compare martyrdom and jihad to not allowing married priests and female priests. What I don't agree with his, the call for married and female priests as alot to do with the child molestation scandal.

They can. As a Cathlic, I don't really like to hear a non-catholics...especially non-believer, say we need to have married priests, allow women into the priesthood. The church doctrine has been in place for nearly two thousand years. It's not something that is supposed to undergo dramatic changes. Certainly not allowing priest to marry...you risk men going into the priesthood for a career other than a divine calling. Not that all priests are in that boat, the pedophiles are certainly not.

Could they at least get rid of tired theme music? One idea is to make Val Venis part of a tag team. Maybe, Chris Masters...ace it he's hear to stay. Venis is a good worker, and could do the bulk of the in-ring work and Masters would only have to be in the ring periodically.

16. Is player the son-in-law of Digger Phelps? Yes. Jamie Moyer is married to the daughter of former Notre Dame Basketball coach, and current ESPN College Basketball studio analyst Richard "Digger"Phelps.

Two straight games the Twins and Tigers haven been postponed due to snow.

That position does Shazor play? He's 6-4 226.

Why during a suprise appearance is a wrestlers theme music still played?

Really proves you initial point Al. Kind of amazing the averages has high as they are for such good pitchers. That's very interesting. Guess Abbott walked alot of batters.

Mach Man didn't payback a favor Jake did for him.

What happened at the reception and did Roberts give a reason beyond he's evil and he does twisted things like this?

That's a reach in round three.

It has nothing to do with New York. Look at these two pitching lines.... 2003: 201 IP, 204 Hits, 19 HRs, 49 BBs, 133 Ks, 4.30 ERA 2004: 222 IP, 212 Hits, 16 HRs, 49 BBs, 139 Ks, 3.00 ERA The difference is almost entirely in hits allowed, which as we all know are prone to luck, and flucuate from year to year. So we have a guy who.... a. Pitched better than normal last year b. Moved from Dolphins Stadium to Yankee Stadium c. Moved from the National League to the American League d. Went from a very good defense to an abysmal defense B & C add 0.4 to his ERA right off the bat. The rest is icing on the cake. Like Jaret Wright, this was entirely to be expected. I don't agree, that hits are almost all prone to luck. Good pitchers know how to prevent hitters from getting alot of hits. It is a hard concept to swallow, I know. But essentially, a pitcher's matchup can end in four outcomes.... a. strikeout b. walk (or hit-by-pitch) c. home run d. other ball in play What happens when (D) is brought into the equation is roughly the result of luck. Good pitchers romove luck from the equation by collecting lots of strikeouts (A), and reducing the damage done by balls in play by limiting walks (B). Pitchers that do poorly in categories A, B and C are not good pitchers. There is no such thing as a pitcher that can prevent hits year after year without doing well in those three peripheral categories. Look at Damian Moss in 2002. 179 IP, 140 hits allowed, 3.42 ERA. So what the heck happened? His peripherals caught up with him. Let me modify the theory a little. Good pitchers allow less hits because their peripherals indicate their dominance. A pitcher who collects alot of strikeouts induce weak contact when the hitter DOES get ahold of the ball, leading to more out. I do not believe a pitcher can "pitch to contact," because if the pitcher is inducing contact, the batter knows where to hit the ball, and if he does he is going to be able to put it somewhere the pitcher does not want him to. Walks indicate control and a lack of collateral damage, and a home run rate accounts for guys who have otherwise good strikeout and walk totals, but are hittable (Bruce Chen, John Stephens, etc.). And if that does not convince you, note I said prone to luck, and not entirely due to luck. Look at Ichiro Suzuki. His batting averages have been .350, .321, .312, and .372. Ichiro is a consistantly good hitter, and his batting average has nearly a 25 point standard deviation from year to year. All batters and pitchers are prone to these ebbs and flows. That is why it is important to use career statistics to gauge players, and not trust the results of a single year. Even if Pavano did have the ability to prevent hits, he did not show it in 2003. Outstanding Al. I under your point, and I was more or less refering to the elite pichers in the game. You're correct about the more average ones. Another thing. I don't know the numbers, but it would seem like control pitchers like a Brad Radke might be more prone to allowing hits, since they're more likely to throw the ball near the plate.

Maybe this was explained. Why did Jake the Snake attack Macho Man at his wedding to Miss Elizabeth?

Kane's shown he has true feelings for Lita and was genuinely upset about losing his child.

It has nothing to do with New York. Look at these two pitching lines.... 2003: 201 IP, 204 Hits, 19 HRs, 49 BBs, 133 Ks, 4.30 ERA 2004: 222 IP, 212 Hits, 16 HRs, 49 BBs, 139 Ks, 3.00 ERA The difference is almost entirely in hits allowed, which as we all know are prone to luck, and flucuate from year to year. So we have a guy who.... a. Pitched better than normal last year b. Moved from Dolphins Stadium to Yankee Stadium c. Moved from the National League to the American League d. Went from a very good defense to an abysmal defense B & C add 0.4 to his ERA right off the bat. The rest is icing on the cake. Like Jaret Wright, this was entirely to be expected. I don't agree, that hits are almost all prone to luck. Good pitchers know how to prevent hitters from getting alot of hits.

It's Abreu's fault

Yep. Pitching in New York is a whole different animal.

I meant the success Wright had under Mazzone last year.

Plenty of people called that one Bob. It's called the Mazzone Factor.

I'm sorry but Kiper is wrong saying San Fran. is in a low risk high reward drafting Frank Gore. Gore might be a steal...but a 2-14 team, in the 3rd round is taking alot more of a risk than a Philadelphia or NE would be.

Roethlisberger with higher expectations and teams more prepared might be forced to use the TE more.

Detroit should try to trade Williams to San Diego.

Even though they discussed moving up in the draft to select Braylon Edwards.