Krankor

This is a thread about baseball right?

You do realize that happens in every sport. People jump on the bandwagon. Were there really that many hardcore Patriot fans before they were good outside of the Boston area? Not really. Did anyone really give a damn about the Angels before they won a World Series Title? People always jump on bandwagons. If the Astros would be sweeping the Sox, there would be millions of people marking that they are die-hard Astro fans. It's the way a lot of casual sport fans operate. Get over it. Stop being a Garner and blaming everyone else. Nearly all sports announcers suck ass. See Tim McCarver and See all Fox Football announcers.

Nice mugshot of the sex offender

Chris Duhon, PG, Chicago Bulls

I am all for that. They do not need to all wear $900 tailored suits. Just nice clothing that makes it look like they didn't roll out of bed and showed up to the game because they aren't playing. A perfect example of that is find any picture of Eddie Robinson from 2 to 3 years ago sitting on the Chicago Bulls bench. Most times, it was obvious that he just threw on whatever he wore the night before out partying.

That's fine that you do not have a set dress code in your school. I bet your basketball team, however wears certain attire on and during game day that their coaching staff tells them to wear. You can wear whatever you want if you have no enforced dress code. Who cares. The issue is in the NBA there is a dress code now. The players have to follow it instead of trying to fight it by calling it racist. Would you be angry if the University decided it wanted its staff to look more professional and required its professors and graduate students to wear more formal attire? Maybe you would. In the end, does it really matter at all? You are still there to perform your job that you are paid to do. The point is that if your higher ups want you to do something because they think it will benefit the organization and its customers, you do it. They know a little bit more than you about what type of impact they are going for with the procedure change.

Call it tiresome and trite all you want. I don't care. It's the corporate world and its called adulthood. Welcome to it. You also don't work wearing a basketball jersey, do you? People who work wearing jerseys, using jerseys while not on the court....BLASHPEMY! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No I don't work wearing a basketball jersey. I am not a basketball player. If I did come in to the office in a Golden State throw back they would ask what are you doing? But since they are basketball players it’s ok to break a set corporate dress code? Since they are basketball players they should have a god given right to wear jerseys everywhere? Ok that's fine. I wouldn't care at all if they would be hurt on the bench yet still dressed in their uniform to support the team. But why do they need to wear 1982 Denver throwback jersey when they play for the Suns? Why do they need to wear jerseys when showing up to the game? Are they worried about the game starting early and they need to be in basketball attire? Do they get that sweaty and hot that they need to wear the loose fitting jerseys because of heat related issues? I don't think so. They still work for a company and have to following the procedures set by that company if they so choose to remain with the company. Is a shirt and tie THAT terrifying? Grow up guys. You are adults .

I'm just getting sick of guys like Stephen Jackson playing the race card all the time. "I can't wear my favorite clothing at work anymore, That's Racist." "Some guy of a different racial background threw a beer at a teammate, then I ran in the stands and punched someone that didn't throw the beer in their face. How come I got suspended?? That's Racist." "Age limits for enterting the NBA, That's Racist." "Commissioner Stern is white and wears suits and he wants me to, That's Racist." No little Stephen, he's trying to separate the image of his league from all of the street ball leagues and that are popping up on tv. He is trying to make a clear-cut impression on his customers that his league is the best place to play basketball in the world.

A basketball arena is a basketball player's workplace. If they are told that a certain dress code standard is required to be worn at the workplace than they must abide by the rules. If starbucks happened to change its work attire to only green polo shirts the employees would have to change their wardrobe for work if they want to not face a reprimand. The same is true for a basketball player. Basketball is a job. They are there to play basketball and entertain the fans by playing basketball. There are no gold chain contests during all-star weekend. There is no baggiest pants contest. When I show up to work and stroll into the office wearing flip-flops and a wife beater I might as well clean my desk out right away. It's against the dress code and I know better than to break it. The same is the case for basketball players. It is there job to abide by certain rules and codes mandated by the league. If the players do not like it, that doesn't really matter. It won't take away from basketball playing so fans won't give a shit. The arena IS their office. Whenever they are doing work in practice they are at work. If they are talking to the media after practice or a game they are at work. Basketball players are salaried, duh. That means they do not have 9 to 5 jobs that they are paid hourly wages. They have more responsibility to represent their company/league that they work in. Race is not an issue. Jason Williams of the Heat often wore gold chains. If the league sees it to be inappropriate work attire than so be it. Anyone can wear a gold chain. You do not have to be black to wear a chain. You can argue that the hip-hop lifestyle is mostly African American. Yes, African Americans make up a large percentage but so do Latinos, Caucasians, and Asians. You cannot make judgments that because most rap videos have guys with gold chains means that it is strictly an African American thing. That’s fucking bullshit. The rule does not say that African American players can’t wear chains outside of their clothes, it says ALL PLAYERS cannot wear chains outside of their clothes. The argument that the players will have to go out and buy an all-new wardrobe is also bullshit. First of all, if you have ever watched any show like cribs and have seen one of these guys closets, they own massive amounts of formal dress suits. The poorest guy in the league can afford a 12-dollar button down shirt. If not I'm sure he can put it on his amex card. Ever hear of a place called Men's Warehouse? Yeah the sell suits and shit and have a massive store that sells all sizes of suits for very reasonable prices. All the players, (workers), are doing is bitching the league (their bosses), that they don't want to change the wardrobe. Guess what, it doesn't matter what the players thing about a change in policy. They are the employees. They are lucky enough to have been given the chance to play in the NBA and if they are going to let a 12 dollar button down shirt get in their way of being a great player and fulfilling their dreams and their fans dreams then they and everyone that agrees with them can just leave. There are plenty of kids that would love to step up their game and take that whining players spot as a star.

Marvin Williams, F, Hotlanta

I'll be making my pick momentarily.

Un-fucking-believable. This nimrod wants money for clothes for the dress code. In this land of sports where you have the 12th man on any roster making what amounts to a first or second year doctor's salary, this request by Mr. Camby is ridiculous. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> No its not ridiculous. Not every player in the NBA is getting multimillion dollar contracts. Hell...alot aren't making a million a year. Plus you get taxed 40% when you make close to that amount. So that 1 million dollar a year guy is making around 600k. While living on the road. Not to mention family, yearly expenses and such. Camby is looking out for all of them. So you are asking guys making 100 - 200k per year to go out and get dozens of suits tailored? These ain't regular guys that can go take advantage of the KG 2- 150 deal people. A 7 foot 250lb man cannot buy off the rack. For a tailored suit on a guy of that size you are talking a pretty penny. If the NBA wants to tell these guys that their clothes aren't to be worn anywhere during the season (that is what they are pretty much saying) then they should pony up the bill instead of just saying hey, we pay you alot, so we can decide when large parts of your budget should change to fit our whims. They play SPORTS for a living. this whole dress code thing is just fucking stupid. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It's going to be rough for them to buy a couple of suits and ties with only making 600k a year. It's real tough to scrap together 100 to 200 dollars for a pair of slacks, shirt, tie, and sport coat. I don't know how those guys that sell TV's and electronic equipment at Rex are able to afford it. They must easily be making a lot more money than these players.

Fog = Feces. That was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. What little plot it had seemed like it wasn't finished and was very poorly put together. This is without a doubt one of the worst "horror" movies I have seen in recent years. I'd watch an endless marathon of Boogeyman and Hide & Seek before paying to see that shit again. Shit. Waiting, while mindless was much more entertaining. Come on, you had to have laughed from "the goat".

You may continue with your exciting discussion.

Sometimes I just want to beat bitches up.

Rashad McCants, G, Minnesota

I thought Brendan Donnelly should have pitched another inning. His stuff looked good and he's always been solid. I don't know if he warmed up too long in the pen or not. I didn't see when exactly he started throwing. The umpiring wasn't the greatest in the 9th. With a play like that confussion is going to happen. I think everyone on the Angels thought it was legit when they saw the catcher take off for the dugout and toss the ball back to the mound. This all wouldn't even have mattered if early on in the game Rowand wouldn't have been greedy and attempted to take home on the triple he had. More than likely he would have scored on at least a sacrifice. The Sox need to get their heads into the game more.

Ok quit being sons of bitches all of you. You just lay into a guy for that has a different opinion. Then you bitch about how he should have posted more during regular season. All of you quit being stupid fucks. Talk about god damn baseball. A few people have tried to get this thread on track. Buehrle was a stud out there. He was sitting the Angels down faster as the game went on. I could have seen him lasting at least 2 innings longer. Even though Escobar gave up the run at the end he was pitching damn well. I could have seen him lasting quite a while if the game didn't end in the 9th. Remember, it's the catcher's responsibility to make sure the runner is out before he runs to the dugout. The ump called for strike 3 but I never saw him punch the batter out. Let alone say out. I saw him call the strike but that was it. You can bitch all you want but the other umps backed the call up. After the play was over, an even bigger error I saw was not trying to keep a pinch runner from stealing the base and getting in scoring position. You have got to make a play there and try to keep the guy on first or throw him out.

Next three up... 15. MarvinisaLunatic 16. AgentBond34 17. Cartman

Next 3 up are 12. pinjockey 13. Dangerous A 14. razateca

Point Guard, TJ Ford

JR Smith is available still

The past 2 pages of this thread have just been everyone quoting each other and not making any retort about what they quoted. Frombeyondthegrave, quoting only a portion of a text to suit your argument is never a good way to get your point across. Especially when the entire original text is a mere 9 posts up.

Ok

That Knicks jersey looks like it could be a gown its so long. I don't understand the gray stripe either.