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    Get paid, stop roiding. Nothing new

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    baseball is a disgrace now

    bat 230 and make 15+ million a year

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    bring back the drugs!

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    Verlander sucks this year and a shoulder problem to boot now

    When I saw his name I said to myself stay the hell away! He was great last year but he sucks this year! I wish I would have taken the Pirates. But I still won on Mets, Nats and Rays so 3-0 for the day I am not complaining!

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    baseball is a disgrace now

    bat 230 and make 15+ million a year
    But attendence is up for the ninth consecutive year now.

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    Are we still on the Verlander thing ??? we all know he has lost it this year. Maybe next year. Let's move on, he just doesn't have it right now, and by the way, neither did he last year.

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    all he see throwing pitches is kate getting out of the shower!

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    Quote Originally Posted by carll View Post
    all he see throwing pitches is kate getting out of the shower!
    So, who wouldn't ???

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    This is what I believe what's going on.
    Verlander is a power pitcher, been one pretty much his whole career, from college through the minors through the majors.
    All, as in each and every one of all the power pitchers lose velocity in time.
    Too much stress on the arm and body.
    The body gets older, weaker.

    If a power pitcher wants to succeed in his second decade in the bigs, he needs to re-invent himeself.
    All the all time greats make the major adjustments.

    Look at Mussina, and yes, in his early Baltimore years he was a 'power' pitcher.
    He made the major adjustments, he overhauled his game.

    Maddux made a lot of changes too, he was even sent down to the minors

    Verlander has yet to make the adjustments, his fastball is now ordinary, he needs to work on off speed stuff

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    Quote Originally Posted by stevenash View Post
    But attendence is up for the ninth consecutive year now.
    not so sure about that Nasher

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    He stopped juicing once he got the extension, another MLB player who doesnt give a shit. Look at Matt Kemp. These guys have the ability to play better but why should they? They already got paid.

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