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Mickey Mantle: Cheater

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Uncle.Ruckus, May 3, 2013.

  1. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    A helluva lot less than Hall of Fame balloting and bandwagon columnizing would indicate.
     
  2. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    There have been users dragged in front of Congress. There have been users indicted. There have been users convicted of related crimes.

    Bottom line: PED brings a slew of consequences into play that corked bats do not.

    Hence, bottom line: Deadspin is flat wrong. One can make a principled stance that condemns PED use, and does not condemn corked bat use.
     
  3. Uncle.Ruckus

    Uncle.Ruckus Guest

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  4. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Nope.

    Same argument the whole time.
     
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  5. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    But, the .gif is pretty amusing.
     
  6. Zeke12

    Zeke12 Guest

    I'm not voting until Devil runs the numbers.
     
  7. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    All you need is a lawyer, right?

    "I don't care what you did. We'll blame the other guy. ... Also, you must pay in cash."
     
  8. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    I have no idea what your point is.
     
  9. Gehrig

    Gehrig Active Member

    Well, it's bizarre to make a post saying that Mantle's bat was given an x-ray and cork was found.

    1) finger prints matching Mantle's on the bat?
    2) photos of Mantle using this bat?
    3) explanation as to why not one of Mantle's bats exploded leaving cork on the field?
    4) explanation as to why other Mantle bats have not been examined and if so what the results were?
    5) some evidence that Mantle actually used any type of bats like these in games?
    6) the rationale for the neo political remark about PEDs and spitballs at the end of the article?

    It's of course ironic that this unsubstantiated post will increase the sales value of a piece of wood.

    The Hitler diaries comes to mind.
     
  10. Zeke12

    Zeke12 Guest

    Wait, you wanted them to dust the bat for prints?

    I want to digest all of your post, but I am kind of hung up, there.
     
  11. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    Coming next week: Geraldo Rivera opens Mickey Mantle's secret bat vault.
     
  12. Zeke12

    Zeke12 Guest

    Inside, we'll find the Hitler diaries and the definition of "neo political"
     
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