Devil's Advocate: A Defense Of Barry Bonds

Ok, lets talk about Barry Bonds. When he hits his 755th and 756th home runs many people will scoff at the accomplishment. But let's look at his career compared to Hank Aaron's the steroid issue aside. Henry Aaron played 23 seasons and Bonds is in the middle of his 22nd season. Seems fairly even, but looking at some key stats you have to realize that Bonds did what Aaron did with less oppurtunities. For example, in his career, Bonds currently has 9767 at-bats. Aaron had a whopping 12364 at-bats! Say they average 500 at-bats a season, that is 5 seasons worth of at-bats more for Aaron over Bonds. Also, in his career Aaron was walked 1402 times. Bonds has walked 2536 times! It's fair to assume that many/most of those walks were intentional. So that's over 1,000 more oppurtunities to hit a home run for Aaron. Aaron has had many more oppurtunities to hit home runs, but Bonds is coming close to passing him with many less oppurtunities. He obviously has had a great career.
In his career, Bonds has hit 745 home runs, had 1979 RBI's, and stolen 554 bases. Steroids aside, how can you say that Barry Bonds is not a great player?

source: www.baseball-refrence.com

Yippie Ki Aye

Wooooooooooooo I saw Live Fre or Die Hard with KShaw on tuesday and it rocked!!! The plot was amazingly intruiging and the action was completely spectacular. It's about NYPD officer John McClane and his quest to save the USofA from these computer hackers that are trying to take down the country by firesale (everything must go). They take out the transportation and the economy and then McClane saves everyone. Pretty Sweet. The sweetest part is when McClane was driving his cop car towards a hellicopter and then he jumped out and ran it into a post and it flew up and hit the copter and blew it up.
... ill coninue this later

What If Obi-Wan Died.

I'm sure that all of us Star Wars fans have always wondered what would have happened... What would have happened if Qui-Gon had been the one safe in the energy shield? What if Qui Gon was the one screaming nooooooooooooooooo!!!! as Obi-Wan was chopped in half by Darth Maul? What if Qui-Gon was the one who went into a one on one battle with Darth Maul and slew the Dark Apprentice?
What Would Have Changed If Qui-Gon Was Around When Anakin Was Turning?????
JFREAK'S OPINION: Anakin begins his descent into the abyss that is the Dark side. Palpatine tells him the story of Darth Plagieus and then Anakin tells Qui-Gon. Qui, Anakin, and Mace confront Palpatine. They capture him and take him in, but he escapes. He rallies his troops of clones and orders Obi, Qui, Annie, and all Jedi killed.
I really want all of your guys thoughts on this comment
MTFBWY-May the force be with you.

My Birthday!!!!

Spent the nite at grandma sue's (i had to help with her garage sale) and went home this morning. After her hard working yesterday (i never knew that my grandmother would have the capacity to overwork her adorable grandsons ;) i slept well. We woke up in the mornng and watched sportscenter (reliving the Detroit Massacre) then we had GMA's delicious eggs. Joe is coming to lunch with Mom, Jeremy, Cathy, and Me to Yours Truly Woot Woot !!!!!!!!!
*To be continued

Fantastic Movie ... but JFreak has some complaints

The Fantastic Four was a great movie. I liked it and I would recommend it to anyone. The plot was well thought out, the action was exciting, and the special effects were breathtaking. I especially enjoyed the Silver Surfer's rise back into humanity (by saving Sue Storm) and the way that Johnny felt the need for a real companion. (not like his normal shallow girl(s) that he has on his arm (s)). Johnny defenitly had to deal with himself much more than he would've liked. The action was simply spectacular. The combined power Johnny was a special fx masterpiece!!! The planet eating monster was cool too.
Things I Didn't Like: The Silver Surfer's christ like pose when saving the planet was questionable. It could have been just a "hero" pose, but it sure looked like a Jesus thing(and the SS is nowhere near as cool (so much more than cool amazing, beautiful lifesaving... check him out) as Jesus). I also think that the makers of these movies need to stop showing scantily clad (when she started undressing when she was invisible and her invisibility stoppe when she was just in her underwear in FF 1) or not clad (in Rise of the Silver Surfer) scenes of Jessica Alba (or is it Simpson... Lopez, Beil????) as u can tell not the pop culture guy. What I really loved about this movie was that it ACTUALLY somewhat FOLLOWED A COMIC BOOK PLOTLINE Great Movie!!!

I am tired so i have to go to sleep.... remind me to post a rant about the atrocious superman returns and batman movies.
*It will say that I posted this at 10:00 but it is actually 11:00

JFreak's Thoughts On The Tribe 2

The Coco Crisp trade worked out horribly too come to think of it. Even more so than the KK trade (see JFreak's Thoughts On The Tribe) We could have a solid oufield (crisp in left, grady in center, casey in right) and a good infield. (KK at third, Jhonny at short, Ronnie at second, and Gark at first with PRONK at DH and V-mar behind the plate!!!!) I mean i had to admit that Marte looked like he was going to be good. THey called him "can't miss", I would have considered the trade, but in the end, I wouldn't trade coco for a prospect. On The Bright Side... Cliff Lee Is Pitching Well Today(as of now)!!!!
GO TRIBE

JFreak's Thoughts On The Tribe

I'm and Indians fan just so ya'll know...
Ooch... The Kevin Kouzmanoff trade sure looks bad right now.Kouzmanoff for Josh Barfield... Barfield is hitting .262 with 37 RBI Kouzmanoff is hitting .219 with 33 Ribbes. Player for Player it was a good trade, especially with "can't miss" Andy Marte waiting to take over at third base. But now thinking back, we had so many other players that the Padres would have accepted. Hey! Come to think of it, Ronnie Belliard is hitting .299 with 18 RBI in Washington. Second and third base combos... Kouzmanoff and Belliard or Barfield and Blake? Well the combo of Belliard and Kouzmanoff would be hitting .259 with 51 RBIs and 10 Home Runs. Barfield and Blake get you .271 with 78 RBI and 13 HR. Hmmm How about Belliard and Blake??? .286 with 59 RBI and 14 HR ... Intruiging. Then you have Kouzmanoff as a backup 3B or even... A corner outfielder? I think BARF is a good thing for the tribe this year(although if I had my choice between him and Belliard... I don't know, but it would at least make me think), so i really can't complain. But if we'd found another prospect to trade then we would have Kouz at third, BARF at second, and Casey in the outfield. That might have worked.I must admit that I thought Andy Marte was going to do well, and he didn't hit all that well, and his defense smells like the lunch that I left in my locker all year. We have big third base problems, but hey, Wes Hodges at Kinston is hitting .395.
Whooo is Fausto good. I called it. I've met him plenty of times, and I knew that he was a winner. 8-4 with a 3.92 ERA you gotta love it. He just looks comfortable out on the mound. We know that hes gonna give us a chance to win nite in and nite out. He is gonna be a big major league starter. Hopefully he is going to be the best number two starter with us for a long time. I am really impressed with him this year. It's great that he got his confidence back after last year(we'll let that go buddy.) Fausto Rocks.
The offense is looking great. C.C. is on fire (all star starter?... we'll find out tonight!) I have to say I am impressed. When he goes out to pitch... you feel like you have a win in the bag. Hey CC, Fausto, Victor, Betancourt, and Pronk are all making a case for the All Star game. We're looking good and I can pretty much assure you a playoff bearth, but honestly I think the Indians are going to need a little more down the stretch. A corner outfielder is really the only option. Pat Burrell???? I don't have an answer but I like this lineup for now: Catcher-Victor Third- Casey Short- Jhonny (lead legs) Second- Barfield First-GARK DH- Pronk Right- Gutierrez Center- Grady Left- Ben Fransisco What Do You Think?? leave a comment. But all of US out there just have to be happy that It's July and we have a winning record, and more importantly we sit in our rightful place atop the AL central.
GO TRIBE

Rant NO.1 Make It Creative

Swear words are annoying and so overrated. There used to be a time that when you insulted someone you meant it.... let me give you an example. Now people(although i don't associate with them) just say "#@!$ you" and walk away, but that isn't how it used to be. Oh no. Back in my day if someone insulted me say stole my cookie I'd walk right up to him, poke him in the chest and say..."Your mother is the descendant of a chronically constipated weasel"... and then stand there and wait for a reaction. Now i'm a christian, so i really can't go around telling people to insut one another, and i'm not, but if i was going to insult someone a simple "*&^$ you" wouldn't satisfy me. that's not how i roll. So, if someone gets you really mad and you just cant help saying something.... MAKE IT CREATIVE

Today

Life Rocks Today I have a baseball game I'm the starting pitcher. I think we're all pretty darn pumped to beat the snot out of some Revere kids. Its less than a week until my birthday. Woooooooooooooooooooooooo Faithful readers send presents...Kidding. I also just got back from vacation in Williamsburg, Virginia. It was purty darn sweet. I rode the roller coaster with the most feet of total drop in the world at Busch Gardens: APOLLO'S CHARIOT. It was cool. I also rode the LOCH NESS MONSTER- pretty sweet double loop, but it got mumsie sick. Colonial Williamsburg was cool... Seeing Bobby there was even cooler. Unfourtunatley my girlfriend is in canada. My lil' homie matthew is coming over today- well deserved time off for my beloved youth leader. Yeah Life Is Good....ETERNAL LIFE IS BETTER