The biggest ally the States had was money. All the money they made developing their manufacturing power house while the rest of the world fought the world war. I'll get lamb-basted for saying this, but it is the truth. They made vechiles and weapons and just about anything needed during war time since the rest of the developed countries had the majority of their male work force in battle.

Trade him to the Dodgers! They don't seem to mind having a collection of players who's salaries>present day talent equations are way out of wack. I'm sure A-rod wouldn't mind macking on California girls for a change.

Which brings me to my next point. How can you rehab a hip and continue to mack at the same time. Just which homerun record is he after? Barry's or Wilt's? (I actually still consider Aaron the greatest homerun hitter of all time. So consistent for so long, unlike most glass ball players in this era).

By far, the best pitcher in the game today. Can not believe the jays took Ricky Romero before this kid. Oh, wait.... J.P. Riccarddi was the GM at the time. As good as he is, he does get the benefit of pitching in those big parks of the west coast. But needing to shutout the opposition to get a win, that's harsh. You think the offence would get up for his games. Score 2 or 3 runs, and they are almost certain to win every fifth game.

Really??? I guess they are so content that they gave the executive of the year a 5 year 15 million dollar contract. That's a lot of money to spend to be content on being a bottom feeder. Not to mention the hiring of former lakers executive Leiweke as president of operations. Obviously you have no idea what your talking about and that's just your opinion. An uneducated, at that.

They would have kept Colangelo if they wanted to remain listless, with his tendency to overpay for euro talent, and trade away draft picks at an alarming rate.

maximum amount of starts in his Japan career? 28. And he averaged 25 a year in his 6 fulls season. Need to save a little gas in the tank if you want him to start 33 games a year, which is what you want your ace to do. I could see in September, during a pennant race, but this early in the season. Criticism well deserved, in my opinion.

Let me try some of that funky stuff. Got to see how it compares to some of Vancouver Islands finest.....

I agree. Talk about LeBron taking words out of context. Vogel was clearly talking about for his team, the Pacers, that it doesn't matter what team it is. It a team that is between them and the championship. LeBron has no respect, but thinks he deserves a ton of it. Go Pacers. Hope this series gets rough. Might be a good one. Old school. Here's hoping.

Even if he is telling the truth, I get so sick and tired of listen to the Vancouver Chokers bitching when they lose. Seems like someone in that locker room always has something to whine about to the media. Enjoy the golf season, boys.

Toronto would be nice. Could use a catcher who knows a little about framing.

No crime. He just makes it real easy to dislike him. He doesn't hide the fact that he is a self center, egotistical, righteous s o b, in fact, he seems to be proud of it. So no one should be surprised that he has "Haters", when someone who is easy to "hate". Now if he acted this way, and wasn't a superstar athlete, everyone would think he is an "insert insult here". But because he is an amazing basketball player, he acts, and his fans act, like this behavior is tolerable.

Dude. Lebron is the most polarizing athlete of this generation. It's not what he does on the court anymore, that will determine whether the masses applaud him. It's how he has carried himself in the past, and present. He acted shocked that their was 1 reporter who didn't give him a vote. In my opinion, I don't even want to here my MVP mention that ****. "It is what it is, I'm just grateful for the award" instead of must have been a reporter from the New York area. He is a great player, but he'll never be humble. Plain and simple, he isn't an easy person to like. He is the egocentric self centered star athlete that has no clue about how arrogant he is, you would almost think it was written for a hollywood comedy. Then after he won a championship, it almost seem like he thought his past would all of a sudden be forgotten, and continued on with his plight of righteousness. Great player, but I tell my kids that is the type of person you don't want to be.

I don't like him, and I know lots of people who don't like him, and it doesn't matter how good he plays or how may championships he wins, I will never like him. If he didn't act like a baby when he felt he had been lamb basted in the media for being disrespectful to his previous organization and listen to his entorage, worrying more about image than the poor decision he had just made and thinking they could go out and win 6, 7, 8 championships without even playing a game, maybe I could respect him. When you whining on national television about how you feel your getting this negative attention from the press, your a baby. Be a man, know you made bad decisions, and go out, and make it right. Don't listen to what their saying, let them see who you really are. But this is who he is, and that is why people think he's a--hole. Because he is!

Gee, like I don't know his history. And like I don't know the Jays have been sucking it up lately. But as I recall, he had great movement, which at times, he had hard times lead to walks. His walks are on par this year with his career. But now no one can hit him.

All I want to know, is what was he doing on his arm all game. Rosin is dry, what ever he had was tacky. I can't wait to see how his next start goes. Won't have to wait long, Yankee.

True, his pitches have less movement this year, but he all of sudden has pin point control. I watched that game from beginning to end, and couldn't believe that no one was talking about it. He was repeatedly going to that arm, and you could tell that it was a tacky substance by the way he swiped the back of his leg. Now if he goes out next start, presumably with nothing on his arm, or the other team will make an issue of it with the umpire, and all of a sudden loses his control, that will be a huge coincidence. With all the video evidence, I can not believe the venom from the Sox fans acting as thou there was a non issue here. He had the routine all game long. From the wet hair to the arm to the pants to the ball. Over and over. This is base ball, the rosin bag is behind the mound, not on your arm, don't give me that shiznit, please.

Mind you, he didn't need to be that good to beat the Jays, and really didn't think he was that good. The Jay hitters have been brutal, and he got a lot of favorable calls that Happ didn't. Some of that was the ump, and some was J.P. inability to frame pitches.

Bang on! Wasn't like the union didn't know, but business was good, why change anything. More homers, more fans, more money for the players and the union. Steroids made alot of people money, just ask Barry, Arod, Roger, Sammy, Mark and Giambi(sp?).

I personally am against the steroid era for a couple of reasons. It wasn't fair to the players who didn't want to risk their health. There were alot of great players who were clean that had their careers overshadowed by tainted performances(Delgado and Biggio come to mind), and then players careers and oppurtunities were directly effected by dirty players.

There is an entire era tainted by greedy s o b's and a union that safe guarded them. That's pro sports.

Agreed. It looks like Carlos told him he did it on purpose and Grienke told him that that was a load of BS, and then Carlos lost his $h!t.

I said that on another thread. if CC plunked him, I'm sure he would have gladly taken first without the menacing look. I hope everyone just pounds him inside when he gets back.

I really don't understand why, after deciding that they needed to change management, they would retain Lowe, and then hire a retread for their GM. But what irked me, was when he was asked about his decision making, he stated that there was only one other team executive in the NHL that had more rings. Those came as a player Kevin. You or your staff haven't made a good signing since Pronger, and haven't made a have decent trade since they acquired Rolly and Spacek. That was 06. This is 2013. And now we are going to trust these guys to, as McTavish stated "Take risks". Katz should have cleaned house. Other then drafting, there haven't been any good decisions made in some time. But because I have 5 kids and haven't been to a game in two years, and i own more oilers stuff then I can name (jerseys, coats, cups, pens, key chains, piggy banks, collector figurines ect.) I'm not a real fan! Lowe is starting to sound like Burke!

I don't like either player. But what I really don't like is the way Carlos acted. And he only got eight games. To me it looked like Carlos was suggesting that Grienke did it on purpose, and Greinke basically told him that that was a load of s#$%. Then Carlos charged the mound. It doesn't look one bit like an intentionally beaning, and the fact that Carlos hangs right on top of the plate, I think he should take what comes with the territory of being able to reach the other side of the plate. He should have taken his base, but, instead he had a meltdown. For that reason alone, I think he should have had a more severe suspension. I know the history between the two, but I truly think that at that moment of time in a close ball game, that wasn't the pitch he wanted to throw. Unfortunately for Grienke, past comments of his came came back to bite him on the ass.

Not sure that the Oiler's will be pulling off any deals if they keep playing well before the trade deadline. This is eerie familar to the run that they made in 06. After the strike year. They were all but out of the playoffs, and then hot at the right time. I'm kind of hoping the Oiler's buy, rather than sell. Two guys they acquired at the deadline in 06 were huge in the run to the cup(Rolly and Spacek).

This happens a dozen time a year (3 time this year against the Raps in 1 point games at the end of regulation). YA. There is favoritism! But there just seems to be more and more, each and every year, less consistency in a way a game is called from quarter to quarter, and one end of the floor to the other. And it's not like teams don't notice. When a team is allowed to foul 3 or 4 times in a short period of time, then they just foul harder. This has happened in the fourth quarter in two different games to Rudy Gay, and he has miss time due to back injuries. Refs who don't call a fair game are putting athletes careers at risk, not to mention dumping on the chance of teams createing any kind of synergy. I see this in almost every game I watch.

IS IT TO MUCH TO ASK FOR FOR CONSISTENT GAME CALLING, AND ACTUALLY FIRING REFS OR SUSPENDING THEM FOR MAKING OR NOT MAKING CALLS THAT DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF THE GAME! The NBA has become a joke. I love my Raptors, but almost everytime I turn on a game(Raptors or not), I see officiating that makes me sick to my stomach. I whole-heartedly, honest to godd think, that there is some huge connection the NBA has with Vegas. How else can you explain the joke that they call the worlds best officials. And lets not even start with the judgement calls they have inforced in the last ten years where a ref can blow the whistle at almost any point of time, just to disrupt the momentum of the game.

Stern retiring isn't enough. He's just handing the job to his lil clone, and they will continue to work from the current agenda. I don't really give a flying fudge who the favorite team is, I want to see the best team that night win the game. Is that to much to ask.... never mind. Going to enjoy what real hoops is left at the NCAA level.

Imagine the jubilation in the Jays office when they got the Angels to take him and all but 5 million of 86 owed at the time and got two players in return.

Mind you, with everyone knocking him, and with the ball park the Yanks play in, might.... MIGHT.... motivate him to have a half decent year. For a fourth place team. It'll be just like he remembered the al east.