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It's all a matter of balance. If he's there all the time, than it's obviously too much. What is too much? Well, that is a very good question, and if there are no guidelines in place, then the lines will get blurry. A 14 year old might be a kid, but he isn't a child anymore. Think back to when you were 14. Still, some things might not be appropriate for a kid to hear and see. Of course, if it was agreed with Laroche that his kid could be around, and then they change the rules on him, he's most definitely right to feel betrayed.

Doesn't seem bad visually, but it still looks a bit too arcady.

Like most things, to me, the best solution lies somewhere in the middle. Emotions are part of every sport, and as long as you don't exagerate in your celebrations, they should be accepted. Hitting a Home-Run is incredibly hard, and you shouldn't be expected to just keep your head down and go about your life like nothing happened. If you score a goal in Hockey, you are allowed to celebrate. Maybe this was how things were in the old days, but the old days were hardly and example about many other things. Integration is one. I'm not comparing both things, just saying that things change and so does our understanding of them. Goose Gossage recently went crazy on this subject. I can understand where he came from. To me, as long as you act professional and don't disrespect your opponents, celebrate away. In Jiu-Jitsu there are rules in place that clearly state that you can neither celebreate too much nor leave the mat until the referee has raised the winner's arm. World Championships were lost because over-celebration. These rules have been a matter of discussion over the years, but I very much agree with them. Be happy all you want, just don't disrespect the sport or your opponent. In my particular case I don't celebrate too much after victories, but I have punched the floor like a madman after loosing one time - right afterwards, still on the mat, I apologized to the referee and to my opponent (both friends of mine), I was just mad at myself for screwing up. Nobody batted an eye - emotion is a part of every sport.

On the one hand I coudln't care less for how anybody else looks. On the other, I do like the notion of the Yankees looking like a professional and well groomed baseball team. And of course, an employer has the right - to an extent - to demand their employees to look a certain way. For example ,you wouldn't want to be in a court of law where a judge shows up wearing sakteboarding shoes and baggy jeans. (A person's value does not lie in their appearance, that is another matter, but certain things are expected from certain jobs).

How fun would baseball be if pitchers had to give batters the location of the next pitcher? Like snooker, where you have to name which pot you're aiming for. That would be a cool feature for an All-Star game, hahahaha

Screw the 30 games. Just give CC a bottle and then make him slap Chapman around. (OK, this was insensitive to CC's addiction, but Chapman deserves a good slap-around)

I'm getting the same. I agree with Gordo, time to move on and find some better AV.

So, nobody voting for Bernie Williams then? Shocker.

There he is picklebrad

Rick Ankiel and Jeff Francouer couldn't do much else, but they have\had great arms.

Just by googling 'SF Giants font' I got a lot of hits. Maybe you'll get lucky.

That's exactly what I think.

Rose doesn't do himself any favors every time he opens his mouth.

There's great food all over Portugal

Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon.

A newer game sure would help, but that doesn't seem like it's going to happen. You can only re-invent MVP a certain amount of times, no matter how great it is. It's just not going to appeal to the younger fans, sadly. Either we talk more about real life baseball here, or we're going to be extinct sometime in the not so distant future.

An interesting question no doubt, but my guess is that that is something that is probably hard-coded in the game. Then again, I might be wrong.

Well, the goat just goes in the oven, I don't really know the words in english for it. Roasted maybe? Codfish that's another matter. We have literally over 100 recipes for it. But in Christmas it's generally boiled and served with potatoes and vegetables.

We try to park it real close to my mother in-law.

Come Christmas, It's anything goes for me. Whatever is on the table, dies! Turkey is part of the Portuguese traditions, but so is codfish (we are crazy for codfish, any excuse will do to eat it) and also goat.

Does that include an open bar? Seriously now, this is where I come for baseball talk. You guys are my baseball buddies. I believe I started the latest arguments on the shoutbox when I mentioned what happened in France. It was not intended that way, I was just shocked at what was happening. But I agree, this is a place for baseball, and baseball games. I also agree that not enough people post here. Maybe if we had more baseball related topics, more people would post. But even then I don't know. There is this 'Yankee news for Yankee fans' thread that only two or three people visit and post it. And that is a Yankees topic. Most of you have been here longer than I have, so your suggestions are probably better than mine.

I fully agree with Jim. Wilson was great last season, but relievers not named Mariano are more prone to fall off a cliff than any other player. Besides, the Yankees have been able to put together good bullpens in the past few seasons. Still, sad to see Warren and Murphy go.

Is there any chance CC Sabathia reads this? I think it would help him a lot.

I just miss you guys!

Guys, is it just me, or the chatbox is down?