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Manny Stiles
Please stop harassing Anons and save yourself the trouble of thinking I'm one of them. This site sucks because of the few self-righteous, bitchy, pubescent dorks who ruin every ounce of other people's creativity and fun with their predetermined agendas of lamery. FP, SSR, Rawb - you guys have entirely strangled this site with your grand tsunami of dull. Jut, you used to be cool... what happened? - mannystiles@aol.com

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20080604 Manny Stiles' Sportsune Cookie

by Manny Stiles
created June 04, 2008, last edited February 10, 2009
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Intro:

Welcome to Manny Stiles ' Daily Column:

"Sportune Cookie" - operating every day since Monday

Each day is a forced opportunity to move beyond the past (in sports)
Each day is a forced opportunity to move beyond the past (in sports)



Sportune Cookie

You never know what you got until the doctor bills you for it

People. People. Ken Griffey Jr. stands before you. He wonders why you won't let him carry you and baseball into the promised land??

Recall 1995. Go to Baltimore, Maryland. A guy who personified "the greatest work ethic" was thrust upon a stage built with labor quarrels. Cal Ripken Jr. (also a "Junior") carried the game on his back PAST the past of labor issues by simply "doing work".

Now we have "The Kid" - a player who if ANYONE is completely clean and devoid of enhancing drugs - it's gotta be Junior! And just beyond "amidst all this steroid mess" is this generation's Mickey Mantle. The wunderkind. The Natural.

Sure he's had a few years dampered by injury, but look a little closer and the dude is still a top tier athlete. He's still in the bigs, he's still an amazing player and HE DESERVES YOUR ATTENTION!

One of the greatest athletes of all time is getting the shaft - and YOU are helping it happen. When I tell my grandkids all about him, you better make sure YOUR grandkids already know what the hell my grandkids are talking about!


Show the man some respect and the rest will follow. I promise!


Don't let a legend pass you by.


Hmmm...

If Kobe Bryant would adjust his manjunk and smell his fingers afterwards more often, I'd swear he's the new Derek Jeter...


Pre-emptive Maneuvers

Come on... like I'm the only person who figured Flip Saunders' inability to get his team to be successful in the playoffs who carry over to the Pistons...


Come on... like I'm the only person who figured Doc Rivers would get outcoached in the playoffs... let's start the countdown together... 10... 9.... 8...


These 2008 Yankees are starting to remind me of the '89 - '92 Yankees. Yep, they're that good!!!


I couldn't be happier for Josh Hamilton. And I don't hold any grudges against the Rays for letting him go. They did the right thing. And while religion and faith has worked wonders for him, I'm FAR more glad that he's letting his actions do more of the preaching... I wonder if Jesus was a five tool player?


I remember Ozzie Guillen once saying "If I ever win a World Series as a manager, I'll retire then" - BEFORE he was a manager!!!


The Olympics are coming soon... Do you care?


I wonder what Dumont is thinking about Joba...


Media Rant

Don't get me wrong, Big Media. You're not all bad. But you need some serious disclaimers for the people that get ALL of their information from you!


We need to see more of the athletic endeavors of the professional sports media members/ Perhaps a celebrity softball game or basketball? Maybe a "Sportcaster's Olympics"?

I know you'd have a MUCH different opinion of these bozos' opinions if you understood their level of unathleticism...



WTMF Sports

Channel Manny Presents:

W.T.M.F. Sports with your host, Manny Stiles!

Brought to you by the fine crafters of "Tampongrenades"!

"Now with cardboard applicator and larger pin"


Reporting on Wednesday, June 4th... Manny Stiles:

MS - "There's not a single Britney Spears joke worthy enough for me to make... but first, our top story today..."


Today's top headlines for WTMF sports:

My balls always work better when you warm them up for me.


Ever wonder?

What if gravity changed like the weather?

"Honey, wear your comfortable boots, it's gonna be heavy out today!"



The Adventures of ManRays

Ray of the Day: Carlos Pena

A blast and a double at Fenway, but not enough. Oh, well... now the Red Sox can feel like they're in it. Go get 'em today


Go Rays!


10

1 - Gary Collins
2 - Joe Frazier
3 - Jim Abbott
4 - Jim Zorn
5 - Steve Largent
6 - Bubby Brister
7 - Jack Clark
8 - Will Clark
9 - Fred McGriff
10 - Mark Grace

A Picture is worth 1000 extra lunch breaks

No doubt he played for the name on the back, not the front...

1986 Topps Traded - what a set!

This was the junk rookie card in that set!


1986_topps_traded_john_kruk.jpg


Dr. Commento Answers the Questions

ATQ - from Falcon: "Do we still get to ask questions?"

Yes, yes you do.


Yesterday's 10 was - Ten pieces I had intended to have on an ongoing basis which will now be incorporated randomly - or more definitively, when I feel like it - into the Sportsune Cookie.

Strike a Prose

"Keeping it simple"

Roses are magenta
Violets are lavendar
The Yankees suck
and the Red Sox do too!


Carnations are fuschia
Peonies are mauve
The Lakers suck
and the Celtics do too!


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Steel TownDraft Pick
396 days ago
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Couldn't agree more about Griffey. I usually try to schedule my sparce appearances at PNC park around when the Reds will be in town.
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KelsdadAll-Star
396 days ago
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WHEN Griffey is traded to Seattle, (no doubt), and WHEN he becomes a full time DH, (no doubt) and WHEN his legs get healthy again, (no doubt), he will play another 4-5 years, (no doubt) and he WILL become the all time HR king....NO DOUBT!
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
396 days ago
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Only until A-Rod passes him...
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KelsdadAll-Star
396 days ago
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True. But if it means two less years that Balco Barry has the record, I'm all for it.
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
396 days ago
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That comment deserves and asterisk or two.
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Falcon02520Legend
396 days ago
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Shameless Self-Promotion
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
396 days ago
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OK; that's like second rate graffitti at an Art Gallery showing, homey.
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KelsdadAll-Star
396 days ago
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And let's not ever again have a discussion so stupid as to whether ARod was better than the Babe. The discussion should be whether ARod was better than Junior. (He's not).
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
396 days ago
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Well, then Junior is better than Babe, too!
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KelsdadAll-Star
396 days ago
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You know, seriously, you should have no trouble getting yourself a gig at the Improv.
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KelsdadAll-Star
396 days ago
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"Don't get me wrong, Big Media. You're not all bad. But you need some serious disclaimers for the people that get ALL of their information from you!"

Yeah, like the Rays drafting Aaron Crow or Buster Posey?

The only Crow I'll see tomorrow is the one I eat for lunch.
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
396 days ago
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Tim Beckham is still a possibility.
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KelsdadAll-Star
396 days ago
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Unfortunately for me, he is not a possibility..he is the choice.
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Falcon02520Legend
396 days ago
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Griffey Jr. is my hero...

Josh Hamilton is a feel good story...

Ozzie held true to his word...

Unfortunately, the United States doesn't have that same pride over the Olympics that we used to show. We are too wrapped up in our own little world to care about the rest. News flash, we aren't the best in the world, and I believe there is no excuse...

Jabba da Hut?

WTMF stand for what?

If gravity changed like the weather, with the right weather gravity I could:

  • Hit a 600 foot home run...
  • Dunk...
  • Kick a 117 yard field goal...
  • Drive a golf ball 700 yards...
  • Check someone over the boards...

And it wouldn't stop there...

#23 Carlos Pena is no fluke.


'08 AL Champs This user is a
Tampa Bay Rays fan.

Has anyone figured out what today's list means?

Why is there a picture of John Kruk?

I GOT MY QUESTION ANSWERED!!! I feel so... special...

Here is the gist of what I am saying... I hope this series actually continues and Ken Griffey Jr. is my hero...
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
396 days ago
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WTMF is the call letters of the station. Like WKRP, but on Armchair.
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Falcon02520Legend
396 days ago
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In that case you should switch the M and the F. Then it would be the What The Fack Manny radio station...
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
396 days ago
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What the Manny Fack are you talkin' bout, Willis? The M stands for "Muh"
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Baltimoresports247All-American
396 days ago
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Manny, I gotta be honest...I've followed this for a few days, and I've even consulted the Wheel-O-Manny, but I'm still not quite sure what's going on here... I'm sure it's prolly because you're smarter than I am, but could you maybe explain this a bit more? All I'm seeing is that people are voting for this because of the author rather than the content...
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Falcon02520Legend
396 days ago
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The thing about geniousness is that normal people don't understand it...
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Baltimoresports247All-American
396 days ago
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haha well consider me normal...I'm sure in the year 2256 Manny Stiles will be recognized as the greatest sports mind of all time...hell, they wanted to burn Galileo at the stake...
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
396 days ago
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It's a blog equivalent to a daily Rohrshach test for sports addicts.
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KelsdadAll-Star
396 days ago
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"All I'm seeing is that people are voting for this because of the author rather than the content" That is not true at all.
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
396 days ago
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I voted for it for all three reasons.
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KelsdadAll-Star
396 days ago
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kissass
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Baltimoresports247All-American
396 days ago
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Oh, and btw...my favorite John Kruk quote:

A reporter goes into the clubhouse, sees Krukie smoking a cig and drinking a beer before the game. The reporter says: "Wow, I thought you guys were athletes?"

Kruk replies: "I'm not an athlete. I'm a baseball player."
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HrolfrPee Wee
396 days ago
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I dont understand last writing and dont understand this one other.
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
396 days ago
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I'll keep that in mind. For sure.
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Tej8722JV Squad
396 days ago
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Question 1: How much does Kruk weigh in that pic? Question 2: Has he ever weighed that little since?
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OvertheedgeVarsity
396 days ago
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still dont get it
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
396 days ago
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Try giving her MORE money and if that doesn't work, spill something on your pants and ask her if she has a washing machine!
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