Buy or Sell: June 19th
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by user JuTMSY4
In the first of what I hope is many more additions I am presenting a Buy/Sell on many of the issues that are currently facing us. I hope to use your ideas from articles and comments to create a buy/sell opinion and present my opinion on each. My hope is that you will all debate these and provide as much feedback as possible.
Buy or Sell
Alex Rodriguez over David Wright
The big numbers over last season and this one.
Alex Rodriguez: .311 AVG, .412 OBP, 63 HR, 180 RBI (227 Games)
David Wright: .314 AVG, .397 OBP, 42 HR, 157 RBI (227 Games)
And of course to give you an idea of A-Rod in comparison to Wright over his first 1.5 seasons (Full) .329 AVG, .382 OBP, 46 HR, 165 RBI
It may be safe to conclude the David Wright is the next A-Rod.
Conclusion
Sell A-Rod over Wright
Roger Clemens Conspiracy
I am not historian on steroids or medical treatment in baseball, but this seems like a giant load of crap. I love conspiracies as much as the next guy, but you can’t be serious. Most recently a comment by Steaksammich pretty much made me think this is impossible. His theory is that any media member with press passes and the ability to out this sort would have been all over it, like the Feds on Bond’s house. There is no way a young gun reporter or even an idiot blogger like me wouldn’t be willing to churn out a story if they had evidence that Clemens did steroids.
Conclusion
Sell the steroids
Best QB Ever?!
I loved this debate almost as much as the Best Sports Cities. People were trumpeting names like Brett Favre, Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana. I think this is a great debate and I said it before and I’ll say it again, until someone comes along and out right dominants the competition (Peyton Manning) and wins multiple rings (Tom Brady) this argument will continue. That’s why my pick is Joe Montana, but it will always be debated
Conclusion
Buy the debate and Montana
Curses, do they exist?
They absolutely exist. Like Steaksammich said, “everyone needs a scapegoat…” and oftentimes this are also the things people remember most. Everyone remembers Bill Buckner or Mitch Williams or Grady Little’s decision. But I think more importantly, its what makes sports so mystical. For those of us who don’t have teams that buy championships, the occasional win or loathing of a sports curse is what makes it more fun. I mean, come on, without curses, who would have blown up an “evil” baseball and made it into spaghetti sauce!
Conclusion
Buy Sports Curses
The World Cup
Like one of my previous articles http://www.armchairgm.com/mwiki/index.php?title=Soccer%2C_I%27m_Sorry%21 , I think that the World Cup is really starting to take some sort of grip in the US. Even I, a diehard Football and Baseball fan am starting to watch a little. Its exciting, there’s more to it than scoring and who doesn’t enjoy a few slide tackles of Italian wieners. Perhaps that’s the one thing I don’t like. The sport is a little to light. For example I was watching the USA vs. Italy game and the Italians were constantly diving. I think if they loosened up the rules for the US game (MLS), perhaps Americans would start to like it more. Also, if the US can make it to the second round, perhaps they will gain a lot of attention. The way it appears to be working out is: If the USA best Ghana and the Italians beat the Czechs, the USA will face Brazil in the second round. Quite a daunting task, but if the USA could upset them, this may be just the chance for soccer to truly launch into the USA…emphasis on could be.
Conclusion
Buy The World Cup
Date
Mon 06/19/06, 6:05 am EST
