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To: raptor29

Arrogant s***heads like this one:

Of the 178 members of the BBWAA who answered the question about Ripken's induction, only one, Paul Ladewski, a columnist for the Daily Southtown in suburban Chicago, said he didn't vote for Ripken.

"In an attempt to uphold the Hall of Fame standards established by their predecessors, I will not vote for anyone who played in the 1993-2004 period, which I consider to be the Steroids Era," Ladewski wrote in an e-mail to The Sun last month. "That includes Tony Gwynn, Mark McGwire and Cal Ripken Jr."


16 posted on 01/09/2007 11:26:35 AM PST by RabidBartender
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Continued:

Ladewski said he doesn't suspect Ripken or Gwynn used steroids, but "by the same token, I don't have any hard and fast evidence that would convince me beyond a shadow of a doubt that they weren't. My gut feeling is they weren't, but none of us really know. Only they do."


19 posted on 01/09/2007 11:27:58 AM PST by RabidBartender
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To: RabidBartender

So Ladewski won't be voting for Greg Maddux, that obvious juicehead!!! What a bozo that guy is. Hell, Ripken probably set the consecutive games streak because he WASN'T on steroids, so his body didn't break down like many of the others who did juice. Ladewski-Knucklehead.


41 posted on 01/09/2007 12:07:44 PM PST by raptor29
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To: RabidBartender

No Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Manny Ramirez, Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, Roger Clemmens, Griffey Jr, Mariano Rivera, etc....


43 posted on 01/09/2007 12:12:41 PM PST by misterrob (Jack Bauer/Chuck Norris 2008)
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