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		<title>The Yankees trade for Kerry Wood&#8230;HAHAHAHAHA</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SKI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP)—A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that the New York Yankees are close to acquiring pitcher Kerry Wood from the Cleveland Indians The Yankees likely would send Cleveland a player to be named, the person said, speaking Saturday on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been finalized. Kerry Wood. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>NEW YORK (AP)—</strong><em>A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that the New York Yankees are close to acquiring pitcher Kerry Wood from the Cleveland Indians</em></p>
<p><em>The Yankees likely would send Cleveland a player to be named, the person said, speaking Saturday on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been finalized.</em></p>
<p>Kerry Wood. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Are the Yankees shitting me? They already have one worthless setup man in Joba, now they are adding someone who gets hit even harder then him. Having watched way to many Indians games this year I can tell you this. This is the worst addition to a playoff team in the history of baseball.</p>
<p>Wood&#8217;s stats are terrible 1-4, 8 saves, 3 Blown Saves, 6.30 Era, 1.60 Whip, he goes on the DL every other week and if you have the lead he will let the tying run on base every time.</p>
<p>So Yankee fans have fun watching what will be a firework display out of the pen the rest of the year (Except Rivera) and tell me come playoff time how Lance Berkman is working out for ya.</p>


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		<title>And this guy is gone&#8230;off the reservation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>El Rey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No one ever said covering baseball is easy, especially when it&#8217;s bad baseball. Making it even more daunting is when you cover bad baseball, and you have to live in Cleveland. God bless Bruce Drennan and his honesty. I mean, Peralta, really? Give credit where credit is due, but 0 for 5!!! La Porta getting [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No one ever said covering baseball is easy, especially when it&#8217;s bad baseball. Making it even more daunting is when you cover bad baseball, and you have to live in Cleveland.</p>
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<p>God bless Bruce Drennan and his honesty. I mean, Peralta, really? Give credit where credit is due, but 0 for 5!!! La Porta getting all spun around? That CANNOT be a triple!!!! Just think about what happens when the pitching goes south??</p>
<p>This guy has it right, the Tribe stink, STINK!!</p>
<p>Some things never change:<br />
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		<title>Man I&#8217;m glad to be an American</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SKI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s look at this scenario. You&#8217;re a young kid who after 5 years of coming up and down from the minors finally make it into the show and become  an every day starter. You have a great year, hitting over .300 and hitting 20 homers and with repeat of the year before could be looking [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s look at this scenario. You&#8217;re a young kid who after 5 years of coming up and down from the minors finally make it into the show and become  an every day starter. You have a great year, hitting over .300 and hitting 20 homers and with repeat of the year before could be looking at making some serious money in a multi year deal or hitting free agency. But here is the catch. You are not sure if you will be able to play for the next 2 years. Why? Because the country you were born in forces their citizens to serve a mandatory 2 years in the army before you turn 30, and low and behold you are 28. Now you are stuck with the decision to either throw away 2 years of your prime or never go back to your home country again. And there is also a weird 3rd option in which you are literally playing baseball for your freedom. Welcome to the big decision that Cleveland outfielder Shin-Soo Choo has to make over the next year.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thesportsbrewery.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/shin-soo-choo.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2893" title="shin-soo choo" src="http://www.thesportsbrewery.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/shin-soo-choo.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="394" /></a></p>
<p>Choo who is from South Korea (I thought South Korea was the good Korea) is stuck with an extremely difficult choice. Do you go into the army for 2 years and pretty much end you career in America or do you turn your back on your country and never allowed to return. Either choice will be a regretful one. But he does have some hope. There actually is a 3rd choice he could make, one in which his baseball skills and that of his fellow South Korean National team would be the deciding factor. If he were to participate in the upcoming 2010 Asian games and his South Korean team were to win his military obligations would be waved and he could continue his baseball dreams in America. But do you risk your livelihood on a game in which you have no control of the other 8 players actions on your team. Your pitcher has a bad game, Boom your in the army. Your defenders make some errors, Boom your in the army. The other teams pitcher is in the zone and you can&#8217;t score any runs, Boom army. Every single pitch in the game will have a major impact on your life and you could be helpless to do anything about it. Not to mention the amount of extra pressure you and your teammates will face knowing what a mistake will do.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thesportsbrewery.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/shin-soo-choo-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2895" title="South Korea Padres Spring Baseball" src="http://www.thesportsbrewery.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/shin-soo-choo-2-252x300.jpg" alt="" width="252" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>So what choice do you make?</p>
<p>I know if it was me I would lose some years of my life just thinking about what option to choose and still wouldn&#8217;t be 100% on the choice I made. Man I&#8217;m glad I live in America.</p>
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