How do we feel about the Chron guys now?

When you say 'Any thoughts?' that's a trick question, isn't it?

Thank God you're back. You missed the SJ NCAA pool, although you might be able to get into one of the fantasy baseball leagues if you know who to ask.

Also, Jemele says Kobe is better than MJ, so everyone is pretty stressed out about that.

Best guess: Does Bonds finish the season, and if so, with how many home runs?

 

The Truthdig interview: Mark Fainaru-Wada

By James Harris
truthdig.com
June 13, 2006

The following excerpt is from a question about
Fainaru-Wada's BALCO sources:

HARRIS: I know you've been brought to task on this
issue of protecting your sources. Why are you
protecting your source?

FAINARU-WADA: Let me say, there’re a number of sources
for this book. There’re over 200 people that we talked
to. Many of them are on the record. Much of the
material is on-the-record material. But there are
certainly confidential sources who provided us with
information—whether it’s recordings, whether it’s
grand jury testimony, whether it’s statements to
federal investigators—people whose livelihoods were
going to be on the line if they were outed for
providing us with information.


Wonder where the Chronicle boys might have received a copy of the "recordings" from? Note Fainaru-Wada's use of the words "livelihoods were going to be on the line if they were outed." It seems obvious who might have provided the two Chronicle reporters with "statements to federal investigators."

21, Bonds seems to be in very good shape, his elbow and knee seem to have healed up and it looks as though he may finish the upcoming season with over thirty home runs. It also seems that Anderson ain't talkin' to nobody no matter what happens.

creamora

 

I hope Bonds breaks the home run record in Philly. Specifically the night I will be there watching, June 3.
It will be first trip to Philly. Keeping with tradition I will have a pocket full of batteries to hurl on the field and I will boo Santa Claus, if that coward shows his bearded face there.

 

Looks like Bennie Blanco needs to eat some Wheaties. Chicks don't really go for the string bean look anymore. Since McGwire introduced the long ball, chicks are into the buff look. Ask Lance Williams.

 

In my head I envision Ragu as Ira Glass but without the glasses.
Creamora is that semi-buffed up dude at the gym, who went to law school during the day and worked for the paper at night.
Didn't sleep much for three years and is now very cranky.
And Kindred looks like Kindred, but I haven't seen him on TV much here recently so maybe he doesn't look like Kindred anymore.

 

Ragu has my vote for poster of the year based on this thread alone.

 

Since this thread revived, I only read the last three pages of it. I feel like I chased a can of Weideman's with opium-laced acid from Rangoon. I can't tell if this is good, bad, or completely off the rails. I've totally lost where this is all going.

 

Ragu,

You just don't seem to get it. A five mile run? Are you trying to pump up your estrogen levels? Chicks definitely don't dig gynecomastia. With those 11 inch biceps you're sporting, how about a bench press contest? I'll spot you fifty lbs. Wait. How about you and Lance Williams have a bench press contest first and then I'll spot the winner fifty lbs. Calm down now. I'm only pulling your chain again. Don't get excited.

I agree, Ragu definitely deserves the poster of the year award.

Creamora

 

Holy crap.
I've wandered into Mordor with a weight room.

 

Just two guys on an anonymous message board challenging each other to a fitness duel. It reminds me of the Get Smart episode in which Maxwell Smart goes to spy school and does a disarming exercise where he and his opponent keep slapping the imaginary gun from each other's hands.