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John Poutre

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Oct 5, 2009, 6:58:18 PM10/5/09
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What a class act he is. In the middle of the most important series of the
year where it's down to must win games, he goes out and gets more than
hammered (with White Sox players) , comes home, fights with his wife, gets
taken to the police station, and then has to be picked up at the station by
Dombrowski.

You tell me, if you are that hammered at 6 in the morning, there is no way
you feel fine that night. Then he goes and lays an egg that night. Sorry,
this is someone who could give 2 friggin craps if he wins. The whole
domestic violence thing aside, which you can say is private and all that (I
will give you that) but I think it's fair to comment on something that
directly relates to the game and nobody will convince me it didn't. And now
it will be the big distraction and he will have that as an excuse tomorrow.

I will never root for him the same. I guess he is OUR Manny, plenty of
talent but no brains. Thanks Mr. Cabrara for putting yourself ahead of the
team. Pretty sad.

Scott Smith

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Oct 5, 2009, 7:10:00 PM10/5/09
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Full story here:

Cabrera lets down Tigers� teammates:
http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=2069007


Chub-rera is, and always has been, overrated, IMO.


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- Scott Smith: scott...@iphouse.com
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/choppersmith

Scott Smith

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Oct 5, 2009, 7:16:52 PM10/5/09
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On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 18:58:18 -0400, "John Poutre" <mehat...@gmail.com> wrote:


By the way...by now you would think a Tigers "fan" could spell his
name correctly.

It's Miguel Cabrera...not 'Cabrara'. LOL.

John Poutre

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Oct 5, 2009, 7:21:02 PM10/5/09
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"Scott Smith" <scott...@iphouse.com> wrote in message
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Oh Scott, are your panties in that much of a wad? That's the best you can
do? Your lameness knows no bounds.

I see that you did your normal "post the link" in your second favorite
newsgroup. What to idiots do that, do you think nobody else has access to
news? It's usually the attention whores who do that.. Wait, forget it,
that describes you to a tee. Not tea? In this case, it's tee...

Scott Smith

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Oct 5, 2009, 7:29:38 PM10/5/09
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No, I just find it very humorous when a teams "fan" can't even spell
the players names correctly. :-)

John Poutre

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Oct 5, 2009, 7:44:13 PM10/5/09
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"Scott Smith" <scott...@iphouse.com> wrote in message
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At least trolls like you don't worry about the important stuff which you
have no clue about anyways.

Scott Smith

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Oct 5, 2009, 9:01:25 PM10/5/09
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At least I know the teams, player names, stats, and the history of the game.
That's good enough for me. ;-)

powrwrap

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Oct 6, 2009, 10:51:16 AM10/6/09
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> On Oct 5, 5:58 pm, "John Poutre" <mehates...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What a class act he is.  In the middle of the most important series of the
> year where it's down to must win games, he goes out and gets more than
> hammered (with White Sox players) , comes home, fights with his wife, gets
> taken to the police station, and then has to be picked up at the station by
> Dombrowski.

> I will never root for him the same.  I guess he is OUR Manny, plenty of


> talent but no brains.  Thanks Mr. Cabrara for putting yourself ahead of the
> team.  Pretty sad.

I feel the same way about Mr. Kirby Puckett. There are too many
allegations of him committing violence against women and/or sexual
harrassment that I just can't picture him in the same light as before.
They had a moving tribute to Twins players and the Metrodome after
Sunday's game (it was supposed to be the Twins saying farewell to the
Dome, but there is at least one more game there, and possibly 10 more)
and of course the praise and platitudes were flowing for Puckett. I
just can't quite feel the same way about him as before.

Contrast your feelings for Cabrera with Packer's fans praise for Max
McGee, hero of Super Bowl 1, who played with a hangover. Perhaps we've
come long way in our society's attitude towards drinking?

Scott Smith

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Oct 6, 2009, 11:01:11 AM10/6/09
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On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 07:51:16 -0700 (PDT), powrwrap <powr...@aol.com>
wrote:

>> On Oct 5, 5:58锟絧m, "John Poutre" <mehates...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> What a class act he is. 锟絀n the middle of the most important series of the


>> year where it's down to must win games, he goes out and gets more than
>> hammered (with White Sox players) , comes home, fights with his wife, gets
>> taken to the police station, and then has to be picked up at the station by
>> Dombrowski.
>

>> I will never root for him the same. 锟絀 guess he is OUR Manny, plenty of
>> talent but no brains. 锟絋hanks Mr. Cabrara for putting yourself ahead of the
>> team. 锟絇retty sad.


>
>I feel the same way about Mr. Kirby Puckett. There are too many
>allegations of him committing violence against women and/or sexual
>harrassment that I just can't picture him in the same light as before.
>They had a moving tribute to Twins players and the Metrodome after
>Sunday's game (it was supposed to be the Twins saying farewell to the
>Dome, but there is at least one more game there, and possibly 10 more)
>and of course the praise and platitudes were flowing for Puckett. I
>just can't quite feel the same way about him as before.

Same here. Puckett was a great Twins player, no doubt, but the
antics in his personal life really tarnish his standing as a "hero",
like many fans make him out to be, IMO.

>Contrast your feelings for Cabrera with Packer's fans praise for Max
>McGee, hero of Super Bowl 1, who played with a hangover. Perhaps we've
>come long way in our society's attitude towards drinking?

Well, it's Wisconsin....consider the source. ;-)

John Poutre

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Oct 6, 2009, 11:43:39 AM10/6/09
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"powrwrap" <powr...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> On Oct 5, 5:58 pm, "John Poutre" <mehates...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What a class act he is. In the middle of the most important series of the
> year where it's down to must win games, he goes out and gets more than
> hammered (with White Sox players) , comes home, fights with his wife, gets
> taken to the police station, and then has to be picked up at the station
> by
> Dombrowski.

> I will never root for him the same. I guess he is OUR Manny, plenty of
> talent but no brains. Thanks Mr. Cabrara for putting yourself ahead of the
> team. Pretty sad.

I feel the same way about Mr. Kirby Puckett. There are too many
allegations of him committing violence against women and/or sexual
harrassment that I just can't picture him in the same light as before.
They had a moving tribute to Twins players and the Metrodome after
Sunday's game (it was supposed to be the Twins saying farewell to the
Dome, but there is at least one more game there, and possibly 10 more)
and of course the praise and platitudes were flowing for Puckett. I
just can't quite feel the same way about him as before.

----------------------------------------------

Yeah, I always liked Puckett and really respected him for not "going for the
money" and staying in Minn. But after all that I read, I kind of crossed
him off my list (yeah, I am sure he was hurt.).

I just can't get over that he would go into a game altered (as in hangover)
like he did. They were commenting during the game why his swings were so
weak. Well, I think we know. Just bums me out.


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