First Pitch

[Amazon 7]

Gee for a former baseball owner... he sure does have one LAME ass pitch .

And this was after a weekend of practice in Crawford???

Just saw it live on MSNBC...eeeesssshhhh



Yes this is just another Bush Bash....

After watching that.. he deserves it

[mnealtx 0]

You think HE's bad... you shoulda seen Marge Schott!!

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[kelpdiver 2]

you try throwing with a flak jacket on.

as for baseball, wake me up Sept 15th.

[Amazon 7]

Hell I am a girl and I can throw better than that...

[rehmwa 2]

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Hell I am a girl and I can throw better than that...

I heard about him warming up and I was wondering if someone would post about it. How can we have a pres who can't pitch well? Better impeach him now.

First though, he has to apologize for the pitch to the international sporting (and hobby) community.

2nd, he has to promise to take pitching lessons and do better next time.

3rd, until the pitching lessons take good effect, it's better that he let a conglomeration of european leaders do the pitching for him - provided MLB provides the balls and gloves and the rest of the players.

If he can't fix his pitch, he should go back to team ownership and stay out of the public eye.

that should do it

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Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

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If he can't fix his pitch, he should go back to team ownership and stay out of the public eye.

DUDE.. He ran the last club he owned into the ground.... I think there is a trend in his management skills.

http://www.realchange.org/bushjr.htm#rangers

The third unusually easy deal for George Bush Junior was his involvement in the Texas Rangers baseball team. In a nutshell, he was offered a piece of this valuable franchise for only $600,000, by supporters of his dad who also bailed out his failing oil company. He sold his stake for $14 million - while Texas governor -- to a Texas millionaire with lots of businesses regulated by his administration. "When all it is all said and done, I will have made more money than I ever dreamed I would make," Bush told the Forth Worth Star-Telegram.

Bush was allowed to buy 1.8% of the team for $600,000 of borrowed money, and was even made one of the two general managers. His qualifications for partial ownership? Several years working at failing oil companies, and his political connections through his father. It's hard to be sure, but we're guessing that latter was probably more important.

Junior tripled his investment, like the other owners, with the help of massive government intervention and subsidies. But his real wealth came from simply being given 10% of the team as a "bonus" for "putting together the investment team."

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If he can't fix his pitch, he should go back to team ownership and stay out of the public eye.

DUDE.. He ran the last club he owned into the ground.... I think there is a trend in his management skills.

DUDETTE - Yeah, but isn't it worth it to keep him from pitching in front of everybody? Think of the harm in the good will to MLB from people all over the sporting landscape. Mark Maquire will have to hit a ton of 'zingers' to get people's minds off of this tragedy. Next thing we know, people will be rebroadcasting this stuff without the express written consent of Major League Baseball. Gods, the travesty of it all.

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Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

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[kelpdiver 2]

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DUDE.. He ran the last club he owned into the ground.... I think there is a trend in his management skills.

http://www.realchange.org/bushjr.htm#rangers

The third unusually easy deal for George Bush Junior was his involvement in the Texas Rangers baseball team. In a nutshell, he was offered a piece of this valuable franchise for only $600,000, by supporters of his dad who also bailed out his failing oil company. He sold his stake for $14 million

That's called running it into the ground? How many failing investments return 2300%?

BTW, you didn't answer to the question of throwing while wearing body armor. A lot of presidents have looked bad, including his dad who was a legitimate baseball player.

There's enough material to grill the guy on - you can let this slide.

[LargeBoy 0]

what do you think will happen first? Barry Bonds fiannly getting caught for steroid abuse, or Barry Bonds getting Hank Aarons record ?

i think he'll get done for taking steroids just before he gets the record.... but we'll see

[Amazon 7]

Taht was his own portfolio... basically payoffs to the presidents son...

did you look at the clubs record while he was making all that money????

Wow what wonderful "management"



I bet his investments are REALLLY paying off right now with his current management gig.....so he will be VERY comfortable after he retires


Edited to add.. as a matter of fact I have tossed a few things while wearing one of the old school 70's version

You know.... while the Shrub was protecting us from the evil Commies from attack in his F102

[SpeedRacer 1]

didn't see it. But if this is one of those things where the guy just tosses the ball a few yards into a player's glove, well, what do you expect? you can't rear back & do a full-armed throw if it's only going 10 or 15 feet or so. how do you throw that short a distance & not look girly?

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did you look at the clubs record while he was making all that money????

Wow what wonderful "management"

Oh, is that the measure of success you wanted to use? I thought we were talking about business management. The Rangers have never been as successful as the Astros, and the recent ARod experiment didn't help matters. But in a sport without salary caps, it's hard for them to match up against the Yankees and RedSox who have 9 figure rosters.

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did you look at the clubs record while he was making all that money????

I just did out of curiosity. He got his share in April 1989 and began lobbying for a new stadium. The Angels were playing in a former minor league stadium at that time That year they past 2 Million in attendence for the first time in history and had their first winning record in 3 years.

He sold his share in 1998. The Rangers had a winning record 7 out of those 10 seasons.

1993 The neww ballpark opens. They have the league leading attendance for the next few months at an average of 40,374. Again best in Franchise history. The season is cut short with the Rangers in first place. This is the first time the Rangers finish in first place in franchise history. It is reported that Bush worked hard with owners to avoid the strike.

1995 the new park holds the All Star Game



1996 The Rangers win the ALW. This is the first time in Franchise history they make the playoffs. They make it again two years later in 1998. In 1996 while still trying to rebound from the strike, attendance was 36,113 and stadium revenues are tops in baseball according to Financial World

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Wow what wonderful "management"

Yes, Not to Shabby

Worst thing I have found so far was the typical controversy in the new stadium deal.

That spot isn't bad at all, the winds were strong and that was the issue! It was just on the downwind side.

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did you look at the clubs record while he was making all that money????

I just did out of curiosity. He got his share in April 1989 and began lobbying for a new stadium. The Angels were playing in a former minor league stadium at that time That year they past 2 Million in attendence for the first time in history and had their first winning record in 3 years.

He sold his share in 1998. The Rangers had a winning record 7 out of those 10 seasons.

1993 The neww ballpark opens. They have the league leading attendance for the next few months at an average of 40,374. Again best in Franchise history. The season is cut short with the Rangers in first place. This is the first time the Rangers finish in first place in franchise history. It is reported that Bush worked hard with owners to avoid the strike.

1995 the new park holds the All Star Game



1996 The Rangers win the ALW. This is the first time in Franchise history they make the playoffs. They make it again two years later in 1998. In 1996 while still trying to rebound from the strike, attendance was 36,113 and stadium revenues are tops in baseball according to Financial World

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Wow what wonderful "management"

Yes, Not to Shabby

Worst thing I have found so far was the typical controversy in the new stadium deal.

OUCH

Your well researched research had to sting a little

THANKS

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[Amazon 7]

Yeah I bet it did sting the people that got Butt Fucked by BUSH and Company....


http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0427-03.htm

The most famous beneficiary of public financing for stadiums is President Bush. In the early 1990s, he helped to persuade officials in Arlington, Texas, to seize land near the newly built Texas Rangers stadium, and hand it over to the Rangers. Such dealings helped parlay his $600,000 investment in the Rangers to $15 million in earnings.

Bush's former Rangers partner, Fred Malek, is among those seeking financing for a Washington-area baseball team.

Opponents say the practice of seizing land and handing it to the team is inherently corrupt, especially when eminent domain laws are used to force small businessmen out.

[mnealtx 0]

And the two Clintons got a total of $20 million for their book deals....pretty good, for a couple of people that just a few years beforehand couldn't remember anything, hmm?

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

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And the two Clintons got a total of $20 million for their book deals....pretty good, for a couple of people that just a few years beforehand couldn't remember anything, hmm?

Uh.. and that cost the taxpayers how much???


The taxpayers in Texas took it in the shorts....corporate welfare rocks for the rich that get it.

Course we all took it in the shorts from Ken Starr and his Ultra Right Wing witch hunt....how many millions?????

I think this asshole needs to be impeached for all the people that have died for his sins.

But all the religeous whack jobs that put him there are friggin delusional and WANT TO BELEIVE he is god fearing and a good man.. I would love to see his judgement day at the pearly gates.

[mnealtx 0]

Then by all means, write your local Congresscritter...there's roughly 50% of Congress that would love to see it happen, no doubt.

I've lived in the San Antonio area since 84, and seen the Spurs pull this same bullshit twice. While I understand your point (seeing as how I get to pay extra taxes on everything because of the Spurs tricks), it's a bit disengenuous to blame it all on Bush...

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

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it's a bit disengenuous to blame it all on Bush...

No I said Bush and Company..... you know.. the movers and shakers who are shaking the people out of what they actually have to work for.

Face it.. pulling shrubs little weenie out of the fiore has been very good for a whole of of good ole boys who wanted to curry favor with the Bush Family.. especially while Daddy was Pres.

It goes back to the family dealings with the Third Reich.... politics is politics.. but if the family makes money..... the variable sence of duty to country speaks to greed more than patriotism.

I know you want to believe soooo badly they are good..... tsk tsk...so sad.. too bad...

[mnealtx 0]

When I look at the preceding administration and the alternatives provided, he looks like a veritable choirboy in comparison...

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[Amazon 7]

Yeah.. Blowjobs and saying you did not have SEXUAL RELATIONS wiht that woman....DUDE.. that is worthy of.. Jail time for sure....Nice set of Priorities there


How many people have died.... due to THIS administrations ARROGANCE and greed. I just wonder how GOD is going to view all of this.

I just want a president I can look up to .. that does honor to the office.. not dishonor it with the crap this administration has pulled in the name of "patriotism"... that the world respects for his leadership and honor.

Instead even more of the world hates us due to Arrogance and stupidity.

[mnealtx 0]

I could give a shit about the blowjobs... the fact is that he LIED UNDER OATH about it - THAT's the deal the non-liberals have a problem with.

How many people died in Somalia/Bosnia/Kosovo/USS Cole/Saudi Arabia/Embassy bombings in Africa/WTC I ... all unanswered by Clinton.

If you're looking up to Clinton as a President that "does honor to the office"...well, there's no way I can convince you otherwise.

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[billvon 3,132]

>How many people died in Somalia/Bosnia/Kosovo/USS Cole/Saudi
> Arabia/Embassy bombings in Africa/WTC I ... all unanswered by Clinton.

Right. Much better to see all those things happen, then have 2500 US servicemen die too. (Well, at least it would make the pro-war people happy.)

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>How many people died in Somalia/Bosnia/Kosovo/USS Cole/Saudi
> Arabia/Embassy bombings in Africa/WTC I ... all unanswered by Clinton.

Right. Much better to see all those things happen, then have 2500 US servicemen die too. (Well, at least it would make the pro-war people happy.)

So you're saying we should've kept the policy of showing our bellies and let the terrorists continue their attacks unchecked?

You know, seems like maybe it's just Americans in general that the Muslim extremists hate, and not just "Americans under Bush's Presidency". What do you think?

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706