* or not ? and who cares ?

Not I.

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Yep, I care.

As for whether or not it deserves an asterisk........... can't really say right now. I'm not foolish enough to think that something funny wasn't going on with the man's body but ................ I just don't know. The guy is an amazing ballplayer regardless.

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It takes a gutless mouse to play only when the cat's away.

No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. ~~ Francois Mocuriac

Confucius say, "He who masturbate into cash register come into money."

An optimist looks at the glass and says it's half full. A pessimist looks at the glass and says it's half empty. A Cubs fan looks at the glass and says, "When's it gonna spill?"

Deus Impetitio Esuritori Nullus

Are you an advocate of the steroid olympics?

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Well this is the way I look at it The Babe did it while he was drunk and fondling woman , Hank one of the most upstanding men in baseball Bonds on the other hand.....Who knows

Drunk and fondling women is not enhancing sporting performance.

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My point exactly

Depends on the sport.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.