I say Backe...you say??

Backe

Backe.

Backe...

I think Zeke will end up the best, but we'll need all three if Clemens retires before they do.

Of course, Rocket may pitch 'til he's sixty if he's still leading the world in ERA.

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Too early to tell.




GOATS WILL NOT BE PROVIDED, YOU MUST FURNISH YOUR OWN GOAT.

Dub - you honestly think Zeke is better than Backe??

No, FS. I think he will get better than Backe. I think he will have more velocity and harder breaking stuff. He looks like an exceptional athlete, and he has a talent for nuances in his pitching that wreak havoc on batters' minds.

Right now, Backe is further developed in the major league game. I think both are legitimate major league prospects for long term careers.

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This is going to sound plain awful, but what is that on Zeke's face?? I apologize in advance for any umbrage taken...

Astacio will be better, Backe has more experience now.

FS 91 - I don't know, but as long as Randy Johnson, the reliever for the Cards - I think his name's Taveras, and Zeke are living, I'm not gonna place in the money for ugliest man alive.

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He'd never place in the "world's ugliest man" competition, but my favorite pitcher of all time was Mickey Lolich.



When a sportswriter asked him about his gut, he responded "I pitch with my arm, not my stomach". Anybody with a Babe Ruth - style beer gut has got to be a good guy!

SWOSU - Right! He was my kind of athlete. Others were Bobby Layne, David Wells, and Kenny Stabler. I like athletes you can trust when they endorse a brand of beer.

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Since you're a golfer, I thought you'd have to include Craig Stadler?

The Walrus and John Daly are my golfing models. We use the momentum generated by swinging our gut through to generate clubhead speed.

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Per that theory, Akebono (on the right)



ought to challenge EVERYBODY on the long-drive competition!

Akebono might need a 60" shaft to reach the ball.

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