07-17-2009, 06:14 PM
<!--quoteo(post=50419:date=Jul 17 2009, 11:23 AM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jul 17 2009, 11:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=50415:date=Jul 17 2009, 12:13 PM:name=Coldneck)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Coldneck @ Jul 17 2009, 12:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->He's 33 (so he says). This is what happens to sluggers in their mid 30s in the post PED MLB. He's only going to get worse.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
No, wrong, 100% wrong, again. Players don't go from being all star caliber players to being totally worthless in a blink of an eye. There's usually a trend, a gradual decline, not someone falling off the cliff performance-wise from one season to the next, that does not happen with any regularity.
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That's what I tried to tell everybody all offseason about Raul Ibanez.
No, wrong, 100% wrong, again. Players don't go from being all star caliber players to being totally worthless in a blink of an eye. There's usually a trend, a gradual decline, not someone falling off the cliff performance-wise from one season to the next, that does not happen with any regularity.
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That's what I tried to tell everybody all offseason about Raul Ibanez.
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