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Dallas BradenDallas Braden

For many players, using steroids was simply a 'business decision'

This is a business decision and you've got to—you got to—you got to think about a few things here... am I okay with being able to look the man in the mirror... look my friends, family, fans, whatever. Can I look them in the eye and be okay with making that decision? And if at the end of the day, you can check all three of those boxes, that's a business decision regardless of who's in front of you.

This is Braden's professional opinion based on his career experience.

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Jun 15, 2020
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ESPN's 'Long Gone Summer' documentary stunk because it taught us nothing new

The long-gone summer stunk. It was impressive in the fact that it was a two hour long documentary that taught me absolutely nothing new. It will have—that's a—I've never sat down and watch which should be like a detailed look at an era where they—there were no new facts. It was a YouTube compilation with some Radio Calls.

This is a subjective review of a documentary.
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The 'Long Gone Summer' documentary was really just a Mark McGwire film with Sammy Sosa in a supporting role

Other than that it was the Mark McGwire documentary with a small part supporting role of Sammy Sosa which was weird because Sammy was equally as electric obviously.

This is a subjective review of the documentary's narrative focus.
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Jun 15, 2020
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Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, and Roger Clemens should all be in the Hall of Fame

Everyone was doing it one, you can't tell me that Barry Bonds isn't a fucking Hall of Famer or Sammy Sosa isn't a fucking Hall of Famer, Roger [Clemens]—like all these guys should be in the Hall of Fame.

The Hall of Fame debate is ongoing and subjective.

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More than 80% of Major League pitchers doctor the baseball in some way

What percentage of non-athletics pitchers in general do you think are doctoring the ball in some way, shape, or form? I would say probably somewhere in the north of 80%... In terms of guys that just like that would use pine tar or something of that nature.

The subsequent 2021 'Sticky Stuff' scandal and MLB's mid-season crackdown confirmed that the vast majority of pitchers were using substances like Spider Tack and pine tar to increase spin rates.
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The Oakland Athletics can go deeper in the playoffs this season than they did last year

There's no reason that the Oakland A's, there's no reason that the Oakland A's can't make a run deeper into the postseason than they did last year... Matt Olsen very well could lead the league in home runs. Baseball. Fuck the league. Baseball. He very well could lead baseball in home runs.

The A's missed the playoffs entirely in 2021, and Matt Olsen hit 39 home runs (short of the 48 hit by Salvador Perez and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.).
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Walker Buehler is going to light the league up during the 2021 season

Why not walker buehler... I think that dude is gonna light some shit up this year if I'm being frank.

Walker Buehler had a career year in 2021, posting a 2.47 ERA and a 0.97 WHIP while finishing 4th in NL Cy Young voting.

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