for years i told people that vladimir guerrero was my favorite ballplayer because all he did was say absolutely nothing while hitting .320/30/100 and fathering illegitimate/semi-legitimate children. well now that it's 2014 those semi/illegitimate children are starting to get near signing age and take a look at the already 6'2/225 at age 15 vladimir guerrero jr >> http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-bas ... -baseballs

evidently there's a bunch of guerrero kids who are either vlad's offspring of nephew, so over the next few years all these vlad guerrero jrs josue guerreros and gregory guerreros are going to start working their way into baseball, so in another 5-10 years there could be a bunch of of guerreros for an old vlad guy like myself to pull for!

and evidently vlad, who had something like 10 kids with 7 different women or something, bought 'em all houses right in the same area or something so he could literally keep all of his hoes/kids in check. vladimir guerrero: what a guy! (fuck ace rimmer)

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Sini, I am fairly certain he played on the Dominican National team that my sons team played last year down in Orlando at Disney. They won the tournament without any competition, they were amazing to watch, especially considering they were 14 years old.

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well yeah i'm fairly certain it's hard for modern american kids with cellphones and ipads and playstation 3/4s and the backbone of american consumer culture to compete with some literally-hungry-ass kids from the dominican who realize playing baseball is their way out of that miserable island and to get the kind of riches that their semi-legitimate-at-best father/uncle got. plus all indications are that vlad was a 'man of the people' and he always came back to the piss-poor dominican barrios that he hailed from, so the thought is that maybe he realized having his kids experience the kind of upbringing he had (playing stickball in dirt/concrete lots) 24/7/365/all-year-round was the best bet to get them into baseball like he did, cuz go figure so many celebrity/athletes children who end up pampered and rich never really have that sense of urgency needed to realize "i better go all out and hustle here otherwise i'm never gonna make it" when they've got an easy life as some sort of a millionaire to look forward to if their parents didnt waste all of the $$$ within 5 years of leaving their sport of choice.

it's like do you think phil collins' kids are going to be anything worthwhile? ok lily collins is quite worthwhile, but not in a "i wanna hear the music she makes" sense as opposed to the "just stand there and exist please" sense. perhaps if phil had his son playing stickball in a dirty and dank dominican lot then and only then would he make some music i wanna hear.

but hell yeah congrats to your kid, hawger..... i mean even if he doesnt end up doing athletics for a living/hobby someday at least he'll always have that story of going down and getting merc'd by the dominican team. i personally can just claim back to back clearmont school 5th grade number munchers champion cuz there wasn't exactly a national number munchers tournament for me to go dominate at.... so i'd much rather have my veritable al-bundy-4TD-in-one-game-moment via athletics.

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Where are Shawn Kemp's kids?

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Spanning the globe

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only problem is that shawn kemp jr has something called "graves disease" where the immune system produces too much thyroid hormones so he's missed a lot of time leading up to his junior year (and the story was written in december 2013 so you figure he's a senior this year, so prolly europe-at-best if he has any pro-ball prospects)

but like you touched on, shawn kemp has a lot of kids so he's got a few lottery tickets there. most times the first kid is named dad, jr. so maybe his younger brothers will have something for the NBA/euro-leagues.

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The more kids you have you increase your odds that one of them will be successful and make a lot of money.

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So that must be the Nas theory?

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just like if you increase the # of playoff teams in a fantasy baseball league from 6 to 8 and then remove the bye week for the #1 and #2 seeds then you increase the odds that one of those new playoff teams (7/8 seeds) will win the league.

speaking of, good luck to your #8 seed in the playoffs!

signed,

the guy who finished 7th last year (in a 6-team playoffs year)

p.s. Josh Collmenter :: 2014 Stats :: ARI GP: 30 HR: 17 R: 70 H: 148 BB: 38 SO: 106 IP: 157.0 W: 10 L: 7 SV: 1 ERA: 3.67 WHIP: 1.18 BB: 38 SO: 106 H: 148 HR: 17 HLD: 0 BLSV: 0 R: 70 CG: 1 SHO: 1 WAR: 1.5 >>> there's no doubt that josh collmenter is legit!

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I believe that was the plan. I changed my mind.

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I'm not sure if you are high or joking. Considering that you posted this in the league and elsewhere (despite 10 years of evidence that you are wrong) I'm going to have to assume that you are high. Just say no my friend.

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I was watching him last night. He's closer to a left handed arm slot than a right handed arm slot. His numbers are better than I thought. That goofy bastard can be effective in small doses.

Apparently his extreme over the top arm slot screws with his PITCHf/x numbers.

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You all sound like my horse racing friends.

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Pretty prolific. I think Calvin Murphy still holds the title though.

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What's your handle on Chicago Barn to Wire? You're Honest & Balanced Terry, aren't you?

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I haven't logged on that board yet, but I probably should....there seems to be some good inside info over there.

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