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5/14: Bernstein's Own Torn ACL Story
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Author:  SHARK [ Mon May 14, 2012 9:23 am ]
Post subject:  5/14: Bernstein's Own Torn ACL Story
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/13/ ... -torn-acl/

Submitted above is a link to Dan Bernstein's latest column on 670 The SCORE's page at CBSChicago.com in which the host shares his own tale of how he tore his ACL back in 2002 and how he can relate to what Bulls' star Derrick Rose is going through right now.

After a great deal of post-mortem Friday after a heartbreaking end to the Bulls' season in a 1 point Game 6 loss to the 76ers in Round 1 of the NBA Playoffs and all the tough decisions "GarPax", as he & Terry Boers refer to the Bulls' front office duo of V.P. John Paxson & General Manager Gar Forman, will be facing, I'm not sure there will be much to discuss this afternoon about these Bulls moving forward. Whether or not the guys discuss LeBron James winning his 3rd NBA MVP and the Heat's possibly costly Game 1 win over the Pacers in which Chris Bosh hurt his abdominal strain in the 1st half, the Clippers' Game 7 first round road win over the Grizzlies or other NBA Playoff action with the Bulls out remains to be heard.

There is plenty of baseball on both sides of town. Philip Humber pitched well enough to beat the Royals, but the White Sox offense disappeared and the relief trio of Matt Thornton, Nate Jones & Addison Reed allowed 8 runs to score in the final couple of innings as the Sox lost 2 out of 3 again to the Royals at U.S. Cellular Field. A two-game series with the Tigers starts tonight on The SCORE/White Sox Radio Network with John Danks & Drew Smyly in a battle of lefties.

Will the guys also discuss Chris Sale's rough night in the Sox' 5-0 Saturday night loss to Kansas City in his first start since all the confusion regarding whether Sale was a starter or closer surfaced? It was during this program about 10 days ago when Sale's status became a very confusing topic of discussion.

The Cubs head down to St. Louis for 2 with the defending World Champion Cardinals after losing 2 out of 3 to the Brewers in Milwaukee over the weekend. The Phillies are at Wrigley for 2 Wednesday & Thursday before the first series with the Sox to start Interleague play. All of that and who knows what else today after transition with Mac & Spiegs around 1:15p-ish or so.
Author:  Northside_Dan [ Mon May 14, 2012 9:29 am ]
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When he wants to be, he can be a captivating writer.
Author:  spmack [ Mon May 14, 2012 9:30 am ]
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Northside_Dan wrote:
When he wants to be, he can be a captivating writer.

Couldn't fit Bernstein into your username, huh?
Author:  Northside_Dan [ Mon May 14, 2012 9:34 am ]
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spmack wrote:
Northside_Dan wrote:
When he wants to be, he can be a captivating writer.

Couldn't fit Bernstein into your username, huh?



I'm too exhausted to get your humor right now. I'm sorry. :?
Author:  spmack [ Mon May 14, 2012 9:41 am ]
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Northside_Dan wrote:
spmack wrote:
Northside_Dan wrote:
When he wants to be, he can be a captivating writer.

Couldn't fit Bernstein into your username, huh?



I'm too exhausted to get your humor right now. I'm sorry. :?

The compliment you gave him makes me think that you are Bernstein.


But, all kidding aside, I just read the column, and it is pretty good.
Author:  SHARK [ Mon May 14, 2012 9:43 am ]
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That's why it's there.
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Mon May 14, 2012 9:46 am ]
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I havent read the article, yet

Before I do, how does this not violate Bernstein's long standing "Your injury/high school play is not relavant, these are giant athletes with different bodies " rule?
Author:  Northside_Dan [ Mon May 14, 2012 9:50 am ]
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rogers park bryan wrote:
I havent read the article, yet

Before I do, how does this not violate Bernstein's long standing "Your injury/high school play is not relavant, these are giant athletes with different bodies " rule?


I was thinking that through 70% of the article and thought it was the biggest WYC ever. He ties it back into Derrick towards the end and says they aren't comparable. It's really well written I think.
Author:  SHARK [ Mon May 14, 2012 9:54 am ]
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I think the idea behind the column is that Bernsy also tore his ACL many years ago. While Bernsy doesn't earn the kind of $$$$ Derrick Rose now earns with the Bulls, he feels he can relate to the Bulls' star and his own pain. I'll be interested to hear if Bernsy's column comes up this afternoon at some stage of today's show.
Author:  The Original Kid Cairo [ Mon May 14, 2012 9:57 am ]
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rogers park bryan wrote:
I havent read the article, yet

Before I do, how does this not violate Bernstein's long standing "Your injury/high school play is not relavant, these are giant athletes with different bodies " rule?

Read the article.
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Mon May 14, 2012 10:21 am ]
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The Original Kid Cairo wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
I havent read the article, yet

Before I do, how does this not violate Bernstein's long standing "Your injury/high school play is not relavant, these are giant athletes with different bodies " rule?

Read the article.

I will, but there is nothing he can say to make this not violate that rule.

It doesnt matter if he says at the begginning or end, "I know, my body and Derrick's are different"

This whole article would get hung up on, on the B and B show


Why doesnt he just write an article about how He once played football in the cold and it was harder on the guys from warm weather states he was playing with. Then at the end write "I know Bear Weather is a myth, just sayin...."
Author:  Dave In Champaign [ Mon May 14, 2012 10:34 am ]
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rogers park bryan wrote:
I will, but there is nothing he can say to make this not violate that rule.

It doesnt matter if he says at the begginning or end, "I know, my body and Derrick's are different"

This whole article would get hung up on, on the B and B show


Pretty much. It was engaging and very well-written (and I'm generally not a fan of Dan's writing), but he writes ~2,000 words about his ACL injury, then ends it with "This doesn’t really prove anything...I could never claim to know what anyone else is going through, and I never would. I only know what I went through." Ok, great. So...this is just a fun story you like to tell?
Author:  Ugueth Will Shiv You [ Mon May 14, 2012 11:08 am ]
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Dave in Champaign wrote:
Pretty much. It was engaging and very well-written (and I'm generally not a fan of Dan's writing), but he writes ~2,000 words about his ACL injury, then ends it with "This doesn’t really prove anything...I could never claim to know what anyone else is going through, and I never would. I only know what I went through." Ok, great. So...this is just a fun story you like to tell?


Just finished the article, and I had a similar opinion to yours after reading. If he doesn't want to come off as comparing his injury to that of Rose's... then why write it in the first place?
Author:  The Original Kid Cairo [ Mon May 14, 2012 11:10 am ]
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I request that we exempt Bernstein from hypocrisy just this once, due to how well-written the article was.
Author:  Ugueth Will Shiv You [ Mon May 14, 2012 11:13 am ]
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The Original Kid Cairo wrote:
I request that we exempt Bernstein from hypocrisy just this once, due to how well-written the article was.


That's like saying "he speaks so well". Sorry Kid, but I'm not with you on this one.

I'm sure WebMD has a discussion board where his well-written story would be more relevant, assuming he "didn't want to compare it to Derrick".
Author:  badrogue17 [ Mon May 14, 2012 11:13 am ]
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Ugueth Will Shiv You wrote:
Dave in Champaign wrote:
Pretty much. It was engaging and very well-written (and I'm generally not a fan of Dan's writing), but he writes ~2,000 words about his ACL injury, then ends it with "This doesn’t really prove anything...I could never claim to know what anyone else is going through, and I never would. I only know what I went through." Ok, great. So...this is just a fun story you like to tell?


Just finished the article, and I had a similar opinion to yours after reading. If he doesn't want to come off as comparing his injury to that of Rose's... then why write it in the first place?

Because it was probably just a coincidence that the Bulls young superstar just underwent the same procedure and Lil Danny decided it was time to write an article about his own knee surgery that is in no way connected to Derrick Rose's. My you guys are cynical.
Author:  SomeGuy [ Mon May 14, 2012 11:19 am ]
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badrogue17 wrote:
Ugueth Will Shiv You wrote:
Dave in Champaign wrote:
Pretty much. It was engaging and very well-written (and I'm generally not a fan of Dan's writing), but he writes ~2,000 words about his ACL injury, then ends it with "This doesn’t really prove anything...I could never claim to know what anyone else is going through, and I never would. I only know what I went through." Ok, great. So...this is just a fun story you like to tell?


Just finished the article, and I had a similar opinion to yours after reading. If he doesn't want to come off as comparing his injury to that of Rose's... then why write it in the first place?

Because it was probably just a coincidence that the Bulls young superstar just underwent the same procedure and Lil Danny decided it was time to write an article about his own knee surgery that is in no way connected to Derrick Rose's. My you guys are cynical.


Good article, but no one cares about your ACL surgery, BernSTINE!

He gives the caveat of "not knowing what anyone else is going through" and "I'm different than Derrick Rose" at the end or whatever.....so with that said he should stop blathering on about it during the show.

Fuckin' BernSTINE.
Author:  The Original Kid Cairo [ Mon May 14, 2012 11:20 am ]
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Hey, let's all remain above it.

I know what would be fun: ripping on Laurence Holmes.
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Mon May 14, 2012 11:22 am ]
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The Original Kid Cairo wrote:
Hey, let's all remain above it.

I know what would be fun: ripping on Laurence Holmes.

Image
Author:  Terry's Peeps [ Mon May 14, 2012 11:23 am ]
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SHAKE THAT!
Author:  badrogue17 [ Mon May 14, 2012 11:24 am ]
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rogers park bryan wrote:
The Original Kid Cairo wrote:
Hey, let's all remain above it.

I know what would be fun: ripping on Laurence Holmes.

Image

I figure he thought he was gonna just sweep the leg.
Author:  Score is doomed [ Mon May 14, 2012 12:24 pm ]
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It is well written as it should, he was an English major.
Noticeable difference in quality to the crap mac puts out in the Trib, now that column is usually thoughtless and very poorly written, but then again Mac is a drunk, not an English major.
Author:  denisdman [ Mon May 14, 2012 12:26 pm ]
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I don't like Bernsie. I like the article. He is not comparing himself at all. He's just telling us his story, and it was heart felt. I wish he was more like that on the radio, sincere that is.
Author:  badrogue17 [ Mon May 14, 2012 12:26 pm ]
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Score is doomed wrote:
It is well written as it should, he was an English major.
Noticeable difference in quality to the crap mac puts out in the Trib, now that column is usually thoughtless and very poorly written, but then again Mac is a drunk, not an English major.

The 2 are not mutually exclusive however.
Author:  SHARK [ Mon May 14, 2012 1:33 pm ]
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Here's the Monday game plan with these two guys on The SCORE:

*3:30p: "The Second Half"

That's all they've got as things stand now. Terry's "two favorite words in show business", Laurence "Mr. Multimedia" Holmes, has "Xfinity Feedback Zone Live" at 6p for 35 minutes leading into Chris Rongey's White Sox Radio Network pregame live from U.S. Cellular Field in advance of Sox/Tigers.
Author:  SomeGuy [ Mon May 14, 2012 1:34 pm ]
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SHARK wrote:
Here's the Monday game plan with these two guys on The SCORE:

*3:30p: "The Second Half"

That's all they've got as things stand now. Terry's "two favorite words in show business", Laurence "Mr. Multimedia" Holmes, has "Xfinity Feedback Zone Live" at 6p for 35 minutes leading into Chris Rongey's White Sox Radio Network pregame live from U.S. Cellular Field in advance of Sox/Tigers.


Yeah, Yeah, ShAARk....we know.

We do our own research now.
Author:  A7X [ Mon May 14, 2012 1:55 pm ]
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I thought it was a well written article, but I'm sort of a geek for medical shit like this. The 3 things that stood out to me: 1) I can't picture Bernsie being a gym rat. 2) I call bullshit on the "occasional" use of pain meds. 3) He's lucky the mass quanities of Vioxx didn't kill him.
Author:  badrogue17 [ Mon May 14, 2012 2:00 pm ]
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A7X wrote:
3) He's lucky the mass quanities of Vioxx didn't kill him.

Or we were unlucky, depends on how you look at it.
Author:  Ugueth Will Shiv You [ Mon May 14, 2012 2:02 pm ]
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I've also had my ACL done, so I'm going to post a nice article about it on a Jewish broadcaster message board but I promise it won't be compared to Dan Bernstein.
Author:  Rod [ Mon May 14, 2012 2:29 pm ]
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Ugueth Will Shiv You wrote:
Dave in Champaign wrote:
Pretty much. It was engaging and very well-written (and I'm generally not a fan of Dan's writing), but he writes ~2,000 words about his ACL injury, then ends it with "This doesn’t really prove anything...I could never claim to know what anyone else is going through, and I never would. I only know what I went through." Ok, great. So...this is just a fun story you like to tell?


Just finished the article, and I had a similar opinion to yours after reading. If he doesn't want to come off as comparing his injury to that of Rose's... then why write it in the first place?



It would be more germane if bernstein compared the time he strained his vocal chord's to Rose's ACL tear.
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