"Suppan a good guy?" or "Why the Brewers have the Same Record as the Pirates"

although I doubt the MLBPA would have let him.

If the Brewers gave me that contact I’d go out there and throw BP fastballs / walk sixteen guys a game for as long as they’d let me.

He has a minimum amount of charitable donations in his contract.

He has historically been good at getting on base, even in the minors, but batting .217 with a .390 OBP just doesn’t happen.

Has “Rickie likes to bat leadoff” ever been given as a reason for why he bats first? I’ve never heard that.

but I don’t believe there’s a biblical prohibition against the accumulation of wealth or the acquisition of material goods. Jesus didn’t have a lot of material goods, so some people attempt to emulate this behavior, but I don’t believe is was one of his teachings per se.

And (to the OP) it wasn’t Suppan that demanded $40M. It was the Brewers who offered that. He had other clubs (I assume) offering at least $30M. Why should he deny himself the receipt of legitimate legal and ethically obtained money if it is offered? He can always donate whatever he receives in excess of what he believes he’s earned to a suitable charity.

the case for stem cells is grossly overinflated in the media, predominantly by Michael J. Fox himself.

stem cells alone are not a silver bullet in the treatment of Parkinson’s or any other degenerative disease.

(FYI, I worked with a lab for about 2 years that did and continues to collaborate with Dr. Jamie Thomson)

than using influence to try to manipulate any other issue? Are you saying that only people who have no influence in the public sphere should try to have an influence on issues like this? It’s an issue he cares about and feels strongly about on moral grounds. You can’t possibly fault a man for trying to fight for something he feels is right regardless of his position.

but if I could, I’m not sure I’d throw one to Jesus. I’d probably stick with the Suppan BP fastball. That way, if he misses, no one could say I was trying to deceive him or anything like that.

And maybe going to hell, but I’d guess that Jesus would have been a Craig Counsell type, never hitting for power or average, but a decent OBP. He’d probably play short and be known mostly for his glove.

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Dr. Strangelove-esque reference. Although then I’d go with

or: why I learned to love the suck that is the Brewers record.

it’s been a while since I read any New Testament stuff. Are you saying that Jesus (not Paul, et al) did prohibit the accumulation of wealth of his followers? I know he had issue with the money changers at the temple, but that wasn’t because they were becoming rich, but rather HOW they were becoming rich as well as the fact that they were violating the sabbath right outside their place of worship (which they did not attend).

I admit that which you quoted was a poorly constructed sentence, as the last phrase in the sentence referred to the previous sentence, so as pasted is a bit out of context. I just don’t see why it’s a ridiculous thing to say, but I guess this isn’t a religious studies blog so I (and sdsow) shouldn’t have brought it up to begin with.