[jets0n]

Yeah .. Jeremy Hermida hit a grand slam on his first at bat. He is only the second player to ever do it and the last guy did it like 107 years ago. Pretty good considering he was called up from the minors 3 hours before the game.

Anyway, I went to middle school with this kid. I must say I was quite impressed with how he turned out. There were alot of kids that were really good baseball players, it seems like Marietta just turns them out. But, I didn't like him at the time. He was a smug piece of *beep* and I stole his watch for like 2 days ... LOL! Plus he went out with this girl I liked alot. Pissed me off.

However, for some reason I am extremely proud of how he turned out. He is probably still an assh0le but that usually doesn't change and comes from bad parenting. He was also drafted pretty high ... like the 11th overall pick. I think he was taking steroids. 6-4 200LBs, 21 years old. That's pretty big man.

Oh well kudos to him on his place in MLB history. I hope he ends up being a real deal player. BTW, Jay Mariotti on PTI -- which is how I found out about this -- called him Jeremy Herm-I-da and they had his pic up there. I was like, "No Jay! Holyshit it's Herm-E-da. WTF?!?!" It was funny.

[Maynard13]

WOW, thats cool that you knew him,l I was watching that game, I think there was a record too thios year because like 5 rookies had homeruns in their first at-bat, and a TON more had hits, I never remember that hapnning before

[jets0n]

I dont watch baseball unless it's Red Sox vs Yankees for the ALCS. The only game worth watching. I love the Red Sox and I hate the Yankees, go figure cause I hate the Pats and love the Jets. Anyway, yeah it's quite strange to see people you know playing professional sports and making HUGE headlines. It's almost in a way frightening. Time's running out for me to make something of myself

[JetsRock1991]

u love the Red Sox and hate the Yankees????????

[Chadforpresidentin08]

That's cool, if I see him maybe I'll steal his watch or wristband too. And if I ever have a girlfriend at the age I do it, I'll make sure she isn't around
But in 10 years, you can all say you know either Mariano Rivera's successor or Derek Jeter's succesor, and that he was also a little mofo, over the internet.
BTW, a Red Sox fan?

[jets0n]

I also love football and hate baseball. It's such a pointless sport these days. It's filled with dishonest players, all breaking the illegal substance rules, all trying to cheat anyway they can.

Football has also had it's share of steroid users... but atleast it's banned people for them as well. The attitude isn't the same either. Football is a game filled with honor. Baseball is filled with dishonor. Football is exciting. Baseball is boring.

The only reason I even follow it -- and trust me it's a very small amount of following -- is because I wanna see a possible fight between the Red Sox and Yankees. Now that's what sports SHOULD be like. These days, especially in basketball, everyone is eachother's friend. Well you wouldn't say that about NY vs BOS. Those guys have HATRED for eachother -- on the field mostly I hope, otherwise it's just pathetic -- and that's how it should be.

My team vs Your team... it used to be that way in sports but all you have these days are 1 team in each sport that hate eachother cause they meet all the time in the postseason. Only football has rivalries still in abundance. MIA vs Jets. Giants vs Jets. Raiders vs Jets. Pats vs Jets. Soon it's gonna be SD vs Jets cause those guys are sick of getting their asses handed to them. That's just the Jets rivalries. There are other's that are very heated. Like Vikes vs Packs. Colts vs Pats is getting pretty good. You see what I am saying. In the NFL, anyone in your way is your enemy. It doesn't seem like that in other sports... except obviously boxing.

[Jetsfan115]

cool topic but i'm gonna move it to the other sports forum cause its more of a baseball topic then anything else. i wen to scholl with one kid who was given a 250,000 contract right out of high school from the royals. i forgot his name. but this kid would hit homeruns that would land on top of the roof of our school and nobody else on the team could nor oposing teams players

[Chadforpresidentin08]

Yes, baseball is one boring game as a spectator, football isn't, but it's fun to play both if you're in an orgainized game. But even in an unorgainized game, football is still fun. I mean hell, I've never played an orgainized game, the closest has been in school.

[jets0n]

That's cool, if I see him maybe I'll steal his watch or wristband too. And if I ever have a girlfriend at the age I do it, I'll make sure she isn't around
But in 10 years, you can all say you know either Mariano Rivera's successor or Derek Jeter's succesor, and that he was also a little mofo, over the internet.
BTW, a Red Sox fan?

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Good sense of humor... however, I do actually like Derek Jeter. I think he is a pretty classy guy. He is the only guy on the Yankees that I can tolerate. I actually love watching him play against the Red Sox. He is soooo soooo clutch. It really is fun. However you have to pick a team and like I said I hate the Yankees. I dont like anything about them except Jeter. I like EVERYTHING about the Red Sox. They have chemistry. They call themselves "The Idiots". I think they all had mullets and beards at one point. Where one goes, all goes. You can hate them all you want, but you can't deny that they are a great "team" and they have much more camaraderie than the Yankees. You can't deny that.

[Chadforpresidentin08]

I just sent an e-mail to Jeter, I hope he responds, when I did it he had recently answered some other e-mails.
But for you Jets0n, I'll take a disliking to this guy.

[Maynard13]

Yea, I love fights between us two(Yankees/Sox), I'm a Yankees fan and thats what I look forward to everytime we play. And baseball is a boring, and I have to say, in the 9 years I followed baseball, I've watched the most this year then in anyother year. Outta a possible 1197 innings the Yankees have played this year, I musta watched 1100 of them, I seen almost everygame. Its probly because the Yankees are behind right now, so everygame matter, I've never been in that situation before.......
But I do gotta say baseball was my first love, I started watching it in 1996, when i was 7, and started watching football with my dad in 1997, so I'm about 51%- 49% Jets-Yankees with my love right now, cuz I got to see the Yanks win 4, now I wanna see the Jets win 1


also on School people going pro, i went to the same schools as Will Smith(the NFL player) and Josh Wright(Syracuse Orangemen)

[Chadforpresidentin08]

WILL SMITH! That guys is underrated! I lie him, and watch out for him in a few years.
Hey, my friend was vice president of student counsil last year.

[jets0n]

Right on. I dont think it's even a doubt though that the Yankees and the Sox are gonna meet in the ALCS again. I think however that the Sox will have home field this year which should make this series a little more interesting.

You know what was pathetic though, last year when the Sox won it all and they were partying in the streets -- heck riotting for that matter -- and the police shot that girl in the eye with one of those rubber bullets and killed her? That was pointless. What a pointless reason to die.

[jets0n]

Another kid I played football with plays OLB for Middle Tenessee State. He will probably get drafted cause he runs a 4.4 and he is HUGE. He is MOST DEF on steroids. His name is Dennis Burke. 6-1 242LBs. Wears #40. He stole my football locker and I almost kicked his ass for that. He also was a b!tch.

This is what their official website says of him:

Enjoyed a very solid spring ... Is one of the team's leaders and needs to step up and challenge this season to be one of the best linebackers in the Sun Belt Conference ... Possesses good instincts and ability to find the football ... Is very savvy ... One of three players to earn the inaugural Thunderbolt award (toughness) following spring practice.

http://www.gobluerai...=player&id=1639

[silversword55]

I dont watch baseball unless it's Red Sox vs Yankees for the ALCS. The only game worth watching. I love the Red Sox and I hate the Yankees, go figure cause I hate the Pats and love the Jets. Anyway, yeah it's quite strange to see people you know playing professional sports and making HUGE headlines. It's almost in a way frightening. Time's running out for me to make something of myself

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You like the blasted Red Sox and hate the Yankees?

[penningtonpays]

derek jeter was born in my town, he did not live here, just born in my towns hospital

[Maynard13]

Kalamazoo


I, know thats not it, or even close, I just know thats where he grew up and I like the name

Kalamazoo

[penningtonpays]

yea thats in michigan

[Maynard13]

I used to go to Michigan ever summer, a place called St. Joes