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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins
I did not, but I saw Carpenter pitch last year. That's one of the hidden blessings of Pujols leaving as a FA. I don't have to care about him anymore and see him flounder and fail down the road while he still looks like the guy who was the greatest baseball player I'd ever seen.
I remember Sugar Ray coming back against Macho Camacho and embarrassing himself.
I remember the Wizards playing a featured game on ESPN on Friday night the first year Jordan was back. It was a close game that they pulled out at the last second, but Jordan missed a FT that would have iced the game and I was just ****ing stunned. It was shortly after he dropped 40 against the Hornets, thinking that maybe he was somewhat impervious to time. To see him miss that in the clutch sealed his mortality for me.
It was such a small event, but it really stuck with me.
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Unlike you with Pujols, I have still followed Halladay as he didn't abandon Toronto's organization over a bit of money (in fact, the Jays kind of pushed him out themselves through trade and the desire to rebuild). Him being a Phillie doesn't make his decline any less crushing to me. Watching him on Monday, he's not the same guy anymore. The arm slot is completely different (whether through injury or by choice) and he looked old and broken with a straight FB. He obviously still has a chance to make something of himself in MLB, but it's hard to see a reality in which he's that same dominant pitcher he was for 12 years again.
It's always tough to take when dominating athletes you've watched for so long fade, but it always happens. Well...unless they choose to retire somewhat near their prime like Bjorn Borg or something.