Champman will be a...

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Originally Posted by haveacigar

The word is "rebuttal." That is my rebuttal.

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Touche.

Just read the Cubs are going to sign him.

Marlins have thrown a 13M 5 year at him. This actually a good offer. For all we know, Chapman is a joke, 27 years old, etc... 13M should build about 200 rafts to get all his family over here to take advantage of our new health care.

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Originally Posted by haveacigar

It won't. Cuban defectors' dates of birth are typically far more reliable than places like the Dominican Republic.

Cuba uses their baseball team in international tournaments to raise national prestige, and most of those tournaments have minimum ages. If Cuba pretends that he is younger than in reality, that would be years that they could be using him for competition that they weren't.

At the same time, there's absolutely no incentive for Cuba to say that he is younger than he really is, because all that does is make him more desirable to MLB organizations, and that is the last thing Cuba wants anyway.

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Originally Posted by HoustonGM

No logic whatsoever!

People are still insisting that Albert Pujols is older than his listed age even though he went through the American school system and was drafted here.

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Originally Posted by grasshopper

13M should build about 200 rafts to get all his family over here to take advantage of our new health care.

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Uhm...not to thread-jack, but to many, Cuba has a better health system than the US. It's already free to all citizens. No private practices or networks/insurances to worry about.

The WHO rankings has Cuba listed at #39, the US at #37, in healthcare.

So, pretending it's okay to stereotype minorities and immigrants and all that, facts should still come into play somewhere. They may defect to escape that nasty communist government, but I would hazard that folks aren't going to risk life and limb to climb two spots on the international health rating board, from 39 to 37. Heck, Costa Rica is just above us at #36.

And who the heck is 'Champman'? I thought it was Aroldis Chapman. Yanks26, one demerit.

Chapman is actually 85 because he's Latino lolz......

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Originally Posted by Alloutwar

And who the heck is 'Champman'? I thought it was Aroldis Chapman. Yanks26, one demerit.

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thus explaining a few initial "who ?? " responses ;)

forget the demerit,

i will give you a fantastic deal on Brett Farve autographs ...

I read that whoever signs him has to provide several hen houses since he's Latino and has no idea how to shop lolz

to answer it, Red.