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David Dodd

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Tom Garfinkel in damage control mode over comments

You're certainly welcome to your opinion about all of this. Quentin didn't charge immediately. He set the bat vertically and stared at Greinke to see if Greinke was turning to walk off of the mound. Greinke didn't do that, instead he challenged Quentin and Quentin charged. Go back to 2009 when Greinke threw at Quentin's head if you want some context. My piece made no mention of anything uttered by Greinke because it's nebulous here, the piece is about Garfinkel's reaction to the Greinke/Quentin thing and how audio of Garfinkel's words were leaked to media. I was in the press box when this happened, by the way, and while I have no idea what Greinke muttered out there, but he certainly didn't have anything conciliatory to say about plunking Quentin and it was obvious that Zack expected and welcomed Carlos to run out there to battle him. Also obvious is that a $25 million dollar a year pitcher doesn't flub a four-seam fastball. We all threw those when we were nine. I made no statements about Garfinkel being right or wrong about his "Rain Man" reference. If you're offended then you are. And if you think that his apology is disingenuous then you do, that's up to you. Garfinkel obviously stuck his foot in his mouth. And of course he HAD to apologize. Does that make his apology disingenuous? That's up to you to decide. In his interview on the Darren Smith Show (which is archived at www.themighty1090.com if you need it) he sounded fairly genuine to me. But you can draw your own conclusions about Garfinkel. I'm certainly not defending his words, he's a big boy and he can defend himself if he feels that he needs to. I care for a mentally disabled person, and I wasn't offended by Garfinkel's reference. I thought it was silly and not very well thought out, but I wasn't offended. But your mileage may vary, as they say.
— April 19, 2013 7:05 p.m.

Otras Obras: ten dollar tattoos in Tijuana

What will $40 get me? I have no tats, but I do want one inker on me before I die. I want this in Times Roman: "This is what happens." It's inspired by a gal I know from Trinidad & Tobago that has a tattoo on her arm that says this: "Roaring, roaring, roaring." Hers is from a poem by Charles Bukowski, I was so impressed by her. You can find the poem here: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/splash/ I would link a picture of her but the men who read here would lose their collective minds. She is beautiful. And she's an awesome writer. The heads would explode and I would feel so guilty. My choice is from my head, because, really, no matter what people say that happens, THIS is what happens and it explains all of history and really, who needs some sort of a odd epitaph? I would rather just have a simple rational explanation.
— March 4, 2013 10:31 p.m.

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