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I'm a big fan of Nick Markakis and I thought the thread was dead. I was the first post. It got to me then and it gets to me now. The question should have been worded differently. As it stands it's an insult.

No it's not. It can be seen as a compliment that Nick is one of the better young players in the game. But regardless, no one is putting Nick down.

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I'm a big fan of Nick Markakis and I thought the thread was dead. I was the first post. It got to me then and it gets to me now. The question should have been worded differently. As it stands it's an insult.

So this is the "get on your knees and slobber the Orioles forum?"

Is it an insult to hold the opinion that there are other players in MLB better than particular Orioles? Or just regarding Nick?

If you think others are shortchanging Nick, call them out with reasoned, well thought out posts. Demonstrate you are right, or why you think you are.

But censorship, more so when capricious and discriminatory, has no valid place. This is a much better place the more honest, reasoned and collective it becomes.

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So this is the "get on your knees and slobber the Orioles forum?"

Is it an insult to hold the opinion that there are other players in MLB better than particular Orioles? Or just regarding Nick?

If you think others are shortchanging Nick, call them out with reasoned, well thought out posts. Demonstrate you are right, or why you think you are.

But censorship, more so when capricious and discriminatory, has no valid place. This is a much better place the more honest, reasoned and collective it becomes.

I thought I did.:rolleyes:

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I thought I did.:rolleyes:

If you think others are shortchanging Nick, call them out with reasoned, well thought out posts. Demonstrate you are right, or why you think you are.

You have presented absolutely no basis as to why you believe Nick is more valuable than anyone else mentioned in this thread.

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If you think others are shortchanging Nick, call them out with reasoned, well thought out posts. Demonstrate you are right, or why you think you are.

You have presented absolutely no basis as to why you believe Nick is more valuable than anyone else mentioned in this thread.

I said I disagree with the whole premise of this thread as it was originally proposed. This isn't fantasy baseball. Markakis is one of the few homegrown O's we have had to celebrate on this team. I'm not arguing stats so put your calculator away.

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I said I disagree with the whole premise of this thread as it was originally proposed. This isn't fantasy baseball. Markakis is one of the few homegrown O's we have had to celebrate on this team. I'm not arguing stats so put your calculator away.

Exactly my point.

We are here for reasoned, well thought-out posts and debate.

You have abstained from answering: "So this is the "get on your knees and slobber the Orioles forum?" Care to?

Censorship = teh suck.

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Exactly my point.

We are here for reasoned, well thought-out posts and debate.

You have not yet disagreed with the notion that this is not the the "get on your knees and slobber the Orioles forum." Care to?

Censorship = teh suck.

This is a little over my head. Step out of your "police car" and explain yourself a little more clearly.

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This is a little over my head. Step out of your "police car" and explain yourself a little more clearly.

Is it an insult to hold the opinion that there are other players in MLB better than particular Orioles? Or just regarding Nick?

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You can do better. Please do so. This is silly. No need to act like a clown.

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Is it an insult to hold the opinion that there are other players in MLB better than particular Orioles? Or just regarding Nick?

When was that ever expressed by me?

Uh.....why don't you quote me on it then. You know the little button on the right....... :rolleyes:

OK:

The original question was which players with 3 years or less MLB experience would you rather have than Markakis. So what you're saying here is that Markakis isn't good enough for you and you would rather have all those other players listed here instead of Nick Markakis. OK, fine that's your opinion. Maybe those guys are good , but I think this thread is a complete insult to Markakis. It's like you saying directly to Markakis "You're good Nick and you have potential, but we prefer the following instead of you:........"
I'm a big fan of Nick Markakis and I thought the thread was dead. I was the first post. It got to me then and it gets to me now. The question should have been worded differently. As it stands it's an insult.
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You can do better. Please do so. This is silly. No need to act like a clown.

Well when you misunderstand the premise of the discourse your conclusions become flawed.

I'll explain it again just for you. The original question was posed as which players would you rather have than Markakis? Read it. It's there twice. My point was -Why pose this question in the first place? It sounds like "Nick's OK, but these guys we'd rather have instead." It should have been re-written to read "who is more valuable" or "who do you think is better." Which I think is what SG meant when he started it.

Read the rest of my posts in this thread. Then you'll get the full flavor of what my argument is. Just don't come at me with the post police routine.

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