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02-11-2009, 03:51 PM #21
Re: Roberto Alomar- sad story if it's true...
yes i can only imagine what'll be like to learn that she may have contracted HIV/AIDS 13 years ago and lived with it ever since without any symptoms. "what? you mean for the past 13 years i've had AIDS and didn't know it?". brilliant. sort of like snapping your leg in two pieces and only realizing it 10 yrs afterwards huh?
right up there with having a guy sued by a woman who said they had sex numerous times and wondering about his sexual orientation.
and before i read yet another inane thing about hirschbeck and spit:
from the CDC:
"Saliva, Tears, and Sweat
HIV has been found in saliva and tears in very low quantities from some AIDS patients. It is important to understand that finding a small amount of HIV in a body fluid does not necessarily mean that HIV can be transmitted by that body fluid. HIV has not been recovered from the sweat of HIV-infected persons. Contact with saliva, tears, or sweat has never been shown to result in transmission of HIV."
rudy.
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02-11-2009, 04:46 PM #22
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Re: Roberto Alomar- sad story if it's true...
Not my point, rudy.
She had a relationship with the guy. She will no doubt feel badly for him, and at the same time gratefull that she hadn't dated him in more recent years. Sad, shocked, even horrified, yet relieved and fortunate, rudy.
He must have contracted it sometime within the last 9-10 years is my guess (from everything I've read about the desease). It may have started to "manifest" in the early to middle 2000's, hense his "health" difficulties.
That said, I believe he must have strongly suspected himself, knew it, but just wouldn't accept it. Only he knows the full extent of his "personal life" and the possible ramifications of it.....which is why I think he was living in denial. Then, the day came where he had no choice but be forced to find out. Truly irresponsible deeds to himself, family, and friends who care about him. Just a sad sitch.
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02-11-2009, 04:46 PM #23
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I remember this all too well. It was started by Bobby Valentine proclaiming that "baseball is probably ready for an openly gay athlete." What then transpired was a media circus, where everyone and their grandmother thought he was speaking about Piazza. I have no idea how they got this ridiculous idea... Piazza had a reputation of being quite the ladies man by this time. Anyhow, I digress.
The way I interpreted this statement was that he was probably referring to Roberto Alomar, as he was with the team too. The Hirschbeck incident is what put this idea in my head. As it was obvious that the comment that led to the spitting was nothing racial at all. Anyone who saw the events unfold with the slightest ability to read lips knew what was going on. Apparently the media had their own agenda. As usual.Looking for ...
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02-11-2009, 04:59 PM #24
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Re: Roberto Alomar- sad story if it's true...
Wow.....rudy's right up there with Mr.3000 in "eloquence of posting".
Hirschbeck got "the least of it"???
WHAT, rudy, POSSIBLE racial slur could be WORSE than going after the parent, FACE TO FACE, of a dead child?
PLEASE......I'm all ears.....
I don't give ONE CRAPOLA what Hirschbeck said to Alomar......Going after someone who lost a child and stating that to his FACE is grounds for instant death in my book.
I know there's a lot to be said about maintaining one's composure......and Hirshbeck get's the prize, because if I was that umpire, and that piece of garbage has said that to ME, no matter WHAT NAME I had called him......there would have been one ugly scene of ALL-TIME in sports history in regards to a fight on the field. There is NO excuse for going after a parents DEAD CHILD. It would have taken about 9 grown men to remove my clamped hands from his dead crushed throat.
But that's just me.
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02-11-2009, 05:07 PM #25
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Here's some perspective on Alomar v. Hirschbeck
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/bas...hirschbeck_ap/Looking for ...
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02-11-2009, 05:08 PM #26
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Re: Roberto Alomar- sad story if it's true...
TNT.......I am without knowledge of the "lip reading" consensus.
Are you saying that Hirschbeck called him something that started with an "f" and ended with a "got"?
THAT is what I would have quessed, but never knew. If that is the case, I stand by what I said. Alomar is lucky I wasn't the umpire that day.
And based on Alomar's reaction to it in saying what he said, I would suggest Hirschbeck hit a nerve (or hit the nail) "right on the head".
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02-11-2009, 05:10 PM #27
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Re: Roberto Alomar- sad story if it's true...
This is Sad to me because Alomar is one of my all time Favorite Players.
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02-11-2009, 05:12 PM #28
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02-11-2009, 05:15 PM #29Mr.3000Guest
Re: Roberto Alomar- sad story if it's true...
Do me...and yourself a favor....leave my name out of your topics. You and I apparently do not get along....let's agree to leave it at that. No need to be a complete ass and keep bringing up my name. You go your way, I'll go mine and we can both coincide on this board peacefully. It would be in both our best interests.
Thank you,
Jay
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02-11-2009, 05:18 PM #30
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Re: Roberto Alomar- sad story if it's true...
Just read it.
Amen to that. Glad that Hirschbeck made an effort to clear the air and move on.
and geoff, I couldn't agree with you more.
It makes one take a step back, take a deep breath, and clearly see that life is not all about MONEY and FAME. Some things transcend all of that.
Without the basics, like health......it's all meaningless.