OT - Suicide Squeeze (Missing person)

[whatupyos]

Re: OT - Suicide Squeeze (Missing person)

I don't honestly think it is a matter of anyone getting their feelings hurt. Perhaps some do who knows, who cares. Andrew is right, if I am not mistaken, the whole purpose of this forum and its founding was as an educational tool. How many daily posts do you see that have anything to do with educational collecting? I too miss the daily posts by Howard Wolf, Reid Fontaine, Steve Terman, Troy Kinnunen who did use to post on the old forum, and even Joel Alpert as yes, he stired the pot, but he and the above mentioned individuals have forgotten more about collecting and proper tagging etc. than I will ever hope to know.

Anybody who can seriously suggest that this site is better today than three or so years ago when you could log on here daily and find at least a half dozen threads from Rudy, Joel, Reid, Howard etc. on truly educational subjects such as proper jersey tagging, game use on bats, etc. is completely dilusional.

The bottom line is that all of these individuals have been driven away by the constant daily garbage posted on this forum.

The only reason the masses were so concerned about the classifed ads being taken down was because as one poster mentioned, there was nothing else to view. That is absolutely 100% correct as the truly knowlegable posters were long gone. As a good friend and former forum member stated to me recently, people are more concerned on here about how many locker room nameplates, game used jock straps, shower shoes, and knee braces used by a AA one legged bat boy they can sell to the highest bidder by high noon than any measure of educational material that can be posted to assist with cleaning up this hobby and benefitting others.

With that, I will sign off and say goodnight, goodbye and best of luck to one and all.

Regards,

Brett Herman

Brett-

I agree with you on more educational posting and the locker name plates ect. I wasn't a member of the old forum but I do miss Howard's posting as he does shed wonderful insight and has great knowledge.

Aaron

[suicide_squeeze]

Re: OT - Suicide Squeeze (Missing person)

Testing......Testing.......1, 2, 3......


I'm BACK!!!!


Andrew "the one and only" Lang, Bob, Aaron, Joel, Matt (gingi79), Dale (tigerdale), Danny(889), Ken (earlywynnfan) who I am axiously waiting to hear back from my private email sent, STLHAMMER32, all the others that commented on this post, a heart felt thank you to you all. I would also like to thank the ones who have privately emailed me. I won't mention your names, because I respect the fact that you didn't and don't want to be identified in all this "drama". You know who you are, and thanks for the kind words and all of your "support".

And thank you Mr. Cavalier for your trust in reinstating me.



Look, I never intended to get involved in all the negatives. We all now know the nonsense.....and that's what it was.....won't be tolerated by the mods. And thank GOD for that......I was tired of all the fights.

It is high time to get back to what the site was intended: To share knowledge about the game used industry. And to continue exposing the fraud which continues to run on unabated in a lot of the auction houses and industry.

I would like to explain one thing.....I felt I was being gang-banged by a small core of forum "groupies" that have been here for awhile, and I allowed myself to fall into the muck. Being an ex-athlete, I've never been one to back down from any kind of an altercation....it's just my personality. My retaliatory posts which were intentionally designed to ilicit a response from the gallery, although holding a bit of humor to some (as was my intention), was truly offensive to others. I will be taking a much different approach in my posts in the future.

I'll end this by stating a public apology to anyone and everyone I have offended. Sometimes the intended humor gets lost in the ugliness. We are all individuals, and have our own opinions. But to let them create an atmosphere that breeds anger, resentment, and personal attacks is rediculous. I am guilty as charged, and knowingly decided to take that route. My bad. Quite frankly, with the time to reflect on the past threads that created all the problems, I'm embarrassed of my involvement. We're all adults.....it's time to act like one. I've said it before, and I meant it. I'm on the collectors side, always have been, always will be. So here's to starting anew.

camarokids (David).....welcome back too. Remember your pledge to Helen? Let's make it happen.

A group hug to all you forum members.....

[camarokids]

Re: OT - Suicide Squeeze (Missing person)

Welcome Back Steve! I remember too, will do my best to honor her memory....

[commando]

Re: OT - Suicide Squeeze (Missing person)

This forum is little more than a marketing tool for JO Sports. You may not agree with me, but as a marketing professional, it is quite obvious to me. The site wasn't always this way. As several have mentioned, the forum was loaded with a variety of "personalities" from the collecting world -- and if you weren't easily offended by an opinion here or there, you could actually learn quite a bit about the game used hobby. Personal attacks are a staple of internet message boards, but without two to tango, many are short-lived.

The biggest clue to the JO marketing tool argument is the fact that there are no member moderators. The only mods are founder Eric and JO Sports employees. Do you really think they give a rat's ass about moderating forum threads when the "threads" that really matter to them are the ones being sold in their auctions? The people who have established themselves as knowledgeable in the hobby are aware of this. Why would they stick around here and give their time and expertise to further the reputation of a competitor's website?

I'm not saying anything bad about this place, by the way. But let's call this place what it is. If it's not self-evident to you that JO Sports has priorities much different than this forum, we'll just have to agree to disagree.

[sox83cubs84]

Re: OT - Suicide Squeeze (Missing person)

Steve;

Welcome back! We've got you (and camarokids) back on the Forum; now we have to get Thome back on the White Sox.

Dave M.
Chicago area

[allstarsplus]

Re: OT - Suicide Squeeze (Missing person)

Testing......Testing.......1, 2, 3......


I'm BACK!!!!


Andrew "the one and only" Lang, Bob, Aaron, Joel, Matt (gingi79), Dale (tigerdale), Danny(889), Ken (earlywynnfan) who I am axiously waiting to hear back from my private email sent, STLHAMMER32, all the others that commented on this post, a heart felt thank you to you all. I would also like to thank the ones who have privately emailed me. I won't mention your names, because I respect the fact that you didn't and don't want to be identified in all this "drama". You know who you are, and thanks for the kind words and all of your "support".

And thank you Mr. Cavalier for your trust in reinstating me.



Look, I never intended to get involved in all the negatives. We all now know the nonsense.....and that's what it was.....won't be tolerated by the mods. And thank GOD for that......I was tired of all the fights.

It is high time to get back to what the site was intended: To share knowledge about the game used industry. And to continue exposing the fraud which continues to run on unabated in a lot of the auction houses and industry.

I would like to explain one thing.....I felt I was being gang-banged by a small core of forum "groupies" that have been here for awhile, and I allowed myself to fall into the muck. Being an ex-athlete, I've never been one to back down from any kind of an altercation....it's just my personality. My retaliatory posts which were intentionally designed to ilicit a response from the gallery, although holding a bit of humor to some (as was my intention), was truly offensive to others. I will be taking a much different approach in my posts in the future.

I'll end this by stating a public apology to anyone and everyone I have offended. Sometimes the intended humor gets lost in the ugliness. We are all individuals, and have our own opinions. But to let them create an atmosphere that breeds anger, resentment, and personal attacks is rediculous. I am guilty as charged, and knowingly decided to take that route. My bad. Quite frankly, with the time to reflect on the past threads that created all the problems, I'm embarrassed of my involvement. We're all adults.....it's time to act like one. I've said it before, and I meant it. I'm on the collectors side, always have been, always will be. So here's to starting anew.

camarokids (David).....welcome back too. Remember your pledge to Helen? Let's make it happen.

A group hug to all you forum members.....

Welcome back to you and Dave! I have tried in the past to contact Dave and his email address has bounced back.

Let's talk about the possibility of Big Mac making a Pinch Hitting comeback and hits a few more HRs!!!!!!!!!!

[suicide_squeeze]

Re: OT - Suicide Squeeze (Missing person)

Welcome back to you and Dave! I have tried in the past to contact Dave and his email address has bounced back.

Let's talk about the possibility of Big Mac making a Pinch Hitting comeback and hits a few more HRs!!!!!!!!!!

Wouldn't that be wild?

Would they give the pale-faced dermatology case one last hurrah in Wrigley for a chance to keep pace with him?

[camarokids]

Re: OT - Suicide Squeeze (Missing person)

Testing......Testing.......1, 2, 3......


I'm BACK!!!!


Andrew "the one and only" Lang, Bob, Aaron, Joel, Matt (gingi79), Dale (tigerdale), Danny(889), Ken (earlywynnfan) who I am axiously waiting to hear back from my private email sent, STLHAMMER32, all the others that commented on this post, a heart felt thank you to you all. I would also like to thank the ones who have privately emailed me. I won't mention your names, because I respect the fact that you didn't and don't want to be identified in all this "drama". You know who you are, and thanks for the kind words and all of your "support".

And thank you Mr. Cavalier for your trust in reinstating me.



Look, I never intended to get involved in all the negatives. We all now know the nonsense.....and that's what it was.....won't be tolerated by the mods. And thank GOD for that......I was tired of all the fights.

It is high time to get back to what the site was intended: To share knowledge about the game used industry. And to continue exposing the fraud which continues to run on unabated in a lot of the auction houses and industry.

I would like to explain one thing.....I felt I was being gang-banged by a small core of forum "groupies" that have been here for awhile, and I allowed myself to fall into the muck. Being an ex-athlete, I've never been one to back down from any kind of an altercation....it's just my personality. My retaliatory posts which were intentionally designed to ilicit a response from the gallery, although holding a bit of humor to some (as was my intention), was truly offensive to others. I will be taking a much different approach in my posts in the future.

I'll end this by stating a public apology to anyone and everyone I have offended. Sometimes the intended humor gets lost in the ugliness. We are all individuals, and have our own opinions. But to let them create an atmosphere that breeds anger, resentment, and personal attacks is rediculous. I am guilty as charged, and knowingly decided to take that route. My bad. Quite frankly, with the time to reflect on the past threads that created all the problems, I'm embarrassed of my involvement. We're all adults.....it's time to act like one. I've said it before, and I meant it. I'm on the collectors side, always have been, always will be. So here's to starting anew.

camarokids (David).....welcome back too. Remember your pledge to Helen? Let's make it happen.

A group hug to all you forum members.....

His group hug didn't last too long.....

He didn't last 2 weeks.....

[allstarsplus]

Re: OT - Suicide Squeeze (Missing person)

What happened? Did I miss something?

[LastingsMilledge85]

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Wow that is amazing, I saw that he got into a little something with 34swtns by making false accusations and nonsense. Obviously, he doesn't learn and was not thrilled he was back because as soon as he did he tried to "set me straight" about how to treat others. Good riddens I say.

[whatupyos]

Re: OT - Suicide Squeeze (Missing person)

Wow that is amazing, I saw that he got into a little something with 34swtns by making false accusations and nonsense. Obviously, he doesn't learn and was not thrilled he was back because as soon as he did he tried to "set me straight" about how to treat others. Good riddens I say.

There are too many pansies on here.

[whatupyos]

Re: OT - Suicide Squeeze (Missing person)

There are too many pansies on here.

Who knows what happened, but I had a bad feeling once a certain member posted an APB out for Chris.

[LastingsMilledge85]

Re: OT - Suicide Squeeze (Missing person)

Are you calling me a pansy? I really have nothing to do with it, I just never liked him rubbed me the wrong way in most of his responses.

[whatupyos]

Re: OT - Suicide Squeeze (Missing person)

Are you calling me a pansy? I really have nothing to do with it, I just never liked him rubbed me the wrong way in most of his responses.

No, Lastings, not calling you a pansy, sorry to have used your quote....I hit the wrong button, I just mean in general there are people who are pansies on here. Look, its all over a computer. Its not like person A is in person B's face making threats or saying things that "hurt" someone. Its all opinion so that why the softies need to grow up.

[allstarsplus]

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Who knows what happened, but I had a bad feeling once a certain member posted an APB out for Chris.

LOL.

Can you imagine a bunch of 14 year old Middle School kids without teachers and a Principal present? That is my impression of some days on here.

Also, you have a lot of people that hide behind their "Aliases" and create issues because they can be bold and tough on the internet.

So tomorrow I can go out and buy a new laptop with a fresh IP Address and come back with a fake name like Bob Smith and register a bogus "free" email with GMail or Yahoo or MSN or somewhere else so I can jump on GUU. It doesn't take a genius as Jason Adair has certainly done it more than once.