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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Pitt Basketball Fans will be Filling Out Brackets Like it's 1999
Ok, so the last time the Pitt Panthers missed the NCAA tournament was in 2001, but at least that team marked the beginning stages of the men's basketball resurgence after the disastorous Ralph Willard era of the late 90's.
With Pitt at 4-12 in the Big East, it just feels like 1999 all over again.
The other night on 93.7 The Fan, the nighttime host, Andrew Filipponi, cited Pitt's lack of toughness on defense as the reason why the team has struggled so much this season.
He compared the Panthers of the recent glory years to the NBA "Bad Boy" Detroit Pistons of the late 80's. I guess that's a solid comparison; those Pitt teams were tough and they played really strong man-to-man defense. But I believe to compare those teams to this current Pitt squad is like comparing apples and oranges.
The Pitt teams of the 00's were more focused on defense and getting the ball down inside on offense. The offense flowed through the forwards and centers, and if inside forces like Sam Young and Dejuan Blair were successful, the Panthers were successful.
The 2011/2012 Pitt hoops squad runs through the guards, specifically Travon Woodall and Ashton Gibbs. Following last season, Gibbs tested the NBA Draft waters before deciding to return for his senior season and was voted the Preseason Big East Player of the Year coming into the 2011/2012 season.
The fact of the matter is, Gibbs just isn't having a great year.
The 15.4 points per game may not be that drastically different from last year, but I'm sorry, when you come into a year with the kinds of accolades that Gibbs entered this season with, more is expected of you.
For a time, when Woodall returned to play point guard after missing a significant amount of time due to injury, the Panthers got rolling and Gibbs showed flashes of brilliance. After losing their first seven games in the conference, Pitt won four games in a row and gave fans hope for a late-season run and tournament berth.
Now a berth in any tournament looks shaky at best. There are other reasons for Pitt's struggles this year, like prized freshman Khem Birch's decision to transfer early in the year and Dante Taylor's underwhelming career, but the lack of offensive production from the guards and Gibbs inability to carry the team on his back are the main reasons why I will be picking with my head and not my heart when I go to fill out my NCAA brackets in a few weeks.
With Pitt at 4-12 in the Big East, it just feels like 1999 all over again.
The other night on 93.7 The Fan, the nighttime host, Andrew Filipponi, cited Pitt's lack of toughness on defense as the reason why the team has struggled so much this season.
He compared the Panthers of the recent glory years to the NBA "Bad Boy" Detroit Pistons of the late 80's. I guess that's a solid comparison; those Pitt teams were tough and they played really strong man-to-man defense. But I believe to compare those teams to this current Pitt squad is like comparing apples and oranges.
The Pitt teams of the 00's were more focused on defense and getting the ball down inside on offense. The offense flowed through the forwards and centers, and if inside forces like Sam Young and Dejuan Blair were successful, the Panthers were successful.
The 2011/2012 Pitt hoops squad runs through the guards, specifically Travon Woodall and Ashton Gibbs. Following last season, Gibbs tested the NBA Draft waters before deciding to return for his senior season and was voted the Preseason Big East Player of the Year coming into the 2011/2012 season.
The fact of the matter is, Gibbs just isn't having a great year.
The 15.4 points per game may not be that drastically different from last year, but I'm sorry, when you come into a year with the kinds of accolades that Gibbs entered this season with, more is expected of you.
For a time, when Woodall returned to play point guard after missing a significant amount of time due to injury, the Panthers got rolling and Gibbs showed flashes of brilliance. After losing their first seven games in the conference, Pitt won four games in a row and gave fans hope for a late-season run and tournament berth.
Now a berth in any tournament looks shaky at best. There are other reasons for Pitt's struggles this year, like prized freshman Khem Birch's decision to transfer early in the year and Dante Taylor's underwhelming career, but the lack of offensive production from the guards and Gibbs inability to carry the team on his back are the main reasons why I will be picking with my head and not my heart when I go to fill out my NCAA brackets in a few weeks.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
The NBA All-Star game was played this weekend? I forgot to notice
The West defeated the East, 152-149, in the NBA All-Star game this weekend. How did everything transpire? I don't know, and I haven't really researched anything about the game, but I'll just bet there are some basketball purists who are really angry over the fact that the two teams combined to tally over 300 points.
The NFL and the NHL held their annual all star festivities on the same weekend last month.
I don't remember the score of the Pro Bowl, but I do know that the offensive output almost rivaled that of the NBA game. I also know that commissioner Roger Goodell was not happy with the quality of play in the game.
Really? What does he expect? The NFL has been on this crusade the past two seasons to make the game safer and reduce the number of concussion-inducing hits (and rightfully so), so you would think the last thing the commissioner would want to see is an overly-physical exhibition game.
The score of the NHL All Star game was 12-9. I don't know who won because the NHL doesn't designate its teams by conferences anymore. I forget why. Again, I didn't research it. I suppose I could, but I don't care.
I don't even care about Major League Baseball's All Star game, even though they've gone to great lengths to make it even more important than it should be.
Years ago, to try and calm the outrage of a tie in the 2002 game, baseball commissioner Bud Selig decided to give homefield advantage in the World Series to the team from the league that won the All Star game. I've said this before and I'll say it again: It's one of the dumbest decisions any sports executive has ever made.
And why did he make it? Just so people would actually care about an exhibition game.
I suppose I could go into more detail about why I don't think All-Star games should be played anymore, but much like the players who participate in the games, I'm going to half-ass it.
The NFL and the NHL held their annual all star festivities on the same weekend last month.
I don't remember the score of the Pro Bowl, but I do know that the offensive output almost rivaled that of the NBA game. I also know that commissioner Roger Goodell was not happy with the quality of play in the game.
Really? What does he expect? The NFL has been on this crusade the past two seasons to make the game safer and reduce the number of concussion-inducing hits (and rightfully so), so you would think the last thing the commissioner would want to see is an overly-physical exhibition game.
The score of the NHL All Star game was 12-9. I don't know who won because the NHL doesn't designate its teams by conferences anymore. I forget why. Again, I didn't research it. I suppose I could, but I don't care.
I don't even care about Major League Baseball's All Star game, even though they've gone to great lengths to make it even more important than it should be.
Years ago, to try and calm the outrage of a tie in the 2002 game, baseball commissioner Bud Selig decided to give homefield advantage in the World Series to the team from the league that won the All Star game. I've said this before and I'll say it again: It's one of the dumbest decisions any sports executive has ever made.
And why did he make it? Just so people would actually care about an exhibition game.
I suppose I could go into more detail about why I don't think All-Star games should be played anymore, but much like the players who participate in the games, I'm going to half-ass it.
Friday, February 24, 2012
The Biggest Irony of the Mike Wallace Contract Situation
With free agency just weeks away, there's always going to be speculation regarding certain Steelers players. This week, that player is the team's big deep thread, wide receiver Mike Wallace.
Wallace can become a restricted free agent in March, and the fear among many in Steeler Nation is that another team will make him a huge offer which he wouldn't be able to refuse, and which the Steelers wouldn't be able to match due to their salary cap situation.
It's a legitimate concern, although Kevin Colbert did say that the Steelers held the cards in any Wallace sweepstakes since they have the right to match any offer that Wallace would get from another team.
The funny and very ironic part about so many fans being concerned about Wallace leaving is that the cry by many in Steelers Country in recent years is for the team to get back to running the football more.
Team President Art II even said he wouldn't mind seeing the team return to their blue collar identity.
If the owner and the fans are so concerned about running the football and a blue collar identity, why the concern for keeping Wallace?
I'm, of course, being a smart-ass, but I wonder what the reaction would be if the Steelers let Wallace walk, and then used the first round pick that they would receive as compensation to pick a fullback.
Wallace can become a restricted free agent in March, and the fear among many in Steeler Nation is that another team will make him a huge offer which he wouldn't be able to refuse, and which the Steelers wouldn't be able to match due to their salary cap situation.
It's a legitimate concern, although Kevin Colbert did say that the Steelers held the cards in any Wallace sweepstakes since they have the right to match any offer that Wallace would get from another team.
The funny and very ironic part about so many fans being concerned about Wallace leaving is that the cry by many in Steelers Country in recent years is for the team to get back to running the football more.
Team President Art II even said he wouldn't mind seeing the team return to their blue collar identity.
If the owner and the fans are so concerned about running the football and a blue collar identity, why the concern for keeping Wallace?
I'm, of course, being a smart-ass, but I wonder what the reaction would be if the Steelers let Wallace walk, and then used the first round pick that they would receive as compensation to pick a fullback.
Do Cheaters Ever Win? Ask Ryan Braun
When you leave a cola sitting out for too long, it loses its fizz, when milk sits out too long, it sours, but when Ryan Braun's urine sits for an extra day or two in someone's refrigerator, the testosterone level in it triples in strength.
Today, an aribitrator ruled that Ryan Braun, the 2011 NL mvp, will not have to serve a 50 game suspension for testing positive for performance enhancing drugs.
Braun didn't get off because it was proven that his urine was tainted, or that he was on some kind of medication as had been rumored . No, instead, the original ruling was overturned because the person who was supposed to deliver the sample to FedEx, instead held onto it for 44 hours because it was the weekend and everything was closed. I guess MLB and the players union have an agreement that a sample must be shipped off to get tested as soon as it's collected. That is one strong union.
This seems pretty outrageous to me. For all of the up-roar over the years about baseball players ruining the integrity of the game by using steroids and HGH, you would think that even an independent arbitrator wouldn't let such a high profile player get off because of a technicality.
I guess the arbitrator is implying that Braun's sample could have theoretically been tampered with. Well, if that's true, then who had the motive to put synthetic testosterone in Braun's urine while it sat around for a weekend? Was it the person who was keeping it in their fridge?
Was it me? I'd be a good enough suspect since I hate Braun's guts.
Maybe Jeff Karstens did it.
Today, an aribitrator ruled that Ryan Braun, the 2011 NL mvp, will not have to serve a 50 game suspension for testing positive for performance enhancing drugs.
Braun didn't get off because it was proven that his urine was tainted, or that he was on some kind of medication as had been rumored . No, instead, the original ruling was overturned because the person who was supposed to deliver the sample to FedEx, instead held onto it for 44 hours because it was the weekend and everything was closed. I guess MLB and the players union have an agreement that a sample must be shipped off to get tested as soon as it's collected. That is one strong union.
This seems pretty outrageous to me. For all of the up-roar over the years about baseball players ruining the integrity of the game by using steroids and HGH, you would think that even an independent arbitrator wouldn't let such a high profile player get off because of a technicality.
I guess the arbitrator is implying that Braun's sample could have theoretically been tampered with. Well, if that's true, then who had the motive to put synthetic testosterone in Braun's urine while it sat around for a weekend? Was it the person who was keeping it in their fridge?
Was it me? I'd be a good enough suspect since I hate Braun's guts.
Maybe Jeff Karstens did it.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
My Memories of the Pirates 1990 National League East championship
Growing up in the 80's, the thought of the Pirates actually having a celebratory scrum in the middle of a baseball diamond after clinching a title was pretty abstract, even more so than now, as a matter of fact.
By the mid-80's, the days of "We are Family" were long gone as the team finished in last place for three straight years. And to make matters even worse, the Pirates clubhouse was the epicenter of the infamous drug trials that rocked Major League Baseball. In addition to that, there were rumors that the Pirates would be sold to out-of-town owners who would move the team to another city.
Things couldn't have been worse.
Thankfully, the City of Pittsburgh stepped in and helped to form a public/private consortium which allowed the Pirates to remain in town.
Syd Thrift was hired to run the baseball side of things as the team's general manager, and one of the best moves any Pittsburgh sports executive ever made occurred when Thrift hired Jim Leyland to manage the club in 1986.
The Pirates still finished in last place that season, but there was at least hope in the form of players such as Barry Bonds and Bobby Bonilla.
Before the 1987 season, the Pirates acquired outfielder Andy Van Slyke and catcher Mike Lavalliere in the famous April Fool's trade involving All Star catcher Tony Pena.
The Pirates were still struggling and near the bottom of the standings in late 1987, but thanks to the team winning 27 of their final 38 games down the stretch, they finished the season 80-82 and in a tie for fourth place. Not much reason to celebrate, but I remember the players going a little crazy in the clubhouse. Hey, gotta start somewhere.
The Pirates showed the world they were true contenders again in 1988 by finishing in 2nd place to the New York Mets. It was a distant second, but again, you have to crawl before you can learn to walk.
Injuries set the team back a bit in 1989, but 1990 would be the year that the Pirates would rise from the ashes and take their place along the elite teams of MLB.
In April of that year, the Pirates went 10-3 on a weird six-city road swing that was the result of a brief work-stoppage in Spring Training, and this proved to be the catalyst to their run to a division title.
The Pirates were in first place for most of the year, and after sweeping the New York Mets in early September, they were in first place to stay.
With about ten days left in the season, Pittsburgh had a three-game lead over New York. The Mets were the Pirates tormentors for most of the previous decade, and the last thing I wanted to see happen was for New York to come back and grab the title in the final days. The Mets were scheduled to play in Pittsburgh for the final three games of the season, and I was hoping they could somehow wrap up the division before then.
Fortunately, after losing to the Cardinals at Three Rivers stadium on a Saturday afternoon, the Pirates wouldn't lose another meaningful game the rest of the way.
The Pirates swept the Cubs at Three Rivers and then it was off to St. Louis for a weekend series. The Mets were hanging with Pittsburgh all week and still only three games back. The Pirates defeated the Cardinals on a Friday night, but the Mets won to keep pace.
The next day, however, Pittsburgh won thanks to a complete game shutout by Bob Walk, and the Mets lost to the Cubs. With four games left, the Pirates had clinched at least a tie for the NL East championship.
KDKA sportscaster John Steigerwald (back before he hated baseball) even said "We are in!" during his sports report. Everyone was catching the fever.
"Gotta believe it's our time. Gotta believe it's true!"
The Pirates just needed to take care of business the next day and my long-time abstract thought would finally become a reality.
The Steelers were playing that day, and even though they've always been my first love, I didn't care one bit about them at that moment. My only thoughts were with the Pirates.
As the Steelers were getting blownout at Three Rivers Stadium by the Miami Dolphins, Doug Drabek was in the process of pitching a complete game masterpiece in St. Louis, and the Pirates won 2-0 to clinch their first division title since 1979.
It had finally happened! The Pirates were celebrating in the middle of the diamond, and I was going nuts in my grandmother's living room.
There haven't been too many times in my life when the result of a game gave me a euphoric feeling, but on September 30th, 1990, I had that feeling, and it stayed with me for days and days.
I'll never forget it.
By the mid-80's, the days of "We are Family" were long gone as the team finished in last place for three straight years. And to make matters even worse, the Pirates clubhouse was the epicenter of the infamous drug trials that rocked Major League Baseball. In addition to that, there were rumors that the Pirates would be sold to out-of-town owners who would move the team to another city.
Things couldn't have been worse.
Thankfully, the City of Pittsburgh stepped in and helped to form a public/private consortium which allowed the Pirates to remain in town.
Syd Thrift was hired to run the baseball side of things as the team's general manager, and one of the best moves any Pittsburgh sports executive ever made occurred when Thrift hired Jim Leyland to manage the club in 1986.
The Pirates still finished in last place that season, but there was at least hope in the form of players such as Barry Bonds and Bobby Bonilla.
Before the 1987 season, the Pirates acquired outfielder Andy Van Slyke and catcher Mike Lavalliere in the famous April Fool's trade involving All Star catcher Tony Pena.
The Pirates were still struggling and near the bottom of the standings in late 1987, but thanks to the team winning 27 of their final 38 games down the stretch, they finished the season 80-82 and in a tie for fourth place. Not much reason to celebrate, but I remember the players going a little crazy in the clubhouse. Hey, gotta start somewhere.
The Pirates showed the world they were true contenders again in 1988 by finishing in 2nd place to the New York Mets. It was a distant second, but again, you have to crawl before you can learn to walk.
Injuries set the team back a bit in 1989, but 1990 would be the year that the Pirates would rise from the ashes and take their place along the elite teams of MLB.
In April of that year, the Pirates went 10-3 on a weird six-city road swing that was the result of a brief work-stoppage in Spring Training, and this proved to be the catalyst to their run to a division title.
The Pirates were in first place for most of the year, and after sweeping the New York Mets in early September, they were in first place to stay.
With about ten days left in the season, Pittsburgh had a three-game lead over New York. The Mets were the Pirates tormentors for most of the previous decade, and the last thing I wanted to see happen was for New York to come back and grab the title in the final days. The Mets were scheduled to play in Pittsburgh for the final three games of the season, and I was hoping they could somehow wrap up the division before then.
Fortunately, after losing to the Cardinals at Three Rivers stadium on a Saturday afternoon, the Pirates wouldn't lose another meaningful game the rest of the way.
The Pirates swept the Cubs at Three Rivers and then it was off to St. Louis for a weekend series. The Mets were hanging with Pittsburgh all week and still only three games back. The Pirates defeated the Cardinals on a Friday night, but the Mets won to keep pace.
The next day, however, Pittsburgh won thanks to a complete game shutout by Bob Walk, and the Mets lost to the Cubs. With four games left, the Pirates had clinched at least a tie for the NL East championship.
KDKA sportscaster John Steigerwald (back before he hated baseball) even said "We are in!" during his sports report. Everyone was catching the fever.
"Gotta believe it's our time. Gotta believe it's true!"
The Pirates just needed to take care of business the next day and my long-time abstract thought would finally become a reality.
The Steelers were playing that day, and even though they've always been my first love, I didn't care one bit about them at that moment. My only thoughts were with the Pirates.
As the Steelers were getting blownout at Three Rivers Stadium by the Miami Dolphins, Doug Drabek was in the process of pitching a complete game masterpiece in St. Louis, and the Pirates won 2-0 to clinch their first division title since 1979.
It had finally happened! The Pirates were celebrating in the middle of the diamond, and I was going nuts in my grandmother's living room.
There haven't been too many times in my life when the result of a game gave me a euphoric feeling, but on September 30th, 1990, I had that feeling, and it stayed with me for days and days.
I'll never forget it.
This whole A.J. Burnett deal seems like the same old rusty car, only with shinier wheels
Way back when I was still a kid, during the Pirates three-year run as NL East Champions, my brother called me one morning all excited because the Pirates had acquired Kirk Gibson in a minor offseason deal. Gibson was far removed from his fist-pumping game-winning home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series, but my brother said, "I can't believe they got him! He's a name, baby! I mean, that's someone that we know!" He was aw-struck at the thought of the Pirates getting Gibson even though they were already one of the most talented teams in baseball with Barry Bonds, Andy Van Slyke and Doug Drabek, and Gibson was going to be just a role player on the team.
Just last week, some twenty years later, my brother called me on the phone again all excited about the rumors of the Pirates maybe landing A.J. Burnett from the Yankees. Once again, he said, "man, that's someone we know. He was one of the best pitchers in baseball at one time."
That's my brother, he hasn't changed a bit. A player could be so broken down that he needs a walker to get to the ballpark, but if he has a recognizable name on the back of his jersey, my brother gets all giddy.
Unlike those Pirates teams from the early 90's, however, I can kind of see why my bro would get excited over Burnett coming to Pittsburgh. It's not often that the Pirates are involved with a trade with the Yankees, and that they're the team that's acquiring the high-priced veteran in exchange for some lower-level prospects. But as I've said before, this just smells like the same old crap.
I'm a bit sensitive to this kind of thing after so many years of seeing it happen over and over again. Someone mentioned the other day that anytime someone says, "I'm a long-suffering Pirates fan" they stop paying attention. Well, I'm sorry, but I am, and after eating crap for the last two-decades, the second I think someone is trying to shovel more of it down my throat, my gag reflex kicks in big-time.
I don't really blame the Pirates for this, it's the system of baseball. When a certain player is in the prime of his career, he goes to the highest-bidder (Yankees, Red Sox, Phillies) and signs a mega-contract. Once that player reaches another point in his career, better known as the latter stages, he tries to hang on for a few more years, usually with a struggling team (Pirates, Royals) that's looking to recapture the magic that the player once had.
Call me crazy, but I get the feeling A.J. Burnett is in the latter-stages of his career, and other than eating up some innings, I don't see where he's going to benefit the Pirates a whole heck of a lot.
Is he still a functional starter? I guess it all depends on what you mean by functional.
Ever go to the Sports Deli in Parkway Center Mall? It's a place where they sell sports memorabilia. Right outside the store, they have a table with discounted items on it like a "Tommy Gun" t-shirt, for example. Who would buy that shirt? Tommy Maddox was a sensation with the Steelers nearly ten seasons ago.
If you did actually buy a "Tommy Gun" t-shirt, where would you wear it? I suppose you could wear it to paint your house, and it might come in handy if you wanted to go to a Halloween party dressed like Tommy, but other than that, there really is no use for it in your daily rotation of shirts.
As a Pirates fan, that's how I feel about any transaction that involves a guy in his mid-30's.
This Burnett trade just smells like Derek Belle and Jeromy Burnitz all over again. As a fan, I'm always asking, "why couldn't these guys have come to the Pirates in their prime?" And some hot-shot baseball guy will always retort, "because when they were in their prime, they would never come to the Pirates."
And people wonder why I'm cynical about this kind of stuff.
Burnett had his career year in 2008, that's a really long time ago in baseball years.
In my opinion, if the Pirates can't acquire guys like Burnett when they're their prime, don't acquire them at all. If they're still hanging on at the ends of their careers, trying to latch on with a team like the Buccos just so they can earn a few more pay-checks, I'd say, "sorry, you had your chance. Don't let the door hit you in the butt on the way out."
I just get the feeling a lot of Pirates fans are excited about Burnett because of what he once did, and not what he may do in the future.
I know my brother is.
Just last week, some twenty years later, my brother called me on the phone again all excited about the rumors of the Pirates maybe landing A.J. Burnett from the Yankees. Once again, he said, "man, that's someone we know. He was one of the best pitchers in baseball at one time."
That's my brother, he hasn't changed a bit. A player could be so broken down that he needs a walker to get to the ballpark, but if he has a recognizable name on the back of his jersey, my brother gets all giddy.
Unlike those Pirates teams from the early 90's, however, I can kind of see why my bro would get excited over Burnett coming to Pittsburgh. It's not often that the Pirates are involved with a trade with the Yankees, and that they're the team that's acquiring the high-priced veteran in exchange for some lower-level prospects. But as I've said before, this just smells like the same old crap.
I'm a bit sensitive to this kind of thing after so many years of seeing it happen over and over again. Someone mentioned the other day that anytime someone says, "I'm a long-suffering Pirates fan" they stop paying attention. Well, I'm sorry, but I am, and after eating crap for the last two-decades, the second I think someone is trying to shovel more of it down my throat, my gag reflex kicks in big-time.
I don't really blame the Pirates for this, it's the system of baseball. When a certain player is in the prime of his career, he goes to the highest-bidder (Yankees, Red Sox, Phillies) and signs a mega-contract. Once that player reaches another point in his career, better known as the latter stages, he tries to hang on for a few more years, usually with a struggling team (Pirates, Royals) that's looking to recapture the magic that the player once had.
Call me crazy, but I get the feeling A.J. Burnett is in the latter-stages of his career, and other than eating up some innings, I don't see where he's going to benefit the Pirates a whole heck of a lot.
Is he still a functional starter? I guess it all depends on what you mean by functional.
Ever go to the Sports Deli in Parkway Center Mall? It's a place where they sell sports memorabilia. Right outside the store, they have a table with discounted items on it like a "Tommy Gun" t-shirt, for example. Who would buy that shirt? Tommy Maddox was a sensation with the Steelers nearly ten seasons ago.
If you did actually buy a "Tommy Gun" t-shirt, where would you wear it? I suppose you could wear it to paint your house, and it might come in handy if you wanted to go to a Halloween party dressed like Tommy, but other than that, there really is no use for it in your daily rotation of shirts.
As a Pirates fan, that's how I feel about any transaction that involves a guy in his mid-30's.
This Burnett trade just smells like Derek Belle and Jeromy Burnitz all over again. As a fan, I'm always asking, "why couldn't these guys have come to the Pirates in their prime?" And some hot-shot baseball guy will always retort, "because when they were in their prime, they would never come to the Pirates."
And people wonder why I'm cynical about this kind of stuff.
Burnett had his career year in 2008, that's a really long time ago in baseball years.
In my opinion, if the Pirates can't acquire guys like Burnett when they're their prime, don't acquire them at all. If they're still hanging on at the ends of their careers, trying to latch on with a team like the Buccos just so they can earn a few more pay-checks, I'd say, "sorry, you had your chance. Don't let the door hit you in the butt on the way out."
I just get the feeling a lot of Pirates fans are excited about Burnett because of what he once did, and not what he may do in the future.
I know my brother is.
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