So happy for a truly good man!

Well deserved.

In fact, he deserved this a long time ago.

Huh? Am I supposed to know about this Gar fella?

Those who know understand. Otherwise, doesn't matter to the others.

Ed-gar Martinez

HOF

Deductive reasoning:

Seattle fishing forum and someone posts Gar in the non fishing sub forum.

Check date and post.

If there is one Gar voted for HOF on this day must be Edgar Martinez!

He is the face of the Manures, more so than Griffey. Gar is about as nice of a person you could meet. Griffey treated the local press like chit while he was here. I have mixed feelings of him not fielding a position for part of his career ,but if anyone deserves it, it's Edgar.

I respect the vote. Even if I’d don’t agree with it. Just like people should respect the votes in politics.

Griffey was the best thing to ever happen to the M's.

Yeah - I got it. Didn't know HOF voting counting occurred yesterday and also didn't know all of the cool kids just called him "Gar". I'm not a cool kid or Hank and use stupid nicknames. Why not "Ed" or "Mart" or "Inez". See? fvckin' stupid.

Good for EDGAR MARTINEZ. I'm sure his bust in the HOF will just say "Gar" with no other information and everyone the planet will automatically know who that is.

Can't wait for "Man" to make the hall. If you don't know who that is, then you wouldn't understand and are not cool.

You fvckin' clicky Dorks.

I laughed

First off, there were no pictures or pop-ups in your post, so a big DUH as to why we don't understand. Words hurts us.

Secondly, no one on the Darkside is cool.

Lastly, Yeah, we are all either dorks, and if any of us are doing any fvckin', it's gotta be with another dork, as like seems to attract like.

Yes Hank. Noted. Thanks.

Yes Parker. Noted. Thanks.

Ya'll don't know who "Man" is? It's Peyton fvcking Manning. You may have heard of him. He normally goes by "The Sheriff" or just Peyton Manning, but me and my Donkey pals are cooler than everyone not us, so we gave him an even more non-descript nick name because we are so very cool and hip.

This place.

You guys (Broncos) should absolutely get St Nick Foles.

So dark side Mariner game in July?

Nick seems upset that he's not with the cool group. He'd probably go in July so he could get in with the cool kids.

I'll be here all week!

Mariners Suck.

Change of topic. Why doesn't the NFL change the team roster from 53 to lets say 58 ? With all of the injuries it makes sense to me. I wouldn't see why the Players Union would be against it. Any thoughts?

NFL is like watching Sanford and Son

I am sure it would be no problem to recruit 5 more thugs per team. The NFL is a joke. The only reason I'm going to a superbowl party thingy today is the free chicken wings.

If the NFL could straighten out the officiating, it could be loads better. I actually watched lots of great football games this year, but the majority of them were impacted by sh!tty officiating in one way or another.

I still like NFL and NCAA football more than anything else. I'll definitely watch the Rams beat the Pats this afternoon.

CTE has changed the game entirely. They might as well put flags on em' now.

Anybody know the levels of CTE is Rugby and Aussie Rules? Maybe there is just too much "protective" gear used as weapons.

I don't know the official figures, but I do know it's less. While kinda similar sports in nature, the tackling, speed and style of play is very different. It's not just the helmets, its whole American football uniform. Pads allow for playing with pure abandon - like they did before the modern helmet and facemask came along. It's like boxing. Bare knuckle or gloved. Prize fighters won't and don't throw full force bare knuckle punches (if they value the bones in their hands) whereas Mike Tyson with gloves on literally stole many dude's souls.

In 1905, 19 football NFL players died on the field.

I think the main reason is rugby isn't as fast because they play on grass. I said years ago the only way to slow down the injuries in the NFL is if all games were played on natural grass. Nick made some good points.