Hoffa Explodes!!

[gh]

That link actually belongs at the end of THIS thread :-)

http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/discus ... 713#268713

[MJD]

Re: Hoffa Explodes!!

>His 'burial' there is urban myth. He was a union boss that ran afoul of the
>mob, who had him whacked and fitted with a cement coffin. It's akin to
>'sleeping with the fishes' in the East River. Mess with the godfather and you
>will meet a colorful demise.




Cheers - saved me a google!

More on this:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/s ... 05,00.html

[wineturtle]

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>My reaction to a "Hoffa Explodes" head? "Did he leave a big crater in the
>end zone at the Meadowlands?"

James Riddle(Please note)Hoffa would have had his 92nd birthday next week,13 Feb. He was killed at the request of Anthony(Tony Pro)Provenzana in or near Bloomfield Mich. in 1975. While many stories say his body was returned to N.J. to have the 'hit" confirmed,no real creedance is given to them. Most people familiar with the workings of the Gambino family say he never left the Detroit area andthat his body was put into a trash compactor at a 'connected 'bar in the area, not at the Machus Red Fox Rest in the mall where his last known phone call was made and the compacted remains were put out with the trash over the next few days.
About 15 years ago a new fact got some play about some of his DNA beeing found in an underlings car trunk but as far as I know nothing went forward on that.
Garry picked up on the Hoffa explodes but he just did not look in the correct state for the hole!!!!!

[MJD]

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I'm sure that will clear that up to anyone who comes in late.

[BisonHurdler]

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Ok, here's the deal:

BigBlue86 said:

"A lot of throwers have trouble during the indoor season. They have trouble with the indoor shot. The bigger circumfrence of it makes it a bit more difficult to grasp sometimes."


To which Jon answered:

"But Cantwell, the reigning World INDOOR Champ, has never seemed to have had any problems throwing indoors before."


To which I replied:

"This is what happens when a poster's [BigBlue86] knowledge of an event is limited to last week's ESPN broadcast"

My point was in reference to BigBlue86's statement (and Jon's subsequent evaluation of it). What BigBlue86 was saying was simply (I was assuming) the same thing he had heard Dwight Stones talk about last week during the Shot Put competition.





I really didn't think this would be that difficult to understand........

[Daisy]

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>But I know there's a joke in your post somewhere...... ;-)


You're right there. The first post i read was MJD's respnse to the 'edit for clarity'. I read through a bit and understood his point i.e. it merely made the fog thicker.

[Jon]

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>and we all know what he did later in the year.





Yes. He tested positive.

[pbb5652]

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There is nothing wrong with mediocre indoor performances, especially if you are training through the indoor season. Randy Barnes was struggling to throw 60'during the 1990 indoor season and we all know what he did later in the year. That is an extreme example (and probably had some other factors involved) but it does go to show you that the indoor season isn't a great predictor of outdoor sucess.

[Jon]

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It's not that I was misquoted - it was just that a few posts became a bit difficult to follow, due to the parts that had been quoted.

But I know there's a joke in your post somewhere......

;-)

[Daisy]

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Why is Jon complaining about being misquoted?

[MJD]

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>edit: for clarity.

Maybe this post but now nothing below this makes any sense!

[MJD]

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I was too.

[Jon]

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>I quoted you quoting him. Had you read carefully, you
>would've noticed .

No hostility meant, just trying to clear things up.





Of course, and no worries.

But I wasn't the only one who was confused by your 'quoting' (read guru's post underneath yours).

Not that it matters of course! ;-)

[BisonHurdler]

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Well you DID quote my post, so it's not
>like I had a complete lapse in attention....




I quoted you quoting him. Had you read carefully, you would've noticed .

No hostility meant, just trying to clear things up.

[MJR]

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>>Did anyone see what Godina's three fouls were like?

Short throws that he fouled intentionally after witnessing where they landed.