dmvprof said:Sorry Malakas, I was responding to Beernutz.
I think the paralells are interesting. I do like Bags. His smile lights up a place. He seems to wear his emotions on his sleeve. I think that can be a good and a bad thing though.
Any thoughts on the amount of errors. I think they were forced. Agassi was just pounding shots at him relentlessly. Working the court like a surgeon.
beernutz said:Why are you responding to me? I was defending you with the wiki entry. Geez, try to help out a fellow SEC'er and see what happens.
slice bh compliment said:Allez Baghassi!! That was something special.
Lots of parallels, for sure.
One is half Lebanese and half Greek-Cypriot, the other is half Armenian-Iranian and half "Americano", the fathers, the academies, the dyed hair, the thick black eyebrows, the charisma, the big smiles, taking the ball early....Marcos went to France, Andre has a Frech name. Coincidence?
Oh, why do people get all bent out of shape with the gray areas, geographically and culturally? What's the big deal?
Is it Religion? Is it politics.......or is it food?
Marcos is Orthodox, I know Dre's Christian (assuming his dad is Armenyan Orthodox Christian -- one of the oldest Christian church bodies in the world).
I think Greek food has as much in common with middle eastern food as it does with continental or Italian food.
Well, it's the Mediterranean. Crossroads of civilization for several centuries. Why all the stress and the pigeon-holing? We all brothers and sisters.
jonolau said:Pain is a sign that a part of the body is injured, and masking the pain with cortisone gives a false sense of security. Continuing will only put more strain on the injured area and could even make it irreparable.
Good one, Plunger!ThePlungerMan said:what happened? i fell asleep at 5-5 in the 5th
Matt_Williamson said:Hahaha... cortisone is a steroid, which is a cholesterol based hormone released by a specific gland in the body. The purpose of cortisone is to attack inflammation which induces algesiac effects to a traumatized area. If done properly and accepted by the body, a cortisone shot should last anywhere from permenant to 1 month.
dmvprof said:Hey nutbrain. Cyprus is considered in the Middle east. Look at a map.
From wiki...
Kaptain Karl said:Good one, Plunger!
And, Slice...! "Baghassi" is brilliant (in case you others missed it).
- KK
austro said:Don't trust everything you read. Wiki is wrong on that although i t does concede that it's categorization is highly arbitrary. What a stupid argument to have to have! Honestly, only with Americans...
jonolau said:Pain is a sign that a part of the body is injured, and masking the pain with cortisone gives a false sense of security. Continuing will only put more strain on the injured area and could even make it irreparable.
UO19 said:That was an awesome match and for once, I actually am not annoyed at USA for repeating this match as oppose to the one with Pavel.
guygee said:Andre is defininitely injured, and the damage is likely permanent. He is retiring because he knows this, as he knows that attempting to compete any further beyond his farewell tournament will only cause further permanent damage. He is suffering sciatica caused by degenerative disc disease in his back. My own belief is that this is a natural consequence of the open-stance forehand and the incredible stress this stroke places on the hips and back over time. Unfortunately I think we will be seeing more of this type of injury at the pro level in the coming years. Like Lendl, we will not be seeing Agassi on the seniors tour after he retires.
scotus said:Has Andre ever talked about how he got the sciatica?
I would guess that it is more likely from weight/strength training than from tennis.
I got my sciatica from doing a one-legged squat called "Pistol".
I am pretty serious about strength training, and I think Andre is more hardcore than I am, and most serious lifters have suffered injuries during training more than once in their life (and that is even with a good trainer by their side).
Matt_Williamson said:That is pretty good critical thinking. I disagree, respectfully. Andre has a treadmill for side-to-side movement training which facilitates lateral movement, basically an inverted treadmill. Open stance, 20 years on tour, and intense training will likely do it for just anybody.