Astros/Cubs ending - Whose call?

[Larry1953]

Originally Posted by Steven Tyler

Are you a Lastro fan?

Even the Pirates have left them in their dust.

Indeed I am. Dad took me to the second game played at Colt Stadium in 1962. That team was better than this one. It took 50 years, but we finally reached the century mark. And now they'll probably be moved to the AL. What a mess!

[BigUmp56]

Originally Posted by Larry1953

Indeed I am. Dad took me to the second game played at Colt Stadium in 1962. That team was better than this one. It took 50 years, but we finally reached the century mark. And now they'll probably be moved to the AL. What a mess!

Hows about we keep them in the NL Central and they can send the Brew Crew back to the AL. As a Cubs fan, I'd be alright with that............


Tim.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by BigUmp56

Hows about we keep them in the NL Central and they can send the Brew Crew back to the AL. As a Cubs fan, I'd be alright with that............


Tim.

As a Brewers season ticket holder (who is actually a Phillies fan), I'd be happy if the Cubs were shipped somewhere else. Mainly because I hate going to Miller Park when a bunch of Cubs fans come up. Of course, they've been pretty absent this year.

(BTW, I just got the A&E DVD that shows the entire 23-22 Phillies/Cubs game from 1979. Good stuff. The ML umpires were on strike, BTW, so the game is being done with replacements who all worked less than a few dozen games in the major leagues.)

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

As a Brewers season ticket holder (who is actually a Phillies fan), I'd be happy if the Cubs were shipped somewhere else. Mainly because I hate going to Miller Park when a bunch of Cubs fans come up. Of course, they've been pretty absent this year.

Same here. The Cubs fans outnumber Pads fans at our home games, and we have to wear dark sunglasses to keep the glare from their pasty faces from burning our retinas!

[JJ]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

(BTW, I just got the A&E DVD that shows the entire 23-22 Phillies/Cubs game from 1979. Good stuff. The ML umpires were on strike, BTW, so the game is being done with replacements who all worked less than a few dozen games in the major leagues.)

Any idea who those umpires were?

JJ

[JJ]

Umpires: HP - Dick Cavenaugh, 1B - Bill Lawson, 2B - Dennis Riccio, 3B - Dave Slickenmeyer

Found it....Slick's the only one I know personally...he worked major college ball for years in the Chicago area and the Big Ten.

JJ

[Larry1953]

Originally Posted by BigUmp56

Hows about we keep them in the NL Central and they can send the Brew Crew back to the AL. As a Cubs fan, I'd be alright with that............


Tim.

I think the writing is on the wall for the Astros to be moved to the AL West. The best they can do is bargain for some extra draft picks and some financial considerations. It would be quite a kick in the gut for lifelong fans and might take whatever heart is left out of the franchise. But nobody else in baseball would really care.