Amen!

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"An error charged to Rodriguez helped the Red Sox score the tying run in the bottom of the seventh inning...."

Is your Mother-in-Law a Broons' fan too, Chuck? I hope not. Poor woman. Gee, I hope that she doesn't follow the Celtics too. Cause they should be outa here shortly also.

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See you
In September....

CANADIENS 2 BRUINS 0


HABS RULE ! ! ! !

[Edited by canuckrefguy on Apr 20th, 2004 at 12:31 AM]

Sigh. No, she's not. Nobody expects the Celtics to do anything, so that's not a disappointment. In fact, Ainge was telling the media a few weeks ago that it would be better for the organization to miss the playoffs!

The first Montreal goal came as a direct result of the second STUPID icing infraction within about 3 minutes of play by the same stupid guy. Brought the face-off back into the Boston zone and they got a quick shot on net. How do you lose games 5 and 7 at home?!?! Unbelievable.

How do you lose games 5 and 7 at home?!?!

[/B][/QUOTE]Must be a Bah-ston thing. :D

Go Habs Go!

3 outta 4 last weekend. 10-2 tonight. Gotta say, I'm pretty happy that George won the bidding war for Contrares!

Very Large.
 

Red Sox vs. Yankees has sure captured media attention.
Fun.
mick 17-3

The Tiger's magic number is down to 145 now, I think.

Thanks, Pudge.
 

Team Leaders
Avg: Ivan Rodriguez .362

T'was a good day.
 

5-2
5-2
95-85

... and an excellent draft.

Must be a Bah-ston thing. :D [/B][/QUOTE]

Did you know that Montreal had NEVER come back from a 1-3 series deficit before? 657 playoff games!

http://213.239.157.21/smilies/tombstone.gif http://213.239.157.21/smilies/tombstone.gif

<b>Bruins</b> <b>Celtics</b>

To be continued in six months!

[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Apr 25th, 2004 at 04:06 PM]

Was that the Boston Brooms?
 

http://images.hatworld.com/product/M...26/left_sm.jpg

http://www.greenmtnsupply.com/media/882.jpg
In Boston, sold only by the case - 6 brooms per case.

mick 2-3

It sure was nice to see Torre press (I won't say "panic") a little and throw his starter out there on only 3 days rest. It's definitely weird to see the Yankees nervous in April. And did Jeter get booed? At the Stadium? Say it ain't so!

How about those standings now, Dan? But like I said, what's a half-game among friends? :)

We gonna do this for the next 4 and a half months?

Wake me when it's time to buy Halloween candy....

Why not? It's not like I'm doing a lot of hoop right now. Although the NCAA Lacrosse Semis are on today. Fun stuff. By the way, I got my application for Brad Tracy's MAAC tryout. You gonna be there?

OK, you got a point.

Didn't apply. When's the camp?

Good luck!

Chuck, how's Maryland doing? I'm at work and can't get to a TV. I'm really pulling for Maryland to win the whole thing. Mike Mollot (he graduated last year from Maryland) played HS lacrosse where my kids attended (Sachem HS in Holbrook, NY).

Afraid I've got some bad news for you. . . :(

cough cough

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/standings/index.jsp

Yeah, but:

vs. AL East teams:
New York . . . . 12-9
Boston . . . . . 22-10

-and-

tete-a-tete:
New York . . . . 1
Boston . . . . . 6

Yeah but:

AL East
New York 33 19 .635
AL Central
Chicago 29 22 .569
AL West
Anaheim 32 20 .615

NL East
Florida 30 23 .566
NL Central
Cincinnati 32 21 .604
NL West
Los Angeles 28 23 .549

-and-

New York 9-1 over last 10 games


(anywho...don't blame me, it was all Chuck's idea)

Pedro's not looking too good, is he? He's lost a lot more than I thought, even in pre-season. And Lowe looks like he's about to go off the deep end any day now.

Maybe Nomar and Trot will rally the troops when (maybe I should say "if") they get back on the active roster. . . :(

From Power Rankings
 

From Power Rankings - Dan George, S.I. (Inside Baseball)
Boston Red Sox
<B>Nomar Garciaparra</B> has been on the DL all season, yet he <U>leads AL shortstops in All-Star fan voting</U>. This is why people shouldn't be entrusted with important things like choosing All-Star teams. Presidents, yes. All-Stars, no.

As I said, Pedro is reminding me more and more of Ron Guidry. Power pitcher with a slight frame. Only so many pitches available in his arm, and when they're gone, it's retirement time. Too bad. Hope I'm wrong, even though he can be a butthead sometime (note that I didn't call him a bozo :D).

Wow. 8 innings, fastball consistently at 93-94. Great changeup. Could I have been too hasty about Pedro?

Have to see if he makes his annual trip to the DL right after the All-Star break. Speaking of All-Stars, looks like Nomar's gonna get the start!! :rolleyes:

Think it had anything to do with his new haircut, Chuck? He's got a "Manny Do" now. :D

I love the Manny-Do :D

Anybody watching the Sox/Giants game in San Fran? What a bizarre 5th inning. Giants drop two routine flies, giving the Sox the lead, then Manny makes a pretty nice little running catch in foul territory while trying not to trip over the bullpen mound. Funky game.

No.

Ya see, even though the Sox website said the game would be on FOX, I didn't realize that the Dodgers game would also be on FOX.

At the same time.

Needless to say, they carried the Dodgers game in Washington. :mad:

Hey, the BoSox did well today. They got a hit.

Giambi just got a hit.

I don't see any problem with this. :D

I don't see any problem with this. :D
[/B][/QUOTE]

Grrrr.

Chuck, I don't suppose you've heard any plans for NESN to expand its broadcast area down toward D.C.???

Grrrr.

Chuck, I don't suppose you've heard any plans for NESN to expand its broadcast area down toward D.C.??? [/B][/QUOTE]

They won't broadcast the Bosux games down here because we already have one bad team -- they're called the Orioles.

No, Mark, I haven't. I think that depends more on whether or not cable providers down there decide to carry it. I'm sure NESN would be more than happy to sell their signal to D.C. providers. Call your local cable provider today! :) Or get a dish and the national baseball package.

The only thing worse than the drubbing the Sox took last night in the Bronx was having to see the look of joy on Dan's face as he told me the score in person!!! :(

But it should be noted, Nomar did keep the ball in front of him.
mick

I'm sure yer havin' some fun.

That wasn't a look of joy, I had gas.

The joy came later when I got to see the game recap on ESPN.

BTW, I heard that since the stadium was rebuilt 30 someodd years ago a ball has been hit into "the black" something like 23 times, by 18 players. Clark is 1 of 3 that have done it more than once, the first to have done it as home & visitor.

I saw Reggie Jackson hit one there on a line drive.

What's the over/under in Bah-ston today on Terry Francona's trip to Gradylittleville? Have the local residents started throwing tea in the harbor yet?

Did Billy Buckner come out of retirement again?

Gloat.

Oh the humanity! :(

The only solace is that Dan and I had left TGIFriday's before the winning run came in, and I didn't have to listen to the whole freakin' place cheer.

You guys left before the game ended? Don't tell me that Dan thought it was over too when the Sox had the one run lead, two out and two strikes on Miguel F. Cairo. Thought he knew better than that.

Btw, the magic number is now <font color = red>78</font>.

Camp over now? Did you make Chester (that's Chester from Gunsmoke, not Chester the Molestor) buy last night for having you carry him the last coupla days?

Naw, I had a 2.5 hour drive home, so we left after the 11th.

Nope and nope. Headed back for one more session tonight. I haven't even had the chance to work with Chester, er, Dan all week!

I figured you made it home all right since there were no stories in the papers about fishing dead Red Sox fans out of the Hudson this morning. I just wish we would have stuck around to see Jeter kiss the first row seats.

"Here's the perspective on this small but scintillating segment of the pennant race: The last time the Red Sox left New York, they were four and a half games ahead of the Yankees.

In a little more than two months, the archrivals have experienced a 13-game swing in the standing. Does that have a familiar ring to it?"

from

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/02/sp...l/02chass.html

Re: From Power Rankings
 

Boy, what happened to the Bombers in Queens?!?! Go figure.

So, anybody still want to want to argue about who's better: Nomar or Jeter? :rolleyes:

Didn't need Pudge or Tramm.
 

Tiger 2 of 3 series win in NYC.
First in 7 years.

Go <s>Red Sox</s> Tigers!
Pudge and Tramm were ejected, but not dejected.

mick

Re: Didn't need Pudge or Tramm.
 

Congrats!

How many more 2 of 3's they need to break 500?

Re: Re: Didn't need Pudge or Tramm.
 

Only six, or so.
But, at least they're thinking .500 :)
mick

I'm happy for the Tigers, too, and I knew that Trammell would help that team. But why isn't anybody talking about the hottest team in baseball? How 'bout them D-Rays!!

How about Manny last night? Didya see the play where he tried to pick the ball up on the triple, and he kicked it another 15 feet away? Priceless!

I'll tell you something though, Chuck. I think that you may have changed my mind about Manny. After the way the BoSox tried to unload him, he coulda sulked and pouted like Nomar. Nope! He's been a professional all the way, and he's been playing his butt off too. He's impressed me.

PS-We don't talk about Tampa Bay because our resident Seattle fan- Ol' Rocky- starts to cry every time LouLou gets mentioned.:D

[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Jul 8th, 2004 at 07:41 AM]

Oh.

I thought he cried whenever Jr gets mentioned.

Or is it A-Rod?

Or that Unit guy?

Poll of the week:

Randy Johnson will finish the 2004 season with:

A) Anaheim Angels
B) San Francisco Giants
C) Boston Red Sox
D) New York Yankees
E) Arizona Diamondbacks

Thoughts?

<B><font color = red>D) New York Yankees</font></B>

Visiting with my son in Olympia, WA and it is funny to hear everyone around here talking about how bad the Mariners are. I was wearing my Yankees cap all week and people were telling me the Yankees suck. I asked them what was the Mariners record -- losers of 8 straight! Going to see them play Cleveland on Thursday. Should be an interesting night.

Hey, enjoy it. I'd like to see Safeco myself. My buddy and I are doing Philly's new park and Yankee Stadium this year. Our pilgrimage to Seattle won't be for a few years, I'm sure.

Moving units
 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5504838/

Safeco is a gorgeous park, and a very nice place to watch really lousy baseball!! Although some of these "young" guys they are bringing up have a tleast provided for some excitement every now and then!!

Any other thoughts? :)

The Sox go from having the SS with the most All-Star votes in the AL -- despite not having played for the first 3 months of the season -- to trading said SS at the last minute before the trading deadline. In return, they get a SS who hits a HR in his first game, but then loses the game by booting a relay throw. :(

Although I'm sad that Nomar is no longer with the Sox, it really does make good business sense. Nomar took the pursuit of A-Rod very personally and still has hurt feelings. He wasn't going to come back next year, and apparently he told the front office that he might miss up to a third of the team's remaining games b/c of his previous injuries.

I'm disappointed, but my daughter took it in stride. Her analysis was, "I guess I have to be a Cubs fan now." :)

Looks like the Sox picked up a game in the standings since trading Nomar.

Yup, magic number is around 50 now, I think. :D

So how you like my man Manny now?!?!?! Anybody see his great catch in the bottom of the 6th tonight? If not, check out "Baseball Tonight"; it'll probably be a Web Gem. Anybody who says he isn't working hard, or that he doesn't care just isn't watching. It wasn't the most graceful piece of defense in the world, but he's doing a heck of a job in the outfield this year.

Well, Chuck... I, for one, <u><B>cannot</B></u> wait to see such a catch. :)
mick

Hmmm...didn't find the clip of your man Manny earning his money.

But i found this!
<Table>
<TR><TD>New York</TD> <TD>66 38 .635 - </TD> </TR>
<TR><TD>Boston<TD>57 47 .548 9.0 </TD> </TR>
<TR><TD>Tampa Bay</TD> <TD>50 55 .476 16.5 </TD> </TR>
<TR><TD>Baltimore</TD> <TD>47 57 .452 19.0 </TD> </TR>
<TR><TD>Toronto</TD> <TD>46 59 .438 20.5 </TD> </TR>

</Table>

Today's AL East summary:
1. Boston leads 4-1 in the 7th, gives up a Grand Slam and loses.
2. NYY trails 6-4 in the 9th, hits a 2-run homer to tie, and another 2-run homer in the 11th to win.

Typical?

Those that can, do. Those that can't, wind up in 2nd place.:D

Unfortunately, yes.

Are the White Sox this bad, or did the Nomar trade make the Red Sox this much better?

I guess the White Sox really are that bad. Mick's team sure made 'em look awful last night!

By the way, I thought my Sox might be sneaking up on those Bronx bums, but after last night, I think they've left themselves too much hill to climb in 6 weeks.

Coulda been 1978 all over again, this time with Manny popping up to A-Rod at 3rd to end the game.

Who would play this guy?

http://www.photofile.com/Photos/Albu...Playoff_HR.JPG

The kid, Jeremy Bonderman, has been struggling all year.
Trammell got the coaches together, and they told Bonderman to throw two pitches (fastball, slider) and to quit thinking.
He did pretty okay.

With 36 or 37 games remaining and 5.5 to make up, it is certainly possible. Afterall, only the AL and NL West divisions have closer races right now. Think positive!

BTW the Braves sure righted their ship, eh?

Oh, my!
 

The Red Sox also cut New York's lead in the AL East to 3 1/2 games with the Yankees losing 22-0 to Cleveland. Boston has trimmed seven games from its deficit since Aug. 15.

Fun! :)

mick

mick beat me to it. :) Maybe I'll wear my Sox hat to the Stadium on September 18, after all!

On second thought, no I won't.

Re: Oh, my!
 

According to this morning's NY Post almost all the Yankees are republican delegates and did not want to miss the Bush twins speech last night. They brought up the short season A league Staten Island Yankees to fill in.

All will be back to normal tonight.

Re: Re: Oh, my!
 

So then you're planning to throw 4 more T's tonight? :)

Gittin' good!
 

Boston TEX 0 BOS 2 - Final

Yankees BAL 3 NYY 1 - Final

Fun !

It's gonna be fun to sit in Yankee Stadium and watch my first place Sox beat the Yanks in two weeks. :)

How are the papers handling the skid, Dan?

Oh yeah, forgot to ask: How's Kevin Brown feeling this morning? What a dope.

Stat of the day: Yankee starters have recorded wins in only 3 of the last 19 games. Ouch. Course they haven't gotten much support from the offense the last few nights.

Chuckie, Chuckie, Chuckie- never forget the immortal words of Shakespeare-- <i>"He who laughs last is a Yankees fan"</i>

He, who laughs, ...lasts.

So many times, desperate teams start asking officials to rules against their opponents on weak technicalities hoping to sneak a win.
mick


<font color = white>
<B>Commish to teams: Play on</B>
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees asked the commissioner's office to award them a forfeit over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays after they failed to arrive in time Monday because of travel problems due to Hurricane Frances. It was a request that had no chance of being granted. </font>

Can you imagine the gall of a team not traveling through a hurricane to meet the Yankees?!?! The game should be forfeited, the team owner should be fined a bajillion dollars and then the team should be contracted!! The sheer audacity!!

The request for a forfeit is only slightly less stupid than Stenbrenner's comments comparing the Yankees' locker room after the 22-0 loss to the feeling of New Yorkers after 9/11. What an idiot.

On the bright side, you see my man Manny flashin' the leather last night?!? Woo-hoo!! <font size = -4> hee hee hee hee! :D </font>

Chuck, I'd bet Lark's left nut that Tampa Bay will still end up getting fined by the MLB Interim-Commissioner-For Life for that fiasco.

And as for Dr. Strangeglove, anytime that Manny actually makes a catch- any catch- they feature it on SportsCenter. He doesn't have a Gold Glove. It's actually steel. He has learned to play the Monster though, and the dude can flat out hit. Not like that roid-wasted DH on DL that we're paying about $17 mil a year to hit .230.

Being a die-hard Yankee fan, I was disgusted at the way they tried to do this. I know that's what the rules state, but you don't have a hurricane coming through every day -- well I guess Florida seems to. I would have been with my family and to hell with the game!

Looks like you're right...

http://www.nypost.com/sports/yankees/30099.htm

(btw, looks like TB & MLB were both saying all weekend they would make Monday's first game on time...)

Interesting, Dan.
The monetary damages make a lot more sense to me, than asking for a forfeit.
I wonder if they get the forfeit, could Tampa Bay get out of paying the tab? :cool:

mick

If that's the case, maybe the Sox will pay the fine and gamble on the outcome of the game! :)

Say what?

Uh, oh!
Is someone keeping score? :eek:
mick

What are you talking about? This thread's only 5 months old. And it's actually a continuation of the thread entitled "Is it September Already?", which was posted on the first day of the '03 season. (It was, however, cruelly and unilaterally deleted for no good reason in the prime of its off-season! ;) )

By the way, Sox get 3 runs in the first inning tonight, with the help of four walks from Tim Hudson. His season high for walks was four in a game, and he ties it in the first inning tonight. Wow.

[Edited by ChuckElias on Sep 8th, 2004 at 10:59 PM]

FYC'd?