If I knew what that meant, I'm sure I'd have a witty and/or informative reply. . . :o

How dare you accuse us of that! :cool:

I mean

there's no reason

to pad our numbers

now that the

"top ten posters"

function is disabled.

Come on, Mark. Can we please try to cut out the silliness? If there's one thing I can't stand it's off-topic posts!! :D

And no, Mick, there didn't appear to be any FYC's in there. If anything, one of the 3-0 pitches was clearly high, but given the "courtesy" strike call.

If there were any FYC's today, I would've expected them to be in the Padres game, as David Wells was extremely vocal in his displeasure with the Plate Umpire's strike zone. But the Padres rolled, so if there were any, they didn't matter much.

Still have a coupla at bats!
 

Today's game in process.

AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
KANSAS CITY 4 2 11 2 0 5 0 24 21 0
DETROIT 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 7 2

Re: Still have a coupla at bats!
 

No biggie, Detroit will win the second game, 1-0.

Cubs are off today but the White Sox play @ Texas tonight.

We certainly will make sure to keep you updated on how the Cubbies are doing.

<font color = red><b>1908</font></b>

That's the last time that the Cubs won a World Series. We promise to notify you IMMEDIATELY if something changes.

Hey, first thing you've posted that most of us can agree with.

...But everyone has one.

Naw, if we put it to a vote, I think that most everybody would vote in the "affirmative". Including me, probably too. In the immortal words of Popeye- <i>"I yam what I yam!"</i> :D

Btw, Mick......

26-5? 26 to freaking 5?? That's a 3-converted touchdown difference. Lah me!

Oh! :eek:
I should have said everyone has "one of each". An opinion and an orifice.

Oh, yeah; it was special!
It wasn't so much the Tigers as it was Kansas City.
Kansas City was due and the Tiger pitching staff was readily available.

Oops! Like Tony said, KC ran outa hits in the 2nd game:
KAN 0 DET 7 - Bot 8th

What's an FYC?

A "f**k you call" or "dexter you call", if you prefer. Or as it's put by some MLB umpires- "You wanna complain? Well, complain about THIS call, a$$hole!" :D

You can't be subtle with the mentally challenged.

Sparky,
I need ta be a better judge of the audience. ;)
mick

Is it ok to slip a football post in this thread? Oh man, I love my Pats. Thank you, Peyton, for taking a sack on the final play before the figgie. Rotten time for VanderYAK to blow his streak, but I'm not crying too hard for him :D

Not often that a team loses a game and a half in the standings in one day. 5 unearned in Seattle. Thanks for nothing, rockyroad!!

Screw the Pats! I said that based just on general principles, btw. Note that the Giants and Jets blow chunks too, imho.

As for the Mariners, Lah me, Chuck, you just went around 20-2 against good teams, didn't ya? You had to come back to earth sometime. Save your whining until next weekend. :D

Another <font color = red>"MANNY MOMEMT"</font>(tm) yesterday, Chuck? Howinthehell can you forget how many outs there are in the TOP of the FIRST inning? I mean ONE out in the FIRST freaking inning? :D

Btw, methinks it's time to break up the Detroit Lions!

Hey, at least the Pats didnt get hosed by a quick whistle like the Bengals did....

2nd Q, under 2 min.

Pennington drops to pass. One of the RBs who stayed in to block bumps the ball from his hand just before he tries to throw it. FUMBLE....Bengals recover. Automatic review under 2 min...Referee announces that while there WAS a fumble, there was ALSO a whisltle before it was recovered so the Jets get the ball at the spot of the fumble.

HEH?!?!?

What a dynasty!
...One in a row!

[BTW yourself: Charles Rogers started the breakup with the same collar bone that kept him out last year.]

mick


Chuck picked 14/15 NFL games.

Coupla more weeks like that and he'll be able to retire.

Wait a minute! He's already retired, isn't he?

Din't know that.
 

He's been "retried"?

Re: Din't know that.
 

With luck they'll find him "not guilty" this time around.

Re: Re: Din't know that.
 

Are you kidding? The jury will take one look at Chuck and they'll be calling OJ and saying <i>"You can quit looking, Juice. We found him for ya!"</i>

You're so-o-o-o-o funny, Junior Barnes. <font size = -4>You gunkie!</font>

I'm gonna be sitting in the center field bleachers in Yankee Stadium on Saturday when my Sox take over first place in the division; and all you, ahem, gentlemen will be singing a very different, very sad song!!! :p

What's your seat number?
I'll wave!
mick

If you just jinxed us, Chuck, I'm going to be quite irate with you.

I may even have to darn you to heck!

Be sure to wear your BoSox finery when you're loudly cheering them on. That should be interesting.

Got your will made out?

Be honest. Did you really think that it would even get this close?

Oooh, Boy!
 

Sounds like a concession speech punctuated with "good enough" !
<small>[Tsk, tsk!]</small>

mick

Re: Oooh, Boy!
 

Hardly!! My point was that they're full of hot air, b/c they're still operating under the assumption that it's all locked up. Once you eliminate that assumption, and realize that the Sox actually have the better pitching staff for once, my scenario of a first-place team in Boston on Saturday night is not so far-fetched.

Re: Re: Oooh, Boy!
 

Other likely scenarios, courtesy of Ivan.

http://www.weather.com/weather/local...om=search_city

Re: Re: Oooh, Boy!
 

Chuck,
Well, I'm hanging with the Red Sox, cuz I am assuming that you can pick winners in baseball, too!
Looks like 15 of 16 NFL games.
Very impressive! But your best pick was Cleveland.
Attaboy!

[I think Dan's observation of Ivan the Terrible is horrible, ...but all too realistic. Good luck with that!]

Rough night for the umpires in Oakland. The fans get into a fight with the Texas team. One of the Rangers throws a folding chair into the crowd. Now the game goes extra innings. Those poor guys. I know I've been in games where I have been thinking, "Please, no OT tonight." I just wanted to get the heck outta there.

Re: Re: Oooh, Boy!
 

Once you eliminate that assumption, and realize that the Sox actually have the better pitching staff for once, my scenario of a first-place team in Boston on Saturday night is not so far-fetched.
[/B][/QUOTE]You into some of those New England herbs again, O Great Guru?

http://www.sodamnfunny.com/Picture/Movie/yoda.jpg

Re: Re: Re: Oooh, Boy!
 

That's just like Steinbrenner! He knows he can't win with the team he's put together, so he goes and raids some Carribean club, pays a huge chunk of money for some kid with Russian parents, and the kid just happens to get called up to the bigs just as the Sox come to town. He should be run out of baseball!

At least the Yankees and BoSox don't throw chairs at the fans...just throw things at each other!

Why doesn't baseball just suspend anyone that fights, simulates fighting or comes out of the dugout during a fight?

Stan

You beat me to it. MLBPA.

How about security guards doing their job and ejecting unruly fans like the ones that started trouble in Oakland? Instead of cheering for their home team......

TravelinMan,
Not a bad thought, but 'tis a twisted web....
mick

Yes, of course. One party is seldom all to blame. Fans, players, coaches, management....all play a part.

...But only fans pay the part. ;)

...But only fans pay the part.
[/B][/QUOTE]Francisco is gonna pay big time for this one. I think that he mighta been watching a l'il too much of that WWE pro wrasslin'. The MLB Interim-Commissioner-For-Life has already thrown a major hissy fit. Yup, it's been reported that ol' Bud stomped his foot and everything. For some silly reason, he seems to think that ballplayers shouldn't throw chairs at fans. I think that you're gonna see a major fine and suspension handed out, and, as for the woman that caught the chair with her face- well, I think that she's gonna end up OWNING Francisco.

Btw, Chuckie, 4 out now.

[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Sep 15th, 2004 at 08:12 AM]

I hear that the ICFL is mad as all heck and isn't going to stand for this much longer! :p

quid pro quo tickets
 

"It's an American tradition," the 42-year-old fire battalion chief said of his heckling, adding that he said he and his wife bought season tickets near the visitors' bullpen just "so we can get on them on a little bit."

"It's part of going to the baseball game," Jennifer Bueno said. "I don't think he did anything wrong." - http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseb...hecklers_x.htm
:rolleyes:
mick

Re: quid pro quo tickets
 

Mick, you're a good guy & all, but just whatinthehell are you doing posting garbage about the Oakland A's in this off-topic thread? I wasted an entire mouse clck to come here & read what you have to say about this weekend's Yankee/Red Sox series and I get this crap??!!

C'mon...let's tighten it up a bit, OK partner?

BTW...did you hear about the Polish National Hockey team? Very sad...they all drowned during spring training.

Brown bed.
 

Sorry, Sparky!
I hafta go wash my sheets now.
mick

BTW...did you hear about the Polish National Hockey team? Very sad...they all drowned during spring training. [/B][/QUOTE]LMAO!

BOS 3 NYY 2 - Final

Well, that was fun. :)

Unfortunately, my tickets are for today's game. :( Looks like a pretty sure rain-out. The Weather Channel does not paint a pretty picture.

Fun? It's the End of Civilization, as we know it!

And I haven't even read the NY Post yet.

Fellas,
What are the rainout rules to ticket holders?
mick

I'm pretty sure that we'll get to see the game, whenever it's rescheduled. Not sure exactly how it works, tho. We're still gonna show up at the park, tickets in hand.

Unfortunately, if our Phils/Expos game is rained out on Sunday, they will very likely not bother to make it up. :(

I heard he's done for the season -- at least. I wouldn't be surprised if he misses a couple weeks next April as well.

Beg pardon?

Stick around. He who laughs last is a Yankees fan!

<u><b>Random Thoughts</b></u>
- 'Tis time to put Jason Giambi back on roids. The lad is just not a major league player without them.
- On that last fly ball, Lofton looked like he was auditioning for next year's contract. From the BoSox. He surrounded the ball.
- Howinthehell can you warn both benches about a hit batter by a reliever in the 9th? in a game that tight? Like he WANTED to hit someone at that particular moment? Like the Sox were gonna immediately hit someone in the bottom of the 9th? If that's supposedly a Major League directive, then paranoia reigns supreme.
- Branson Arroyo and Tanyon Sturtze? Whatever happened to the great baseball names? Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Van Lingle Mungo.....
- Hate to say it, but I think that the Sox have got Rivera's number. He seems to be trying to pitch against them with both hands around his neck.
- Manny Fernandez? Gold Glover?
- The USA Ryder Cup golf team is starting to remind me of the USA Olympic Basketball team. Great names....no game.

For the O's (only team around me - hopefully that will change soon), your ticket is good for the make-up game, and if you can't make it, they let you exchange it for any other regular season game (subject to availability). If you live more than a certain distance from the ballpark, you can mail the tickets back for a refund.

Not sure what it's like in the rest of MLB, and I haven't been to Fenway in waaaaaaay too long.

Frankly, I'm surprised that both benches weren't warned pre-game, given the history the last time Arroyo was the starting pitcher . . .

Saturday.
 

Bottom of the 2nd.
No outs.
0-8.
Pauvre, Chuck!

14-4 ouch!!!
 

You think maybe Chuck is singing "New York, New York" just about now? :D

Re: Saturday.
 

Mick, shouldn't have you deleted the comma between "pauvre' and "Chuck"?

Re: Re: Saturday.
 

I coulda, eh?
But, that would be better left to Yankee fans. :)
mick

(<small>Hmmm, ... 48 years ago I was a Kiwanis <U>Yankee</U> pitcher.</small>)

Wha happened??!!
 

I turned on Fox sports to watch the big game and they were replaying some old Little League game...the "visitors" (team up first) were very shaky, their pitcher took a batted ball off his ankle early in the game (geeze I hope he's OK) and they did a little better after that - at least the kid that came in could get the ball over the plate. The "home" team didn't get enough of a lead to stop the game but it was close.

So Chuck, how did your game at the stadium go?

Little League?

I've seen better defensive plays in my brothers' farm system games! :eek:

[QUOTE]Originally posted by ChuckElias

Quote:

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee Quote: Btw, Chuckie, 4 out now. Beg pardon?

Sorry.

4 1/2 out now.

Yankees outscored 'em 27 to 8. Not too shabby.

Man, oh, man. :(

The sweet Italian sausage was pretty awesome, tho.

The Philly ballpark is awesome. Design features borrowed heavily from PNC in Pittsburgh.

Dan was oh so supportive, by the way, in my time of despair. I've since deleted his number from cell phone. :p

Now what did I do?

Geeze, see if I ever call to ask if you're having fun again.

Hard to believe the Yankees can take 2 of 3 from the Bosux and then let Toronto beat 'em 13-6.

Hard to believe the Sox can lose to the Orioles, but we've been doing it all season long . . .

Class act.
 

It was Ruben Sierra that did not take out the Pitcher's wrist on the last out of the 8th.
Very nice to see.
mick

So much for the division.

Is it my imagination, or did the Red Sox manager leave Pedro in the game in the 8th inning when everybody knew he was done? Was that last night? Or was it last October?

Could we please get a manager who knows what the bleep he's doing? Unbelievable.

Hey, we like Terry Francona just as much as we liked Grady Little. :D

I honestly can't figure these guys out. Pedro is only good for a maximum of about 100 pitches or 7 innings. He was obviously laboring. Get his a$$ outa there. And is Foulke injured? Or are they saving him for the wild card race? Timlin looked like he was done too before he gave up that insurance run. Hell, with all the weird things Francona was doing, I'm kinda surptised that he didn't bring Byung Kim in. I ain't complaining, though.

Manny scares the hell outa me when he's got a bat in his hands. Fortunately, his glove seems to be made outa wood too.

Famous quotes:

Winners never quit, quitters never win
- Vince Lombardi

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Never, never, never give up.
- Winston Churchill

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
- Anatole France

We were not trying to catch the Yankees. You were never gonna catch those guys. They're the best and they do so many things right. Maybe we can be like the Marlins now and win the wild card, then go on to win it all.
- Manny Ramirez


http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ba...p-202312c.html

That doesn't sound like quitting to me. I think it's just realistic after the Baltimore series. I actually came to Manny's conclusion after last weekend in NY.

All those quotes about not quitting, and you couldn't come up with anything from Jimmy V?

I am not giving U.P. "until the last dog is hung".
mick

I know it's completely off-topic, even for this thread, but this is from JimmyV.org:

:)

Don't give up. Don't ever give up.

Wow, a win that we didn't have to sweat out. I feel bad for C.J. Nitkowski, tho. I've liked him since his Tiger days.

Huh. It's awful quiet in Yankee country tonight. Four in the first; three in the second. . . Sounds a little like last Saturday. I still don't think they have a realistic shot at overtaking the Yankees.

But they don't have to. Sox have the head-to-head advantage in the season series. So if they tie the Yankees for the division lead, they win the division via tie-breaker.

Brown only faced 8 batters. He'll be fresh for tomorrow. :)

Huh.

Maybe that's why we're so quiet?

:shrug:

Geem that's funny. Neither does Pedro, Johnny Damon, Manny.....

Who's your daddy?

Boy, you guys are really grasping at straws. Yanks take 2 of 3 in New York and Bosux take 2 of 3 at Fernway Park. Waitin' for the end of the week.

Sox clinched a playoff spot last night. Yankees magic number for the division is 4 with 6 games left. Should be an interesting week. Playoffs start a week from today!

Krusty
 

Chuck,

Thanks for Nomar -
He went 3 for 3 with three runs scored last night.
Two doubles and 6 put outs, no errors.

6 games left - 3 against Cincy and Atlanta will be resting their studs at the end of the regular season.


Hugs and Kisses,

The Clown that still has an account

Number is 3
 

Oh man, something's been through here that really, really stinks badly...eesh, whatever it is needs a shower & a toothbrush...damn....anyway...

I see the Montreal team is moving to DC...any guesses on the name they'll take?

Washington Crack Pipes?
Washington Interns?
Washington Big Fat Liars?
Washington Forged Documents?
Washington Bad Intel?

Oh yeah, magic number = 3

ooopsie!

Magic number = 2 now.

Not to worry, it will get better once Pedro gets a start.

Make that 1. Yanks just took second game 5-4. :) Boy, has been a very short week.

No! Really?? Well.

OK, 1 it is then.

Maybe it's just me, but how hard can it really be to take a pitcher out of a game? Is there some Jedi mind trick that Yankee fans use on Boston managers that makes them allow Pedro to stay in a game?

We lost a pennant b/c Grady Little couldn't say "Pedro, you're done." Last night, we lost just about any shot at the division b/c Francona couldn't say "Pedro, you're done." Well, I guess he said it, b/c they had the reliever all warmed up. But then Pedro talked him into letting him start the next inning and he gives up another couple runs.

I just don't get it. Everybody in the world outside the Boston dugout knows that Pedro can not go more than 6 innings anymore. He just can't. But they keep leaving him out there to get battered. His September has been horrible. He's not going to snap out of it with 2 more innings against the Devil Rays. AAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!

Re: Number is 3
 

Hmmm... Here's some thoughts along with the buy-lines they might want to consider.

Washington Fat Cats - Hah! We got mo' money than NY!

Washington Lobbyists or the closely related Washington HO's - We'll do ANYTHING for money. Actually, we'd then have the O's and the HO's in the same region...

Washington Bureaucrats - We beat our opponents down in red-tape

Washington Optimists - Problems? Pay no attention to the record - we're winning I tell ya.

Washington Pork Barrelers - Slice 'em and dice 'em


Hey,this is fun.

On a non-Yankee/Sox topic, has anybody heard details of the Cleveland pitcher that got shot while riding on the team bus? I guess the guy was shot in the leg and the Indian trainers were able to get the bullet out. But did the shot come from outside the bus? Or inside the bus? Anybody know?