WARNING!!! WARNING!! Annual off-topic baseball thread!!

[M&M Guy]

Originally posted by ChuckElias
Looks like both sets of Sox -- in Chicago and Boston -- are getting a little worried. . .

Which brings me a way to FINALLY tie this thread to basketball:

How should I handle rubbing it in to a supervisor who is a White Sox fan, (and he knows I'm a Cub fan), and I happen to get my highest level assignments from him? How far do I rub it in? I mean, I have to rub it in. But I certainly don't want to piss him off (too much) that he considers dropping me from the staff. But I have to say something. I mean, after all, there's a chance the '69 Cubs might be overshadowed by the '05 White Sox as the ultimate folders. And I can feel his pain. But I can't let it go unsaid.

Stress...



(Bubba who? If THAT'S who the Yankees are counting on to get them to the post season, then obviously New England is breathing easier this morning.)

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by M&M Guy

How should I handle rubbing it in to a supervisor who is a White Sox fan, (and he knows I'm a Cub fan), and I happen to get my highest level assignments from him? How far do I rub it in? I mean, I have to rub it in. But I certainly don't want to piss him off (too much) that he considers dropping me from the staff. But I have to say something. I mean, after all, there's a chance the '69 Cubs might be overshadowed by the '05 White Sox as the ultimate folders. And I can feel his pain. But I can't let it go unsaid.

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Ummmmm.......a Cubs fan rubbing it in to anybody?

Bwahahahahahaha........

[Dan_ref]

So...errr....what's new...? anything, uhhhmmm, going on...? any news...? I'm kinda hanging out just wonderin' if anything exciting has happened lately...anything worth, uhmmmm,...well, reporting...? anything, you know, "news worthy"...? Anything? Nothing worth "reporting"? Maybe something form you folks in, say...."Boston"...? Boston? Come in Boston...? Nothing...? No?

[ChuckElias]

Don't even.

That last series might be pretty interesting tho, no?

[Jurassic Referee]

Our magic number is down to 11.

[Dan_ref]

[ChuckElias]

Soooooooo. . . Palmiero's failed steroid test was b/c of a B-12 vitamin that he got from Tejada. That's what you're going with, Raffy? You sure that's your story, huh?

So in rough chronological order:
1) I never took steroids.
2) I never knowingly took steroids.
3) I caught steroids from a B-12 vitamin.
4) It's my teammate's fault.

O's front office says Palmiero's not going to play again this season.

[ChuckElias]

Yeah, yeah. The magic number thing is cute, but unless it gets to 0 before September 30, I'm not too concerned. They still have 3 games to play against each other. And the last time the Sox and Yanks played consecutive games against each other in October, I'm pretty sure the Sox did ok.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by ChuckElias
Soooooooo. . . Palmiero's failed steroid test was b/c of a B-12 vitamin that he got from Tejada. That's what you're going with, Raffy? You sure that's your story, huh?

So in rough chronological order:
1) I never took steroids.
2) I never knowingly took steroids.
3) I caught steroids from a B-12 vitamin.
4) It's my teammate's fault.

O's front office says Palmiero's not going to play again this season.

Raffy would be wise to disappear into the woodwork- never to be seen again. Iow, something like the Cubbies.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by ChuckElias
Yeah, yeah. The magic number thing is cute, but unless it gets to 0 before September 30, I'm not too concerned. They still have 3 games to play against each other. And the last time the Sox and Yanks played consecutive games against each other in October, I'm pretty sure the Sox did ok.

You're just mad because you don't have a magic number and we do.

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
You're just mad because you don't have a magic number and we do.

Of course we do. It's just one game higher than yours.

This is the really cool story of the day, tho. I didn't know about this until I listened to BBall This Morning on XM channel 175. Not only did Dontrelle Willis go 8 complete innings to beat Pedro Martinez and the Mets last night in a one-run pitcher's duel, but Willis batted seventh in the Marlins' batting order! That's pretty cool. He was 1-4 on the night and is currently batting .250 for the season.

According to Elias Sports Bureau , the last pitcher to bat seventh or higher was Montreal's Steve Renko, who did it on Aug. 26, 1973, and went 2-for-3 against San Diego.

[mick]

Originally posted by ChuckElias

Of course we do. It's just one game higher than yours.

This is the really cool story of the day, tho. I didn't know about this until I listened to BBall This Morning on XM channel 175. Not only did Dontrelle Willis go 8 complete innings to beat Pedro Martinez and the Mets last night in a one-run pitcher's duel, but Willis batted seventh in the Marlins' batting order! That's pretty cool. He was 1-4 on the night and is currently batting .250 for the season.

According to Elias Sports Bureau , the last pitcher to bat seventh or higher was Montreal's Steve Renko, who did it on Aug. 26, 1973, and went 2-for-3 against San Diego.

Aha!!!
You must have been the one to feed USA Today their scoop.
Good job!
mick

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by ChuckElias

That last series might be pretty interesting tho, no?

Well......for a while, I thought that you mighta been worried today....

But, it turned out that it was just Manny being Manny. Everything's fine in BoSox Nation.

http://www.sportspickle.com/features...921-manny.html

It's true, it's true.....

[Nevadaref]

GO TRIBE!!!!!!!!!

If they were still in the AL EAST:
1. Cleveland 91 63 .591
2. NY Yankees 90 63 .588
3. Boston 89 64 .582

There may not be a Boston/NYY series in the playoffs this year.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

You're just mad because you don't have a magic number and we do.

Actually JR, they do have a magic number. Every team does. It's a matter of interest in the magic number.