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rockyroad

Jurassic Referee wrote
Hmmmmmm......,

The Cubs do need someone for first. I think that Sammy could handle first too if they needed him there though. That position is kinda like the retirement home for aging stars anyway- Rose, Thome, Nomar, etc.

The Cubs signing Sosa is kinda logical.....too many rumors about him flying around to be just idle rumors.

I hear Jose Canseco is getting bored...maybe they can bring him back to play first??? Wouldn't that be a hoot...

Jurassic Referee

rockyroad wrote
and then one fine Tuesday morning you will look in the sports section and realize the Mariners are no longer in last place in their division and are only 4 games out of first in the division and thinngs will start to look good to you again - birds will begin to sing, flowers will start to bloom, there will be back to back days of 90+ temperatures...life is good!

And.....

Jurassic Referee

rockyroad wrote
I hear Jose Canseco is getting bored...maybe they can bring him back to play first??? Wouldn't that be a hoot...

Canseco is in his 40's though. Sosa is only around 37, I think, which isn't that old anymore- baseball/wise. And Sosa was able to play a position too....something Canseco never really could do. Canseco was strictly a DH.

Even if Sosa can't hack it, what really are the Cubs losing? It's not that much of a gamble on their part.

Dan_ref

Jurassic Referee wrote
And.....

...and

http://monkeybutt.ytmnd.com/

ChuckElias

So for the second time in three days, we get one of those "once in a lifetime" things. Yankees make a HUGE comeback (tied for their biggest comeback ever) to win last night. Apparently, they scored a touchdown as time expired and kicked the extra point with no time on the clock to win 14-13. But the really amazing thing is that no team ever has come back from a deficit of 9 or more runs and won the game with a "walk-off" home run. Until Jorge Posada did it last night. I love stuff like that. Even when the Yankees do it.

By the way, what do the Chicago teams spike their beer with? Some drunk chick almost plunked Jacque Jones from the stands at Wrigley! At least she didn't pick on some elderly first base coach.

Who's got the best record in baseball?? Mick's Tigers!!! Who'da thunk it? 'Course they're really only tied for the best record, b/c they've got the World Series Champs in their division, but still pretty amazing.

Dan_ref

ChuckElias wrote
Yankees make a HUGE comeback (tied for their biggest comeback ever) to win last night.

No...I think this might be their biggest comeback...probably up there in the HUGE category.

Jurassic Referee

Yo, M&M
From Rick Telander's column in the Sun today:
"It was funny that Hendry walked off into the Wrigley underbelly with agent Adam Katz, Sammy Sosa's business guy, at his side".

http://www.suntimes.com/output/telander/cst-spt-rick17.html

Won't be long now......

M&M Guy

Jurassic Referee wrote
Yo, M&M
From Rick Telander's column in the Sun today:
"It was funny that Hendry walked off into the Wrigley underbelly with agent Adam Katz, Sammy Sosa's business guy, at his side".

http://www.suntimes.com/output/telander/cst-spt-rick17.html

Won't be long now......

I'm still going under the impression that Katz was there to meet Hendry, not the other way around. There's more upside potential for Sammy to be the one to come in and "save the season", than upside for the Cubs. And, when was the last time Sammy hit major-league pitching? I really just don't see it. I hope Hendry doesn't see it either.

Talk to me again when you see Hendry talking to Pujols' agent.

mick

ChuckElias wrote
Who's got the best record in baseball?? Mick's Tigers!!! Who'da thunk it? 'Course they're really [edited for accuracy] the best record, b/c they've got the World Series Champs in their division, but still pretty amazing.

Pistons down.
Tigers U.P.
Good is Bad.
Bad is Good.
Everything is topsy-turvy.

mick

Jurassic Referee

Yo, M&M......

Trade ya either Prior or Woods- your choice- for Carl Pavano. At least they get in 2 or 3 starts a year......most years.

And ... as for that 6'10" goober we got...... 🙄

Dan_ref

OK, I am now officially a Chicago Cubs fan.

Actually, I'm a Mike Barrett fan, he just happens to play for the Cubs.

That is one tough SOB.

ChuckElias

Jeez, Mets gave it away to the Yankees yesterday afternoon. Wasted Pedro's great start. 🙁

mick

Tiger CF Curtis Granderson's idol, Ken Griffey, Jr., jacked one with bases loaded and Cincinnati took a one run lead in the 7th. Granderson jacked a solo in the 9th to tie up the game with 2 outs.

Kinda cool.

M&M Guy

So, Bernie Williams has both the longest and shortest doubles of the night in consecutive at-bats? He bangs one high off the right field fence his first time up, then pops one up in the infield that lands between home and first that no one catches, and he ends up on second. I haven't seen that since Little League...

Jurassic Referee

M&M Guy wrote
So, Bernie Williams has both the longest and shortest doubles of the night in consecutive at-bats? He bangs one high off the right field fence his first time up, then pops one up in the infield that lands between home and first that no one catches, and he ends up on second. I haven't seen that since Little League...

On the pop fly, if Barry Bonds hadda hit that one, they woulda thrown him out at first.....by 20 feet. Mr. Potatohead don't run out no pop flies, ground balls,etc......

M&M Guy

Jurassic Referee wrote
On the pop fly, if Barry Bonds hadda hit that one, they woulda thrown him out at first.....by 20 feet. Mr. Potatohead don't run out no pop flies, ground balls,etc......

Aw, don't beat around the bush - tell me how you REALLY feel about him...

That same charge was leveled against a couple of the Cubs on Sat.'s game against the White Sox (post-brawl). Runner on first, base hit into left, and both runners barely jog to their bases. No running hard, making the fielder think about having to make a play, perhaps forcing the fielder to make a mistake. I guess high salaries don't necessarily equate to high knowledge of the game.

😮 I'm turning into a grumpy old man!

ChuckElias

Jeez, I just saw the NY sports headlines on PTI tonight. They're killing ARod for hitting a home run late in the Sox game when the Yankees were already down 6 or 7 or whatever it was. "Thanks for Nuthin' " and "If it doesn't count for anything, you can count on ARod", or something close to that.

I realize that he's hitting .350 or something like that with nobody on base and only .160 or so with runners in scoring position, but we're not even a third of the way into the season, and the Yankees are right near the top of the division. I'm guessing that he's going to turn it around. I guess being the reigning MVP doesn't carry the cache it used to.

Dan_ref

ChuckElias wrote
Jeez, I just saw the NY sports headlines on PTI tonight. They're killing ARod for hitting a home run late in the Sox game when the Yankees were already down 6 or 7 or whatever it was. "Thanks for Nuthin' " and "If it doesn't count for anything, you can count on ARod", or something close to that.

Geeze. A clever, sarcastic and caustic headline in a NY tabloid. Imagine that.

Next you'll tell me there was fiscal corruption on the Big Dig.

🙄

Back page of the NY Post: Taking it on the Chein.

Headline of the story: A Wang Night in Beantown.

NY Daily News Headline: The Way of Wang Needs Will of Schill.

Jurassic Referee

ChuckElias wrote
I guess being the reigning MVP doesn't carry the cache it used to.

Big sigh.......

Aw geeze, say it ain't so, Mr. Obnoxious Grammar Guy......

Is A-Rod hiding his MVP trophy somewhere? In his cache, maybe.

The word is cachet, not cache. They are pronounced the same, but have completely different meanings.

Now.....go sit in the corner.....

go.....shoo, shoo......

Btw, A-Rod is an appropriate name imo.....

Btw, Dan, you can say A-Rod, but you can't say A-Prick....😃

Dan_ref

Jurassic Referee wrote
Big sigh.......

Aw geeze, say it ain't so, Mr. Obnoxious Grammar Guy......

Is A-Rod hiding his MVP trophy somewhere? In his cache, maybe.

The word is cachet, not cache. They are pronounced the same, but have completely different meanings.

Now.....go sit in the corner.....

go.....shoo, shoo......

Btw, A-Rod is an appropriate name imo.....

Btw, Dan, you can say A-Rod, but you can't say A-Prick....😃

Nice job slapping our little buddy around there JR! Speaking of that, I googled "a little prick" and got this link. Enjoy

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/346528/2/istockphoto_346528_finger_prick.jpg

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