WARNING!! Annual Off-Topic Baseball Thread. Esteemed Members BEWARE!!

[mick]

A gem.

[JRutledge]

I hope they can put the Yankees away.

BTW, Buck O'Neal died today. May God take care of his soul.

Peace

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I hope they can put the Yankees away.

BTW, Buck O'Neal died today. May God take care of his soul. Peace

And in traditional fashion, MLB will honor him posthumously by inducting him into the HOF when he should have been selected years ago.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by mick

A gem.

Yep, he did pitch a great game.

Too bad there were not 1 but 2 obviously blown calls tho.

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

Too bad there were not 1 but 2 obviously blown calls tho.

By the same ump, too. But as I said, at least one went against the Yanks and one went against the Tigers. Each call ended up costing a run, so it was a break-even night for Vanover.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

By the same ump, too. But as I said, at least one went against the Yanks and one went against the Tigers. Each call ended up costing a run, so it was a break-even night for Vanover.

Actually the first blown call ended up costing 2 runs. Not that it mattered over-all but the score would have been 1-0instead of 3-0 if NY only had to get 3 outs that inning instead of 4.

And I know the "break-even" comment is made with tongue firmly in cheek...but just for the heck of it try using it when you-know-who visits you in the locker room to quietly discuss something he may not quite agree with.

[mick]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

Too bad there were not 1 but 2 obviously blown calls tho.

I'm with you Sparky.
In baseball, and many sports, momentum seems to be a major factor, and there is no telling what effect those calls have on the remainder of a game.
I hope that umpire gets spanked.
...And we know this ain't over, but it sure is fun.

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"This boils down to whether we're good enough or not," Leyland said. "There's no magic. You can't reach into your pocket and pull out Sandy Koufax."

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by mick

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"This boils down to whether we're good enough or not," Leyland said. "There's no magic. You can't reach into your pocket and pull out Sandy Koufax."

Even if Torre could have pulled Koufax out of his pocket last night or today it wouldn't help...not on Friday night or Saturday afternoon anyways.

[ChuckElias]

Hey JR, your coaching idol made it thru the first round. Cards win at home.

Cards vs. Mets
A's vs. Tigers

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Hey JR, your coaching idol made it thru the first round. Cards win at home.

Cards vs. Mets
A's vs. Tigers

If LaRussa wins a World Series, I'd probably stick my schlong in my mouth and blow my brains out. Life just wouldn't be worth living. The guy is a lawyer, fer God's sakes. 'Nuff said.

Grumble, grumble, grumble.......

[ChuckElias]

Tonight's starting pitchers in the Mets/Cards game have combined for 8 wins on the season! Reyes was 5-8 on the season and Perez was 3-13. It's the worst combined winning percentage for starting pitchers in a postseason game EVER! Each team has had 2 runners on base in each half inning, although there's still no score.

[ChuckElias]

Mets blow it open.

Funny football note of the week. The Broncos are favored by 15 over the Raiders tonight. But the Broncos are only scoring 12.2 points per game this season! Raiders are stinking up the joint, so Denver may actually cover.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Funny football note of the week.

Take your 0ff-topic posts somewhere else, willya??

Geeze...

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

Take your 0ff-topic posts somewhere else, willya??

Geeze...

There's a football thread somewhere, but I'm trying to get the 1,000th post in this thread.

Where's the "who's buying the diet cokes?" thread?

(Got the directions, BTW. Thanks)

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

(Got the directions, BTW. Thanks)

Did I mention I have a problem disguishing right from left? Good luck,