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rockyroad Mon Jun 05, 2006 01:16pm

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Originally Posted by M&M Guy
Not playing the Cubs.

Yea, where's Kansas City when you need 'em?

In Seattle beating the Mariners! :mad:

And Chuck, Moyer is flat out fun to watch...84 mph fast ball and then throws about a 62 mph change-up and the guy swings when the ball's about half-way to the plate! It's a hoot watching him pitch!!

Jurassic Referee Mon Jun 05, 2006 01:28pm

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Originally Posted by rockyroad
And Chuck, Moyer is flat out fun to watch...84 mph fast ball and then throws about a 62 mph change-up and the guy swings when the ball's about half-way to the plate! It's a hoot watching him pitch!!

Yes, Moyer sureasheck <b>is</b> fun to watch. He's just a consumate professional.

M&M Guy Mon Jun 05, 2006 01:45pm

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Yes, Moyer sureasheck <b>is</b> fun to watch. He's just a consumate professional.

And an ex-Cub, too. Man, he's been around forever; I think he was on the same teams with Williams, Santo, Banks, and Jenkins. <font size = -2>Or maybe not.</font size>

(grumpy old guy = on)
Anyway, what's the scoop with giving Milledge from the Mets such a hard time about his giving some fans high-fives after hitting his first home run? He's getting it from both the Giants players and his own manager for not following baseball's "unwritten rules". What I heard, after the inning was over, he high-fived some fans on his way out to the field. He didn't hold up the game, he didn't do it on camera, and he didn't make it all that obvious. But yet there's talk about him getting thrown at if he would continue to do it. Geeze, how is that worse than the players who stand at the plate and watch it go, or take 5 minutes to walk around the bases. That <B>isn't</B> showing up anyone? (grumpy old guy = off)

Jurassic Referee Mon Jun 05, 2006 03:03pm

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Originally Posted by M&M Guy
(grumpy old guy = on)

That's what a weekend in Cleveland will do for you. :D

Did you survive all that culture shock?

M&M Guy Mon Jun 05, 2006 03:17pm

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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
That's what a weekend in Cleveland will do for you. :D

Did you survive all that culture shock?

Life in dat der big city was just soooo different, eh Martha? :eek:

I will say one thing - Jacobs Field is one nice place to watch a game. We sat in the left field bleachers, but we were able to get around to the rest of the areas pretty easily. Everything was clean, well laid-out, plenty of good sight-lines from what we saw. Surprisingly, they were a long way from sold out, even for a Friday night game. Maybe Cleveland is more of a football town.

Or maybe they were just at the library.

Dan_ref Mon Jun 05, 2006 03:26pm

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Originally Posted by M&M Guy
And an ex-Cub, too. Man, he's been around forever; I think he was on the same teams with Williams, Santo, Banks, and Jenkins. <font size = -2>Or maybe not.</font size>

(grumpy old guy = on)
Anyway, what's the scoop with giving Milledge from the Mets such a hard time about his giving some fans high-fives after hitting his first home run? He's getting it from both the Giants players and his own manager for not following baseball's "unwritten rules". What I heard, after the inning was over, he high-fived some fans on his way out to the field. He didn't hold up the game, he didn't do it on camera, and he didn't make it all that obvious. But yet there's talk about him getting thrown at if he would continue to do it. Geeze, how is that worse than the players who stand at the plate and watch it go, or take 5 minutes to walk around the bases. That <B>isn't</B> showing up anyone? (grumpy old guy = off)

I haven't heard this story yet. I wonder when the Giant pitchers are gonna start taking a hard line with this grand-standing, supersized-hot-dog egomaniac?

http://graphics.jsonline.com/graphic...4/bonds412.jpg

Jurassic Referee Mon Jun 05, 2006 03:40pm

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Originally Posted by Dan_ref
I haven't heard this story yet. I wonder when the Giant pitchers are gonna start taking a hard line with this grand-standing, supersized-hot-dog egomaniac?

http://graphics.jsonline.com/graphic...4/bonds412.jpg

That's just "Barry being Barry".....thanking the Big Pharmacist In The Sky.:D

Jurassic Referee Mon Jun 05, 2006 03:48pm

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I haven't heard this story yet. I wonder when the Giant pitchers are gonna start taking a hard line with this grand-standing, supersized-hot-dog egomaniac?

MLB is doing their share......

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/48904

M&M Guy Mon Jun 05, 2006 03:54pm

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I haven't heard this story yet.

Mets rookie hits the first home run of his career, with 2 outs in the bottom of the 10th, to tie the game and send the game further into extra innings. Here's one story:
http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/gamece...0060604_SF@NYM

Steve Kline (Giants pitcher) says, "I think he genuinely knows he did wrong." What?! How the he!! is that different than someone (like, say, the guy in the picture, or others for that matter) who do the pose and the trot even if the home run doesn't mean anything in the game?

I'm gettin' grumpy again...

Dan_ref Mon Jun 05, 2006 07:12pm

So I was watching this baseball game tonight...home team kid on first steals second & ends up scoring on the play. Somehow defense is beyond what these kids are able to do. Next inning the visitors go up 2-1, but now I have to walk the dog. So I do, just a short walk, once around the block, when I get back the home team is leading 8-2! And it's *only* the bottom of the 2nd!!

Man I LOVE these little league games!

M&M Guy Mon Jun 05, 2006 07:20pm

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Man I LOVE these little league games!

Whatd'ya expect with little league teams?

Moose vs. Beckett; sounds like a picher's duel to me. What do I know? I'm watching one of the little league teams playing in Houston.

Jurassic Referee Mon Jun 05, 2006 07:52pm

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Originally Posted by Dan_ref
So I was watching this baseball game tonight...home team kid on first steals second & ends up scoring on the play. Somehow defense is beyond what these kids are able to do. Next inning the visitors go up 2-1, but now I have to walk the dog. So I do, just a short walk, once around the block, when I get back the home team is leading 8-2! And it's *only* the bottom of the 2nd!!

Man I LOVE these little league games!

13-2 now. We missed the convert.

M&M Guy Mon Jun 05, 2006 09:46pm

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13-2 now. We missed the convert.

Don't worry - George already fired the kicker and is trying to hire Pele.

Ok, I'm a little biased, but what are the odds that SportsCenter will lead with Yanks/Sox, when the performance of the night is Carlos Zambrano - 8 innings, 1 hit, 8K's, and 2 BB's. Oh yea, I almost forgot, he hit a 3-run HR, and also had a sac fly for 4 RBI's for the night.

M&M Guy Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:44pm

Ok, I was right - they led with hockey.

Hockey?

Does anyone outside of Canada really care? Was there a visit by a Canadian diplomat to the ESPN complex, and they were just being considerate?

Jurassic Referee Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:41pm

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Don't worry - George already fired the kicker and is trying to hire Pele.

Ok, I'm a little biased, but what are the odds that SportsCenter will lead with Yanks/Sox, when the performance of the night is Carlos Zambrano - 8 innings, 1 hit, 8K's, and 2 BB's. Oh yea, I almost forgot, he hit a 3-run HR, and also had a sac fly for 4 RBI's for the night.

Aw geeze, M, that's the Cubbies. Nobody gives a sh!t about them anymore- not even their own mothers.

You won't see anybody lead with them until they sign Sosa, and that's gonna be real soon from what I've read.


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