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

[rainmaker]

“It is absolutely not true,” Materazzi said. “I did not call him a terrorist. I’m ignorant. I don’t even know what the word means. The whole world saw what happened on live TV.”

That's the quote from Chuck's article that's interesting. Has overtones of, "Uh, uh, I never touched her!!" Yea, right.

I also noticed it said that Zidane's been sent off 14 times. The commentator on TV after the game said that he'd actually jumped on the back of an opponent who was lying on the ground, already injured. Wow.

[Corndog89]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

HE CALLED ME A TERRORIST!!! So I....headbutt him in the chest....in public...in front of 2 billion viewrs...but I'm not a terrorist...I'm just sensitive. BTW, did we win??

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...263995,00.html

My wife and I went to see X-Men III (can't remember the sub-title) tonite. Twice Xers headbutted other Xers. Both times time I turned to my wife and said "He could be a French soccer player". Thank you Zizou for at least a year's worth of bad lines.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

HE CALLED ME A TERRORIST!!! So I....headbutt him in the chest....in public...in front of 2 billion viewrs...but I'm not a terrorist...I'm just sensitive. BTW, did we win??

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...263995,00.html

Well.....if it's any consolation, Zizou did win the Golden Ball Award.

Personally, I voted for Ron Jeremy.

[ChuckElias]

Does anyone watch the Home Run Derby? Or has it become the equivalent of the Slam Dunk competition?

Anybody gonna watch the All-Star game?

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Does anyone watch the Home Run Derby? Or has it become the equivalent of the Slam Dunk competition?

Don't say that - it's not the equivalent. The Slam Dunk "competition" has become just an exhibition because it's judged the same as figure skating, boxing, and synchronized swimming; it's all subjective. Maybe it's just my simple mind, but give me a good, easy way to judge: it's a home run, or it isn't. And if you hit 10 that aren't, you're done. That to me makes it a competition. Not like the Slam Dunk where you get to keep trying till you make it, no matter how many times it takes you.

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Anybody gonna watch the All-Star game?

Yep, it's still entertaining for me, because there are still players that want to be there. And of course, this time it means something!

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Does anyone watch the Home Run Derby? Or has it become the equivalent of the Slam Dunk competition?

Anybody gonna watch the All-Star game?

No.

Yes.

Maybe.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Maybe it's just my simple mind, but give me a good, easy way to judge: it's a home run, or it isn't. And if you hit 10 that aren't, you're done. That to me makes it a competition. Not like the Slam Dunk where you get to keep trying till you make it, no matter how many times it takes you.

You mean like the Slam-Dunk winner that took 47 attempts before finally making one? The NBA.....Fantaaaastic.....

Back to beisbol.....um, simple-minded, naive M&M, didya ever wonder about Sammy winning the home run contest with a corked bat? Or anyone else, for that matter?

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

You mean like the Slam-Dunk winner that took 47 attempts before finally making one? The NBA.....Fantaaaastic.....

Back to beisbol.....um, simple-minded, naive M&M, didya ever wonder about Sammy winning the home run contest with a corked bat? Or anyone else, for that matter?

Hey, Sammy admitted to using the corked bat for batting practice, and he used a batting practice pitcher for the competition, right? Same difference.
(I may be simple-minded and naive, but I'm not stoopid...)

Speaking of batting practice pitchers, I believe the competitors get to choose who they want to throw to them, and I thought I heard the guy that threw to last year's winner was chosen by 4 of this year's competitors. He probably threw 200 pitches by the time the evening was done. (In fact, as he was walking off the field I saw him asking for the Cubs' team doctor...)

[tjones1]

So... Trevor Hoffman... the real All-Star MVP??? (Grrrrrrr)

[ChuckElias]

Two strikes; two outs; two on. . . two RBI triple!

Red Sox have home field advantage for the World Series again!! Woo-hoo!!

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Two strikes; two outs; two on. . . two RBI triple!

Too much heartburn...

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Red Sox have home field advantage for the World Series again!! Woo-hoo!!

Chuck - I fixed the color of the Sox for you...

[ChuckElias]

You think the White Sox can go back-to-back? Come on. You think these guys are the '98-'00 Yankees?

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

You think the White Sox can go back-to-back? Come on. You think these guys are the '98-'00 Yankees?

Believe me, I'm not a White Sox apologist. I cringe when I see Ozzy smiling afer a game. But how can you argue with their pitching staff? You could make the arguement that any one of them could be a #1 on most other staffs. And the offense isn't bad either. No offense to mick's Tigers, but the White Sox have been here before, so they probably have a better shot at not folding in the second half. So, barring the injuries, is there a better team, position by position, out there right now?

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Believe me, I'm not a White Sox apologist. I cringe when I see Ozzy smiling afer a game.

I think he was smiling because he had a dinner date with Jay Mariotti.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

I think he was smiling because he had a dinner date with Jay Mariotti.

I would pay real money to sit at that table...