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

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by mick

"By the time Mariano Rivera finished up -- though not before he gave up a meaningless homer to David Ortiz -- 4 hours, 45 minutes had passed. The previous record for a nine-inning game was 4:27 by the Dodgers and Giants in Oct. 2001" - USA Today

And your beloved Tigers played their game in a tidy 2:34- or just under half the time. White Sox lost too, so you're still 6 1/2 up. Minny could pass the White Sox this weekend for the wild card lead.

Lot of time to go.......

[Dan_ref]

It's gonna rain in Boston tomorrow.

[dblref]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

It's gonna rain in Boston tomorrow.

And it did. It rained Bronx Bombers on Boston again. Gotta pull for the sweep tonight.

Chuck must be out of town.

[ChuckElias]

First 5-game sweep at Fenway since 1943.

I don't know if they're done, but their pitching sure got exposed.

[Jurassic Referee]

I'm glad that you're taking it so well, Chuck. Dan and I were kinda concerned that you'd do something drastic, like maybe try to commit suicide by jumping off something high up...like a kitchen chair.

Remember...it's not whether you have won or lost, but how you have played the game. And Bah-ston played the game really sh!tty the last 4 days.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

I'm glad that you're taking it so well, Chuck. Dan and I were kinda concerned that you'd do something drastic, like maybe try to commit suicide by jumping off something high up...like a kitchen chair.

Remember...it's not whether you have won or lost, but how you have played the game. And Bah-ston played the game really sh!tty the last 4 days.

Hey, look at the bright side.

This makes '78 & '86 look kinda painless by comparision.

Billy Bucks, please come home. All is forgiven.

[dblref]

Interesting to note that the Yankees won this game while resting Damon, Posada, Giambi, and having Jeter as the DH.

@Chuck: At the bottom of the story on Fox Sports on the web, it mentioned something from the "Elias Sports Bureau"....any relation?

Edit: for spelling

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by dblref

@Chuck: the "Elias Sports Bureau"....any relation?

Sadly, no.

[M&M Guy]

Hey, Chuck, btw, thanks for taking the heat off me and my beloved Cubbies.

(Geesh, I can't remember the last time the Cubs were swept in a 5-game series...)

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Hey, Chuck, btw, thanks for taking the heat off me and my beloved Cubbies.

This might be a little bit more appropriate, and helpful, for the Cubbies' fans....

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

This might be a little bit more appropriate, and helpful, for the Cubbies' fans....

Watch it.

You really want to deal with the person that's wearin' one of those?!

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

And Chuck, Moyer is flat out fun to watch...

But not for you anymore, I guess, DJ. Shipped him off to the Phils? What'd you get for him? I didn't see.

You can take comfort in a walk-off win over the Yanks last night. 'Course I can't take comfort in that, b/c the Sox lost again.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

'Course I can't take comfort in that, b/c the Sox lost again.

And Manny didn't play....because Manny was being Manny...

http://www.boston.com/sports/basebal...hurt_feelings/

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

But not for you anymore, I guess, DJ. Shipped him off to the Phils? What'd you get for him? I didn't see.

You can take comfort in a walk-off win over the Yanks last night. 'Course I can't take comfort in that, b/c the Sox lost again.

We got two freaking single-A pitchers...and had to pay Philly some cash to boot. The kid they called up from Triple-A to replace him was the starter last night against the Yanks...we go on an 11 game in-division road trip and lose all 11 of them, then turn around and beat one of the hottest teams in the league starting a rookie pitcher - go figure!

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

We got two freaking single-A pitchers...and had to pay Philly some cash to boot. The kid they called up from Triple-A to replace him was the starter last night against the Yanks...we go on an 11 game in-division road trip and lose all 11 of them, then turn around and beat one of the hottest teams in the league starting a rookie pitcher - go figure!

It was kinda fun watching Moyer pitch back at Wrigley last night, for the first time in 20 years since he was a Cub rookie. Let's see...Wood and Prior both throw 95 mph and they're always injured, and Moyer throws 65 mph and has a 20 year career? Coincidence? Hmm...