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

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Need an assistant for your new coaching gig? I think I (vaguely) understand what offsides is.

Guess what the traditional meal is in Togo after a loss?

Assistant coaches....

And in today's games:

Bunch of Furriners- 3
USA-0

And France surrendered right after their game started.......

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Guess what the traditional meal is in Togo after a loss?

Assistant coaches....

And in today's games:

Bunch of Furriners- 3
USA-0

And France surrendered right after their game started.......

We couldn't even beat those Furriners after we beat up their star player and sent him to the hospital...pretty sad!

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Guess what the traditional meal is in Togo after a loss?

Assistant coaches....

And in today's games:

Bunch of Furriners- 3
USA-0

And France surrendered right after their game started.......

Oops, I just remembered - I have to count my paper clips. Sorry I won't be able to help you this time.

The only reason I'm watching this year is to see if Brandi Chastain takes off her shirt again!

[ChuckElias]

Why do we even have Julian Tavarez on the roster? Good gracious, that was as painful as it was predictable.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Why do we even have Julian Tavarez on the roster?

To throw at people now that Pedro is gone?

Um.....how do you feel about letting Pedro get away now btw? Miss him? How about Bronson Arroyo? D'ya think you coulda maybe have used him this year?

[M&M Guy]

Speaking of throwing at people - did anyone hear the story about the White Sox/Rangers game last night? I guess A.J. Pierzynski got hit twice earlier in the game, and both benches were warned in the 4th. Then, with the White Sox down 6-0, Ozzie sends in a recently called-up pitcher, Sean Tracey, in the 7th to face Hank Blalock, and gets him to ground out. Ozzie then comes out and replaces Tracey, then proceeds to go back to the dugout and rip into Tracey, yelling at him and throwing water bottles around, and Tracey is just sitting there pulling his jersey up over his head. Apparently Ozzie was mad because he had ordered Tracey to hit Blalock, and he didn't get it done. Now the rumor is Tracey is being sent back to AAA after just being called up last week.

Hmm, so, John Chaney gets ripped for sending one of his players out to do something to a player on the other team, but Ozzie gets a pass?

[Chess Ref]

Ugh John Cheney is a college coach. Ugh his player injured another player. In professional baseball throwing at each other is considered to be part of the "game". The colleges still serve up the development of young athletes into fine young adults blather....
Not that I believe that very much anymore.

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Hmm, so, John Chaney gets ripped for sending one of his players out to do something to a player on the other team, but Ozzie gets a pass?

Yeah, I saw that on SportsCenter this morning. While I don't approve of throwing at people (and even less of ordering someone else to do it), I think this is a little different from the Chaney incident. First of all, it's a difference between pro's vs. collegiate athletes. Second, hitting someone in retaliation is a long-standing tradition in baseball, like it or not. Third, hitting a guy in the backside isn't going to injure the guy; unlike sending a big guy to knock down an opponent on the court.

I would not complain, however, if Ozzie were disciplined somehow.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

I think this is a little different from the Chaney incident.

I may (grudgingly) agree with you on that point, but I'm not sure it's too far apart. Now, maybe it's still to early to say Ozzie's getting a pass, so it will be interesting to see how it plays out. But hazing in college is also a long-standing tradition, so does that make it acceptable?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

I guess A.J. Pierzynski got hit twice earlier in the game, and both benches were warned in the 4th.

Geeze, it was just Pierzynski. Hell, everybody throws at him. People take time out of their normal every-day routine(hello there, nameless Cubbie catcher ) to take a punch at him. Presidents throwing a ceremonial first pitch try to hit him in the head. Pitchers ask to be traded from the National to the American League so that they can throw at him again. The guy is a hemorrhoid.

Now if Woods or Prior throw at him......

Or.... if Woods or Prior throw at anybody.....

Or..... if Woods or Prior ever throw a baseball......

Now, that would be news!

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Geeze, it was just Pierzynski. Hell, everybody throws at him. People take time out of their normal every-day routine(hello there, nameless Cubbie catcher ) to take a punch at him. Presidents throwing a ceremonial first pitch try to hit him in the head. Pitchers ask to be traded from the National to the American League so that they can throw at him again. The guy is a hemorrhoid.

Pierzynski is the Bill Lambeer of baseball. If he's on your team, you love him. If he's not on your team, he's the worst jerk that ever lived, he's a cancer to the sport, he's a scum-suckin' lowlife, he's a...er,...um...oh, never mind. You know what I mean.

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Now if Woods or Prior throw at him......

Or.... if Woods or Prior throw at anybody.....

Or..... if Woods or Prior ever throw a baseball......

Now, that would be news!

Hey, careful now, I see that the "Injury Karma Bus" has been through N.Y. as well. And Prior just got done doing a couple of minor-league rehab starts, so there's a chance he might pitch Sunday against mick's Tigers.

[ChuckElias]

Now that the US is out of the World Cup, maybe we can get back to baseball?

The Orioles tried to intentionally walk Miguel Cabrera in the top of the 10th last night. But the intentional ball wasn't as far outside as pitcher Todd Williams wanted it to be. Plus he lobbed it like a slow-pitch softball game. So Cabrera swung and hit it for an RBI base hit.

I've only seen that in The Natural.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260622101

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

1) Now that the US is out of the World Cup, maybe we can get back to baseball?

The Orioles tried to intentionally walk Miguel Cabrera in the top of the 10th last night. But the intentional ball wasn't as far outside as pitcher Todd Williams wanted it to be. Plus he lobbed it like a slow-pitch softball game. So Cabrera swung and hit it for an RBI base hit.

I've only seen that in The Natural.

I saw Yogi Berra do it in old Yankee Stadium when I was a kid.

[ChuckElias]

Nice little comeback for the Yanks tonight. 'Course the Braves bullpen is just awful. Hard to believe it took so long to get the win.

Sox beat up on Pedro pretty good tonight, too. Hope he's not getting ready for his All-Star visit to the DL. 11 straight for the Sox. Longest winning streak in 11 years for them.

Cubbies won pretty convincingly, too. Dusty gonna make it thru the season?

[Jurassic Referee]

Geeze, are you deliberately ignoring Dee-troit? They won again too; best record in beisbol. They whacked Rog-ah t'other night too. Looked good on him, phony jerk. Looks like the wild card might be coming out of the AL Central instead of the East- for a change.

Where was Billy Buckner last night?