What is amazing is that someone probably got paid for looking that up.

This is gettin' Fun ! :)
<TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=inside-head2 colSpan=10 height=30>American League Expanded Glance</TD></TR><TR><TD class=black12bold colSpan=10 height=30>http://images.usatoday.com/_common/_images/clear.gifEast</TD></TR><TR><TD class=grey12bold> TEAM</TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>W </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>L </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>PCT </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>GB </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>HOME </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>ROAD </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>L-10 </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>STREAK </TD></TR><TR><TD class=boxscorefooter> y-N.Y. Yankees</TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>93 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>61 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>.604 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>- </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>47-28 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>46-33 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>5-5 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>L-1 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=black12bold colSpan=10 height=30>Central</TD></TR><TR><TD class=grey12bold> TEAM</TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>W </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>L </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>PCT </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>GB </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>HOME </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>ROAD </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>L-10 </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>STREAK </TD></TR><TR><TD class=boxscorefooter> Detroit</TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>93 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>62 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>.600 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>- </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>45-30 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>48-32 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>6-4 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>W-2 </TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=9 height=1></TD></TR><TR><TD class=boxscorefooter> Minnesota</TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>91 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>63 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>.591 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>1.5 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>50-24 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>41-39 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>6-4 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>W-1 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

You clinched a tie for a play-off spot tonight, Mick. That's even more fun.

Enjoy.:D

And the Red Sox clinched October tee-times. :(

Congrats, Mick. I'm rooting for Dee-troit the rest of the way.

Aw, look at the bright side, Chuck. The BoSox have some great young players. They've got Papelbon and......Papelbon. And I liked that September call-up that made his first start this weekend....#24...not sure of his name but he looked kinda familiar. He looks like he could be a hitter someday if he gets enough playing time in.

Speaking of young players, the Twins are special.

Good deal, Chuck !
Good arms, but still need bats.

Come on, they also have this kid that threw a no-hitter this year. . . although he did it for the Marlins. :(

I'm willing to bet a little bit of money that we're going to find out that Manny's injury is more serious than has been acknowledged so far. Sometime this winter, you're going to hear that the "pull" or "tweak" or whatever needs minor surgery. Just my hunch.

Cardinals sure are trying really hard to give away the Central.

Tigers
 

Playing in October.
Pretty cool !

Dang !
 

Gibbons calls foul after plunking wife with ball


Associated Press

<!-- dateline -->Baltimore<!-- /dateline --> — The odds of such an occurrence seem insurmountable, yet Jay Gibbons pulled off the unimaginable feat: He hit a foul ball that injured his wife.
The scene occurred in the ninth inning of the Baltimore Orioles' game against Minnesota on Saturday. Gibbons fouled a ball straight back over the screen and into the rib cage of his wife, Laura.
"She's just a little bruised up. She's going to be OK," Gibbons said Sunday.
Long before the matter became personal, Gibbons had asked team officials to do something about making it safer to sit in the seats behind the plate. He contended that the 20-foot screen just doesn't offer enough protection from hard-hit foul balls.

"It's something you think about every day here. Obviously, it's something I've talked about (to) deaf ears," said Gibbons, Baltimore's designated hitter and player representative. "I've got players coming to me every day saying that one of their family members got hit or almost got hit. I had an usher take one for my wife the other day."

Gibbons has suggested that the screen be raised or that the team insert an overhead screen that would extend to the back of the lower deck.
"If they're worried about the sight line, which I've heard, all they have to do is throw a net straight back. One of these days, somebody's going to get hurt really bad. That's all I've got to say," Gibbons said. "I'm confused on what's going on (and) why it's so hard just to make an adjustment. It's just a matter of time where a kid's going to get hit."
Gibbons has also inquired about the possibility of a day care center, so the players' wives don't have to put their kids at risk.
"It's either come to the game and play Russian Roulette with your 3-year-old or stay home," Gibbons said. "That's what we're dealing with. Or move the family section, but then you've got other fans that are endangered."

That's a little scary. My wife and I attended a game at Fenway several years ago. We were seated about 8 rows behind the Red Sox dugout, at the end nearer to home plate. A line drive foul ball struck a woman in the shoulder one row in front of us; it bounced off her, missed my wife's nose by 2 inches and struck the man seated next to her in the head, breaking his glasses. That was a shaky moment.

I think it's only going to take one lawsuit before all the MLB teams extend the netting all the way down the right and left field lines, as (I think) is done in Japan.

Sitting near the Yankees dugout in NY a number of years ago I saw a woman take a high throw from the shortstop off her forehead between innings. She was just to the left of us. They eventually wheeled her out.

The guy next to my wife was able to walk out eventually, but the ball broke his glasses and the frame cut him right on the temple, and he was bleeding from his head. It was ugly. He came back near the end of the game and said they hadn't even given him a ball or souvenir or anything for his trouble. I was kind of surprised about that.

Hey, he got free bandages, didn't he?

Some people are never satisfied.:rolleyes:

I dunno, Chuck.
Drawing the parameters of a "Thanks-for playing" free gift would probably be pretty tough.

Not only that...he got them all bloodied.

Some people... :rolleyes:

Yeah, and he's probably one of them "elitist pricks" that I've read so much about too.....

A pretty good baseball season is winding down.
1. It seems that no one will win 100 games.
2. The Atlanta Braves will not be in the postseason for the first time since 1991.
3. The NL wildcard is truly wild. A three team tie between SD, LA, and Phi is possible. Would they then have two single-elimination playoff games? Chuck, help!
4. Ryan Howard still might hit 61 HRs.
5. I hope that Clemens isn't finished. He sure is fun to watch. He pitched the first MLB game that I ever attended!
6. I hope that Liriano isn't finished. He has barely begun.
7. Mets, Tigers, and Twins ... oh, my! :) Pleasant suprises and overachievers.
8. Red Sox, Braves, and Cubs ... oh, my! :( Major disappointments.
9. My Cy Young picks: Santana and Zambrano
10. My MVP picks: Santana and Ryan Howard (That's right, I chose a pitcher! He was that good and if he wins tomorrow and pitches again on Saturday or Sunday, he could still win 20. They may hold him back to set the rotation for the postseason though.)

Yo, M&M...
 

Great show on HBO tonight at 9:00pm, your time. Must-see television!!

It's called <i>"Wait 'Til Next Year"</i>. It's about this MLB team that hasn't won a World Series in 98 years. Guess what team that would be?:D

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/26/ar...tml?ref=sports

The quote that I kinda liked was <i>"The Chicago Cubs are <b>definitive</b> losers!"</i>

If it's in the NY Times, it's true, it's true......

You are heartless, man. On the day that the other Chicago team is eliminated from postseason contention, and the Red Sox drop to third in the division, you gotta bust on the Cubbies? That's just cruel.

I expected gravestones with two colors of sox on them this morning.

You could at least congratulate DJ (TJ?) on a nifty Seattle win in extra innings last night. They score 3 in the ninth to tie it and then win it in the 10th. Ichiro got 5 hits and scored the winning run, Ibanez and Sexson each had 4 hits, and some Putz got the win. Pretty fun game!

And just to feed JR a slice of humble pie, here's one of his contributions from last year's baseball thread. At the end of the season, Mick commented that the Tigers had a decent farm system and that '06 might be interesting for Detroit fans. JR's take?

Oooooo, missed it by that much! :D

1) Thank you.

2) http://1000smilies.com/tombstone.gif
R.I.P. BoSox

http://1000smilies.com/tombstone.gif
R.I.P. White Sox

3) Congratulations, Rocko. Your Mariners exceeded all expectations this year; they're only 14 1/2 games out of first place in their division. It's kinda...wierd...though when you can say that a team could really use a few more Putz's.

I meant to get Lajoie back as a manager, instead of as a general manager. They got Leyland instead.

And if you believe that,.......:D

Nope, can't bust on Mick this year....at all. The Tiggers deserve all the accolades that they are getting.

To quote the great space explorer, Hans Solo: "Go ahead, laugh it up, fuzzball."

I wonder how the Yankees' triple-A team would fare in the AL East? In the Cubs' case, I believe around 70 starts were made by rookie pitchers this season. So just wait 'till next year when they're no longer rookies!

Er,...never mind.

Did I see the article was written by Jayson Blair? ;)

What's the *TC* patch on the Blue Jays' left sleeves?

Mick, I wondered the same thing until I took the ballpark tour of SkyDome this summer.

TC stands for Tom Cheek, who was a broadcaster for Blue Jays games since the inception of the club back in '77. He broadcast 4,306 games for the club until he needed surgery for a brain tumor in 2004. He died last year. His name (along with the number 4306) is in the "ring of honor" with other Blue Jay greats in the outfield of Toronto's SkyDome.

A better tribute can be found here: http://www.americansportscastersonli...kmemoriam.html

Tom was well regarded here in Vermont on WDEV before he went to do the Blue Jays games.

Thanks, Chuck !

Just some interesting tidbits:

Last night, as I was watching the Cubs game (yes, I'm still watching...sigh...), they mentioned that according to Chuck's Sports Bureau, the Cubs have now set the major league record for the most number of pitching changes in a season. (I was thinking it was 422, but I was too numb to be listening closely.) So I guess we can't complain that Dusty's doing nothing?

The next has to do with the Cardinals and their (maybe historic) collapse. If they finish out the season Sunday night within a half game of Houston, they would have to play a rainout makeup game with the Giants on Monday night. The Giants, meanwhile, plan on finishing their season on Sunday night, and I'm sure most of them have their flights booked for the Bahamas, Florida, Bakersfield, or wherever they go in the off-season. Now they might instead have to fly to St. Louis for the makeup game. Wonder how many of the starters will go? Then, from the Cardinals' perspective, if they end up after that game tied with Houston, they would have to fly to Houston for the play-in game, and, if they won that, then fly to either N.Y. or San Diego to start the playoffs on Wed. night. So they have the possiblility of playing 3 games in 3 cities in 3 days.

What's football got to compare to that?

Go Jays !
Win out !

<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fcebe2" width="15%">Sept. 28 </TD><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fcebe2" width="40%">at Detroit
</TD><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fcebe2" width="30%">1:05 p.m. </TD></TR><TR><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fcebe2" width="15%">Sept. 29 </TD><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fcebe2" width="40%">at N.Y. Yankees
</TD><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fcebe2" width="30%">7:05 p.m. </TD></TR><TR><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fcebe2" width="15%">Sept. 30 </TD><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fcebe2" width="40%">at N.Y. Yankees
</TD><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fcebe2" width="30%">4:05 p.m. </TD></TR><TR><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff0000" align=left>October </TD><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ff0000" colSpan=2> </TD></TR><TR><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fcebe2" width="15%">Oct. 1 </TD><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fcebe2" width="40%">at N.Y. Yankees
</TD><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fcebe2" width="30%">1:05 p.m. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

:)

What? There's baseball scheduled in October?

Anyway, I might even have to wear a Blue Jay's hat this weekend... ;)

SportsCenter Alert!

The Dodgers played a wild one with the Rockies today in Colorado. The final score was 19-11. Each team had a seven run inning and 1B Jamey Loney of the Dodgers had 2 HRs and NINE RBI!

Yep, he drove someone in nine times! Bueller, Bueller, ...

Why don't you get rid of all your advertising spam and ask a few questions? You'll get any information that you need.

Nothin personal but it sure looks like you're just posting to advertise your commercial sites.

Yes M&M, there is baseball in October & sometimes even November.

Being a cubbies fan it's probably hard for you to believe, but it's true.

To quote an esteemed old member: shut up.

Actually, I've actually had a slightly perverse thrill in watching the Cardinals implode. Where I live it is evenly split between Cardinal fans and Cub fans, and I've gotten a little tired of their chatter over the years. I even saw t-shirts down at Busch this year that touted the Cardinal "dynasty". Huh? It was fun watching the Sox sweep them in the World Series two years ago, and it would be delicious to see them not make the playoffs, after having an 8 1/2 game lead with two weeks to go in the season.

Yep, I'm bitter and grumpy.

C'mon, that hanging curve was out there for over 24 hrs.

Someone HAD to post that response to keep the group's collective self respect.

Sorry it had to be me is all.

Understood.

Just like any hanging curve ball, as soon as I threw it I just closed my eyes and waited...but when nothing happened, I thought I was in the clear. So I opened my eyes just when you casually smashed it back up the middle. You just did what you were supposed to do - wait on it.

And if they do, it'll be everbody's fault but the Genius. If they don't make it, LaRussa will find someone to blame. If he was managing the Christians, I'd root for the Lions(not that I might not do that anyway). He's a dickhead and a phony. Every year his pitchers lead the league in hitting people in the head, and every year LaRussa gives out a phony sermon about pitchers shouldn't be throwing at hitters. Add "hypocrite" to the list too.

Remember this one?---<i>"Gee, I'm sure that my Markie would never dream of taking steroids. You bad sportswriters should leave him alone".</i>

I ain't fond of Houston either. Roger Clemens is just behind or tied with the Professor when it comes to phoniness.....but I'd rather see them sneak in than the Cards.

Geeze.

Someone oughta open the door so he can go out & take a dump...

Too late.

You got any carpet cleaner?

Oh, my!
 

<TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=black12bold colSpan=10 height=30>East</TD></TR><TR><TD class=grey12bold> TEAM</TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>W </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>L </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>PCT </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>GB </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>HOME </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>ROAD </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>L-10 </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>STREAK </TD></TR><TR><TD class=boxscorefooter> y-N.Y. Yankees</TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>96 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>63 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>.604 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>- </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>49-29 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>47-34 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>6-4 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>L-1 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
3 games home Blue Jays 85-74
<TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=black12bold colSpan=10 height=30>Central</TD></TR><TR><TD class=grey12bold> TEAM</TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>W </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>L </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>PCT </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>GB </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>HOME </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>ROAD </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>L-10 </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>STREAK </TD></TR><TR><TD class=boxscorefooter> x-Detroit</TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>95 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>64 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>.597 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>- </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>46-32 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>49-32 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>6-4 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>L-2 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
3 games home Kansas City 59-100
<TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=boxscorefooter>x-Minnesota</TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>95 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>64 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>.597 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>- </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>53-25 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>42-39 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>7-3 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>W-1 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
3 games home White Sox 88-71

West
<TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=grey12bold>TEAM</TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>W </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>L </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>PCT </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>GB </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>HOME </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>ROAD </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>L-10 </TD><TD class=grey12bold align=right>STREAK </TD></TR><TR><TD class=boxscorefooter> y-Oakland</TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>92 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>67 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>.579 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>- </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>49-32 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>43-35 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>6-4 </TD><TD class=boxscorefooter align=right>L-1</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
3 games at Angels 86-72

mick - At least you have meaningful baseball to watch.

Not like some of the rest of us.

Look at the bright side.....

There's always next century.

In the words of the immortal Sister Mary Elephant:
<font size = +7><font color = red>SHUUUUUUUUUT UUUUUUUUUP!!!!</font size></font color>

Thank you.

Geeze, try to bring a little sunlight into someone's drab, dreary existence....and what do you get?

That's it. No more Mr. NiceGuy.

Ahh...so here's your picture:
http://z.about.com/d/phoenix/1/0/9/9/cooper1978.jpg

preceded by claaaaa-aaaas! Claaaaaa-aaaaas! CLAAAAA-AAAAS!

But, I fergit how to act ! http://www.deephousepage.com/smilies/confused.gif

As if I can tell you?

Yikes ! Champs win !
 

White Sox beat Twins 6-3
Tigers Magic number is 1.


"Due to the early start a day after a night game, Guillen sat six regulars — Joe Crede, Jermaine Dye, Paul Konerko, A.J. Pierzynski, Jim Thome and Juan Uribe — who have a staggering 188 homers between them." - USA Today

And in breaking news.......Rogers Clemens is a juicer!

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-...adlines-sports

Jmo, but you coulda filed that one in the "No Sh!t, Sherlock" drawer.

Know what would be funny? Bundle up Clemens, Pettite, Tejada, and the rest of 'em named, put 'em out in front of that Congressional Committee again, ask them the same questions that they asked McGwire, Sosa, <i>et al</i>....and watch 'em squirm. Who needs the Comedy Network?

Not that I'm cynical or anythin'..... :D

Off to the Big Apple.
 

A tip of the cap to the Twins, and, especially, the Royales !

Fun three days! :)

Geeze, Mick, did the Tigers blow that game so they wouldn't have to play the A's in the first round?

Heck no ! Tigers had Kenny Rogers pitching in the Extras !!

Kenny Rogers in a big situation! So the Tigers were trying to throw it! :eek: :D

Considering where the Twins were at mid-season, it's just amazing that they're in the playoffs, let alone atop the division. I think I heard that they're the first team ever to reach first place for the first time on the last day of the season. The catcher, Mauer, is the first catcher to win the AL batting title and the first catcher ever to lead the whole Major Leagues in batting. Just a remarkable story.

Has anyone seen the ESPN promo for their playoff coverage? It features Tommy Lasorda in a tux trying to comfort a disconsolate Red Sox fan. He says, "It's time to cheer on those teams that HAVE made the playoffs." He turns to the women behind him and says, "Right?" One of them shrugs and says, "I'm from NY," with a typical smug NY look on her face. So Tommy turns back to the Sox fan and says, "Come on, it's time to root against the Yankees".

I thought it was done pretty well.

Here's two more remarkable stories:

1) Last year, this team that this pitcher played for couldn't decide whether he should be in the bullpen or be their fifth starter. This year, strictly as a starter, he went 14-11 with a 3.29 ERA playing for a poor team. He also turned into a horse, leading his team in innings pitched with 240. He's still young and it looks like he's got a great career in front of him. Hello, Branson Arroyo.

2) Last year, this 22-year old shortstop wasn't good enough to play for his team as a back-up. His contribution all year was 2 games played and 2 at bats. This year, he played in 154 games, hit .292, scored 119 runs, stole 51 bases and played good defense. And he can only get better. C'mon down, Hanley Ramirez.

Btw, it's too bad that Manny took September off. If he hadda played, the BoSox mighta ended up in second place in their division.

Well, it's now official.

The Rev. Johnny B. is now history with the Cubbies. Gee, what a surprise. He shouldn't be out of work long though. He's a pretty good manager when he's got a team.

And now comes the guessing....
- Joe Girardi?
- Lou Piniella?
- Dilbert?
- Billy Martin(I know, I know..but he's still livelier than some of the guys the Cubs have had lately)
- ex-Cubbie Orval Overall(look it up)

Hmm...pitched in 4 World Series with the Cubs, and had 3-1 record with 1.58 ERA...not bad. Geesh, he was 6'-2" and 214, and that was back in 1905. Imagine his size if he knew Barry Bonds!

I'll pass along his info to the Cubs president, Andy McPhail.

Whoops, never mind. He's in the unemployment line with Dusty.

Here are my Post Season picks:
Mets over Dodgers
Cardinals over Padres
Twins over A's
Yankees over Tigers

Cardinals over Mets
Yankees over Twins

Cardinals over Yankees

Yes I know...this probably won't happen...but I can wish!

Orval Overall spent 11 years on HeeHaw too. He played third scarecrow in the cornfield.

It's true, it's true....

And you know The Boss would pay handsomely for any scarecrow that had the same post-season record.

Wow.

We finally agree on something.

Hey, tjones1, have those beloved Cardinals won any World Championships in <B>your</B> lifetime?

Just wonderin'.

Man, sometimes being bitter is fun. :D

Yeah, I think that they musta taken Tanner's appendix out through his brain pan.

And as for the Cards' fans...

<font size = +6><b>Don Denkinger</b></font>


Bwahahahahaha......

http://content.answers.com/main/cont...5WSTheCall.jpg

This actually might've happened before Tanner was born as well.

But, it still feels good to post it. And I won't even mention that it was only game 6, and the Cardinals also lost game 7, 11-0.

Naw, wouldn't want to rub it in.

:D Ha Ha, you aren't the first to say that after my surgery! ;)



Well, I was just a little over two months into this world during these games. So, I certainly don't remember them, but I was here!

Yeah, I still can't figure out how a blown call that just put a runner on first.....didn't score a run or anything.....in the <b>sixth</b> game....could cost a team the World Series when they still had a seventh game to play...at home too. And 21 years later, they're still whining about it.:rolleyes:

No different than some Cub fans and Steve Bartman. That was also a game 6, no runs scored on that play, and the Cubs were ahead at that time. Then, even though they lost that game, there was still a game 7 at home.

Sigh...if I get any more depressed I might have to commit Harry Carey.

Unless I can find some more things to dig at Cardinal fans. That might make life worth living.

You're gonna drink yourself stoopid for 6 1/2 innings and then sing <b>Take Me Out To The Ballgame</b>?

PS- I don't really mind the Cardinal fans. I actually think that they have great fans. It's Albert Einstein, their manager, that bugs the hell outa me. He's screwed up more teams than any other manager in the history of the game, and he's still treated like the second coming of God.

:D Exactly. I wouldn't have to do any more, because my wife would take care of putting me out of my (and her) misery.

There is not a lot that is going to make me upset if it comes from a Cubs fan. Both my childhood teams are in the playoffs and both have won the World Series too.

Now that you got rid of Baker, maybe you will find something else to complain about next year. You do remember "Next year" right. :D

Peace

Hey, my childhood team has won the World Series.

Ok, just not in my lifetime.

Or my parents' lifetime. (Sigh...)

I was actually almost disappointed the White Sox didn't make it. I've never been into the Cub/Sox rivalry as much as some people, because my best friend growing up was a Sox fan, and the first game I ever went to was a Sox game. So I was kinda happy they won it last year. I've just learned to dislike loud-mouth Cardinal fans after moving halfway between Chicago and St. Louis, where it's about a 50-50 split between fans. Sox fans started coming out of the woodwork last year, but they're still few and far between.

As far as the "next year" comment:

Shut up.

:D

Ummm, let me think. I think the answer is the same number the Cubs have won. But, they've been three times in my lifetime.

Or that a harmless grounder in yet another game 6 a year later would matter considering that a little earlier, the bases were empty and there were 2 strikes on a guy who struck out a lot with the bases empty and a 2 run lead with 2 out?
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/photo/photoga..._carter/02.jpg
"Joe, Calvin Schiraldi is a good friend of mine."

I think it's pretty amazing that the Yankees ended up with the best record in the AL. After the injuries they went through, being down in the division until early September. Then they just turned it on, Tigers cooled down a little, and Torre's gang has home field advantage through the playoffs. Love 'em or hate 'em, I gotta tip my hat to 'em.

I can be charitable b/c the Pats looked awesome Sunday :)

Yanks Should Win
 

Not too impressed with the job the Yanks have done. With their $198 Million dollar payroll they should be able to overcome some injuries. The A's have a little less than 1/3 that and also had to deal with injuries. Heck the A's could have put out 3 competive teams for that kinda money.

Maybe, but the fact is that they did it. Boston's payroll isn't all that far behind NY's, but the Sox folded like a tent in the last 5 weeks of the season.

Well, you can't blame poor ol' Manny for that. He wasn't there.

We'll see if there was a reason for that in the next few weeks.

A lot of ballplayers will play hurt.

Manny will only play happy.:D

How about Manny for A-Rod...even up?

And it's official - a very strong candidate for Manager of the Year gets fired.

I guess you don't tell the boss to shut up in public. Even if it was justified.

You mean the Cubs have not been in the World Series in any of our lifetimes? (Maybe JR's lifetime) That could not be true. :D

Peace

The Cubs have won a number of World Series - in JR's lifetime.

Of course, dirt was discovered sometime around JR's birth.

Weeeeeeellll, I'm not <b>really</b> sure, but I think that I maybe just got sh!t on.

Not wise.....:eek:

Shut up.<i></i>

No! Of course not!

I meant that in the most positive connotation.

Fox
 

THere were more than a few like that. They had the headphones....and the cameras... on the managers while play was going on.

They're no worse than ESPN though.

HINT: Turn the tv sound off and turn on the Tiger's radio feed if you can get it. That will be a heckuva lot more enjoyable for you. I watch most games with the "mute" botton on.

Go Twins!

I've done that several times during the season - turn down the TV sound and listen to the radio. If you have XM (and this isn't trying to be a commercial), you can listen to the home-team radio call for every game. I had to listen to the Yankees broadcast last night with what's-his-name and what's-her-name, but at least it seemed a little more entertaining than the Fox announcers.

Go Whoever-Plays-The-Cardinals! ;)

What's her name is Suzyn Waldman, the first (and as far as I know the only?) MLB woman play by play announcer.

I wondered if that was the case.

She didn't seem to do a whole lot of talking, at least during the time I listened to the broadcast. Does she do more at other times? How is she regarded in the area?

As being perky, frisky and sassy.....

She must've been to some retreats, then?

Any pictures of her in peddle-pushers?

No, no, she's younger. She wears clam-diggers...

They don't wear pedal pushers in any of their...um....group activities. The ones that wear Depends usually get picked last though.:eek:

Some of those old folks are still remarkably limber.

Film at Eleven.

I had a clam-digger when I was young. Wanna hear about it? Huh? Huh?

Must be local news. http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/sc...smiley-009.gif