Warning!! Danger!! Annual Off-topic Baseball Thread '07!! Beware!!

[Adam]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

I didn't see the final stats, but did Baltimore pull the goalie towards the end? That might explain a couple of easy goals by Texas.

I think they put Jose Canseco in to pitch. Apparently, his wrist is sore from writing his latest book, though, so he didn't do so well.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I think they put Jose Canseco in to pitch. Apparently, his wrist is sore from writing his latest book, though, so he didn't do so well.

I guess writing all those one-syllable words with a crayon can tire you out.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

I didn't see the final stats, but did Baltimore pull the goalie towards the end? That might explain a couple of easy goals by Texas.

Coulda been worse. They missed a convert.

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

And, finally, just to show how screwy stat rules are, Texas pitcher Wes Littleton earned a save in that game. I can just picture him sitting with his grandkids someday telling them about his close call...

Hard to imagine playing that game and then going out to play another one 30 minutes later. But just to add to the screwy stats, Texas set the record for most runs in a double header before the start of the second game!

[mick]

Indians 3-1 in 10
Tigers 12 LOB
Indians 4 LOB

Here come the Yankees.
Oh, my !

[BLydic]

Originally Posted by mick

Indians 3-1 in 10
Tigers 12 LOB
Indians 4 LOB

Here come the Yankees.
Oh, my !

Sorry Mick, go Tribe!

[mick]

Originally Posted by BLydic

Sorry Mick, go Tribe!

Thing is though, ...what's wrong with the Reds, Pirates and Phillies?
"Go Tribe", hmmmph !

[BLydic]

Originally Posted by mick

Thing is though, ...what's wrong with the Reds, Pirates and Phillies?
"Go Tribe", hmmmph !

They're in the National League?

Mr. DeNucci's not the only one with family in Youngstown.

The three gamer mid September is the one I'm more worried about.

[mick]

Originally Posted by BLydic

They're in the National League?

Mr. DeNucci's not the only one with family in Youngstown.

The three gamer mid September is the one I'm more worried about.

Heck, I'm not worried at all. I'm hoping the Tigers finish @ .500 .
I may have to become a Yankees fan. When they played in New York, I was surprised that I knew their limeup, just like the old days.

Ford, Berra or Howard, Skowren, Richardson, Kubek, Boyer, Bauer, Mantle, Maris (Anyone feel free to edit these positions. My memory is almost as old as I.)
Note: NL is real baseball, though.

[mick]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Hey, Mick, what's the story on Craig Monroe? I saw the Tigers traded him to the Cubs today; I know his numbers were down a little from last year, but is it injuries, or just the need for a change of scenery? I was curious, because I thought the Cubs had been trying to get rid of an outfielder or two (Jones), but now they pick up another, even with Soriano ready to come off the DL in a week or so, and the others more than holding their own.

M&M,
I had an answering post disappear. So sorry !
Trying again here.

C-Mo, excellent LF or CF, has been a solid person and good teammate in Detroit. According to various readings from teammates, he tends to over-think his funks and does not, despite suggestions from teammates and coaches, just keep playing and using his natural athletic abilities to slide over the bumps.

Because the the Tigers were getting desperate, they called up Cameron Maybin, 20 yr.-old CF to take his place. A month ago, or so, the Tiger bigwigs said Maybin wasn't ready, ...but there he is in left field. He looks wide-eyed and excited and scared and anxious. But he's a ball player.

Coming up to the trading deadline, every offer to Detroit (in the last few weeks) requested Maybin and pitcher Jair Jurrjens, both double-A players. Well, Detroit not only kept them both, they brought both of them up to the club.

There ya go. Cubs got a solid player and a good man. His mom's name is Marilyn.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by mick

M&M,
I had an answering post disappear. So sorry !
Trying again here.

..sniff...sniff...Thanks, mick; I was hurt you were ignoring me...

Originally Posted by mick

C-Mo, excellent LF or CF, has been a solid person and good teammate in Detroit. According to various readings from teammates, he tends to over-think his funks and does not, despite suggestions from teammates and coaches, just keep playing and using his natural athletic abilities to slide over the bumps.

Good to know. It must've been one of those "opportunity" pickups, which sometimes never hurts. Now my Cubbies have a number of interchangeable pieces that could help as we go down the stretch.

Originally Posted by mick

His mom's name is Marilyn.

You're kidding, right? Now I gotta wipe off the cream filling from my donut off the screen. (No more twinkies for me...)

[mick]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

You're kidding, right? Now I gotta wipe off the cream filling from my donut off the screen. (No more twinkies for me...)

C-mo's mom :

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/a...=.jsp&c_id=det

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

It must've been one of those "opportunity" pickups, which sometimes never hurts.

Jeez, Mr. Grammar Guy takes a holiday and the place goes down the drain! "We usually always get popcorn at the movies." Uh-huh.

Sox are slated to play two today in Chicago, but the weather's still uncooperative.

[mick]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Jeez, Mr. Grammar Guy takes a holiday and the place goes down the drain! "We usually always get popcorn at the movies." Uh-huh.

Sox are slated to play two today in Chicago, but the weather's still uncooperative.

I thought interleague play was over.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

"We usually always get popcorn at the movies."

You do too?! We almost always do too!

(Look, if it bothers you that much, you could always stuff a couple of twinkies in your eyes so you don't have to see it...)

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Sox are slated to play two today in Chicago, but the weather's still uncooperative.

That area got hit pretty hard last night with about 3 different storms that went through. My sister-in-law and her family were without power for a while; it sounds like there's still a number without even now.

If today got rained out as well, I wonder how they would make them up? I guess there's a chance these games might actually mean something at the end of the season.