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Old Thu Sep 20, 2007, 11:35am
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Pardon my French, but right now Chuck's a$$ is so tight that if you stuck a lump of coal up there in two weeks you'd have a diamond!
If you ask him Chuck will tell you he sh!ts diamonds already.
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Old Sat Sep 22, 2007, 03:08pm
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For the first time since Beckett beat the Yankees back at Fenway last week, the Red Sox won and the Yankees lost last night. I think that makes the Sox magic number 5. Yanks are losing again this afternoon, but it's still early.
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Old Sat Sep 22, 2007, 03:22pm
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Since the Sox aren't on till later, here's a trivia factoid about September call-ups. Arliss Taylor pitched just one game for the Philadelphia A's in 1921. In fact, he lasted only 2 innings against the Indians.

He gave up seven hits and struck out only one batter. Who was Taylor's sole strikeout victim? (For the answer, see post #358 in this thread!)
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Old Sat Sep 22, 2007, 07:17pm
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Yanks are losing again this afternoon, but it's still early.
It's now late.
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Old Sat Sep 22, 2007, 08:03pm
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For the first time since Beckett beat the Yankees back at Fenway last week, the Red Sox won and the Yankees lost last night. I think that makes the Sox magic number 5. Yanks are losing again this afternoon, but it's still early.
Check again, Chuck - the magic number only dropped from 9 to 7.

(Although it should be about a 3 or 4 by now.)
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Old Sun Sep 23, 2007, 07:28am
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If the Indians win or the Tigers lose today, the Tribe will be the first team in baseball to clinch. (The Angels can clinch today, but their game starts 2 hours later.) Go Tribe!
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Old Sun Sep 23, 2007, 08:05am
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If the Indians win or the Tigers lose today, the Tribe will be the first team in baseball to clinch.
Um, no. The BoSox clinched a playoff spot yesterday. They also have a better record than Cleveland right now too. And their last World Series win was in 2004 as opposed to......1948? Gee, that's closing in on 60 years, isn't it?

Hell, even I can't remember the last time that Cleveland won a World Series.

Look at the bright side. You could be a Cubbies' fan.
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Old Sun Sep 23, 2007, 09:08am
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Clinch their division, of course. I'd much rather have a title than a mere berth.

For a minion of the evil empire, you're pretty quick to defend the BoSox.
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Old Sun Sep 23, 2007, 10:47am
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Clinch their division, of course. I'd much rather have a title than a mere berth.

For a minion of the evil empire, you're pretty quick to defend the BoSox.
Minion? I'm gonna get someone to look that up for me. You might be in trouble, Mister. I know where you live.

How many wild-card teams have ended up winning either their league title or the World Series in the last few years? A few methinks. It just depends on who gets hot in October. Hell, look at the Cards last year. Anyone who actually thinks that they were the best team in baseball in 2006 is either a die-hard Cards fan or into the wacky-tobaccy big time. Hell, anytime Jeff Weaver dominates anybody has to be height of surreal.
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Old Sun Sep 23, 2007, 11:28am
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How many wild-card teams have ended up winning either their league title or the World Series in the last few years? A few methinks.
Tigers last year.
Yankees this year.
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Old Sun Sep 23, 2007, 11:38am
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Tigers last year.
Yankees this year.
Didn't the Tigers win their division last year? I thought that they had the best record in the AL, iirc.

I Googled the wild card. Since the wild card came in in 1995, 4 teams have won the World Series from that position.
- Marlins in 1997 and 2003, Angels in 2002 and BoSox in 2004.
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Old Sun Sep 23, 2007, 06:42pm
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Indians clinch, Angels clinch, Red Sox lose, Yankees win. Did I miss anything? (NL doesn't count. Yet.)

If the season ended today, NYY would be entitled to a heapin' helpin' of Sabathia and Carmona... My prediction, though, is that Boston will not see 95 wins and the Yanks will.
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Old Tue Sep 25, 2007, 09:41am
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Yankees lost yesterday, putting the Sox up 2 games with 6 to play, and a playoff spot already clinched. While it would be embarrassing to lose the division after leading by 14 games, it's some consolation that the Red Sox won the World Series as a wild card last time. Angels, Indians and Sox are in, everything else is up in the air, especially in the NL. What's the deal with Milton Bradley? What could the ump have said to set him off that badly?

Since I'm running out of time in the season, I figure now's a good time to give you the update on my tour of MLB ballparks. I know you've been waiting on the edge of your seat.

Anyway, here is where you can find the initial list http://forum.officiating.com/showpos...&postcount=288 and here is last year's update http://forum.officiating.com/showpos...&postcount=657 .

This year, my buddy and I made a swing through the southeast. We went to Atlanta, Miami and Tampa. We usually only do 2 parks a year, but if we did that, we'd have to make another trip just for one of them. It seemed easier to just do them all at once. The downside of this approach was that we had almost no time at all in any of the cities to look around town.

First up was Turner Field. The park is very nice from the outside. Lots of statues of Brave greats, as well as a statue of Georgia native Ty Cobb. There's a huge screen outside the right field wall, so you can watch the game if you're hanging around outside in the gift shop or in the Nickelodeon-themed kids' area. Inside, it was pretty average. Not a lot of very interesting features. All the seats had good views, of course, since the ballpark is relatively new; and we were able to move a little bit closer to the field within our section. The food was pretty standard and boring. Pizza, hot dogs, etc. And the BBQ pork was terrible. The one really fun thing about this visit was that we got to witness the third of Brandon Webb's three consecutive complete game shut-outs. I think he only gave up 2 hits. That was pretty cool to watch.

From Atlanta, we drove to Miami to see Dolphins Stadium. The Marlins play in a football stadium and that pretty much says it all. No atmosphere, no baseball feel. The only interesting feature is the scoreboard in left field which is big and green (where'd they get that idea?). The food here was also very standard and boring, which surprised me since Miami is such a diverse community. The stadium was easy to get to and parking was reasonable. Also, Blues Traveler did a mini-concert after the game as part of a weekend concert series that the Marlins sponsor. It was ok, but we didn't stay very long. The best part of Miami was that our hotel was on Miami Beach and the back door basically opened onto the ocean. Very cool. $60 on Priceline, baby!

After a quick drive across Alligator Alley, we ended up at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. (Side note: while driving I-75, we found a radio station that gives lots of interesting information about the Everglades and the species that live there. If you can stand a little self-improvement, or if you're a teacher and think your kids might find it interesting, you can listen online at www.evergladesradionetwork.com) Again, the park was very easy to get to, and the drive across Tampa Bay into St. Pete is gorgeous. There's lots of parking and they don't even charge for it. The Trop is a domed stadium and the dome is angled, slightly slanted. It's very strange visually, actually. Not very attractive. The inside is also very bland -- and COLD!! The Devil Rays obviously don't draw many fans, and there were more Indians fans than Rays fans there. We did, however, see the guy that sits right behind home plate and heckles one visiting player loudly for the entire game. He was pretty funny. There is also an actual tank of devil rays outside the center field wall. That was pretty cool for the kids that were there. The food was actually outstanding at the Trop. They had the cultural variety that I expected in Miami. There was a Cuban/Mexican selection, and an Asian menu. There were also the usual stuff (the chili/cheese fries were really good) and there was an Outback that had a really good steak and mushroom dish. Plus, it was very easy to move to better seats. We started out in the second ring of seats but quickly moved down to the bottom level about 20 feet down the 3rd base line, 15 rows back.

So my personal updated rankings are:

1. Camden Yard (Baltimore)
2. PNC (Pittsburgh)
3. Citizens' Bank Park (Philly)
4. Yankee Stadium (NY)
5. Great American Ballpark (Cincinnati)
6. SkyDome (Toronto)
7. Jacobs' Field (Cleveland)
8. Comerica Park (Detroit)
9. Tropicana Field (Tampa/St. Pete)
10. Turner Field (Atlanta)
11. Olympic Stadium (Montreal)
12. Dolphins Stadium (Miami)
13. Shea Stadium (NY)
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BTW, if you're not already completely fed up with my talk about ballparks, you can compare my rankings to those on ESPN's Page 2: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stadiums
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Old Tue Sep 25, 2007, 09:52am
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What's the deal with Milton Bradley? What could the ump have said to set him off that badly?
There's a thread on the baseball board about it (though it doesn't pick up on Bradley till page 2, and I just made a hijack post):
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