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

[CoachP]

Originally Posted by mick

One of our lads from U.P. here will be umpiring a game this Friday in Grand Rapids (West Michigan Whitecaps) where Kenny Rogers (Detroit Tigers Ace) will be pitching.

Go Hammer !

Bondy is 6-0, Verlander is 7-2 with a no-no and hits 102 mph in the 9th.
I doubt Kenny will get the "ace" label back anytime soon!!
We sure do need him soon though!

[Jurassic Referee]

Just because......

[mick]

Originally Posted by mick

One of our lads from U.P. here will be umpiring a game this Friday in Grand Rapids (West Michigan Whitecaps) where Kenny Rogers (Detroit Tigers Ace) will be pitching.

Go Hammer !

"A sellout crowd of 10,537 at Fifth Third Ballpark in Comstock Park greeted Rogers with a loud ovation after he emerged from the dugout to begin warming up." - detnews.com

Hammer had the dish.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by mick

Fifth Third Ballpark

"Fifth Third Ballpark"???? Can't they make up their minds as to what street it's on?

[mick]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

"Fifth Third Ballpark"???? Can't they make up their minds as to what street it's on?

http://www.michigan.org/travel/detai...=16;5&p=G15872

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by mick

http://www.michigan.org/travel/detai...=16;5&p=G15872

That still doesn't explain how it got that goofy name. Were they building ballparks in groups of three and this was the fifth time they did it?

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by mick

"A sellout crowd of 10,537 at Fifth Third Ballpark in Comstock Park greeted Rogers with a loud ovation after he emerged from the dugout to begin warming up." - detnews.com

Hammer had the dish.

The real Fifth Third Field is in Toledo, Ohio, and is the home of the two-time defending Governor's Trophy (International League) Champion, the world famous Toledo MudHens.

MTD, Sr.

[mick]

Originally Posted by mick
"A sellout crowd of 10,537 at Fifth Third Ballpark in Comstock Park greeted Rogers with a loud ovation after he emerged from the dugout to begin warming up." - detnews.com

Hammer had the dish.

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

The real Fifth Third Field is in Toledo, Ohio, and is the home of the two-time defending Governor's Trophy (International League) Champion, the world famous Toledo MudHens.

MTD, Sr.

That makes sense, MTD, Sr.
Toledo's is a triple-A whole field, while the Grand Rapids place is just a Double-A ballpark in a park.

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Lock the old thread, baby, it's OPENING DAY!!!

First of all, I didn't realize that anybody would actually lock the old thread, but that's fine.

Second of all, I think that last year's thread holds the record for most replies on the forum. This year's thread is well on its way to breaking that record. Right now, this thread has 34 pages (if you have it set to 15 posts/page). Last year, it took us until August to reach 34 pages; and that included a whole bunch of World Cup posts (which included, of course, Tony's soccer hotties).

I'm just so proud of you guys.

[mick]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChuckElias
Lock the old thread, baby, it's OPENING DAY!!!

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

First of all, I didn't realize that anybody would actually lock the old thread, but that's fine.

Second of all, I think that last year's thread holds the record for most replies on the forum. This year's thread is well on its way to breaking that record. Right now, this thread has 34 pages (if you have it set to 15 posts/page). Last year, it took us until August to reach 34 pages; and that included a whole bunch of World Cup posts (which included, of course, Tony's soccer hotties).

I'm just so proud of you guys.

Hmmm.

[ChuckElias]

An absolutely terrific outting by Josh Beckett last night in Atlanta (where I'll be on Aug 17!!). Six scoreless innings, really good velocity and seemed to have great location. He's having a great first half, obviously, with 10 wins already. He also contributed an RBI double, which was a rope that Andruw Jones couldn't get to. Jones is really struggling lately, too, going 0-for-his-last-18.

Big Papi hit a homer last night, Veritek had a big hit (maybe coming out of a slump), Manny had a big hit and a big catch in left, and Coco Crisp had an amazing catch in center. The bullpen pitched in when Beckett had to leave after a rain delay. Just a real team effort. Fun to watch.

Aaaaaaand. . . The Yankees drop one in Colorado. Mussina pitched ok, 3 runs in 6 innings, but the offense couldn't get going. Colorado's Willy Taveras hit his 21st bunt single of the season. That leads the majors. Every position player for the Rockies had a hit, except for the shortstop. Jorge Posada played at first base for the first time in 6 years. His thoughts on the subject: "I didn't get a ground ball, thank God."

Orioles are saying that they're interested in Joe Girardi as manager. I heard that it was likely that Girardi would turn down any job this year (since he's still being paid by the Marlins) and see if Torre steps down after the season.

[Jurassic Referee]

And in other news.....

The MRI done on Schilling shows that his shoulder is fine. The diagnosis is that basically he just sucks.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

And in other news.....

The MRI done on Schilling shows that his shoulder is fine. The diagnosis is that basically he just sucks.

Have they done an MRI on his mouth?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Orioles are saying that they're interested in Joe Girardi as manager. I heard that it was likely that Girardi would turn down any job this year (since he's still being paid by the Marlins) and see if Torre steps down after the season.

The Yankees are grooming Mattingly.

[M&M Guy]

And Sammy faces his former team for the first time ever in his career last night, and proceeds to strike out three times and fly out to shallow left.

He had several good years with the Cubs, but I really hope he doesn't hit the milestone #600 against them. Maybe he can wait long enough to hit it at Boston next weekend?