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

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

19,000+ games *total*?

Or 19,000+ games that the Cubs won at home?

I didn't give it a second thought until you asked the question. Once I started doing the math, I realized that figure has to be wrong. Maybe the ESPN guy was intentionally pulling my leg and I fell for it.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

I didn't give it a second thought until you asked the question. Once I started doing the math, I realized that figure has to be wrong. Maybe the ESPN guy was intentionally pulling my leg and I fell for it.

Come to think of it, that's where I heard it this morning. And, come to think of it, didn't he also make some comment about a player earning a billion dollars, or something like that? So, maybe there was some leg-pulling going on, along with the real facts. But the part about a lead-off HR being the winning and only run in a game does sound pretty rare.

[JugglingReferee]

Hey all.

Does anyone think that Roger Clemens has taken drugs/steroids/??? to lengthen his career?

If so, is he worse than Barry Bonds? Maybe Barry is worse? Same?

[mick]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Hey all.

Does anyone think that Roger Clemens has taken drugs/steroids/??? to lengthen his career?

If so, is he worse than Barry Bonds? Maybe Barry is worse? Same?

I don't think about that.

[JugglingReferee]

A local sports report compared Roger to Barry. They said:

Barry has been with just two teams - certainly journeyman qualities. (Think Ray Bourque or Steve Yzerman.)

But Barry isn't all that great with the media, and went from skinny guy to monster guy, and has links to Balco.

Roger's number have climbed since his 35th birthday, and are almost at the same point from when he was in his early 20s. Plus, he's been pulled out of retirement twice. And he bounces from team to team for whatever reason. ($, which is fine, but does he have any loyalty?)

I liked the story only because I was able to paraphrase it for the sports column that I write.

[mick]

Four days in Beantown.

May 14	at Boston	7:05 p.m.
May 15	at Boston	7:05 p.m.
May 16	at Boston	7:05 p.m.
May 17	at Boston	7:05 p.m.

[Mark Dexter]

7-1 final for the first game.

Hey, Mick, how do you get tables to show up in your posts? I try copying and pasting standings or box scores and get junk.