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

[mick]

"The best play belonged to shortstop Neifi Perez in the eighth. After Bill Hall walked for the third time, Gabe Gross hit a hard grounder up the middle. Perez skidded to his left to glove it, but the force of the ball knocked him over.
Perez managed to flip the ball to second baseman Placido Polanco, who completed the inning-ending double play. Verlander pumped his fist near the mound and was one of the first to congratulate Perez in the dugout." - USAToday.com

[dblref]

Yankees move above .500 for the first time in a long time. Believe they are 4 back in the wildcard race and 8.5 back for the division title. Things are definitely looking up.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by dblref

Yankees move above .500 for the first time in a long time. Believe they are 4 back in the wildcard race and 8.5 back for the division title. Things are definitely looking up.

Yep, they're definitely looking up. Up at the Sox in the standings.

Hey, rocky - looks like we got a series-deciding game today? It's actually been kinda fun seeing who actually plays for the Mariners. I don't normally get to see any of them because you guys are like, 5 hours behind the rest of the country.

Is the catcher somehow related to the guy that invented these?:

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Is the catcher somehow related to the guy that invented these?:

I'm not sure it's such a good idea for a Cubs fan to be making cracks about another team's catcher. . .

This was sad to hear, tho. From ESPN.com:

Mariners second baseman Jose Lopez found out before the game that his 28-year-old brother died in an accident. His father told him to play and he did.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

I'm not sure it's such a good idea for a Cubs fan to be making cracks about another team's catcher. . .

...or about other teams being closer to the bottom than the top 3 weeks before the fourth of July.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

...or about other teams being closer to the bottom than the top 3 weeks before the fourth of July.

That just proves the NL Central is more balanced than the AL East.

(Yea, I know - balanced as in, "ALL BAD".)

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

I'm not sure it's such a good idea for a Cubs fan to be making cracks about another team's catcher. . .

Oh, yea?! Well, my catcher can beat up your catcher. And, if that doesn't work, I'll just send in Zambrano...

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

This was sad to hear, tho. From ESPN.com:

I had not heard about that - that's too bad. I didn't get a chance to see last night's game, as I was out getting dusty on a softball field. Cliff Floyd had to leave the Cubs for a few days earlier this week because his father is very ill. It's things like this that should remind us that there are more important things than sports.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

I didn't get a chance to see last night's game, as I was out getting dusty on a softball field.

Second base?

Literally?

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Second base?

Literally?

No, pitcher.

Literally.