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

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Which would certainly be better than hanging him [on my wall].

I'm already hung.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

I'm already hung.

You lie like a rug.

I've seen you in a Speedo in the back of a police car.

I'm hanging up on this conversation before I lose any more time off my life...

[dblref]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

I'm already hung.

Uh, in case you didn't notice, you left the "over" part off the end of your post.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by dblref

Uh, in case you didn't notice, you left the "over" part off the end of your post.

Au contraire......

Did you know that the Chinese once made a movie in homage to me?

It was titled Enter The Draggin'.

It's true, it's true......

[psujaye]

For all of us sox fans...
their magic number is 67 as of the all-star break (i.e. any combo of sox wins and nyy losses) to clinch the AL east. they have 75 games left, 15 of which are against Tampa Bay. The Sox are 108-48 all time vs. TB (win % of .692). Stats show they'll win ~10 of the 15 vs TB; with that said, their magic # is 57 with 65 games left. What does this mean?
the AL east race is O-V-E-R!!!

GO SOX!

[Mark Dexter]

Originally Posted by psujaye

Stats show they'll win ~10 of the 15 vs TB;

Really?

What does this mean?
the AL east race is O-V-E-R!!!

A true Sox fan would know better than to jinx it.

[psujaye]

more stats for sox fans...

(sox have 75 games left, nyy has 77 left) if the sox win 10 of 15 vs TB and only go 32-28 the other 60 games, nyy would need to go 53-24 (29 games over .500) the 2nd half of the season (basically win almost 70% of their games).

obviously i'll be more comfortable 2 months from now when they still have a 10 game lead, but still....

[psujaye]

Originally Posted by psujaye

more stats for sox fans...

(sox have 75 games left, nyy has 77 left) if the sox win 10 of 15 vs TB and only go 32-28 the other 60 games, nyy would need to go 53-24 (29 games over .500) the 2nd half of the season (basically win almost 70% of their games).

obviously i'll be more comfortable 2 months from now when they still have a 10 game lead, but still....

HOW 'BOUT THOSE RED SOX!!!!!!!!!

is it me or is the air fresher today?

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Mark Dexter

Really?



A true Sox fan would know better than to jinx it.

Two words:

Bucky f'ing Dent.

Carry on.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

Two words:

Bucky f'ing Dent.

Typical Yankee fan math wizard.

Carry on.

[Zoochy]

Originally Posted by psujaye

For all of us sox fans...
What does this mean?
the AL east race is O-V-E-R!!!

GO SOX!

It's not over! Was it 'OVER' when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Zoochy

It's not over! Was it 'OVER' when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

Nope.....mainly because the Germans still haven't bombed Pearl Harbor.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Nope.....mainly because the Germans still haven't bombed Pearl Harbor.

JR, I hate to break it to you, but you need to rent the movie, "Animal House".


Who's with me!! When the going gets tough...the tough get going!

[Mark Padgett]

Watched the cable special "The Ghosts of Flatbush". It's clips were somewhat redundant but it told me something I didn't know about the Dodgers moving to La-la-land.

If Walter O'Malley could have convinced NY city planner Robert Moses to condemn some rundown buildings in Brooklyn, O'Malley would have built a new domed stadium and the Dodgers would not have moved. Moses wouldn't do it - not because the buildings didn't qualify - but because he wanted to see a new stadium built in Queens instead.

Ironically, a few years after the move, Shea Stadium was built right where Moses wanted it.

Oh yeah - the special had some great insights into the hiring of Jackie Robinson. Apparently Branch Rickey wanted him and O'Malley would have been just as happy to not do it!

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Watched the cable special "The Ghosts of Flatbush". It's clips were somewhat redundant but it told me something I didn't know about the Dodgers moving to La-la-land.

If Walter O'Malley could have convinced NY city planner Robert Moses to condemn some rundown buildings in Brooklyn, O'Malley would have built a new domed stadium and the Dodgers would not have moved. Moses wouldn't do it - not because the buildings didn't qualify - but because he wanted to see a new stadium built in Queens instead.

Actually where O'Malley wanted to put that stadium was in Prospect Heights and building the stadium there would have resulted in a pretty big urban redevelopment plan. At that time there was nothing but open space in Flushing Meadows, both Shea Stadium and the '62 World's Fair were built on the grounds Moses had in mind. I'm not the biggest fan of Robert Moses but it's silly to believe that O'Malley moved his team clear across the country because he couldn't agree with Moses & the city on where to put a new stadium. In fact, O'Malley was offered space in Coney Island to build a stadium, that land is now occupied by the Mets affiliated class A minor league team the Brooklyn Cyclones. What real estate developer O'Malley really wanted was to own the stadium and the ground under it (Moses wanted the stadium to be developed & owned by the city) and even more he wanted to buy into the huge real estate opportunity on the west coast. Moving the Dodgers to LA was an incredibly smart business decision by O'Malley and I suspect he would have made the move even if the city had agreed with all his demands.

BTW, it's interesting to note the proposed site of O'Malley's Brooklyn stadium is about where the proposed new arena for the Nets will be, owned by real estate developer Bruce Ratner. This project includes both high and low income housing along with the arena.