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

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

anybody want Richie Sexson??

Man, that poor guy is struggling. He's where Manny was in May. I've always kind of liked Sexson, since I saw him play for Milwaukee in Montreal. I hope he picks it up.

Beckett was awesome yesterday. Even picked a guy off second. And the Yankees offense just won't stop. Gonna be interesting in a few weeks.

[mick]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

... And the Yankees offense just won't stop. Gonna be interesting in a few weeks.

If they're having fun now, they should be in hitters heaven when they [and the Indians] meet the Detroit pitchers this month.

Aug. 14	at Cleveland	7:05 p.m.
Aug. 15	at Cleveland	7:05 p.m.
Aug. 16	at N.Y. Yankees	7:05 p.m.
Aug. 17	at N.Y. Yankees	7:05 p.m.
Aug. 18	at N.Y. Yankees	3:55 p.m.
Aug. 19	at N.Y. Yankees	1:05 p.m.
Aug. 21	Cleveland	7:05 p.m.
Aug. 22	Cleveland	7:05 p.m.
Aug. 23	Cleveland	1:05 p.m.
Aug. 24	N.Y. Yankees	7:05 p.m.
Aug. 25	N.Y. Yankees	7:05 p.m.
Aug. 26	N.Y. Yankees	1:05 p.m.
Aug. 27	N.Y. Yankees	7:05 p.m.

[tjones1]

Well over the weekend I took a trip to Yankees Stadium to take my Dad to his first game there. It was a good one to go see. ARod's 500th, Yankees win, and a game with lots of runs. Turns out, a man sitting behind us for whatever reason didn't have a seat with his wife/girlfriend. So I'm assuming he went out to where she was every now and then......turns out she was left field and he ended up catching #500 and a check for 100G. Enjoyable weekend, time to start thinking officiating again!

[mick]

Originally Posted by tjones1

Well over the weekend I took a trip to Yankees Stadium to take my Dad to his first game there. It was a good one to go see. ARod's 500th, Yankees win, and a game with lots of runs. Turns out, a man sitting behind us for whatever reason didn't have a seat with his wife/girlfriend. So I'm assuming he went out to where she was every now and then......turns out she was left field and he ended up catching #500 and a check for 100G. Enjoyable weekend, time to start thinking officiating again!

Good one, Tanner !

[JugglingReferee]

The pitcher was Mike Bacsik.

The home-run ball catcher was Matt Murphy.

[Jurassic Referee]

Who cares?

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Who cares?

Sox get crushed in Anaheim, Yanks win and cut the division lead to 5, and this is your mood first thing in the morning?

[mick]

Originally Posted by mick

If they're having fun now, they should be in hitters heaven when they [and the Indians] meet the Detroit pitchers this month.

Yikes !

The Yanks are red hot, and now they've made the Indians red hot.
This ain't gonna be pretty.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by mick

The Yanks are red hot, and now they've made the Indians red hot.

Old cheer from my HS: "Our team is red hot. Your team is diddly squat!"

Also: (when the other team was going to shoot a FT) "See that basket, see that ball, come on stupid, hit the wall!"

OK, I'll stop now.

[Jurassic Referee]

Yo, Chuck........

When you do your Monday morning Sportscenter, don't forget to tell us all about Eric Gagne.

Personally, I'm kinda glad to see him in there in place of Okajima.

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

don't forget to tell us all about Eric Gagne.

He doesn't seem to be making the adjustment to set-up guy very well, does he? 4 game lead? Sox have been playing .500 ball over the last 50 games; Yankees have just been on fire. Seems like they're scoring 10 runs per game over the last couple weeks. Almost doesn't matter if you have a crappy pitching staff if your offense is doing that.

There's still 6 games left for the Sox and Yanks. Those two series will decide it, I think.

I heard that the Tigers have the most losses since the All-Star break in the AL. But that's small consolation for Sox fans. Maybe Mick and I can just commiserate.

[mick]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

He doesn't seem to be making the adjustment to set-up guy very well, does he? 4 game lead? Sox have been playing .500 ball over the last 50 games; Yankees have just been on fire. Seems like they're scoring 10 runs per game over the last couple weeks. Almost doesn't matter if you have a crappy pitching staff if your offense is doing that.

There's still 6 games left for the Sox and Yanks. Those two series will decide it, I think.

I heard that the Tigers have the most losses since the All-Star break in the AL. But that's small consolation for Sox fans. Maybe Mick and I can just commiserate.

Well, Chuck, the Yankees, as usual, certainly do seem to control the direction that the playoffs will be headed. If the Red Sox and the Tigers don't begin feeling a sense of urgency, then we will be singing "wait 'til next year".

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

I heard that the Tigers have the most losses since the All-Star break in the AL. But that's small consolation for Sox fans. Maybe Mick and I can just commiserate.

Yeah, those poor, first place in their division Tigers. You really gotta feel sorry for them.

Geeze, what would you two do if you both weren't in first place in your respective divisions?