Top 10 ways to tell it's nearly September...

[dblref]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

Tsk,tsk,tsk! How juvenile!!

Btw, [/B]

Maybe, but soooooo true!

[A Pennsylvania Coach]

Originally posted by JRutledge
baseball season is still going on?

Wow, I did not notice.

Peace

That's too bad. The best basketball player ever just retired (again, and is apparently unemployed???), and the best football player ever has been retired for a few years (hint: only QB with 60,000 passing yards as a pro, and five championships). But the best baseball player in the history of the game is playing today. And he is doing some amazing things.



Dan_ref,

For the sake of my Blue Jays, I'm glad you didn't take those standings any further. But you could have. The order of the AL East has been the same for five straight seasons, and it looks like it will be for a sixth: NY, Boston, Toronto, Baltimore, Tampa.

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by A Pennsylvania Coach

That's too bad. The best basketball player ever just retired (again, and is apparently unemployed???), and the best football player ever has been retired for a few years (hint: only QB with 60,000 passing yards as a pro, and five championships). But the best baseball player in the history of the game is playing today. And he is doing some amazing things.

Armando Benetez?

Dan_ref,

For the sake of my Blue Jays, I'm glad you didn't take those standings any further. But you could have. The order of the AL East has been the same for five straight seasons, and it looks like it will be for a sixth: NY, Boston, Toronto, Baltimore, Tampa.

I recently heard this will be the 6th straight season where the same 2 teams end up 1 & 2 in the standings - if Boston holds on that is. It's been done 5 times before, never done 7 times in a row.

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by A Pennsylvania Coach
the best baseball player in the history of the game is playing today.

Coach, I can only assume that you're talking about Bonds. But to claim that he's the best ballplayer ever is debatable at best. No doubt he's put up amazing numbers in the last decade, but I would have a hard time listing him above some of the true greats, particularly those from the first half of the 20th century. The two most obvious names would be Ruth and Cobb. DiMaggio (the NY variety) and Teddy Ballgame might be up there ahead of Bonds too. Just my opinion,

Chuck

[mick]

Originally posted by ChuckElias

Coach, I can only assume that you're talking about Bonds.

Chuck

I thought he was talkin' about ARod.

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by mick
I thought he was talkin' about ARod.

Hmmm, I suppose that's possible too. But I guess I don't even consider ARod in the discussion yet. Give him a few more years and then maybe we can discuss how far he falls short

[Mark Dexter]

Originally posted by nine01c
I'll be at Fenway tonght. Hope the bums can pull this one off. Oh well, it'll be a beautiful evening to be at the ballpark, but even more beautiful if they win. We SOX fans are a hearty people.

YES! We have a third!!!

[dblref]

Originally posted by Mark Dexter

YES! We have a third!!!

I guess it really is true -- 3 wrongs don't make it right. Brought to you by the Yankee fans (26 championships and counting).

[A Pennsylvania Coach]

Originally posted by ChuckElias

Coach, I can only assume that you're talking about Bonds. But to claim that he's the best ballplayer ever is debatable at best. No doubt he's put up amazing numbers in the last decade, but I would have a hard time listing him above some of the true greats, particularly those from the first half of the 20th century. The two most obvious names would be Ruth and Cobb. DiMaggio (the NY variety) and Teddy Ballgame might be up there ahead of Bonds too. Just my opinion,

Chuck

There are usually some good discussions on this topic at http://www.baseballprimer.com . Ruth and Honus Wagner are the only two players you can even make a case for vs Barry, IMHO. Because of Ruth's pitching, you can call him the greatest player, but most of those in the sabermetric community would narrow the list of best hitter to two--Ruth and Bonds. DiMaggio is nowhere near the class of Bonds--another product of NY hype and East Coast bias. DiMaggio got far too much hype over his fluky streak, and doesn't even compare to Williams in his own era.