mick Originally posted by Jurassic Referee Should be a good 'un,tomorrow. You know though,deep down,that they're gonna break your heart again,don't ya Chuck? ð Cold, JR. Very cold.
ChuckElias Originally posted by Jurassic Referee Saw Miller pitch in person a few times. No resemblance at all to Williamson, There was some resemblance tonight. . . Remember Miller's most famous (infamous) moment?
Jurassic Referee Originally posted by ChuckElias Originally posted by Jurassic Referee Saw Miller pitch in person a few times. No resemblance at all to Williamson, There was some resemblance tonight. . . Remember Miller's most famous (infamous) moment? Getting blown off the mound in an allstar game at Candlestick Park in San Fran? I remember seeing that. I also remember him coming back after that to strike out Mickey Mantle in the same game. Amazing,isn't it? I can remember that,but I can't remember something that happened last week.ð
ChuckElias Originally posted by Jurassic Referee Getting blown off the mound in an allstar game at Candlestick Park in San Fran? Yup, and with the wind gusting over 25 mph at the Stadium, Williamson almost got blown off the mound after one of his pitches tonight. BTW, between "did it or didn't it hit the foul pole" and the strike zone tonight, when do you think we'll see Angel Hernandez work another post-season series? ðŪ
Jurassic Referee Originally posted by ChuckElias [/B] BTW, between "did it or didn't it hit the foul pole" and the strike zone tonight, when do you think we'll see Angel Hernandez work another post-season series? ðŪ [/B][/QUOTE]I think that it's safe to say that he was probably not the best choice to have the dish in a game of this magnitude. I'm also coming to the conclusion that it is now practically impossible to be thrown out of a playoff game, no matter what you do.
Jay R Was Hernandez that bad? I only saw the first three innings. I worked my first game of the season tonight. His zone seemed okay up to that point. It is interesting that Hernandez was chosen as one of the worst umps in a players and coaches poll and Tim McCleland was rated as the best. McCleland has the dish tonight.
dblref Originally posted by rainmaker Wednesday, Top of the 9th, Sox-Yankees What a rollercoaster!! I was really PO'd by this time. Even my son's dog wouldn't come near me, and he rarely leaves my side when I see him. I think the defining moment was the 6th(?) inning when the Yankees had runners at 2nd and 3rd, 2 outs and Giambi at bat. First 2 pitches were balls, and he wound up striking out. Down hill after that.
Jurassic Referee Originally posted by Jurassic Referee [/B]You know though,deep down,that they're gonna break your heart again,don't ya Chuck? [/B][/QUOTE] ðĒ 2003 Boston Red Sox ðŠĶ
ChuckElias I was surprised Pedro came out to start the 8th. I was surprised that Pedro was not lifted when Little came to the mound. I wasn't surprised by anything after that.
Dan_ref You'll need to register, it's free and worth it. http://www.nytimes.com/pages/sports/baseball/index.html BTW, I heard someone on the radio this morning say the Babe's curse has been lifted but there's a new curse: Zim's curse. Thanks Pedro.
Dan_ref ...and something for you folks north of the Milford-Albany line to enjoy: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/postcurse1.html
ChuckElias Big sigh of relief. Since I'm in Florida for the weekend, I will be a Marlins fan. Of course it doesn't hurt that they beat the Evil Empire!
Jurassic Referee Yankees shoulda won- except for the fact that they were out-hit, out-pitched, out-defensed, out-hustled, out...... Geeze, $180 million just can't buy ya what it used to! Congratulations to the Marlins- well-deserved CHAMPIONS!
Dan_ref Ah well, it coulda been worse...they could have lost to Boston. FWIW I have my theory as to why they let the lowly Marlins get by them: with all those hexes, curses & ghosts residing at the stadium none of them had any effect on the Marlins. So you'll be seeing some big changes this winter in the Bronx, starting with the announcement of a new VP of Voodoo reporting directly to the boss. As a first step look for a number of high priced prospects imported from the Carribean - mostly fat old ladies with experience in animal sacrifice and spirit conjuring. Remember you read it here first.