The Official Major League F'ing Baseball Thread

[oliveu2cm]

I'll be at the Boston game this Friday I can't wait! Since I've been out of the country I missed watching some games, and of course the first game I watch (yesterday) they lose. Hopefully that won't continue!

 

[zoney!]

what pisses me off....as I was typing the above post, I could have been at the game. I guess a few of my players went, but could not figure out what room I was in to ask me.



Good (low scoring) series!

 

[U2ME3]

and can the reds ever hold a lead?

about as good as the indians can! i think the indians bullpen has cost them 4 or five games this year.

 

[Hewson]

Must be an Ohio thing

 

[zoney!]

let's recap the Cubs versus Cards before the Cards fans get all excited that they won two of four.

Game one...Cubs relief pitching WALKED a Cardinal. Cubs beat themselves (ie. Cards had no part in the victory).

Game two...Cubs win (Cards score 1 run I believe).

Game three....NINE scoreless innings (pitchers dual). Cards score one run off of a single after Cubs relievers walk two. Cubs beat themselves.

Game four....Cubs win 7-3.

How I see it: Cubs win tow, and find a way to lose two. Cards didn't even have to really show up to their home field this weekend.

 

[Screaming Flower]

how i see it: our bullpen blows.

 

[popacrobat]

how i see it: the cubs still lost 2

thats all that matters, right?

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

say... isn't it a bit early for the red sox to be blowing a 5 game lead? is it september yet? what happened to the summer?



go mets

 

[Diane L]

Umm, remember what I said about this not being the Yankees' year?

I think I've changed my mind...!

 

[Diane L]

Umm, remember what I said about this not being the Yankees' year?

I think I've changed my mind...!

 

[Justified]

Go Braves

 

[MrBrau1]

F the Wankees. They're supposed to win with a payroll like that. Rooting for the Wanks is like cheering when you owe the IRS $, or being happy Brad Pitt got laid.

 

[Hewson]

Its still a bit early to crown the Yanks champs and bury the Sox, just like it was too early to bury the Yanks 10 days ago. (funny the Yanks fans used that argument after the Sox took 6 of 7 from them, but after the Sox drop 5 straight the Yanks fans declare the division clinched).
Its a long season, and the cream will rise to the top.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

F the Wankees. They're supposed to win with a payroll like that. Rooting for the Wanks is like cheering when you owe the IRS $, or being happy Brad Pitt got laid.

yea... who'd wanna root for a team who's owner does absolutely everything in his power to put a good product on the field. god forbid... an owner who puts a good product on the field for his fans at any cost. how bad for baseball.



anyhoo...


two guys passed two different carlton's yesterday...

...and i hear they're good friends too

 

[Hewson]

Piazza's good, but he's only half the man Carlton Fisk is. That man was like having an oak tree blocking the plate when someone tried to barrell through him. Just ask Thurman Munson, oh wait, oops.

 

[MrBrau1]

yea... who'd wanna root for a team who's owner does absolutely everything in his power to put a good product on the field. god forbid... an owner who puts a good product on the field for his fans at any cost. how bad for baseball.

I'm not questioning the leadership, I'm calling out the heart of Wankee fans. It's easy being the fan of a winner.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

i know pudge fisk's niece... she was the softball coach where i went to college. not that that matters

I'm not questioning the leadership, I'm calling out the heart of Wankee fans. It's easy being the fan of a winner.

and as for the Wankee fans, or as i prefer to call them... WankMe fans...

for fans of the yankees with no connection to the new york metro area at all? i agree with ya... for the yuppy soho/tribeca/chelsea fair-weather fans who rooted for the mets in the 80s? i agree with ya... for the fans who have been yankee fans their entire life, who's fathers were yankee fans, who's grandfathers were yankee fans... i'd have to strongly disagree with ya.

 

[pub crawler]

 

[pub crawler]

From a totally unreliable source, i.e., a Cubs' message board: Bono is supposedly singing the 7th inning stretch at the Cubs' game tomorrow.

 

[Screaming Flower]

WHAT?!

 

[zoney!]

he is in chicago?

hmmm

I am off on Fridays now...........

 

[Screaming Flower]

maybe i can trade my friday tix for saturday ones.

of course then i also have the whole "having to be at work" thing.

 

[Chizip]

so youd trade away tix the day bono is singing?

what kind of fan are you?

 

[Screaming Flower]

i reversed it.

sorry. i'm slow.

 

[zoney!]

I cannot find anything on the Internet that could substantiate (maybe i shouldn't use big words I can't spell) this rumor.

You have any ideas miss flower?

 

[Screaming Flower]

nope.

 

[zoney!]

damn...well...I am off to ask other Cub fans and enjoy PBR!

 

[pub crawler]

WHAT?!

It's just a rumour, folks. Take it for what it's worth. I read it on the Cubs' ESPN board. A lot of B.S. is written on those boards.

 

[Screaming Flower]

i think if i were at a game and bono actually sang "take me out to the ballgame" i would implode.

 

[pub crawler]

mkay, here's the link to the dumb rumour which i'm sure is pure b.s.:

http://boards.espn.go.com/cgi/mlb/request.dll?MESSAGE&room=mlb_chc&id=1069799