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[axisoftime]

Football-Over
Hockey-Over and Done(maybe for good)
Basketball-No ones excited till the finals

The national pasttime is back!Spring trainning starts tomorrow(feb 15)!1st off-spring trainning is a sure sign that spring is just around the corner.I dont know about u-but weve had a long cold,snowy winter and ive had enuff!2nd-baseball is the only sport played without a clock-3rd-America=baseball,hot dogs,apple pie!Ok -so im a big fan-go ahead-let the naysayers begin ripping me apart lol.

[Disco]

YAAAAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Baseball is the best!!!!

http://www.boomspeed.com/discodelic/baseball_smiley.JPG

[truemeathead]

Originally posted by axisoftime
Football-Over
Hockey-Over and Done(maybe for good)
Basketball-No ones excited till the finals

The national pasttime is back!Spring trainning starts tomorrow(feb 15)!1st off-spring trainning is a sure sign that spring is just around the corner.I dont know about u-but weve had a long cold,snowy winter and ive had enuff!2nd-baseball is the only sport played without a clock-3rd-America=baseball,hot dogs,apple pie!Ok -so im a big fan-go ahead-let the naysayers begin ripping me apart lol.


Sorry bro but football is officially the national past time now, the proof is in the pudding:D

you forgot one-baseball=beer!

GO DODGERS!!!!!!!!!!!

[Zungas]

America's Pastime

[truemeathead]

America's past pastime come on man. Look at the facts Super sunday is a unofficial holiday baseball is boring to alot of people-I like baseball don't get me wrong but to even start to argue that baseball is more popular than football is pointless because the torch was passed officially during the last baseball strike. Jerseys, ratings, advertisements, ticket sales-they all say the same thing football baby!


Go Dodgers!

[Disco]

Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
I don't care if I never get back,
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don't win it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
At the old ball game.

[Unbreakable Lex]

Originally posted by Zungas
America's Pastime

:rotfl:

What ever!

NFL anyone?

Go Nationals!!

[truemeathead]

Originally posted by Disco
Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,
I don't care if I never get back,
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don't win it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
At the old ball game.

Gotta love that song though:D

[axisoftime]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by truemeathead
[B]America's past pastime come on man. Look at the facts Super sunday is a unofficial holiday baseball is boring to alot of people-I like baseball don't get me wrong but to even start to argue that baseball is more popular than football is pointless because the torch was passed officially during the last baseball strike. Jerseys, ratings, advertisements, ticket sales-they all say the same thing football baby!{ENDQUOTE}

I suppose this is a matter of opinon-however i entered 'National Pastime' on Google search and in the first 2 pages there were 12 baseball references and no football!An article in the New York Daily News by 1 of the countries top sportswriters that i read b4 also states the national pastime as baseball!Yes Super Bowl is the greatest 1-day event-but it is more a spectacle these days.Just listen or read about it when its coming up and u hear'Beer-food-parties-halftime show-commercials-and o yeh,a game also'lol.As far as ratings go-well if u want to judge it on that-then i suppose WWE is the national pastime scince it does better then both!

[truemeathead]

You say so bro. you say football is a spectacle what about baseball? The government is actually threatening to step in and handle the drug policies because of all the steroids floating around baseball parks in America. Conseco is running around badmouthing some of the biggest names in the game and labeling them as roidheads. Mark McGwire is one of the two men credited with bringing baseball back into good graces with the fans after the strike, the home run race ran through America like LIGHTNING BOLTS and now the guy that won that race is being publicly called a juicer-that's what I would call a spectacle.

Randy Moss and TO run off at their mouths and act like jackasses but no one has ever labeled them steroid users. Baseball is leaving a bad taste in people's mouths again, I like baseball but I just think that football is a more popular sport right now that's all.

WWE is like pop music-teeny boppers decide those two markets success, I could care less about them.

[axisoftime]

According to every athlete and sportswriter ive heard or read,Jose Canseco is 1 of the worlds biggest jerks and liars.Everyone says he is near broke,in debt and just wants to sell books.And in his book he says that HE was THE greatest player of all time!LOL.
Randy Moss?the guy who tried to run over a meter maid?and dragged her around on the ground?The guy who said sometine he dont care unless its a big game?
T.O?-The guy who said in an interview "everything T.O. does is front page news"
And for awhile there people were calling the NFL the National Felon League!
And yes,u were right,i forgot to put beer in with hot dogs and apple pie lol.

[Sharkie]

You guys could argue back and forth over the national past time forever. But there are some facts you have overlooked:
1. America's Past Time have been synonmus with Baseball since the 1940's. Times change.

2. Baseball has grown to international prominence. Can it truely be "America's game" if it is so popular outside the US? Maybe, but:

3. America used to dominate the Olympics in baseball, but now things are different. In 1996, the US team failed to medal, and in 2004 didn't even qualify for the Olympics.

[axisoftime]

.
Baseball has the greatest rivalry in sports-Yankees-Red Sox.
And the best movie-Field of Dreams.To paraphrase:

"They will come Ray-theyll hand over their money cause its money they have-but peace they seek.Throughout the turmoil of life there has been 1 constant-baseball!"

Sniff-kinda brings a tear to your eye,dont it.

[Sharkie]

Yanks and Red Sox is a matter of opinion. Frankly, I could care less about the yanks and the reds. Rivalries are better on the college level anyway. Bottom line, baseball is no longer uniquely American. Everything you are saying is just side stepping the issue. While football is American. Even in Canada where they do play football, it's different rules.

[Hellequin]

im not one for baseball but NFL is pretty entertaining ive managed to catch the superbowl for the last few years anyway. kills me getting to work the next day but we dont get it till late at night/early morning taped it this year though so i side stepped that land mine but its not the same to watching it live....

I love the tackles in NFL if it was a more fluid game with less stops then i think it would take off in other countrys better.

People watch it & if they dont understand it all they will see is alot of talking, then stopping at a down then the defence will replace the attack or visa versa then a time out & that really confusses them so they just dismise it as rubbish wen in fact its a clever game.

[axisoftime]

I like football-its my 2nd favorite sport to baseball.Im just sayin its not the national pastime.
OK its true kids are more into football and basketball.Some of it has to do with the late night games-especially in the playoffs-where many dont end till after midnight.Plus-the NBA for instance-going the M-TV route with High Flyin Action set to hip-hop music.
Ok-the US hasnt done well in little league competition-but hey-its just a bunch of kids after all.No matter where they play it,and where its caught on across the world-its still as American as hot dogs and apple pie-a great tradition and the national pastime.Wasnt it George Will who said "whoever wants to understand the pulse of America,must first understand baseball"

[axisoftime]

Jim Mckenzie,a 15 yr hockey veteran playing for Nashville said "The scary part now for hockey-will the fans come back?We're not baseball-were not the national pastime"

[Sharkie]

Dude. You are obsessed. It's a cliche phrase.

[axisoftime]

Hhhhmmm-this is the discussion forum isnt it?In a discussion dont u try and back up statements with opinons and facts?I am not 'obsessed'with this-the quote i used was from an article I read in the paper-and thought would be relavent to this thread.
I invite anyone to debate this using any rescource they would like-as i would in any discussion/debate.Surprised u would say that Shark,after all your posts debating the college football champs.I always took your opinons-facts-hypothesis-as your simply presenting your case.

[Sharkie]

I don't really think that quote lends any support to your statement though. I mean some hockey player calls it the national pasttime, it really doesn't convey any true sense of what you are saying. I just think it's really bad evidence for anything. It's a cliche phrase that has been around since the depression. See, to me, to be a true NATIONAL pasttime, you have to show me that A. it is unique to America and/or B. a large part of american culture. It may have been true a few years ago, bbut I don't think it is true now.

[axisoftime]

Those are 2 very good points.I see more of what u are saying now.While it is not unique to america-it is uniquely american-no matter where its played.And as to 'a large part of american culture'-i guess that would be a matter of opinon.Some people care nothing about sports-some care nothing about government and its a large part of america.I thought the hockey player quote was relavent because 1)this is a professional sports player 2)a 15-yr veteran whos been around and his opinon is baseball is the national pastime.

[Sharkie]

Whoops, I misread the quote. I thought it said 15 year old. :p

[pacofajita]

No lie, I am a baseball junkie. I was the little kid that played t-ball and did little league. I tried football in jr. high, but I didn't like it as much. Once I hit high school I destroyed my knee. A short-stop all my life, then one day, BAM, I miss the catch and the ball obliterates my knee.

I watch it all I can. I've been a Red Sox fan since I was a kid. Over Christmas break, I drove down to Tampa, FL to greet the Sox getting off the plane for training. It was awesome. I can't get enough baseball. I'm a stats junkie and I can name just about any player you want to know about.

I cannot wait until pre-season games make it back on tv. Baseball is truly my game. Granted, Saturdays in fall are devoted to college football for me, it could never compare to the greatest game in history.

By the way, I DESPISE basketball. No offense to anyone who likes it, though. I just can't get into it.

[axisoftime]

Were talkin baseball
Kluszewski,Campanella
Talkin baseball
The man and Bobby Feller
The Scooter,Barber and the Newc
They knew them all from Boston to Dubuque
Especially Willie,Mickey and the Duke
Im talkin baseball
Like Reggie-Quinsinberry
Talkin baseball
Carew and Gaylord Perry
Seaver,Garvey,Schmidt and Vida Blue
If Cooperstown is callin
Its no fluke
We'll be there always
With Willie,Mickey and the Duke

[pacofajita]

Abbott: Alright, now whaddya want?

Costello: Now look, I'm the head of the sports department. I gotta know the baseball players' names.
Do you know the guys' names?

Abbott: Oh sure.

Costello: So you go ahead and tell me some of their names.

Abbott: Well, I'll introduce you to the boys. You know sometimes nowadays they give ballplayers peculiar names.

Costello: You mean funny names.

Abbott: Nicknames, pet names, like Dizzy Dean -

Costello: His brother Daffy -

Abbott: Daffy Dean -

Costello: And their cousin!

Abbott: Who's that?

Costello: Goofy!

Abbott: Goofy, huh? Now let's see. We have on the bags - we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third.

Costello: That's what I wanna find out.

Abbott: I say Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third -

Costello: You know the fellows' names?

Abbott: Certainly!

Costello: Well then who's on first?

Abbott: Yes!

Costello: I mean the fellow's name!

Abbott: Who!

Costello: The guy on first!

Abbott: Who!

Costello: The first baseman!

Abbott: Who!

Costello: The guy playing first!

Abbott: Who is on first!

Costello: Now whaddya askin' me for?

Abbott: I'm telling you Who is on first.

Costello: Well, I'm asking YOU who's on first!

Abbott: That's the man's name.

Costello: That's who's name?

Abbott: Yes.

Costello: Well go ahead and tell me.

Abbott: Who.

Costello: The guy on first.

Abbott: Who!

Costello: The first baseman.

Abbott: Who is on first!

Costello: Have you got a contract with the first baseman?

Abbott: Absolutely.

Costello: Who signs the contract?

Abbott: Well, naturally!

Costello: When you pay off the first baseman every month, who gets the money?

Abbott: Every dollar. Why not? The man's entitled to it.

Costello: Who is?

Abbott: Yes. Sometimes his wife comes down and collects it.

Costello: Who's wife?

Abbott: Yes.

Costello: All I'm tryin' to find out is what's the guy's name on first base.

Abbott: Oh, no - wait a minute, don't switch 'em around. What is on second base.

Costello: I'm not askin' you who's on second.

Abbott: Who is on first.

Costello: I don't know.

Abbott: He's on third - now we're not talkin' 'bout him.

Costello: Now, how did I get on third base?

Abbott: You mentioned his name!

Costello: If I mentioned the third baseman's name, who did I say is playing third?

Abbott: No - Who's playing first.

Costello: Never mind first - I wanna know what's the guy's name on third.

Abbott: No - What's on second.

Costello: I'm not askin' you who's on second.

Abbott: Who's on first.

Costello: I don't know.

Abbott: He's on third.

Costello: Aaah! Would you please stay on third base and don't go off it?

Abbott: What was it you wanted?

Costello: Now who's playin' third base?

Abbott: Now why do you insist on putting Who on third base?

Costello: Why? Who am I putting over there?

Abbott: Yes. But we don't want him there.

Costello: What's the guy's name on third base?

Abbott: What belongs on second.

Costello: I'm not askin' you who's on second.

Abbott: Who's on first.

Costello: I don't know.

Abbott & Costello: THIRD BASE!

Costello: You got an outfield?

Abbott: Oh yes!

Costello: The left fielder's name?

Abbott: Why.

Costello: I don't know, I just thought I'd ask you.

Abbott: Well, I just thought I'd tell you.

Costello: Alright, then tell me who's playin' left field.

Abbott: Who is playing fir-

Costello: STAY OUTTA THE INFIELD! I wanna know what's the left fielder's name.

Abbott: What's on second.

Costello: I'm not askin' you who's on second.

Abbott: Who's on first.

Costello: I don't know.

Abbott & Costello: THIRD BASE!

Costello: The left fielder's name?

Abbott: Why.

Costello: Because!

Abbott: Oh, he's center field.

Costello: Look, you gotta pitcher on this team?

Abbott: Now wouldn't this be a fine team without a pitcher.

Costello: The pitcher's name.

Abbott: Tomorrow.

Costello: You don't wanna tell me today?

Abbott: I'm tellin' you now.

Costello: Then go ahead.

Abbott: Tomorrow.

Costello: What time?

Abbott: What time what?

Costello: What time tomorrow are you going to tell me who's pitching?

Abbott: Now listen. Who is not pitching. Who is on fir-

Costello: I'll break your arm if you say Who's on first. I wanna know what's the pitcher's name.

Abbott: What's on second.

Costello: I don't know.

Abbott & Costello: THIRD BASE!

Costello: You got a catcher?

Abbott: Oh, absolutely.

Costello: The catcher's name.

Abbott: Today.

Costello: Today. And Tomorrow's pitching.

Abbott: Now you've got it.

Costello: All we've got is a couple of days on the team.

Abbott: Well, I can't help that.

Costello: Well, I'm a catcher too.

Abbott: I know that.

Costello: Now suppose that I'm catching, Tomorrow's pitching on my team and their heavy hitter gets up.

Abbott: Yes.

Costello: Tomorrow throws the ball. The batter bunts the ball. When he bunts the ball, me being a good catcher, I wanna throw the guy
out at first base. So I pick up the ball and throw it to who?

Abbott: Now that's the first thing you've said right.

Costello: I don't even know what I'm talkin' about!

Abbott: Well, that's all you have to do.

Costello: Is to throw the ball to first base.

Abbott: Yes.

Costello: Now who's got it?

Abbott: Naturally!

Costello: If I throw the ball to first base, somebody's gotta catch it. Now who caught it?

Abbott: Naturally!

Costello: Who caught it?

Abbott: Naturally.

Costello: Who?

Abbott: Naturally!

Costello: Naturally.

Abbott: Yes.

Costello: So I pick up the ball and I throw it to Naturally.

Abbott: NO, NO, NO! You throw the ball to first base and Who gets it?

Costello: Naturally.

Abbott: That's right. There we go.

Costello: So I pick up the ball and I throw it to Naturally.

Abbott: You don't!

Costello: I throw it to who?

Abbott: Naturally.

Costello: THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING!

Abbott: You're not saying it that way.

Costello: I said I throw the ball to Naturally.

Abbott: You don't - you throw the ball to Who?

Costello: Naturally!

Abbott: Well, say that!

Costello: THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING! I throw the ball to who?

Abbott: Naturally.

Costello: Ask me.

Abbott: You throw the ball to Who?

Costello: Naturally.

Abbott: That's it.

Costello: SAME AS YOU!! I throw the ball to first base and who gets it?

Abbott: Naturally!

Costello: Who has it?

Abbott: Naturally!

Costello: HE BETTER HAVE IT! I throw the ball to first base. Whoever it is grabs the ball, so the guy runs to second. Who picks up the ball and throws it to What, What throws it to I Don't Know, I Don't Know throws it back to Tomorrow - triple play.

Abbott: Yes.

Costello: Another guy gets up - it's a long fly ball to Because. Why? I don't know. He's on third and I don't give a darn!

Abbott: What was that?

Costello: I said I don't give a darn!

Abbott: Oh, that's our shortstop.

[axisoftime]

Thats a classic skit!Havent heard it in a long time-enjoyed reading it.Thx Paco.

[LexLuthor92]

Okay, I am a huge baseball fan. I've been thinking about making a baseball thread for a while now.

So, as the title says, this is a thread about everything baseball. Who is your favorite team? Favorite player? Who do you think will win the World Series? Talk about today's games.
And I'm always up for discussion about the New York Yankees. Or any other team. But especially the Yanks :D

P.S. Mods- Sorry if I shouldn't have posted this here. I thought it was the only logical place to post.

[Backward Galaxy]

Big time Yankees fan.

Not happy about our recent string of injuries. This season has been one of ups and downs already, but it was starting to look up overall. Now, I wasn't one of those people who thought we were gonna win the World Series this season after we went and won all of those games against Oakland and Seattle. I knew those teams were joke teams (Oakland has since started playing better) and knew better than to think we would perform like that against the rest of the league. However, with our recent run, I've felt like we had regained some of the swagger we'd lost. Giambi has been playing out of his mind, Mariano Rivera has been lights out, and the team has sorta accepted where Randy Johnson is at to the point where they know they can still win when he's on the mound but it's just gonna take more than 2 runs to do it.

Now, here we are, we get some nice wins before the break, including ones where we had to come from behind... something we hadn't been doing at all earlier in the year. I felt really good about them. What goes and happens, though, of course? Injuries. Kevin Brown, looked like he was accepting his role, and gets hurt. Wright looks to be out for the year. Pavano, even though he hasn't performed well AT ALL, is still a key component to our staff and doesn't help us when he isn't playing. To top it all off, Wang, who had been pitching pretty nicely I thought, is also now hurt. So, what's happened? Our fifth starter position has an ERA of over 11.

We picked a bad time to get hurt.

On a side note... it looks like Raffy just got 3,000. The man can flat out hit and that's all there is to it. Good for him and good for ******.

[LexLuthor92]

Last night's game against Boston was embarrassing !!!

I heard that best case with Wright he's back by the middle of August. But that's probably unlikely. All I know is that we need some good pitching, because Mike Messina and Johnson can't do it alone.

[TMLS' BROTHER]

Is ****** a Player or the pill that you-know to men?

[Backward Galaxy]

Originally posted by TMLS' BROTHER
Is ****** a Player or the pill that you-know to men?

I was making a joke because Raffy was the spokesman for ****** for a while.

[TMLS' BROTHER]

Oh I didn't know that coz i'm in the UK and we only get baseball at like 1 am!

[Tempest]

Let's talk all Major League Baseball here. Chicago White Sox won the 2005 World Series, do they have a chance for a repeat? ANy major trades happening? Perhaps a new team may come along in the future? And everything else, feel free to post.

[LexLuthor92]

The WS win not win the World Series again!!! The Yankees will win it because we've got it ALL this year. We actually have starting pitchers(which we didn't have last year). We have 7 men to fill a 5 pitcher rotation. We have a new centerfielder, and we have a few options for DH. Our infield is great again this year. Baring injuries, this should be an excellent year.

* is so excited* Hope you don't mind hyper Yankee Fans!!! =)

[Exodus2000]

Im surprised there isnt a current MLB thread. Maybe we can get this one stickied too. But since the baseball season is right around the corner and with all the steroid happenings. Just wondering about people opinions...etc...

[drew24]

First of all ...........STICKY this one please, some of us are chatting baseball in NFL thread=). Thank you!!!

[KoopaBowserSSBM]

Go Brewers!!!!!! :D

and Mandatory Metallica 24/7

[Karafan1]

First of all ...........STICKY this one please, some of us are chatting baseball in NFL thread=). Thank you!!!

Yeah, that was my fault for bringing up how wrong SI's 2008 baseall predictions were:\...They were about as bad as their 2008 NFL predictions:lol:

[drew24]

It'll be a very interesting MLB season with ARoid caught using roids, Tejada Caught and oh Bonds soon trial out of the way the "steroid era" is at its end. With that happening we'll at least see a bit more pure athletic baseball going on, if you guys notice last season HR numbers has been down it probably will keep going down and stableize. As much as I like seeing ball going out of the cove at AT&T park specially when Bonds was there I really appreciate it more when I know the game is being played evenly. I'm a Giants fan and last few season has been bad and hopefully this would be a better season since we have a really good rotation with CYoung winner Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Barry Zito, Randy Johnson and whoever fills the fifth spot (Sanchez or Lowry)....now if the Giants can just sign Manny Ramirez maybe the scoring would improve lol. Go Giants!

Oh before I forget Commissioner Bud Selig should be fired or step down as commish this whole steroid era happened on his watch he sux!

[Karafan1]

The Braves are my favorite team and the Cubs and Cardinals are 2nd and 3rd on my list:)

[The Dark Knight74]

Any Dodger fans?

[KoopaBowserSSBM]

Go Brewers and anyone that beats the Cubs and Cards

[lana 9]

i am a big cubs fan i love baseball i think it is the best sport

[KoopaBowserSSBM]

at least football and baseball only run into each other Sept and Oct

i hate any kind of team from chicago lol.

[Karafan1]

Why such hatred for Chicago??:lol:

[Lexgirl33]

We need to get this thread alive!! :D Baseball is the only sport I tend to care a lot about.

I can agree on hating the Cubs :lol: I am a White Sox Fan

[WickedJenn]

Yankees!!

I don't care, I'm a diehard fan, have been since I was a kid, and I'm no bandwagoner either.

Just wanted to clear that up, LOL.

[Karafan1]

The Yankees are on my "list" for beating my Braves twice in the World Series:(

[drew24]

One thing they should really impliment in MLB is Sallary Cap. One reason why some people don't like the Yankees is because they're just buying their way into winning which I don't blame them they have the money they can do whatever they want. That's why it would be nice for MLB to impliment sallary cap at least there would be a bit of balance with all 30 teams. Look at NFL and NBA as much as some team dominates i.e. Patriots in nfl and Lakers? in nba by the end of the season we usually get a diffrent champion.

...WOootT thank you for the sticky!

[WickedJenn]

One thing they should really impliment in MLB is Sallary Cap. One reason why some people don't like the Yankees is because they're just buying their way into winning which I don't blame them they have the money they can do whatever they want. That's why it would be nice for MLB to impliment sallary cap at least there would be a bit of balance with all 30 teams. Look at NFL and NBA as much as some team dominates i.e. Patriots in nfl and Lakers? in nba by the end of the season we usually get a diffrent champion.

...WOootT thank you for the sticky!

What get's me p.o.'d is the Yankees spending the money they do and then they don't make the playoffs, like last season. Granted, there were a lot of injuries and such, but come on, they spend that money and no results? I'm a huge fan but I'm not blinded by that.

[warriorrenegade]

GO BRAVES! Seems they're not signing Ken Griffey Jr. not that they really needed to. Who needs a aging center fielder anyways? I don't hate the guy, but really...he's due for an quad,hamstring,groin,shoulder etc.. injury. Also it'll be interesting to see if Dereck Lowe can resurrect his Boston magic and have a stellar season...though I have my doubts.

[KoopaBowserSSBM]

Why such hatred for Chicago??:lol:

Packers/Bears... so anything from Chicago reminds me of da Bears lol. Arch Enemies there. lol

[lana 9]

We need to get this thread alive!! :D Baseball is the only sport I tend to care a lot about.

I can agree on hating the Cubs :lol: I am a White Sox Fan

i will be happy when the cubs beat the white sox go cubs

[Karafan1]

I wonder how the Cubs will choke in the playoffs again this year..I am a big Cubs fan, but I have accepted the fact that they will never win anything in my lifetime:(

[KoopaBowserSSBM]

Their fans choke for them lol.

[Lexgirl33]

:lol:

[Karafan1]

41 days until the 1st regular season game!!

[lana 9]

i am going to the cubs and yankees game on april 3 and 4 go cubs

[Karafan1]

Anybody gonna watch the World Baseball Classic games??

[ledzepfan23]

I find baseball incredibly boring now for some reason. 2 years ago i liked it and i would watch but ever since last year i find it difficult to watch more than a few innings. I doubt i will watch a full game this year.

[drew24]

I'm listening to spring training game right now...that's how desperate I am for MLB.

[lana 9]

i love spring training i going to mesa to seen the cubs

[drew24]

i love spring training i going to mesa to seen the cubs

I am jealous:mad: Arizona Weather - Tequila on one hand - Fish Taco on the other - Watching live Cactus league baseball - My Giants winning..........sigh!

[Lexgirl33]

I find baseball incredibly boring now for some reason. 2 years ago i liked it and i would watch but ever since last year i find it difficult to watch more than a few innings. I doubt i will watch a full game this year.

I can see where you are coming from watching the game on TV but actually going to a game is 10 times better IMO. Soo much more fun to be there.

[ledzepfan23]

i only went to one MLB game and that was when i was really young so i didn't appreciate what was going on.

[Karafan1]

i only went to one MLB game and that was when i was really young so i didn't appreciate what was going on.

I've been to a few MLB games, but not since 1998. I have been to a ton of College World Series games, including the championship game in 1996 that was won a homerun in the bottom of the 9th!!

[Lexgirl33]

Aw man you guys need to go! :)

[KoopaBowserSSBM]

Ill be getting the Extra Innings deal here so Ill have tons of bball to watch :D Mainly just for the Brewers though.

[Karafan1]

Ill be getting the Extra Innings deal here so Ill have tons of bball to watch :D Mainly just for the Brewers though.

I got extra innings last year since TBS dumped the Braves:(:mad:

[lana 9]

I can see where you are coming from watching the game on TV but actually going to a game is 10 times better IMO. Soo much more fun to be there.
i love going to game but i am a cubs fan in califorina but i do go to a about
5 to 9 baseball game a season

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I got extra innings last year since TBS dumped the Braves:(:mad:

i get extra innings 5 year ago when wgn cut some cubs game

[Karafan1]

i get extra innings 5 year ago when wgn cut some cubs game

I'm not to happy with WGN doing that either, so with extra inings, I saw a ton of Cubs games last year also..

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But they didn't show Zambrano's no-hitter because of the stupid rule of ESPN having the only nationally televised sunday night game:mad: People in Chicago only got that game on WGN, but since I'm not anywhere near Chicago, I missed the no-hitter:(

[Zungas]

Phillies!!!

[lana 9]

I'm not to happy with WGN doing that either, so with extra inings, I saw a ton of Cubs games last year also..

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But they didn't show Zambrano's no-hitter because of the stupid rule of ESPN having the only nationally televised sunday night game:mad: People in Chicago only got that game on WGN, but since I'm not anywhere near Chicago, I missed the no-hitter:(

i too hate that i miss the zambrono no hitter but i saw kerry wood 20 strikeouts game it is the best cubs game that i saw

[Karafan1]

i too hate that i miss the zambrono no hitter but i saw kerry wood 20 strikeouts game it is the best cubs game that i saw

I saw that game also..Wood should have had a no-hitter in that game..The best Cubs game I saw was Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS up until the 8th inning:lol:

[drew24]

I saw that game also..Wood should have had a no-hitter in that game..The best Cubs game I saw was Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS up until the 8th inning:lol:

STEVE BARTMAN -> "Oh look a foul ball"...."hmmm"

DEVIL -> "Catch it Bartman"

STEVE BARTMAN -> "I got it!! I got it!! I got a Baseball!!!"

MOISES ALOU -> "WTF MAN....HOLY F..."

CUBS FANS-> "Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!!"

:rotfl:

[lana 9]

i am going to the baseball hall of fame in april did anyone gone to the hall of fame

[Karafan1]

STEVE BARTMAN -> "Oh look a foul ball"...."hmmm"

DEVIL -> "Catch it Bartman"

STEVE BARTMAN -> "I got it!! I got it!! I got a Baseball!!!"

MOISES ALOU -> "WTF MAN....HOLY F..."

CUBS FANS-> "Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!!"

:rotfl:


:lol::rotfl:

[lana 9]

I saw that game also..Wood should have had a no-hitter in that game..The best Cubs game I saw was Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS up until the 8th inning:lol:

i too love the game until the 8th inning cubs 5 outs to the world series i saw the game with my mom i was mad at the end of the game

[Karafan1]

i too love the game until the 8th inning cubs 5 outs to the world series i saw the game with my mom i was mad at the end of the game

I was kinda expecting it to happen, and when they lost game 6 I knew they'd lose game 7:(

[lana 9]

I was kinda expecting it to happen, and when they lost game 6 I knew they'd lose game 7:(

i allway think the best of the cubs i do not think the cubs were going to lose game 7

[Karafan1]

I've been watching the Cubs since 1993 so I'm used to disappontment:lol:

[Karafan1]

I'm getting the MLB Extra Innings package again this year. I got a letter from the cable company saying that since I got it last year, I'm automatically signed up already this year at the "early bird" price..

[The Dark Knight74]

I am happy to see the Dodgers signed Manny today. I hope the Manny that them to the NLCS shows up and the one that left Boston last summer.

[Karafan1]

I think Manny was forced to go back to the Dodgers, nobody else really made a real offer to him..If Turner was still running my Braves, he'd throw a ton of $$$ at Manny!! And he wouldn't have let Smoltz go!!:mad:

[lana 9]

I've been watching the Cubs since 1993 so I'm used to disappontment:lol:

i have been watching the cubs since 1987 i do think i will see the cubs in the world series some day i hope it is in my lifetime

[Karafan1]

i have been watching the cubs since 1987 i do think i will see the cubs in the world series some day i hope it is in my lifetime

1987..Well atleast you didn't have to see the '84 NLCS disaster:lol:

[drew24]

I am happy to see the Dodgers signed Manny today. I hope the Manny that them to the NLCS shows up and the one that left Boston last summer.

Good luck with Manny Dark:D, after that prolong contract dispute for only two years I hope he wont pull another tantrum like he did in Boston where he just literally stopped playing...oh wait he said he was "injured".

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If Turner was still running my Braves, he'd throw a ton of $$$ at Manny!! And he wouldn't have let Smoltz go!!:mad:

Well the problem with the Braves is the lack of Fan support so Mr Turner isn't making that much mula, it's actually amazing how a franchise like the Braves who have won their division every year in exception of maybe past two years has a very very very poor fan base. I think it goes with all Atlanta major sports Falcons, Hawks and Braves very poor fan base.

[Karafan1]

Well the problem with the Braves is the lack of Fan support so Mr Turner isn't making that much mula, it's actually amazing how a franchise like the Braves who have won their division every year in exception of maybe past two years has a very very very poor fan base. I think it goes with all Atlanta major sports Falcons, Hawks and Braves very poor fan base.

I remember they had huge empty sections in the upper deck for games 1 and 2 of the 1999 NLCS, and the number of Cubs fans who were there in the 2003 NLDS was crazy!!

[The Dark Knight74]

I seem to recall David Justice(I think) calling the fans way back in 95(?) just they beat the Indians in the WS. I think he called them spoiled.

[lana 9]

I remember they had huge empty sections in the upper deck for games 1 and 2 of the 1999 NLCS, and the number of Cubs fans who were there in the 2003 NLDS was crazy!!

i went to game 1 and 2 2003 NLDS in atlanta it was so sad the i saw more cubs fan i think that half of the park was cubs fan i feel bad for the braves fan

[Karafan1]

i went to game 1 and 2 2003 NLDS in atlanta it was so sad the i saw more cubs fan i think that half of the park was cubs fan i feel bad for the braves fan

I'm a huge Braves fan and I actually thought it was funny that so many Cubs fans were there. I was used to seeing empty sections during playoff games so I knew the Cubs fans wouldn't have any trouble getting seats to the game..I remember seeing a sign during the '03 playoff games that said "Wrigley South" and a sign in left field that was in the shape of a steet sign and it said "Waveland AVE.":lol:

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I seem to recall David Justice(I think) calling the fans way back in 95(?) just they beat the Indians in the WS. I think he called them spoiled.

Yep that was before game 6 of the '95 World Series. The Braves won 1-0. Glavine gave up 1 hit and Justice hit a homerun for their 1 and only run:)

[KoopaBowserSSBM]

At least the WBC counts for something.

[Karafan1]

I didn't like the fact that Chipper Jones got hurt in the last game..

[lana 9]

jim do think the braves will make the playoff i think that the cubs will make but i hope that the cubs will make pass the NLDS

[Karafan1]

If they make it past the NLDS, they'll just find a creative way to choke in the NLCS again:lol: If they do make it that far, they better "get over the hump" and make it to the World Series!!

[KoopaBowserSSBM]

thats one big monkey in the cubs way lol.

[lana 9]

did any one saw the USA win tonite the USA is going to LA yes!!!

[WickedJenn]

Awesome ^

Well, the Yanks sure beat the cream cheese out of the Phillies...12-0, even if it is pre-season.

[lana 9]

the cubs are retired greg maddux number 31 on may 2 i think that greg maddux is the best pitcher i saw

[Karafan1]

31 will be retired for Maddux and Jenkins:) I didn't see Maddux in this early years with the Cubs, I first saw him when he went to the Braves in '93, then started winning all those Cy Young's..

[KoopaBowserSSBM]

Not too much longer now... :)

[Karafan1]

Nope!!!:)

[lana 9]

i know cubs at astros on april 6 go cubs

[Karafan1]

My Braves start April 5th vs Phillies..ESPN sunday night game..

[CompanyMan]

I am happy to see the Dodgers signed Manny today. I hope the Manny that them to the NLCS shows up and the one that left Boston last summer.

As a Red Sox fan, I have to give fair warning: wait until he starts forgetting which leg to limp on.

Go Red Sox!

Um, did I mention I'm a Red Sox fan?

[Karafan1]

As a Red Sox fan, I have to give fair warning: wait until he starts forgetting which leg to limp on.

Go Red Sox!

Um, did I mention I'm a Red Sox fan?

As a Cubs fan, I have 1 question..How did the Red Sox break their curse?? Can you give any tips on how to break a curse? The Cubs need all the help they can get!!!:lol:

[CompanyMan]

I think it was the bloody sock. Made the Babe wince and weakened his power.

[The Dark Knight74]

As a Red Sox fan, I have to give fair warning: wait until he starts forgetting which leg to limp on.

Go Red Sox!

Um, did I mention I'm a Red Sox fan?

If he starts pulling that crap he needs be gone.

[CompanyMan]

If he starts pulling that crap he needs be gone.

Actually, I hope he doesn't. I harbor no ill-will against the guy and I hope a new home will help him start fresh. Plus, I like the Dodgers. They are my favorite NL team. So I don't want Manny being Manny affecting them negatively.

[Karafan1]

My Braves won the 1st game of the year vs. the World Series Champs Phillies 4-1..The Braves are on pace for 162-0!!:lol:

[The Dark Knight74]

My Braves won the 1st game of the year vs. the World Series Champs Phillies 4-1..The Braves are on pace for 162-0!!:lol:

And the Phillies are on pace to be 0-162. :p

Can't wait for tomorrow. I have been going through sports withdrawl since the SB ended. I don't like basketball or hockey so there have been no sports that interests me at all.

[Karafan1]

And the Phillies are on pace to be 0-162. :p

Can't wait for tomorrow. I have been going through sports withdrawl since the SB ended. I don't like basketball or hockey so there have been no sports that interests me at all.

0-162 sounds good:lol: I still have a grudge against the Phillies because they beat the Braves in the 1993 NLCS...I also had sports withdrawl until the last 2 weeks when the NCAA tournament started. I don't watch b-ball or hockey until the playoffs/finals..

[The Dark Knight74]

0-162 sounds good:lol: I still have a grudge against the Phillies because they beat the Braves in the 1993 NLCS...I also had sports withdrawl until the last 2 weeks when the NCAA tournament started. I don't watch b-ball or hockey until the playoffs/finals..

I forgot about 93. I remember the walk off homer by Joe Carter. Not long after that Mitch Williams had to be traded b/c psycho Philly fans were threatening him.

[Karafan1]

I did watch that series and saw Carters homerun. I didn't care who won that series because of who the Phillies beat to get there and the Blue Jays had beaten the Braves in the 1992 World Series:mad:

[Vergon6]

I did watch that series and saw Carters homerun. I didn't care who won that series because of who the Phillies beat to get there and the Blue Jays had beaten the Braves in the 1992 World Series:mad:
Even though the Blue Jays were considered as 'Canada's team' (especially after the Expos left a few years later), I was rooting for the Braves during the 90s, ever since Game 7 of the 1991 NLCS-which was an exciting game. This was before the Braves lost to the Twins. It was heart breaking to see the Braves come so close over the years, and only win world championship. I did root for the Blue Jays in the 1993 World Series, only because the Phillies had beat out the Braves in the NLCS. For some reason I have never liked the Phillies lol.

Even though part of me is stil partial to the Braves, I am bigger Cubs fan now (I know how to pick them don't I? lol). I have been a fan since early in the regular season, 2003. Although I have teams that I root for in almost every division now, but Cubs still beat them all out for me. Since I lived in Toronto for a few years, Blue Jays are my main AL East team now lol Because I love Chicago and think they are good team, I root for the White Sox too, but not nearly as much as the Cubs.

[Karafan1]

I am also a Cubs fan(since '94) and a Cardinals fan(since '96). I've been a Braves fan since 1991. I started watching baseball more often during the '91 playoffs so I saw that awesome Braves/Twins World Series:) Back in 2003 I actually believed for a split second that the Cubs were going to the World Series then reality struck and their 3-0 lead in game 6 disapperared in a span of 3 pitches:( I think I was the only one picking the Cardinals to win the 2006 W.S. Everybody else was all over the Tigers in the W.S. and the Mets in the NLCS. I want a poster of Beltran just standing there looking at strike 3 to end game 7 of the '06 NLCS. Beltran caused me so much pain when he was with the Astros so I loved seeing him basically choke in game 7:)

[<Adam Knight>]

Yankees :)

[lana 9]

cubs win 4 to 2 and i hope for lot more win go cubs

[Karafan1]

Soriano hitting a homerun to lead off the game was pretty good then Ramirez leading off the 2nd with a homerun was also pretty cool..Why couldn't they have done that last October???

[lana 9]

i know jim i hope that the cubs will do better then last october in the playoff

[Karafan1]

I hope so too, but I'm afraid reality will strike at a bad time again:lol:

[Karafan1]

Yankees :)


I have a few issues with the Yankees..1996 and 1999 are my issues with them..

[<Adam Knight>]

ohhh
gather your a braves fan then

[Karafan1]

ohhh
gather your a braves fan then

Yep!:) Since 1991!!

[Karafan1]

Did anybody else see the Braves blow a 10-3 lead in the 7th inning and lose to Phillies 12-11 today??? That was pathetic..Only the Cubs blow leads like that!!

[The Dark Knight74]

Aww! The mightly Yanks are in last place. I guess a trillion dollars doesn't buy what it used to. LOL

[Karafan1]

Aww! The mightly Yanks are in last place. I guess a trillion dollars doesn't buy what it used to. LOL

The Yankees in last place is fine with me:lol:

[The Dark Knight74]

The Yankees in last place is fine with me:lol:

And the Dodgers in 1st. Things are as they should be.:p

[Karafan1]

Cubs and Astros played homerun derby wednesday night. The Cubs only hit 2 but the Astros hit 5! The dome was open and it was really windy, blowing out to left field. 1 of the Astros homeruns hit the railroad tracks.. Cubs won 11-6..

[CompanyMan]

The Yankees in last place is fine with me:lol:

As a Red Sox fan, I've had to learn to gloat quitely and keep my mouth shut. It's a long season...

As an aside, I live in a Triple-A town and today is opening day! My boys are playing on the road, so I'm listening to the game on the radio. For me, baseball season doesn't really begin until the hometown team starts playing.

[KoopaBowserSSBM]

Yay Brewers beat the Cubs!

[myankskent]

Aww! The mightly Yanks are in last place. I guess a trillion dollars doesn't buy what it used to. LOL

How are those Yanks looking now?:D It's a long season. One day you're up, the next day you're down. That's the beauty of baseball.

[lana 9]

cubs win 4 to 0 go ted 6 and 2/3 of no hit on the cubs home opener

[Karafan1]

I watched that game and I was really hoping for a no-hitter!! I missed Zambrano's no-hitter last year because they didn't show that game on WGN outside of Chicago:( And speaking of WGN, I was very ticked off that they went to commercials during the beginning of the "Go Cubs Go" song:mad: For the last 2 years, they had always let that song play before they went to commercials after the game. I wonder of Comcast will do the same thing and really tick me off!!

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How are those Yanks looking now?:D It's a long season. One day you're up, the next day you're down. That's the beauty of baseball.

Monday was a down day for the Yankees..15-5 loss to the Rays:lol:

[lana 9]

Did anybody else see the Braves blow a 10-3 lead in the 7th inning and lose to Phillies 12-11 today??? That was pathetic..Only the Cubs blow leads like that!!

i saw the game jim the braves could not get anyone out that inning
but it is just one game jim

[myankskent]

Monday was a down day for the Yankees..15-5 loss to the Rays:lol:

Yeah, that's because Wang was so bad that a little league team would've knocked him around.

[Karafan1]

Yeah, that's because Wang was so bad that a little league team would've knocked him around.

Yeah, I watched a little bit of the 1st inning....It was hilarious:lol:

[The Dark Knight74]

You know things are really going bad for the Yanks when they have their 1st baseman pitching.

[Karafan1]

Yankees had a no-hitter going into the 7th inning tonight..

[<Adam Knight>]

yeah my dad was telling me about it...to bad i cant watch them :(
atleast they won tonight..yesterday was a bad loss lol

[KoopaBowserSSBM]

Looks like Brewers are back to being their normal selves again lol.

[lana 9]

derrek lee hit his first home run but the cubs lost 5 to 2

[Karafan1]

derrek lee hit his first home run but the cubs lost 5 to 2

I saw the 1st inning then went on a 3 hour road trip..Looks like I didn't miss much:lol:

[myankskent]

I'm just glad the Yanks went 5-4 on the road trip. It's tough opening up with 9 straight on the road and if Burnett didn't pitch well in his two starts, they could've easily gone 3-6. Now I look forward to the first game at the stadium tomorrow.

[Karafan1]

I saw a the majority of the new stadium watching a preseason game last month..Don't know why they needed a new stadium..

[lana 9]

I'm just glad the Yanks went 5-4 on the road trip. It's tough opening up with 9 straight on the road and if Burnett didn't pitch well in his two starts, they could've easily gone 3-6. Now I look forward to the first game at the stadium tomorrow.

i like the new stadium i went to the cubs yankees preseason games

[Karafan1]

Braves lost to the Marlins again on wednesday. The Marlins are on my most hated teams list and they aren't doing anything to get themselves off the list:lol:

[lana 9]

i know i not a big fan of marlins too i hate the 2003 marlins i was rooting for the yankees to win

[myankskent]

I can see the Marlins winning another championship in the next few years. They have some great, young talent. Plus, isn't that what always happens? The Marlins build their team up to a point where they can win, like in 1997 and 2003, then they get rid of all of the players and start again.

[CompanyMan]

I think the Marlins found out that it is just too expensive to purchase a WS championship. I certainly like it better when teams use the farm system to build up their teams. Of course, living in a Triple-A town, it could be that I'm more partial to that system than signing free agents to win championships.

[Karafan1]

The Cubs actually made a comeback to win the game today!! And WGN didn't cut off the "Go Cubs Go" song like they did eariler this week!!

[lana 9]

i love went the cubs beat the cardinals that was a up and down game that the cubs win 8 to 7

[myankskent]

Sheffield just hit his 500th homerun against the Brewers. It's just so weird, as a Yankees fan, to see him getting a standing ovation from Mets fans. It should make for an interesting Subway Series this season. He's going to get torn apart when he comes to Yankee Stadium.

[Karafan1]

I wish Sheffield had stayed with the Braves. When he was there there were a group of fans in chef's hats and they called themselves Sheff's Chef's:lol:

[lana 9]

what a comeback my the red sox down 7 to win the game

[KoopaBowserSSBM]

Extra Innings is officially ordered now. :D

[Karafan1]

Extra Innings is officially ordered now. :D

I have that now also, but I'm out of town for a few weeks so I'm stuck with whatever WGN, ESPN and Fox decide to show..

[CompanyMan]

what a comeback my the red sox down 7 to win the game

Awesome! Go Sox!

Went to Cooperstown today with a friend of mine. We were in line to get tickets for the old-timers game coming up in June. Mike Pagliarulo was there handing out donuts. All any of us had were some papers handed out by the Hall of Fame staff so several of us got his autograph on the back of one of the papers. He's a nice guy, he chatted with just about everyone there.

And contrats to Sheff on getting HR number 500!

[WickedJenn]

Great job today Yankees. I'm really glad they kept Wang in for so long.

[Karafan1]

They gave up 14 runs in the 2nd..I love it!:lol:

[WickedJenn]

Sure, just gloat at my sadness :(

[<Adam Knight>]

:(
they need to come back lol

[Karafan1]

Cubs win! Aramis Ramirez hit a 2 run homer in the 11th to beat the Cardinals!! I love it when games end on a homerun!!

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Sure, just gloat at my sadness :(

Well, I don't like the Yankees so I make fun of them every chance I get:lol:

[WickedJenn]

Well, I don't like the Yankees so I make fun of them every chance I get:lol:

Well, as long as you're not a Boston fan...:p

[Karafan1]

Well, as long as you're not a Boston fan...:p

Nope..But I have to admit I laughed for days after they came back from 0-3 to beat the Yankees in 2004;) But I stopped laughing after they swept the Cardinals in the W.S.:(

[myankskent]

They gave up 14 runs in the 2nd..I love it!:lol:

Watch it. But I have to admit, when the Yankees have lost this season, they really have been destroyed. I don't mind a loss, but getting creamed is ridiculous, especially at your new ballpark. They need to send Wang down to the minors because something is wrong with him. I just don't see the point in sending him out there every five days and burning up the bullpen because he can't get out of the 2nd inning. Also, Joba needs to go to the pen because he's pretty damn bad as a starter. He's lost his swagger. If he's not going to be Roy Halladay, I want him in the pen because it will shorten the game.

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Well, as long as you're not a Boston fan...:p

Well, it's not like the Red Sox are playing stellar ball either. They're still under .500.

[The Dark Knight74]

Nope..But I have to admit I laughed for days after they came back from 0-3 to beat the Yankees in 2004;) But I stopped laughing after they swept the Cardinals in the W.S.:(
Oh, come on! That was the funniest part. After beating my Dodgers in the NLDS that year, the Roidbirds being swept by the Red Sox that year was THE highlight of an otherwise disappointing season. But, yeah, the Yanks blowing at 3-0 series lead to the Sox was a very, very close second.:D:lol:

[Karafan1]

Watch it.

The Yankees have beaten my Braves in the World Series twice, so that's where my dislike for the Yankees comes from:D

[WickedJenn]

Watch it. But I have to admit, when the Yankees have lost this season, they really have been destroyed. I don't mind a loss, but getting creamed is ridiculous, especially at your new ballpark. They need to send Wang down to the minors because something is wrong with him. I just don't see the point in sending him out there every five days and burning up the bullpen because he can't get out of the 2nd inning. Also, Joba needs to go to the pen because he's pretty damn bad as a starter. He's lost his swagger. If he's not going to be Roy Halladay, I want him in the pen because it will shorten the game.

And that's what really kills me, getting slaughtered at your brand new stadium. THANK YOU, yes, Wang is a waste, what the heck? I was cursing up a storm at the TV today. When is CC supposed to be able to go in? I haven't checked up on that.


Well, it's not like the Red Sox are playing stellar ball either. They're still under .500.

Thanks, I feel slightly less sad now :)

[Karafan1]

My Braves aren't doing much right now..They lost 10-0 to the Pirates today!:eek: They've lost 5 in a row after starting 5-1!!:mad:

[myankskent]

The Yankees have beaten my Braves in the World Series twice, so that's where my dislike for the Yankees comes from:D

I can understand that, but why do you care that the Red Sox swept the Cards in 2004?

[Karafan1]

I can understand that, but why do you care that the Red Sox swept the Cards in 2004?

I've been a Cardinals fan for a long time..I got a Cardinals hat with the 2004 World Series patch on it. I got a bunch of their 2006 W.S. champions stuff also..

[myankskent]

And that's what really kills me, getting slaughtered at your brand new stadium. THANK YOU, yes, Wang is a waste, what the heck? I was cursing up a storm at the TV today. When is CC supposed to be able to go in? I haven't checked up on that.


Sabathia pitches on Tuesday, I believe. He needs to improve as well because in his last start, he threw 120 pitches in 5+ innings. Hopefully Burnett will be able to restore order tomorrow. He's done it twice so far this season following bad Wang starts.

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I've been a Cardinals fan for a long time..I got a Cardinals hat with the 2004 World Series patch on it. I got a bunch of their 2006 W.S. champions stuff also..

But you love the Braves now? That's not right. What did the Cards ever do wrong for you to turn to the Braves? The Braves need to play the Mets. They usually beat up on them, but in that division, it's going to be tough for them this year. The Marlins are a legitimate threat again and the Phillies and Mets will be up at the top.

[Karafan1]

I've been watching the Braves since 1991 but didn't start really getting into baseball until late in 1992. I went to a few Cardinals games a few years later so I started liking them and the Cubs were on WGN all the time so I started liking them also. I know the Cubs and Cardinals are big rivals but I like them both..I know all this sounds goofy but that's just the way I am about baseball I guess:lol:

[myankskent]

Wow, so you like the Braves, Cubs and Cardinals. That is strange. As for the Cubs, I have this theory that the only way that they are going to break the curse is to beat the Yankees in the World Series. The Red Sox had to go through the Yankees and I feel that the Cubs will have to as well. So if we ever get a Cubs/Yankees World Series, I'll be very worried.

[Karafan1]

It may sound strange but that's just the way I am:lol: After what happened to the Cubs in game 6 of the 2003 NLCS and last year, I'm convinced they'll never make it to a World Series:( They were 5 outs away from playing the Yankees in 2003 but they fell apart and choked:(

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But you love the Braves now? That's not right. What did the Cards ever do wrong for you to turn to the Braves? The Braves need to play the Mets. They usually beat up on them, but in that division, it's going to be tough for them this year. The Marlins are a legitimate threat again and the Phillies and Mets will be up at the top.

The Mets will near the top if they figure out how to NOT fall apart the last week of the season..

[lana 9]

i think that it will be cool if the cubs and yankees were in the world series but cubs have lost two world series to the yankees in the past

[myankskent]

The Mets will near the top if they figure out how to NOT fall apart the last week of the season..

Yup. I definitely think that their bullpen is improved this year with Putz setting up KROD. That was their main problem the last two seasons with all of those games that they blew. The starting pitching is a major question mark outside of Santana. You just don't know what you are going to get out of these guys and if they don't do the job, the bullpen is going to be overworked.

[Karafan1]

The Yankees got a little help from the umpires again:lol: Posada's homerun looked like fan interference to me..But that's just my opinion:lol::lol:

[<Adam Knight>]

hahah i saw the game today...yeah that fan man...but love posada so it was a homerun :)

[Karafan1]

All the Yankees fan interference stuff seems to help them..1996 ALCS and today..The Cubs fan interference stuff starts major collapses in playoff games!!

[myankskent]

That was a homerun all the way. That ball was over the wall, then it hit the fan and came back.

[Karafan1]

I see the Yankees won 7-3 so it's not like it was the difference between winning or losing that game..Braves won 11-1..Finally broke that long losing streak!!

[myankskent]

All the Yankees fan interference stuff seems to help them..1996 ALCS and today..The Cubs fan interference stuff starts major collapses in playoff games!!

Well, that might have started the Cubs collapse, but the Cubs had plenty of chances to get some of the Marlins out even after that play by the fan.

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I see the Yankees won 7-3 so it's not like it was the difference between winning or losing that game..Braves won 11-1..Finally broke that long losing streak!!

The Phillies won too. They've been playing like crap. Florida is about to win again, ready to go 11-1. Can Washington get the heck out of the league? They stink.

[Karafan1]

Well, that might have started the Cubs collapse, but the Cubs had plenty of chances to get some of the Marlins out even after that play by the fan.

They replayed that game on ESPN Classic a month or so ago and that after that play, the Cubs 3-0 lead went away in a span of 3 pitches!!:eek:

[myankskent]

Yeah. That night, I was stunned. Every ball was smoked by the Marlins.

[Karafan1]

I actually believed the Cubs were going to the World Series just before all that mess happened..

[lana 9]

the cubs game get rain out today go cubs

[myankskent]

The rain has arrived here. I don't see the Yankees getting their game in today.

[WickedJenn]

Good, I won't have to watch Wang's horrid pitching, if he was scheduled to pitch today anyway.

[Karafan1]

ESPN has bad luck with games lately. Sunday's game and monday's game were rained out..lol..

[myankskent]

Good, I won't have to watch Wang's horrid pitching, if he was scheduled to pitch today anyway.

Well, his next scheduled start is against the Red Sox in Fenway Park on Friday, gulp. Of course, with the off day and the rain out, they should skip over him at the very least. The Red Sox will be all over Wang if they face him up in Boston.

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ESPN has bad luck with games lately. Sunday's game and monday's game were rained out..lol..

Do you get the new MLB network? They show games on Thursday and Saturday and every night, they give live look-ins at all of the games. For baseball, I prefer that over ESPN at this point.

[Karafan1]

Do you get the new MLB network? They show games on Thursday and Saturday and every night, they give live look-ins at all of the games. For baseball, I prefer that over ESPN at this point.

I do get the MLB Network and the MLB Extra Innings package, but I'm out of town and they don't get MLB Network here and no Extra Innings here either:(

[Karafan1]

Well, his next scheduled start is against the Red Sox in Fenway Park on Friday, gulp. Of course, with the off day and the rain out, they should skip over him at the very least. The Red Sox will be all over Wang if they face him up in Boston.



I heard they will skip his start vs. the Red Sox..I'm sure if he'd pitch this week he'd get is ERA up to 50.00:lol: It's already at 30-something:eek:

[lana 9]

i love the new mlb network i am happy that ran baseball by ken burns do anyone like new baseball show on the mlb network

[Karafan1]

I heard the Cubs will have 29 home night games this season..29 out of 81 total home games..They wasted all that money on lights for just 29 games a year??:lol:

[myankskent]

I know that the Cubs playing during the day is tradition, but I prefer night games. Playing only 29 games at night is kind of ridiculous.

[WickedJenn]

So the Yanks won 5-3, and they scored first. Glad Pettitte was pretty much on point tonight.

Weird seeing Giambi on the A's...

[myankskent]

The fans gave Giambi a standing ovation when he first came up to bat and he gave them a wave. That was nice to see. I think Giambi is a good guy, but having him on the team really put the Yanks in a tough spot because they have too many DH's.

The Mets had a brutal loss tonight. I'm listening to talk radio and all of the Mets fans are disgusted.

[WickedJenn]

The fans gave Giambi a standing ovation when he first came up to bat and he gave them a wave. That was nice to see. I think Giambi is a good guy, but having him on the team really put the Yanks in a tough spot because they have too many DH's.

I couldn't see the game, since I'm not local NY :\

That's very nice though, glad they received him well.

Yeah I agree. I just wasn't used to him on the A's yet.

Uh oh regarding The Mets, my uncle must be fuming.

[myankskent]

I couldn't see the game, since I'm not local NY :\

That's very nice though, glad they received him well.

Yeah I agree. I just wasn't used to him on the A's yet.

Uh oh regarding The Mets, my uncle must be fuming.

Yeah, it's weird to see him on the A's. The funny thing is that he was on the A's before he signed with the Yanks so it shouldn't be that weird, but it is. I don't know. Whenever I think of Giambi, I'll think of the two homers he hit off Pedro Martinez in game 7 of the ALCS in 2003.

[WickedJenn]

Yeah, it's weird to see him on the A's. The funny thing is that he was on the A's before he signed with the Yanks so it shouldn't be that weird, but it is. I don't know. Whenever I think of Giambi, I'll think of the two homers he hit off Pedro Martinez in game 7 of the ALCS in 2003.

Exactly.

[KoopaBowserSSBM]

Get the computer mlb.tv thing Jim... its pretty useful. I used to watch games at work all the time with that.

[Karafan1]

The Mets had a brutal loss tonight. I'm listening to talk radio and all of the Mets fans are disgusted.

I didn't see it but I heard they were up 4-0?? Then lost..They're in last week of September mode already:lol:

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Get the computer mlb.tv thing Jim... its pretty useful. I used to watch games at work all the time with that.

Well this isn't my computer and i doubt it's free..I can wait until I get home to start watching all the games again..

[lana 9]

I heard the Cubs will have 29 home night games this season..29 out of 81 total home games..They wasted all that money on lights for just 29 games a year??:lol:

jim went the cubs put in the ilghts the cubs make a deal with the city to play only 20 - 30 night game a season

[Karafan1]

jim went the cubs put in the ilghts the cubs make a deal with the city to play only 20 - 30 night game a season

Oh ok..I didn't know that. Now it makes sense why they have so many day games. I like the day games better anyway..Did you see the ghosts of cruses past show up tonight? A cat ran around the field and there was a foul ball in the Bartman area:lol:

[lana 9]

yes i saw the game and went the cat run around the field i was thinking where did the cat come form but the cubs win the game i like rich harded i saw went he was on the a's

[myankskent]

I didn't see it but I heard they were up 4-0?? Then lost..They're in last week of September mode already:lol:


It was a terrible game. A ball that should've been caught in left field by Murphy wasn't and Carlos Beltran had a chance to score and stepped on Molina's foot instead of sliding into home or knocking Molina down at the plate. Also, Oliver Perez continued to demonstrate how inconsistent he is as a starting pitcher.


Well this isn't my computer and i doubt it's free..I can wait until I get home to start watching all the games again..

It's not free, but it's cheaper than MLB extra innings and they give you every game. The quality is a lot better now as well.

[Karafan1]

Carlos Beltran had a chance to score and stepped on Molina's foot instead of sliding into home or knocking Molina down at the plate.

The Baseball Tonight guys were all over Beltran for not sliding. He's not exactly my favorite player and I said "just plow him over" when I saw that play for the 1st time:lol:

[myankskent]

Yeah. If he doesn't want to plow him over, then he needs to slide in that spot. Simply running to the plate while it is blocked by the catcher makes no sense to me.

[Karafan1]

I see the Yankees won on a walk-off homer today..The Mets lost the Cardinals again and my Braves actually won!!!!!!

[lana 9]

cubs lost 3 to 0 but derrek lee get 2 hit

[Karafan1]

I didn't see that game since WGN doesn't like to show games 2 days in a row:lol:

[myankskent]

I see the Yankees won on a walk-off homer today..The Mets lost the Cardinals again and my Braves actually won!!!!!!

If the Braves are going to turn things around, they need to do it now. They have some games coming up against the Mets, Marlins and Phillies so they need to go on a run. I think that the next several weeks will be the first period of the season where teams will have a chance to move up or down in the NL east, given all of the divisional games being played.

[Karafan1]

Losing alot of division games early could come back to haunt them later in the year..

[lana 9]

the cubs lost the 3 game in a row cubs are 8-7

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i saw the of the end red sox game go jason bay

[KoopaBowserSSBM]

Brewers won 3 in a row! :D

[myankskent]

The Yanks are in a lot of trouble right now. They lost their 8th inning pitcher in Brian Bruney for at least 15 days and they really don't have anyone else to pitch the 8th inning, since everyone else they have sucks at the moment. Plus, their lineup is still hurting without AROD and Nady.

[KoopaBowserSSBM]

Crazy game Brewers vs Astros yesterday lol, the umpire ended up getting a 'umpire sucks!' chant for a little bit. Kind of like the Cena sucks chant lol.

[Karafan1]

Anybody see Pujols's grand slam vs. the Cubs saturday?? I knew he was gonna hit that when he was walking up to the plate..1st pitch..see ya!:lol: My dad said they should walk him even with the bases loaded because 4-1 it's as bad as 7-1..

[WickedJenn]

The Yanks are in a lot of trouble right now. They lost their 8th inning pitcher in Brian Bruney for at least 15 days and they really don't have anyone else to pitch the 8th inning, since everyone else they have sucks at the moment. Plus, their lineup is still hurting without AROD and Nady.

Here's my face right now:

:mad:

Talk about a mostly crappy start to the season.

Oh and my Massachusetts cousins, hardcore RedSox fans, are just a rubbin' it in right now.

[Karafan1]

A Red Sox guy stole home tonight..How embarassing..lol

[WickedJenn]

Now here I am:

:o:(

[Karafan1]

My Braves didn't show up today either..They lost to the Reds 8-2..Nice showing after beating the Reds 10-2 on saturday..

[lana 9]

the cubs win today 10 to 3 yes i do not see the cubs game on saturday fox show the red sox vs the yankee game what a game the red sox come for 6 down to win the game

[myankskent]

Here's my face right now:

:mad:

Talk about a mostly crappy start to the season.

Oh and my Massachusetts cousins, hardcore RedSox fans, are just a rubbin' it in right now.

Well, they have a right to. The Yanks played a terrible series. I can understand them losing Friday night when Rivera blew the save because IMO, Girardi made a huge mistake going to Rivera for more than one inning. Rivera is great, but he's not immortal and he hasn't been good saving games where he has to pitch more than an inning in recent seasons. Saturday's game was horrendous where they blew the 6-0 lead. Last night, I just think that it was going to take a brilliant pitching performance by Pettitte to stop the 9 game winning streak for the Sox. It didn't happen.

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A Red Sox guy stole home tonight..How embarassing..lol

The funny thing is that I remember the Blue Jays stealing home off the Yankees a few seasons ago.

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Anybody see Pujols's grand slam vs. the Cubs saturday?? I knew he was gonna hit that when he was walking up to the plate..1st pitch..see ya!:lol: My dad said they should walk him even with the bases loaded because 4-1 it's as bad as 7-1..

Pujols is the best player in baseball. I saw what he did to the Mets last week in their series. He does nothing but get big hits.

[WickedJenn]

Well, they have a right to. The Yanks played a terrible series. I can understand them losing Friday night when Rivera blew the save because IMO, Girardi made a huge mistake going to Rivera for more than one inning. Rivera is great, but he's not immortal and he hasn't been good saving games where he has to pitch more than an inning in recent seasons. Saturday's game was horrendous where they blew the 6-0 lead. Last night, I just think that it was going to take a brilliant pitching performance by Pettitte to stop the 9 game winning streak for the Sox. It didn't happen.

I know, but it doesn't make it suck any less :\ Good thing I was in the car for the last half of the game last night.

[Karafan1]

Phillies hit 2 grand slams in their 13-11 win vs. the Nationals monday night..The Nationals blew 2 big leads in that game..lol..

[KoopaBowserSSBM]

Brewers are finally turning it around... the offense is out scoring our pitching lol. Its really funny to watch Prince Fielder go for triples with as big as he is lol.

I love having Extra Innings :D

[Karafan1]

Brewers are finally turning it around... the offense is out scoring our pitching lol. Its really funny to watch Prince Fielder go for triples with as big as he is lol.

That would be funny to see..

I love having Extra Innings :D

It's a wonderful invention, isn't it!!:)

[KoopaBowserSSBM]

Fielder has a few inside the park homeruns already lol. Not this season yet but in his career.

[WickedJenn]

Yankees win 11-0...wow.

I can't wrap my brain around that right now.

[KoopaBowserSSBM]

wow the Yankees won... lol

[WickedJenn]

Wow, GO JOBA! 1-2-3, 1-2-3...

[myankskent]

Wow, GO JOBA! 1-2-3, 1-2-3...

He was good today, but I still want him in the bullpen. That 9th inning was really scary, but that's because their bullpen is such a question mark right now. They need Bruney back desperately. I also heard today that AROD might be back next week.

[Karafan1]

Typical Mets game today..Walked in the winning run vs. the Phillies:lol: Perez didn't last long for them...My Braves lost to the Astros and the Cubs have won 2 in a row!!!:eek:

[myankskent]

Perez will get sent down to the minors and get brought up again just in time to shut out the Yankees in the two series that the Mets/Yankees play. The Yankees, for whatever reason, can't touch him. I thought that he was going to beat the Phillies yesterday because he has great numbers against them as well, but it just goes to show you how messed up Perez is these days.

That NL central is a weird division. Outside of the Cardinals, everyone else is just sort of lumped together.

[lana 9]

cubs win 6 to 4 that is the cubs 3 win in a row

[Karafan1]

I saw Lee's grand slam on sunday..Well actually I was on the computer and when I heard the hit I looked up to the tv and saw it go out..

[WickedJenn]

*stomps in*

ARGH.

*stomps out*

[Karafan1]

What wrong Jenn?? I'm watching the Yankees game now and it's only 6-3..Your team can comeback from that, can't they?? They hit back to back homeruns eariler in the game, they can do it again..

[KoopaBowserSSBM]

Not these Yankees lol...

[WickedJenn]

What wrong Jenn?? I'm watching the Yankees game now and it's only 6-3..Your team can comeback from that, can't they?? They hit back to back homeruns eariler in the game, they can do it again..

It's the Red Sux, it's more aggravating.

:mad:

[Karafan1]

It's the Red Sux, it's more aggravating.

:mad:

:lol: But my Braves didn't do much better tonight..Thet lost to the Mets:(

[WickedJenn]

Whew, got through that.

[Karafan1]

See..6-4..It's not over yet..

[WickedJenn]

YES! All hail Teixeira.

[Karafan1]

Yet another guy the Braves shouldn't have gotten rid of..

[WickedJenn]

*sigh*

Dayum. Well, one more shot.

[Karafan1]

Look at all those empty seats close to the field..I bet they're regretting their insane ticket prices for those..