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While I'm still trying to figure out what to do next with this blog, King Kamala's post about the A's 20th straight win in 2002 in offseason thread reminded me that I recently tripped upon some old A's highlights. This past season was the A's 40th year in Oakland and they had some Top 40 Moments poll, which I didn't even realize until after the season, but I guess on MLB.com at one point they posted a ton of old A's clips. I think they've been taken down off the A's site since then but by accident I found them with a url to the Cubs website of all places. Almost all the clips from the 70's and 80's were old MLB home video footage but there were some cool 90's and 2000's clips in there with many of them having the radio call by the legendary Bill King. Here are the more choice ones that I found, or were at least the ones that were still working. I was disappointed that the clip to Ramon Hernandez's game winning bunt single in Game 1 of the '03 ALDS was not working. October 18, 1988 vs. Los Angeles - Mark McGwire's forgotten walk off in Game 3 of the '88 World Series June 29, 1990 at Toronto - Final out of Dave Stewart's no hitter August 15, 1990 vs. Boston - Mark McGwire walk off grand slam October 1, 2000 vs. Texas - Final out of division clinching win -Was at this game and it was my birthday too. August 12, 2001 vs. New York - Jason Giambi walk off to sweep the Yankees September 1, 2002 vs. Minnesota - Miguel Tejada walk off for 18th straight win September 4, 2002 vs. Kansas City - Scott Hatteberg walk off for record 20th straight win -Covered this game in a prior entry.

Clip of Hatteberg's home run I was at that game and it went from being the worst game I'd ever been to the best with one swing. I just about near threw up when the Royals tied the game. It was absolutely inconceivable for a team that had won 19 games in a row to blow an 11 run lead to any team, let alone the Royals. There's a great chapter in Moneyball with a detailed account of the game.

I'm back to suck some more.

Let go to make room for Guillermo Mota? Ouch.

Agent Kinetic

Really? He's a shoo-in in my mind. Do you think the spitting incident will keep him out next year? Seems kind of silly in light of all the guys not getting in because of PEDs. With the arbitrary nature of why a writer does or does not vote for a guy makes me think without a doubt that some will not vote for him, at least on the first ballot, due to the spitting incident. It won't matter them about him becoming friends with the umpire later, baseball writers never let facts get in the way of their own perceptions or opinions. Also I don't think Alomar will be looked at as an "inner circle" candidate like RICKEY~ was or Cal Ripken and Tony Gwynn were in 2007. For a recent example of a second baseman and how they faired, Ryne Sandberg didn't get in on the first ballot (barely got in on the second) and he was a former MVP with a squeaky clean image. Now I wouldn't be surprised if Alomar does it get in on the first ballot but it will be close. In fact there's an outside chance the writers will fail to elect someone next year. Dawson is the only other player who has a shot but the 40+ votes he needs is a lot to make up in one year.

In case anyone was wondering the biggest names to join next year's ballot are Roberto Alomar, Barry Larkin, Edgar Martinez, and Fred McGriff. Out of the four I think only Alomar has a shot next year but I don't think he'll get in on the first ballot. Larkin should get in at some point but the lack of support of Alan Trammell over the years makes me doubt that will happen. Really? I mean, why bother? Pedro Gomez was one of them. Some writers do always vote ten players and if they want to throw in someone who was a favorite of there's that is fine. Gomez though had three open spots on his ballot yet elected to pick Bell over the likes Blyleven, Raines, and McGwire.

28 voters ended up leaving RICKEY~ off the ballot. No other first ballot players received enough votes to stay on the ballot. Both McGwire and Raines lost ten votes this year. Player Total Votes Percentage Rickey Henderson 511 94.8% Jim Rice 412 76.4% Andre Dawson 361 67.0% Bert Blyleven 338 62.7% Lee Smith 240 44.5% Jack Morris 237 44.0% Tommy John 171 31.7% Tim Raines 122 22.6% Mark McGwire 118 21.9% Alan Trammell 94 17.4% Dave Parker 81 15.0% Don Mattingly 64 11.9% Dale Murphy 62 11.5% Harold Baines 32 5.9% Mark Grace 22 4.1% David Cone 21 3.9% Matt Williams 7 1.3% Mo Vaughn 6 1.1% Jay Bell 2 0.4% Jesse Orosco 1 0.2% Ron Gant 0 0% Dan Plesac 0 0% Greg Vaughn 0 0%

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With Saturday now football free, it means there will be an ass load of televised games on Saturday. CBS will have a big doubleheader of Georgetown/Duke and ASU/UCLA and there will also be the first ESABCPN telecast of the year with a regional game. Hey there's even Horizon and Missouri Valley league action as well. Full TV Schedule for Week of 1/12 - 1/18 Network/Basic Cable Schedule MONDAY #12 Notre Dame at #20 Louisville, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN #11 Texas at #6 Oklahoma, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN TUESDAY Indiana at Ohio State, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN Memphis at Tulsa, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN2 Kentucky at #24 Tennessee, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN WEDNESDAY #3 Duke at Georgia Tech, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN #8 Syracuse at #13 Georgetown, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN2 #21 Baylor at Texas A&M, 9:30/6:30 PM, ESPN2 THURSDAY #4 Connecticut at St. John's, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN #19 Purdue at Northwestern, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 #5 North Carolina at Virginia, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN Washington State at Oregon State, 9:00/6:00 PM, FSN Arizona at #9 UCLA, 11:00/8:00 PM, FSN SATURDAY #12 Notre Dame at #8 Syracuse, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Northern Iowa at Drake, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN2 #13 Georgetown at #3 Duke, 1:30 PM/10:30 AM, CBS #6 Oklahoma at Texas A&M, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, ESPN #17 Butler at Illinois-Chicago, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, ESPN2 Washington State at Oregon, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, FSN #2 Wake Forest at #10 Clemson, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* Kansas at Colorado, 3:30/12:30 PM, ABC* #16 Arizona State at #9 UCLA, 3:45/12:45 PM, CBS Illinois at #7 Michigan State, 4:00/1:00 PM, ESPN BYU at New Mexico, 4:00/1:00 PM, Versus #1 Pittsburgh at #20 Louisville, 6:00/3:00 PM, ESPN Temple at Massachusetts, 7:00/4:00 PM, ESPN2 Miami at #5 North Carolina, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN #14 Marquette at Providence, 9:00/6:00 PM, ESPN2 Pacific at Cal State Fullerton, 11:00/9:00 PM, ESPN2

Aww I lost by the smallest margin in the 2nd Round. MORAL VICTORY~! Incadenza Slayer CC Edwin Smues Agent treble VX

About time to get this up. Still use the other thread for any discussion of the Fiesta Bowl tomorrow night. THURSDAY #2 Florida vs. #1 Oklahoma, 8:00/5:00 PM, FOX "National Championship" Deciding Bowl Games since 1968 (AP Poll 1968-1997, BCS 1998-present) 1968 Rose: #1 Ohio State 27, #2 USC 16 1969 Cotton: #1 Texas 21, #9 Notre Dame 17 1970 Orange: #3 Nebraska 17, #5 LSU 12 (#1 Texas & #2 Ohio State both lost) 1971 Orange: #1 Nebraska 38, #2 Alabama 6 1972 Rose: #1 USC 42, #3 Ohio State 17 1973 Sugar: #3 Notre Dame 24, #1 Alabama 23 (#2 Oklahoma was on probation) 1974 Oklahoma finished #1 in AP poll despite being on probation 1975 Orange: #3 Oklahoma 14, #5 Michigan 6 (#1 Ohio State & #2 Texas A&M both lost) 1976 Sugar: #1 Pittsburgh 27, #5 Georgia 3 1977 Cotton: #5 Notre Dame 38, #1 Texas 10 (#2 Oklahoma & #4 Michigan both lost, #3 Alabama won but finished #2) 1978 Sugar: #2 Alabama 14, #1 Penn State 7 1979 Sugar: #2 Alabama 24, #6 Arkansas 9 (#1 Ohio State lost) 1980 Sugar: #1 Georgia 17, #7 Notre Dame 10 1981 Orange: #1 Clemson 22, #4 Nebraska 15 1982 Sugar: #2 Penn State 27, #1 Georgia 23 1983 Orange: #5 Miami 31, #1 Nebraska 30 (#2 Texas & #4 Illinois lost, #3 Auburn won but did not move up polls) 1984 Holiday: #1 BYU 24, Michigan 17 1985 Orange: #3 Oklahoma 25, #1 Penn State 10 (#2 Miami lost) 1986 Fiesta: #2 Penn State 14, #1 Miami 10 1987 Orange: #2 Miami 20, #1 Oklahoma 14 1988 Fiesta: #1 Notre Dame 34, #3 West Virginia 21 1989 Sugar: #2 Miami 33, #7 Alabama 25 (#1 Colorado lost) 1990 Orange: #1 Colorado 10, #5 Notre Dame 9 1991 Orange: #1 Miami 22, #11 Nebraska 0 1992 Sugar: #2 Alabama 34, #1 Miami 13 1993 Orange: #1 Florida State 18, #2 Nebraska 16 1994 Orange: #1 Nebraska 24, #3 Miami 17 1995 Fiesta: #1 Nebraska 62, #2 Florida 24 1996 Sugar: #3 Florida 52, #1 Florida State 20 (#2 Arizona State lost) 1997 Rose: #1 Michigan 21, #8 Washington State 16 1998 Fiesta: #1 Tennessee 23, #2 Florida State 16 1999 Sugar: #1 Florida State 46, #2 Virginia Tech 29 2000 Orange: #1 Oklahoma 13, #2 Florida State 2 2001 Rose: #1 Miami 37, #2 Nebraska 14 2002 Fiesta: #2 Ohio State 31, #1 Miami 24 2003 Sugar: #2 LSU 21, #1 Oklahoma 14 2004 Orange: #1 USC 55, #2 Oklahoma 19 2005 Rose: #2 Texas 41, #1 USC 38 2006 BCS: #2 Florida 41, #1 Ohio State 14 2007 BCS: #2 LSU 38, #1 Ohio State 24

Alright time to get this up to give everyone extra time to make picks for the record 34 bowl games. All picks must be sent to me by PM. I'll post picks when both teams in a bowl have submitted them. Bowls Deadline Saturday, December 20th, 11:00 AM EST/8:00 AM PST The Bowls Bored Bowl - Winner gets $50 #1 N.C. State (AboveAverage484, 11-3) vs. #2 Arizona (UZI Suicide, 11-3) Covers.com Degenerate Bowl #4 Miami of Ohio* (Hawk 34, 9-4) vs. #6 Georgia Tech* (iggymcfly, 9-4) Sugar Cereal Bowl presented by Count Chocula #5 Ball State* (Vampir69, 10-4) vs. #8 Syracuse* (CanadianChris, 9-5) I Used To Fuck Guys Like You In Prison Football Classic #9 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff, 8-5) vs. #10 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto, 8-5) Don't Taze Me Bowl! #3 Nebraska (Mecca, 10-4) vs. Kentucky (Danville Wrestling, 9-5) Gamestop.com Early Reservation Bowl #7 Tennessee* (Canadian Brandon, 9-4) vs. Ohio State (Gert T, 8-5) KFC PETA Bowl LSU* (teke184, 8-5) vs. Notre Dame* (KingPK, 8-6) K-Mart Blue Light Special Bowl South Carolina* (Cuban Linx, 7-6) vs. Fresno State* (Agent Bond34, 7-6) Main Loon Restaurant China Bowl Minnesota* (Vern Gagne, 8-5) vs. Arizona State* (still fly, 7-6) AIG Bailout Bowl Indiana* (Agent of Oblivion, 7-6) vs. Boston College* (HarleyQuinn, 7-7) 34 Bowls is Way too Fucking Many...to Make Picks For December 20th EagleBank: Navy vs. Wake Forest New Mexico: Colorado State vs. Fresno State St. Petersburg: South Florida vs. Memphis Las Vegas: BYU vs. Arizona December 21st New Orleans: Troy vs. Southern Miss December 23rd Poinsettia: Boise State vs. TCU December 24th Hawaii: Hawaii vs. Notre Dame December 26th Motor City: Florida Atlantic vs. Central Michigan December 27th Meineke Car Care: West Virginia vs. North Carolina Champs Sports: Wisconsin vs. Florida State Emerald: California vs. Miami December 28th Independence: Louisiana Tech vs. Northern Illinois December 29th PapaJohns.com: N.C. State vs. Rutgers Alamo: Missouri vs. Northwestern December 30th Humanitarian: Maryland vs. Nevada Holiday: Oklahoma State vs. Oregon Texas: Western Michigan vs. Rice December 31st Armed Forces: Houston vs. Air Force Sun: Oregon State vs. Pittsburgh Music City: Boston College vs. Vanderbilt Insight: Kansas vs. Minnesota Chick-Fil-A: LSU vs. Georgia Tech January 1st Outback: South Carolina vs. Iowa Gator: Nebraska vs. Clemson Capital One: Georgia vs. Michigan State Rose: Penn State vs. USC Orange: Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati January 2nd Cotton: Texas Tech vs. Mississippi Liberty: East Carolina vs. Kentucky Sugar: Utah vs. Alabama January 3rd International: Connecticut vs. Buffalo January 5th Fiesta: Ohio State vs. Texas January 6th GMAC: Ball State vs. Tulsa January 8th BCS: Florida vs. Oklahoma Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the BCS Championship Game? Tiebreak #2: How many passing yards will Oklahoma's Sam Bradford have against Florida?

Congratulations to UZI Suicide as he has won the Bored Bowl and is the 2008 Bored Championship Series Champion! Again thank you to everyone for participating this year, definitely was the most successful season to date. See you next year! Bowl Results Bored Bowl #2 Arizona (UZI Suicide) 21, #1 N.C. State (AboveAverage484) 21; UZI wins by tiebreak Covers.com Degenerate Bowl #6 Georgia Tech (iggmcfly) 23, #4 Miami of Ohio (Hawk 34) 21 Sugar Cereal Bowl presented by Count Chocula #5 Ball State (Vampiro69) 18, #8 Syracuse (CanadianChris) 18; Vampiro wins by tiebreak I Used To Fuck Guys Like You In Prison Football Classic #9 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) 22, #10 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto) 17 Don't Taze Me Bowl! #3 Nebraska (Mecca) 20, Kentucky (Danville Wrestling) 19 Gamestop.com Early Reservation Bowl #7 Tennessee (Canadian Brandon) 21, Ohio State (Gert T) 18 KFC PETA Bowl Notre Dame (KingPK) 19, LSU (tek184) 19; PK wins by tiebreak K-Mart Blue Light Special Bowl Fresno State (Agent Bond34) 22, South Carolina (Cuban Linx) 20 Main Loon Restaurant China Bowl Arizona State (still fly) 19, Minnesota (Vern Gagne) 18 AIG Bailout Bowl Indiana (Tzar Lysergic) 16, Boston College (HarleyQuinn) 11

Fixed.

"That was the first wrong thing he's done in his life."

Stanford beat Oregon St who beat UCLA who beat Tennessee who beat Vanderbilt who beat Mississippi who beat Florida STANFORD~ is #1!!!!!

Bang up job by Brenneman and Davis keeping up on what down it was on the goal to go situation.

AIM Chat: TSMNCChat And my prediction for tonight's game is at least seventeen mentions of Tim Tebow circumcising filipino boys and that Sam Bradford's face will continue to scare the shit out of me.

Okay on to the the second half of what has been a surprisingly entertaining bowl season to this point although there's still plenty of time for disappointment. While Utah/Ohio State and Texas/Alabama would have been far better match-ups, this year's BCS games are at least much more intriguing than last year. It seemed last season the BCS bowls went out of their way to come up with the least compelling slate of games as they possibly could. Thank God for the Rose Bowl as the January 1st line-up looks atrocious this year outside the GOTA. I'll post a thread for MNC game sometime this weekend. WEDNESDAY Armed Forces Bowl: Houston vs. Air Force, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN Sun Bowl: Oregon State vs. #20 Pittsburgh, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, CBS Music City Bowl: #24 Boston College vs. Vanderbilt, 3:30/12:30 PM, ESPN Insight Bowl: Kansas vs. Minnesota, 6:00/3:00 PM, NFLN Chick-Fil-A Bowl: LSU vs. #14 Georgia Tech, 7:30/4:30 PM, ESPN THURSDAY Outback Bowl: South Carolina vs. Iowa, 11:00/8:00 AM, ESPN Gator Bowl: Nebraska vs. Clemson, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, CBS Capital One Bowl: #15 Georgia vs. #18 Michigan State, 1:00 PM/10:00 AM, ABC Rose Bowl: #8 Penn State vs. #5 USC, 4:30/1:30 PM, ABC Orange Bowl: #12 Cincinnati vs. #19 Virginia Tech, 8:30/5:30 PM, FOX FRIDAY Cotton Bowl: #25 Mississippi vs. #7 Texas Tech, 2:00 PM/11:00 AM, FOX Liberty Bowl: Kentucky vs. East Carolina, 5:00/2:00 PM, ESPN Sugar Bowl: #6 Utah vs. #4 Alabama, 8:00/5:00 PM, FOX SATURDAY International Bowl: Buffalo vs. Connecticut, Noon/9:00 AM, ESPN MONDAY Fiesta Bowl: #10 Ohio State vs. #3 Texas, 8:00/5:00 PM, FOX TUESDAY GMAC Bowl: #22 Ball State vs. Tulsa, 8:00/5:00 PM, ESPN

I'll always remember Smoltz as a Tiger.

I'm the furthest thing from a fratboy so you can always feel confident in giving me your support. I'm not very familiar with mellow and he's probably not very familiar with me either, but it does seem just based on the seeding I'm in trouble this round. So I'll go ahead and point out possibly the most important contribution I've ever made to this board was this past September when I introduced you all to this: Now credit goes to Agent of Oblivion for making it the symbol of joy that posters want to show when their particular favorite sports team has accomplished something of grandeur. Even if it is not enough to sway your vote, I am proud to have given you all the Excited Dotel meme. Dandy Incadenza Cheech Slayer Kinetic CC Me Edwin SP Smues Kamala Agent SJK treble 909 VX

As expected, Jeff Jagodzinski has been fired by Boston College AD Gene DiFilippo due to him interviewing for the Jets' head coach position. How dare any coach think of leaving an elite college football institution like Boston College for an NFL job? He should be grateful to even step foot on their campus let alone coach the team. With anything there's always more to the story than the general public knows and I don't follow BC closely enough to know if Jagodzinski was a good coach or not but this whole situation seems rather silly.

For the first time ever the Bored Bowl will go down to a tiebreak as AboveAverage484 and UZI Suicide are dead locked at 20-20. AA484 guessed 72 points and UZI guessed 70 points for the BCS Championship.

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