Bored

Well I'm gong to have this entire selection show on mute so anyone feel free to post stupid comments by the usual group of idiots. A.L. Starters C: Ivan Rodriguez 1B: David Ortiz 2B: Mark Loretta 3B: Alex Rodriguez SS: Derek Jeter OF: Manny Ramirez, Vladimir Guerrero, Ichiro Suzuki

I think it's safe to say Mauer will make it on the team as the back up catcher from the player's vote.

They just need to abandon the one player per team rule and it would solve several problems with putting together the teams. It's an idea that made sense when there was only eight teams in each league but not anymore. My modest proposal has been that the only team that should have a rep is the team hosting the game as those tickets aren't cheap and the fans deserve to have one of their own playing. There are a handful of teams every year that legitimately do not have a single player you could make argument that they should be an All-Star. Are Royals fans going to be more inclined to watch the game just because Mark Grudzielanek is there?

A's get swept by the D-Backs who had lost 20 of their 23 coming into the series. Nick Swisher's gone into a horriffic slump and Eric Chavez is playing like he's 38 instead of 28. That 15 out of 17 run they had might be the lone hot streak this year.

ESPN's "exclusive" announcement for All-Star selections is tonight but it's already been leaked that Jason Bay and Jose Reyes have been voted as starters.

Hmmm I don't remember but if you did sorry if I didn't notice. Really it doesn't matter what you school you represent. If you want to change to someone else let me know.

Okay I've redone all the 80's MVPs but this was one that I kind of have been wanting to do an entry for. The main reason is because 1987 was the year that my favorite player of all-time Mark McGwire burst on to the scene by completely obliterating the rookie homerun record with 49 homeruns. It's really one of those records that it's hard to imagine it ever being broken as Mike Piazza's 35 in 1993 is the most by a rookie since. In the Summer of '87 everyone was going out of their way to buy up as many of McGwire's Olympic card from the 1985 Topps set as they could. Now I know McGwire wasn't the MVP but I had always had it my head that he had a better year than the winner of the MVP that year. The writer's pick for A.L. MVP was George Bell as he won it in a tight race over Alan Trammell, receiving 16 first place votes to Trammell's 12. Now when it comes to awards voting most writers submit their ballots before the season ends and that could have made a difference here. After dropping three out of four in Toronto on the next to last weekend of the season the Tigers sat two and a half games out of first place behind the Blue Jays. It's quite possible that series won the MVP for Bell over Trammell as Bell played a big role in the series win going 8 for 18. But the in the final weekend of the season the Tigers would sweep the Jays in Detroit to take the A.L. East title. Who knows how many writer's submitted their ballots right after the series in Toronto? Also if Trammell had won the MVP in '87 maybe he'd get a little more support in the Hall of Fame voting. I've always had the Shiny Object Theory when it comes to HOF voting where writer's will almost always give more support to a player who won a major award in their career than someone who didn't. Just look at Bruce Sutter (Cy Young in 1979) being elected to the HOF this year instead of Goose Gossage (never won a Cy Young). Actual Results 1) George Bell 2) Alan Trammell 3) Kirby Puckett 4) Dwight Evans 5) Paul Molitor 6) Mark McGwire 7) Don Mattingly 8) Tony Fernandez 9) Wade Boggs 10) Gary Gaetti 11) Jeff Reardon 12) Darrell Evans 13t) Doyle Alexander 13t) Tom Henke 13t) Wally Joyner 16) Kent Hrbek 17) Danny Tartabull 18) Robin Yount 19) Roger Clemens 20t) Jack Morris 20t) Kevin Seitzer 20t) Ruben Sierra 23) Jose Canseco 24) Matt Nokes #10 .309/.390/.541, 123 RC, 142 OPS+, .318 EQA, 54.4 VORP, 24 Win Shares #9 .305/.417/.569, 129 RC, 156 OPS+, .332 EQA, 57.7 VORP, 25 Win Shares #8 .327/.378/.559, 122 RC, 146 OPS+, .319 EQA, 50.4 VORP, 27 Win Shares #7 .332/.367/.534, 121 RC, 132 OPS+, .304 EQA, 55.1 VORP, 29 Win Shares #6 .308/.352/.605, 129 RC, 146 OPS+, .318 EQA, 60.6 VORP, 26 Win Shares #5 154 ERA+, 3.09 K/BB, 1.18 WHIP, 92.8 VORP, 28 Win Shares #4 .289/.370/.618, 127 RC, 164 OPS+, .335 EQA, 60.7 VORP, 30 Win Shares #3 .353/.438/.566, 115 RC, 161 OPS+, .344 EQA, 74.8 VORP, 29 Win Shares #2 .363/.461/.588, 151 RC, 173 OPS+, .358 EQA, 90.1 VORP, 32 Win Shares #1 .343/.402/.551, 133 RC, 155 OPS+, .334 EQA, 96.6 VORP, 35 Win Shares So Bell wasn't a terrible choice but not a particularly good one either. Boggs plays bride's maid again in my redos just like he did with the 1986 one. What happened with the Red Sox in '87? Defending A.L. Champs and three of the Top 10 players in the league on their team yet they finish six games under .500. Sounds like a "Where'd They Go?" team.

Nope, but here's Wilbur Marshall killing Joe Ferguson. I think it also gets forgotten, along with the '84 49ers in general, because of what happened the following year with the '85 Bears duplicating the 49ers 15-1 record and doing it it even more dominating fashion in the regular season and of course the Super Bowl.

Woo hoo Bobby Crosby walks with one out in the 7th. But they could still get no hit by a guy who had an ERA over 5 coming into today. And Zombie Frank Thomas homers to end the no hitter, thank god.

A's are getting no hit by Miguel Batista thru six and it would be a perfect game if it weren't for a Johnny Estrada dropped foul ball. Of course because of the Fox blackout rule no one in the world can see this game unless you are in the Oakland Coliseum at the moment. Not that I'd want to watch this. Edit: Scratch that, since the A's haven't had a baserunner even with the error this would be a perfect game. This is one sorry ass first palce team.

I *heart* YouTube...or at least the 49er fan who keeps posting these games on there. Super Bowl XVI Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3 Clip 4 Clip 5 Clip 6 Clip 7 Super Bowl XIX Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3 Clip 4 Clip 5 Clip 6 Clip 7 Clip 8 Clip 9 Clip 10 Clip 11 Clip 12 1982 NFC Championship Game Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3 Clip 4 Clip 5 Clip 6 Clip 7

http://wcco.com/video/[email protected] Link to the local news story with surveillance tape of Griffin trying to get the guy who's car he smashed into to not report the accident by offering to buy him a new car....well, "not a Bentley." Don't worry no footage of Griffin jerking off to the porn.

I already did this past weekend, it's pinned in the sports thread. I'm starting to get the feeling people completely miss a pinned thread in unless they are looking for it. When I posted the thread on Saturday a ton of people signed up the first day, then I had Al pin it and sign ups have screeched to a halt.

No, money as in the winner of the contest getting $50 from me. It's free to play. Ain't I a nice guy? I remember your aborted attempt to have people pay to enter for a cash prize and I did actually send you the $5 but most people are too cheap here.

Heckling Stephen A Smith

Update: 20 holdovers signed up, 8 new sign ups Bored's College Football Pick 'Em Encyclopedia

Here's a look back at the first two years of my contest. Also for the first time full BCS rankings from 2005, pre bowls. The post bowl rankings for 2005 will be used for the Preseason Top 10 for 2006 but I won't be posting those until the sign ups are done. Also at the end is the all-time records list. 2004 Standings (regular season) Pac-8 1. UCLA (6-1, 8-5) 2. Boise State (5-2, 7-6) 3. Hawaii (4-3, 7-6) 4. Stanford (3-4, 8-5) 4. Washington State (3-4, 7-6) 4. Oregon (3-4, 7-6) 7. USC (2-5, 5-8) 7. Arizona State (2-5, 5-8) Big MAC 1. Minnesota (6-1, 9-4) 2. Notre Dame (5-2, 9-4) 2. Bowling Green (5-2, 9-4) 4. Kent State (4-3, 6-7) 4. Michigan State (4-3, 5-8) 6. Ohio State (3-4, 7-6) 7. Michigan (1-6, 4-9) 7. Penn State (1-6, 3-10) Mid South 1. LSU (5-2, 10-3) 1. Georgia (5-2, 10-3) 1. Auburn (5-2, 6-7) 4. Alabama (4-3, 6-7) 5. Texas (3-4, 6-7) 5. Florida (3-4, 5-8) 7. Tennessee (2-5, 5-8) 8. Oklahoma (1-6, 4-9) Big Atlantic 1. Virginia (5-2, 10-3) 1. Boston College (5-2, 6-7) 1. Syracuse (5-2, 10-3) 4. Maryland (3-4, 7-6) 4. Rutgers (3-4, 4-9) 4. Miami (3-4, 4-9) 7. Florida State (2-5, 4-9) 8. West Virginia (1-6, 4-9) 2004 BCS Rankings (Before the bowls) Note: The formula was different for the first year and produced bizarre results which was the plan on my part but with money involved people took the contest seriously thus I had to make adjustments the 2nd year. 1. Virginia - Edwin MacPhisto 2.00 2. Minnesota - Vern Gagne 3.00 3. UCLA - phoenixrising 4.67 4. Syracuse - CanadianChris 7.33 5. Washington State - bravesfan 7.67 6. LSU - teke184 8.67 7. Oregon - nogoodnick 9.00 8. Hawaii - Will Scarlet 10.00 9. Notre Dame - Lando Griffin 11.33 10. Maryland - MarvinisaLunatic 13.00 11. Texas - Flyboy 13.00 12. Stanford - Bored 13.67 13. Florida - Agent Bond34 13.67 14. Arizona State - Spicy McHaggis 14.33 15. Ohio State - Gert T 15.00 - one forfeit 16. Miami - Spaceman Spiff 15.33 17. Oklahoma - Damaramu 16.00 18. USC - Cartman 16.67 19. Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff 18.00 20. Auburn - Agent of Oblivion 18.33 21. Kent State - JHawk 19.00 22. Bowling Green - "Hail" bps21/iggymcfly 19.33 - two forfeits 23. Rutgers - the pinjockey 19.33 24. Georgia - Kingofthe909/A Mike_SC *dead team* 20.00 - three forfeits 25. Michigan - Mad Dog 21.67 26. Boston College - HarleyQuinn 22.67 27. Boise State - Rob E Dangerously *dead team* 23.00 - two forfeits 28. Penn State - threalworldschampion 23.67 - one forfeit 29. Tennessee - Kotzenjunge 26.00 - one forfeit 30. West Virginia - Loaded Glove *dead team* 27.00 (21/31/29) 31. Florida State - 2GOLD 27.00 (27/28/26) - one forfeit 32. Michigan State - Dangerous A * 28.33 (21/32/32) - two forfeits 2004 Bowl Results MILFHunter.com Bored Bowl: #2 Minnesota (Vern Gagne, 11-4) 16, #1 Virginia (Edwin MacPhisto, 11-4) 15 Traditional Bowl presented by Adam & Eve's Anal Lube: #3 UCLA (phoenixrising, 10-5) 19, #4 Syracuse (CanadianChris, 10-4) 18 Oxycotton Bowl: #6 LSU (teke184, 12-3) 14, #5 Washington State (bravesfan, 7-7) 13 KFC PETA Bowl: #10 Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic, 8-6) 18, #8 Hawaii (Will Scarlet, 7-8) 15 Massengil Country Flower Douche Bowl: Bowling Green (iggymcfly, 10-4) 16, #7 Oregon (nogoodnick, 7-7) 14 Lucky Strikes Tar Bowl: Texas (Flyboy, 7-7) 16, #9 Notre Dame (Lando Griffin, 9-6) 14 Out Magazine Bowl: Ohio State (Gert T, 8-6) 17, Stanford (Bored, 8-6) 14 2005 Standings (regular season) Pac-8 1. Hawaii (6-1, 7-6) 2. Oregon (4-3, 6-7) 2. Stanford (4-3, 6-7) 4. Arizona State (3-4, 7-6) 4. Washington State (3-4, 6-7) 4. San Diego State (3-4, 6-7) 4. USC (3-4, 6-7) 8. UCLA (2-5, 4-9) Big MAC 1. Penn State (5-2, 8-5) 1. Illinois (5-2, 8-5) 3. Northwestern (4-3, 8-5) 3. Minnesota (4-3, 5-8) 5. Ohio State (3-4, 7-6) 5. Notre Dame (3-4, 6-7) 7. Kent State (2-5, 4-9) 7. Buffalo (2-5, 2-11) Mid South 1. Alabama (8-0, 11-2) 2. LSU (5-3, 9-4) 3. South Carolina (4-4, 9-4) 3. Florida (4-4, 8-5) 3. Texas A&M (4-4, 8-5) 6. Auburn (3-5, 7-6) 6. Tennessee (3-5, 5-8) 6. Nebraska (3-5, 5-8) 9. Oklahoma (2-6, 6-7) Big Atlantic 1. Syracuse (6-2, 9-4) 1. Miami (6-2, 9-4) 3. Georgia Tech (5-3, 7-6) 3. Virginia (5-3, 6-7) 5. Maryland (4-4, 8-5) 5. Connecticut (4-4, 7-6) 7. FIU (3-5, 5-8) 7. Rutgers (3-5, 5-8) 9. Troy (0-8, 1-12) 2005 BCS Rankings (pre bowls) 1. Miami - Spaceman Spiff 3.85 2. Alabama - AlwaysPissedOff 5.0 3. Syracuse - CanadianChris 5.1 4. LSU - teke184 5.9 5. Texas A&M - Secret Agent 6.65 6. Ohio State - Gert T 7.2 7. South Carolina - Cuban Linx 8.1 8. Florida - Agent Bond34 8.2 9. Georgia Tech - iggymcfly 9.6 10. Penn State - therealworldschampion 10.65 11. Hawaii - Will Scarlet 12.8 12. USC - Cartman 13.25 13. Northwestern - Kingofthe909 13.45 14. Stanford - Bored 14.55 15. Virginia - Edwin MacPhisto 16.55 16. Notre Dame - Lando Griffin 16.6 17. Maryland - MarvinisaLunatic 16.9 18. Illinois - Matt Young 17.55 19. Tennessee - Kotzenjunge 19.1 20. Auburn - Agent of Oblivion 19.4 21. Arizona State - Spicy McHaggis 19.6 22. Rutgers - the pinjockey 20.4 23. UCLA - phoenixrising 20.45 24. Oklahoma - Damaramu 21.0 25. Nebraska - Carnival 21.5 26. Washington State - bravesfan 21.6 27. Connecticut - DragonLordKaiba 22.0 28. San Diego State - Porter 22.95 29. Oregon - nogoodnick 23.1 30. Florida International - Vitamin X 26.9 31. Kent State - JHawk 28.1 32. Minnesota - Vern Gagne 28.15 33. Troy - Angel Grace Blue 30.35 34. Buffalo - Black Widow 30.65 2005 Bowl Results BenchWarmer Bob's Bored Bowl #2 Alabama (AlwaysPissedOff) 17, #1 Miami (Spaceman Spiff) 15 Jack Osbourne's Oxycotton Bowl #5 Texas A&M (Secret Agent) 18, #3 Syracuse (CanadianChris) 17 Lucky Strikes Cigarettes Tar Bowl #4 LSU (teke184) 18, #10 Penn State (therealworldschampion) 17 Out Magazine Bowl #7 South Carolina (Cuban Linx) 16, #6 Ohio State (Gert T) 16; South Carolina wins by tiebreak Meow Mix XNXX.COM Pussy Bowl #9 Georgia Tech (iggymcfly) 16, #8 Florida (Agent Bond34) 14 Traditional Bowl presented by Adam & Eve's Anal Lube Northwestern (Kingofthe909) 18, Hawaii (Will Scarlet) 18; Northwestern wins by tiebreak KFC PETA Bowl Maryland (MarvinisaLunatic) 15, Arizona State (Spicy McHaggis) 11 Ex-Lax Toilet Bowl Connecticut (DragonLordKaiba) 15, Auburn (Agent of Oblivion) 12 All-Time Records (ordered by total wins) Note: Results where replacements picks were used are thrown out. 1. teke184 22-8 2. CanadianChris 20-9 3. AlwaysPissedOff 19-9 4t. iggymcfly 17-8 4t. Edwin MacPhisto 17-11 4t. MarvinisaLunatic 17-11 7. Vern Gagne 16-11 8t. Lando Griffin 15-13 8t. Will Scarlet 15-15 10t. Bored 14-13 10t. Gert T 14-13 10t. phoenixrising 14-14 13t. Agent Bond34 13-14 13t. Agent of Oblivion 13-14 13t. bravesfan 13-14 13t. Spaceman Spiff 13-15 13t. Spicy McHaggis 13-15 13t. nogoodnick 13-16 19t. Kingofthe909 11-6 19t. Cartman 11-15 19t. therealworldschampion 11-17 22t. Cuban Linx 10-4 22t. Kotzenjunge 10-14 22t. JHawk 10-15 25t. A Mike_SC 9-3 25t. the pinjockey 9-17 27t. Secret Agent 8-5 27t. DragonLordKaiba 8-6 27t. Damaramu 8-15 30. Flyboy 7-7 31t. Porter 6-7 31t. HarleyQuinn 6-8 33t. Carnival 5-8 33t. Vitamin X 5-8 35t. Matt Young 4-2 35t. Dangerous A 4-7 35t. Loaded Glove 4-8 35t. 2GOLD 4-9 35t. Mad Dog 4-9 40t. "Hail" bps21 1-2 40t. Leena 1-7 40t. Angel Grace Blue 1-12 43. Rob E Dangerously 0-4

I heard Brett Myers has a great 1-2 punch. *rim shot*

Well the Houston Bowl is officially dead and it's being replaced by...a bowl game in Houston. Okay then. Also interesting is who apparantly will be televising the game. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports...ge/4010485.html

I think you have to pick Brian Roberts over Polanco. Roberts arguably had the best year of any second baseman in baseball last year and he's been better than Polanco so far this year.

Quickie this time around. N.L. 10. Jose Reyes, Mets 9. Bobby Abreu, Phillies 8. Nick Johnson, Nationals 7. Bronson Arroyo, Reds 6. Brandon Webb, Diamondbacks 5. Lance Berkman, Astros 4. Miguel Cabrera, Marlins 3. Carlos Beltran, Mets 2. David Wright, Mets 1. Albert Pujols, Cardinals A.L. 10. Derek Jeter, Yankees 9. Paul Konerko, White Sox 8. Manny Ramirez, Red Sox 7. Jason Giambi, Yankees 6. Joe Mauer, Twins 5. Johan Santana, Twins 4. Curtis Granderson, Tigers 3. Vernon Wells, Blue Jays 2. Jim Thome, White Sox 1. Travis Hafner, Indians

MONDAY Phillies (Lidle) at Red Sox (Wakefield) Braves (Hudson) at Yankees (So Very Old) Astros (Rodriguez) at Tigers (Miner) Devil Rays (Shields) at Marlins (Johnson) Brewers (Capuano) at Cubs (Maddux) Indians (Lee) at Cardinals (A John Kruk Cy Young candidate I'm sure) Dodgers (Billingsley) at Twins (Silva) Rockies (Jennings) at Angels (Lackey) TUESDAY Phillies (Hamels) at Orioles (Bedard) Manufacture Runs (Buehrle) at Pirates (Snell) Devil Rays (Kazmir) at Marlins (Nolasco) Mets (Soler) at Red Sox (Lester) Braves (Ramirez) at Yankees (Wright) Clemens at Tigers (Robertson) Nationals (Ortiz) at Blue Jays (Dreifort...I mean Burnett) Royals (Wood) at Reds (Milton) Brewers (Jackson) at Cubs (Zambrano) Dodgers (Lowe) at Twins (Brian Sabean is an idiot) Indians (Sabathia) at Cardinals (Reyes) Mariners (Washburn) at Diamondbacks (Webb) Rockies (Cook) at Angels (Bad Weaver) A's (Zito) at Padres (Young) Rangers (Millwood) at AARP (Morris) WEEKEND Giants/Padres White Sox/Cubs Mets/Yankees Devil Rays/Nationals Tigers/Pirates Phillies/Blue Jays Indians/Reds Red Sox/Marlins Orioles/Braves Royals/Cardinals Brewers/Twins Astros/Rangers Dodgers/Angels Rockies/Mariners Diamondbacks/A's

I'm sure the White Sox manufactured all those grand slams with bunts though, right? I mean everyone knows that's how the White Sox win.

NCAA coaches are apparantly going to make a pitch to expand the tournament field and some want it to be doubled to 128 teams. Yes because we need to make sure every major conference team with a winning record makes the tournament. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060625/ap_on_...DJlYmhvBHNlYwM-

I've finished watching Game 1 from each DVD so as I mentioned before I'm taking little notes while watching each game. Of course as i read some of my notes I'm not even sure what I intended on bringing up. Of course I won't go over every detail of the game as there is no point. Interesting to note that for all three of these World Series that the winner of Game 1 was the team that ended up losing the series. Backs up Al's entry on playoff odds on how Game 1 is the least important game. 1975 World Series - Game 1 - Red Sox 6, Reds 0 (boxscore and play account) -Announcers for Game 1 are Curt Gowdy, Dick Stockton, and Tony Kubek. Stockton was not a network announcer at this time as he was the local t.v. announcer for the Red Sox. They will be rotating announcers during the series as there will be a Reds announcer for Game 2. I guess this must have been common in the 70's as I remember watching Game 7 of the '73 Series on ESPN Classic a few years ago and old A's announcer Monty Moore was doing the play-by-play. -Secretary of Treasury William E Simon threw out the first pitch. The crowd was shockingly unexcited by this. -When Pete Rose is up in the first it is amusing how they bring up him being a huge fan of the game and always knowing what's going on in other games. If only they knew at the time why he was doing that. -They say Johnny Bench has 50 foul ball homeruns in 1975. Now that sounds like bullshit to me. Who'd even keep track and how do you truly determine if a foul ball would have been a homerun? -Why you can never predict the future: Bring up the great future of Reds starter Don Gullett who's career would end just three years later at age 27 due to shoulder problems. -Joe Morgan sure did whine a lot to umpires when he played, not that I'm surprised. -Kubek suggests that umpires should all be under one umbrella instead having seperate umps for A.L. and the N.L. which wouldn't change for another 20 years. -God damn Sparky Anderson was only 41 in 1975? He already looked to be in his 60's. -Luis Tiant started for the Red Sox and he was a lot fun to watch pitch...with no one on base. When someone was on base he is incredibly slow going to the mound. -I had heard that was problems with the older stock footage and it shows up in the 6th inning as the audio suddenly is about five seconds ahead of the video and doesn't synch up again until the bottom of the 7th, thankfully when the biggest action of the game happens. The Red Sox scored all six runs in that inning. -BULLPEN CART~! -Gowdy does a promo for the first ever Saturday Night Live hosted by George Carlin that was to debut that night. 1979 World Series - Game 1 - Orioles 5, Pirates 4 (boxscore and play account) -Announcers for the series are Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell, and Don Drysdale. -As you see in the picture the field is absolutely ripped to shreads and good example of why it's for the best that muti-purpose stadiums are almost now a thing of the past. It didn't help matters that Game 1 was rained the night before and it snowed over night. Game time temperature was 41 degrees and it most likley dipped below freezing by the end of the game. Many of the players just look miserable out there. -Oh ya the black tops with yellow pants for the Pirates was not a good look. Although the Orioles orange unis would make a decent third jersey today. -Pirates starter Bruce Kison came into the game 4-0 with a 0.41 ERA in his career in the postsason. He'd get knocked out after just recording one out in this game as the Orioles scored all their runs in the first although it was broken open by a bad throw by Phil Garner at 2nd. -Not much of surprise that Cosell really brings nothing to the telecast except name dropping athletes who he had dinner with. One story that amused me was he brings up that he ran into Mike Flanagan's wife in Montreal and saying that she was visiting Flanagan's former teammate Ross Grimsley. Maybe it was just the general sleaziness of Cosell but the way he tells the story it almost sounds like he Flanagan's wife was cheating on him with Grimsley. -They talk about Dave Parker's house and car being vandalized early in the season by fans because he signed a huge contract before the season. Yes how dare the defending MVP get paid! Anyone gone after A-Rod's house yet? -Speaking of Paker I remember when he was with the A's towards the end of his career having a huge gut but here there is no sign of one. Guess cocaine is indeed slimming. -Holy crap does ABC go overboard with showing player's wives. I should have kept count but I'd say they showed about 15 different players wives. Did the world really need to see Jim Rooker's wife? I'll give Doug DeCinces the award for having the hottest wife of the night although it was slim pickings. Everyone knows the groupies are hotter. -I'm doubting Drysdale's analyst skills as in the bottom of the 8th Orioles second baseman Rich Dauer gets on base and Drysdale thinks he should steal. Jackson and Cosell both correct him pointing out that Dauer didn't steal a base all year. Nice research there Donny. 1986 World Series - Game 1 - Red Sox 1, Mets 0 (boxscore and play account) -Announcers for the series are Vin Scully and Joe Garagiola. -In the top of the first Garagiola brings up the Red Sox not being known for manufacturing runs. Now if this were Joe Morgan or most other ESPN anlysts this would be said with much disdain and followed by a mini-rant on why that doesn't work. But here Garagiola says it without being condescending and says it's worked for the Red Sox all year. -Early in the game Scully brings up that he's surprised the Mets haven't tried to drag bunt down to first to take advantage of Buckner. How about a ground ball? -It really is painful watching Buckner run as he has to hobble with every step. -I didn't know Dwight Gooden had a gold cap on his front tooth. Don't think he wore it when he pitched. -They mention that Darryl Strawberry was 0 for 45 in the August that year in Shea Stadium. Hmmm you think he was booed at all that month? -In the 5th inning Scully mentions that there is a Mets pitcher who hates throwing to first base but he doesn't want to give that name away because he doesn't want to give a scouting report to the Red Sox. Maybe it was naive but it was kind of refreshing. Garagiola does get Scully to say the pitcher's name the following inning, that being Sid Fernandez. -What everyone forgets about this series is the way the Red Sox won Game 1 on a play eerily similar to the final play of Game 6. In the 7th with Jim Rice on 2nd, Rich Gedman hits a ground ball to 2nd and it goes right through Tim Teufel's legs. Rice comes around and scores the only run of the game. There is a bizarre play at the plate which is what that screencap is of. When Rice comes home, Ron Daring goes to back up the throw at the plate while Dave Henderson tries to get into position to signal Rice to slide. The two don't see each other and completely wipe each other out. Both appear to be injured but both stay in the game. -NBC producer's have a sense of humor as during Red Sox starter Bruce Hurst at bat in the 7th, they flash a graphic saying that Hurst has struck out in every at bat in his career. It was the first game he'd ever hit in. He struck out a 3rd straight time here. -Red Sox manager John McNamara does in the 8th inning here what he didn't do in Game 6, replace Bill Bucker at first base with Dave Stapelton. Stapelton would make a play in the 9th inning on a Ray Knight bunt to get the lead runner at 2nd that there would have been no way for Bucker to have made the play and it possibly prevented the Mets from tying the game.