EVIL~! alkeiper

Here's one. The day before the infamous Merkle Boner game, the Cubs came into the Polo Grounds and swept a doubleheader from the Giants, coming from two games back to tie for first place in the National League.

Almost certainly in the days when doubleheaders were more common occurrences. I know the Braves and Giants went into a doubleheader tied for first on Labor Day (they split). I keep thinking the 1949 showdown between the Red Sox and Yankees was a doubleheader, but it was a weekend series.

Mets/Phillies already rained out. Makeup game tomorrow at 2:15 as part of a day/night doubleheader. Oakland/Baltimore rained out for the day game, though they still hope to get in the night game tonight. I can understand a day/night doubleheader for Mets/Phillies. You have division rivals, a hot ticket and not much time left in the season. Canceling a game entirely will create a lot of unhappy ticket holders who could not acquire similar tickets with a raincheck. But scheduling a day/night doubleheader when you're playing another sub .500 team in September? When you drew less than 15000 paid the night before? What's the POINT? Straight doubleheader guys, you'll make it back in concessions. This was an odd day/night double header for the O's in the first place. They moved a game from yesterday as not to inconvenience the almighty NFL game. And they didn't have to play Sunday as a result. How convenient. I doubt they even bother to make this game up.

There's footage of the Orange Bowl match with Superstar Billy Graham.

It's superstition. But people get legitimately upset at this sort of thing, like that ESPN shouldn't show it on their bottom line or anything.

Can this jinx nonsense die already? No hitters aren't broken up because someone spoke up and broke the delicate spiritual balance. They are broken because a no-hitter is really a statistically difficult thing to do. Do you realise how dumb you sound? No, I don't.

I think there's too much emphasis on emotional play from the Phillies, or any team really. Utley hustles his ass off, he certainly isn't loafing out there.

Dubee presumably argued balls and strikes. He was walking away when the umpire tossed him, no idea what exactly he said. Smith got involved arguing that close play where Howard was called out at first base. That was the game where Soriano hit the go-ahead home run. I think Smith threw his helmet, but my memory could be iffy on that.

Oh yeah, the Orioles' wild card hopes have taken a minor hit with their seven game losing streak. The Orioles are now 20 games out of the wild card with 22 to go. Of course, they have an easy stretch coming up in their schedule, so they should take care of business and get back into the race.

In 76 at bats. I've seen this with Carlos Delgado, Jason Giambi, Jim Edmonds, Frank Thomas, etc. Older star player puts up bad numbers, all the sudden everyone has scouting reports about how bad their swing is. I don't buy it. Griffey at bare minimum was a league average hitter the last few years, all the sudden he's done after a month? I don't buy it, and I've been burned too often.

The Jays would need to go 16-6 to reach 90 games, but I understand the point. The problem is that interleague play threw off the standings, so a .500 caliber club in the American League will win something like 85-86 games, while .500 in the NL is closer to 78-79 wins. The bigger news out of the Morrow game last night is that the Yankees lost, and the Sox won. The Yankees are 8.5 games back of the wild card. Finally, I feel comfortable saying it myself. The Yankees are DONE. Re: Carlos Quintin. Boy, does picking up Ken Griffey look good now, doesn't it?

Can this jinx nonsense die already? No hitters aren't broken up because someone spoke up and broke the delicate spiritual balance. They are broken because a no-hitter is really a statistically difficult thing to do. Morrow is a type one diabetic, incidentally. I can't help but feel good for him.

Perhaps Harley Race's King of the Ring tournament victory. And certainly his 1983 win over Ric Flair earlier in the year is on tape.

Brandon Morrow is absolutely nasty tonight. No hits through seven innings.

Chalk it up to Brett Myers being on a serious roll since his promotion back from AAA. Now if the Mets can't hit Moyer, then you might have a problem.

So Carlos Quintin broke his wrist hitting himself with a bat. I think that automatically disqualifies you from an MVP race on general principle.

"The harder the game sometimes, the more difficult they get." Chris Wheeler, 2008. Yogi Berra he ain't.

Ugh, Utley and Howard back to back. The weakness of the Mets is that their relievers are mostly situational types who struggle against the opposite side. You can NOT let them slide by stacking a lefty for two straight batters.

Phillies/Mets kick off a three game series tonight, with the Mets up three games in the standings. This is a big series obviously, a Mets sweep would put them in the lead by six games with 19 to play. And how many teams in history have blown a lead like THAT Seriously though, I think if the Phillies don't win at least two of three, they can kiss the division goodbye. The Mets starters had a 5.51 ERA in September last year. They have a much better corps this time around.

Too bad there aren't any gold glove center fielders going 30-30. That would make an MVP choice a bit easier.

If it weren't for the chicken wire, the higher-ups would be in to check on it in a very day.

I think they should try booking a big stadium for a Summerslam event, build it up. Shea Stadium would've been perfect this year. In any case, it would give a chance to build up a big card, and also run a huge event in a northern city where it'd be impossible to place Wrestlemania outdoors.

ECW did so much editing that it may have been cut in the first place.

One of the retrospectives shows Hulk Hogan heading out of the dressing room towards the ring to face the Iron Sheik. Look fast to see Vince Sr. standing to the right of the curtain.