Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted July 8, 2004 I meant I was the only one on the Brewers' side. I guess I wasn't thinking before I typed that. Don't worry about that. As long as you're posting in the same threads as Anglesault, no one will notice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anglesault Report post Posted July 8, 2004 I meant I was the only one on the Brewers' side. I guess I wasn't thinking before I typed that. Don't worry about that. As long as you're posting in the same threads as Anglesault, no one will notice. I think when i post. I think about what my Yankees just did. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geniusMoment 0 Report post Posted July 8, 2004 The real question is what happened to OctoberBlood, has the reds downfall caused him to leave? Its okay to be a fan of a team that sucks, it just makes you a loser, like me. Who else on this board is a fan of a team that sucks, losers stand up and unite. Together we will form an unbreakable wall of suck, we will be unstopable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted July 8, 2004 Who cares? The board is better off without him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted July 8, 2004 I recall him talking about traveling around this summer. Either that or he's bleeding to death in his basement from self-inflicted wounds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anglesault Report post Posted July 8, 2004 Who else on this board is a fan of a team that sucks, ::Raises hand:: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob E Dangerously 0 Report post Posted July 8, 2004 The real question is what happened to OctoberBlood, has the reds downfall caused him to leave? Its okay to be a fan of a team that sucks, it just makes you a loser, like me. Who else on this board is a fan of a team that sucks, losers stand up and unite. Together we will form an unbreakable wall of suck, we will be unstopable. Fucking Royals fucking Pena Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted July 8, 2004 Baltimore Orioles fan right here. Least the Cubs don't completely suck. Be better if the line-up gets healthy and the starters as well. God, someone get Clement some run support next time. That was just sad and wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted July 8, 2004 Who else on this board is a fan of a team that sucks, ::Raises hand:: AngleSault, don't seriously write that without thinking that the Yankees will turn it around at just the right time at the expense of the Red Sox. Although I don't like the Yankees chances of winning it all. The team plays like a bunch of emotionless cyborgs...... Here's my current World Series predicition: Chicago White Sox Vs St. Louis Cardinals Each team has a nice balance. Nothing about them is particularly great, but everything is pretty good. Of course, the White Sox will silently choke sometime during the AL playoffs. But this is a prediction as of now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alfdogg 0 Report post Posted July 8, 2004 Brewers finished sweeping the Cubs tonight, not that any of you care. Apparently not many Brewers fans do, the few highlights I did catch it's like Wrigley North up there. I saw Manny nearly scale the Vanilla Coke last night (well not *last night*, I saw it on SC)...what do you suppose the estimate on that one was? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Anglesault Report post Posted July 8, 2004 Who else on this board is a fan of a team that sucks, ::Raises hand:: AngleSault, don't seriously write that without thinking that the Yankees will turn it around Who said anything about the Yankees? I'm a New York Ranger fan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
treble 0 Report post Posted July 8, 2004 Not that Marty York has the most credibility, but apparently the Marlins are offering the Blue Jays a package of prospects for both Frank Catalanotto and Gregg Zaun. So long as they're good prospects, I'd have no problem with that trade at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
treble 0 Report post Posted July 8, 2004 And Rocky Biddle's starting for the Expos on Saturday. Man, he could barely make it through the 9th inning, how's he going to last as a starter? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
therealworldschampion 0 Report post Posted July 8, 2004 ABREU'S IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wonder how many times Howard Eskin voted Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted July 8, 2004 Great game between Anaheim and Chicago today. The White Sox came behind from 3 run defecits twice and the slumping Juan Uribe drove in the winning run with a near homer in the bottom of the 9th. Chicago scored 4 times in the last 2 innings as well off of K-Rod and Brendon Donnely, which any knowledgable fan would know is not an easy task. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted July 8, 2004 The only hitter in the line-up for the Yankees tonight with an average above .300 is Miguel Cairo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob E Dangerously 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2004 It's hard for defectors -- not only on the field Many Cuban baseball players have defected in the last decade and tried their luck in the major leagues. Only 19 out of 100 have had some success. By Kevin Baxter, [email protected]. Posted on Mon, Jun. 28, 2004. NEW YORK - Pitcher René Arocha was the first baseball player to defect from Cuba when he simply walked away from the national team in a Miami International Airport terminal in 1991. More than 100 have followed since then and, like New York Yankees pitcher José Contreras, they all left family, friends and country behind to pursue their baseball dreams in the United States. o Pitcher Eddie Oropesa, who defected during the 1993 World University Games in upstate New York, left a pregnant wife behind. His son, Eddie Jr., was 2 ½ before he met his father for the first time. o Larry Rodríguez, who defected in Venezuela in 1995, signed a $1.5 million bonus with the Arizona Diamondbacks but never pitched a game in the majors before injuring his arm. That money didn't buy him happiness. Rodríguez's grandfather, who had raised him, lay dying in Cuba and Rodríguez was unable to return to say goodbye. ''It's really bad when you have the money, you have the time, you have everything you need to go and visit with him . . . but you can't,'' Rodríguez said back then. "How am I supposed to feel? I can't forget the sadness to have left my family.'' o Osmani Estrada, an infielder who never advanced past the minor leagues, couldn't even call home after he defected in Mexico in 1992. His father, a Cuban military officer and hero of the Angolan war, refused to take the calls. Estrada now works in construction in suburban Los Angeles. Still, despite the pain of separation and the long odds of making it here -- just 19 of the nearly 100 Cubans who have followed Arocha's lead have made the major leagues -- players continue to come. In the past six months alone six of Cuba's top players have escaped the island. But of those, only aging infielder Yobal Dueñas, once a top talent but now in decline, has signed a professional contract. Dueñas made his pro debut Friday, going hitless in two at-bats and drawing a walk for the Gulf Coast League Yankees. o Pitcher Maels Rodríguez, who defected with Dueñas last December, failed to impress big-league scouts in two ''showcases'' in El Salvador and his agent has not returned calls regarding Rodríguez's status since April. o Kendry Morales, a 22-year-old slugger, arrived in Miami earlier this month. He is considered Cuba's best young player in a generation and perhaps the best to get out of Cuba since the revolution. However, more than one agent is staking a claim to Morales so it may be weeks, if not months, before he tries out before scouts. However, three others -- catcher Bárbaro Cañizares, first baseman Mitchel Abreu and pitcher Yosandy Ibáñez -- will audition early next month in Torreón, Mexico, according to their South Florida agent Bill Rego. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rob E Dangerously 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2004 Patrick Reuss, Minneapolis Star Tribune, who picked the Royals to win the Central, after last night's game: Yes, the Royals have had an alarming run of injuries, but nothing can justify the pathetic effort these big-league imposters brought to the Metrodome for three nights-and particularly in Wednesday's 12-0 loss to the Twins. Pena might consider returing his 2003 AL Manager of the Year award to the BBWAA. If he can allow nine players and a starting pitcher to display this much indifference, to have 10 rear ends dragging like this, then all those accolades Pena received last summer as an inspirational leader come into question. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2004 If you needed proof that the Mets are hot right now, look no further than that 7th inning, where the Phillies had runners at the corners, no outs and the heart of their lineup due. Thome strikes out, they intetionally walk Burrell and get the next two to fly out. I think Polanco could've tagged on the second out had he not gotten so far from the base before Cameron made the sliding catch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted July 9, 2004 Great game between Oakland and Boston tonight. Looked like the Red Sox were going to once again beat up on Oakland early but Terry Francona can't manage the bullpen and leaves Timlin in too long. Foulke with a blown save and its all tied up in the bottom of the 8th. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
therealworldschampion 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2004 HOME RUN ABREU!! PHILS WIN!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2004 Wonder how Eskin will spin that. He's been harping on Abreu not having any HR's/hits to win games in the 9th. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
therealworldschampion 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2004 He'll simply blow it off and say "This is not the Bobby Abreu show" and cut off callers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strummer 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2004 Mets lose a tough one tonight. I knew it was over once Franco got in the game. Bobby Abreu is a great, great player and he basically beat the Mets by himself tonight. Tough loss, but I just couldn't believe they would take 3 of 4 from Philly anyway. Will this finally propel the Phils to take off in the East? They are BY FAR the most talented team in the division, but they always seem to go one step forward, 2 steps back. Mets might be in for another slide, 3 with Florida coming up, while the Phils welcome the Braves. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bored 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2004 God I never want to see the A's play in Fenway ever again. That place is just a house of horrors for them. Actually any game on the road for the A's the last two years usually isn't pretty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sfaJack 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2004 On the bright side of things, at least the Cubs' offense wasn't humiliated again today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
strummer 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2004 Anyone see this? A possible 4 player trade between the Phils and Cards. Millwood and Polanco for Morris and Kline. http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/102...004-328316.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest FrigidSoul Report post Posted July 9, 2004 Outfielder Ricky Ledee, out since June 23 due to hemorrhoid surgery He should talk to Zimmer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
therealworldschampion 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2004 I heard on WIP that Peter Gammons said that the Phils turned down an offer from Oakland that would send Chase Utley and Gavin Floyd to the A's for Barry Zito. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Real F'n Show Report post Posted July 9, 2004 Who's everyone see Kris Benson going to? I'm hoping the Twins might be able to pick him up, to get their much needed 5th starter. Although 150 year old Terry Mullholland didn't pitch that bad tonight. Twins were 1 run away from shutting out their opponents in 4 straight games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
