Open Thread: Cuban Allies/Championship Series
by Tyler Bleszinski on Oct 15, 2007 11:11 AM PDT
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PrintI got into a bit of an argument with someone who is a Chicago Cubs fan a few weeks ago because I thought thatMark Cuban owning the Cubs would be a great thing for baseball. Cuban, the current owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, is one of my favorite people in all of sports. I mean, how cool is it that an owner of a sports franchise pretty much attends every home (and often away) game and behaves like a typical fan getting up in the face of referees. I know he takes it to the extreme and I imagine that his antics often wear on the coach of his team, but if I'm a Mavericks fan, there isn't a single reason not to love this guy unless maybe you don't like people who wear their hearts on their sleeves.
Maybe it's because Cuban behaves as I would if I happened to be a billionaire owner of a sports franchise. I'd probably be sitting right down in the front row with my A's gear on, getting all fired up and into the game. I mean, this is a guy who gave away round-trip tickets to all of his fans on fan appreciation night. He didn't just give out some tumbler or bobblehead sponsored by Pepsi. He treats his athletes like gold as he does the fans of his team. And we all know how I cry about the poor umpiring in baseball...Cuban would probably have an aneurysm watching the baseball men in blue on a nightly basis, but maybe he could shake things up and help be an agent of change for the status quo in baseball.
The Cubs' fan I discussed this with happened to be the guy who runs Bleed Cubbie Blue. His whole objection to Cuban was the fact that Cuban is a guy who basically wants everything to be about him. He lives for the spotlight. But the truth is that I couldn't care less about that. I want an owner who is dedicated to winning and is willing to do what it takes to get there. Cuban is one of the best owners in sports in my opinion. And I would love to have him shake up the baseball world. The problem is that the baseball world is too insular for that to happen.
So all I can do is read a fellow blogger and watch Cuban shake his groove thing on Dancing with the Stars and vote for the guy. Maybe he'll at least come out on top somewhere.
As for baseball's League Championship Series, the Rockies look to continue one of the most impressive runs in all of baseball history. Had the Rockies not lost that one game to the Diamondbacks in September, they would've essentially won 21 in a row and counting. At the most crucial time of the year. It's an unbelievably feat that really has me rooting for the team that Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman are likely pulling for.
Boston and Cleveland suddenly looks like it could be a long series. It might not have been had the Red Sox pulled out the marathon game the other night, but with Dice-K not looking very strong down the stretch and Tim Wakefield maybe not being 100 percent, the series may have turned on that one night. I'm actually paying more attention to the playoffs than I thought I would. I kind of figured I would've checked out of baseball mentally after this emotionally draining A's season. But I haven't. I'm mostly enthralled with the Rockies these days.
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the way I'm hearing this
Boston will win, or Boston will lose. Cleveland doesn't enter into it.
Is this the defacto DLD?
A's story today in the Sac Bee.
by LawDaddy on Oct 15, 2007 11:28 AM PDT reply actions
%^&$$ registration required
Anyone got a Bee password?
Thanks
So, now that I've read it... mostly OK, but how the hell does none of the Big Three even crack the rotation? All three of them would have a Cy Young if some of their best seasons hadn't coincided with Pedro Martinez having the best years in living memory.
Zito, at least, has to be on there.
tough call
I think at least on of the Big 3 needs to be on there. But it's hard to remove any of his choices. I think I would take off Welch before anyone else, even with that 27-win season in 1990.
I was thinking about this
in the context of 67MARQUEZ' 2B diary. I was going to name Hunter, Blue, Stewart and Hudson to the rotation; hadn't decided on a 5th. Zito probably the leading candidate.
Also...how much CF did Rickey ever play for the A's? Not a whole lot. I'd prefer to leave players in their real positions. The writer doesn't even mention Dwayne Murphy, who definitely wasn't the greatest hitter, but as a true CF choice I give him the nod due to the Gold Gloves.
agreed
got to keep guys at the original positon. for one, it makes it that more challenging to pick your team. Rickey vs. Rudi? Tougher than people might expect. And definitely tough to keep Murph off. The guy was a walking web gem.
i was a "Bee boy"
back in the day, on trusty bicycle...did not last long, could not take the pressure.
Ahhhhhh Sorry
by LawDaddy on Oct 15, 2007 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions
IT's Amazing!
Nick Peters actually acknowleged the A's existence! Any self respecting baseball fan ultimately has to come to terms that the A's have had a greater impact on bay area baseball than the Giants. It's about time, Nick! Bravo.
How nice would it be if the Sox
who I don't really hate lose with their $150 million payroll. I believe the Rockies and Cleveland both have payrolls in the $60 million range. Unfortunately what it will really mean is that the Sox and the Yankees will spend even more money next year, the financial structure of baseball is a joke, it cries out for a salary cap. Will any team really be willing to pay A Rod $30 million a year? How many teams did A Rod really help? The Mariners got better, Texas is getting better and the Yankees have not even made it to the AL finals, hmmmmm!!!!!!
by china bob on Oct 15, 2007 11:46 AM PDT reply actions
at first I didn't care much for Cuban
But I think he would be good for baseball, and for the Cubs. His antics might be over the top at times, but his Mavs have been mostly (re: last year's first round) successful on the court.
As for the playoffs, I think AN has kept me more interested than I normally would be. I'm not saying I wouldn't have watched but it's been kind of neat to read other's allegiances and opinions.
Cuban could be the 21st
century version of...jeez, forgot his name...oh, Bill Veck?
Cuban would be great for the Cubs...
While it may be a lot about him, he also is committed to winning. The Mavs have been competitive almost eveyr year Mark has been there.
Aint gonna matter though, Bud and his cronies are not going to let him buy the team...Too much of a trouble maker for ownership and he would speak his mind on baseball WAY too much for their liking. He would be right too.
Yeah
I think they learned their lesson with Ted Turner. No more mavericks (or should I say Mavericks) in ownership positions. All owners must be stodgy, conservative and committed to spouting the company line instead of the truth.
I'll bet Mark Cuban
wouldn't blame Wrigley Field for the team's problems and announce a move to Kankakee.
by kkdaz on Oct 15, 2007 1:42 PM PDT reply actions
Urban on A's/A-Rod fanwanking...
It's beyond stating the obvious that he'd be a great addition, but $30 million a year? The A's? If that happens, I will race Stomper around the bases on Opening Day in a lime-green Speedo.
Really.
Mychael, is that a threat or a promise?
by Englishmajor on Oct 15, 2007 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, if the Rockies win tonight
- TBS will complete its playoff coverage having televised just 17 games out of a possible 27 (and just one more than the minimum of 16). Think of all the Frank TV promos we will be deprived of.
- The Rockies will wait 9 days until Game 1 of the World Series, next Wednesday in either Cleveland or Boston.
- The next game in Denver will be on October 27, a week from Saturday. The Denver weather records show that the record low temperature for October 27 is 11 degrees, for October 28, 9 degrees and for October 29, minus 2 degrees.
Hmm.
Think of all the Frank TV promos we will be deprived of.
You MUST mean "spared". I know you mean spared.
I think there was sarcasm in that post
Which was brilliantly executed.
by Tyler Bleszinski on Oct 15, 2007 4:13 PM PDT up reply actions
It was, it was.
The Terrorists' Club?
huh?
There was a commercial on the Indians' radio feed
from MLB.com. Advertising something that sounded a lot like "The Terrorists' Club."
Since this game is on Fox
I figure it will be somewhere around the 4th inning when I get home in a couple of hours.
Unfrickinbelievable
Westbrook pulls a Houdini and gets out of a bases-loaded nobody out situation without giving up a run
makes me glad to be at work
(comment drips with sarcasm)
damn
Woooooooooooooo!
Tom Hamilton (Indians radio announcer)
has incredibly strong vocal cords. If I screamed like that, I wouldn't be able to talk for the next 3 days.
Somewhat OT
but what the hell kind of name is "Trot" anyway?
Maybe his brother's named Homer?
actually it's not that uncommon
according to a recent gallup poll.
Makes sense
but I like mkt's idea better. Maybe he has another sibling named Turkey.
i was thinking turkey too
another trot tidbit (for those who didn't know): his first-born son (Chase) was born on 9/11 (Trot missed the birth because of the flights being halted)
Nice 6-pitch inning
Funny how Westbrook
is already doing better than either Sabathia or Carmona. He's not panicking, I guess. You do have to throw strikes to Manny and Ortiz in order to get then out.
Whew.
Please explain
"M Ramirez reached on infield single to shortstop, D Ortiz hit by batted ball out at second."
If baserunner is hit by a batted ball
he is out and the hitter is awarded a single.
The problem there
was that Ortiz should have been going back to second anyway. Peralta would have thrown him out at third easily. So being hit didn't really matter. (The ball hit him crotch-high but in the left thigh.)
Ortiz hit by a batted ball
When was the last time anybody saw that happen.
Hi Everyone.
My son is rooting for the Red Sox. I'm rooting for the Indians. He also rooted for the Yankees. I tried to explain you can't root for both the Red Sox AND Yankees until you're employed by ESPN.
Are you sure he's your kid?
I was wondering that very thing.
I mean, how can anyone in this family root for anyone in the Northeast (baseball that is)? He can root for the Jets anytime he wants.
disown him
Right on
Only tough love can shake the curse of loving Boston or NY.
We've got to think of something stronger
because it's not Boston OR NY, it's Boston AND NY. Double the trouble.
Man
That kid is messed up. Time to think about therapy.
by Philip Christy on Oct 15, 2007 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions
You have no idea how thrilled he is to be this
topic of conversation.
oh boy, he's enjoying this?
he's worse than we had feared
I threatened to leave him home when I go to AN
day. He's reconsidering his errant ways.
No empty threats, now.
And you actually have to come to AN day!
Gameday headline
"Varitek's leadership invaluable to the Red Sox"
So far this series, Varitek sucks at the plate. This must be the default "catcher can't hit, so we need to justify his presence in the lineup" headline (see Kendall, Jason).
3-0 Tribe!
Scratch that-
4-0 Tribe!
Yes, oh yes - Woohoo
Now 4-0 Tribe
Francona is pulling a Grady
Dice-K = overrated
Blanton is better. Which is kinda cool!
Bill Stoneman is stepping down
as GM of the Angels. Hopefully they become terrible now. This was just announced on the radio.
why are all the GMs choosing this year
That was most excellent.
Bill?
by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 15, 2007 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Ted?
by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 15, 2007 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Hi everybody. Awesome to see Cleveland
by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 15, 2007 6:27 PM PDT reply actions
And where the heck have you been?
Very busy at work which is common for me
once the A's season is over. I go into a mild depression after every season and get wrapped up into my job.
How have things been going for you? I also have an off-season relationship starting which is a regular occurence. Wait until she meets the REAL me in April!
by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 15, 2007 6:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm a wonderful person to be around during
the off-season and then I do turn into "something" once baseball starts. It's not a bad thing but it's definitely something that women don't like.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 15, 2007 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions
He's recovering from the agonizing loss of the
Cowboys yesterday.
Man... New England is incredible. I'm not too
upset but I do know that Dallas is not a Superbowl winning-type team. Brady may be one of the best QB's of all-time.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 15, 2007 6:39 PM PDT up reply actions
But did you see Vinny????
That guy is so frigging hot at 43 when he throws a bomb like he did to Steve Smith. Lots of Panther love for the old guy.
Those Cleveland rally towels look good
but, although Jon Miller called them Homer Hankies, I'm pretty sure the Minneapolis Star Tribune has the copyright on that. Twenty years ago, I was waving one of them in the Metrodome every time they played the Homer Hanky Song (to the tune of "Hanky Panky": My baby waves a Homer Hanky, My baby waves a Homer Hanky, First deck, wave your Homer Hanky, Second deck, wave your Homer Hanky, Now everybody, wave your Homer Hanky, ooh...repeat ad nauseam. It was a little annoying even for the fans. But it worked, since the hankies and the ceiling of the Metrodome were the same color.).
will they ever shut up about the bringing
pitchers back on short rest discussion. It has been going on for THREE games!!!! Shut up about it already. There is a game going on NOW ya know...
Damnit.
Dammit...Varitek of all people.
SPECIAL BULLETIN
we interrupt this discussion on brining pitchers back on three days rest discussion to call the game. A Blo Cox homerun. Now back to the scheduled discussion.
Give Fox a break. They are terrified of the
possibility of Cleveland vs. Colorado and don't know what else to say right now. Maybe they'll offer the WS back to TBS.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 15, 2007 6:42 PM PDT up reply actions
To be fair
I really only have one request for FOX and their baseball broadcast: Unplug the mics.
QOTM
Please realize that I haven't been here that much.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 15, 2007 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I really want the A's to make the series while
McCarver is in the booth. He would be totally lost as to why our lineup behaves in such a ridiculous manner!@% No stolen bases, rare hit and runs and just generally rebutting everything he believes to be right about baseball... that would be kind of funny.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 15, 2007 6:46 PM PDT up reply actions
I propose
by LawDaddy on Oct 15, 2007 6:52 PM PDT up reply actions
You know what you call 1000 lawyers
chained to the bottom of the ocean?
by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 15, 2007 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Funny stuff.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 15, 2007 6:54 PM PDT up reply actions
I had
a couple of law profs that LOVED lawyer jokes and told some good ones.
by LawDaddy on Oct 15, 2007 6:56 PM PDT up reply actions
That one is from the movie Philadelphia.
Love that movie. It kind of opened my eyes to a world that I didn't even know existed.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 15, 2007 6:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Hmm... are you sure that hasn't already been done
I might be mistaken, but I haven't seen a baseball game broadcast by Fox. I've seen a very long baseball roundtable discussion panel/talk show, but not a game.
My opinion is that Fox used to be awesome
especially when I think back to the Yankees vs. D-Backs. They are just a "tyred act" and need to go away.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 15, 2007 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Nope... I'm fairly cetain
that I've never seen a good, quality Fox sports broadcast. I'd think I'd prefer to listen the Hawk & Hudler discuss the intricate details of Urban's proposed response if we ever to ever sign A-Rod.than to hear another word from McCarver.
The special effects
and constant self-promotion irk me.
by LawDaddy on Oct 15, 2007 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions
Okay. I shouldn't have used the word "awesome"
but I never recalled the previous broadcasts trying to educate fans about baseball. I use the word "trying" very loosely.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 15, 2007 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions
All I really want
is to see the baseball game. I don't need to hear a history lesson. I don't need to hear about what will happen tomorrow or later this evening. I just... want... to see... a baseball game. Pre game shows and post game shows are there for history, for other games, AND for showing off the ballparks. The game is show off the damn game!
And for this, they ruin the flow of the playoffs by throwing in a bunch of unnecessary days off.
i don't know DMOAS
if i make a comment here, there's a chance that i won't be fresh for tomorrow. and what about pam? she's already tired. do we bring her back on three day's rest?
I have an hour to kill
and obviously there's no baseball being shown tonight. Let's discuss.
+1
I just think that there are other people who need to hear about strategy with the hope that they will come away not thinking that the game is boring. I would be willing to bet that the 2001 WS brought more fans to the game than anything other than the McGwire/Sosa tainted HR chase.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 15, 2007 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions
AAARGH! That Chevy Commercial!
The tune's been in my head for days; I couldn't place it!
I hope this doesn't turn into
a marathon game like the other night. I don't think I can hang.
Damn. Steroids really do work.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 15, 2007 7:10 PM PDT reply actions
I just made 700 muffins.
Want one?
You still got my address? I'll take two.
What flavor-flav?
by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 15, 2007 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions
What happened to the stew?
He retired years ago.
Now he's an agent.
Mmmm. I just got back from my Mom's house
and she had a Crockpot full of stew. She never cooked much while I was growing up but since she turned into a Grandma, her food is quite good.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 15, 2007 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions
When had that for lunch yesterday.
I like to bake when I'm having an emotional meltdown.
I made whole wheat applesauce muffins, poppy seed (get your mind out of the gutter, nasty asses), and upside down cranberry.
I had carrot muffins planned but I muffined myself out.
And not those pansy sized muffins, either.
Giant muffins.
Fine.
Large muffins. :)
I like this:
I muffined myself out.
For some reason it cracks me up.
I became very familiar with the muffin man.
Ah...I'm mixing up my days. Stew was 2 days ago.
Sorry you're having an emotional meltdown. You're like Izzy on Grey's with the baking...but crap, now I'm hungry.
I want one!
Muffin-roids
by LawDaddy on Oct 15, 2007 7:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Could be worse than McCarver
Driving home, ESPN radio is giving us Jon Miller and Joe Morgan. Back in the 6th inning after the Youkilis single, David Ortiz had a 3-0 count. After Miller and Morgan praised him for his patience, Ortiz fouled off the 3-0 pitch down the left field line. Here comes Joe (as best as I can remember):
"Now, I don't like that. He can't hit a four-run homer here. After all, if he hits a home run here, the rally is over."
So, according to Joe Morgan, hitting a two-run home run when down 4-0 is a bad thing because it kills the rally.
he was right!
Forgot to mention
After the 3-0 foul ball, Ortiz walked. Manny Ramirez then hit into what all A's fans know to be the real rally killer, the inning-ending GIDP (right after Morgan praised him for this 'consistency').
My God. "WebMD" is so helpful.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 15, 2007 7:24 PM PDT reply actions
C'mon Joe
Finish them off
It's gonna go crazy in there
if he gets him here.
Finish him!
nuh nuh nuh nuhnuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuhnuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuhnuh nuh
just so we all have it in our heads now
I like it.
Let's put it on the Coliseum top-of-the-ninth-inning rotation...give Yes We Can Can Can a bit of a rest.
by Englishmajor on Oct 15, 2007 7:45 PM PDT up reply actions
These guys are still shitty.
Poor Boston.
by ohtobe21likehuston on Oct 15, 2007 7:38 PM PDT reply actions
You were so prepared!
And
I did it while carrying on two Skype conversations with two different people in Beijing. It's a left-handed, right-brained thing....
by Englishmajor on Oct 15, 2007 7:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Sit your ass down
and shut your pie hole?
They're so happy
they look like little kids. It's adorable.
They ARE little kids.
</curmudgeon>
Ok, old man!
Don't be bummed because Grady Sizemore is ONLY 25.
OK - now onto the NLCS
If the Rox win, they get a nice nine-day layoff before the WS. Good thinking, Bud.
Tulo
wow
If we had Tulowitski instead of Crosby
I would be a **LOT** more optimistic about our prospects for 2008 (and beyond).
I really want the Rox to win
but wouldn't mind it one bit if the Dbacks made it a little bit interesting.
If the Rockies win tonight
you wonder if they might even think about going to their Tucson spring training headquarters for the next several days. In 1989 the A's went to Phoenix for a few days during the earthquake break. That break was 11 days; the Rockies' break would be 9 days.
I agree
I think every team that gets in the playoffs should win at least one game. Except for the Yankees and the Angels.
by Englishmajor on Oct 15, 2007 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I think Mitchell knows where he
can be found.
Really.
Who knew you needed erectile dysfunction treatment to hang out with your buddies in a bar and play crappy music?
by Englishmajor on Oct 15, 2007 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Pfizer and the FDA,
that's who.
What else is a guy going to do
when Mr. ED has you in a choke hold?
also viva levitra
it's erectile-dysfunction commercial hour.
WHOA!
Late game! I forgot.
Micah Owings
struck out that time, but needs to get himself traded to an AL team where he could at least be a platoon DH on the days when he's not pitching.
Tomorrow's Jon Carroll column
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...
This chick is angry (re: his recent column about the A's moving to Fremont).
(BAD WORD)
We love you Joanna!
"If I get home and the A's have gone to Fremont then every time they play a game there I'm going to put up flyers directing all the bored kids who would have been in the stands to your backyard, where they will pound forty ounce bottles and get stoned and fight with each other and then vomit on your furniture and drive home drunk. Not kidding."
by Englishmajor on Oct 15, 2007 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
Cage match
Weird guy with the synthetic hair
George Brett!
so I guess 20-game winning streaks don't count
the A's: the Rodney Dangerfield of baseball
i missed that
what did they say?
that a team hasn't put together a run
like the Rockies since the Royals in '77
That was stupid.
That lead didn't last long
so will the rockies go 162-0 next year?
The Rox are relentless.
SEEETHHH!!!!!
I <3 him I'm so happy he's amazing as a pinch hitter. YAY ROCKIES!</p>
Alright. I'm downgrading to watching
during Heroes commercials. I'm counting on you guys to let me know if anything really great happens.
Alright.
Something great just happened.
psshhhhh
No...really.
Something great happened. 3-1 Rox. Sorry, make that 6-1. Don't come back. The Rox were waiting for you to leave apparently.
Well shit.
Just a tad early.
rockies score again
who didn't see that coming
Poor Conor Jackson
I actually like him. I wish he was a better baseball player.
So do 24 other guys right about now.
OH MAN
it's about time Holliday did something like that this series!
3 run HR. 6-1 Rockies!
this is getting out of hand
maybe god really does exist, and is making the rockies win instead of worrying about all that other more important crap going on elsewhere in the universe...
I retract my comment about Francona
pulling a Grady Little. That honor just went to Bob Melvin.
I say the city of Denver
One Cruz!
I'm looking up pictures online of todays games...
this sign in Colorado makes me laugh...
http://images.sportsline.com/u/uspre...
I wonder
if Frank can do a Samuel L Jackson impression...
That Denver crowd is INTENSE
In tents?
*rim shot*
They really are
I went to the tiebreaker game against the Padres and it was the first time in my life that the ENTIRE stadium was yelling in sync. Craziness!
LOL
I love how I could tell by the boos that Byrnes was up.
Replace your divots!
Beware of the steaming divot!
</Pretty Woman quotes>
I wish I had a machine gun for a leg.
I'm watching Mythbusters
They think corking your bat is a really bad idea. The cork absorbs the force of the ball instead of being a spring.
I love that show
are these guys going to spend
the last few innings slobbering over the future of the D-backs?
i hate when announcers do this.
This series
is as bad as or worse than what we saw in the ALCS last year. And that despite the fact that I'm not aware of either a D'Angelo Jimenez or Mark Kiger sighting.
And I will add that...
Bud Selig's (and Fox's) nightmare is getting ever closer to fruition.
MLB deserves a Colorado-Cleveland World Series (0 / 0)
due to the scheduling of the Series for Oct. 24 thru Nov. 1. Way too late. Imagine the weather they might get in those two cities.
by Soaker on Sun Sep 30, 2007 at 02:21:10 PM PDT
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
Kiger, our Moonlight Graham
i read that he was the first player since Bug Holliday in 1885 to make his major league debut in a post-season game.
1885!
Yay I get to sing again...
HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY EYYYY BABY!!
OOH! AHHH!
Excellent.
I've missed exactly...nothing!
I'm back now. Heroes is over.
YIKES!
Go back to watching something else!
Hah. NO!
At least they're making it interesting!
ok true
but I want the Rockies magic streak to continue! I'm worried now!
Plenty of time for magic left still
Ohhhh Byrnes
Leading by example indeed.
EEEEEE
Yikes
I feel like the strike zone got smaller. Maybe its just because I'm nervous.
Seems so fitting
that he's up right now.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!
OMG I'm so excited for them!
woo hoo rockies!
byrnes
so byrnes says he's going to lead by example, and that the d-backs are a better team than the rockies...
then goes 0-4 and ends the game with a head-first slide into first base on a check swing grounder.
yup, same old byrnes.
shades of buckner in '74
"Only Reggie and Campy can play for the Dodgers
I was hoping for a 2-run homerun
and having him miss 1st base and attacking Helton for no reason before he finished rounding the bases (still having not touched 1st). Then the final out would be made on appeal and it would be 6-5 final.
Not to mention hacking away at the 1st pitch
Granted, it looked like a check swing gone bad, but still!!
by anomaly_kat on Oct 15, 2007 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
They are so cute.
because it's eric byrnes
YEAH ROCKIES!
Helton seems like a pretty good guy.
Taveras is goin' crazy, haha!
Todd Helton is speechless
Apparently the Rockies did not have the team practice basic sports cliches.
Poor Byrnsie!
But this is great for the Rockies. They can thank the Mets for their collapse.
I'm getting a little weepy over here.
I know me too!
Helton looked like he was going to cry and I was like "go ahead Todd, I'll join you!"
I really don't know why I'm so excited and happy for them (well OK I could come up with some reasons if I needed to).
I hope we'll all be crying tears of joy with the A's next year when they get there! :)
rockies
what was the pre-season line on the rockies getting to the world series?
all those gambling addicts in colorado are going to be blowing hundreds of thousands of dollars on coke and lap dances in the next few days.
it's colorado
they'll be blowing it on tons of pot, at least in Boulder
the angels have offered
to play scrimmages with the Rockies to keep 'em from getting rusty
alas, it is time
Dearest Michelle,
I am writing to apologize on behalf of my younger cousins for calling you a jinx in 2003. Let's forget for a moment that during our first week going out, the A's blew a 2-0 lead to the Red Sox in the ALDS, and that the Raiders went from the Super Bowl to 4-12.
No way in the world did you have anything to do with that.
I know this because since you peeled out of my driveway in May 2004, the A's have only been to the playoffs once, and the Raiders have gradually gotten worse.
I hope now that you have proven your point, and especially now that I have placed my tail between my legs and apologized, that you can quit with the e-mails.
And I promise not to point out that you have gone from the Giants to the A's to the Rockies since I've known you.
Sincerely,
Don
Dear A's
The fricking Colorado Rockies have made it to more World Series than the A's since 1990.
The end.
so your point is... the playoffs are a crapshoot?
About Mark Cuban...
... I'm the guy who got into the argument with Blez about Cuban possibly owning the Cubs.
Blez writes above: "there isn't a single reason not to love this guy unless maybe you don't like people who wear their hearts on their sleeves."
That's part of the point. Why do I want some guy from Pittsburgh pretending he has his heart on his sleeve for the Cubs just because he has a couple of billion dollars? He hasn't lived and died with my team for decades like I have. He's a dotcom billonaire who can buy love for a baseball team? No thanks.
That's even beside the "all about me" point -- I want a team owner to put the dollars in and then step aside and let his baseball people run the show. Cuban said recently that he'd sit in the bleachers, not in the suites. My answer: "So what?" There wasn't a single word about improving the team. No, his pronouncement was over where HE would sit. And the whole idea of him being in the bleachers in the first place (where he sat for a September game) was to promote his appearance on "Dancing With The Stars".
Yuck. Keep this guy FAR away from the Cubs.
There's a local Chicago-area man who owns the AHL Chicago Wolves, has poured money into this team, made them a winner and very fan-friendly. You've never heard of him. His name is Don Levin. He grew up in Chicago as a Cubs fan. He's the guy who I'd love to see buy the Cubs.
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