Well, it's time to get out and smell the horsehide!
Can we forget all the BS from the off season and start fresh?
The only thing that will save the season is a Cubs WS win... ;)
Play ball!
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Well, it's time to get out and smell the horsehide!
Can we forget all the BS from the off season and start fresh?
The only thing that will save the season is a Cubs WS win... ;)
Play ball!
What's going on?
The Dodgers are in China.
The LAD's split squad was coached my Tommy Lasorda.
Billy Crystal played for the Yankees
The games to look for this year are the Tampas against the New Yorks!
This should be an interesting season..... :eek: :eek:
Major League Baseball at three a.m.! I love it.
Go Sox and Cubs.
I live in the Cleveland area but am a Yankees fan. Go Yankees.
I'm a Chicago Cubs fan because I know:
*Bartman has nothing to do with the Simpsons
*When the ivy on the outfield wall was first planted (1937)
*The Curse of the Billy Goat
*What to do with an opponent's home run ball in the bleachers (Throw it back!)
*The outcome of the first night game played at Wrigley Field (It was rained out.)
*What the Eamus Catuli sign means (Latin, roughly: Go Cubs)
*The four Retired Cubs Players Numbers: 10 (Santo), 14 (Banks), 23 (Sandberg) and 26 (Williams).
*The meaning of Tinker to Evers to Chance (and Dunston to Sandberg to Grace).
*A Frosty Malt (or a lemon ice) tastes really good at a summer game.
*No one leads the seventh-inning stretch quite like Harry Caray did.
*The average number of days per year that it is great to be a Cubs fan (365).
*I bleed Cubby blue!
And finally: I know the Cubs are going to WIN THE WORLD SERIES!
Edited to add... ten innings ... Brewers, 4; Cubs, 3. Hey, it can't get worse then the W flag not flying.
And I hope to go to a Brewers' game with my best friends this summer. They lived in Wisconsin for 3 years but never got to attend a game at the new arena. Their former neighbors went and said it is a really nice arena. I hope we'll go this summer.
GO OAKLAND! My hopes are high, as usual...and I have a feeling they will droop in the latter half of the season...as usual lol.
Yes I am still a San Fran fan too, I dont give a fig about astriks or records...I just care about good baseball. My fondest memories of childhood involve a big ball park hot dog, garlic fries and sharing the joy of the game with my mom and dad. Of course it was always better when the home team won ;)
I've seen games in Candlestick park and Oakland colluseum. Fun times indeed. :D
Two words.
JJ HOTTTIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
*drools*
I'm going to the Brewer game on April 5th.
*happy dance*
Opening Day for the Tigers - they lost :(
I have 2 favorites - Tigers and Red Sox. Only time I have problems is when they play each other - like a week from tomorrow.
My favorite Tiger - Curtis Granderson
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/28/38...708595c9d8.jpg
Yankee fan since birth. :] My first Yankee game is this Saturday. Yankees Vs. Tampa Bay Rays. GO YANKS!!!!! :)
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Originally Posted by Maltese_Love
Growing up, I rooted for the Yankees. That was blasphemy living in Rhode Island, but I did like a winner. Those were the days of Berra, Ford, Mantle - the list goes on.
In 1962, one of my childhood dreams came true, when I was at Yankee Stadium for Game 5 of the World Series. Yankees beat the Giants 5-2, thanks to a 3 run homer by Tommy Tresh.
Have a wonderful time on Saturday!
There is a wonderful bio/documentary on the Chicago Cubs that showed on HBO last year.....catch it if you can.
THE BILLY GOAT CURSE....I love that story!
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I really dislike the owner of the Dodgers.
Frank McCourt is a skeezy schemer. Late of the great state of Massachusetts he stand for all that is wrong with the game. He is the Al Davis of MLB.
Years ago the Dodgers, under the ownership of the O'malleys, had certain clubs that they would deal with exclusively. Cubs, Pirates are the two that come to mind......
I still never forgave the Dodgers for trading Ron Cey to Chi-town. They literally had hundreds of third basemen play until he showed up.
Anyway, heartbreak be damned!
Now it seems that McCourt, To be know from here on as McCourt-nald's - for his desire to turn the team into a Sports-Disneyland-Fast Food Empire..
He came into El Lay with out having the money to buy the team outright, he had to borrow money, then he began to steal ideas an players from his hometown club, the Bosox.
Coach, players and I think it's called the Jimmy Fund?
FM got the L.A. Coliseum to revamp the field to host a charity game against the Red Sox...115,000 people attended, some waited two hours to catch the shuttles to get to the game from Dodger Stadium....Oh, the new charity?
THINK CURE! a rip off of the "Think Blue" promotions of years past- the LADs would promote prizes, honorary positions at a game, Ball girl/boy, field keeper,
first pitch tosser, National Anthem singer....
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To sit field level the seats are now 250 dollars. :eek:
Parking was 5 bucks a car, 7 for buses once upon a time....Now? 15 dollars at press time...
A dodger dog-foot long wienie, grilled not boiled, like those limp wienies back east ;) .....5.25.. peanuts are 5 bucks a bag, Beer? You want a beer?
TWELVE DOLLARS!
Thirty two dollars and change to park, eat a dog and beer-that's not including the price of a ticket.
A piece in the paper gave a list of the foods available in the suites that corporations buy. The food you order for the quests is sold by the platter and the prices were nine dollars and up, per person with a minimum of six servings for each dish.
For the 32.25 I can, Order a pizza, buy a twelve pack of beer, eat peanuts and get the cat a few bags of Temptation treats - and my seat is free as I watch most of the games on cable.
The stadium was renovated in the off season. That will jack up the prices, again!
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I love the game but not enough to sell an arm to go! :(
Middle School Student Gets Attacked by Hawk at Fenway
Posted Apr 3rd 2008 10:00PM by PostmanR
Filed under: Boston, Red Sox, AL East
The Red Sox have yet to play a game inside Fenway Park this season -- that comes in their home opener against Detroit on Tuesday-- but that doesn't mean there's not already some action inside its pearly gates. Oh no, friends. You see, some middle schoolers were taking a nice little tour of the park when OHMYGOD LOOK OUT FOR THAT HAWK LITTLE GIRL!
A student touring Fenway Park was attacked by a resident red-tailed hawk that drew blood from a girl's scalp Thursday.
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The hawk was perched on a railing in the upper deck behind home plate while the group from Memorial Boulevard Middle School in Bristol, Conn., toured the stadium. The hawk flew at the girl and swooper with its talons extended, scratching her scalp.
Wildlife officials took out the nest along with an egg that was perched up near the press booth, so hopefully the threat of hawk attacks have been severely decreased inside Fenway. I suppose this hawk may have just been protecting its kin. Or maybe it was a serial killer hawk. Or a drunk hawk.
Or maybe it was just hawky being hawky.
Incredible, ominous update: Thanks to commenter pitchcount who altered us to the Boston Globe story on this. Turns out the young girl's name was Alexa Rodriguez. (!!!) Makes total sense now.
Right now it's 8-8 in the top of the 12th inning in the Pirates home opener against the Cubs. I SO want Pittsburgh to win this game!
StL Cards, anyone?????
C'mon I know I'm not the only one. And so far... they are on FIIIREEEE
Watch out... they'll make it to the series again... hehe
I'm rooting for Cleveland Indians, sorry. :)
sorry... I mean, I'm glad for the Cubs, but I always want to see the home team win their home opener.Quote:
Originally Posted by david p
That Ring Ceremony was fantastic!! Love that the Celtics, Pats and Bruins were part of it - just like in 2005. My favorites - Bill Russell and #4, Bobby Orr.
And Buckner throwing out the first pitch http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/G...85165_7440.jpg
Well of course when I go to the game the Yanks lost. :rolleyes: They won the next day and lost today. This might not be the best season for them. :p
What was on Peavy's hands?
CHEATER, CHEATER!!!!!
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CM,
365 days a year to be a CUBS fan? What happens on Feb 29?
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I haven't checked the standings yet......With batting averages hovering at .600, it just don't make sense! :p :cool:
Hey, what was with the airshow over Fenway on opening day?
THAT was cool, too bad the pilot got grounded.
"Maverick, The pattern is full!"
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Great story about the Yanks new stadium. Apparently a construction worker
buried a Bosox shirt under a concrete pillar near the home dressing room, along with a curse.
:eek:
Apparently the pilot was late, so flew too fast. That maneuver is supposed to be done at 5000 feet, not 1200.Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
As for that shirt - why didn't they bury it under the Yankees club house instead of the visitors?
I wasn't clear-
The word is that the construction worker is a Bosox fan and the curse is on the Yankees never to win another series again. :eek:
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1200 feet?
I wish I could have been there.
So much for the curse . . . . .
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The New York Yankees have ended a construction worker's attempt to jinx their new stadium with a buried Boston Red Sox jersey.
Team officials watched Sunday as construction workers removed the jersey, with slugger David Ortiz's name on it, from 2 feet of concrete in a service corridor of the stadium that's under construction.
The team says a construction worker — who is a Red Sox fan — recently buried the jersey there while on the job. Two other supervisors found the tattered shirt Saturday.
The Yankees plan to donate the jersey to charity, and may pursue a lawsuit against the construction worker.
That just goes to show the name STEINBRENNER isn't attached to any normal human.
What was the cost of removing a piece of cloth from under 2 feet of concrete?
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They could find David Ortiz under the new Yankee Stadium....
Now go find Jimmy Hoffa! :rolleyes:
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That was a fun story wrecked by a superstitious jerk with no sense of humor.
50K to dig out the jersey -
That's what they get for using union people.
THey could have gone to the Home Depot and picked up some day laborers that would have charged the Yanks 10 bucks an hour.....
With a few hot dogs and sodas tossed in.
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NO penalties for steriod usage...but we are going to see about suing this guy for burying a fricking shirt on the property?
50,000 dollars for tearing a hole in your new stadium.
Having paraniod thoughts about curses, black magic and jinxes?
Priceless.
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Someone made the comment about the Ortiz jersey not even being needed.
The club hasn't won a World Series in how long? :eek:
The Yankees would have been better served to leave the shirt where it was planted. Ortiz had 2 hits last night; previously he had only 3 in 40+ times at bat.Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
Is it possible - the Yankees have a heart?
From the Boston Globe -
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It was meant to be a curse on the New York Yankees, but it may turn out to be a blessing for people with cancer.
The Red Sox jersey that caused a big splash in the media when a construction worker revealed he had placed it in the concrete under the new Yankee Stadium will be unveiled tomorrow for the first time in Boston at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
The Yankees donated the tattered David Ortiz jersey to the Jimmy Fund, which raises funds for cancer care and research at Dana-Farber. The fund plans to auction off the jersey, which was jackhammered out of the concrete Sunday by the Yankees, said Bill Schaller, a Dana-Farber spokesman.
It's not the first time Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and his family have donated to the fund.
"As much as they’re the evil empire (for Boston sports fans), they’ve been quite generous to the Jimmy Fund," said Schaller.
One heart for all the people in the organization?
Hmmm.... :cool:
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Actually,
If the Pope was going to do a mass at Yankee Staduim they should have hustled him over to bless the new stadium, that would have taken care of the curse and they would have saved 50k....
Just a thought.! ;)
From the Boston Globe -
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It's not much of a shirt, it's true. It's torn. It's dirty. Being buried in the concrete under a stadium construction project and then being drilled out by jackhammers will do that to you.
But the David Ortiz jersey that a construction worker buried under the site of the new Yankee Stadium is a quirky piece of baseball history -- and it sold this afternoon for $175,100 on eBay.
The bid from Kevin Meehan, the owner of Imperialcars.com in Mendon, was the highest of 282 for the battered No. 34 David Ortiz jersey.
"I actually thought it was going to sell for more money," said Meehan, who bid only in the final moments of the weeklong eBay auction that ended at 12:30 p.m. "I have three young boys that I take to the games and they would have killed me if I didn't buy the shirt."
The Yankees, despite being the targets of the would-be curse, donated the jersey to the Red Sox' official charity, the Jimmy Fund, which auctioned it off to raise funds for cancer care and research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Mike Andrews, The Jimmy Fund chairman and former Red Sox second baseman, said the charity was "absolutely thrilled."
"We are grateful for the generous bid, and extend our deep gratitude to the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox for coming together again in the fight against cancer," he said in a statement.
Meehan said he was eager to give to the Jimmy Fund because his father died of cancer and his stepfather has the disease.
"It's personal," he said. "It's a lot deeper than just the shirt."
Meehan plans to eventually display the jersey from his favorite Red Sox player in one of his car dealerships. He said he has no intention of selling it.
"It was just a win-win all the way around," said Meehan, who also will receive a new Ortiz jersey, a Yankees T-shirt and two tickets to a Red Sox game where he will be presented with the unusual piece of sports memorabilia.
Construction worker Gino Castignoli, a Red Sox fan from the Bronx, dropped the jersey into two feet of wet concrete during construction of the new stadium, hoping to hex the Yankees. The team found the jersey after receiving information from anonymous tipsters and had it jackhammered out.
Dodgers were in last place and the McCourts announced that Dodger Stadium will have a 500 zillion dollar facelift and parking structures in the parking lots.
In-freaking-credible.
The plans look like a Las Vegas hotel.
There will be a Dodger Museum, a Dodger store, a Dodger theme park, a Dodger hair salon, Tanning salon, Dodger brothel, too! The last is for the Dodger fans who almost cannot afford to go to a game. :rolleyes:
OUch!
I was just checking out the news when I saw a story about a Yanks fan who ran over some guy after an arguement about baseball.
The guy that was killed was a BOSOX fan, talk about rivalries!:eek:
Um, and the Yankees fan in question was trash talking...in Boston!:eek: Come ON people, it's only a game.
ESPN just did a piece on a pitcher from the Nippon Ham Fighters.
His name is Yu Darvish - He's part Iranian and Japanese. He's supposed to be the next Tom Seaver when, and if, he comes to play ball in the states!
He looked really good.
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I just heard that the two teams with the lowest payrolls are leading their divisions.....I love it!
One is the TB Rays, I love to see teams make the most of a roster with a few bucks and desire!
A Boston Red Sox pitcher threw a no hitter tonight.
It's a special game, because he's a recent cancer survivor..
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/bas...p.html?cnn=yes
24?
I am fricking jealous!:eek:
I read the story this morning! That's pretty inspirational.
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BTW,
I heard the story of the family that is suing an aluminium bat manufacturer for an accident where a young kid-Little League- was hit in the chest with a ball he pitched. The impact stopped his heart and caused him to have some brain damage.
Like I feel for the kid, but isn't that taking things too far? Yeah, metal bats make the ball go farther and faster, but what is the outcome? A pitcher dressed in a catcher's get up to play?
Why I love baseball?
THe ovation that Manny Ramirez got from the Baltimore fans on his 500th homerun!
Why I hate baseball?
The Dodger's Todd Helton had a bat that splintered, went into the stands and hit a woman in the face. Broke it in two places, screws, surgery and wiring it shut cost 7k.
The insurance carrier ain't gonna help her because of the small writing on the back of the ticket. The Dodger spokeman said TFB, get better.
Here you have a MEGA company that cannot even use this incident as a "Good Will" story, Imagine the spin a team could get on a story where they go to the aid of a fan-even if they didn't advertise it with a press release!
I hate Frank McCourt.
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The woman hit by the bat has hired a lawyer and he stated that the costs for her care will go past 50,000 dollars. He's not filing a lawsuit, yet....
The fan that caught MR's 500th homerun gave it back to MR and asked for nothing in return!
Did anyone see the 93 year old woman who got to throw out the first pitch at the Cubs game?
God bless her, she was fricking neat. She showed up on the air wearing her jersey!
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Maple bats.......Fans get smacked with them, nothing happens....they only become a problem when an ump gets his head chunked by a piece from a broken stick......
Who cares about the paying customers?:rolleyes:
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Grievance resolution?
Attack management! If you are the player who got canned for choking out the boss, does that go on you baseball card as a stat?:eek::mad: