Have you seen this man?

Venerable Bede

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Re: Have you seen this man? October 15, 2003 at 05:46 PM UTC #

Originally posted by vansmack:
What surprises me the most is that the Cubs are still favored tonight!!!!!

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10/15/03 (PT) FAVORITE ODDS UNDERDOG OVER/UNDER
5:15————-CHC——240——–Florida———7

They have absolutely no chance tonight. Am I right about this? Can you think of a game 6 meltdown that didn't cost the team a seven game series?

well, the classic is still game 6 of the 1986 world series. . .the red sox were just out of it in game 7. course, bruce hurst is no kerry wood.

then again, the red sox won game 6 of the 1975 series when they were down 3 in the 8th inning, but the reds came back and won game 7.

vansmack

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Re: Have you seen this man? October 15, 2003 at 05:51 PM UTC #

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
well, the classic is still game 6 of the 1986 world series. . .the red sox were just out of it in game 7. course, bruce hurst is no kerry wood.

then again, the red sox won game 6 of the 1975 series when they were down 3 in the 8th inning, but the reds came back and won game 7.

I thought the classic in game 6 of last years world series was pretty good too, but I had completely forgotten about 1975. Good one.

I think Wood will pitch well, but the Cub pen will fold the lead late. That would make for a good post - predict how the curse will unravel the Cubs tonight.

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Re: Have you seen this man? October 15, 2003 at 05:57 PM UTC #

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:

Originally posted by mankie:
it would to an ignorant yank…try asking the rest of the world and anyone will explain the rules to you so you could better understand it.

well, thank you for assuming that i know nothing about soccer. . .i could say the exact same thing about ignorant red coats and baseball. :)

Let me educate you a little, in the rest of the world it's called "football" and played by men, not women.

red coat!!!! then I must call you French mercenary.

Venerable Bede

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Re: Have you seen this man? October 15, 2003 at 05:59 PM UTC #

Originally posted by mankie:
red coat!!!! then I must call you French mercenary.

hey, the colonists fought with the red coats against the french in the french and indian war, errr, 7 years war. the french just happened to be available (sort of) when we wanted to be free.

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Re: Have you seen this man? October 15, 2003 at 06:03 PM UTC #

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:

Originally posted by mankie:
red coat!!!! then I must call you French mercenary.
hey, the colonists fought with the red coats against the french in the french and indian war, errr, 7 years war. the french just happened to be available (sort of) when we wanted to be free.

I was at some historical battle ground in PA…..Valley Forge I think, and read that the British weren't really interested in the revolutionary war so sent out a bunch of German mercaneries in to fight as red coats. SO! The French basically beat the Germans in that one. Has Germany ever won a war?

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Re: Have you seen this man? October 15, 2003 at 06:11 PM UTC #

Originally posted by mankie:

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
[qb]
Originally posted by mankie:
[qb] Actually, watching baseball is like reading a book, you can put it down then come back to it hours later and you haven't missed anything.
Just like soccer, you could start watching it, read ten books, come back and the score would still be 0-0.

Venerable Bede

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Re: Have you seen this man? October 15, 2003 at 06:13 PM UTC #

Originally posted by Guiny:
Just like soccer, you could start watching it, read ten books, come back and the score would still be 0-0.

but the game can't end in a tie, unlike soccer.

vansmack

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Re: Have you seen this man? October 16, 2003 at 05:56 AM UTC #

Originally posted by vansmack:
What surprises me the most is that the Cubs are still favored tonight!!!!!

NATIONAL LEAGUE PRO BASEBALL
10/15/03 (PT) FAVORITE ODDS UNDERDOG OVER/UNDER
5:15————-CHC——240——–Florida———7

They have absolutely no chance tonight. Am I right about this? Can you think of a game 6 meltdown that didn't cost the team a seven game series?

That was easy money folks. I hope you listened.

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Re: Have you seen this man? October 16, 2003 at 12:11 PM UTC #

Originally posted by mankie:

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:

how in the world can someone root for the marlins??
Most of America will if they end up playing the Yankees.
Hold that Yankees/Marlins talk for ONE second here….we're not done yet!

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Re: Have you seen this man? October 16, 2003 at 01:19 PM UTC #

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:

but the game can't end , unlike soccer. [/QB]

That would've sufficed!

BTW..Did you hear that the Cubs organization have fired one of the hotdog vendors after last night's game. Evidently his ketchup bottle wasn't completely full so when he squeezed it, it made that fart noise and put the Cubs players off….the end result being they lost game seven.

Venerable Bede

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Re: Have you seen this man? October 16, 2003 at 02:07 PM UTC #

Originally posted by vansmack:
That was easy money folks. I hope you listened.

it's official, dusty doesn't know how to use his pitching staff. that was just an terribly managed game by dusty. i think dusty gave up after the first inning.

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Re: Have you seen this man? October 16, 2003 at 02:43 PM UTC #

Well, they havent won in 95 years for a reason. They dont even have a curse, unless you just call being bad a curse.

I booked my hotel in Boston this morning and will be heading north next weekend if we can make it that far.

Venerable Bede

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Re: Have you seen this man? October 16, 2003 at 02:49 PM UTC #

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Well, they havent won in 95 years for a reason. They dont even have a curse, unless you just call being bad a curse.

careful there speedo. . .pot kettle black. :)

course, the cubs have been pretty awful most of those years, whereas the sox just fall apart.

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Re: Have you seen this man? October 16, 2003 at 03:38 PM UTC #

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
careful there speedo. . .pot kettle black. :)

course, the cubs have been pretty awful most of those years, whereas the sox just fall apart.

i wouldnt call the Red Sox bad. Its just the Yankees they cant beat. I think the Cubs lost regularly to a plethera of teams.

vansmack

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Re: Have you seen this man? October 16, 2003 at 04:04 PM UTC #

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
it's official, dusty doesn't know how to use his pitching staff. that was just an terribly managed game by dusty. i think dusty gave up after the first inning.

But what has taken so long for MLB to see this? Nobody up in the pen again? Two straight nights? Unbelievable.

Now lets predict how the Sox will fall apart tonight. Any takers?

vansmack

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Re: Have you seen this man? October 16, 2003 at 04:06 PM UTC #

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
i wouldnt call the Red Sox bad. Its just the Yankees they cant beat.

I thought they played the Mets in 86?

And when ou send Nomar to Anaheim after the season, can you send him without his inability to get a hit in a close game (save for last night)?

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Re: Have you seen this man? October 16, 2003 at 04:12 PM UTC #

Well, clearly they are the underdog, so just losing would not qualify for "falling apart".

So they will have to get a lead then lose it, late in the game. Which i doubt will happen seeing as how good thier bullpen has been. I say, we lose early or we no lose at all.

And if i was a betting man, i would bet on the Sox.

(i am not a betting man)

ggw

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Re: Have you seen this man? October 16, 2003 at 04:14 PM UTC #

Originally posted by vansmack:
Now lets predict how the Sox will fall apart tonight. Any takers?

NY 10
BOS 2

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Re: Have you seen this man? October 16, 2003 at 04:20 PM UTC #

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by vansmack:
Now lets predict how the Sox will fall apart tonight. Any takers?
NY 10
BOS 2

BOS 6
NYY 4

vansmack

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Re: Have you seen this man? October 16, 2003 at 04:21 PM UTC #

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Well, clearly they are the underdog, so just losing would not qualify for "falling apart".

So they will have to get a lead then lose it, late in the game. Which i doubt will happen seeing as how good thier bullpen has been. I say, we lose early or we no lose at all.

And if i was a betting man, i would bet on the Sox.

(i am not a betting man)

Actually, you're somehow the favorite:

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10/16/03 (PT) FAVORITE ODDS UNDERDOG OVER/UNDER
5:15 ————–Boston——- 114——- NY Yankees —– 7Â½

But you're right, the fall I'm talking about is blowing the big lead or the one play where you had a chance to end the game and don't.

I'm thinking the Sox will light up the Rocket, who might actually get tossed at some point when he hits somebody and Pedro cruises for a while after hitting the first batter he faces. The Sox have a two run lead, Grady brings in Jackson for the defensive replacement in the eighth, he makes the error in the ninth and the next batter hits a two run homerun to tie it. The stories start spinning. Then the Sox get a couple runners on and two outs in the 11th, Jackson bats where MVP Todd Walker should have been batting, he strikes out and a Yankee hits a walk-off home run the bottom half of the inning.

And the cities of Boston and Chicago take the rest of the week off to recover.