So...in just a few days the regular season of Major League Baseball will start. For most of the teams, opening day will be on Monday, April 3rd. For the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians, they'll start the season on the evening of Sunday the 2nd. So...what's everyone's favorite teams, and what do you hope they'll do this year?

For me, I like the Dodgers best (even when they play lousy), because they're my local team. I like the Angels too...but the Dodgers are my favorite, and I hope they do a lot better this year than they did last year. ;) They really stunk last year with their 71-91 record. ::)

May the best teams win! :) O0 8)

Let's go Yankees!!!!!!

GO CUBBIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am with you Nalley, GO DODGERS!!!  I live in Hawaii and we don't have a baseball team, in fact we don't have a football team or basketball team or hockey team, but we do or did have an arena football team...don't really know. ;D
Anyways, our Dodgers were sure busy during the offseason and loaded the team up.  They are capable of winning the division in a so-so division.  They have to STAY healthy which is a key for team.  But hey, as long as they end up above the SF Giants!!! ::)

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I hope the Cubs are the next to break their curse.

I hope the Cubs are the next to break their curse.

I hope so too. I really wanted them to advance to the WS three years ago. They were this close! :o


Anyway, the Dodgers and Angels have been playing a few special pre-season games each year during the weekend before the start of the series. This year, the first one was played last night at Dodger Stadium; Angels won it 7-6 in an 8-inning rain delay.

Livinonthe80's, you're right...them Dodgers do need to stay healthy. They got plagued last year with a bunch of injuries.

Go Indians! Can't wait till tomorrow night.

I can only be optimistic about my beloved Phillies, but they lack starting pitching.
we shall have to wait and see.

LET'S GO METS!!!!





Cat

LET'S GO METS!!!!





Cat


Man your Mets are looking very good!!!

GO CUBBIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Heard the news about Wood and Prior going on the 15-DL, hope they come back healthy..they are 2 pitchers I would love to see pitching the whole season!!!

Man your Mets are looking very good!!!



I hope so-after years of changing.  They last went to the Series in 2000 and there is not ONE player/coach/manager etc. left on the team that went to that Series. The last one to leave was Mike Piazza who just left after last season.



Cat

I hope the Phillies don't let me down this year! But knowing the Phils lately, I don't hold out much hope....

LET'S GO METS!!!!





Cat



The Mets look really good this year. I got a feeling this will be the year they finally overtake my Braves in the NL East.

TWINS, Baby!!!!

I just gotta add a better picture of Johan Santana.

Heard the news about Wood and Prior going on the 15-DL, hope they come back healthy..they are 2 pitchers I would love to see pitching the whole season!!!


Noooo!!!!  This is the first I've heard of it.  Been working this weekend and haven't heard much baseball news.  Oh well.  It's better that this happens at the beginning of the season.  We want them healthy for the rest of the season.

I can't wait for tonight!!!!!  My boys versus the A's out in Oaktown.  I hope we kick some Cali ass.  :D

LET'S GO BUCS!!!


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well of course im going for the yankees to win this year.I mean they got to win,especially with johnny in the line up.  :)

The Sox/Indians game was delayed because of rain and last I heard, it hadn't started again :(  I've been a lifelong Sox fan, but there is a special place in my heart for the Cubbies :P

I think the Sox were leading when the game was halted in the 7th. :-\\

Dodgers are scheduled to open the season today against the Atlanta Braves in Dodger Stadium, but there's a chance it might be rained out. :-\\ :-\\ :\'( We shall see.

I think the Sox were leading when the game was halted in the 7th. :-\\

Dodgers are scheduled to open the season today against the Atlanta Braves in Dodger Stadium, but there's a chance it might be rained out. :-\\ :-\\ :\'( We shall see.


They ended up finishing the game. White Sox won 10-4. The tribe looked pretty crappy, oh well, lol.

Just out of curosity does anyone give my Braves a chance to win the NL east again? Like I said before I got the Mets finally getting past them this year.

So we have some Yankee likers on this board now? Last year we didn't. ::)

I hope the Cubs are the next to break their curse.

I hope not.

That'd pretty much ruin Baseball for me  ;D

LET'S GO METS!!!!


I feel sorry for you.

I wouldn't mind seeing the Mets do well.. but once again, they've signed a load of old.. good.. by old guys to big deals who'll be injured by June  ;D

I'd love to be proved wrong, but I doubt it.

Noooo!!!!  This is the first I've heard of it.  Been working this weekend and haven't heard much baseball news.  Oh well.  It's better that this happens at the beginning of the season.  We want them healthy for the rest of the season.


Yeah, Prior was only just hurling for most of last year.

Shame.. he's a damn good pitcher.

TWINS, Baby!!!!


You from the cities?

I'm moving up there this summer, better get used to the Twins eh  ;)

In all honesty, I quite like 'em.. and of course, my Cards play in the NL so I'd have no issue rooting for the Twins.

I can't wait for tonight.  Of course, it's a west coast game so I won't be getting it until 10pm, but it's still YANKEES BASEBALL!!!

Cardinals 13 - Phillies 3 right now in the 6th.

Albert Pujols just CRUSHED one in to the top deck

Cardinals 13 - Phillies 3 right now in the 6th.

Albert Pujols just CRUSHED one in to the top deck


Where are they playing?  I didn't know the new Busch Stadium was completed already.

Cardinals 13 - Phillies 3 right now in the 6th.

Albert Pujols just CRUSHED one in to the top deck


I can see my Phillies are off to a wonderful start.Jimmy Rollins
kept his hitting streak alive, 37 games, I think, any way I almost wish he didn't
I don't like streaks.Streaks are a distraction.

Where are they playing?  I didn't know the new Busch Stadium was completed already.


Oh it's ready.. but they're in Philadelphia.

This year, I'm rooting for the Cardinals.....of course, that's the "Little League" Major Division Cardinals that my oldest is on ;D  I'd get tarred and feathered if I tried rooting for the St. Louis Cardinals where I live :D


Yeah, rooting for the MLB Cardinals in the Chicago met-area would invite death :D

Yeah, rooting for the MLB Cardinals in the Chicago met-area would invite death :D


..and vice versa.

I maintain, the difference between pretenders and a dynasty is about 250 miles  ;D

I've always found baseball a rather boring sport. Sorry, I just wanted to claim every 'Last Post' in the 2000's board.

 Heck, where I live, it's practically inviting death to be a Sox fan :D


Ah, a Northsider eh?  Oh well, Wrigley Field is nicer anyway :D

Although I did get to see the new Busch Stadium in St. Louis and I have to say that it looks like a grand place to watch a game :)

Well...the Dodgers did play yesterday, but lost by a run to the Braves, 11-10. :-\\ I bet today's game might be rained out, though.

Ah, a Northsider eh?  Oh well, Wrigley Field is nicer anyway :D

Although I did get to see the new Busch Stadium in St. Louis and I have to say that it looks like a grand place to watch a game :)


I assume you saw pictures of it.

I'm doing some work on a project for Busch. I've been round the stadium a few times and have to say I'm excited. I really didn't want to like it.. in fact, I wanted to hate it, but I couldn't.
Although some of the halls and suites have incredibly low cielings  :P

WOO HOO-the Mets are undefeated so far this season.  ;D ;D ;D




Cat

Well, my team kicked ass last night.  Yahoo!

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Yeah, the Yankees killed the A's last night. What was it like 15-2?



Yup.  :D

I've always found baseball a rather boring sport. Sorry, I just wanted to claim every 'Last Post' in the 2000's board.
Hey, some people think my favorite sport(NASCAR) is boring. So what?

I just hope the Phillies are decent this year.

Hey, some people think my favorite sport(NASCAR) is boring. So what?

I just hope the Phillies are decent this year.


Phillies have made emselves in to a fairly decent ballclub, but it's gonna be a year or so before they really compete.

Well...Dodgers didn't get rained out last night. However, they did have a rain delay in the second inning, up by a score of 4-1. They finished the game and won it 5-4. Danys Baez (who had been with the Devilrays last year) pitched the 9th to pick up the team's first save of '06.

Well...Dodgers didn't get rained out last night. However, they did have a rain delay in the second inning, up by a score of 4-1. They finished the game and won it 5-4. Danys Baez (who had been with the Devilrays last year) pitched the 9th to pick up the team's first save of '06.



And they beat the Braves.  ;D ;D




Cat

And they beat the Braves.  ;D ;D




Cat

I take it you don't like the Braves either? ;)

Well so far my Bucs have started out really crappy...but I am not losing faith, it's still very early in the game!! ;)

Well so far my Bucs have started out really crappy...but I am not losing faith, it's still very early in the game!! ;)


Give your pitching prospects a year or two to mature and you might see some return, of course, that will be negated by the fact that half of them will leave.
I dare say Jason Bay will be leaving within the next two years, he signed the contract extension which is all well and good but he'll probably end up in the AL.
I dunno how much they're paying Casey, but I think he was a decent signing, he still has some pop left.

Not lookin' good...

ATL 8 at LAD 6 in the bottom of the 7th...

But L.A. has the tying run at first.

Now it's 8-7 Atlanta with 1 out in the bottom of the 7th. Sandy Alomar, Jr, is batting. Who'da thought he'd ever become a Dodger? :D

Tied 8-8, still bottom of the 7th, bases loaded, still 1 out! I hope newcomer Cody Ross can cash at least one of those guys in...and NOT hit into an inning-ending double play. ::)

Darn it, there's two out now! Let's see what Rafael Furcal can do against his former team.


On a side note, the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 4-3 in 11 innings. 8)

They left the bases loaded...I knew it! >:( ::)

Now the Braves will bat in the top of the 8th.

Final score: ATL 9, LAD 8. ::)

The Dodgers actually had a 5-0 lead at one point, but the Braves overcame that deficit. >:(

Final score: ATL 9, LAD 8. ::)

The Dodgers actually had a 5-0 lead at one point, but the Braves overcame that deficit. >:(



Only saw the first inning of the game-and yes, the Dodgers were ahead.


As for my Mets, didn't see the game but they lost 9 to 5 in the 10th inning.  :o  That means that the Nationals got at least 4 runs in the 10th. Unreal. Well, it looks like the Mets are doing what they are famous for-throwing the game away.  >:(



Cat

Jimmy Rollins hitting streak halted at 38 games.I am glad it's over, like
I said before,streaks are a distraction. It's a meaningless streak that promotes
self importance.Now maybe the Phillies can concentrate on trying to win a game.
Man, it s*cks being a fan of futility.

^Yeah, streaks are a major distraction. I feel kinda bad for Rollins though. It was nice to see someone make a run at a record legitimatly.

My Cardinals are 3 and 0.

You know what Barry Bonds should have said when they threw that syringe on the field?
"Thanks!"

That is, if it was a syringe. Methinks it was a turkey baster, or that camera was pulling a major-league close-up!
;D

Well...my dumb Dodgers, despite winning 5-3 in Philadelphia earlier, are once again plagued with injuries. And it doesn't look like we're gonna see Eric Gagne again until at least the end of May. :-[ :(

Also, the Angels --- in their home opener --- beet the Yankes 4-1, which Sister Morphine is probably not too happy about. :-\\

Also, the Angels --- in their home opener --- beat the Yankes 4-1, which Sister Morphine is probably not too happy about. :-\\



No, I'm not happy about it.


This team is going to give me agita, I know it.  I'm so tired of this garbage, I'm thisclose to hanging myself with a f*cking belt.



Excuse the language.

Well so far my Bucs have started out really crappy...but I am not losing faith, it's still very early in the game!! ;)


So far the Pennsylvania teams are throwing out a big goose egg
the Phillies and the Pirates area combined 0-9.

The Phillies finally won a game,though it looks like
they will lose the second of a double header, at least they can put one
in the win column. Quirk will be happy to know the Pirates are also off
the winless list.

The Phillies finally won a game,though it looks like
they will lose the second of a double header, at least they can put one
in the win column. Quirk will be happy to know the Pirates are also off
the winless list.

They split a doubleheader with my team --- the Dodgers --- today. :)

It would appear that the Cubs are doing rather well after their series with the Cardinals.  I'm looking forward to seeing how the new Busch Stadium holds up when the Cards do their home opener this week.  I saw pictures and they look very nice, the home plate view of the Gateway Arch and downtown is a nice touch.

Of course, the Cubs will probably tank at the midseason mark so I probably spoke too soon :D

It would appear that the Cubs are doing rather well after their series with the Cardinals.  I'm looking forward to seeing how the new Busch Stadium holds up when the Cards do their home opener this week.  I saw pictures and they look very nice, the home plate view of the Gateway Arch and downtown is a nice touch.

Of course, the Cubs will probably tank at the midseason mark so I probably spoke too soon :D


I coulda been there today, so I'm grumpy.

Whenever the Cubs do well against the Cards it's the end of their season.
Historically, in years when the Cubs have been around .550 .600 against the Cards. The Cards have gone around .600 and the Cubs around .400

I coulda been there today, so I'm grumpy.

Whenever the Cubs do well against the Cards it's the end of their season.
Historically, in years when the Cubs have been around .550 .600 against the Cards. The Cards have gone around .600 and the Cubs around .400


I know, that's why I'm worried.

Last season I think the Cubs were leading the division but after the All-Star break they went into a freefall and the Houston Astros overtook them in the last couple weeks of the season for the wild card.  It was sad.  They always seem to do something stupid when it seems like stuff is going well.

I'd like to go to a baseball game, that would be fun.  I've never been.

I'd like to go to a baseball game, that would be fun.  I've never been.

I went to one last year, for the first time in nine years. It was fun, even though my team ended up not winning. :-\\

I went to one last year, for the first time in nine years. It was fun, even though my team ended up not winning. :-\\


Interestingly, the four or five times I've gone to a baseball game, the home team has always won.

I used to go regularly when I was in NC.  The Durham Bulls were the local minor league team (they fed into the Tampa Bay system, poor Durham Bulls), you probably know them from the movie "Bull Durham" and the real-life story behind "The Rookie".  Beautiful park, great family environment.  The old decrepit ballpark you saw in the movie is in old downtown, and the new one is several blocks down the road.

I was at the Oakland A's game at the Coliseum (I hate that stadium) when they beat KC to get the 20th win in a row to tie or break (forgot which) the AL win streak record.  Hatteberg hit a walk off homer after KC rallied from 11-0.  I also went to a game at Wrigley Field (Cubs won) and at SBC Park (now AT&T Park; Giants won).  Wrigley and SF had really nice ballparks.

Interestingly, the four or five times I've gone to a baseball game, the home team has always won.

I used to go regularly when I was in NC.  The Durham Bulls were the local minor league team (they fed into the Tampa Bay system, poor Durham Bulls), you probably know them from the movie "Bull Durham" and the real-life story behind "The Rookie".  Beautiful park, great family environment.  The old decrepit ballpark you saw in the movie is in old downtown, and the new one is several blocks down the road.

I was at the Oakland A's game at the Coliseum (I hate that stadium) when they beat KC to get the 20th win in a row to tie or break (forgot which) the AL win streak record.  Hatteberg hit a walk off homer after KC rallied from 11-0.  I also went to a game at Wrigley Field (Cubs won) and at SBC Park (now AT&T Park; Giants won).  Wrigley and SF had really nice ballparks.


Blech, you really liked Wrigley?

It's a nasty ballpark IMO.

I know, that's why I'm worried.

Last season I think the Cubs were leading the division but after the All-Star break they went into a freefall and the Houston Astros overtook them in the last couple weeks of the season for the wild card.  It was sad.  They always seem to do something stupid when it seems like stuff is going well.


I'm sure there may have been a week or two when the Cubs lead, but the Cardinals had the division all but wrapped up by the break. (Only ineptitude and injurys gave the Astro's a chance).

The day the Cubs win the world series, I'll be down in the basement renouncing all sin and awaiting the rapture  ;D

It's nice.  The bricks and ivy give it a schoolyard feel and it has a great fan environment.  It is very old, but for an ancient facility it serves its purpose well.

It's nice.  The bricks and ivy give it a schoolyard feel and it has a great fan environment.  It is very old, but for an ancient facility it serves its purpose well.


Ok, fan environment I'll take.

They need to take lessons from Fenway, now that's still a very nice park.

Ok, fan environment I'll take.

They need to take lessons from Fenway, now that's still a very nice park.


What don't you like?  The fact that you can actually see rust?  :)

Fenway still has those pillars that block certain views in the grandstands.  I'm hoping they have restrictions against parents with very small children on the Green Monster seats too.

What don't you like?  The fact that you can actually see rust?  :)

Fenway still has those pillars that block certain views in the grandstands.  I'm hoping they have restrictions against parents with very small children on the Green Monster seats too.


I've only been to Wrigley once, sat roughly adjacent to 3rd and it was all just nasty.
The seats were tiny, there was filthy everywhere, it looked like it was falling apart.
It's an old stadium and that's fine, but it dosen't need to look as bad as it does.

Just watch out for falling concrete :o


Oh crap, yeah.  Thank goodness that happened on an off day (I think?)

I've only been to Wrigley once, sat roughly adjacent to 3rd and it was all just nasty.
The seats were tiny, there was filthy everywhere, it looked like it was falling apart.
It's an old stadium and that's fine, but it dosen't need to look as bad as it does.


We sat along the right foul line, almost next to the grandstands.  It was nice there, despite the game being rain delayed for two hours.  I guess we just have different tastes :)  I'll take your advice and stay away from the left side though.  I'd like to take my family there on a regular basis when I move to Chicago.

We sat along the right foul line, almost next to the grandstands.  It was nice there, despite the game being rain delayed for two hours.  I guess we just have different tastes :)  I'll take your advice and stay away from the left side though.  I'd like to take my family there on a regular basis when I move to Chicago.


I'd say go see the Sox but they're *shudder* AL heathens  ;D

You're finishing your masters there right?

U of C?

I've looked at it, considering going there for '07.

I'd say go see the Sox but they're *shudder* AL heathens  ;D

You're finishing your masters there right?

U of C?

I've looked at it, considering going there for '07.


I hate the AL.  DH sucks.

I'm actually done with my Masters.  I'm going for a PhD :)

I hate the AL.  DH sucks.

I'm actually done with my Masters.  I'm going for a PhD :)


Remember, EMPLOY ME - when you get the numerous promotions I expect of you.

Remember, EMPLOY ME - when you get the numerous promotions I expect of you.


Why, what's your field?  I won't be in any position to employ anyone for a good ten years :D

Why, what's your field?  I won't be in any position to employ anyone for a good ten years :D


I'm a history major.
Nah, it's OK, unless you were planning to go in to Intelligence you're of no use to me  ;D

Last Phiilies game I went to was in the early 1990's, they hadn't built Citizens Bank Park yet....I'd love to see the Phils play there. I've heard it's nicer than  Veterans Stadium which  it, along with Lincoln Financial Field (where the Eagles play) replaced.

All I know and want to know is that My Dodgers are sucking right now!!! :\'(

Yankees won, thanks in part to Captain Intagibles.  Thank ya Jeets.  :D

All I know and want to know is that My Dodgers are sucking right now!!! :\'(

So are mine! They jumped out to an early lead today...only to have it erased later on in the game. A plus for the Dodgers today, however, was Bill Mueller (pronounced Miller) hitting two home runs for his new ballclub.

You from the cities?

I'm moving up there this summer, better get used to the Twins eh  ;)

In all honesty, I quite like 'em.. and of course, my Cards play in the NL so I'd have no issue rooting for the Twins.


I'm feeling a little sheepish, as my beloved Twins have the worst record in the division right now. Even my beloved Santana is off his mark.  But  hey , we won our home opener tonight..  against the A's .. woohoo!
I'm going to the Twins- Yankees Game Saturday .. woo hoo. I'm a big Yankees fan too but I love the Twins , for better or worse. If it's any consolation.. Albert Pujols is one of my favorite players. 

Albert Pujols is one of my favorite players. 


He's already kicking off another MVP calibre year.

I'm going to the Twins- Yankees Game Saturday .. woo hoo. I'm a big Yankees fan too but I love the Twins , for better or worse. If it's any consolation.. Albert Pujols is one of my favorite players. 

Wow... I hope you enjoy the game! 8) I went to a Reds-Dodgers game last July, only to witness the Dodgers playing goofball again. ::) I talked about it in detail on last year's baseball thread.

Speaking of the Dodgers, once again they jumped out to an early lead, but couldn't preserve it. >:( Pirates beat the Dodgers for the second night in a row, 9-5.

The Indians lost tonight 11-9 but at least they put up a good fight.

The Angels are losing to the Texas Rangers right now, 8-2 (I forget what inning). :-\\

Here we have baseball season once again and I am a woman without a team.  I was raised to be an
"Anybody but the RedSox" fan, which can be fun, but rooting for is more fun than rooting against.
What to do, what to do  ::) .  I do love Big Papi though, but then who doesn't?

My Mets won again today.  ;D ;D  I know I shouldn't get excited. I can't count how many times they started off the season doing great and by the All-Star game, they fell apart.




Cat

Wow... I hope you enjoy the game! 8) I went to a Reds-Dodgers game last July, only to witness the Dodgers playing goofball again. ::) I talked about it in detail on last year's baseball thread.

Speaking of the Dodgers, once again they jumped out to an early lead, but couldn't preserve it. >:( Pirates beat the Dodgers for the second night in a row, 9-5.

Well , the Twins swept the A's in their home opener..
Thank goodness.
I'm looking forward to the game against the Yankees on Saturday, how can we  go wrong, with Santana pitching, plus we'll be along the 3rd baseline so I'll have a perfect view of Derek Jeter :) (hubba hubba !!  )
It should be a great game.

My L.A. Dodgers finished a week-long roadtrip today, going 4-3; today they crushed the Pirates by a score of 13-5 (sorry, Erin :-[ ); newcomer Cody Ross hit two home runs, including a tie-breaking grand slam in the 5th inning that put the Dodgers on top for good.

My L.A. Dodgers finished a week-long roadtrip today, going 4-3; today they crushed the Pirates by a score of 13-5 (sorry, Erin :-[ ); newcomer Cody Ross hit two home runs, including a tie-breaking grand slam in the 5th inning that put the Dodgers on top for good.


Alright!!!  Though the Dodgers are having their injury problems again, that doesn't seem to be the problem.  Their pitching could be better, they are hittting just great/they are scoring ALOT runs compared to previous years, their biggest problem right now is men LOB left on base.  They are leaving a whole bunch of them on so far.
GO BLUE!!!

When I was 10 years old I said I'd live to see the Cubbies win a World Series, 40 years later I'm still wondering.  I'd say I got at least another good 20 years in me? What do you say?

The Phillies won again last night.They seem to be on a
roll winning three straight.They are now 4-6.those stinking 
Mets won too, hey Cat TTHHHHHPPPPPPTTT  :P

The Phillies won again last night.They seem to be on a
roll winning three straight.They are now 4-6.those stinking 
Mets won too, hey Cat TTHHHHHPPPPPPTTT  :P




;D ;D ;D


But I'm not celebrating yet (or at least I'm TRYING not to). Like I have said many times, they do great at the beginning of the season but seem to fall apart by the All-Star game.




Cat

Last night's Giants-Dodgers game was apparently delayed by rain; but I saw on ESPN's bottomline at 2 this morning that the Jints had won, 2-1; I didn't get any other details on the game. Speaking of the Dodgers, I found out today that Yhency Brazoban (who led the team in saves last year in absence of Eric Gagne) is out for the season because he had badly injured his pitching arm the other day in Pittsburgh. He'll be having "Tommy John" surgery on that elbow.

LET'S GO OAKLAND (clap clap) LET'S GO OAKLAND!

Home of the Wave :0)  ;D (October 5th 1981)

Tribe beat the Tigers today 7-2. Rookie Fausto Carmona in his first major league start pitched 6 stong innings and only gave up 1 run.

Tribe beat the Tigers today 7-2. Rookie Fausto Carmona in his first major league start pitched 6 stong innings and only gave up 1 run.

Good for him, and congratz to your team on their win. O0

Dodgers are hosting the Jints (with Bury Bonds >:( and company)... I haven't checked the score lately.

On a side note, I hope Abix had fun at the Yankes-Twins game today. ;)

LET'S GO OAKLAND (clap clap) LET'S GO OAKLAND!

Home of the Wave :0)  ;D (October 5th 1981)

We swept Oakland :) (We, being the Minnesota Twins :) :P)

Good for him, and congratz to your team on their win. O0

Dodgers are hosting the Jints (with Bury Bonds >:( and company)... I haven't checked the score lately.

On a side note, I hope Abix had fun at the Yankes-Twins game today. ;)

I had a blast.. We WON!! Twins beat Yankees 6-5.. Got some great pics of Jeter though... and my guy Santana. Torii Hunter and Luis Castillo were awarded Gold Gloves... Got to watch Pretty boys AROD (noRod:P) and Johnny Damon give away free balls with all the pop up fouls they were batting.. Yeah it was a great game. and we've won 2 games out of 3.. let's hope Easter Sunday brings us a sweep.
One let down.. Santana didn't get the win as he isn't quite on his mark yet. But Liriano got the job done.... in a year or two, he'll be singing  "Say my name, say my name!!" 

Getting ready to go to the Cards - Reds game here in an hour or so.
Feeling confident, especially after Ponson owned them yesterday.

Edmonds will start hitting soon and Encarnacion is just the streakist player in Baseball, if he start fireing they'll get going.

Good that Rolen came right outta the box and started taking names, I still believe he will be the greatest third baseman ever to play the game.

I had a blast.. We WON!! Twins beat Yankees 6-5.. Got some great pics of Jeter though... and my guy Santana. Torii Hunter and Luis Castillo were awarded Gold Gloves... Got to watch Pretty boys AROD (noRod:P) and Johnny Damon give away free balls with all the pop up fouls they were batting.. Yeah it was a great game. and we've won 2 games out of 3.. let's hope Easter Sunday brings us a sweep.
One let down.. Santana didn't get the win as he isn't quite on his mark yet. But Liriano got the job done.... in a year or two, he'll be singing  "Say my name, say my name!!" 

Wow! Glad you had fun at the game. And I'm also glad your team won. :) 8) O0 I wish my team had won when I was at Dodger Stadium last July :-\\ :-(By the way, I intentionally used the wrong homonym there cuz I don't like the guy >:( one bit.) They will try to take two out of three today; the game will be on ESPN later. :)

HOLY sheesh!!

Well, Albert Pujols is putting in his bid for MVP again.

He jacked three today, including a walk off, 2 RBI monster in the ninth.

Rolen played great but my man Juan sucked majorly.

I've defended him ever since he was signed, but he really needs to start performing.

Great game for by boys today.  It sucks we had to lose the way we did last night, but you win or lose with your best on the mound and you don't get much better than Mariano Rivera.

Great game for by boys today.  It sucks we had to lose the way we did last night, but you win or lose with your best on the mound and you don't get much better than Mariano Rivera.

yeah he's a force to be reckoned with, this is true.
I have to admit I'm a Yankees fan as well but when it comes to the Twins, I have to be loyal to my home team.  Whenever we host the Yankees, I always go to a game..  However, I still can't stand A Rod.  As great as his stats are,  he just irks me.  Jeter on the other  hand , is an all around great player, great captain, and should  try to  capitalize on that confidence he has by selling Self help tapes. I have to say, they kicked our butts today, but, at least we won the series. 2 out of 3. 

Jints blanked my stinking Dodgers yesterday, 2 to goose egg. >:( B-Bo didn't get any hits...except by a pitch later on. ::)

And the Dodgers lost another one yesterday... 4-1 to the Cubbies. :-\\ It was Greg Maddux's first win since turning 40. I remember when he was in his first stint with the Chicago Cubs; 16 years ago this month he pitched a complete game shutout at Dodger Stadium; I even remember being at that game.

Final score in Baltimore: Cleveland 15, Baltimore 1. :o

Final score in Baltimore: Cleveland 15, Baltimore 1. :o



Nice to see Baltimore continuing to give a sh*t about baseball.

Dodgers won it in the 9th inning last night, 2-1. :) JD Drew singled home Kenny Lofton, who scored the winning run. Sorry, Dagny :-\\

Dodgers and Angels both lost last night, after blowing their respective leads. >:(

Nice to see Baltimore continuing to give a sh*t about baseball.


And they returned the favor last night against the Cleveland Idiots I mean Indians, 18-9!

Dodgers end a long losing streak against the Arizona Diamondbacks, beating them 6-3 at Dodger Stadium. 8) JD Drew, who hit a home run in the game, was responsible for half of the Dodgers' six runs. In addition, starter Odalis Perez improves to 3-0.

The Phillies are just plain awful.I can't see how
Ed Wade passed up on Jim Leyland and chose Gomer Pyle, er, I mean
Charlie Manuel as manager.Now that Wade is gone and Gillick is here,
hopefully, The Phillies can get a decent manager
and put together a better pitching staff.

Albert Pujols seems to be having his break out year.

One assumed it would happen eventually.

He currently leads the major leagues in Slugging Avg, Home Runs and RBI's.

He also leads the National League in Runs and is batting just shy of .360.

He happened to make his 1000th hit last night against the Cubs as well.

Thing with Albert has always been this..

Every year, he'll jack about 40 big ones, he'll make about 120 RBI's, he'll hit .335 - .345 and get about 130 runs.
But he keeps adding to his repetoire.
Last year, he decided he wanted to be a better base runner, he started stealing bases.
This year he said he wants a Golden Glove, well dammit if he ain't the best First Baseman in the Majors.

Most of the best players have that big break out year, I think this could be Alberts.
It'd be nice to see a guy not on the juice do something incredible.

The Phillies were rained out today, the game will be made up in July as part
of a day-night double header.This is a trend I hate.Remember the days when
double headers were scheduled, even after that, a make up double header was
a two for one deal.Now, if you want to see both games of a double header you
have to buy tickets for both games.

The Phillies were rained out today, the game will be made up in July as part
of a day-night double header.This is a trend I hate.Remember the days when
double headers were scheduled, even after that, a make up double header was
a two for one deal.Now, if you want to see both games of a double header you
have to buy tickets for both games.



Actually, I think if you present your ticket from the rained out game, it will act as a ticket to the make-up game.  You might have to call the venue where the game is being played to find out the specifics.

Actually, I think if you present your ticket from the rained out game, it will act as a ticket to the make-up game.  You might have to call the venue where the game is being played to find out the specifics.


I heard on the local news, todays tickets will be honored for the first game but you
have to buy tickets fot the second game.I hate this, go back to the way it was, 2 for 1.

I heard on the local news, todays tickets will be honored for the first game but you
have to buy tickets fot the second game.I hate this, go back to the way it was, 2 for 1.



What are they going to do? Go through the stadium and check everyone's tickets? Or are they going to clear out the stadium and have everyone come in again so they can check tickets? Either way, it sounds like a lot of b.s. Tickets are so outragous as it is-but that is because they have to pay some players obsene amounts of $$$$$$ for PLAYING A GAME!!!!




Cat

What are they going to do? Go through the stadium and check everyone's tickets? Or are they going to clear out the stadium and have everyone come in again so they can check tickets? Either way, it sounds like a lot of b.s. Tickets are so outragous as it is-but that is because they have to pay some players obsene amounts of $$$$$$ for PLAYING A GAME!!!!




Cat



They will clear the stadium.The first game starts at 12:00, the 2nd game at 7:30.
Funny thing is Cat, I think it was the Mets who were the first team to do this.A day-
night double header with the Yankees.It worked , and other teams followed.You're
right, it's the obscene amount of money paid for mediocre play and the fans suffer.

After losing to the Deebacks on Saturday night 5-4, the Dodgers beat them 6-4 yesterday to take two of three. Jae Seo still hasn't won a game yet.

Now they go to Houston for three games, and will try to win there for the first time since July 2004.

Well... last night Nomar Garciaparra hit his first home run as a Dodger, and it was a grand slam...to give his team the lead. L.A. won in Houston, 6-2. 8)

How about that Ervin Santana? He pitched another gem last night for the Angels against the Detroit Tigers...and is certainly doing better than Johan Santana of the Twinkies. (And I doubt that the two pitchers are related.)

Well... last night Nomar Garciaparra hit his first home run as a Dodger, and it was a grand slam...to give his team the lead. L.A. won in Houston, 6-2. 8)


Good for Nomar, I hope he does well.  The Red Sox just about broke his heart, the way they treated him, and no matter where he goes he will always be appreciated by Boston fans(speaking as a Boston anti Red Soxer).  I hope his career goes the way Roger Clemens' did, and Dennis Eckersley, and Tom Gordon, and
Babe Ruth, and Jackie Robinson(the Sox had first dibs on him)........all those other guys the Sox just didn't think they wanted or needed.

Good for Nomar, I hope he does well.  The Red Sox just about broke his heart, the way they treated him, and no matter where he goes he will always be appreciated by Boston fans(speaking as a Boston anti Red Soxer).  I hope his career goes the way Roger Clemens' did, and Dennis Eckersley, and Tom Gordon, and
Babe Ruth, and Jackie Robinson(the Sox had first dibs on him)........all those other guys the Sox just didn't think they wanted or needed.



And Carlton Fisk and Mo Vaughan and Wade Boggs and Johnny Damon and Kevin Millar and Pedro Martinez and Tris Speaker and the list goes on.


The Sox have a long and upstanding history of dicking former players around.

^ Then again, they put forward on the news their "stars" like Curt the Schill, can someone take him please?
He gives up 5 runs in 6 innings, the only reason they won the game is because Manny bailed him out, and he gets on the news with some rhetoric about how things went ok blah, blah, blah. He should have been braiding Mannys hair for him.  They gave the win to Keith Foulk, the reliever. Jason Varitek is the Captain of the team, but you can see Curt trying to take over the role, it's kinda obnoxious.

Just got back from the final game of the Cards - Pirates series.

Cardinals swept them in fairly simple fashion.

RBI Single by Albert finished the game off.

^ Then again, they put forward on the news their "stars" like Curt the Schill, can someone take him please?
He gives up 5 runs in 6 innings, the only reason they won the game is because Manny bailed him out, and he gets on the news with some rhetoric about how things went ok blah, blah, blah. He should have been braiding Mannys hair for him.  They gave the win to Keith Foulk, the reliever. Jason Varitek is the Captain of the team, but you can see Curt trying to take over the role, it's kinda obnoxious.



Fatty McTalkalot wanted to tie the club record for 5 consecutive wins in April (a record he would have held with Babe Ruth and Pedro Martinez), but he didn't.  He ended up throwing close to 140 pitches THROUGH 6 INNINGS and may have f*cked himself over for his next start. 

Curt loves the cameras and will do just about anything for an opportunity to opine in front of them. 

Fatty McTalkalot wanted to tie the club record for 5 consecutive wins in April (a record he would have held with Babe Ruth and Pedro Martinez), but he didn't.  He ended up throwing close to 140 pitches THROUGH 6 INNINGS and may have f*cked himself over for his next start. 

Curt loves the cameras and will do just about anything for an opportunity to opine in front of them. 


On the other hand, Bronson Arroyo signed a contract for short money because he wanted to stay in Boston, and they turn around and trade him to Cincinnati within a month of signing the new contract. No one, again,
was happy, but it looks like he has been having a tremendous start to the season and the sports news in Boston keeps saying "How can we get our hands on a guy like that"  ;D ;D

Last night, the Dodgers played their first extra-inning game of 2006...and lost it in the 14th, 4-3. In the bottom of the 14th inning, the Astros had two runners on with 1 out. The next batter hit a fly ball to center field...which was deep enough to get home the winning run. So it was a sacrifice fly.

And they lost another one last night...I don't remember the score, but I do know that L.A. was down 7-2 in the 7th.

And they lost another one last night...I don't remember the score, but I do know that L.A. was down 7-2 in the 7th.

nal: Houston won that game, 8-5

nal: Houston won that game, 8-5


Gotta wonder when the Astros are gonna wake up and notice that with Bakke injured they have a two man rotation  ;D

nal: Houston won that game, 8-5

Yes, I saw that...thank you for supplying the score.


Jae Seo finally got his first win as a Dodger last night as he and three relievers combined for a two-hit shutout against the Padres, 3-0.

Speaking of the Dodgers, I found out that a former member of the team, Steve Howe (not to be confused with a same-named rock musician from the band Yes), passed away early yesterday at the age of 48; he had been killed in an accident. Howe pitched for the Dodgers during the early 80's, picking up 17 saves in 1980 and helping the team beat the Yankes in the '81 World Series (he would later join that team, in the 90's)...but during the mid-80's, he began to have drug problems. He was briefly with the Texas Rangers in '87, and after another drug stint, he became a New York Yankee in '91, staying with the team until June 1996, where he retired at 38.

And then there are those Red Sox    ;D ;D

(Sports Network) - The Boston Red Sox hope to put the brakes on a three-game losing streak this evening when they play the middle contest of a three-game set with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Tropicana Field.

In the opener of this series on Friday, Ty Wigginton drove in two runs and Casey Fossum pitched six-plus shutout innings, as Tampa Bay downed the struggling Red Sox, 5-2.

Well....there were some landslide scores today:

The Milwaukee Brewers tortured the Chicago Cubs today, 16-2 :o
The Detroit Tigers pounded the Minnesota Twin(kies), 18-1 (which Abix is probably not too happy about :-\\)
...and the New York Yankees clobbered the Toronto Bluejays, 17-6.

F*ck the f*cking Devil Rays.  They had the Sox on the ropes, could have knocked them out, but had to bend over and take it up the pooper and lose.  Now the Yankees aren't in 1st, like they would have been if Tampa hadn't dicked around.


/end rant

my poor, poor pitiful Twins :(  They really really took a beating the last 2 days.  Downright Embarrassing.  But I still stand behind my team..  win or lose, I love those guys.  :)

I still stand behind my team --- the Dodgers --- even if they take a severe beating. Last night, however, they beat the Padres for the second night in a row, 4-2. Today they will go for a sweep, with Derek Lowe on the mound. In fact, the game should be starting fairly soon.

Yankees won and they're now in 1st place.


Kiss my butt, Boston. 

Yankees won and they're now in 1st place.


Kiss my butt, Boston. 

Not anymore they aren't. Boston beat 'em last night.

Nally, our Dodgers have to trade Ordalis Perez!!!  I never liked him because there is nothing special about him.  Especially after tonights lost to the Diamondbacks after leading 6-0, OMG!!!  I think DJ Houlton should be inthe rotation in place of Perez.  I am still behind our team but the way they lose is sad.  I am starting to look forward to the NFL season because I really wanna see my Cowboys!!! ::)

Not anymore they aren't. Boston beat 'em last night.

...And they remain that way, as yesterday's game was rained out.

Nally, our Dodgers have to trade Ordalis Perez!!!  I never liked him because there is nothing special about him.  Especially after tonights loss to the Diamondbacks after leading 6-0, OMG!!!  I think DJ Houlton should be inthe rotation in place of Perez.

I know! He was doing such a fine job until the 5th inning! >:( And it was the second time in three days that the Dodgers bungled a shutout lead. Who was it, Chad Tracy, who hit a game-tying grand slam to overcome that 6-0 deficit!

Whenever he does something crazy like that, I call him Odullis Perez. ::) We need to win 50 more games to avoid losing 100; and the way things are going now, I don't know that that's gonna happen. We were predicted to do quite well this year, with new players like Nomar Garciaparra and Kenny Lofton...but it looks like the pitchers aren't so hot. Especially the bullpen; they can't seem to shut the door.

Not anymore they aren't. Boston beat 'em last night.



And your point is what?  I can read standings.  I'm a smart girl.

And your point is what?  I can read standings.  I'm a smart girl.

I'm sure you are. I never said you weren't.

My post was just an update of the A.L. East standings. I was just pointing out the fact that the Bostons are ahead by a game in the standings.

The Sox traded Mirabelli(catcher) in December, he suited up the other night-with the Red Sox! Yesterdays
game with the Yankees was rained out so we won't have to deal with the obnoxious rivalry baloney until
August

Yesterdays game with the Yankees was rained out so we won't have to deal with the obnoxious rivalry baloney until August.



The Sox/Yankees play each other twice more this month.  Next week at YS and at the end of the month they're back in Fenway.  Next month we play the Sox at home, we won't play them again until August when it's at Fenway and then we play them one final time this season in September at YS.

I have these dates marked on my calendar.

Once again, the Dodgers take an early lead but can't keep it! >:( In the 3rd inning (I think it was(, they broke a scoreless tie with a solo homer by Dioner Navarro, but the Padres later tied the game...and beat the begesus out of the Dodgers, 11-5. They just might finish with a record of 12 and 150 this year.

My beloved Twins finally broke their losing streak. They won the last 2 games :)  I was beginning to think that maybe we were cursed by Kirby Puckett's death or something.

A special note of interest to Sister Morphine:  Barry Bonds was beaned in the forehead by a ball , could this be a sign from the great sultan of swat himself? The Curse of the Bambino perhaps? Discuss amongst yourselves. 

A special note of interest to Sister Morphine:  Barry Bonds was beaned in the forehead by a ball , could this be a sign from the great sultan of swat himself? The Curse of the Bambino perhaps? Discuss amongst yourselves. 

Yes, I heard about that last night. This was during batting practice, I believe. Later, in the game, he went goose-egg for 4, which is perfectly fine with me. ::)

Yes, I heard about that last night. This was during batting practice, I believe. Later, in the game, he went goose-egg for 4, which is perfectly fine with me. ::)


Nobody likes Bonds, good, I can't stand him either. He's an arrogant jerk.

Nobody likes Bonds, good, I can't stand him either. He's an arrogant jerk.

Agreed! He makes me wanna http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/08/puke.gif

Looks like he's gonna pass Ruth; I just hope he never gets close to Hank Aaron. >:( He doesn't deserve it.

Agreed! He makes me wanna http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/08/puke.gif

Looks like he's gonna pass Ruth; I just hope he never gets close to Hank Aaron. >:( He doesn't deserve it.


Yea I agree, I hope he doesn't pass Aaron either.

My beloved Twins finally broke their losing streak. They won the last 2 games :)  I was beginning to think that maybe we were cursed by Kirby Puckett's death or something.

A special note of interest to Sister Morphine:  Barry Bonds was beaned in the forehead by a ball , could this be a sign from the great sultan of swat himself? The Curse of the Bambino perhaps? Discuss amongst yourselves. 



I'm all for him getting beaned with objects so long as he's not killed or severely maimed. 


However anything hastening his retirement before he breaks Aaron's record is good in my book.  I want that piece of sh*t as far from baseball as humanly possible.  Did you hear that MLB is not authenticating any baseballs the Giants are using in their games?  Even THEY want no part of that piece of crap.

Bonds doesn't even want to break Aaron's record, he has even said this himself

Basically what he wants to do is pass Babe Ruth so that, according to Bonds, people will "Shut up about Babe Ruth"

Basically everything is a Racial issue for Barry.  He wants to pass the White Guy, but he has too much respect for Hank Aaron to pass him

It's all ego for this guy

Bonds doesn't even want to break Aaron's record, he has even said this himself

Basically what he wants to do is pass Babe Ruth so that, according to Bonds, people will "Shut up about Babe Ruth"

Basically everything is a Racial issue for Barry.  He wants to pass the White Guy, but he has too much respect for Hank Aaron to pass him

It's all ego for this guy



He wants people to shut up about Babe Ruth?  How about he shoves his head back up his ass for awhile, hmmm?  No one is going to shut up about Babe Ruth.  He's Babe f*cking Ruth!

He wants people to shut up about Babe Ruth?  How about he shoves his head back up his ass for awhile, hmmm?  No one is going to shut up about Babe Ruth.  He's Babe f*cking Ruth!


I Know.  A couple of years ago though, Bonds was ranting on about how he wants to pass Ruth so that people will Stop talking about him and just Shut up about him already.  Apparently he's sick and tired of hearing everyone praise Ruth

I Know.  A couple of years ago though, Bonds was ranting on about how he wants to pass Ruth so that people will Stop talking about him and just Shut up about him already.  Apparently he's sick and tired of hearing everyone praise Ruth


Babe Ruth deserves all the praise he gets.


Barry on the other hand, deserves all the scorn and derision he gets.  When he bitches about people bitching about him, perhaps he should try some reflection to figure out why that is.

So here is my take on the steroid thing...

Bonds went from being a good player, nay, a great player (and he was) to being a phenom, an unstoppable 40 year old.
Hell, the way he was going he'd be knocking stuff in the harbor with his cane.

Then.. the allegations came.

Then he injured himself, and spent roughly twice as long on the DL as anybody with a similar injury before.
Then, he agreed to take part in the WBC but after discovering the olympic style drug testing rules, pulled out.

Then he returned, and is playing like a great ballplayer of his age should.

Folks, Barry is off the juice, no doubt about it, I watched this with McGuire first hand.
He's gone off the gas and his age has caught him.

This will be the last year Barry Bonds rears his ugly head in the Major Leagues.

Babe Ruth deserves all the praise he gets.


Barry on the other hand, deserves all the scorn and derision he gets.  When he bitches about people bitching about him, perhaps he should try some reflection to figure out why that is.

Nicely said, SM! O0 ;D

Here's a karma point for ya.

I get tired of hearing what a jerk Barry Bonds is simply because I am from Boston and Ted(Teddy Ballgame, the Splendid Splinter) was just as big a jerk, if not bigger, than Bonds, but the named one of the Big Dig Tunnels after him, and get teary eyed just thinking about him.  Then we had, (good god, I forget his name, he was a pitcher with the sox) anyway, he was arrested in Toronto for telling a prostitute that he didn't have to pay her because he was a Red Sox and she should just tell her customers she did it with him and she could raise her price.  There are players on every team that are just so obnoxious, but because Bonds is in the position he is in people have decided to go for his jugular. Rag an him about steroids, or any how he plays, or stuff to do with the game, but spare me trash talk.

I get tired of hearing what a jerk Barry Bonds is simply because I am from Boston and Ted(Teddy Ballgame, the Splendid Splinter) was just as big a jerk, if not bigger, than Bonds, but the named one of the Big Dig Tunnels after him, and get teary eyed just thinking about him.  Then we had, (good god, I forget his name, he was a pitcher with the sox) anyway, he was arrested in Toronto for telling a prostitute that he didn't have to pay her because he was a Red Sox and she should just tell her customers she did it with him and she could raise her price.  There are players on every team that are just so obnoxious, but because Bonds is in the position he is in people have decided to go for his jugular. Rag an him about steroids, or any how he plays, or stuff to do with the game, but spare me trash talk.


Interesting.  You're defending a guy who called the entire city of Boston "Racist"

Bonds is pretty ignorant

I get tired of hearing what a jerk Barry Bonds is simply because I am from Boston and Ted(Teddy Ballgame, the Splendid Splinter) was just as big a jerk, if not bigger, than Bonds, but the named one of the Big Dig Tunnels after him, and get teary eyed just thinking about him.  Then we had, (good god, I forget his name, he was a pitcher with the sox) anyway, he was arrested in Toronto for telling a prostitute that he didn't have to pay her because he was a Red Sox and she should just tell her customers she did it with him and she could raise her price.  There are players on every team that are just so obnoxious, but because Bonds is in the position he is in people have decided to go for his jugular. Rag an him about steroids, or any how he plays, or stuff to do with the game, but spare me trash talk.



Are there jackasses all over the league?  Absolutely.  I don't refute that. 

However, are any of those jackasses in pursuit of one of the most hallowed records in baseball history?  No.  The league won't even authenticate the balls the Giants are using in their games......that's how much distance they want to put between themselves and Barroids.  They even said they weren't going to make mention of him passing Ruth when it eventually happens.  The league let the steroids problem grow and grow and grow until it got out of control and now they have to deal with what's left.  If Barry Bonds breaks Aaron's record, I want an asterisk the size of my ass next to that number so that all who see it know it was attained by a FRAUD.

Interesting.  You're defending a guy who called the entire city of Boston "Racist"

Bonds is pretty ignorant


To add on to my statement, Bonds actually said this in an interview and the funny part about it is that he had not even been to Boston in his life at the time he said this.  Here's the article on it

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/06/18/blasting_zone/

Interesting.  You're defending a guy who called the entire city of Boston "Racist"

Bonds is pretty ignorant
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Bonds is right.
I live in Boston and it is racist.  That is the opinion of many who live here, many who left, and many who return(such
as my sister, and my best friend).  The Red Sox ownership under Yawkey was horrible, and not much better under Harrington.  It is only since the the new ownership that African Americans could attend a game at Fenway without being
called names, harrassed, etc, etc.  It happened to me the two times I tried to see a game,  so the knowledge is first hand.  The crowd, and the security forces were equally guilty, and their actions condoned by the Yawkey set.  The history of racism in the franchise is not a secret.  It is the reason African Americans born and raised in the Boston area were raised to never ever support the Red Sox. That attitude has changed with the new ownership, but I changed my religion, but not my distaste for anything Red Sox. There is an excellent book called "Shut Out:A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston"  that pretty much tells the story.

To add on to my statement, Bonds actually said this in an interview and the funny part about it is that he had not even been to Boston in his life at the time he said this.  Here's the article on it



It is a well known fact that African American players who played in Boston would tell other players who were thinking of signing with Boston that it wasn't such a good idea.  Up until the 80's during spring training the was a country club that
extended visitor passes to all white team members and staff.  All black team members and staff were excluded.  All the other
clubs returned the memberships unless all players were included, not the Red Sox.  A reporter got wind of the story and asked a club house staff member about it who confirmed the story, he was fired.

Are there jackasses all over the league?  Absolutely.  I don't refute that. 

However, are any of those jackasses in pursuit of one of the most hallowed records in baseball history?  No.  The league won't even authenticate the balls the Giants are using in their games......that's how much distance they want to put between themselves and Barroids.  They even said they weren't going to make mention of him passing Ruth when it eventually happens.  The league let the steroids problem grow and grow and grow until it got out of control and now they have to deal with what's left.  If Barry Bonds breaks Aaron's record, I want an asterisk the size of my ass next to that number so that all who see it know it was attained by a FRAUD.


My sister just moved back here from San Francisco, she is a Giants fan and she can't stand Bonds, but she also feels that he is singled out for an unusual amount of vitriol.  When the discussion about the breaking of records comes up it is like they want to focus on him, but where is that same feeling for McGwire.  So what if he was percieved as a nice guy, I personally think he is a jerk, not as half-assed as Bonds, but still pretty bad.
It is kinda like people shake their heads when it comes to McGwire, but unload everything on Bonds.

My sister just moved back here from San Francisco, she is a Giants fan and she can't stand Bonds, but she also feels that he is singled out for an unusual amount of vitriol.  When the discussion about the breaking of records comes up it is like they want to focus on him, but where is that same feeling for McGwire.  So what if he was percieved as a nice guy, I personally think he is a jerk, not as half-assed as Bonds, but still pretty bad.
It is kinda like people shake their heads when it comes to McGwire, but unload everything on Bonds.



I know plenty of people who thought McGwire was using, and I know plenty of people who think that both he and Bonds' single-season HR records should be tossed on asterisked. 

But McGwire isn't playing anymore and hasn't played for a few years.  He is not relevant to the discussion of Bonds breaking Aaron's record.  I could care less what he did now that he's not playing anymore.  He'll have to deal with whatever he did on his own time.  Bonds is still playing though, AND he's in pursuit of the record; McGwire never was. 

This has everything to do with that sh*tstain breaking the HR record and nothing to do with anything else.  I hate the fact that he had to cheat to do it.  HATE IT.  That invalidates it in my mind, as it does for many, many other people.

I know plenty of people who thought McGwire was using, and I know plenty of people who think that both he and Bonds' single-season HR records should be tossed on asterisked. 

But McGwire isn't playing anymore and hasn't played for a few years.  He is not relevant to the discussion of Bonds breaking Aaron's record.  I could care less what he did now that he's not playing anymore.  He'll have to deal with whatever he did on his own time.  Bonds is still playing though, AND he's in pursuit of the record; McGwire never was. 

This has everything to do with that sh*tstain breaking the HR record and nothing to do with anything else.  I hate the fact that he had to cheat to do it.  HATE IT.  That invalidates it in my mind, as it does for many, many other people.


McGwire quit playing because he knew what was coming with steroids.  I remember the day he made that record.  The euphoria, the cheers, and then of course his weeping like a five year old at the hearings.  I do not see any difference in him and Bonds.  He is just as big a sh*tstain, just as big a disgrace, and every bit as relevant to the discussion of the making and breaking of records.  As long as his record is allowed to stand then the question of Bonds record cannot be contested.

McGwire quit playing because he knew what was coming with steroids.  I remember the day he made that record.  The euphoria, the cheers, and then of course his weeping like a five year old at the hearings.  I do not see any difference in him and Bonds.  He is just as big a sh*tstain, just as big a disgrace, and every bit as relevant to the discussion of the making and breaking of records.  As long as his record is allowed to stand then the question of Bonds record cannot be contested.



I think not.  Bonds is going to break one of the biggest records in baseball history.  McGWIRE NEVER HAD A SHOT IN HELL TO DO SO, EVEN WITH THE STEROIDS.  We were never going to be discussing McGwire breaking anyone's CAREER HR RECORD because he NEVER had a chance.  It just wasn't going to happen. 

BTW, what record of McGwire's are you talking about?  He doesn't have one.  Bonds and his steroid-aided swing broke it a few seasons ago. 

I think not.  Bonds is going to break one of the biggest records in baseball history.  McGWIRE NEVER HAD A SHOT IN HELL TO DO SO, EVEN WITH THE STEROIDS.  We were never going to be discussing McGwire breaking anyone's CAREER HR RECORD because he NEVER had a chance.  It just wasn't going to happen. 

BTW, what record of McGwire's are you talking about?  He doesn't have one.  Bonds and his steroid-aided swing broke it a few seasons ago. 


Yes, you are right, Bonds and his steroid-aided swing broke McGwires steroid-aided swing, so it is pretty much tit-for-tat.  But, if they are going to deny the record, they will have to go back to all tainted records, which will leave McGwire and Bonds, and baseball itself pretty much high and dry.

Yes, you are right, Bonds and his steroid-aided swing broke McGwires steroid-aided swing, so it is pretty much tit-for-tat.  But, if they are going to deny the record, they will have to go back to all tainted records, which will leave McGwire and Bonds, and baseball itself pretty much high and dry.



McGwire has no records!  None!  Once Barry broke it, it ceased to exist as far as McGwire was concerned.  There is nothing with McGwire's name on it.  There isn't even anything with Sosa's name on it. 

So why are we still talking about Mark McGwire?  He's not relevant in any way anymore.  It's about Bonds now since he holds the single-season record outright, he's still playing, and he's 2 from Ruth.

McGwire has no records!  None!  Once Barry broke it, it ceased to exist as far as McGwire was concerned.  There is nothing with McGwire's name on it.  There isn't even anything with Sosa's name on it. 

So why are we still talking about Mark McGwire?  He's not relevant in any way anymore.  It's about Bonds now since he holds the single-season record outright, he's still playing, and he's 2 from Ruth.


McGwire had a steroid-aided home run record.  Bonds broke that steroid-aided home run record with his own
steroid aided home run record.  If they start rescinding records for steroid use, they will have to rescind Bonds
steroid-aided home run record, leaving McGwires steroid-aided home run record, which in turn will have to be rescinded.  When talking of streroid-aided records, all records, whether they are still extant or not, must be brought into the conversation.  It will not be possible to deny one without denying them all, past, present, and future.

McGwire had a steroid-aided home run record.  Bonds broke that steroid-aided home run record with his own
steroid aided home run record.  If they start rescinding records for steroid use, they will have to rescind Bonds
steroid-aided home run record, leaving McGwires steroid-aided home run record, which in turn will have to be rescinded.  When talking of streroid-aided records, all records, whether they are still extant or not, must be brought into the conversation.  It will not be possible to deny one without denying them all, past, present, and future.



The only reason you brought up McGwire was because you were sick of people pissing on Barry Bonds.  If you don't know why people hate him as much as they do, you're not looking hard enough.

The only reason you brought up McGwire was because you were sick of people pissing on Barry Bonds.  If you don't know why people hate him as much as they do, you're not looking hard enough.


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Or maybe I just can't find it in me to gather up so much hate in me over what? a baseball player?  What must life
be like to have that much time to pour that much emotion to something that matters to little?  I just cannot find a rationale explaination for such an irrational emotion focused on one person.

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Or maybe I just can't find it in me to gather up so much hate in me over what? a baseball player?  What must life
be like to have that much time to pour that much emotion to something that matters to little?  I just cannot find a rationale explaination for such an irrational emotion focused on one person.



You must not be a very passionate baseball fan.  There are players I hate as players because they shut my team down, or they hit well against us, or they're just plain good.  That's not hate.  That's "you're not on my team so I don't like you, but if you were on my team, I'd love you to pieces".

There are a lot of people that take baseball seriously, I'm one of them.  I grew up watching it, my dad got me into it.  I get a lot of the passion for the sport from him.  People who give a black eye to the sport I love get my scorn.

Do you even have a team?

You must not be a very passionate baseball fan.  There are players I hate as players because they shut my team down, or they hit well against us, or they're just plain good.  That's not hate.  That's "you're not on my team so I don't like you, but if you were on my team, I'd love you to pieces".

There are a lot of people that take baseball seriously, I'm one of them.  I grew up watching it, my dad got me into it.  I get a lot of the passion for the sport from him.  People who give a black eye to the sport I love get my scorn.

Do you even have a team?


There is passion, and then there is vitriol, and what has been aimed at Bonds goes beyond passion.  I am from Boston and my grandmother was the passionate baseball fan in the family.  Her team was the Boston Braves, and when they left it broke her heart.  Because we are an African American family from Boston we were raised to root against the Red Sox.  My sister is a Giants fan because she lived in San Francisco, my other sister is a Yankees Fan, my brother doesn't care, and I follow baseball, but I am basically a fan without a team.

Barry Bonds is 0-2 with an intentional walk.He had a mile high pop-up
and now grounded into an inning ending double play.Better still the
Phillies are winning 6-3.I dread the bull pen so I'll
I'll be on pins and needles for awhile.

Bonds struck out to start the eighth. After three quick outs the
Phillies are headed to the ninth ahead 8-3

Bonds struck out to start the eighth. After three quick outs the
Phillies are headed to the ninth ahead 8-3



To quote Nelson Muntz from The Simpsons:

HA-HA!

To quote Nelson Muntz from The Simpsons:

HA-HA!


That's great, It sums up just how I felt at the time.

The Phillies won 8-3, they now have won 6 straight and are one game over .500
Bonds was not a factor. 0 for 3 with an intentional walk.

That's great, It sums up just how I felt at the time.


Ditto! :D

In L.A., the Dodgers had a 3-0 lead on the Milwaukee Brewers in the 4th (?) on last check...but I wonder how much of that lead (if any) is left. ::) This past week, it seems like they've built up a lead and haven't been able to keep it down, for the opposition comes back to win the game.

In L.A., the Dodgers had a 3-0 lead on the Milwaukee Brewers in the 4th (?) on last check...but I wonder how much of that lead (if any) is left. ::) This past week, it seems like they've built up a lead and haven't been able to keep it down, for the opposition comes back to win the game.

I later found out that the Brewers did tie the game at 3-3, but in the bottom of the 9th, Garciaparra singled home the winning run. So they won 4-3. 8)

I later found out that the Brewers did tie the game at 3-3, but in the bottom of the 9th, Garciaparra singled home the winning run. So they won 4-3. 8)


Boooooo

Boooooo

You're not a Dodger fan? ??? Or do you like the Brewers?

We were up late last night watching the Mets FINALLY beating the Braves in the 14th.  :o  And yes, the Mets won against them today, too. Hopefully, they will sweep them tomorrow.




Cat

Boooooo



Hey, I like Nomar.  He was the only player on the Red Sox (minus Tim Wakefield) who I had any respect for.

A's won today over Tampa Bay (like that was hard  ::) )

A's won today over Tampa Bay (like that was hard  ::) )



My infirmed grandmother could beat Tampon Spray (don't ask......it's a long story on a Yankee forum).

You're not a Dodger fan? ??? Or do you like the Brewers?


Whoa Whoa Whoa, What does that mean?  Why are you surprised that i'm not a Dodger fan?  Do you just assume that everyone likes the Dodgers??

And to answer your question, I am not a Dodger fan, nor am I a Brewer fan.  I just root against all L.A. based sports teams.  But please do answer my question above, it's really bugging me...

Whoa Whoa Whoa, What does that mean?  Why are you surprised that i'm not a Dodger fan?  Do you just assume that everyone likes the Dodgers??



Just to butt in, I don't think you needed to bite his head off for asking whether or not you liked the Dodgers.  He said the Dodgers won the game, and you went "booooooooo"......he must have thought you were a fan, otherwise he wouldn't have followed it up with "I thought you were......".

Whoa Whoa Whoa, What does that mean?  Why are you surprised that i'm not a Dodger fan?  Do you just assume that everyone likes the Dodgers??

And to answer your question, I am not a Dodger fan, nor am I a Brewer fan.  I just root against all L.A. based sports teams.  But please do answer my question above, it's really bugging me...

I never said I assumed everybody likes my teams. Where do you get that idea? Whatever team anyone likes, it's perfectly fine with me. Even the Yankees. I just felt a little irate when you said boooooo to my last reply. I, for one, don't like the Yankees at all, but now that we have at least one Yankee fan on board, I show some respect.

My infirmed grandmother could beat Tampon Spray (don't ask......it's a long story on a Yankee forum).


;D  I see the message, and I could be taking it differently - but it's funny, nevertheless.  ;D

Just to butt in, I don't think you needed to bite his head off for asking whether or not you liked the Dodgers.  He said the Dodgers won the game, and you went "booooooooo"......he must have thought you were a fan, otherwise he wouldn't have followed it up with "I thought you were......".


First off, it didn't seem like he was "asking" whether I were a Dodger fan or not, it sounded like he said "Wow, you're not a Dodger fan??" as if everyone is supposed to be

And there is no possible way he could have ever assumed I was a Dodger fan, because I've been completely Anti-L.A. on this board for quite some time and i'm more than positive he's seen my posts that were as such.  So I don't know how he could assume I were a Dodger fan, especially when he doesn't even know who I am  :D

First off, it didn't seem like he was "asking" whether I were a Dodger fan or not, it sounded like he said "Wow, you're not a Dodger fan??" as if everyone is supposed to be

And there is no possible way he could have ever assumed I was a Dodger fan, because I've been completely Anti-L.A. on this board for quite some time and i'm more than positive he's seen my posts that were as such.  So I don't know how he could assume I were a Dodger fan, especially when he doesn't even know who I am  :D

I did not assume you were a LAD fan at all.

I never said I assumed everybody likes my teams. Where do you get that idea? Whatever team anyone likes, it's perfectly fine with me. Even the Yankees. I just felt a little irate when you said boooooo to my last reply. I, for one, don't like the Yankees at all, but now that we have at least one Yankee fan on board, I show some respect.


Well, I meant the "Boooo" in all good fun

I don't like the Dodgers, I was just showing my feelings for them actually winning a game  ;D

Plus, I could have sworn you were an Angels fan. When I was browsing this board last year, you seemed like a pretty big Angels fan  ???

I did not assume you were a LAD fan at all.


Ok, that's fine and cool and everything.  But it really did sound that way....what exactly did you mean then when you said  "You're not a Dodger Fan?  ???"

Even with the added Smiley Face it seemed as if you were surprised

C'mon, you can't blame me for thinking that this is what you meant  ;D

First off, it didn't seem like he was "asking" whether I were a Dodger fan or not, it sounded like he said "Wow, you're not a Dodger fan??" as if everyone is supposed to be

And there is no possible way he could have ever assumed I was a Dodger fan, because I've been completely Anti-L.A. on this board for quite some time and i'm more than positive he's seen my posts that were as such.  So I don't know how he could assume I were a Dodger fan, especially when he doesn't even know who I am  :D



It was a simple question and you're getting bent out of shape.  Calm down, dude.  I've been called a Red Sox fan before and as a Yankee fan, that couldn't be more not okay......but if the person made a legitimate mistake, there's no reason to get all pissy.

Well, I meant the "Boooo" in all good fun

I don't like the Dodgers, I was just showing my feelings for them actually winning a game  ;D

Plus, I could have sworn you were an Angels fan. When I was browing this board last year, you seemed like a pretty big Angels fan  ???

Actually, I like the Dodgers more than I like the Angels. I do, however, often root for the Angels.

Sorry if I misinterpreted you; it was obviously a misunderstanding on my part. :-\\


Wait..you browsed the board last year? Did you have an account last year, or did you just recently register? I've just never seen you until now.

Actually, I like the Dodgers more than I like the Angels. I do, however, often root for the Angels.

Sorry if I misinterpreted you; it was obviously a misunderstanding on my part. :-\\


Wait..you browsed the board last year? Did you have an account last year, or did you just recently register? I've just never seen you until now.


I didn't register until just last week.  I would just regularly browse the board the past 2 years or so.  I would occasionally post as a "Guest", but not very often

Ok, that's fine and cool and everything.  But it really did sound that way....what exactly did you mean then when you said  "You're not a Dodger Fan?  ???"

Even with the added Smiley Face it seemed as if you were surprised

C'mon, you can't blame me for thinking that this is what you meant  ;D

I wasn't surprised at all.


I didn't register until just last week.  I would just regularly browse the board the past 2 years or so.  I would occasionally post as a "Guest", but not very often

I used to Guest post all the time for a year until I finally registered.

By the way, was your "Guest" name the same as your user name?

It was a simple question and you're getting bent out of shape.  Calm down, dude.  I've been called a Red Sox fan before and as a Yankee fan, that couldn't be more not okay......but if the person made a legitimate mistake, there's no reason to get all pissy.


But that's my point, it didn't seem like a "Question" to me. And I figured he was pulling the typical Hollywood Arrogance card by assuming that everyone loves Hollywood Based Sports Team  ;D

It's just something that gets under my skin.  That's my deal though, let me deal with it  ;)

I wasn't surprised at all.
I used to Guest post all the time for a year until I finally registered.

By the way, was your "Guest" name the same as your user name?


No, I just used the name "Guest" when posting as a Guest.  But that was like a year and a half ago and I only posted on the '90s board

Hey, I like Nomar.  He was the only player on the Red Sox (minus Tim Wakefield) who I had any respect for.


Big Papi? 

Big Papi? 



Oh f*ck no.  I can't stand that showboating clown.  Him and Manny Ramirez can take a dip in the Charles.  They're both extremely talented players, but the showboating and the posing and the posturing after HRs is something I can't stand.  Just hit the ball, drop the bat and run around the bases with your head down like Mickey Mantle used to do it.  There's no reason to show up the pitcher; the HR was enough.

The Phillies won again,4-1, for their 7th straight. I don't
know how Bonds did tonight because I only saw the final inning.

Yankees win!!  Yankees win!!



And Loki, Bonds did NOTHING.  :D

Yankees win!!  Yankees win!!



And Loki, Bonds did NOTHING.  :D


That makes my night.  ;)

Yankees win!!  Yankees win!!



And Loki, Bonds did NOTHING.   :D

As long as B-Bo does NOTHING, that's perfectly fine with me. ;D I wonder what he did (if anything) tonight in Philly.

As long as B-Bo does NOTHING, that's perfectly fine with me. ;D I wonder what he did (if anything) tonight in Philly.



F*ck him, he hit 713 tonight.


I hope he trips on the dugout stairs and blows both his knees out. 

F*ck him, he hit 713 tonight.

So now he trails the Babe by one? Oh dear.. :o ::) :-
I hope he trips on the dugout stairs and blows both his knees out. 

Good one! :D That would serve him right! Anything to prevent him from...well, you know, getting near a record he doesn't deserve to reach.

He'll (Barry Bonds) always be remembered as the juicer that eeked his way past the Great Bambino's long held record.

I guess I'm not the only one:

Barry and the Babe

By Alex Beam, Globe Columnist  |  May 8, 2006

By the time you read this, San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds may have eclipsed Babe Ruth in the home run department. But there is one department in which Bonds will never overtake the Babe: the department of mythology.

Bonds has become a modern-day Iago, reviled on almost every street corner for his crimes against the sacred institution of baseball. (''An overweening monster" -- Slate magazine.) By contrast, Babe remains the subject of collective adoration, a chubby, jovial Falstaff cherished in loving memory through the gauze filters previously reserved for Doris Day in her 60s or Ronald Reagan in his 70s. Just the other day I heard Ruth compared to Albert Einstein and Franklin Roosevelt as one of the seminal figures of the 20th century.

The black man is the villain; the white guy is the hero. How many times have I seen this movie? Only about 50,000, I'd say.

Ruth may have been plodding, but he was far from lovable, as Leigh Montville's just-published biography, ''The Big Bam," makes clear. In fact, there is virtually no sin that has been attributed to Bonds that the Babe didn't commit first -- and more so.

Brutish behavior? Even though Ruth was the first baseball player to hire a full-time public relations aide, there were plenty of incidents his flack couldn't cover up. Ruth charged an umpire and on another occasion threw dust in an ump's eyes. More than once, the Babe plunged into the grandstands to take on a heckler, the kind of impulsive (and understandable) act that may shorten basketball player Ron Artest's career.

One of the offending fans called Ruth ''a low down bum." You don't need a fertile imagination to figure out what epithets Barry Bonds hears from the stands.

Like Bonds, and all superstars, the Babe lived a life almost completely apart from his teammates. After a youth spent in a work home, Ruth's greed as an adult proved to be insatiable. Contracts meant nothing to him, and he cannily lobbied in the press for huge raises, threatening to switch careers if his employers failed to meet his ever-increasing salary demands.

Did someone mention breaking the rules? Lusting after money, Ruth embarked on a lucrative exhibition tour scheduled right after the 1921 World Series, in open defiance of Article 4 of the Major League Code. Instead of cutting the cherubic miscreant a break, Commissioner Kenesaw Landis fined and suspended Ruth, and made the punishments stick. It was a rare loss for Ruth, the spoiled man-child who almost always got his way.

Yes, of course, Ruth was nice to children, and so is Bonds, at least according to the latest episode of ESPN's ''Bonds on Bonds." But both superstars were and are able to control what we see. One of Ruth's many ghostwriters thought his client's showy displays of affection for the younger set were ''a put-on and a sham." Others disagreed. Whatever the case, familial affection, to put it gently, was not the Babe's strong suit.

There are other similarities between these two men who are being treated so differently by history. Like Bonds, Ruth developed something of a persecution complex. ''They're all after me," Ruth complained after Commissioner Landis lowered the boom. ''If I'm not wanted in organized baseball, all they have to do is tell me, and I will step down and out."

Most astonishingly, Ruth was taunted throughout his career . . . for being black. As a young man, his sallow features and puffy lips earned him a nickname that can't be printed in the newspaper but that dogged him throughout his life. Near the end of his book, Montville writes:

''Was the Babe, by legal definition, a black man? He had heard the bad words for as long as he had played. He had been handed the wrongful stereotype that would be attached to the black athlete -- the natural talent, abilities transmitted by the touch of God, not acquired through industry and intelligence. He never had the chance to manage a team. So many of the pieces fit. If not a black man, he had been touched by the prejudices against a black man."

Perhaps Ruth and Bonds have more in common than we realize.

B-Bo still remains at 713, which is poifectly fine with me. In last night's game, he was this close to hitting it out when the Cubs' center fielder caught the ball at the wall. Hehehe! :D

First and last time I'll say this.

Give that Cub a medal!

Great catch by Pierre to stop Barry tieing for second.


Thankfully, a real hitter did go deep again last night.

Albert Pujols jacked number 17.

First and last time I'll say this.

Give that Cub a medal!

Great catch by Pierre to stop Barry tieing for second.



That's right...Juan Pierre... I'd forgotten what his name was. I'm glad he averted B-Bo's 714th. O0 O0 O0


Thankfully, a real hitter did go deep again last night.

Albert Pujols jacked number 17.

That's a good thing. 8)


Three Dodger hitters went deep last night in a 12-7 victory over the Houston Astros, including Nomar Garciaparra and JD Drew. Andy Pettitte remains unbeaten at Dodger Stadium, even though his team didn't win. That's cause he left the game with the score tied at 6.

Yankees 3 Red Sox 14!!!!!  What is that all about?  The Schill is pitching next, if the Yanks can't take this
one back they should hang there heads in shame.

B-Bo still remains at 713, which is poifectly fine with me. In last night's game, he was this close to hitting it out when the Cubs' center fielder caught the ball at the wall. Hehehe! :D



That was beautiful.  Truly beautiful.

That's right...Juan Pierre... I'd forgotten what his name was. I'm glad he averted B-Bo's 714th. O0 O0 O0
That's a good thing. 8)


Three Dodger hitters went deep last night in a 12-7 victory over the Houston Astros, including Nomar Garciaparra and JD Drew. Andy Pettitte remains unbeaten at Dodger Stadium, even though his team didn't win. That's cause he left the game with the score tied at 6.


Ah yes, JD Drew, former Cardinal. Takes the day off if he sneezes the night before  ;D

Yankees win and that fat piece of crap Curt Schilling got tagged for 3 HRs........ ;D  ;D  ;D


Here's hoping Barroids Bonds doesn't hit 714.

This is just a prediction, After Bonds gets 715 home runs, no one will
have to worry about the home run record. After his 715th Bonds will go
on the DL, he might try to come back later but his knees will not let him.
He is only after Ruth's mark any way, he doesn't care about Aaron's record.
I don't know why he wants Ruth's mark, that will only move him up to second
on the home run list. The only thing second means is that you're the first loser.

This is just a prediction, After Bonds gets 715 home runs, no one will
have to worry about the home run record. After his 715th Bonds will go
on the DL, he might try to come back later but his knees will not let him.
He is only after Ruth's mark any way, he doesn't care about Aaron's record.
I don't know why he wants Ruth's mark, that will only move him up to second
on the home run list. The only thing second means is that you're the first loser.


Because Willy Mays and Hank Aaron are Bonds heroes, not Babe Ruth.  He probably would have been
happy if he didn't have to break Mays' record to get to the Babe, but that's the way it is. Aaron is still
putting up with bulls*t about breaking the Babes record, it is a resentment that goes deep into most
African American players and fans.

Because Willy Mays and Hank Aaron are Bonds heroes, not Babe Ruth.  He probably would have been
happy if he didn't have to break Mays' record to get to the Babe, but that's the way it is. Aaron is still
putting up with bulls*t about breaking the Babes record, it is a resentment that goes deep into most
African American players and fans.


I admire Hank Aaron, I would like to see his record stand at least for the
rest of my life. Growing up Aaron was one of my favorite players, the
others being Willie Stargell, Roberto Clemente and Johnny Callison.

Dodgers jumped out to an early 9-0 lead last night...but the bullpen could barely hold it. Thank goodness L.A. ended up winning, 9-6.

Angels finally beat the White Sox last night, scoring 6 runs in the top of the 9th to add to their lead. Talk about insurance runs... they certainly got their share of 'em! :D

I admire Hank Aaron, I would like to see his record stand at least for the
rest of my life. Growing up Aaron was one of my favorite players, the
others being Willie Stargell, Roberto Clemente and Johnny Callison.


Yes, but the sad fact is Aaron took a lot of sh*t when he broke Ruths record, death threats and all that, and a majority of it was racial.  There were a great many hold overs who didn't want to see an African American break the Babes record. It was the kind of sh*t Maris didn't get.  I would dare say that no one caught the kind of flack Aaron did since Jackie Robinson. It remains a sore point with him, with Mays, and with all the African American players who came out of the Negro Leagues, and their children, and their childrens children.  Willy Mays is Barry Bonds godfather, and he is also close to Aaron, so what he is doing is hammering a nail in the hearts of the people who still want to dog Aaron. He will drive Ruth down in the record books and leave Aaron alone.

Here's hoping Barroids Bonds doesn't hit 714.

Hehehe... he's still stuck on 713! >:D

Last night at AT&T Park (as the place is now called), his team fell behind my L.A. DOdgers 5-0...and we ended up winning 6-1. :D

YANKEES WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YANKEES WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did they already win today? ???

I know they won last night over Oakland 2-0.

Did they already win today? ???

I know they won last night over Oakland 2-0.



Afternoon game; it started at 1. 

Afternoon game; it started at 1. 

Cool. Which wouldve been 10 A.M. my time. 8) Congratz to your team winning again.

My team plays later on the west coast. Actually, I think the game's already started.

Yesterday, in the stadium that's now known as "AT&T Park", the Jints won on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 9th, 6-5. :-\\ Danys Baez doesn't seem to be a very good interim closer.

Today the Dodgers broke a 2-2 tie in the 8th with nobody out by scoring two on an error by the Jints' pitcher; Omar Vizquel failed to make a play. Kenny Lofton bunted, but due to the error, he was able to reach 2nd base safely and score both runners.

The Phillies are playing well as of late. With todays win, that makes
4 straight and they are 12 out of their last 13 and 7 games over .500.

Well...L.A. hung on to win, 6-3 in Frisco. 8) Crybaby Bonds stilllll remains stuck at seven thirteen. ;D >:D

Watching Twins - Sox game, amazing first inning from the Twins.

Watching Twins - Sox game, amazing first inning from the Twins.

Yes, I saw that game on ESPN last night; the Twinkies scored 7 runs in the first inning. :o But then the White Sox came back...and the score remained 9-7 Sox from the 4th inning on.

Yes, I saw that game on ESPN last night; the Twinkies scored 7 runs in the first inning. :o But then the White Sox came back...and the score remained 9-7 Sox from the 4th inning on.


Yeah, the Sox came back to win.

Both the Cardinals - Diamondbacks game and White Sox - Twins game were plagued with bizare errors, I have to wonder if those pink bats made any difference to the spin on the ball?

Yeah, the Sox came back to win.


The Sox beat the Twinkies again yesterday. If I'm not mistaken, the White Sox once again have the best record in the majors.

This was a great day for baseball. 


My Yankees go down 10-1, come back to win it in the bottom of the 9th with a walk-off with the final score of 14-13.


Then, Barry Bonds got smacked with a pitch and the crowd gave the pitcher a standing ovation for doing it!!!  I love baseball.  :D

That Yankees game was a slugfest :o 

The Cubs finally won again...hopefully they keep it close until Wood, Prior, and Lee get healthy.

That Yankees game was a slugfest :o 

The Cubs finally won again...hopefully they keep it close until Wood, Prior, and Lee get healthy.


Maddux and Pierre would get injured then.

Oh to be a Cubs Physio  ;D

Then, Barry Bonds got smacked with a pitch and the crowd gave the pitcher a standing ovation for doing it!!!  I love baseball.   :D


I was told about Bonds last night, but I do not think it was right. No matter how the pitcher feels about Bonds, that should be taken off the field. The fans should feel ashamed for egging him on. It only brought baseball to lower depths than making it any better.

I was told about Bonds last night, but I do not think it was right. No matter how the pitcher feels about Bonds, that should be taken off the field. The fans should feel ashamed for egging him on. It only brought baseball to lower depths than making it any better.



Please don't tell me you're defending Barroids Bonds.  The pitch didn't hit him in the head, or in any part of the body where he could be seriously hurt or killed.  And there's a lot of fans all over the country (myself included) who can't stand that pr*ck and if a pitcher wants to hit him to keep from him from hitting 714......so be it.

Please don't tell me you're defending Barroids Bonds.  The pitch didn't hit him in the head, or in any part of the body where he could be seriously hurt or killed.  And there's a lot of fans all over the country (myself included) who can't stand that pr*ck and if a pitcher wants to hit him to keep from him from hitting 714......so be it.


I'm not defending Bonds, I'm defending the fact of the matter. It isn't gamemanship to hit your opponent no matter who it is. If that were the case, then maybe all the picthers should hit the other power hitters who've "supposedly" used steroids, as well. There's just no logic in it.

I am not a Giants or Bonds fan, but I am a fan of baseball, and to see something like that occur bothers me. 

I'm not defending Bonds, I'm defending the fact of the matter. It isn't gamemanship to hit your opponent no matter who it is. If that were the case, then maybe all the picthers should hit the other power hitters who've "supposedly" used steroids, as well. There's just no logic in it.

I am not a Giants or Bonds fan, but I am a fan of baseball, and to see something like that occur bothers me. 



Sometimes you have to take one for the team.  Induce a HBP to get on base to get "small ball" working and manufacture runs.  Derek Jeter does it all the time.  He'll lean in and take on the hand just to get on base so the next person up can maybe get him in scoring position.  HBPs don't decrease sportsmanship or gamesmanship unless it's an intentional beaning in the head/upper body to start a fight.  That didn't happen in this case so what's the big deal? 

And a lot of pitchers have hit the other supposed steroid users.  Jason Giambi gets plunked almost as many times as A-Rod does. 

And Bonds didn't "supposedly" take them.  He took them.  Look at him.  That's not bulking up on the weight machines in the off-season.  That's steroids.  Look at a picture of him when he played in Pittsburgh and look at a picture of him now.  Bulking up on the weight machines doesn't cause your head to physically grow larger.  His head is the size of a canteloupe.  Steroids also cause you to be far more injury prone than you otherwise would be.  How many problems has he had with his knees?  Oh, and I hear his elbow is bothering him now.