Subject: Baseball
Date: Wed Apr 8 09:18:59 2009
User: Snowguy
Message:Hey, guys! After the first day, the awesome and mighty PITTSBURGH PIRATES were tied with the lead of their division! AND tied with the BEST winning percentage in the National League!
After their second game, they now reside in the middle, with a 50% winning average.
After their third game....
:(
(Oh, well. We are expecting much better performance in the 22nd Century.)
Date: Wed Apr 8 15:58:14 2009
User: lightfield
Message:LOL. They'll improve soon.
Date: Wed Apr 8 17:34:36 2009
User: deadwing
Message:Go Cardinals!!!!
Date: Thu Apr 9 15:18:34 2009
User: Ann13
Message:.high-five deadwing
I'm a Cardinal fan too.
Date: Thu Apr 9 15:27:19 2009
User: Snowguy
Message:Am I wrong, or did the pathetically weak PITTSBURGH PIRATES just take two of three from the Cards?
I guess the Pirates' new losing streak will start AFTER they leave St. Looey...
Date: Thu Apr 9 15:50:49 2009
User: deadwing
Message:Cardinals never seem to start fast. They seem to play great in June.
.highfive Ann13
Date: Thu Apr 9 16:16:35 2009
User: Ann13
Message:Snowy,
Cardinals win today. They split the series 2-2. Chris Carpenter is back!!! Wainwright is back!!!
Looking for a great Cardinal baseball season here in St. Louis.
.hug snowguy
Date: Thu Apr 9 16:53:30 2009
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:Baseball sucks. Give me a real man's sport. FOOTBALL!
Date: Thu Apr 9 17:21:02 2009
User: Sam_Bradford
Message:Real men win the Heisman.
(of course, OJ being the exception)
Date: Thu Apr 9 17:43:37 2009
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:Wow, I kicked a real man's ***. Does 45-35 sound familiar?
Date: Thu Apr 9 17:51:10 2009
User: Sam_Bradford
Message:Real men give their teammates some credit.
Date: Thu Apr 9 22:17:16 2009
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:You couldn't have won the Heisman that you're so proud of without your teammates. When was the last time you gave them credit? Hmmmmmm?
Date: Thu Apr 9 22:27:55 2009
User: Snowguy
Message:Interesting, Ann and deadwing. If the Pirates end the season at .500, it will almost be a rousing success. If the Cards end at .500, it would be seen by many in St. Looey as a major disappointment.
Expectations. Sigh.
Date: Thu Apr 9 23:04:53 2009
User: thatdoggydog
Message:GO DODGERS! COME ON MANNY!
Date: Thu Apr 9 23:32:12 2009
User: Ann13
Message:Snowy,
I can't argue with you last post as I agree what you said to be true. Let us all enjoy the baseball season. Have a beer at the ball park. Enjoy the game!!!
.hug Snowy
Ann
Date: Fri Apr 10 09:35:58 2009
User: GoodOlMike
Message:The Tigers are off to a lackluster start but the Red Wings and the cup playoffs will be the big story for a while...then we're down to the Tiger and the Lions for a while...*sigh*
Date: Fri Apr 10 09:47:56 2009
User: Sam_Bradford
Message:I let them touch my Heisman. I don't want to know what you let your teammates touch.
Date: Fri Apr 10 09:59:42 2009
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:We touch sooners. Hard, very hard.
Oh, by the way, do you let the Texas Tech Red Raiders touch your Heisman? Couldn'ta done it without them.
Date: Fri Apr 10 10:07:54 2009
User: Sam_Bradford
Message:You might want to worry a little more about October 11th than the touchy-feely.
Date: Fri Apr 10 10:16:42 2009
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:I'm not worried. On October 11, I'll be in church thanking God for our victory over the sooners. Say, speaking of the day after, where are those mouse ears you were gonna get me? The babes are waiting.
Date: Sat Apr 11 10:56:26 2009
User: Bobby_Jindal
Message:Colt, I've noticed that whenever you mention the mouse ears, Sam becomes scarce. Maybe you should mention them more often. You know, I get the feeling that he never made it to Disneyland.
Date: Sat Apr 11 11:11:20 2009
User: Sarah_Palin
Message:Bobby, I've wondered where you've been. Haven't seen much of you ever since that fiasco with the rebuttal speech to Obama.
Date: Sat Apr 11 12:50:52 2009
User: Bobby_Jindal
Message:I have a marvelous rejoinder to your spite-filled observation, but I'd have to get into politics, which Denny doesn't wish us to do here. Say, Sarah, where are those mouse ears you promised me?
Date: Sat Apr 11 12:53:30 2009
User: firenze
Message:Rejoin on, but move it to the P & R. I hope it has nothing to do with my daughter and that little bastard.
Date: Sat Apr 11 12:59:30 2009
User: Bobby_Jindal
Message:You have a daughter? Congratulations, firenze.
Date: Sat Apr 11 13:02:35 2009
User: firenze
Message:Damn.
Date: Mon Apr 13 00:07:24 2009
User: Snowguy
Message:The Pirates did convert their first Triple Play in 16 years, today! Also, one of the prettiest Double Plays I've seen lately.
Too bad they lost the game.
:(
Date: Mon Apr 13 01:34:12 2009
User: lightfield
Message:The Tigers won their first two homegames. yay.
Real men play baseball while all the other men play football because they are so brain damaged from playing football that they no longer can recall what real men do. (which is play baseball...just in case you couldn't keep up.)
hee-hee. There's nothing more inspiring than a triple play or a home run on what would have been the last pitch of losing game that turns the game into a winning one. man, I love spring!
Date: Mon Apr 13 01:37:26 2009
User: parapraxis
Message:Baseball is a cool game, but Football is better.
Date: Mon Apr 13 09:48:55 2009
User: GoodOlMike
Message:Baseball is a great game in the summer. You don't need to spend a lot of money on equipment. It teaches you to point the bill of your cap forward to keep the sun out of your eyes...
Date: Mon Apr 13 10:49:41 2009
User: Snowguy
Message:I love baseball as a spectator, which is why I'm really disappointed in the Pirates' management and ownership over the past couple decades. You get to sit and anticipate the next pitch and the next play. And then as each play unfolds, you get to ponder and discuss it.
It's almost like there are many scores of individual little games. The fielders position themselves in anticipation of every pitch. The pitcher ("bowler") has to decide on many pitches whether to throw the ball suddenly to first base instead. The runner tries to sneak out into the longest possible "lead" off the baser while minimizing the chance of being "picked off."
The ball is hit, and the runners have to decide if it might be caught, or if they should take off running full throttle. Then they have to decide whether to try an extra base. How good is the fielder's arm? Will he hit the cutoff man or try to throw it all the way to third base from right field or to home?
OOps, the ball was dropped. Should the runner try for another base? Or, in a close game, how about a suicide squeeze play? Should the pitcher try to eat away at the corners of the strike zone, or challenge the batter with his hardest ball? Or instead make it look like a fast ball and instead throw a "change-up" where the pitch comes in slower than that, with the batter swinging too early?
Then, you have a "run-down" where a base runner has been caught off base. How will he (and the fielders) handle that? Will he be tagged out, or make it safely to a base? And if there are other runners on base, what should they do?
And, chatting with other fans, and even arguing the merits of players and plays... Wow.
(I hope major league baseball comes back to Pittsburgh soon.) But in the meantime, there is minor league Washington Wild Things, high school baseball, high school and summer league girls softball, youth ball...
(Sigh)
Date: Mon Apr 13 12:31:03 2009
User: parapraxis
Message:Had an interesting thought Snowguy,
When it comes to games, you prefer the pastural, easy going, slow developing sport of Baseball, I on the other hand prefer the aggressive, violent, bone-crushing sport of Football. When it comes to everyday life, we are exactly opposite, I believe in negotiation, discussion, and time to think things through. You, on the other hand, prefer immediate action, control, and gun violence. Maybe during the next seventh inning stretch, you can sit back and ponder just why we feel this way. Just a thought.
Date: Mon Apr 13 13:16:13 2009
User: Snowguy
Message:You really don't know much about me, do you? Just about everybody here knows I am a rabid Steelers fan.
But you do know how to project onto me.
Date: Mon Apr 13 13:19:31 2009
User: parapraxis
Message:Hey, Congrats on the Superbowl!
Date: Mon Apr 13 13:27:18 2009
User: Snowguy
Message:Thanks!
Date: Mon Apr 13 13:41:58 2009
User: parapraxis
Message:BTW, I grew up in Philadelphia Eagles Territory, I hate the Eagles and although I am not a fan of Pittsburgh, I have always held a deep respect for the Organization, the Team, and most its fans. There is a rich tradition in Pittsburgh and I accredit that too the hard working Middle class citizenry. The Eagles come from a working class city as well, but somehow the fans are different. Maybe I'm being unfair here because I've spent more time on the Eastern end of Pennsylvania, but for the most part, in my humble opinion, Pittsburgh fans outclass Eagles fans. I , too, am a Fan of a Team with deep traditional roots and class. Go Packers!!!
Date: Mon Apr 13 14:50:36 2009
User: Snowguy
Message:Amen to that! A team owned by a city.
Date: Mon Apr 13 15:02:46 2009
User: BuzzClik
Message:My question is this: which division is the strongest? This question will be best answered after the World Series has been played; then, choose the strongest division from those in which the World Series champ is not a member. If necessary, we can take a poll in October.
Date: Mon Apr 13 15:20:50 2009
User: parapraxis
Message:The only Team in professional sports owned by Its Fans.
Date: Sun Sep 11 02:13:01 2016
User: Klepp
Message:WS: TEX over CHC in 7.
Date: Thu Nov 3 14:14:54 2016
User: Punster
Message:Congratulations to the Cleveland Indians, without their #2 and #3 starting pitchers and one of their best outfielders, they took the Chicago Cubs to extra innings before losing in the 7th game of the World series. Teamwork, isn't it great !!
Date: Thu Nov 3 15:55:51 2016
User: Colt_McCoy
Message:Baseball still sucks.
Date: Tue Feb 9 12:57:29 2021
User: TNmountainman
Message:I'm thinking that 2.8 grams lighter will make more of a difference than they think.
"Baseball lite" joins "freecell lite".
Date: Wed Feb 10 16:53:25 2021
User: JackK
Message:I think that one (of the many) things hurting baseball is the home run or strike out mentality. Maybe this will help.
Date: Fri Feb 12 12:52:45 2021
User: Klepp
Message:Pitchers & catchers report in less than a week (2/17).
Date: Wed Feb 24 12:48:37 2021
User: Klepp
Message:Snowguy, can the Pirates finish ahead of the Brewers in the NL Central basement this year, or is it just vice versa?
Anyway, good luck to the two getting 150 regular season victories.
Date: Fri Oct 1 17:24:52 2021
User: TNmountainman
Message:Gag. To the extent I'll still care.............they'll still be the Indians to me. And the Redskins will still be that - altho "The Washington Football Team" has a bit of an odd cachet. Sort of a muted semi-protest.
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