Baseball!!! - Page 7

***azalea*** · 10-28-2004, 12:02 PM

In honor of the Red Sox FINALLY winning, I will now sing a song that was played on tv in Mass. in my youth as an ad for the Red Sox games:

Yay, yay! The Red Sox!
They're the best daaarn team innn the laaaaaaand!
Yay, yay! The Red Sox!
They're the best da-arn team innn the laaand!

Now they actually line up to that!

**Nurvingiel** · 10-28-2004, 12:16 PM

Nice one Red Sox! What's that... the first victory in 86 years? This random factoid provided to you by my boyfriend, a baseball nut. (That's like when the BC Liberals formed the government!

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Rosie Gamgee · 10-28-2004, 01:02 PM

*screams in exultation* WHOOOOOOO!!!!!! THE RED SOX WON!!!!! Can you tell I'm going NUTS??? I can't believe it, but I'm sooooo hyped about it! The Red Sox WON the WORLD SERIES!!!!

**Nurvingiel** · 10-28-2004, 01:21 PM

I'm not really a baseball fan, but I like it when underdogs win at any sport. Yay Red Sox!

***Khamûl*** · 10-28-2004, 04:05 PM

I think even Bill Buckner can be absolved now.

I'm glad this thread is around to show my support for them for at least the last two years so I can't be accused of jumping on the bandwagon like so many will do.

brownjenkins · 10-28-2004, 04:10 PM

this says it all

Mercutio · 10-28-2004, 05:44 PM

yipee!

In the World Series games, the Cardinals never had a lead. ever.

Eowyn, Lady of Rohan · 11-02-2004, 09:09 PM

I love baseball!!! (GO RED SOX!!!) my dad got me a red sox shirt at the playoff game he went 2.

Insidious Rex · 12-04-2004, 10:09 AM

so what are peoples thoughts on these latest steroid use revelations to come to light? Jason Giambi admits to using them for years. And now its directly indicated Barry Bonds only the best player in baseball the past decade and one of the greatest of all time (and gee what a shock!). Baseball is a complete joke when it comes to cracking down on steriod use. They truly dont care. Did you know they give players FIVE chances before they actually start penalizing them?! And theres no formal testing system in place. Senator McCain today said he was going to impose some penalties on baseball players through legislation if baseball didnt get its act together and do it itself. EVERY other major sport at least has some kind of system in place to check for and penalize players that abuse steroids. Baseball has refused to for years. Because they know it gives them more players who can hit big home runs and THAT brings fans into the stadiums.

Elfhelm · 12-06-2004, 11:15 AM

I am a dedicated baseball nut. In our town we have a triple A team that is continually gutted by the Padres for relief pitchers, starters, and home run hitters.

The game changed many years ago when stadiums were built with fences close enough to encourage homers. Every since The House That Ruth Built, the emphasis was taken away from running and slap hitting. In the minds of the fans the home run is king. I remember growing up idolizing Mickey Mantle. And in the last few years, the home run records have been shattered by steroid-using cheaters.

But I think baseball is a lot more than home run records. I do not think Barry Bonds is the greatest living player. I think Ichiro Suzuki is the greatest.

My love of baseball, fortunately, isn't based on other fans' opinions, but I do not like that fact that the attitude of most fans -- and you can tell it just by looking down the list of players on the all-star team who take steroids -- is harming the game. If the fans continue to vote steroid users onto the all-star team, then MLB has to make them ineligible.

I want Rudy Giuliani to take over the commissioner's job and, even though I have never liked his politics, I know he will clean up baseball. Bud Selig is one of the problems and the player's union is the other. We need a real commissioner.

Insidious Rex · 12-06-2004, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elfhelm

I do not think Barry Bonds is the greatest living player. I think Ichiro Suzuki is the greatest.

well i dont know. i mean look at Bond's stats from last year. sure Suzuki lead the league in hitting but people forget Bonds can hit too. Hes not just about homeruns. He was second in the league behind Suzuki. He hit .362! Most big homerun hitters are happy to get above .275. His slugging percentage is .812 and his on base percentage is an unimaginable .609!! That means he got on base 61% of the time he went to the plate! Im pretty sure thats the best of all time. And that turned into 129 runs. He even struck out less then Suzuki. Barry Bonds is such a danerous player that even big league managers wont pitch to him. So I dont know. I think its really hard to argue with his numbers.

Curubethion · 08-27-2005, 03:19 PM

The Red Sox rock. That is final.

Curubethion · 08-27-2005, 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brownjenkins

THAT IS THE MOST AWESOME PICTURE OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!

Curubethion · 09-28-2005, 07:35 PM

Okay, let's revive this thread! How about them Red Sox???

durinsbane2244 · 09-28-2005, 08:20 PM

YANKEES, SHA NA NA, YANKEES, SHA NA NA, YANKEES, SHA NA NA, YANKEES, SHA NA NA! ALL HAIL, THE PINSTRIPES! [hummmm, hummmm,]

and NO! there is NO secret cult of yankee worshippers, [shifty look, thinks, nah, they'll never notice, i'm to subtle] . . .

rohirrim TR · 09-28-2005, 09:05 PM

the KC royals are boycotting the playoffs again this year

when baseball becomes less commercial the royals will come back and kick the yankee's and the red sox's tails

Curubethion · 09-28-2005, 11:01 PM

That's okay with me, as long as the Yankees lose

brownjenkins · 09-29-2005, 11:01 AM

it looks like a yankees-sox faceoff... should be a good series either way (though i'm rootin' sox too)

rohirrim TR · 09-29-2005, 11:59 AM

are the sox ahead now? i thought the yankees lost one the other day

brownjenkins · 09-29-2005, 12:03 PM

yanks are up by a game... but last 3 of the season this weekend are sox/yankees... so that should decide it

10-28-2004, 01:02 PM	#123
Rosie Gamgee The Lovely Hobbit-Lass Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bounded in a nut-shell Posts: 1,593	screams in exultation WHOOOOOOO!!!!!! THE RED SOX WON!!!!! Can you tell I'm going NUTS??? I can't believe it, but I'm sooooo hyped about it! The Red Sox WON the WORLD SERIES!!!! __________________ It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year!

10-28-2004, 04:05 PM	#125
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	I think even Bill Buckner can be absolved now. I'm glad this thread is around to show my support for them for at least the last two years so I can't be accused of jumping on the bandwagon like so many will do. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

10-28-2004, 04:10 PM	#126
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	this says it all __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

10-28-2004, 05:44 PM	#127
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	yipee! In the World Series games, the Cardinals never had a lead. ever. __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

11-02-2004, 09:09 PM	#128
Eowyn, Lady of Rohan The Evil One Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: here, on the moot Posts: 804	I love baseball!!! (GO RED SOX!!!) my dad got me a red sox shirt at the playoff game he went 2. __________________ GO RED SOX Evanescence, Green Day, Weezer, the Click Five, Train...The best song artists and singers ever! You laugh cuz i'm different, i laugh cuz ur all the same!!!

10-28-2004, 12:02 PM	#121
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	In honor of the Red Sox FINALLY winning, I will now sing a song that was played on tv in Mass. in my youth as an ad for the Red Sox games: Yay, yay! The Red Sox! They're the best daaarn team innn the laaaaaaand! Yay, yay! The Red Sox! They're the best da-arn team innn the laaand! Now they actually line up to that!

12-04-2004, 10:09 AM	#129
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	so what are peoples thoughts on these latest steroid use revelations to come to light? Jason Giambi admits to using them for years. And now its directly indicated Barry Bonds only the best player in baseball the past decade and one of the greatest of all time (and gee what a shock!). Baseball is a complete joke when it comes to cracking down on steriod use. They truly dont care. Did you know they give players FIVE chances before they actually start penalizing them?! And theres no formal testing system in place. Senator McCain today said he was going to impose some penalties on baseball players through legislation if baseball didnt get its act together and do it itself. EVERY other major sport at least has some kind of system in place to check for and penalize players that abuse steroids. Baseball has refused to for years. Because they know it gives them more players who can hit big home runs and THAT brings fans into the stadiums. __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

12-06-2004, 11:15 AM	#130
Elfhelm Marshal of the Eastmark Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,412	I am a dedicated baseball nut. In our town we have a triple A team that is continually gutted by the Padres for relief pitchers, starters, and home run hitters. The game changed many years ago when stadiums were built with fences close enough to encourage homers. Every since The House That Ruth Built, the emphasis was taken away from running and slap hitting. In the minds of the fans the home run is king. I remember growing up idolizing Mickey Mantle. And in the last few years, the home run records have been shattered by steroid-using cheaters. But I think baseball is a lot more than home run records. I do not think Barry Bonds is the greatest living player. I think Ichiro Suzuki is the greatest. My love of baseball, fortunately, isn't based on other fans' opinions, but I do not like that fact that the attitude of most fans -- and you can tell it just by looking down the list of players on the all-star team who take steroids -- is harming the game. If the fans continue to vote steroid users onto the all-star team, then MLB has to make them ineligible. I want Rudy Giuliani to take over the commissioner's job and, even though I have never liked his politics, I know he will clean up baseball. Bud Selig is one of the problems and the player's union is the other. We need a real commissioner.

08-27-2005, 03:19 PM	#132
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	The Red Sox rock. That is final. __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

09-28-2005, 07:35 PM	#134
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	Okay, let's revive this thread! How about them Red Sox??? __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

09-28-2005, 08:20 PM	#135
durinsbane2244 Dreamweaver Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Misty Mountains, where the spirits go... Posts: 3,560	YANKEES, SHA NA NA, YANKEES, SHA NA NA, YANKEES, SHA NA NA, YANKEES, SHA NA NA! ALL HAIL, THE PINSTRIPES! [hummmm, hummmm,] and NO! there is NO secret cult of yankee worshippers, [shifty look, thinks, nah, they'll never notice, i'm to subtle] . . . __________________ Lord, what fools these mortals be! ---------------- We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsakers, On whom the pale moon gleams: Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world for ever, it seems. ---------------- Shanti, shanti, shantih...

09-28-2005, 11:01 PM	#137
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	That's okay with me, as long as the Yankees lose __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

09-29-2005, 11:01 AM	#138
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	it looks like a yankees-sox faceoff... should be a good series either way (though i'm rootin' sox too) __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

09-29-2005, 12:03 PM	#140
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	yanks are up by a game... but last 3 of the season this weekend are sox/yankees... so that should decide it __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

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