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[sunnystar]

Today I wore my Cards hat because this thread inspired and excited me.

[AugustWest]

The Mets are pond scum. 

I'm not very fond of the Astros either, although that's more of a rivalry type thing.

[Immortal]

i am a diehard Mariners fan.. season ticket holder and all. the last couple of years have been tough, but this year we'll be good damn it!

sometime in the last three years or so my AL mistress has become the Red Sox, mostly because i think manny ramirez is the hands-down best hitter in baseball, but also because he is a loopy lunatic. it's great

i don't really have an NL mistress, i think the NL game is too rigid and slow for the most part. although i am partial to the Nationals, because frank robinson is awesome

[FutureDeadPerson]

i am a diehard Mariners fan.. season ticket holder and all. the last couple of years have been tough, but this year we'll be good damn it!

Do you know what's going on with Bucky Jacobsen this year?  He's an old Brewers prospect and I love the guy.



Also, AL games are statistically longer on average.

[Emmoh]

I am a grumpy, Cardinal hating, Cubs fan and am glad that I have no pop that this heavily FRR populated board can take away.

We have Ron Santo and Pat Hughes on the radio, which beats the crap out our TV guys, I usually mute the TV and listen to them.

Oh, and the Brewers are gonna be a team to watch out for this year. If for no other reason than they're a year older. I said it at the time and I stand by it, that Sexson trade was a stroke of genius.

[sunnystar]

Also, AL games are statistically longer on average.

education.

[Carlos del Vaca]

i don't really have an NL mistress, i think the NL game is too rigid and slow for the most part. although i am partial to the Nationals, because frank robinson is awesome

Much respect for Frank's playing history, but he's kind of sucky as a manager.  Lord, does that man love to bunt.  And he hates pitchers--ran a couple of them off the team last year.

AL games do take longer.  And dammit, if you play in the field, you have to hit, and vice versa.  It's how the game works.

[FutureDeadPerson]

I am a grumpy, Cardinal hating, Cubs fan and am glad that I have no pop that this heavily FRR populated board can take away.

We have Ron Santo and Pat Hughes on the radio, which beats the crap out our TV guys, I usually mute the TV and listen to them.

Oh, and the Brewers are gonna be a team to watch out for this year. If for no other reason than they're a year older. I said it at the time and I stand by it, that Sexson trade was a stroke of genius.

Gross......... a Cubs fan


You're right about the Sexson trade though.  That was great.

[miles]

i am a diehard Mariners fan.. season ticket holder and all. the last couple of years have been tough, but this year we'll be good damn it!

Hey remember 2001?  Remember how that was like the best year ever, notwithstanding the events of September 11th (and for me, a bad break-up the same month)?  Until the Yankees...well, I don't even want to finish saying it.  And then remember how great it was when the Yankees lost?  Luis Gonzalez became my favorite ballplayer for a little while.

It's hard being a Mariners fan, but one day...

[Immortal]

Hey remember 2001?  Remember how that was like the best year ever, notwithstanding the events of September 11th (and for me, a bad break-up the same month)?  Until the Yankees...well, I don't even want to finish saying it.  And then remember how great it was when the Yankees lost?  Luis Gonzalez became my favorite ballplayer for a little while.

It's hard being a Mariners fan, but one day...

i think the 2001 series was the greatest i'll ever see... nobody picked the d-backs to win, but johnson and schilling put the team on their backs and won it anyway. and any time you see the greatest postseason closer of all time lose his mystique, it's awesome. especially when he plays for the yankees.

it's interesting to me that i have seperated 9/11 and the 2001 baseball season, in my mind. even though they happened at the same time. when i think of the 2001 mariners season, though, i don't think of 9/11. and i still think that the 1995 mariners could have beaten the 2001 mariners... there was just something that clicked in 2001 that made it a great season. the addition of ichiro, the last of the steroid seasons for bret boone, the last great season from edgar and dan. just a great time.

but this season we will be good again. i like what they've done in the off-season... but i would've gotten rid of gil meche and kept ryan franklin. i think franklin will have a great year for the phillies.

[Immortal]

Do you know what's going on with Bucky Jacobsen this year?  He's an old Brewers prospect and I love the guy.



Also, AL games are statistically longer on average.

the m's cut bucky sometime last year... he never made it back from a leg injury. i don't know if he's been picked up by any other team, but i know he's out of the mariners organization.

he was an interesting guy, because when he came up for his cup of coffee in 2004 he already had a fan club. and then he turned out to not be very good at all, at least while he was here. i think he's a guy who ended up being a minor leaguer too long,... who knows if he would have ever been able to hit major league stuff. i'm sure there was a reason he was a career minor leaguer

[miles]

i think the 2001 series was the greatest i'll ever see... nobody picked the d-backs to win, but johnson and schilling put the team on their backs and won it anyway. and any time you see the greatest postseason closer of all time lose his mystique, it's awesome. especially when he plays for the yankees.

it's interesting to me that i have seperated 9/11 and the 2001 baseball season, in my mind. even though they happened at the same time. when i think of the 2001 mariners season, though, i don't think of 9/11. and i still think that the 1995 mariners could have beaten the 2001 mariners... there was just something that clicked in 2001 that made it a great season. the addition of ichiro, the last of the steroid seasons for bret boone, the last great season from edgar and dan. just a great time.

Fuck, dude, you're getting me all teary-eyed and shit.  I'm not kidding.

[Carlos del Vaca]

i think the 2001 series was the greatest i'll ever see... nobody picked the d-backs to win, but johnson and schilling put the team on their backs and won it anyway. and any time you see the greatest postseason closer of all time lose his mystique, it's awesome. especially when he plays for the yankees.

Something I will always remember about the 2001 series will be how much Fox sucked.  I remember a World Series ad after Game 3 where the announcer was all "Nobody could have predicted the drama that is now unfolding."

Schilling and Johnson won game 1 and 2; the Yankees bounced back to win game 3.  That was pretty much EXACTLY what half the baseball world had predicted to that point.

The point is, Fox sucks.  Joe Buck sucks.  Tim McCarver sucks most of all.

[Immortal]

Something I will always remember about the 2001 series will be how much Fox sucked.  I remember a World Series ad after Game 3 where the announcer was all "Nobody could have predicted the drama that is now unfolding."

Schilling and Johnson won game 1 and 2; the Yankees bounced back to win game 3.  That was pretty much EXACTLY what half the baseball world had predicted to that point.

The point is, Fox sucks.  Joe Buck sucks.  Tim McCarver sucks most of all.

yeah, i would have to agree that fox sucks hardcore. they determine what they think the storyline of the series will be before game 1 and they stick with it until game 7, even if it's obviously changed. the 2004 ALCS totally showed that, with the tide turning against the yankees in game 5.. even though boston was still down 3-2, you could just feel that they were going to pull it out. but the overwhelming story was "when are the red sox going to collapse?" rather than "how about that yankee collapse??!?!"

and... joe buck. he's just a totally biased broadcaster... he thought randy moss was a horrible person, so when moss did his harmless "fake moon" last year in the nfl playoffs, buck went wild. irritating. and whenever he did a seahawks game this year he acted like he had never heard of half of the guys. and why do you think they always have him do the ALCS, rather than the NLCS? it's because the cardinals have always had a shot at being in the NLCS, and they know it'd be a joke to have buck do those games. it'd be like watching a local feed, rather than the national spotlight game.

and don't even get me started on tim mccarver. i wish they would drop him and get lou pinella to do it... he was great this last postseason. always great to hear from lou.

but what i really wish is that nbc had taken the money they spent on the olympics and paid for the MLB rights. bob costas is a great baseball play-by-play guy.. team him with somebody like pinella and it'd be perfect

[robot_god]

and... joe buck. he's just a totally biased broadcaster... he thought randy moss was a horrible person, so when moss did his harmless "fake moon" last year in the nfl playoffs, buck went wild. irritating. and whenever he did a seahawks game this year he acted like he had never heard of half of the guys. and why do you think they always have him do the ALCS, rather than the NLCS? it's because the cardinals have always had a shot at being in the NLCS, and they know it'd be a joke to have buck do those games. it'd be like watching a local feed, rather than the national spotlight game.

and don't even get me started on tim mccarver. i wish they would drop him and get lou pinella to do it... he was great this last postseason. always great to hear from lou.

but what i really wish is that nbc had taken the money they spent on the olympics and paid for the MLB rights. bob costas is a great baseball play-by-play guy.. team him with somebody like pinella and it'd be perfect

Amen.