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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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07/25/04 08:59 AM
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plawrence
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Getting a little testy now, aren't you?
"Difficult....not impossible"
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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07/25/04 09:42 AM
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Don Sicilia
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Originally posted by plawrence: Getting a little testy now, aren't you? I think they have pills for that... (an oldie but a goodie) Well, I'm chug-chug-chugging along... I can't wait to see my pitching stats tomorrow. :rolleyes: Other than yesterday's DH, I think I only won one or two games, with a very dismal ERA. My prediction - last place in PS stats.
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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07/25/04 02:36 PM
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Originally posted by Big Daddy Don: [quote]Originally posted by Beth E: [b] I'll still be you're #1 fan. [IMG] Hey simmer down there 'hussie' - I'm his #1 fan it's in my title. :p [/b][/quote]I got your hussie right hee-yah! . I don't know Bad Daddy. We all know you're a wuss, but with all this admiration you have for DB I'm thinking you're also a fairy. Maybe the two of you should get a room. You need to make room on your title for "Bethie is my worst nightmare".
How about a little less questions and a lot more shut the hell up - Brian Griffin
When there's a will...put me in it.
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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07/25/04 04:10 PM
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Originally posted by plawrence: Getting a little testy now, aren't you? YES I AM!! Just back-off about this DL, DH Bullshirt. I don't give a flying fluck about any of this Fanatasy Island (da plane) carp that you wanna-bees think is so garldern important! Whew! I feel better now. Hope you don't mind. BTW, the next time there is a DH scheduled I'm going to announce it on this thread 4 days before and everyday up to it......that is if I see it. :p
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, whoever humbles himself will be exalted - Matthew 23:12
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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07/25/04 07:47 PM
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J Geoff
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Originally posted by MaryCas: the next time there is a DH scheduled I'm going to announce it on this thread 4 days before and everyday up to it... That would normally upset me, but, I think you're the only one who ever misses them anyway -- The Top 4 never do (well, most of the time, anyway  ) :p
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey!  lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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07/26/04 03:11 AM
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J Geoff
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MONDAY (Official)
JG 554 ChiSox ()
PL 538 Padres ()
LD 509 Astros ()
DB 505 ChiSox ()
CB 492 Padres ()
CC 481 ChiSox ()
MC 437 Yanks ()
FS 434 Injuns ()
SC 365 BoSox ()
No one but SC trusts Pedro any more? Good thing they're not in Beantown for the Convention (is Michael Moore gonna speak?  )
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey!  lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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07/26/04 03:16 AM
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plawrence
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Only a Red Sox fan would...
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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07/26/04 03:18 AM
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J Geoff
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OMG - For a second I thought I missed a D-H with you up this late! 
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey!  lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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07/26/04 03:20 AM
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plawrence
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Nah, I've just moved the pee breaks back two hours. It was getting to be too much of a pain waking up twice on DH days.
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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07/26/04 03:21 AM
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J Geoff
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Oh, so it's not that "excessive dripping" problem that Patrick seems to have? 
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey!  lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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07/26/04 03:24 AM
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plawrence
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Ewwww.... Looks like the standings are starting to normalize a bit. G'night 
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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07/26/04 07:54 AM
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plawrence
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PITCHING STATS First 11 Days Originally posted by Don Sicilia: I can't wait to see my pitching stats tomorrow....Other than yesterday's DH, I think I only won one or two games, with a very dismal ERA. My prediction - last place in PS stats. Without the doubleheader Saturday, you're 2-9, 5.29, 85 Points (8.5 PPD) Not quite as dismal as SC, though (6.4 PPD)
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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07/26/04 08:57 AM
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plawrence
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Originally posted by MaryCas: Watch out new strategy will be in effect. I hope the "new strategy" includes paying attention :rolleyes:
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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07/26/04 11:43 AM
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10 Things I Think I Think (ala Peter King) 1 - The Cubbies better step it up pretty soon. If they can only get into the playoffs, I would take that pitching staff over any team in a 7-game series. Is there anyone who is more over-rated than Sammy Sosa? Ugggghhh. 2 - Very strange second half so far. I wouldn't have guessed that my trouble would be PS picks. 3 - I've never seen 4400. Any good, BDD? The only show I watch is Last Comic Standing. Don't laugh - I like stand-up comedy. 4 - Saw Spider-man last night finally. I liked it a lot. Action sequences were great (despite the fact that it was all CGI). 5 - I'm not feeling too confident about my team for tonight. I didn't spend more than two minutes picking a team. 6 - I just had my last golf lesson yesterday. I must say, it really helped. My golf instructor basically re-did my whole swing. It's going to take some getting used to (I still flubb every 3rd shot), but I know in the long run, it'll help. 7 - I feel like going to Vegas. 8 - First Celebrity Poker, now there is Celebrity Blackjack. Nothin' like celebrities betting $50,000 and hitting on 16 when the dealer is showing a 4, because, you know, "I gotta make sure". :rolleyes: What's next, Celebrity War? 9 - I know Buffy reads him, but I recommend all of you to read The Sports Guy on "Page 2" of ESPN.com. He's my favorite sports writer... 10 - Any of you guys read any good books lately? I'm looking for my next read.
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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07/26/04 12:01 PM
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La Dolce Vita
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DB - Congrats on your ascension....although you are little to close to me for comfort...I swear I can feel heat on the back of my neck! #5 - I hear ya. On the weekends, my picks are pretty much a crapshoot and normally made late, late at night when I am desperate to just fill in slots so I can busy myself with something else. All you can do is cross some fingers and hope for the best. #7 - I always feel like going to Vegas. I am looking at the end of September. But if I can get away sooner, that would be way cool. I will have my people call your people and we can work something out #8 - Hey, if not for Celebrity gambling, Ben Affleck would have nothing to do but maybe go to Red Sox games and egg on A-Rod I like Celebrity Boxing myself. The best one was when they paired Arnold Horshack with Screech Powers from Saved by the Bell. It was brutal. Arnold got the living Sweathog beaten out of him! You DO know you can play War in Vegas? Insane... #10 - I just finished Mystic River. If you haven't seen the movie yet, read the book. It is excellent. I usually don't read alot of fiction, but every now and then something drops into my lap.
I have a tendency to wear my heart on my sleeve - I have a history of taking off my shirt.....
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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07/26/04 12:02 PM
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Originally posted by Don Sicilia: 10 Things I Think I Think (ala Peter King)
5 - I'm not feeling too confident about my team for tonight. I didn't spend more than two minutes picking a team.
6 - I just had my last golf lesson yesterday. ... but I know in the long run, it'll help.
10 - Any of you guys read any good books lately? I'm looking for my next read. 5. Today I spent almost 10 minutes...a record. 6. IN case the pro didn't emphasize this: There's two things us amateurs should do consistently, consciously everytime we go to hit a ball; 1. Check your grip and do it the same everytime. 2. Double check you alignment. How many times I hit an errant shot only to look down and see I was aligned wrong, or have someone say "you were pointing that way." 10. "The Jester" by James Patterson; interesting story, a little of everything; history, romance, conflict, adventure. "Takedown" by Rick Cowan - good non-fiction account of an undercover cop infiltrating the mob in New York City's waste management business.
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, whoever humbles himself will be exalted - Matthew 23:12
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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07/26/04 02:18 PM
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plawrence
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Originally posted by Don Sicilia: 10 - Any of you guys read any good books lately? This one's perfect for you. I wouldn't be surprised if you've read it already: "The Devil In The White City" By Erik Larson: The true story of a mass murderer in Chicago, told against the backdrop of the building of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Also, although I haven't read them recently, these are among my recommendations: "Veeck As In Wreck" by Bill Veeck The autobiography by the man who got his start in baseball when his father worked for the Cubs and Phil Wrigley, and who later went on to be the maverick owner of the St. Louis Browns (he famously sent the midget up to bat), Cleveland Indians, and Chicago White Sox. Probably out of print and hard to find, though, but worth the search. Any baseball book by Bill James (specifically "The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract" or "Whatever Happened To The Hall Of Fame?") Any baseball book by Roger Angell of The New Yorker Magazine. Any baseball book by Thomas Boswell of the Washington Post. Any travelogue by Bill Bryson (His recent bestseller was "A Walk In The Woods", about his experiences hiking the Appalachian Trail, but he has 4 or 5 others that are equally terrific and hilarious). "Double Fold" By Nicholson Baker. How our libraries are systematically destroying rare books and newspapers in the name of "saving space". Sounds boring, but it's not at all, and if you're a voracious reader like I am, you'll be outraged. "The Caine Mutiny" by Herman Wouk. A million times better than the crappy movie with Humphrey Bogart, it's my favorite novel of all time. And if you're interested in Vegas, don't miss "24/7: Living It Up and Doubling Down in the New Las Vegas" by Andres Martinez. (From the back cover): "In the spring of 1998, mild-mannered, Ivy League-educated Andres Martinez took $50,000-most of the advance his publisher was paying for this book-and headed to Las Vegas for thirty days, ten casinos, and a wild ride through the belly of a neon beast. The result: This brilliant, often hilarious chronicle of flesh, flash, and gambling in a city where everyone dreams of hitting the jackpot-and once in a while someone actually does."
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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07/26/04 02:48 PM
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plawrence
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Originally posted by fathersson: Well, well....could Pat be Pee's son? God forbid. :rolleyes: Speak to pop. I'm sure he's up in the middle of the night, too. It's just one of those inevitabilities of middle age. And no, I don't think they have pills for it. 
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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07/26/04 10:01 PM
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plawrence
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Have somethng for dinner that disagreed with you?
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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07/27/04 06:25 AM
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plawrence
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Monday Scores Tuesday's Pitchers
PL 538 Padres (27) 58 596* Milw
JG 554 ChiSox (-2) 28 582 Hstn
DB 505 ChiSox (-2) 38 543* San Fran
CB 492 Padres (27) 51 543* Milw
LD 509 Astros (13) 28 537 Hstn
CC 481 ChiSox (-2) 36 517 Yanks
MC 437 Yanks (18) 56 493 Yanks
FS 434 Injuns (-26) 12 446 Yanks
SC 365 BoSox (11) 28 393 Bost
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