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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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08/19/04 09:01 AM
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Originally posted by plawrence:
[b]PL vs DB: The Battle For First Place -- Analysis
yadda yadda yadda [/b] Shouldn't this have been sent as a PM? That way only the interested parties would have to see it. Oh wait....I shouldn't speak for DB. 
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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08/19/04 09:13 AM
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Well, I can certainly understand your lack of interest in the battle for first place, particularly since you're about to climb out of the basement and with a really good day could even move up two spots. But I would hate to simply PM this stuff to DB and deprive my reading public of the opportunity to partake of my valuable insights.
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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08/19/04 09:18 AM
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Originally posted by plawrence:
But I would hate to simply PM this stuff to DB and deprive my reading public of the opportunity to partake of my valuable insights.
Slow day at work, huh?
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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08/19/04 09:22 AM
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Whaddya talkin' about? I wrote this crap at 6:30 this morning.
"PL's Choices For A Career If He Could Go Back 35 Years And Do It All Over Again":
1) Trial Attorney. The judges would have allowed me anything, just to shut me up.
2) Sports Writer. I really think I could step right into a job doing this today if I had the opportunity. Seriously.
3) Baseball Broadcaster. I actually did kind of do a game once. I was the GM of my college radio station, and we brought a TV into the studio during a Yanks-KC playoff game in the mid-seventies, and me and another guy watched the game with the sound off and broadcast the play-by-play.
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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08/19/04 09:46 AM
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Originally posted by plawrence:
Yeah......enough of that sappy shit, Windbag!
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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Originally posted by SC:
Yeah......enough of that sappy shit, Windbag! That's better. You had me scared for a minute.
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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08/19/04 09:52 AM
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Originally posted by Don Sicilia:
The Buffster is going to be p-oed... I was kinda hoping that you'd be the p-oed one this morning.
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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08/19/04 09:54 AM
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Originally posted by plawrence:
[b]"PL's Choices For A Career If He Could Go Back 35 Years And Do It All Over Again":
1) Trial Attorney. The judges would have allowed me anything, just to shut me up.[/b] Just as long as you're not an asbestos lawyer! Originally posted by plawrence:
[b]2) Sports Writer. I really think I could step right into a job doing this today if I had the opportunity. Seriously.[/b] I think you can do it too. Just remember to dedicate your first book/article to your friends here at the GBB. Originally posted by plawrence:
[b]3) Baseball Broadcaster. I actually did kind of do a game once. I was the GM of my college radio station, and we brought a TV into the studio during a Yanks-KC playoff game in the mid-seventies, and me and another guy watched the game with the sound off and broadcast the play-by-play. [/b] Better practice your boo-yahs! 
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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08/19/04 09:57 AM
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Originally posted by Don Sicilia:
Man, it was almost a crime NOT picking the Benson/Leiter duo in a doubleheader. Too bad it was in Colorado... :rolleyes: I was thisclose to taking them anyway. Then I looked at who I had from the Rockies on offense, reminded myself where the game was, and said "What am I, fucking crazy?"
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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08/19/04 10:45 AM
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Originally posted by Don Sicilia:
The Buffster is going to be p-oed... [/QB][/QUOTE] Considering they're calling for Isolated Thunderstorms all day in Colorado we all could be the ones p-oed and The Buffster could come out smelling like a rose.
How about a little less questions and a lot more shut the hell up - Brian Griffin
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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08/19/04 11:08 AM
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Originally posted by plawrence:
Whaddya talkin' about? I wrote this crap at 6:30 this morning.
[b]"PL's Choices For A Career If He Could Go Back 35 Years And Do It All Over Again":
1) Trial Attorney. The judges would have allowed me anything, just to shut me up.
2) Sports Writer. I really think I could step right into a job doing this today if I had the opportunity. Seriously.
3) Baseball Broadcaster. I actually did kind of do a game once. I was the GM of my college radio station, and we brought a TV into the studio during a Yanks-KC playoff game in the mid-seventies, and me and another guy watched the game with the sound off and broadcast the play-by-play. [/b] I agree with all. Trial Attorney - the tenacity, the verbal skills, the pomposity, arrogance. Sports Writer - not golf, maybe football, OK for baseball. Again the same skills above apply. Baseball Broadcaster - But do you have "the voice"? If so, this might be your lost niche.
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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08/19/04 12:46 PM
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Originally posted by Beth E:
Considering they're calling for Isolated Thunderstorms all day in Colorado we all could be the ones p-oed and The Buffster could come out smelling like a rose. Hmmm.... When I checked the forecast last night, it was supposed to have cleared up by the afternoon. I just checked again, and it doesn't look good.  I'm sure they'll get at least one in, though.
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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08/19/04 01:44 PM
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Originally posted by MaryCas:
Baseball Broadcaster - But do you have "the voice"? If so, this might be your lost niche. I've been told I have a "sexy" voice. I guess you could ask Crabby, TIS, or SaladBar what they think; those are the only gals I've ever spoken to here. Personally, I wonder. I did do a lot of radio broadcasting in college, but I think my "Noo Yawk" accent would disqualify me from doing it professionally.
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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08/19/04 01:49 PM
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Originally posted by plawrence: I think my "Noo Yawk" accent would disqualify me from doing it professionally. It didn't hurt Lynn Samuels 
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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08/19/04 03:11 PM
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Originally posted by plawrence:
[b]PL vs DB: The Battle For First Place -- Analysis....yadda yadda yadda [/b] First Game: First wrong assumption: Zeile at 1B, Wilson catching. No two starts for Phillips.  First right assumption: No Floyd  I'm listening to the game on the radio, and the announcer says that Art Howe told him before the game that Zeile would probably start in both games. Nice going, there, Crabby...
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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08/19/04 03:44 PM
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Aaron Miles leads off the first for the Rockies, and the Mets announcer says how he's 5 foot 7, and then he says how he's not the "quintessential leadoff man" because he doesn't draw enough walks.
So I look it up. In 376 ABs, Miles has walked nineteen times.
19 walks in 376 ABs for a guy who's barely more than five and a half feet tall and batting leadoff.
Come on......
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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08/19/04 05:08 PM
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PL 1693 StL () +43+
DB 1673 NYY () +31+
LD 1622 Cubs (21) 26+
JG 1616 Cubs (21) 54+
CC 1601 NYY () +29+
CB 1508 Atl ()
FS 1405 NYY ()
MC 1349 Pitt () (All Pitts, vs PL's Cards)
SC 1343 NYY () +40+
Doubleheader: Mets at Colorado GAME 1 16 pts Cameron - PL, SC 12 pts Hidalgo - PL, DB, JG, CC, SC +4 for Garcia - DB, SC
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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Originally posted by J Geoff:
Hey, good call on picking Vance Wilson! Why, thank you!
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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08/19/04 06:22 PM
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Originally posted by plawrence: I'm listening to the game on the radio, and the announcer says that Art Howe told him before the game that Zeile would probably start in both games.
Nice going, there, Crabby... Zeile, first game, 0-6. If he plays the second game instead of Phillips, Art Howe will be getting a letter from me tonight.
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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08/19/04 06:24 PM
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Originally posted by J Geoff:
[quote]Originally posted by J Geoff:
[b]Hey, good call on picking Vance Wilson! Why, thank you! [/b][/quote]Another of those self-congratulatory posts? I guess I should be congratulating myself for picking Cameron.
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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Originally posted by plawrence:
I guess I should be congratulating myself for picking Cameron. You already did! Cameron was a good pick - and I was gonna add "but you weren't alone in picking him" but then saw who did. Hey, but at least it took SC out of the gutter (for now)! Hopefully Burnitz will hit a few out next game (I assume he'll play)...
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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Originally posted by plawrence:
[b]Cameron - Burnitz in CF
See above. Who's gonna play center instead of Cameron? Williams can, but that would mean he plays both games, since I'm assuming he'll replace Floyd in one. Burnitz could play both, but I think he'll sit against the lefty Leiter, since the Rockies have a bunch of no-name outfielders on their roster that they may want to give some playing time to. Burnitz is getting kinda old to be playing both ends of a DH, also. Of course, if both Cameron and Burnitz play both games, which is entirely possible, then DB gets the edge, but I think that Cameron is a lock to play two, and Burnitz isn't.[/b] Nice going, PL, picking Mike (16 points in the first game) Cameron, instead of Jeromy (2 points in the first game) Burnitz. Even if Cameron sits in the second game (which will also get Art Howe a letter from me) and Burnitz plays, it's gonna be tough for him to outscore Cameron.
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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Okay, who refreshed the Arsiva page 10 minutes before the end of the game so we have to wait an hour to see the final results? Now I gotta do it the "old school" way :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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Originally posted by J Geoff:
Hopefully Burnitz will hit a few out next game (I assume he'll play)... He's fat and old and a lefty is pitching for the Mets. I assumed he wouldn't play two. That's the only reason I took Cameron.
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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Originally posted by J Geoff:
Okay, who refreshed the Arsiva page 10 minutes before the end of the game so we have to wait an hour to see the final results? Now I gotta do it the "old school" way :p Don't forget the Met's Garcia. he's like Newhan and Raines Jr. His points don't show up until the next day. I think he had 4.
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