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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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09/28/04 08:26 AM
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No excuses. I f***ed up.  When I got home, I even checked the baseball scores real quick. When I saw the zero next to DB's Andruw Jones, I just figured he sat. A rainout never even occured to me. What also kills me is that I cracked the top 100 again on the leaderboard (#98), and I'm only 40 something points out of 50th. Of course, that could work both ways. Assuming that most people above me have the Atlanta PS, a big day by the Mets offense could help me there and against DB. Trouble is, the Mets don't really have an offense..... 
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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09/28/04 09:37 AM
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Good Morning All! How is everyone this morning? Had bowling last night. I had one of the best nights that I can remember. I had a 225, 256, 244 for a total of 725. A guy a few lanes over also thru a seven hundred series, but he did better as One of his games was a 300!  You all have a good day now.....
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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09/28/04 09:42 AM
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So when are you joining the tour? :rolleyes:
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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09/28/04 10:07 AM
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Thanks for the kind words, DB.
We'll see how inconsequential it is after the DH is over.
I'm a man of routine. A creature of habit. I pick my team in the daytime, just in case I have a problem with my computer later, or something else comes up.
I check the scores after dinner, and before I go to bed. I also check for rainouts, and do any last minute tweaking that might be necessary. I'm usually asleep by 9:30 or so, and I usually wake up between 1:00 and 2:00, when I check the scores again, and, if I remember, check to see if any of my players got injured that night.
But, disrupt my routine, and I get all f***ed up. Like last night. I was so pissed that I wasn't thinking straight. I was focused only on the football game.
So, DB, if I said I'll give you 30 points right now, and tonight's games don't count, would you take it?
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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09/28/04 10:36 AM
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Originally posted by plawrence:
So when are you joining the tour? :rolleyes: Gee Pee, what whould you do without your :rolleyes: and I was so nice not to bust your balls about the DH. By the way what kind of car does the BLACKCAR Driver have?
ONLY gun owners have the POWER to PROTECT and PRESERVE our FREEDOM.
"...it is their (the people's) right and duty to be at all times armed" - Thomas Jefferson, June 5, 1824
Everyone should read. "HOW TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD"
CAUTION: This Post has not been approved by Don Cardi.
You really don't expect people to believe your shit do you?
Read: "The Daily Apple"- Telling America and the Gangster BB like it really is!
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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09/28/04 11:15 AM
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Originally posted by fathersson:
you are Pops age I bet so you would like the new van he got last month. I thought he drove a hearse  I drive a grey Toyota Camry. I lease, and trade it in every three years, 'cause I'm not great at taking care of cars. The "black car" reference is to the NYC corporate car & limousine industry that I'm involved in.
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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09/28/04 02:55 PM
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Hey, I was a strike away from throwing a 900 series once......then the damned cat jumped on my head and woke me up. Seriously though, I once threw a 696 in league bowling (with a 244 in my practice game). I couldn't do ANYTHING wrong that night, but a 700 is quite an accomplishment. I used to bowl with Mark Roth (since grade school) and he'd pound out 750's regularly (long before turning pro). Good going, FS.
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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09/28/04 05:51 PM
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I used to bowl in High School, but I never got my average above about 165 or so. My all-time high game is only 233.
Bowling was a sports staple in TV's early days. Cheap to produce I guess.
The old-timers here will remember guys like Ray Bluth, Don Carter, and Ed Lubanski.
The thing that always fascinated me about bowling was that there was no other professional sport in which, even on my best day, I could out-perform a pro.
But even with my crappy 165 average, let me bowl 100 games against the best bowler in the world, and I bet I'd beat him once or twice.
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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09/28/04 07:22 PM
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Originally posted by SC:
plaw -
Do you remember an old tv show called "Make That Spare"? It was a 10 minute show on Friday nights just before 11:00 p.m. and was televised from Neptune Lanes (where Emmons Avenue becomes Neptune Avenue). They had 2 lanes set aside for the show, and the gutters were painted black. The premise of the show was for a bowler to try to make different spares (ie. the 7-10 split), and if he was successful he'd win $10 (or something like that).
Andy Varippapa used to appear on the show occasionally. Sure! Andy Varipappa was the short guy with the kinky hair who used to make those trick shots, right? It used to be on Friday nights, after Gilette's "The ...Fight...Of...The...Week". That show started at 10:00, but a ten round fight with a minute in between each round usually ended around 10:45 or 10:50 or so. The winner got to go for the "Big Prize" spare, the 3-4-7-10. I didn't know it was done at Neptune Lanes, though. Memories......
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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09/28/04 07:35 PM
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TUESDAY - Mets@Atlanta DH
PL 3944 Oak (-1) 32 3976
DB 3838 Atl (18)+(21) 73 3911
JG 3626 Atl (18)+(21) 69 3695
CC 3610 Atl (18)+(21) 76 3686
FS 3316 Atl (18)+(21) 71 3387
SC 3256 Atl (18)+(21) 63 3319
CB 3024 Oak (-1) 29 3053
MC 2646 NYY (--) 00 2646
DM 0347 Atl (18)+(21) 72 0419
PL Guerrero (19)  DB Hillenbrand (5), Green (2), Wright (10), JD (3) JG Piazza (1), Giles (6), Huff (5), Gload (4) CC Assmus (1), LaRoche (8), Green (2), Wright (10), JD (3) FS Perez (1), Feliz (0), Kotsay (2), Stairs (0) SC Kendall (-), Piazza (1), Katsui (0), Cameron (dnp), Jordan (0), Pick (dnp)
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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09/28/04 07:50 PM
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I can live with 18......I guess Second game lineups: No Piazza, Matsui, Cameron, Giles, Furcal, Franco, Drew, A. Jones, or Perez
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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09/28/04 08:06 PM
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I guess you lucked out a bit, concerning those not playing both games. I, too, figured many wouldn't (not THIS many, tho!) but figured what the hell. I figured everyone would pick everyone as well, so no loss, no foul. You and others who didn't load up on DH offense may pick up some points... But I still prefer to start a game with 18 PS pts than 0  And as for not putting last night's scores up, it was already after 3AM so didn't have them available. :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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09/28/04 08:33 PM
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Atlanta is carrying 17 position players, so with everything clinched it would have been strictly guess work for me as to who would have played both games.
As it turns out, DeRosa didn't get a start, so Chipper is playing both games at 3B, and Thomas both in the OF.
With Hidalgo, Cameron, and Floyd all out, and the Mets with only six outfielders, Diaz, Valent, and G. Williams pretty much had to play two. I don't think ESPN is even listing Diaz, and I probably would have gambled that A. Jones would start both games and taken him over Williams.
Who knows?
But I absolutely would have had Atlanta's PS. I wasn't kidding when I offered DB 30 points and tonight's scores wouldn't count.
Meanwhile, Wright just got hit on the leg with a line drive, and left the game in the third.
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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09/29/04 02:07 AM
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Originally posted by plawrence:
I wasn't kidding when I offered DB 30 points and tonight's scores wouldn't count. And he woulda gotta screwed outta 11 pts :p And Guerrero with 2/3 of your daily points?? He better be on your holiday card list this year...
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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09/29/04 02:13 AM
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Aaargh.... The whole day wouldn't have been so bad with a decent 15-20 from Oakland's PS. Kills my chances to crack the top fifty, though.  Oh well, tomorrow is another day.....
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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09/29/04 02:15 AM
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Originally posted by plawrence: tomorrow is another day..... You can say that again... and again.
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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09/29/04 02:22 AM
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and again...... :rolleyes:
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Re: Baseball Challenge 2004
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09/29/04 03:01 AM
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WEDNESDAY (Official) - 3 DHs :rolleyes:
PL 3976 NYY (14)+()
DB 3911 Phi (14)+()
JG 3695 NYY (14)+()
CC 3686 Min (06)+()
FS 3387 Min (06)+()
SC 3319 Bal (13)+()
CB 3053 Oak
MC 2646 NYY (14)+()
DM 0419 Phi (14)+()
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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09/29/04 03:08 AM
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Minn@NYY, Pitts@Philly, Tor@Balt
PL Blanco, Delgado, Cairo, A-Rod, Stewart, Redman, JJones, Sierra
DB Flaherty, Giambi, Polanco, Mora, Burrell, Lofton, Abreu, Morneau
JG Flaherty, Giambi, Hudson, A-Rod, Tejada, Bay, Bernie, BJ, Morneau
CC Javy, Olerud, Mora, Jeter, Bigbie, Lofton, JJones, Sierra
FS LaRue, Viagra, Polanco, Bell, Tejada, Lew, Redman, Rios, Sierra
SC Ken-doll, Thome, Hudson, JWilson, Matsui, BJ, Rivera
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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09/29/04 08:31 AM
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Doubleheader Matchups: PL DB JG CC FS SC
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C Blanco Flaherty Flaherty Lopez LaRue Kendall
1B Delgado Giambi Giambi Olerud Palmiero Thome
2B Cairo Polanco Hudson Hudson Polanco Hudson
3B A Rod Mora A Rod Mora Bell Bell
SS Tejeda Tejeda Tejeda Jeter Tejeda Wilson
LF Stewart Burrell Bay Bigbie Ford Matsui
CF Redman Lofton Williams Lofton Redman Redman
RF JJones Abreau Surhoff JJones Rios Surhoff
DH Sierra Morneau Morneau Sierra Sierra Rivera
PS Yanks Philly Yanks Minn Minn Balt
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