***As Don Cardi reads the standings he sings out loud to the tune of "Slip Sliding Away, Slip Sliding Away, You know the nearer........"***


Don Cardi

I'd laugh, but I'm worried you're right.

Well, there's the college days, but then it's on to the real world.

Time goes by far too fast.

CS, just because you're getting married, it doesn't mean that you can, even for one day, set aside fantasy sports. Always top priority - forget life-changing events...we live for this. :p

Spoken like a true plaw protege.

Only thing is, he never would've put the emoticon...he would've been serious.

I'm not going to deny it. I miss the windbag. And I know y'all do, too. :p

Don't say it out loud. He'll get a swelled head.

He still has some Viagra left?

Everyobody miss me?

Didn't think so

After two days of crashed internet and having to deal with all of my wonderful old friends at*#&%$#%*&#$* Comcast ( ), I needed some successful time at the poker tables of Atlantic Cty (followed by a substantial amount of sleep to make up for an all-nighter) to relieve myself of the stress.

I'll try and get all of the scores for both games updated by some time tomorrow.

Worry about you, Yes. Miss you, No. :p

Welcome back.

*I* sure as hell did!! ...I hate doing the BBC standings :p

Welcome back.

Of course I did. The BB is just not the same without you Neal. Are ya going to miss me? I'm going on vacation tomorrow for a couple weeks.

Believe it or not, I did. Don't know why I did, but I did. :p

Hey, in honor of your usual negative commentary about how I play this game, I poked a little fun at myself while you were gone.

Yeah you old windbag, I have to say that I really missed you.


Don Cardi

Me too, me too, I missed you too!! :p

More importantly, did you miss us?

That was never part of the deal.

I've missed seeing you, too, Zia! Maybe I've just been in the wrong threads, but I haven't seen you posting as much. We need more World Cup material over in the Ladies' Thread. As in...visual material. :p

I know when I'm needed. I'll get on it immediately. :p

You should call..we worry.

Don't worry though. You know I always have ways to track you down. :p

Wednesday's Scores & Thursday's Probables
* vs Clemens 2006 debut

I guess I have you to thank for this, Geoff.

And to make you feel even more guilty...I was there.

I really did go, thanks only to my uncle's company providing Astros tickets for their employees on a regular basis. I was really lucky that my uncle was able to snatch them for tonight's game - I'm not foolish (nor rich) enough to cough up the high prices some people were willing to. I'll tell you, it's amazing what people will pay for one game...I never would wish a loss on Rog or the team, but now that it's over, it's funny to consider how much money people wasted. Baseball's a business - that's for sure.

Anyway, I know most of y'all don't care about the Rocket on a personal level, so I won't go on about him, but it was nice to welcome him back. He had a rough outing, but the (lack of) offense was more to blame.

So...thanks a lot, Geoff!!! You and your stupid anti-jinx. :p

So did Rog start playing? I'll have to take him off my bench in Yahoo. I knew it'd be a good idea to keep him.

All of a sudden you're worried about your Yahoo team?

There are a bunch of things you should have done the past few weeks besides worry about Roger Clemens. :p

Hey, wasn't Anti-Jinxing™ (yeah, it IS a treadmark! :p ) anyone... I was worried Rog would thro a 2-hitter or something!

But, I knew my (6-1, 2.16) boy would pull thru...

TOO BAD I HAD NO OFFENSE, THO! Except 14 pts from *2* of my scrub picks!!! :rolleyes:

Totally... I'm losing sleep and everything. You should see me.

So I should have been doing other things too? Like what? By the way, whoever promised me early on that Yahoo was a "set it and forget it" game only lied to lure me in. I've been getting nothing but whines from you guys about my participation! Or lack thereof. :p

By the way, my quarter ended yesterday. A's in everything. Yayyy!!! And 3 months off. Double yay!

Thursday's Scores & Friday's Probables

Orioles bullpen. &*%*&#(*****!!!

And people wonder why I hate The Orioles.

10 Things I Think I Think (ala Peter King)

1 - Plaw, your internet still down?

2 - Congrats Zia on finishing the quarter (kinda late, isn't it?).

3 - Where's DMC been?

4 - Gina - good job taking pics at the Lastros game. Glad to know you were focused on the game itself... I especially found it funny when you labeled a pic "My Crush" and all you showed was some guy's butt. :p

5 - Zia, the Yahoo game is set it and forget it. The "set it" part though means you have to set it to guys who are good (or actually playing). :p

6 - Too bad the US couldn't make it out of group play in the World Cup. I have to admit - a goal in soccer is more exciting than any other scoring play in any other sport (save for freak occurences like a hole-in-one in golf).

7 - Have you guys figured out your reunion thing yet? It seems more complicated than planning my wedding! :p

8 - Not playing in the second half has given me great clarity and focus that I can predict the following for the second half:

- Ratio of how many times Zia changes her team to how many times Zia's name is taken on and off the standings by JG: 9:8

- How many times JG complains about something, anything: 362

- How many times Plaw says that the last half and last year was a fluke: 15

- How many digs TM will take at Plaw: 6

- How many times Plaw and DC rile each other up because of a "?": 7

9 - And some senior superlatives:

- Player Most Likely to Make a Comeback: Gina

- Player Most Likely Move Up the Standings: SC

- Player Most Likely to Prove Last Year Wasn't a Fluke: JL

- Best Couple: For three years running, still

10 - Quote of the Year: "Like you mean the "

you might not believe but I did again, and this time Santana WAS pitching. when I thought about fantasy baseball today at class I was sure I had Johan and now I see I forgot again. I was in a rush when I set my team yesterday and I didn't notice. I won't complain because I still have a decent pitching going, but I'm worried I'm developing a mental block or something...

CS, do you have any idea how excited I was to see your trademark Ten Things You Think...? Brightened my day, I'll tell you that.

In my defense, the pic of my crush was the only view I had, since he was facing the other direction the whole time. But don't you agree that it was a nice view? :p I always keep focus on the game, but sometimes even more focus on the players.

And how sweet of you to predict a comeback for me...unfortunately right after a DNP.

and I still remember what we were discussing. Reggie Sanders hit a grand slam for me and I got ROBBED the 9 pts!! I still want them back!

I guess I missed the Juan Uribe memo.

10 Things... yayyy!!! Always the most exciting thing in this thread. Even more exciting than when I change my team. It was definitely time for a new one, we'd missed it.

Btw, "too bad" that USA didn't make round 2? I mean I know some delusional people thought they'd make it despite being in the same group as Italy and Ghana, but come on.

Before anyone questions me, no -- I didn't "miss" anything... I made only 2 changes after learning about the (possible) NYY/FLA D/H because I was "happy" with what I had, and doubt that they'll play 2 anyway... I guess we'll find out, huh? :p