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Post by Purebred Redneck on Oct 11, 2005 10:35:32 GMT -5
The whitesox are the mets of Chicago - everyone likes the other team better. Of course I hate the hate all four of those teams Cubs, Sox, Mets, and Yankees...
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Post by klsm54 on Oct 11, 2005 20:48:38 GMT -5
Well, I gotta root for the 'stro's and Chisox..... The White Sox haven't been to a series since '59 and haven't won since '17, and the poor Astro's are still looking for their first trip to the big dance. What can I say, I'm a sucker for the underdog... ;D With Colon out for the Angels, plus the rigorous schedule that the Angels have had to play, the Sox ought to have an advantage. As far as the national league, the Cards are gonna be tough to beat, but stranger things have happened.
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Oct 12, 2005 10:27:45 GMT -5
Don't worry Scott, I'm sure our manager and pitching coach will make some bonehead pitching decision just like they do every year we've been in the playoffs. If Mike Martz is up to it, he might as well put on a Card's jersey tonight...
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Post by klsm54 on Oct 12, 2005 12:36:40 GMT -5
So much for the Angel's being tired.
Boy Red, a confident fan you're not, that's for sure.
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Oct 12, 2005 22:16:45 GMT -5
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Post by jimh on Oct 14, 2005 12:12:00 GMT -5
well red if you where to expand your time table by three more years('82) you can dbl. the championships. just thought i would try to help ya out.
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Oct 14, 2005 12:36:51 GMT -5
Yeah, but that's not going to help much. It's going to take it to 2/39 over the last 23 years. I take that back, there were no hockey playoffs last year. 2/38 - hell it makes the percentage go up a bit...
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Post by jimh on Oct 14, 2005 15:21:12 GMT -5
Little Tommy was in the 4th grade class when the teacher asked the children what their fathers did for a living. All the typical answers cam up fireman, policeman, salesman, etc...Tommy was being uncharacteristically quiet and so the teacher asked him about his father. "My father's an exotic dancer in a gay club and takes off all his clothes in front of other men. Sometimes, if the offer's really good, he'll go out to the alley with some guy and make love with him for money. The teacher, obviously shaken by this statement, hurriedly set the other children to work on some coloring, and took little Tommy aside to ask him, "Is that really true about your father?" " No," said Tommy, " He plays for the Cubs, but I was too embarrassed to say so."
Just remember Red, it could be worse.
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Oct 16, 2005 11:34:02 GMT -5
It is worse. I don't the Cubs are the rivals they used to be. Neither are the Mets.
As time has moved on, I think the Astros have been our hated rivals the last 5 years.
BTW, that damn Lidge can throw !!! GRRRRRRRRRRR
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Post by klsm54 on Oct 16, 2005 12:01:20 GMT -5
But how about that WhiteSox pitching?... ...Three straight complete games aginst the supposed 2 nd best team in the league....Awesome!... Yeah, PBR, Lidge can throw, and Oswalt is pretty impressive too. But in your defense, Carpenter looks like a guy I wouldn't want to stand in on either.
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Oct 18, 2005 0:03:25 GMT -5
I have never heard a staduim more quite than in Houston as soon as contact was made on the homer.
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Post by jimh on Oct 18, 2005 9:22:11 GMT -5
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Post by klsm54 on Oct 18, 2005 13:13:28 GMT -5
You just couldn't write better scripts.
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Post by jimh on Oct 18, 2005 16:56:20 GMT -5
PLEASE FOLKS I DIDN'T WRITE THIS I'M JUST GOOD AT COPY AND PASTE:
"The outlook wasn't good for the St. Louis nine that day.
The score stood four to two, with but one inning more to play.
And then when Rodriguez went down swinging and Mabry did the same,
A pall-like silence fell upon those in St. Louis who watched the game.
A straggling few turned TV's off and felt the deep despair.
The rest clung to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast.
They thought, "if only Pujols could but get a whack at that.
We'd put up even money now, with Pujols at the bat."
Then with two strikes on David Eckstein and Brad Lidge throwing smoke
A seeing-eye single let Jimmy Edmonds take a poke.
When Jimmy walked and Eck advanced, some phones began to ring
And Pujols strolled towards the dish, fat lady ready to sing.
'Last out dad, wake up now. Our season's nearly done.'
'Why bother boy, this game is over. Train wrecks are no fun.'
And now the great Brad Lidge holds the ball, and now he lets it go
and now the air is shattered by the force of Albert's blow
For this time it was different friends, we're not in Mudville here
And when Pujols swung his mighty stick not a fan in Houston cheered.
The ball went 412 they said, but perhaps it never landed
The Mighty Pujols had saved the day, almost single-handed.
The final score was 5 to 4, back to St. Louis heads the show
For one more chance for the ghosts of Busch to give it one more go."
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Post by jimh on Oct 19, 2005 13:35:45 GMT -5
here's a church in Houston
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