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#23074 From: J Hill <jmh0860@...>
Date: Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:43 pm
Subject: Damon to White Sox?
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If the Yankees don't bring Johnny Damon back, the White Sox look like a good fit. They need a leadoff hitter, and while they'd love to sign free agent Chone Figgins and move him to the outfield, he may get too pricy. While Damon has been a No. 2 hitter for the Yankees, he could easily go back to the top spot and give the White Sox some leadoff power.

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#23073 From: "Tom" <questftbest@...>
Date: Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:29 pm
Subject: Re: Fat cats rule Baseball
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When it becomes very cold we are not seeing the players at their best.  Baseball
in November is rediculous in the North.

--- In YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com, saul pulido <temohead@...> wrote:
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> MLB opts for ratings over reason
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> By Jeff Passan, Yahoo! Sports 1 hour, 58 minutes ago
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> NEW YORK â€" Television ratings are up across the board in baseball’s
postseason. This is cause for celebration among the, oh, 50 or so suits who have
a stake in such things. That each is a willing co-conspirator in the gradual
ruin of the postseason seems to matter not, because ratings mean profits, and
money drives Major League Baseball and the Fox network’s myopia toward the
scheduling disaster that currently afflicts the sport.
>  
> Otherwise, we wouldn’t be here: The fourth consecutive season with a team
waiting at least a week between winning a League Championship Series and
starting the World Series. Note to bigwigs: Baseball is not football. Weeklong
layoffs don’t fly. It’s one thing if a sweep causes it. It’s different
when MLB allows Fox to hijack the entire schedule for $400 million or so a year.
>  
> Beaucoup bucks buy Fox the leverage to insist on starting the World Series on
a Wednesday instead of the Saturday that was standard until 2007. That’s
right: The World Series should have started already. Only because Saturday night
is a TV ratings sinkhole, and the potential of two games on Saturday makes Fox
executives cower, they make us wait. And wait. And wait.
>
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> More From Jeff Passan
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> Never mind the possibility of showing Game 1 on Saturday afternoon and
enticing the millions of kids who can’t stay up late enough to watch a whole
World Series game. No, that would be far too novel. And don’t dare insist that
the frustration caused by the layoff might actually be worse long term than any
hit taken in the ratings. Because that would imply an eye on future health, not
current bank balance.
>  
> Beware: Disillusionment and apathy are first cousins, and the former can turn
into the latter awfully quick.
> “We’re used to it,” said Brad Lidge(notes), the closer for the National
League champion Philadelphia Phillies, who for the second straight season have
seven days between games. “It comes with the territory. If you get to the
World Series, you’re going to have to wait a little bit to play.”
>  
> Didn’t used to be that way. Prior to 2007, there was a standard formula
employed since baseball introduced the wild card. The playoffs always started
the first Tuesday following the regular season ending. The LCS would begin seven
or eight days later. And the World Series came 11 days after the start of the
first LCS.
>  
> Now the postseason starts on a Wednesday. And while the LCS this season began
eight days later, the World Series doesn’t start until 13 days after the first
LCS game. There are off days built in specifically to adhere to Fox’s request
of a Wednesday start, and with the World Baseball Classic already pushing the
season back a week, there will be at least one â€" and as many as four â€" World
Series games this November.
> Nothing says championship-caliber baseball like Elmer Fudd caps.
>  
> MLB and Fox must recognize how ridiculous winter baseball looks. Weather is
fickle, of course, and it could easily turn blustery in early October. The odds
are just greater in late October. See: ALCS Game 6, scheduled for Saturday
night, postponed to Sunday because of rain. The late-fall games, coupled with
unnecessary off-days, are a double whammy MLB and Fox dish out. How nice it
would be if both parties cared as much about the numbers most important to fans
(temperature and precipitation) as they do their two favorites (money and
ratings).
>  
> Arguments can be made both ways regarding the fairness to players. In 2006,
Detroit swept the ALCS, sat for seven days and got crushed by St. Louis. The
next year, Colorado rolled over Arizona, went nine days between games and lost
four straight to Boston. While both claimed rustiness, it affected neither of
the previous two teams with weeklong layoffs (Atlanta in 1995 and the New York
Yankees in 1996) nor last year’s champion, Philadelphia.
>  
> The Phillies relish what the week off affords them: a chance to rest weary
bodies, relax with family, set up their pitching rotation and procure more
in-depth scouting reports on the Yankees and Angels. Not a complaint came from
their clubhouse after their workout Friday afternoon, though the Tigers and
Rockies also downplayed layoff excuses â€" until they lost.
> “This is the World Series,” Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said.
“They’ll be prepared for it. If you can’t get juiced up or hyped up or
ready for the World Series, I don’t know how much of a pulse you have.”
>  
> Baseball’s, thankfully, continues Sunday at 8:20 p.m. ET. Had New York held
on to its Game 5 against the Angels on Thursday, MLB faced a dire scenario: six
days between games. Baseball should be ashamed that it allows Fox to bully it
into such a potentially momentum-wrecking situation.
>  
> The good news is, MLB and Fox aren’t beyond reason. They realized that 8:30
p.m. ET starts were too late and moved the majority of this year’s games back
to 8 p.m. Still an hour too late, but progress nonetheless.
>  
> So while MLB considers intuitive ideas to help its plight â€" like starting
the season a week earlier with games in warm-weather cities or domed stadiums,
then shaving off another week by making one day a month into Doubleheader
Sunday, a treat for fans and easily brandable product â€" it must make amending
the schedule priority No. 1. Can’t fix everything at once.
>  
> There is a cure for myopia, of course. Glasses. When MLB finds the right pair,
it will see what chasing money has wrought. Hopefully, apathy hasn’t taken
over.
>

#23072 From: saul pulido <temohead@...>
Date: Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:08 am
Subject: Fat cats rule Baseball
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MLB opts for ratings over reason

NEW YORK – Television ratings are up across the board in baseball’s postseason. This is cause for celebration among the, oh, 50 or so suits who have a stake in such things. That each is a willing co-conspirator in the gradual ruin of the postseason seems to matter not, because ratings mean profits, and money drives Major League Baseball and the Fox network’s myopia toward the scheduling disaster that currently afflicts the sport.
 
Otherwise, we wouldn’t be here: The fourth consecutive season with a team waiting at least a week between winning a League Championship Series and starting the World Series. Note to bigwigs: Baseball is not football. Weeklong layoffs don’t fly. It’s one thing if a sweep causes it. It’s different when MLB allows Fox to hijack the entire schedule for $400 million or so a year.
 
Beaucoup bucks buy Fox the leverage to insist on starting the World Series on a Wednesday instead of the Saturday that was standard until 2007. That’s right: The World Series should have started already. Only because Saturday night is a TV ratings sinkhole, and the potential of two games on Saturday makes Fox executives cower, they make us wait. And wait. And wait.
Never mind the possibility of showing Game 1 on Saturday afternoon and enticing the millions of kids who can’t stay up late enough to watch a whole World Series game. No, that would be far too novel. And don’t dare insist that the frustration caused by the layoff might actually be worse long term than any hit taken in the ratings. Because that would imply an eye on future health, not current bank balance.
 
Beware: Disillusionment and apathy are first cousins, and the former can turn into the latter awfully quick.
“We’re used to it,” said Brad Lidge(notes), the closer for the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies, who for the second straight season have seven days between games. “It comes with the territory. If you get to the World Series, you’re going to have to wait a little bit to play.”
 
Didn’t used to be that way. Prior to 2007, there was a standard formula employed since baseball introduced the wild card. The playoffs always started the first Tuesday following the regular season ending. The LCS would begin seven or eight days later. And the World Series came 11 days after the start of the first LCS.
 
Now the postseason starts on a Wednesday. And while the LCS this season began eight days later, the World Series doesn’t start until 13 days after the first LCS game. There are off days built in specifically to adhere to Fox’s request of a Wednesday start, and with the World Baseball Classic already pushing the season back a week, there will be at least one – and as many as four – World Series games this November.
Nothing says championship-caliber baseball like Elmer Fudd caps.
 
MLB and Fox must recognize how ridiculous winter baseball looks. Weather is fickle, of course, and it could easily turn blustery in early October. The odds are just greater in late October. See: ALCS Game 6, scheduled for Saturday night, postponed to Sunday because of rain. The late-fall games, coupled with unnecessary off-days, are a double whammy MLB and Fox dish out. How nice it would be if both parties cared as much about the numbers most important to fans (temperature and precipitation) as they do their two favorites (money and ratings).
 
Arguments can be made both ways regarding the fairness to players. In 2006, Detroit swept the ALCS, sat for seven days and got crushed by St. Louis. The next year, Colorado rolled over Arizona, went nine days between games and lost four straight to Boston. While both claimed rustiness, it affected neither of the previous two teams with weeklong layoffs (Atlanta in 1995 and the New York Yankees in 1996) nor last year’s champion, Philadelphia.
 
The Phillies relish what the week off affords them: a chance to rest weary bodies, relax with family, set up their pitching rotation and procure more in-depth scouting reports on the Yankees and Angels. Not a complaint came from their clubhouse after their workout Friday afternoon, though the Tigers and Rockies also downplayed layoff excuses – until they lost.
“This is the World Series,” Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said. “They’ll be prepared for it. If you can’t get juiced up or hyped up or ready for the World Series, I don’t know how much of a pulse you have.”
 
Baseball’s, thankfully, continues Sunday at 8:20 p.m. ET. Had New York held on to its Game 5 against the Angels on Thursday, MLB faced a dire scenario: six days between games. Baseball should be ashamed that it allows Fox to bully it into such a potentially momentum-wrecking situation.
 
The good news is, MLB and Fox aren’t beyond reason. They realized that 8:30 p.m. ET starts were too late and moved the majority of this year’s games back to 8 p.m. Still an hour too late, but progress nonetheless.
 
So while MLB considers intuitive ideas to help its plight – like starting the season a week earlier with games in warm-weather cities or domed stadiums, then shaving off another week by making one day a month into Doubleheader Sunday, a treat for fans and easily brandable product – it must make amending the schedule priority No. 1. Can’t fix everything at once.
 
There is a cure for myopia, of course. Glasses. When MLB finds the right pair, it will see what chasing money has wrought. Hopefully, apathy hasn’t taken over.



#23071 From: "John Kivlin" <jkivlin@...>
Date: Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:20 pm
Subject: RE: [YCPIOTB] GORDON BECKHAM NAMED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR BY THE SPORTING NEWS
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Best hair in baseball!


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Subject: Re: [YCPIOTB] GORDON BECKHAM NAMED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR BY THE SPORTING NEWS

 

That's nice. He deserves it.
 
Marilyn

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Greg Freedman <greg@gregfreedman.com> wrote:
 

 GORDON BECKHAM NAMED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

BY THE SPORTING NEWS

 

 

CHICAGO – Third baseman Gordon Beckham of the Chicago White Sox and left-hander pitcher J.A. Happ of the Philadelphia Phillies have been named The Sporting News Rookies of the Year, as voted on by a panel of 338 major-league players.

 

Beckham, 22, batted .270 (102-378) with 28 doubles, 14 home runs and 63 RBI in 103 games with the White Sox in 2009.  He is the ninth rookie in White Sox history to be honored by The Sporting News and the first since current manager Ozzie Guillen in 1985.

 

Beckham led AL rookies in doubles, extra-base hits (43) and RBI, tied for the lead in multihit games (28) and ranked second in on-base (.347) and slugging percentage (.460), home runs, runs scored (58), hits and total bases (174) despite not making his major-league debut until June 4. 

 

His 28 doubles were the most by a Sox rookie since Carlos Lee (32) and Chris Singleton (31) in 1999 and the most ever by a White Sox player to appear in 103 games or fewer.  Beckham, who was named AL Rookie of the Month for July, ranked second on the White Sox in doubles, third in slugging percentage and fifth in RBI.

 

Beckham was the White Sox first-round selection (No. 8 overall) in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Georgia.  He was the first position player from his draft class to reach the majors and fourth overall.

 




#23070 From: LaCedric Box <cedno1@...>
Date: Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:59 am
Subject: Re: [YCPIOTB] GORDON BECKHAM NAMED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR BY THE SPORTING NEWS
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--- On Tue, 10/20/09, Greg Freedman <greg@...> wrote:

From: Greg Freedman <greg@...>
Subject: [YCPIOTB] GORDON BECKHAM NAMED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR BY THE SPORTING NEWS
To: YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 5:42 PM

 
 GORDON BECKHAM NAMED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

BY THE SPORTING NEWS

 

 

CHICAGO – Third baseman Gordon Beckham of the Chicago White Sox and left-hander pitcher J.A. Happ of the Philadelphia Phillies have been named The Sporting News Rookies of the Year, as voted on by a panel of 338 major-league players.

 

Beckham, 22, batted .270 (102-378) with 28 doubles, 14 home runs and 63 RBI in 103 games with the White Sox in 2009.  He is the ninth rookie in White Sox history to be honored by The Sporting News and the first since current manager Ozzie Guillen in 1985.

 

Beckham led AL rookies in doubles, extra-base hits (43) and RBI, tied for the lead in multihit games (28) and ranked second in on-base (.347) and slugging percentage (.460), home runs, runs scored (58), hits and total bases (174) despite not making his major-league debut until June 4. 

 

His 28 doubles were the most by a Sox rookie since Carlos Lee (32) and Chris Singleton (31) in 1999 and the most ever by a White Sox player to appear in 103 games or fewer.  Beckham, who was named AL Rookie of the Month for July, ranked second on the White Sox in doubles, third in slugging percentage and fifth in RBI.

 

Beckham was the White Sox first-round selection (No. 8 overall) in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Georgia.  He was the first position player from his draft class to reach the majors and fourth overall.

 




#23069 From: Marilyn Adams <madams1954@...>
Date: Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:24 am
Subject: Re: [YCPIOTB] GORDON BECKHAM NAMED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR BY THE SPORTING NEWS
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That's nice. He deserves it.
 
Marilyn

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Greg Freedman <greg@...> wrote:
 

 GORDON BECKHAM NAMED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

BY THE SPORTING NEWS

 

 

CHICAGO – Third baseman Gordon Beckham of the Chicago White Sox and left-hander pitcher J.A. Happ of the Philadelphia Phillies have been named The Sporting News Rookies of the Year, as voted on by a panel of 338 major-league players.

 

Beckham, 22, batted .270 (102-378) with 28 doubles, 14 home runs and 63 RBI in 103 games with the White Sox in 2009.  He is the ninth rookie in White Sox history to be honored by The Sporting News and the first since current manager Ozzie Guillen in 1985.

 

Beckham led AL rookies in doubles, extra-base hits (43) and RBI, tied for the lead in multihit games (28) and ranked second in on-base (.347) and slugging percentage (.460), home runs, runs scored (58), hits and total bases (174) despite not making his major-league debut until June 4. 

 

His 28 doubles were the most by a Sox rookie since Carlos Lee (32) and Chris Singleton (31) in 1999 and the most ever by a White Sox player to appear in 103 games or fewer.  Beckham, who was named AL Rookie of the Month for July, ranked second on the White Sox in doubles, third in slugging percentage and fifth in RBI.

 

Beckham was the White Sox first-round selection (No. 8 overall) in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Georgia.  He was the first position player from his draft class to reach the majors and fourth overall.

 




#23068 From: jmh0860@...
Date: Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:47 pm
Subject: Re: [YCPIOTB] GORDON BECKHAM NAMED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR BY THE SPORTING NEWS
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From: Greg Freedman <greg@...>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:42:56 -0500
To: <YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [YCPIOTB] GORDON BECKHAM NAMED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR BY THE SPORTING NEWS

 

 GORDON BECKHAM NAMED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

BY THE SPORTING NEWS

 

 

CHICAGO – Third baseman Gordon Beckham of the Chicago White Sox and left-hander pitcher J.A. Happ of the Philadelphia Phillies have been named The Sporting News Rookies of the Year, as voted on by a panel of 338 major-league players.

 

Beckham, 22, batted .270 (102-378) with 28 doubles, 14 home runs and 63 RBI in 103 games with the White Sox in 2009.  He is the ninth rookie in White Sox history to be honored by The Sporting News and the first since current manager Ozzie Guillen in 1985.

 

Beckham led AL rookies in doubles, extra-base hits (43) and RBI, tied for the lead in multihit games (28) and ranked second in on-base (.347) and slugging percentage (.460), home runs, runs scored (58), hits and total bases (174) despite not making his major-league debut until June 4. 

 

His 28 doubles were the most by a Sox rookie since Carlos Lee (32) and Chris Singleton (31) in 1999 and the most ever by a White Sox player to appear in 103 games or fewer.  Beckham, who was named AL Rookie of the Month for July, ranked second on the White Sox in doubles, third in slugging percentage and fifth in RBI.

 

Beckham was the White Sox first-round selection (No. 8 overall) in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Georgia.  He was the first position player from his draft class to reach the majors and fourth overall.

 



#23067 From: Greg Freedman <greg@...>
Date: Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:42 pm
Subject: GORDON BECKHAM NAMED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR BY THE SPORTING NEWS
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 GORDON BECKHAM NAMED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

BY THE SPORTING NEWS

 

 

CHICAGO – Third baseman Gordon Beckham of the Chicago White Sox and left-hander pitcher J.A. Happ of the Philadelphia Phillies have been named The Sporting News Rookies of the Year, as voted on by a panel of 338 major-league players.

 

Beckham, 22, batted .270 (102-378) with 28 doubles, 14 home runs and 63 RBI in 103 games with the White Sox in 2009.  He is the ninth rookie in White Sox history to be honored by The Sporting News and the first since current manager Ozzie Guillen in 1985.

 

Beckham led AL rookies in doubles, extra-base hits (43) and RBI, tied for the lead in multihit games (28) and ranked second in on-base (.347) and slugging percentage (.460), home runs, runs scored (58), hits and total bases (174) despite not making his major-league debut until June 4. 

 

His 28 doubles were the most by a Sox rookie since Carlos Lee (32) and Chris Singleton (31) in 1999 and the most ever by a White Sox player to appear in 103 games or fewer.  Beckham, who was named AL Rookie of the Month for July, ranked second on the White Sox in doubles, third in slugging percentage and fifth in RBI.

 

Beckham was the White Sox first-round selection (No. 8 overall) in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Georgia.  He was the first position player from his draft class to reach the majors and fourth overall.

 



#23066 From: "Kathy Strelow" <writerly@...>
Date: Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:16 pm
Subject: Re: [YCPIOTB] #2 woo woo in history
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Ok, I have to admit it.  This made me laugh.
 
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Unofficial Cubs mascot Ronnie Woo-Woo Wickers seems to be everywhere. Here he appears in the background of one of this nation's darker moments, the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. Where else has Woo-Woo been spotted? Email your pics to photos@....



#23065 From: saul pulido <temohead@...>
Date: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:31 am
Subject: Cubs jinxed forever...
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Hindenburg Disaster Ronnie was sighted in Lakehurst, NJ on May 6, 1937.



#23064 From: saul pulido <temohead@...>
Date: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:08 am
Subject: #2 woo woo in history
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Unofficial Cubs mascot Ronnie Woo-Woo Wickers seems to be everywhere. Here he appears in the background of one of this nation's darker moments, the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald. Where else has Woo-Woo been spotted? Email your pics to photos@....



#23063 From: saul pulido <temohead@...>
Date: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:01 am
Subject: our rules don't apply?
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Daley didn't realize IOC members could vote only once
'You call that an election?' laments mayor
Friday, Oct. 2, 2009




A distraught Mayor Daley criticized the International Olympic Committee's voting process after Chicago was ousted early from the voting for 2016 Olympic host sites.

"You call that an election? They only let those guys vote once," he said. "What kind of democracy is that? Here in Chicago, we'll let you vote three, four times--as long as it's for the right guys."

Daley, who has been a longtime proponent of holding the games in Chicago, despite a lack of funding options for the city, said the voting oversight threw his Chicago 2016 campaign for a loop.

"I had 350 dead guys--er, I mean, 'non-registered voters'--ready to vote for Chicago. What kind of socialist, Euro-trash rules are these, anyway?"

Things went from bad to worse for Daley, when he found out Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro won the bid and will host the games.

"Rio? Are you kidding me?" Daley asked. "I bet they don't even have parking meters down there."

By Matthew Wood, intrepid reporter


#23062 From: "thefuryofpurerock" <newworldsamurai@...>
Date: Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:14 pm
Subject: Brad Hawpe
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http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Av5IRH6BxqVMA_RWUtChRd8RvLYF?slug=jp-playo\
ffpulse101409&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

From what I gather, it seems that the Rockies are looking to deal Brad Hawpe
this off-season. In the past, he has been a pretty big left-handed bat for the
Rockies. He hasn't hit below .280 since 2005, has hit at least 20 HR's since
2006 and seems to have fairly good stats elsewhere. He turns 31 next June and
might make a good fit as a part-time DH/part-time OF, giving Carlos Quentin more
at-bats as a DH. Thoughts?

#23061 From: "John Kivlin" <jkivlin@...>
Date: Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:43 pm
Subject: RE: [YCPIOTB] Dear Minnesota...
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From: petrohd [mailto:petrohd@...]


Should have figured it would happen...

Was telling a cousin of mine when the Twins (hes from MN) won the
Division that they would have it tough against the Yankees....and sure
enough thats what happened.

And now with St Louis out of it, I guess I am going for the Dodgers...

Think of it this way...if the Yankees and Dodgers get into the WS then
it will be a match of Torre against the Yankees....

Mike P


I'm rooting for the remaining six teams to lose.  Unfortunately, one
will win.

I guess if I gotta root I'll root for Torre.  Not the Dodgers.  Torre.
Seems like good people.

JK

#23060 From: jmh0860@...
Date: Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:27 pm
Subject: CWS Article jenks weight
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#23059 From: jmh0860@...
Date: Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:26 pm
Subject: Wise declares free agency
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#23058 From: petrohd <petrohd@...>
Date: Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:10 pm
Subject: Re: [YCPIOTB] Dear Minnesota...
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Should have figured it would happen...
 
Was telling a cousin of mine when the Twins (hes from MN) won the Division that they would have it tough against the Yankees....and sure enough thats what happened.
 
And now with St Louis out of it, I guess I am going for the Dodgers...
 
Think of it this way...if the Yankees and Dodgers get into the WS then it will be a match of Torre against the Yankees....
 
Mike P

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:01 PM, <jmh0860@...> wrote:
 

They folded.... Chumps...

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry


From: "John Kivlin" <jkivlin@...>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:53:55 -0500
Subject: [YCPIOTB] Dear Minnesota...

 

Suck it.  I'm conviced despite the records there was no way the Sox weren't as good as those implements.  Detroit maybe, but definitely not the Twins.
 
JK



#23057 From: jmh0860@...
Date: Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:01 pm
Subject: Re: [YCPIOTB] Dear Minnesota...
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They folded.... Chumps...

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry


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Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:53:55 -0500
To: <YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [YCPIOTB] Dear Minnesota...

 

Suck it.  I'm conviced despite the records there was no way the Sox weren't as good as those implements.  Detroit maybe, but definitely not the Twins.
 
JK


#23056 From: "John Kivlin" <jkivlin@...>
Date: Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:53 pm
Subject: Dear Minnesota...
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Suck it.  I'm conviced despite the records there was no way the Sox weren't as good as those implements.  Detroit maybe, but definitely not the Twins.
 
JK

#23055 From: saul pulido <temohead@...>
Date: Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:29 pm
Subject: Re: [YCPIOTB] Jim Thome open to returning to White Sox - Sporting News staff reports - MLB - Sporting News
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Interesting....the only way you could bring back Thome back is not to resign Dye and trade Paulie.
You cannot have 3 mules on the team....only 1, who can hit.  

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Subject: [YCPIOTB] Jim Thome open to returning to White Sox - Sporting News staff reports - MLB - Sporting News
To: "Southside hitmen" <southsidehitmen@yahoogroups.com>, "Youcanputitontheboard" <youcanputitontheboard@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Monday, October 12, 2009, 1:13 PM



#23054 From: jmh0860@...
Date: Mon Oct 12, 2009 6:13 pm
Subject: Jim Thome open to returning to White Sox - Sporting News staff reports - MLB - Sporting News
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#23053 From: saul pulido <temohead@...>
Date: Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:31 pm
Subject: Re: [YCPIOTB] Weather
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That's just my point.  The players are paid millions and so the owners charge mucho buckos for a ticket.  If a fan is forced to pay big bucks(Yankees,$2500 ticket to sit in the front) to attend a game, they should be able to watch the players play in the proper environment.
 
Look how dumb it looked to see the players with stocking hats on under their baseball caps-- covering their ears, there were even a couple of players who looked like they were wearing long underwear.  Heck, you could see their breath on the tube all game.
 
The feeling a player can have is having your hands cold when hitting or pitching.
As someone mentioned in their reply....
go back to a 152 game schedule.
 
Maybe I'm just too much of a purist.
Hey, remember when the Oakland A's
starting wearing WHITE cleat shoes in the games and at first the American League president objected to it but owner Charles Findley said they would wear them irregardless of what the A.L. prez said.  Then the A's started the moustache look.
That was pretty heavy stuff back in the day.
 
 


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From: jmh0860@... <jmh0860@...>
Subject: Re: [YCPIOTB] Weather
To: "Youcanputitontheboard" <youcanputitontheboard@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Monday, October 12, 2009, 8:56 AM

 
Oh we pay you millions.... You may have to play a few games in the cold..... Doesn't seem all that bad to me... Especially in the playoffs... I am sure they earn a bonus.
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From: "Tom" <questftbest@ yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:49:50 -0000
To: <YouCanPutItOnTheBoa rd@yahoogroups. com>
Subject: Re: [YCPIOTB] Weather

 
I think the retractable roofs add millions to the project. In this economy I don't see many new parks being built. Also, while some cities have the benefit of year round warm weather like Miami and Oakland, there stadiums are crap.

--- In YouCanPutItOnTheBoa rd@yahoogroups. com, Brian Ryder <newworldsamurai@ ...> wrote:
>
> I think having October baseball is fine. That being said, why haven't all new stadiums built in questionable regions been required to include a retractable roof? Even U.S. Cellular Field would benefit from having one. I think fans would be more likely to show up in early April if they didn't have to bear the brunt of 31 degree winds in the upper deck.
>
>
>
>
> ____________ _________ _________ __
> From: saul pulido <temohead@.. .>
> To: YouCanPutItOnTheBoa rd <YouCanPutItOnTheBoa rd@yahoogroups. com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 7:51:58 AM
> Subject: [YCPIOTB] Weather
>
>
>
> Snow in Colorado yesterday. game canceled.
> High of 49 today.
> Snow in Minn yesterday.
> They play in a dome.
> High of 53 in Boston.
> Brrrrrrrrr.
> Baseball was not meant to be played in
> cold weather. It should be in the 60's and above.
> This is why MLB should shorten the season or just play more double-headers on sundays like they did in the past.
> How can a player perform his best in 40 degree weather?
> Pitchers arms tighten up pretty quick, fast players lose a split second on their jounts around the bases.This is football weather.
>
> I don't care who you are, you cannot pitch and hit you best in the game of baseball when the temperature outside is cold, cold, cold.
> I like to watch the playoff games on the tube but when it is this cold I tend to just watch the highlights on ESPN at the end of the day. To me, playing in cold weather takes away the luster of the game.
> Maybe they should play the games in warm weather neutral cities. I just can't see going to game with a jacket and hat on and still freeze my ass off watching a slow moving game.
>
> The playoffs should start right after labor day weekend. I'm sure if the owners had their way, they would have the world series end on thanksgiving day.
>



#23052 From: Sox Fan 4 Life <soxfan4life@...>
Date: Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:41 pm
Subject: Re: [YCPIOTB] Weather
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I agree with you, they also need to start the season a little later as well.  I would love for them to go back to the double headers, but if they do, you know it'll be day/night double headers so they can charge for both the games.  Owners and MLB have to get their money.  I'd hate for them to shorten the season in amount of games played so that would be the only solution so I doubt we'll ever see it happen.  Just going to have to get used to them playing in 30 degree weather.

Jeff



From: saul pulido <temohead@...>
To: YouCanPutItOnTheBoard <YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 8:51:58 AM
Subject: [YCPIOTB] Weather



 
Snow in Colorado yesterday. game canceled.
High of 49 today.
Snow in Minn yesterday.
They play in a dome.
High of 53 in Boston.
Brrrrrrrrr.
Baseball was not meant to be played in
cold weather.  It should be in the 60's and above.
This is why MLB should shorten the season or just play more double-headers on sundays like they did in the past.
How can a player perform his best in 40 degree weather? 
Pitchers arms tighten up pretty quick, fast players lose a split second on their jounts around the bases.This is football weather.
 
I don't care who you are, you cannot pitch and hit you best in the game of baseball when the temperature outside is cold, cold, cold
I like to watch the playoff games on the tube but when it is this cold I tend to just watch the highlights on ESPN at the end of the day.  To me, playing in cold weather takes away the luster of the game.
Maybe they  should play the games in warm weather neutral cities.  I just can't see going to game with a jacket and hat on and still freeze my ass off watching a slow moving game.
 
The playoffs should start right after labor day weekend.  I'm sure if the owners had their way, they would have the world series end on thanksgiving day.
 
 
 
 




#23051 From: jmh0860@...
Date: Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:56 pm
Subject: Re: [YCPIOTB] Weather
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Oh we pay you millions.... You may have to play a few games in the cold..... Doesn't seem all that bad to me... Especially in the playoffs... I am sure they earn a bonus.

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From: "Tom" <questftbest@...>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:49:50 -0000
To: <YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [YCPIOTB] Weather

 

I think the retractable roofs add millions to the project. In this economy I don't see many new parks being built. Also, while some cities have the benefit of year round warm weather like Miami and Oakland, there stadiums are crap.

--- In YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com, Brian Ryder <newworldsamurai@...> wrote:
>
> I think having October baseball is fine. That being said, why haven't all new stadiums built in questionable regions been required to include a retractable roof? Even U.S. Cellular Field would benefit from having one. I think fans would be more likely to show up in early April if they didn't have to bear the brunt of 31 degree winds in the upper deck.
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: saul pulido <temohead@...>
> To: YouCanPutItOnTheBoard <YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 7:51:58 AM
> Subject: [YCPIOTB] Weather
>
>
>
> Snow in Colorado yesterday. game canceled.
> High of 49 today.
> Snow in Minn yesterday.
> They play in a dome.
> High of 53 in Boston.
> Brrrrrrrrr.
> Baseball was not meant to be played in
> cold weather. It should be in the 60's and above.
> This is why MLB should shorten the season or just play more double-headers on sundays like they did in the past.
> How can a player perform his best in 40 degree weather?
> Pitchers arms tighten up pretty quick, fast players lose a split second on their jounts around the bases.This is football weather.
>
> I don't care who you are, you cannot pitch and hit you best in the game of baseball when the temperature outside is cold, cold, cold.
> I like to watch the playoff games on the tube but when it is this cold I tend to just watch the highlights on ESPN at the end of the day. To me, playing in cold weather takes away the luster of the game.
> Maybe they should play the games in warm weather neutral cities. I just can't see going to game with a jacket and hat on and still freeze my ass off watching a slow moving game.
>
> The playoffs should start right after labor day weekend. I'm sure if the owners had their way, they would have the world series end on thanksgiving day.
>


#23050 From: "Tom" <questftbest@...>
Date: Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:49 pm
Subject: Re: [YCPIOTB] Weather
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I think the retractable roofs add millions to the project.  In this economy I
don't see many new parks being built.  Also, while some cities have the benefit
of year round warm weather like Miami and Oakland, there stadiums are crap.

--- In YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com, Brian Ryder <newworldsamurai@...>
wrote:
>
> I think having October baseball is fine. That being said, why haven't all new
stadiums built in questionable regions been required to include a retractable
roof? Even U.S. Cellular Field would benefit from having one. I think fans would
be more likely to show up in early April if they didn't have to bear the brunt
of 31 degree winds in the upper deck.
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: saul pulido <temohead@...>
> To: YouCanPutItOnTheBoard <YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 7:51:58 AM
> Subject: [YCPIOTB] Weather
>
>
>
> Snow in Colorado yesterday. game canceled.
> High of 49 today.
> Snow in Minn yesterday.
> They play in a dome.
> High of 53 in Boston.
> Brrrrrrrrr.
> Baseball was not meant to be played in
> cold weather.  It should be in the 60's and above.
> This is why MLB should shorten the season or just play more double-headers on
sundays like they did in the past.
> How can a player perform his best in 40 degree weather?
> Pitchers arms tighten up pretty quick, fast players lose a split second on
their jounts around the bases.This is football weather.
>
> I don't care who you are, you cannot pitch and hit you best in the game of
baseball when the temperature outside is cold, cold, cold.
> I like to watch the playoff games on the tube but when it is this cold I tend
to just watch the highlights on ESPN at the end of the day.  To me, playing in
cold weather takes away the luster of the game.
> Maybe they  should play the games in warm weather neutral cities.  I just
can't see going to game with a jacket and hat on and still freeze my ass off
watching a slow moving game.
>
> The playoffs should start right after labor day weekend.  I'm sure if the
owners had their way, they would have the world series end on thanksgiving day.
>

#23049 From: "Tom" <questftbest@...>
Date: Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:45 pm
Subject: Re: Weather
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I agree that the season should be shorter.  I would shorten the season by 10
days (152 games) and wrap up the world series in Mid Oct.

--- In YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com, saul pulido <temohead@...> wrote:
>
>  
> Snow in Colorado yesterday. game canceled.
> High of 49 today.
> Snow in Minn yesterday.
> They play in a dome.
> High of 53 in Boston.
> Brrrrrrrrr.
> Baseball was not meant to be played in
> cold weather.  It should be in the 60's and above.
> This is why MLB should shorten the season or just play more double-headers on
sundays like they did in the past.
> How can a player perform his best in 40 degree weather? 
> Pitchers arms tighten up pretty quick, fast players lose a split second on
their jounts around the bases.This is football weather.
>  
> I don't care who you are, you cannot pitch and hit you best in the game of
baseball when the temperature outside is cold, cold, cold. 
> I like to watch the playoff games on the tube but when it is this cold I tend
to just watch the highlights on ESPN at the end of the day.  To me, playing in
cold weather takes away the luster of the game.
> Maybe they  should play the games in warm weather neutral cities.  I just
can't see going to game with a jacket and hat on and still freeze my ass off
watching a slow moving game.
>  
> The playoffs should start right after labor day weekend.  I'm sure if the
owners had their way, they would have the world series end on thanksgiving day.
>  
>  
>  
>  
>

#23048 From: saul pulido <temohead@...>
Date: Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:50 am
Subject: 28'
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It's 12:49am in Chicago and I just checked the weather
in Denver. 
 It's 28' degrees.  Yikes!
Now dat's a coooooold....
..and as the players take the field in the top of the 9th... they ask in unison, "Are we not Men?" .....and the manager runs out of the dugout(between home & 1st base) with his whip and snaps it at the ground several times as he shouts....
 
No, we are DEVO!    So.... Whip it... whip it good.
 
 
 


#23047 From: "thechihawk" <manta_ray4121@...>
Date: Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:50 am
Subject: Re: Weather
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-- High of 49 Today  They aren't playing the game until 8 PM!!!  Right now it's
32 in Denver with predicted lows of around 20.  Coldest playoff game in recorded
history was 37 in Cleveland and, if the game goes on, this already beat it. 
Interesting article in the Colorado Springs Gazette today.  Goose Gossage, who
resides here, also said that baseball is not meant to be played in cold weather.
You need your hands and it's mighty difficult getting a feel for fielding,
pitching and throwing when your hands are frozen.  I see that the last game of
the Series is scheduled for November 5th?!?!  Insanity!!!  What if the Rocks
make it into the Series.  NO way they'll be able to play in Denver in November
unless some freak heat wave happens.  At that time of the year in Denver, 40 is
a heat wave!!  This is nuts.  I remember when the Series was over the first week
of October.



-- In YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com, saul pulido <temohead@...> wrote:
>
>  
> Snow in Colorado yesterday. game canceled.
> High of 49 today.
> Snow in Minn yesterday.
> They play in a dome.
> High of 53 in Boston.
> Brrrrrrrrr.
> Baseball was not meant to be played in
> cold weather.  It should be in the 60's and above.
> This is why MLB should shorten the season or just play more double-headers on
sundays like they did in the past.
> How can a player perform his best in 40 degree weather? 
> Pitchers arms tighten up pretty quick, fast players lose a split second on
their jounts around the bases.This is football weather.
>  
> I don't care who you are, you cannot pitch and hit you best in the game of
baseball when the temperature outside is cold, cold, cold. 
> I like to watch the playoff games on the tube but when it is this cold I tend
to just watch the highlights on ESPN at the end of the day.  To me, playing in
cold weather takes away the luster of the game.
> Maybe they  should play the games in warm weather neutral cities.  I just
can't see going to game with a jacket and hat on and still freeze my ass off
watching a slow moving game.
>  
> The playoffs should start right after labor day weekend.  I'm sure if the
owners had their way, they would have the world series end on thanksgiving day.
>  
>  
>  
>  
>

#23046 From: saul pulido <temohead@...>
Date: Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:46 pm
Subject: Re: [YCPIOTB] Weather
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Now that's a good point. I do not go to any games in April and will go to only a afternoon games in May.
I do not like to freeze my butt off while watching grown
men get paid big bucks playing a kid's game.

--- On Sun, 10/11/09, Brian Ryder <newworldsamurai@...> wrote:

From: Brian Ryder <newworldsamurai@...>
Subject: Re: [YCPIOTB] Weather
To: YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 11:12 AM

 
I think having October baseball is fine. That being said, why haven't all new stadiums built in questionable regions been required to include a retractable roof? Even U.S. Cellular Field would benefit from having one. I think fans would be more likely to show up in early April if they didn't have to bear the brunt of 31 degree winds in the upper deck.


From: saul pulido <temohead@yahoo. com>
To: YouCanPutItOnTheBoa rd <YouCanPutItOnTheBoa rd@yahoogroups. com>
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 7:51:58 AM
Subject: [YCPIOTB] Weather

 
 
Snow in Colorado yesterday. game canceled.
High of 49 today.
Snow in Minn yesterday.
They play in a dome.
High of 53 in Boston.
Brrrrrrrrr.
Baseball was not meant to be played in
cold weather.  It should be in the 60's and above.
This is why MLB should shorten the season or just play more double-headers on sundays like they did in the past.
How can a player perform his best in 40 degree weather? 
Pitchers arms tighten up pretty quick, fast players lose a split second on their jounts around the bases.This is football weather.
 
I don't care who you are, you cannot pitch and hit you best in the game of baseball when the temperature outside is cold, cold, cold
I like to watch the playoff games on the tube but when it is this cold I tend to just watch the highlights on ESPN at the end of the day.  To me, playing in cold weather takes away the luster of the game.
Maybe they  should play the games in warm weather neutral cities.  I just can't see going to game with a jacket and hat on and still freeze my ass off watching a slow moving game.
 
The playoffs should start right after labor day weekend.  I'm sure if the owners had their way, they would have the world series end on thanksgiving day.
 
 
 
 



#23045 From: Brian Ryder <newworldsamurai@...>
Date: Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:12 pm
Subject: Re: [YCPIOTB] Weather
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I think having October baseball is fine. That being said, why haven't all new stadiums built in questionable regions been required to include a retractable roof? Even U.S. Cellular Field would benefit from having one. I think fans would be more likely to show up in early April if they didn't have to bear the brunt of 31 degree winds in the upper deck.


From: saul pulido <temohead@...>
To: YouCanPutItOnTheBoard <YouCanPutItOnTheBoard@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 7:51:58 AM
Subject: [YCPIOTB] Weather

 

 
Snow in Colorado yesterday. game canceled.
High of 49 today.
Snow in Minn yesterday.
They play in a dome.
High of 53 in Boston.
Brrrrrrrrr.
Baseball was not meant to be played in
cold weather.  It should be in the 60's and above.
This is why MLB should shorten the season or just play more double-headers on sundays like they did in the past.
How can a player perform his best in 40 degree weather? 
Pitchers arms tighten up pretty quick, fast players lose a split second on their jounts around the bases.This is football weather.
 
I don't care who you are, you cannot pitch and hit you best in the game of baseball when the temperature outside is cold, cold, cold
I like to watch the playoff games on the tube but when it is this cold I tend to just watch the highlights on ESPN at the end of the day.  To me, playing in cold weather takes away the luster of the game.
Maybe they  should play the games in warm weather neutral cities.  I just can't see going to game with a jacket and hat on and still freeze my ass off watching a slow moving game.
 
The playoffs should start right after labor day weekend.  I'm sure if the owners had their way, they would have the world series end on thanksgiving day.
 
 
 
 


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