Rocky

Do us a favor, and don't make your 10,000th post on our thread.

Which is probably safe, you'll probably do it on the political forum or baseball thread before you even see this post!

And yes. I have noticed your diversity lately to the extend of posting on a few other forums.

No wisecracks from the 9th, please.

I also think that Manny and NY is a tough fit.

I can even see the Angels getting him, if the Dodgers can't put it together. That would fry Dodger fan, and would be just as good for Manny. Actually better for Manny in that he can dh-especially in years 2 and 3. Plus he'd be hitting with Vlad (and Tex?).

I just think he'd be happier in laid back LA, than anywhere in the north.

Maddon was referring to the revenues small market teams have received from MLB. I'm not familiar enough with how they work. Joe seemed to think the Rays benefited by the big market payrolls. I don't recall where I read it, but it must have been a quote in the LA Times right after the series.

I dunno... that's an intriguing scenario for Manny, with the Angels, but I can see him wanting to stick it to the Red Sox by donning the pinstripes... He'd make NY be laid back... :)

I forget right now---its a luxury tax or something... its one of those... socialist, marxist, communist terrorist share the wealth programs....... .......o.....sorry....I was channeling my inner Rhino for a minute :) --dont know where that came from.....must be reading too much of the pols forum.....

I better go take a walk........

You might be onto something there! ! !

MLB IS, after all, AMERICA'S GAME. And if it's good enough for MLB, it should be good enough for the good ol' U S of A, right?

I've just heard that Jane Guthrie (4th Corp) passed away. Has anyone else heard this? I didn't want to put it in the memorial section unless I know it's true. She was a wonderful, kind, beautiful woman

It is correct. Memorial service will be on Nov 8 at 12:30 pm

Chapel of the Resurrection Funeral Home

(located on the grounds of Cedar Park Church)

16300 – 112th Ave. NE

Bothell, WA 98011.

kind of an extended mardi gras... I first learned about this while watching Cold Case on CBS a year or so ago...

C. mon, Rock...I DISSagreed with you...And that usually brings out the best in you

Rocky and Lifted...You two are very kind...Thank you....

Yeah... and after you DISSed me in the politics forum this morning! :)

hopefully there is someone besides Simon who is good on the rules

With regular/frequent lessons from our resident umpire, we might get there! :)

Watching the celebration never gets old --Fox did a nice bit focussing on each Philly during the last out

best part ----the entire stadium booing Bud Selig mercilessly

LOL!!--you got love Philly!!

Yeah... Bud earns that. Who better to give it to him, eh?

And depending on what day pitchers and catchers report, it's roughly 110 days until mid-February 2009.

I really really don't like that baseball is played in such cold weather... it's sacreligous I tell ya...

whatever happened to those days when we took our transistor radios to school with the earplugs running up inside our shirts, hidden until they popped out to snake their ways to our ears?

Lidge is looking pretty good...

I agree wit you on those two points!

It is FINISHED.

The 2008 MLB season is HISTORY.

How many days until pitchers and catchers report?

We get a half hour pep talk first---- :)

Hope the weathers good in Philly its like a damn blizzard where I am....

mid 80s here as I type this... and I don't get the "pep talk" until 7pm mountain time... about an hour and a half from now...

Yea, I suppose my problem is that in the short time I spent with him, I did hot have enough time to observe this fully; plus TWI HQ may not have been the best environment to see how versatile he is.

You don't suppose you could delete the "non-college educated" part and still have your statement be true, could you?

But, you might be surprised in my baseball environment not only how many players and coaches don't know these rules, but even fellow umpires (At the level I have been working at in recent years, I am the senior old fart (in experience as well as age) of the group.

If I did THAT, I'd have to remove the strikethrough from the word "about."

Which would, in no way, be demeaning to Simon.

Apparently, they are going to attempt to finish game 5 tonight.

Geez, I think Simon's been hiding something.

If you think Simon's been hiding that he's a smart person, I would disagree... he doesn't hide it, but he doesn't go out of his way to disclose it either...

He's about the smartest non-college (other than the Way College) educated guy I know.

At least you guys have West Coast times--There is a whole generation of East Coast kids who grow up never seeing a world series--which is shortsighted of MLB to me...

( I guess I rant about this every year at this time...I must be gettin old....but even if they scheduled a normal ballgame time of 7 or 7:15 would open up a lot of audience

Well, Mstar... you'd be surprised at how many people have DVRs these days... your concern about the next generation would be valid IF there was no such thing as the DVR...

No Game Today

They'll try again tomorrow-starting in the 6th.

Needless to say, this will fuel the arguments for shorter seasons, warm weather neutral stadiums, instant replays, powers of the commissioner,start of game times, and anything else I've missed.

Of course I have opinions about all of it. I do think starting a game at 8:30 is absurd. How great would a daytime Series game on the weekend be ? Of course between college and pro football competing, it'll never happen-but it should.

Me too.

I just got in--are they playing tonight?

The storm from last night is up my way now---Its snowing here!

Snowing?!? Heck, my a/c just came on. :blink:

Was this thread supposed to stay dormant by law for that long?

Actually, my team might be able to take care of those Longhorns for ya.

Is everyone taking the same vacation? Actually, the reason I came here in the first place was to wonder what happened to Simon, and had to choose between here and the baseball thread to ask (It hasn't been long enough to warrent a "Where the hell is Simon" thread.

I spoke with him the other day... he's alive and well and enjoying the weather now that we're finally no longer getting high temps exceeding 100 degrees (F).

I think the time reference Mr. Strange made was about the Texas BBQ...

Test question:

Bases loaded, two out. Batter swings and misses at strike three, but the catcher fails to hold the pitch and the ball pops out and rolls onto the plate. The batter takes off for first base before the catcher can tag him. The Catcher picks the ball up off the plate and throws to first. The ball gets there in plenty of time, but it sails just over the first baseman's reach and down the right field foul line. The right fielder picks it up and throws it in, but not until the runners on second and third have crossed the plate, and the batter and runner originally on first have reached second and third respectively.

What is the correct ruling? I suppose for emphasis I should add that the team at bat was one run down in the bottom of the 9th before the play, but for ruling purposes that doesn't change things, just makes the ruling more critical of course.

Oh, and to remove any doubt, by "pops out", I mean immediately, that is that the catcher does not catch the ball, to remove any question about whether or not he held it long enough.

Now I thought that the batter could only take first (in the event he is not thrown out at first) IF the base was OPEN to begin with... IF that IS still true, then it shouldn't matter what happens to the ball when it gets thrown to first base. In which case, the batter is out, and the game is over. Home team loses.

However, IF the batter actually does get to run, he obviously did not get thrown out, the two runs score and the home team wins.

Of course, I may be wrong.

That is why Rocky is so amazing...he is active on both.

I bet he uses this thread because he needs the heart after posting in that other place.

Speaking of the World Series, today is one day when the two things I get paid for come together.

I don't get so worked up any more. I'm obviously still interested and therefore involved in the forum, but it doesn't matter to me if anyone disagrees or agrees with me.

However, I might have issues to deal with once the results are known after the election. :)

I know it would have been a terrible way to end a series, but Im way behind apparently--when was the rule change put into effect?

Buck/McCarver said it was changed -- regarding the WS (and maybe other playoff games) only last winter.

So, if this had happened in any prior WS, the resolution would have been different.

Hes being the Kazmir of this year--going deep into the count and missing alot..

Its amazing how fast a hot team can go cold--Pena and Longoria who killed in the ALCS are a combined 0-30 or thereabouts---

(Jinx-double Pena as I type)

ha--Longoria RBI

maybe things are waking up

It looks nasty and cold there....

I kept thinking they can't END the WS with a rain shortened 2-1 game.

It was raining pretty steady and I think Buck/McCarver said it was 39 degrees (F). That's just plain miserable.

So, once they finished the half inning after Upton scored the tying run, they did the only thing they could. So, I guess we'll find out when the game resumes... when they resume the game.

Heard he was in Franklin, MA a few years back. Not sure if he's still there.

I'm pretty sure he's not still there...

I understand he's in touch with people who come to the cafe here...

*&^% --I fell asleep before the end of the game and the sports shows all have college football (?) highlights.

Games that end at 2AM especially World Series games are just plain wrong----

Good for Jamie --for some perspective --when he started pitching professionally, Wierwille was still alive---and half the Rays werent even born..He was 'old' when he pitched for the Red Sox a dozen years ago...I love it when guys like him prove 'conventional wisdom' wrong.

Looks like the Rays reverted to being the DevilRays for a crucial half inning--

Im of the opinion that Upton could be one of those guys who wins 3-4 MVPs in his career.

Hopefully I'll get to see todays game--what time does that start--midnight?

The solution to your problem -- Tivo (aka DVR).

It was a very good game.

gutsy move... no other choice though I guess... hope Balfour doesn't walk one in...

well... a chopper scores the run...

I like these two managers though... and we've had some good games...

I think Longoria kind of panicked there though... looking at the replay, it looks like if he would've just extended and flipped the ball after he was in foul territory, instead of trying to lob it over the runner, he might have had a chance... tough play though...

the Phillies need Ryan Howard to wake up though... and the Rays Longoria

Yeah it was definitely an unorthodox infield alignment... didn't work, but once they got a guy on third with no outs, the game was all but over... so it was certainly worth a try. I liked it, even though it didn't work.

I don't know about you guys... but I'm thinking this Upton is pretty good...

Nice job by Grandpa out on the mound tonight as well...

Don't forget that Grandpa is still younger than you (or me)!

And yes, I'm thinking that Upton kid is pretty good... got some awesome wheels. :blink:

Billingsley's comments reflected badly on Billingsley-as least that's how I perceived them. Martin's offense did go down-and I blame it on overwork, too. He never wanted a day off.

The Dodgers already had Lugo-no thanks

Youkilis -now that sounds intriguing

Ellsbury is available ? What did I miss ? There is no need for Crisp or any of really.

Pitching is always welcome, though as Casey Stengel once said-"you have to have a catcher, otherwise there's all passed balls".

It's not just you.

"Blaming" is not healthy TEAM behavior. I'm certain that most GMs share that particular view.

It's not the only factor, but it is certainly not a positive in Billingsley's favor.