[Industrialblog,
October 9, 2006]
Tigers win! Tigers win! Tigers win!
Down go the Yankees! Down go the Yankees! Down go the Yankees!
Wasn't that series a thing of beauty. Rogers and Bonderman shut down the evil empire. That means we've been given six years of relief from Yankee dominance ... and Steinbrenner will do something stupid, like fire Joe Torre, one of the best managers in baseball history.
Playing Gary Sheffield at first was stupid.
So, we have Tigers-A's, two storied and historic franchises, battling it out in the ALCS. (For trivia fans, that's a repeat of the 1972 ALCS.)
Meanwhile, we have the St. Louis Cardinals, the most successful National League franchise in history, playing some expansion team from Queens. Or Fairies. Or whatever.
I'd love to see a Cardinals-Tigers series, the "rubber match" of the 1934 and 1968 World Series, the former won by the "Gashouse Gang" and the latter won by Mickey Lolich, whose three victories, including astonishingly games 5 and 7, made that series one of the best ever. Except I was too young to remember it.
Unfortunately, I think it'll be a Mets-A's series. The A's have an extra day's rest on their pitching staff, and the Tigers might be emotionally drained from blowing the division and then beating the crap out of the Yankees.
Still, I'll be rooting for the Tigers and Cardinals.
Meanwhile, over in football, I'm in a "suicide pool" at work. Here's how it works: You pick one team per week for a straight-up win. If the team wins, you continue. If it loses, you're done. But here's the kicker: You can only pick a team once per year.
There are eight people remaining in the pool. Four picked the Colts yesterday. The Colts were 18 point favorites, and squeaked out a 14-13 win. There must've been some nervous Nellies yesterday. Too bad the Colts didn't lose. We'd have eliminated half the field.
I picked New England, and the previous week, the Eagles. I trust New England ... and I didn't trust the Colts. The Colts problem is, as Boomer said last night, they can't stop the run. And if you can't stop the run, anything can happen.
Meanwhile, on the world scene, my friend JH came up with a brilliant solution to the problems in Baghdad: Move the capital. Put it somewhere else, like Brasilia or DC. Why didn't I think of that? It's brilliant, if you think about it.
That's all. Have a good week.
Wasn't that series a thing of beauty. Rogers and Bonderman shut down the evil empire. That means we've been given six years of relief from Yankee dominance ... and Steinbrenner will do something stupid, like fire Joe Torre, one of the best managers in baseball history.
Playing Gary Sheffield at first was stupid.
So, we have Tigers-A's, two storied and historic franchises, battling it out in the ALCS. (For trivia fans, that's a repeat of the 1972 ALCS.)
Meanwhile, we have the St. Louis Cardinals, the most successful National League franchise in history, playing some expansion team from Queens. Or Fairies. Or whatever.
I'd love to see a Cardinals-Tigers series, the "rubber match" of the 1934 and 1968 World Series, the former won by the "Gashouse Gang" and the latter won by Mickey Lolich, whose three victories, including astonishingly games 5 and 7, made that series one of the best ever. Except I was too young to remember it.
Unfortunately, I think it'll be a Mets-A's series. The A's have an extra day's rest on their pitching staff, and the Tigers might be emotionally drained from blowing the division and then beating the crap out of the Yankees.
Still, I'll be rooting for the Tigers and Cardinals.
Meanwhile, over in football, I'm in a "suicide pool" at work. Here's how it works: You pick one team per week for a straight-up win. If the team wins, you continue. If it loses, you're done. But here's the kicker: You can only pick a team once per year.
There are eight people remaining in the pool. Four picked the Colts yesterday. The Colts were 18 point favorites, and squeaked out a 14-13 win. There must've been some nervous Nellies yesterday. Too bad the Colts didn't lose. We'd have eliminated half the field.
I picked New England, and the previous week, the Eagles. I trust New England ... and I didn't trust the Colts. The Colts problem is, as Boomer said last night, they can't stop the run. And if you can't stop the run, anything can happen.
Meanwhile, on the world scene, my friend JH came up with a brilliant solution to the problems in Baghdad: Move the capital. Put it somewhere else, like Brasilia or DC. Why didn't I think of that? It's brilliant, if you think about it.
That's all. Have a good week.
in the second post, I mispelled typo as type.
I'm going to go drink coffee now before I write anything else.
yeah, i know what you mean ... i'd like to cancel this week and just take off. but i can't.
the colts need to move back to baltimore.
cleveland can have two teams named the browns.
It's corrected.
Forgive and Let's go Mets!!!!!!!!!
I didn't know you were a Mets fan. Must be because you live near Tidewater. (Is the AAA team still there?)
Wayne Garrett 3b
Felix Millan 2b
Rusty Staub RF
Cleon Jones LF
John Milner 1b
Don Hahn CF
Jerry Grote C
Bud Harrelson SS
Pitchers
Tom Seaver P
Jon Matlack P
Jerry Koosman P
George Stone P
Ray Sadecki P
Tug McGraw P
highlights on the bench:
Ed Kranepool
Willie Mays
Duffy Dyer
Ron Hodges
Jim Fregosi
Yogi Berra - manager
Yes the AAA team is now called the Norfolk Tides.
(Hate to root for LaRussa) Plus, I believe that's Willie Randolph on the Mets bench, forever tainted as a Yankee.