Holy Crap! - Page 2

CommishJoe · 10-17-2003, 01:39 AM

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Originally posted by Draft Dodger
if by "retooling" you mean bring in more high-priced free agents, then yes, I agree.

Well, hopefully, the Yanks will win the series, Steiney will retire and the Yanks will be able to re-tool the right way. I know, doubtful at best, but a guy can dream

As for the World Series, the Marlins have what it takes to beat the Yankees, and the Yankees rotation, their strength, is in complete disarray after this game. If the Marlins can jump out early, they've got a shot.

BaseballMan · 10-17-2003, 01:39 AM

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Originally posted by blmeanie
not so sure they will. Florida is a good resiliant team. Yankees dynasty is vulnerable. Could be their last run before retooling. OLD team.

Damn.

yeah i wouldnt overlook the Marlins.

But you know george. He'll just go buy the players he needs.

fantom1979 · 10-17-2003, 01:42 AM

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Originally posted by CommishJoe
Well, hopefully, the Yanks will win the series, Steiney will retire and the Yanks will be able to re-tool the right way. I know, doubtful at best, but a guy can dream

George is like the Pope or a Surpreme Court Justice... I think he is in for life.

CommishJoe · 10-17-2003, 01:43 AM

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Originally posted by fantom1979
George is like the Pope or a Surpreme Court Justice... I think he is in for life.

Gawd I hope not, but you're probably right

Le Grande Orange · 10-17-2003, 02:24 AM

Thank God for hockey?

Uh, don't forget you've got to sit through 6 months of relatively meaningless games before you get to the good stuff in April, the playoffs.

And by then baseball is back again...

Draft Dodger · 10-17-2003, 02:27 AM

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Originally posted by Le Grande Orange
Thank God for hockey?

Uh, don't forget you've got to sit through 6 months of relatively meaningless games before you get to the good stuff in April, the playoffs.

true, but my Avs are FUN to watch so far this year.

holyroller · 10-17-2003, 02:52 AM

**** the Yankees and **** the Marlins. **** Grady Little and a HUGE **** you to Dusty Baker.

edm · 10-17-2003, 03:25 AM

They should just cancel the World Series, it's going to be so anti-climatic it's even not funny. It was a tremendous post season though. if only the Cubs and Red Sox could of held their 3 run leads in game 7, we'd have a great World series to look forward to... Oh well, I hope the Yankee and Marlin fans enjoy the series, because they will be the only ones watching

kingfc22 · 10-17-2003, 03:37 AM

Damn Yanks. I hope that the fish run circles around them. How does this happen year after year???

Le Grande Orange · 10-17-2003, 04:27 AM

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Originally posted by edm
Oh well, I hope the Yankee and Marlin fans enjoy the series, because they will be the only ones watching.

Yes, it will be interesting to see the ratings for this World Series. Thanks to the Cubs and Red Sox being in the LCS, Fox was getting some very good numbers. But I bet there's going to be a big drop off now...

Markus Heinsohn · 10-17-2003, 05:08 AM

Marlins - Yankees. I will not get up at 2 am for this one...

fat dude · 10-17-2003, 07:29 AM

Oh well, the Sox had a good run at it--right until the end. Now what to do until spring training...

dougaiton · 10-17-2003, 07:45 AM

....hunt Grady Little? I hear its Open Season.

CBL-Commish · 10-17-2003, 09:22 AM

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Originally posted by kingfc22
Damn Yanks. I hope that the fish run circles around them. How does this happen year after year???

$200 million buys a lot of luck.

**** the Yankees. From the fans, to the batboys, to the concession workers, to the players, to the teary-eyed coaches, to f'ing Babe Ruth. **** them all.

CommishJoe · 10-17-2003, 09:43 AM

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Originally posted by CBL-Commish

**** the Yankees. From the fans, <snip> **** them all.

Well then, **** you too

And I agree, once the Cubs were eliminated, the potential ratings for this series went down the tubes.

draven085 · 10-17-2003, 09:49 AM

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Originally posted by dougaiton
....hunt Grady Little? I hear its Open Season.

That's my plan. If he isn't fired today there is no justice in this world.

The Professor · 10-17-2003, 10:20 AM

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...and Marlin fans

Ugh! What could possibly be more disappointing!? A whole season of baseball comes down to some great League Championship Series games...

There - tantalizing baseball fans everywhere - is the promise of a Fall Classic featuring two of the most passionately beloved and star-crossed teams in the history of sports. A World Series with just one of those teams in it promises to be special. Baseball, the greatest of games, in the limelight at Fenway Park or at Wrigley Field or at both.

Baseball could have used it.

Instead, thanks to inept managing, rotten luck and, admittedly, some gutsy play by the opposing teams neither the Cubs nor the Red Sox is going to be there.

Instead of history, magic and baseball in places where baseball really exudes its greatest charms it is going to be baseball in a crummy teal football stadium in Miami where (I'd be willing to bet) that half the fans can't name more than 7 players on their team.

Our other backdrop, the Bronx -- nothing new there -- and the best team money can sustain, the Evil Empire in pinstripes yet lacking any of the character of great Yankee dynasties of the past. No Bronx Zoo this team! Cold, veteran, wealthy and infinitely dull....

I'm obviously just bitter...my team didn't even make the playoffs and I don't care for either of the teams in the World Series. In another world, I'd be cheering loudly for the Marlins -- they are a heck of a team, fun to watch, the gritty underdogs (are they really underdogs?) that you hope can topple a monolithic power like the Yankees.

...but in this world I really can't see cheering for the fans of Miami to have a championship. Who are these fans? Where were they when this team was rebuilding, when there was talk of getting the heck out of Florida? There are surely some long-time Florida diehards, but when there are baseball fans who've been yearning for just a chance to play for a championship -- who will be back year after year, win or lose -- it just doesn't seem fair.

Do Marlins fans deserve this? The 15 or 16 real ones - the ones who stuck around after Miami was ripped off by Wayne Huizinga - probably do, the rest of the posers who've only been inside Pro Football Field just this year and who've jumped on the bandwagon since Dontrelle Willis arrived are a lucky bunch.

Marlins fans? ? ?

Yeah, I'm clearly just bitter.

CommishJoe · 10-17-2003, 10:27 AM

For me, seeing the Yankees get into the Series doesn't get old. Why? Because as long as Steinbrenner is at the helm, a return to the 80s and early 90 is only a bad trade or two away. Steinbrenner has proven his ability to ruin this team, and it took him getting suspended for the Yanks to finally rebuild correctly. The product was the team that won 4 championships at the end of the 90s.

Instead of taking a step back to follow that pattern again, Steinbrenner is foolishly trying to keep this patchwork team together by depleting the minors and hoping the right pieces end up in the FA market.

So, I'm sorry, but I have to root for my Yankees, because there is no telling of when Steiney's influence will revert this team back to it's losing ways.

OldGiants · 10-17-2003, 11:53 AM

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Originally posted by Rasmuth
Both series were very exciting...the best baseball has to offer...

maybe most aren't happy with the World Series matchup but both series were fun!

Amen, brother.

These two series will long be replayed on ESPN, and we were privileged to have lived through them.

I feel sorry for the people who can't let the joy of sports entertain them just because the 'wrong' teams won. If this post season doesn't excite you, you need to find a more suitable past time like soap operas or romance novels where the good guys always win, and the heroine always gets a handsome husband.

CBLCardinals · 10-17-2003, 12:10 PM

where is Denton Young's "wise" comments when we need him?

10-17-2003, 02:52 AM	#27
holyroller Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: OTBL Forums Posts: 3,532	** the Yankees and the Marlins. Grady Little and a HUGE ** you to Dusty Baker. __________________ Back to work, but not drawing a paycheck. TonyJ et. al.'s alias “I confused it with the chicken’s neck,” Mocanu, who was admitted to the emergency hospital in Galati, was quoted as saying. “I cut it ... and the dog rushed and ate it.”

10-17-2003, 03:25 AM	#28
edm All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,999	They should just cancel the World Series, it's going to be so anti-climatic it's even not funny. It was a tremendous post season though. if only the Cubs and Red Sox could of held their 3 run leads in game 7, we'd have a great World series to look forward to... Oh well, I hope the Yankee and Marlin fans enjoy the series, because they will be the only ones watching Last edited by edm; 10-17-2003 at 03:40 AM.

10-17-2003, 03:37 AM	#29
kingfc22 All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 651	Damn Yanks. I hope that the fish run circles around them. How does this happen year after year??? __________________ GO GIANTS GO NINERS GO LAKERS GO BLUE CUBL - Red Earth Firebirds 2000 CL Central Champs NABL - Washington Senators now Buffalo Bandits

10-17-2003, 07:45 AM	#33
dougaiton Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Location: Posts: 3,414	....hunt Grady Little? I hear its Open Season. __________________ tThis shower of clowns My park-adjusted, historically split Born in '69 league file! (also at Joe's wonderful site +BBSC)

10-17-2003, 10:27 AM	#38
CommishJoe Global Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 5,238	For me, seeing the Yankees get into the Series doesn't get old. Why? Because as long as Steinbrenner is at the helm, a return to the 80s and early 90 is only a bad trade or two away. Steinbrenner has proven his ability to ruin this team, and it took him getting suspended for the Yanks to finally rebuild correctly. The product was the team that won 4 championships at the end of the 90s. Instead of taking a step back to follow that pattern again, Steinbrenner is foolishly trying to keep this patchwork team together by depleting the minors and hoping the right pieces end up in the FA market. So, I'm sorry, but I have to root for my Yankees, because there is no telling of when Steiney's influence will revert this team back to it's losing ways. __________________ Joe Success isn’t owned. It’s leased. And rent is due every day.

10-17-2003, 02:24 AM	#25
Le Grande Orange Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Up There Posts: 15,644	Thank God for hockey? Uh, don't forget you've got to sit through 6 months of relatively meaningless games before you get to the good stuff in April, the playoffs. And by then baseball is back again...

10-17-2003, 05:08 AM	#31
Markus Heinsohn Developer OOTP Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 24,805	Marlins - Yankees. I will not get up at 2 am for this one...

10-17-2003, 07:29 AM	#32
fat dude Major Leagues Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 392	Oh well, the Sox had a good run at it--right until the end. Now what to do until spring training...

10-17-2003, 12:10 PM	#40
CBLCardinals OOTP Roster Team Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,887	where is Denton Young's "wise" comments when we need him?