Crimebuster
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Post by Crimebuster on Jun 5, 2014 12:43:14 GMT -5
If Nettles were on fire, I wouldn't waste the piss to put him out.
Zimmer, on the other hand, is a legend. Very sorry to see him go. You have to love Don Zimmer.
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 5, 2014 14:47:47 GMT -5
Who's ready to see the Spurs dethrone the Heat this time?
Who's ready for a Heat three-peat?
I'm with San Antonio this year.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 5, 2014 16:59:44 GMT -5
If Nettles were on fire, I wouldn't waste the piss to put him out. Zimmer, on the other hand, is a legend. Very sorry to see him go. You have to love Don Zimmer. Right on both counts, though Zimmer's stubborn streak cost us the division in '78. Two words: Bobby Sprowl. With Bill lee, a Yankee-killer, unused in the Boston Massacre. Four more words: Butch Hobson's lousy elbow. With Brohamer sitting on the bench. Zim finally saw the light on that one, but it was too little too late. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 5, 2014 17:09:23 GMT -5
I don't want to speak ill of the dead, but it's not like Pedro sought out Zimmer to "fling" him away. Zim rushed Pedro angrily, spewing some rather nasty obscenities about the intensity of Pedro's relationship with his mother. Pedro had to do something or Zimmer would have bowled him over. Pedro acted more like a matador, not a wrestler or boxer. Zim went down gently and later apologized tearfully about the way he acted. (Hardly as heinous as the execrable Graig Nettles, who, in the celebrated Sox-Yanks brawl in May of '76, jumped lee from behind, purposefully yanked his left (throwing) arm, slammed him to the ground, and then sat on his shoulder in an attempt to injure him. Lee was indeed injured and wouldn't pitch again for three months.) Zim got rightfully angry after Pedro was drilling Yankee batters a few times in that game.I believe Pedro hit 2 batters at that point and just brushed back another when Zim did his Hammerhead impersonation. As for Spaceman Lee, he was known for yapping loudly with insults both on and off the field.Also selling rookies bags of oregano for $50 an ounce.Nettles had to make his displeasure known in a calm but forceful way.Thats the kind of thing that made him a team captain later on Lee was a smartass who could pitch. Nettles was a wiseass who could hit. Lee had more brains in his little finger than any ten ballplayers had in their heads. Naturally Nettles wouldn't like him. Pedro had only hit one guy, the immortal Karim Garcia. He hadn't been headhunting. He pointed at his own head when Jorge Posada started yapping at him from the bench, which Jorge interpreted as meaning that Pedro was going to throw at his melon. The brawl started after Clemens gave Manny Ramirez a verse of chin music, and Manny, who usually didn't even know the score, suddenly charged the mound. That's when Zim charged out swinging at Pedro. It was a memorable kerfuffle as these things go. The year after, all things would be set right at last...  |
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 5, 2014 21:30:07 GMT -5
Cubs sweep the Mets at Wrigley for the first time in a decade.
Baby steps Cubbies, we still have the worst record in the National League.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2014 22:02:21 GMT -5
Hey the Sox didn't lose today...it was a scheduled day off. Did everyone else forget the MLB first year player drat was tonight too? I got an e-mail form the Sox highlighting their draft pick and I was like...there's a draft today?
-M
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Post by Hoosier X on Jun 5, 2014 22:04:18 GMT -5
If the Heat hadn't beat the Pacers last week, I don't think I would care a bit who wins the NBA Championship.
But as it is, GO SPURS!
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 5, 2014 22:08:19 GMT -5
NFL Today opening from 1977.
Try to spot the plays that are still legal.
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 5, 2014 22:33:45 GMT -5
Pat Riley is sitting the stands and thinking.
"Bah! The Garden was hotter than this!"
If Lebron is injured, ESPN will have more Breaking News coverage in the next 48 hours than CNN ever did with that lost plane.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2014 23:00:01 GMT -5
My Giants are on a roll right now, up 8 1/2 games in the NL West with the best record in the league. Michael Morse has been a BEAST for us this year, with a lot of the other guys contributing when needed. It's still way early, but I'm really enjoying watching these guys play.
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 7, 2014 17:28:56 GMT -5
We're approaching Post Time at the Belmont Stakes and yet another attempt to win the Triple Crown. The first two years I watched the Triple Crown races they were swept by Seattle Slew and Affirmed. It hasn't happened since.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2014 18:57:48 GMT -5
Sox Tigers on Sunday Night Baseball. Hoping Sox can break the 5 game snide, but it's going to be tough against the Tigers.
-M
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2014 22:33:13 GMT -5
BOOYAH! Big Papi 3 run blast off Joba the Hutt in the 9th to put the Sox ahead.
-M
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Post by Action Ace on Jun 8, 2014 22:38:38 GMT -5
I need to look up the Joba Rules again. Is he allowed to pitch more than five pitches in a Sunday Night game?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2014 22:44:50 GMT -5
And the losing streak is over (again!). Whew.
-M
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