Man that is what baseball is all about. Bottom of the 9th inning, Down by one, game is on the line. last chance.. Mike Lowell belts a clutch solo home run to tie the game and keep hope alive. In a few minutes there would be 2 outs, game tied, ...
08-15-2007, 10:06 AM
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| Dirty Liberal  Democrat South Jersey 
| Anyone see the Red Sox game last night? Man that is what baseball is all about. Bottom of the 9th inning, Down by one, game is on the line. last chance.. Mike Lowell belts a clutch solo home run to tie the game and keep hope alive. In a few minutes there would be 2 outs, game tied, 1-1 with Varitek the captain coming up to the plate...  blam! a big drive into the outfield resulting in a ground rule double... that puts him in scoring position. The home team crowd is on it's feet.  The game is really on the line and thier lead in the AL east is starting to dwindle. The Yankees were getting shelled and a victory would increase the lead 5 games. Coco Crisp steps up to the plate.. the count starts to fill up... wack! a line drive single to right field. Varitek takes off. Hes really hauling. He rounds third, the throw comes towards home plate... NOT IN TIME! the SOX WIN!  It almost brings a tear to your eye.  | ||||
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08-15-2007, 10:19 AM
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| no es mi culpa  Independent Beantown
| Originally Posted by WickedLou9 
dude. beantown was crazy last night. my roommate was watching something else and I made him change the channel so we could watch the end of it.... so glad i did. fucking awesome!!!!! 
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08-15-2007, 10:19 AM
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| Hamiltonian > Jeffersonian  Libertarian Party DFW
| As much as I want to, I just can't bring myself to enjoy watching baseball.  | ||||
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08-15-2007, 10:22 AM
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| no es mi culpa Independent Beantown
| Originally Posted by Publius don't rain on our parade then man.
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08-15-2007, 10:29 AM
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| Dirty Liberal Democrat South Jersey
| Originally Posted by Publius You really have to be invested in your home team, or some team to get into it. I never watch a game with 2 teams I don't care about. It's booring. I have to have something invested in the outcome. IE relegating the yankees to the wildcard or better, keeping them out of the playoffs all together
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08-15-2007, 10:31 AM
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| no es mi culpa Independent Beantown
| Originally Posted by WickedLou9
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08-15-2007, 10:32 AM
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| Hamiltonian > Jeffersonian Libertarian Party DFW
| Originally Posted by WickedLou9 Well, my local team is the Texas Rangers, so it's hard to get invested in a minor league team that is for some reason playing in the majors.
 It's just a slow paced sport, and that bores me. Same with football... Hockey has spoiled slower sports for me. | ||||
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08-15-2007, 11:00 AM
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| Originally Posted by Publius
I think it's about the anticipation. Kinda like a suspense thriller. There is alot of standing around with short bursts of crazy activity. It's got a little bit of everything. It's got man vs man contests of skill, displays of speed and power. It has levels of team coordination where everyone has to instantly know what to do and work together. To me the sports like basketball, hockey and soccer are booring. It's alot of people all running back and forth and nothing ever happens. The constant action with no change in outcome seems sort of pointless. Basket ball for the opposite reason.. there are so many scores that each point scored looses it's significance. With Hockey and soccer it's just back and forth with nothing of consequence happening. scores of 1-0 and 2-1 are common. It's just my personal preferance really. Some people dislike baseball for the exact reasons that I cite for liking it. | ||||
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08-15-2007, 11:14 AM
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| no es mi culpa Independent Beantown
| Originally Posted by WickedLou9 i'm a sox fan, not really a baseball fan like you lou. i couldnt' really care about two teams that I don't pay attention to. i mean if its coming down to the wire with postseason then i pay attention, but mid season, I could care less, except the spankees of course.
I grew up playing soccer and running track, never really "watched" either sport though. never got into basketball, just went to my first celtics games with an ex at the beginning of the year. although the celtics suck and i didn't like basketball, going to the games itself were fun. never liked football until I started working at gillette stadium 6 years ago and then I got into it. still more of a sox fan, but i can enjoy watching a football game now. hockey I can take it or leave it as far as watching it is concerned, but I did just join a hockey league and i start tonight! loving baseball is more of a pasttime than a sport because of how involved the fan gets. there's more to pay attention to since it's happening throughout the week, instead of just on sundays like football, especially for boston fans. it is slow paced like an enjoyable pastime, and then every once in a while you get riled up to a point of complete excitement and it becomes that much more enjoyable.... | ||||
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08-15-2007, 12:57 PM
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| Master Debator Election Moderator  Democrat Omaha, NE
| Nebraska hooked up the Yankees with a new pitcher. His name is Joba Chamberlain... lead NU in to the CWS when he was here. | ||||
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08-15-2007, 01:16 PM
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| Originally Posted by DosEquis I still think pitching will be thier downfall this year. They don't have enough of it. The Sox have Matsuzaka, Becket, Schilling ( i hope ), and a few other decent guys to start, and they have Paplebon who has been completely lights out as a closer and they just picked up gagne as an additional closer. That's some serious heat coming out of the bullpen.
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08-15-2007, 04:55 PM
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| no es mi culpa Independent Beantown
| we could just have had another fantastic comeback and Manny fucked it up. why why WHY would you swing at that pitch???? I thought he's supposed to be a discriminating batter? wtf. at least the spankees lost too. | ||||
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08-15-2007, 05:04 PM
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| Better Dead than Red  Democrat Where America Goes to Talk
| i went to the sox/yanks game a couple of months ago when they hit 3 home runs in a row... that was  | ||||
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08-15-2007, 05:08 PM
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| no es mi culpa Independent Beantown
| Originally Posted by SoFlaJDM yeah my coworker was at that, her first game... wasn't it 4 in a row?
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08-15-2007, 05:24 PM
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| Better Dead than Red Democrat Where America Goes to Talk
| it was 3... what a game that was | ||||
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08-15-2007, 06:05 PM
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| Pinko Commie Bastard  Communist Moscow
| It is amazing when I watch the highlight reals on ESPN for the day how many talented players came from the Indians farm system or have played for the Indians previously. You'll see Coco hit a homer, then Brian Giles had 3 hits, then Richie Sexson also had a homer, etc. Not to mention Manny himself. Makes you sick to see all the talent that has come out of this city. Last edited by thomez; 08-15-2007 at 06:17 PM. | ||||
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08-15-2007, 06:58 PM
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| Better Dead than Red Democrat Where America Goes to Talk
| Originally Posted by thomez do the same thing with the marlins... you'll be in shock
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08-15-2007, 11:06 PM
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| Pinko Commie Bastard Communist Moscow
| Originally Posted by SoFlaJDM the Marlins bought a lot of talent for a few years
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08-15-2007, 11:56 PM
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| Better Dead than Red Democrat Where America Goes to Talk
| dontrelle, beckett, luis castillo, cabrera, lowell, uggla not a bad list  | ||||
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08-16-2007, 09:01 AM
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| no es mi culpa Independent Beantown
| Originally Posted by thomez um. manny's from NY??????
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