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This time last year I was so excited over the fact that my Detroit Tigers had made the playoffs for the first time in 19 years, and yet dreading the fact that they were going to be swept by the Yankees. They made a heckuva run last year to only get thumped by the Cardinals in the World Series. This year both of those teams have to sit home and watch the games with the rest of us. Not nearly as exciting for me this year as it was last year.

The Cubs/Diamondbacks series is intriguing to me because of who is on the bench more than who is on the field. The bench coach for the Cubs is former Tiger's snubbed Hall of Famer and ex-manager Alan Trammell. The bench coach for the Diamondbacks is Kirk Gibson former Tiger great and ex-bench coach of the Tigers. Of course, these guys will have little affect on the outcomes of these games.

I guess that I am hoping for the Indians or the Red Sox from the American League. Don't really care who comes out of the National League. I suppose that the Cubs would be intriguing because of the curse and the Rockies because the playoffs are quite the rarity to them too. But I have nothing against the Phillies or the Diamondbacks either. (Although according to interleague play, the Diamondbacks are the Tigers biggest rival. When the New York and Chicago teams were playing each other twice a year, the Tigers would play the Diamondbacks twice. Never understood that accept for the fact that a lot of Michiganders retire to Arizona).

...........is the opening track of Michael Frank's excellent 1980 release 'One Bad Habit'. [Shows you how much I know about it].

Looking still the same after all these years...
mrgd

Congratulations to the Philadelphia Phillies

darkmatter wrote:

rileydog22 wrote:

ZOMG Mets are down SEVEN runs, and Phili is up four! Break out the champaign, it looks like the Mets ain't makin it.

I'm ready! Big%20smile

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rileydog22 wrote:

ZOMG Mets are down SEVEN runs, and Phili is up four! Break out the champaign, it looks like the Mets ain't makin it.

I'm ready! Big%20smile

rileydog22 wrote:

It's a sport that's really popular in America and Japan, but virtually non-existant in Europe. Kind of like American Football, in that it is better than soccer and whatever else you play in the UK.

And baseball is making a comeback now, at least I think so.
Personally, this year is the most excited I've been in a while. Even when the yanks were fighting to make .500 I was watching games.

Edited by JJLehto - September 29 2007 at 18:57

whats baseball?haha seriously, ive heard of it, but never seen it or anything like that

You do still HAVE the Blue Jays, it's just that they aren't worthy of cheering.

You mean "Go Expos," right? Oh wait, they got sick of Canada and moved.

Shakespeare wrote:

JJLehto wrote:

The Doctor wrote:

Is baseball still played? I thought they cancelled it due to lack of interest.

You sir are thinking of the NHL

I didn't even need to look at your personal information to tell that you're not from Canada...

Well, it's true, (at least here). Maybe it's only where I live? But I NEVER hear about the NHL anymore. I used to be a pretty big Rangers fan, and now I don't even know when the season starts/ends.

Go Yanks