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rushfan4 
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 Posted: October 29 2007 at 00:00 |
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4-3 Boston with one out in the bottom of the 9th. Can the Rockies make up the 1 run to live another day?
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rushfan4
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Posted: October 29 2007 at 00:02 |
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Out number two is a line drive to the wall. So close and yet no cigar.
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darkmatter
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Posted: October 29 2007 at 00:03 |
 rushfan4 wrote:
Out number two is a line drive to the wall. So close and yet no cigar. |
Yea... it got my hopes up for nothing. And it's over....
Edited by darkmatter - October 29 2007 at 00:06
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rushfan4
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Posted: October 29 2007 at 00:09 |
My congratulations to the PA Red Sox fans. Glad that you didn't have to wait another 80+ years for a 2nd World Series victory.
To the PA Rockies fans go my condolences. I was there last year with my Tigers. Take pleasure in knowing that even playing in the World Series came out of nowhere for your team and it was a great ride while it lasted.
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: October 29 2007 at 00:18 |
darkmatter wrote:
rushfan4 wrote:
Can you say Dice-K? Case closed. Roger Clemens, A-Rod, Johnny Damon, etc... Money buys talent and wins championships; plain and simple.
In the NHL, it was fun before the salary cap for us Red Wings fans because we knew that we could count on Mike Ilitch to go out and by the best free agents so the Wings could compete for the championship. The Red Wings were the Yankees of the NHL. Now that there is a salary cap, they are still a good team, mostly with remnants of their championship teams, but when it comes to playoff time they have been kicked off the dance floor pretty quickly in the past couple of years (sort of like the Yankees, but that is another story). Point is that even if noone is watching it anymore, the NHL is far more competitive then baseball can ever be because of the salary cap.
Another rebuttal to the Yankees fan and money buying championships you can still throw ungodly amounts of money at "homegrown" players. Many teams cannot keep their home grown talent once they become free agents because teams like the Yankees and Red Sox can come along and buy them. For the most part the Yankees and Red Sox don't have to worry about teams coming along and taking their talent from them because in most instances they are going to outspend the competing teams. |
Absolutely true about the Yankees and Red Sox. They have the money to throw at players, whether they be home grown or outside of the organization, while other teams in the AL East (and for the most part, the rest of MLB) do not. I can't imagine when the other teams will really be in contention again, especially Baltimore and Tampa Bay. Toronto is getting a little closer, but they're still not a great team.
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Baltimore won't be in contention until our idiot of an owner Peter Angelos sells the team to someone who will make a commitment to giving this great baseball city a decent team again.
Our front office couldn't tell their asses from a hole in the ground.We literally need to tear the whole organization apart and start over again.We need to take advantage of our farm system and start cultivating prospects instead of throwing huge amounts of money away on big name,has-been,injury prone free agents(Albert Belle,Kris Benson,Jared Wright anyone?)
Whispers around town are that Cal Ripken Jr and some other Bmore businessmen might try to buy the O's if Angelos sells them.
Edited by TheProgtologist - October 29 2007 at 00:19
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darkmatter
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Posted: October 29 2007 at 00:40 |
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I forgot about Peter Angelos, I'm not too familiar with the organization, but I understand he's been really terrible for the Orioles, I think partly because he's too stingy (correct me if I'm wrong).
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: October 29 2007 at 08:55 |
darkmatter wrote:
I forgot about Peter Angelos, I'm not too familiar with the organization, but I understand he's been really terrible for the Orioles, I think partly because he's too stingy (correct me if I'm wrong). |
For as rich as he is,he is pretty stingy,he keeps promising to increase the payroll and never does.He also mismanages the organization,and under his ownership ran a great club into the ground.
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darkmatter
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Posted: November 02 2007 at 17:17 |
Apparently, A-Rod and Scott Boras wanted negotiations with the Yankees to start at 10 years, $350 million before they cut ties!   I can't believe how greedy that is! I'm really starting to wonder if any other team can pay him.... I don't think any team will pay him $35 million a year, that's just insane.
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JJLehto
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Posted: November 02 2007 at 21:10 |
eh.....good riddance Joe Torre (I am over it now) and good riddance A-ROD! I'd love to keep him but he is a selfish b*tch and we don't need him.
Oh, congrats to the Red Sox.
Edited by JJLehto - November 02 2007 at 21:11
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rileydog22
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Posted: November 02 2007 at 21:32 |
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"He clearly doesn't want to be a Yankee....I don't want anybody on my team that doesn't want to be a Yankee."
Hank Steinbrenner says it all.
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crimhead
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Posted: November 02 2007 at 21:36 |
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rileydog22
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Posted: November 02 2007 at 21:37 |
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There was a time that Babe Ruth's salary of $100,000 a year was considered ludicrous!
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darkmatter
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Posted: November 02 2007 at 21:38 |
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rileydog22
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Posted: November 02 2007 at 21:41 |
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Not in professional lacrosse!
Not in Arena Football either. Or most any sport that is not part of the "big four."
Edited by rileydog22 - November 02 2007 at 21:41
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crimhead
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Posted: November 02 2007 at 21:41 |
rileydog22 wrote:
There was a time that Babe Ruth's salary of $100,000 a year was considered ludicrous!
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There's a big difference in paying Babe Ruth 100K and a utility fielder 3.5M. One guy is a legend and the latter just roster filler.
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darkmatter
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Posted: November 02 2007 at 21:44 |
rileydog22 wrote:
Not in professional lacrosse!
Not in Arena Football either. Or most any sport that is not part of the "big four."
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Yea, that's true, it's really just the four major leagues.
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Padraic
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Posted: November 02 2007 at 21:45 |
rileydog22 wrote:
There was a time that Babe Ruth's salary of $100,000 a year was considered ludicrous!
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Interviewer: Babe, you made more money than the President last year! Babe Ruth: Well, I had a better year than he did.
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rileydog22
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Posted: November 02 2007 at 21:47 |
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Hard to argue with that! After all, he was the single greatest baseball player ever.
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Padraic
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Posted: November 02 2007 at 21:53 |
rileydog22 wrote:
Hard to argue with that! After all, he was the single greatest baseball player ever.
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aapatsos
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Posted: November 02 2007 at 22:23 |
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