Posted on 10/06/2006 9:02:44 PM PDT by ElTiante
Ok Seriously.
I've never been a fan of the guy, but wow did Rogers look sharp tonight. 7 2/3, 0 runs, 8K. He really had something to prove tonight and did he ever.
A-Fraud AKA Mr March, went 0-3 and is batting .125 for the series.
Watching the Yankees lose NEVER GETS OLD!
Oh that was GREAT, Doug! Zelig and I thoroughly enjoyed that presentation on YouTube. And you've already got it updated for 2006! (Was there any doubt the Yankees would lose?) ;-D
He was fairly effective the last few weeks of the year.
If he can stop walking people and get his change going he's a good man in the pen. There is no "lights out" guy out there in the offseason so he might have to close again.
I am seriously unconvinced about Hansen though. He belongs back in AAA and should stay there until at least July.
Watch doug from upland's "The Hillary Curse" on YouTube. See #264 for link...
I was just waiting for that last out to put the Detroit update in the graphic. :) I wonder when New York is going to figure out why they have had such bad sports fortune for six years.
It's a beautiful thing to watch David beat Goliath, isn't it? :o)
Mike Lowell at 9 million? Geez, he was good in his 'walk year', but get a farm system.
They'll never figure it out. And she's about to be re-elected for another six years...
Well, in listening to the announcers from other parts of the country on ESPN radio, I can say with authority that the SF Giants-generated announcers (with the exception of the great Vin Scully) are now the best in the business. Jon Miller, Joe Morgan, the great Lon Simmons, Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow (whom I remember as a raw pitcher-turned-clubhouse commentator in 1989!) are so easy to listen to. And Dave Fleming is really coming along. (Sorry, I never warmed up to Joe "Angel of Death" Angel. He got that name when he teamed with Jon Miller in Baltimore the year the O's lost their first 21 games.)
Ernie Harwell, Jack Buck and the long-time Mets announcer Bob Murphy notwithstanding, of course.
Ditto. He definetly needs more work.
Yes, and a hearty congratulations to the Tigers!
For the aviation-minded, the NY-Detroit matchup was also a competition between two different kinds of Grumman aircraft: the Yankees versus the Tigers. The Tiger is a better airplane, IMHO!
Next: Let's Go Mets! I'd love to see the Dodgers swept.
Nolan Ryan would know. He was wild much of his career, but once he got it down, he looked soooo effortless when he threw. It was too bad when J.R. Richards had his stroke. Koufax and Drysdale....Ryan and Richards....Johnson and Schilling at their peak here in AZ. A sight to behold.
The three I remember the most, though, who threw with such effortess power, are Seaver, older Ryan, and younger Dwight Gooden.
Watched other greats like Jack Morris and Mickey Lolich for years, but they never made it look so easy.
ROFL!
I would argue lukewarmly against Jon Miller and vehemently against Joe Morgan.
Morgan never shuts up and Knows Everything About Everything and Makes Sure You Know It. Yes, Joe, you were a fantastic 2B on some great teams, we remember...
Miller is great as a Giants' PBP but not exactly inspiring on the national stage. Baseball, for some strange reason, is better announced over the radio rather than the football-ish TV coverage, with all the replays and camera angles, etc.
JR Richard, ah yes. One of the few pitchers who took the mound determined to get people out rather than rely on his defense. He had filth, and was a childhood hero of mine, particularly because the 'Stroze had those unies.
For Houston, in all fairness, you'd probably better pair off Ryan and Mike Scott.
Check out #264
In all honesty I can't remember Mike Scott although I see his stats are impressive. But Richard (oops, no S on the end of that) kinda had the rug yanked out from under him at age 30. He was on the way up.
As I remember it, he knew something was wrong with him, and complained about it to management. But, back then, he was told to quit his complaining and get out there and pitch. Nowadays, with all the money involved, he would have been put under extensive medical tests, and *maybe* the outcome for him would have been different. Such is life.
What about going back to a 154 game schedule, dropping the idiotic interleague play, and then three rounds of 7 in the playoffs? After the season the Twins had to come back and win the division in the final week, it's tough to be out after just three losses. I'm a lifetime Indians fan, so I don't have any dog in this hunt this year. I just think best out of seven is more fair.
It was great, wasn't it?
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