Posted on 10/21/2004 8:52:00 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
I would too, but having lived in Houston for 11 years I was just ecstatic to see them not get swept in the first round.
The Astros have done an amazing thing this year and all fans should be proud.
Shalom.
Huh??????????? What are you t alking about? He signed it!
"Roger Staubach is one of my all-time personal heroes"
Amen to that. I know stastically there are better - but few better men have ever played the game. I wasn't even a football fan when we moved to TX from NY in 1977 - but my dad took my brother and I to Texas Stadium to see a game and I fell in love - with the sport and with Staubach. Almost 30 years later (gosh that's scary!) I still love the Cowboys because of Roger the Dodger. :)
my sister and brother-in-law shared cocktails with him at some ritzy lounge in Santa Monica a few years back... they said he was so funny and so nice... and he was walking around the lounge in his socks!
Bite your tongue!!...but I wouldn't be surprised. He'll probably command a salary in the $20-$25 mil/yr range.
I bet Beltran will not be a Yankee next year. They have too many pitching problems and Beltran gets to hear why he should not be a Yankee from Clemens and Pettite.
Bob Feller's still around? Excellent! :)
Just sit back and enjoy the show tonight. With the offenses on these two teams, either one would make a fine representative in the World Series.
The Republicans get the tough ones. The Democrats get the girly boys.
Don't despair. You've got Pujols, Edmonds and co. They're every bit as fun to watch.
Another reason to root for the Astros. Beltran and Biggio signed the letter! Go Stros!
They beat the Yankees. That's aces in my book.
John Elway has introduced the president in colorado
Article Published: Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Elway's role at Bush rally raises political profile
By Steven K. Paulson
The Associated Press
Greenwood Village - John Elway's appearance at today's campaign rally for President Bush today wasn't his first venture into the political spotlight, but it may have been his most prominent.
Elway, the former Denver Broncos quarterback revered in Colorado for the Super Bowl victories in 1998 and 1999, praised Bush in football terms.
"This man knows how to make the right calls when the pressure is on," Elway said.
Bush returned the favor. "I'm proud to be introduced by the man who led 'The Drive'," he said. That was a reference to the Broncos' fabled 98-yard touchdown drive in the closing minutes of the 1986 AFC title game against Cleveland. The Broncos won in overtime, 23-20.
Elway has long been a popular figure in Colorado. A 1999 poll ranked him ahead of Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Gov. Bill Owens and then-President Clinton in generating "very positive" feelings. The survey fueled speculation that Elway might run for political office, but so far, he has not.
He sometimes mingles with Colorado's Republican leadership. He attended Owens' 1999 black-tie inaugural ball along with then-Republican Party national chairman Jim Nicholson and brewer Peter Coors, now the GOP candidate for U.S. Senate.
In May 2001, Elway helped Colorado leaders try to lure Boeing Corp. to move its headquarters to Denver, meeting with executives of the aerospace company when they visited the Governor's Mansion. The company eventually relocated to Chicago instead.
He skipped an invitation to the White House after the 1998 Super Bowl victory but denied it was because Clinton, a Democrat, was president. Elway had his knee checked by doctors that day and then played a round of golf.
Now, Elway is most often in the public eye in television commercials for the auto dealerships that bear his name. He returned to the sports spotlight last month when he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
He is a co-owner of the Colorado Crush of the Arena Football League.
From your mouth to God's ears....Go Killer Bees!
Yeah its been rough....
It is alright though. College football is cyclic sometimes and this is a down cycle. We will be good in a year or so...
I will be at the Penn State game and Michigan game when I get hom for vacation..
That was pretty impressive until they got to Todd Walker!
I am not a Red Sox fan. You were asking as you say facetiously who has had a longer World Series Title drought than the Red Sox and I pointed to the Chicago Cubs in my post. Beyond that I just mentioned in passing that the Red Sox had won 5 World Series from 1903 to 1918 which you seem to have for some strange humourous reason thought that that was the main thrust of my reply. The White Sox have also had a longer World Series Title drought than the Red Sox as well by one year to be exact but you did say with the name Sox so I didn't include them. Here is my smiley :)
The two big boppers (Yanks & Cards) can cry in their beers.
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