OT: Baseball fans?

[mps9506]

Die hard Oakland A's fan here even though I live on the opposite coast. Only time I get to see them is when they play Baltimore and I make a road trip. Hardly ever on tv here. I have noticed a LOT of bandwagon Beantown fans the last several years. All the yankee and red sox baseball on tv makes me gag

[Frankie]

I feel the same way about the Braves here Mike. Since i moved south I am hard pressed to see my team on regular TV. It's all about the stupid Braves! ahhhhh!

[tippMANn98]

Well my fish lost last night, almost won the game because of the stupid showboat Ken griffey Jr., DORK! did anybody see that on sportscenter?

BUT: THEY ARE NOW #1 in the league for HOME RUNS, and in the top 5 for the WHOLE N.L. in other stats....so dont tell me that they are winning because of slumping divisional rivalries. does that mean the entire league is slumping? I didnt think so.....

continue on........

[Illuminati]

Originally Posted by tippMANn98

Illuminati:

And the yankees or the redsox dont CONSTANTLY pay for their teams??? they have the highest salaries in MLB every year.

I fail to see the point your trying to make.

I said the Marlins bought their first Championship, why drag the Yankees or Sox into my statement. Your really a hater aren't you

Both of those teams also have good ownership + good stadiums + good attendance which means revenue to spend on the club. The Marlins have a good team, $hitty ownership and a $hittier stadium.

[tippMANn98]

My point was (at at the beginning of this thread) there is no credit given where credit is due...its always about the yankees and the redsox. And no...Dolphin"s Stadium is NOT a bad stadium. I grew up there, going to Dolphins games too. I didnt start making fun of you or anything you like. There is no room for that here. i will ignore all of that.

FYI-pudge wasnt on the first WS team. the catcher was Charles Johnson, with greg zaun as a back up.

[Craig Manoukian]

Oh the days of old for As fans. Where are Joe Rudi, Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Sal Bando, Rolllie Fingers....?

This is a great baseball discussion! Is there any such thing as a bad baseball discussion?

[tippMANn98]

I remeber when I was in 2nd grade. It was black history month. I chose Jackie Robinson. I learned sooooo much about those days. I even had to dress like him, i got an old jersey, and even an old blue and white Boston hat. it was sooooo cool, i had the best presentation.

[Illuminati]

I never made fun of you.

Anywho I watched Baseball tonight last night and they had more coverage of the Marlins than the Yanks and Sox combined.

And the stadium isn't the greatest, they really need a dome and hopefully will get one here in the next few years.

The future of Florida baseball is bright with the Marlins and Rays.

[tippMANn98]

Stupid showboat Griffey Jr....I HATE SHOWBOATS. I was yelling and screaming at the TV to drop it BOTH times. Its about time that they cover the fish....that was the whole point

[BoomerD]

h the Yankees...I had the pleasure of seeing the Yankees play a few times when I was a kid. Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Ford, Yogi Berra, Tony Kubek, Bobby Richardson, Joe Pepitone...What a team...

My dad used to drive us from western Mass to NYC so I could see a game every once in a while. I was in Yankee Stadium 2 weeks before Maris hit his 61st...

[Craig Manoukian]

61 in 61!

[tippMANn98]

it would be really cool to see the TB Rays vs. FL Marlins in the WS...

[Frankie]

I can smell Yankee stadium just sitting here i spent so much time there as a kid. Sniff sniff, Ahhh, the smell of clean air! The south has it's benefits for sure

[BEELZEBOB]

First off, Boston SUX!

second, my good friend Kevin Russo is on the triple A team for the yankees.

so, go yankees!

go rockies!!!

[funkpolice]

Cubs win against peavy and maddux, sweet! I'm not really excited about the Edmonds pickup, but we'll see how it pans out.
bill