Go Brewers!

[boylermaker]

Well, my Brewers snapped their 8-game losing streak on Monday, and Dave Bush just had an awesome game against the Padres yesterday (pitched the whole game, gave up three hits and a run, hit an RBI double that was almost a home run, scored), so I'm feeling pretty good right now.

Ben Sheets looks like he's coming off the DL fairly soon, too; hopefully in time for the series against the Twins, for whom everyone else around here in the frigid north cheers.

[TrimChris]

What sport is this? :D

[Moderator Sinister]

the only true sport!

[TrimChris]

Chess?

(insert extra characters)

[johnnyonthespot]

Ahhhhhh.... sadly, I am a Cubs fan. Even the Brewers have a better record this year.

[boylermaker]

TrimChris, a baseball hater? I thought better of you.

Well, we lost the series against the Cardinals 2-1, but we were hitting well and I have high hopes of repeating yesterday's 6-5 win over the Reds twice more.

[TrimChris]

Hate would indicate that it actually provokes an emotion.

[boylermaker]

And yet you enjoy basketball? And soccer? Strange.

Well, we didn't sweep the Reds, but we went 2-1. Everyone on the DL (Ben Sheets, Tomo Okha, JJ Hardy, et al.) is progressing nicely, so maybe we will have a larger active list than disabled one in the near future.

Series against Cleveland begins Friday, so I'm at odds until then.

[Stojakovic]

womens tennis is the best sport. :D

[boylermaker]

Why, Stoj?

[Stojakovic]

Why, Stoj?

I am going to pretend you did not say that.

[Sean]

The Red Sox are beating the Braves 4-1 in the 9th.

It looks like my Braves are going to lose some of their fair-weather fans this year. I knew the day would come, but we've had a good run. I've been a Braves fan since the 70's, so there is really no hope for me. :D

[boylermaker]

Capuano struck out 12 (!) Indians to get the win last night. Hopefully Bush will have a good day on the mound again tonight.

Write in Bill Hall for the All-star game!

[boylermaker]

We just swept the Indians with a walk-off home run by El Caballo, who just keeps looking better for the All-Star game. Hopefully we will see Capuano and maybe even Bill Hall there as well.

I am now resigned to not taking our division; everyone just keeps feeding the Cardinals. We're only 2.5 back from the wild card, though, and now that we're at .500 again, I think we can take it.

Tough series coming up, though. We hope to do my hometown team a favor by bumping off the Tigers, but they're not the best team in their league for nothing. . . .

[Stojakovic]

*yawns* People watch this sport? The only sports worth watching are Football, Basketball, and womens tennis. Hockey is ok every now an then.

[Photoner Hawkwind]

*yawns* People watch this sport? The only sports worth watching are Football, Basketball, and womens tennis. Hockey is ok every now an then.

I'm glad you said Women's Tennis and not Gymnastics(too young these days). Although there was a time when Women's Gymnastics was dominated by some very attractive adults. ;)

However, most New Yorkers love their baseball teams. :eek:

[TrimChris]

I am going to pretend you did not say that.

Stoj, try watching beach volleyball!

[Photoner Hawkwind]

Stoj, try watching beach volleyball!

That's better than a pot of Honey! ;)

[boylermaker]

I would say the sports worth watching (as sports) are baseball, football, and hockey.

Basketball can be amusing, but it gets tedious after a while. The thing that bugs me about it is that the games are so high scoring that only the last few minutes of play actually matter. They might as well just play for 4 minutes.

Soccer is just an inferior game. Soccer and Hockey are basically the same game, only hockey is better in every way.

Tennis, gymnastics, volleyball, marathons, golf, whatever. Who cares? That many of their fans are only into it as a socially acceptable way to ogle attractive women speaks volumes about their quality qua sports.

Brewers went down to the Tigers last night. I hope we can win the next two, but my hopes aren't high. I'll settle for one win. Either Helling today, fresh off the DL, or Capuano tomorrow will get it for us.

By the way, write in Ball Hall for shortstop; he plays everywhere, but most spectacularily at ss and 3b, and I don't want him taking Corey Koskie's spot.

[TrimChris]

I dunno. We had a great thread on the joys of curling.

[Stojakovic]

Stoj, try watching beach volleyball!

I don't know. There is something about tall, sweaty, blond, grunting women running back and forth that is amusing.

[Stojakovic]

I dunno. We had a great thread on the joys of curling.

Second that. real men play curling. And wear skirts... I mean kilts. Real men wear kilts.

[Stojakovic]

I'm glad you said Women's Tennis and not Gymnastics(too young these days). Although there was a time when Women's Gymnastics was dominated by some very attractive adults. ;)

However, most New Yorkers love their baseball teams. :eek:

Yankees > everyone else

[Photoner Hawkwind]

Yankees > everyone else

I agree! :D

[TrimChris]

Yankees > everyone else

Is that a curling team?

[Stojakovic]

Is that a curling team?

Its a team in every sport.

[boylermaker]

Actually, the way things are going, they might not be better than the Red Sox for long.

Stojakovic, you would be a Yankee lover. You better be a New Yorker. If you're not, and you're going to cheer for the American league, you might as well salvage some self-respect and cheer for the White Sox.

Capuano'll get us the win this afternoon.

[Stojakovic]

I am a New Yorker now.

Only like them because my dad does. But to tell the truth I hate every team. Baseball is sooooooo slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow and boring. As I said only sports to watch is Football, basketball, womens tennis. All for many good reasons. soccer, and volleyball is good, if women are playing it. If not its like watching mens tennis, or baseball.

[TrimChris]

Don't you love that poker is now on sports channels? We'll get to Axis & Allies on TV eventually.

[Sean]

In the mid 90's they had Magic tournaments on ESPN 2 during the slow months of the summer. I taped 2 of them.

[squirecam]

Don't you love that poker is now on sports channels? We'll get to Axis & Allies on TV eventually.


Get ready for TV ratings of 0.00000078

Squirecam

[Photoner Hawkwind]

Don't you love that poker is now on sports channels? We'll get to Axis & Allies on TV eventually.

You better start practising! :D

[boylermaker]

But to tell the truth I hate every team. Baseball is sooooooo slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow and boring. As I said only sports to watch is Football, basketball, womens tennis.
Oh, yeah, baseball is definitely boring if you don't understand the game and don't care for the teams. I'm with you there. Football is the exact same way: if you get it, waiting a minute or so for a 5 second play builds excitement and suspense, if you don't get it and/or care, it is just tedious.

In the mid 90's they had Magic tournaments on ESPN 2 during the slow months of the summer. I taped 2 of them.
I would pay to see that. Not much, but that is awesome.

Well, we went 1-2 against the Tigers, but fortunately the Mets didn't do much better. We are now 3 back from the wild card; if we can not explode until Sheets and Tomo Okha return, I think we have a really good shot at it.

Deciding game of the series against Kansas City as we speak. After that the Cubs (certainly a winnable series) and then my hometown Twins. I'm getting pumped for that one already. The hope is to beard Johan Santana in his den, but I don't know if that's going to happen. The Twinkies haven't lost a homegame with Johan starting all season.

[boylermaker]

Well, we lost the series to Kansas City. But we won the opener against the Cubs 6-0.

Man, I was scared! Capuano got hit in the wrist by a liner in the bottom of the ninth. It sounds like he'll be okay, ready to start against the Twins, but for a moment there I saw our postseason dreams go up in flames; he would have been the third of our 5 original starting pitchers to be on the DL.

[Sean]

Braves just beat the Yankees to even the series.
There is a lot of baseball left to play this year.
I never give up hope. That's for quitters. :D

Of course, if we don't get it together there's UGA football.

[boylermaker]

Cubs just snapped their 9-game home losing streak. Kolb gave up 5 runs in the 8th. So now the series is 2-1, Brewers, final game tomorrow.

This loss shows exactly why we'll be so much better when Okha and Sheets return. It's not that they'll be amazing; they probably won't be back to amazing caliber until next season. But they will have quality starts and send Jackson and Villenueva, who are currently starting, back to middle relief, where they belong. Then we won't have so many of these fifth and eigth inning implosions.

[Stojakovic]

*yawns* Is baseball season over yet?

[johnnyonthespot]

Grrrrrrrr...... Brewers beat the Cubs yesterday. My boy Mark Prior is 0-3. *sighs*

[boylermaker]

Prior had some really nice moments, though. He almost struck out three-in-a-row with the bases loaded in the 6th, I think.

Davis was having "back spasms" and couldn't pitch, so we had to send out Gonzales, another middle reliever turned starting. Things got kind of hairy for a while, but the Cubs haven't won a game on Thursday all season long, so we did pull out a win, 5-4.

Tough series against the Twins starts tonight. I'll be there. We can win one for sure, I think, but winning the series will be hard. We miss Santana in the rotation, at least.

Stoj, feel free to take your baseball hating to some other thread, because the exciting half of the season has yet to begin.

[Photoner Hawkwind]

If you know the rules and understand the intricacies of any sport or even competition, then it will be interesting not only to compete but also to watch. If you don't it will appear to drag no matter what it is. :eek:

The more successful spectator sports have organizations that teach kids how to play so that more of them enjoy it and buy tickets as grownups.

[Stojakovic]

Stoj, feel free to take your baseball hating to some other thread, because the exciting half of the season has yet to begin.

I am taking that there is more baseball to be played :(

Well at least there is wimbledon. Which mean womens tennis! all the other great sports are on the off season. There was the NBA draft the other day. An Italian got picked first WHOOOOO HOOOOOOO!

[boylermaker]

Brewers went down hard to the Twins, who swept us. I don't want to think about that anymore, besides saying that Joe Mauer had a worse-than-usual series, which made me happy, because he is incredibly overrated (at least here in Twins Territory).

But Lee and Turnbow made the All-Star game, while Capuano is in the running for that last spot.

And we beat the Wild-card-holding Reds today.

So I'm starting to feel better.

[boylermaker]

We swept the then-wildcard-holding Reds yesterday with a 13 inning double-comeback victory, putting us within striking distance of the wild card and the division title. Just in time for four games against the Cubs.

[boylermaker]

In local news, the Twins lost their first series in a long time. . .to the Royals! I rejoice especcially because now I can make all my friends eat the nasty things they said about the Brewers when we lost to the Royals earlier. Of course, arguing with a Twins fan is insanely difficult. It usually goes something like this:

TWINS FAN: Joe Mauer is the greatest offensive player in baseball history!

BOYLERMAKER: Actually, that's not true. Joe Mauer isn't even the best offensive player this season. While he has a higher batting average, Ichiro Suzuki is clearly the better player: Ichiro gets extra-base hits and steals; Mauer does neither. The result is that Ichiro gets home three times for every two of Mauer's runs. . . .

At this point, the Twins Fan stops listening and gets a simultaneously pitying and triumphant look on his face. He is about to deploy the Joe Nathan of baseball-argument-closers, the coup-de-main against which other teams' fans are helpless. Hitler probably looked at Poland with a similar expression in August of 1939.

TWINS FAN: Look, even if what you say is true, that doesn't change the fact the Twins won the 1991 World series.

BOYLERMAKER: So what? 1991 was 15 years ago. Hitting four singles every ten at-bats is great, but you are more help to your team. . . .

The Twins Fan is now puzzled. He used the closer, but this strange creature in front of him is not aware that it has been defeated. Strange. . . Ah, he has it! He forgot an essential part of the argument. His brow clears; all he need to do is to remind me:

TWINS FAN: You are forgetting that the Twins also won the 1987 World series.

BOYLERMAKER: 1987 was also 19 years ago. Anyway, if you look at Mauer's slugging instead of at his batting average. . . .

Now the Twins Fan is embarrassed. Apparently the fact that the Twins won the 1987 and 1991 World series, a fact that would end an arguement with any reasonable person, has made no impression on me. He is embarrassed that other Twins Fans might overhear this discussion, to his shame. He gives me a look that one might give to a middle-schooler who is loudly discussing pornography in a public place. He quickly moves to change the subject. The Twins Fan's subject-changer of choice is a comparison between the American and National leagues.

TWINS FAN: Wow, the National League sucks this year!

BOYLERMAKER: I admit that the American league has an overall winning record against the National league. But that doesn't change the fact that the National League is 25 years older and broke the color barrier without having the Black Sox or designated hitters. Also, since you seen to think that we can draw conclusions from the small number of interleague games, I would like to point out that the Brewers are doing better against your American League friends than the Twins are themselves. . . .

TWINS FAN: Ok, whatever. But what about the 1987 and 1991 World series?

At this point I tear my hair out and walk away, sobbing quietly.

[Sean]

1991 World Series eh...

You should have pointed out they beat the Braves who went from worst to first that year. Our team wasn't ready to win the series til '95. Or '94 if they had played it. Anyway speaking of the Braves winning. We finally won a series. Last night we took the the series 2-1 with a 14 to 4 win over the Cardinals.
Right now we are beating the Reds 5-1 in the 4th.

[boylermaker]

I appreciate what you're doing for us, man. Every loss the Cardinals, Reds, Rockies, Dodgers, Giants, and Astros take is a step in the right direction.

[johnnyonthespot]

Brewers beat the Cubs yesterday. Shut them out. You'd better believe the shoe is going to be on the other foot today, though. Carlos Zambrano is taking the mound. :cool:

[Stojakovic]

In local news, the Twins lost their first series in a long time. . .to the Royals! I rejoice especcially because now I can make all my friends eat the nasty things they said about the Brewers when we lost to the Royals earlier. Of course, arguing with a Twins fan is insanely difficult. It usually goes something like this:

TWINS FAN: Joe Mauer is the greatest offensive player in baseball history!

BOYLERMAKER: Actually, that's not true. Joe Mauer isn't even the best offensive player this season. While he has a higher batting average, Ichiro Suzuki is clearly the better player: Ichiro gets extra-base hits and steals; Mauer does neither. The result is that Ichiro gets home three times for every two of Mauer's runs. . . .

At this point, the Twins Fan stops listening and gets a simultaneously pitying and triumphant look on his face. He is about to deploy the Joe Nathan of baseball-argument-closers, the coup-de-main against which other teams' fans are helpless. Hitler probably looked at Poland with a similar expression in August of 1939.

TWINS FAN: Look, even if what you say is true, that doesn't change the fact the Twins won the 1991 World series.

BOYLERMAKER: So what? 1991 was 15 years ago. Hitting four singles every ten at-bats is great, but you are more help to your team. . . .

The Twins Fan is now puzzled. He used the closer, but this strange creature in front of him is not aware that it has been defeated. Strange. . . Ah, he has it! He forgot an essential part of the argument. His brow clears; all he need to do is to remind me:

TWINS FAN: You are forgetting that the Twins also won the 1987 World series.

BOYLERMAKER: 1987 was also 19 years ago. Anyway, if you look at Mauer's slugging instead of at his batting average. . . .

Now the Twins Fan is embarrassed. Apparently the fact that the Twins won the 1987 and 1991 World series, a fact that would end an arguement with any reasonable person, has made no impression on me. He is embarrassed that other Twins Fans might overhear this discussion, to his shame. He gives me a look that one might give to a middle-schooler who is loudly discussing pornography in a public place. He quickly moves to change the subject. The Twins Fan's subject-changer of choice is a comparison between the American and National leagues.

TWINS FAN: Wow, the National League sucks this year!

BOYLERMAKER: I admit that the American league has an overall winning record against the National league. But that doesn't change the fact that the National League is 25 years older and broke the color barrier without having the Black Sox or designated hitters. Also, since you seen to think that we can draw conclusions from the small number of interleague games, I would like to point out that the Brewers are doing better against your American League friends than the Twins are themselves. . . .

TWINS FAN: Ok, whatever. But what about the 1987 and 1991 World series?

At this point I tear my hair out and walk away, sobbing quietly.


You have never talked to a laker or yankee fan... have you?

You got nothing.

[boylermaker]

Any Laker or Yankees fans around here are instantly mocked and discredited for fairweatherism.

And we'll see about Zambrano; if Zackson doesn't implode in inning 4, he's pretty good.

[johnnyonthespot]

What did I say about Zambrano, eh? Cubs take three out of four. YEAH, BABY!!!

[squirecam]

1991 World Series eh...

You should have pointed out they beat the Braves who went from worst to first that year. Our team wasn't ready to win the series til '95. Or '94 if they had played it. Anyway speaking of the Braves winning. We finally won a series. Last night we took the the series 2-1 with a 14 to 4 win over the Cardinals.
Right now we are beating the Reds 5-1 in the 4th.

Please do not discuss Braves and World Series in the same sentence. Sid Bream crawling around third, stopping for a hot dog, beer and bathroom break, before finally crossing the plate 10 hours later still haunts me..... :(

Squirecam

[Stojakovic]

Any Laker or Yankees fans around here are instantly mocked and discredited for fairweatherism.

And we'll see about Zambrano; if Zackson doesn't implode in inning 4, he's pretty good.

How about Cowboy and 9er fans they are just bad.

[squirecam]

um... Raider "fan" anyone...

Squirecam

[Stojakovic]

Been to a Raider game with Bronco gear. They are nothing. All they do is pee in trash can. They are over rated.

The AL beat the NL again... haha :p And I also won 15 bucks :)

[johnnyonthespot]

The AL beat the NL again... haha :p And I also won 15 bucks :)

Who would be stupid enough to bet against the AL??? I guess you always lose money when you bet with your heart...

[Sean]

My favorite player - Andruw Jones - didn't even make into the game.

[boylermaker]

Wow! I leave the country for a week and things just fall apart. The Crew lose 5 in a row (and yes, 3 to the cubs) and the NL drops the All-Star game. But now I'm back, and with my eye on them again "Los Cerveceros" won yesterday. And Tomo Okha starts tomorrow, and Sheets starts his rehab assignment. So all in all, things are okay.

[Sean]

July has been a great month for the Braves! :D

13-1 in the 6th over the Cardinals right now.
Sweet
Andruw Jones has 87 RBIs this season
the Braves have played 5 straight games scoring 10 or more runs

Final 14-5

[boylermaker]

Just keep pounding those Cardinals and Reds, everybody!

Well, Tomo Okha started yesterday. We lost, but it wasn't his fault--he pitched pretty well--which makes be happy. Soon Ben Sheets will be back, and if we can go for a dozen games without a four-five game losing streak, everything will be AOK.

My man Corey Koskie's on the DL, though. I miss him.

[johnnyonthespot]

July has been a great month for the Braves! :D

13-1 in the 6th over the Cardinals right now.
Sweet
Andruw Jones has 87 RBIs this season
the Braves have played 5 straight games scoring 10 or more runs

Final 14-5

Yup. Never count the Braves out...

[boylermaker]

Argh! Lost the series to the Giants. I'll blame it on Barry Bonds' steroids: if he wasn't roided up they couldn't beat us two out of three.

Another series against the Wild-card holding Reds starts tomorrow. We swept them last time, and I hope to do it again.

[boylermaker]

Derrick Turnbow, if you're reading this, PLEASE START BEING GOOD AGAIN!

Thank you.

[Stojakovic]

Ok I will try. :cool:

p.s. Thanks for being a fan.

[boylermaker]

Well, the Brew Crew lost the series to the Reds, then the Giants, then the Pirates. We got back all our pitchers, but the DL took half of our infield in return. And then Mr Melvin traded away Carlos Lee to the Rangers. I have to say I thought that was the nail in the coffin of our playoff chances, but then we just won this last series against the Reds, Ben Sheets appears to be back in his amazing mode, and the new guys are playing well. So we'll see.

[boylermaker]

Oof. Lost another series against fellow wild-card contenders - the Rockies, with their low-oxygen stadium and doctored baseballs! We'll see how it goes against the Cardinals. Probably not very well, but there is always hope.

[boylermaker]

Won last night's game against the Cardinals! Sadly, the Red won too. Hope we can take the series: Sheets pitches tonight.

[Photoner Hawkwind]

Any Laker or Yankees fans around here are instantly mocked and discredited for fairweatherism.

And we'll see about Zambrano; if Zackson doesn't implode in inning 4, he's pretty good.

Well I've been a Yankee fan since 1960 and that includes 1966 and the late '80s and early '90s as well.

Stoj is right about that one.

And look who's back on top in the AL East. :D

[Stojakovic]

Well I've been a Yankee fan since 1960 and that includes 1966 and the late '80s and early '90s as well.

Stoj is right about that one.

And look who's back on top in the AL East. :D

I like the Yankees. But I will love them and Root for them as soon as A. Rod. and Derek Jeter get off the team. They are BUMS!

[Photoner Hawkwind]

I like the Yankees. But I will love them and Root for them as soon as A. Rod. and Derek Jeter get off the team. They are BUMS!

That probably won't happen for a few years as right now there is nobody better at their positions in Major League Baseball. The Yankees will wait until their skills deteriorate to the level of say a Bernie Williams before that happens.

[boylermaker]

Alas, a promising opener failed to follow through on its promises, and we lost the series to the Cardinals. Hopefully we can get back on track with the coming series against the Cubs.

[Sean]

Well your Brewers are coming to Atlanta this weekend. The Braves have the worst home record in baseball. So go ahead and sweep us for the 2nd time this season. :o

The Braves are the only franchise to win the World Series for 3 different cities: Boston, Milwaukee, and Atlanta.

We just evened the series against the Phillies 1-1.

- Update:We lost the series today. Gave up 8 runs in the 7th. :eek:

Andruw Jones has 97 RBIs.

[boylermaker]

Well your Brewers are coming to Atlanta this weekend. The Braves have the worst home record in baseball. So go ahead and sweep us for the 2nd time this season.Goodness, I hope so. The rubber game of the series with the Cubs is today, Davis vs Prior. And after the Braves series we play the Pirates, whom for some reason we just cannot play well against. So were gonna need some wins pretty soon.

[boylermaker]

We just beat the Cubs in a knuckle-biter of sorts. We had them 8-1 in the 4th, but by the time the ninth came around it was 8-6. The first batter was walked, and then Clark and Gross collided in the outfield to let the Cubs get two on base with no outs. But then they popped one up, and after that we turned a beautiful double play to win. I was sweatin'!

On to ATL. It sounds like Sheets will start there as scheduled.

[Sean]

Smoltz has been with the Braves since '88. He's the only solid pitcher we have this year. I wish we still had Glavine and Maddux.

I had to flip back and forth between the Braves and the Falcons. Vick looked great and so did D.J. Shockley (from The University of Georgia).
26-23 over New England

[johnnyonthespot]

We just beat the Cubs in a knuckle-biter of sorts. We had them 8-1 in the 4th, but by the time the ninth came around it was 8-6. The first batter was walked, and then Clark and Gross collided in the outfield to let the Cubs get two on base with no outs. But then they popped one up, and after that we turned a beautiful double play to win. I was sweatin'!

Speaking of Cubs and knuckle-biters, right now they are in the 15th inning vs. Houston!!!

[johnnyonthespot]

Cubs won, 8-6 in the 18th inning. Now the Rockies and D-Backs are tied up in the 16th inning!

Time to go to bed...

[boylermaker]

Well, we've been floating around .500 recently: lost the series to the braves, won the series with the pirates, pushed the series with the Astros. I woundn't take all that much of a hot streak to secure the wild card, but as September approaches closer and closer, my hope begin to fade.

But next year, we'll be sweet! All our DL guys should be back by then.

[johnnyonthespot]

It woundn't take all that much of a hot streak to secure the wild card

You're right. The NL Wild Card race this year is insane. As of today, there are four teams that are 5 or less games behind Cincy and four more that are within 7 games. The crazy/sad thing is that Cincy has a record that's barely over .500 (.520 today, after losing to Houston).

[boylermaker]

Yeah, the NLC is definitely a case of how-the-mighty-have-fallen. Remember the beginning of the season, when the central was the cream of baseball? The brewers were 3-4 over .500 and were 5th in the division.

Sheets and Cappy pitched a couple of nice ones, and we're looking to sweep the Rockies with Okha this afternoon.

[boylermaker]

Okha was just as good as he had be; we swept 'em with a 12-6 win!

[boylermaker]

Argh!! I take my eyes off 'em for three days and they lose three in a row to the Marlins! At least the Reds have been losing too.

[boylermaker]

It ain't to late! We just gotta hit every pitch, make every out, challenge every call, get Ned Yost ejected every game, win every time! Undefeated September, here we come!!

[boylermaker]

Alright, we took a day off before putting the boylermaker-plan-to-victory into effect. But tonight, look out, Marlins!

[johnnyonthespot]

Sorry dude, but the Brewers are 1-9 in their last ten games... just like the Cubs!

[boylermaker]

Eight games from now we'll be 9-1. You'll see!

Or maybe not. But we won one! So I'm happy.

[boylermaker]

Doug Davis pitched a complete game shut-out yesterday. 2 for 2!

[boylermaker]

Won the Dodgers series, but then lost to the Astros. But Dave Bush pitched a complete game shutout for a 4-0 win.

[boylermaker]

Won the series against the Cardinals. Up two games on the Giants right now, but we're down two in the seventh. But we've got two on and and no outs, so Kevin Mench can hit a homer and prove his worth.

[boylermaker]

Mike Rivera just stole home to tie the game. Oh YEAH!

[boylermaker]

Came up with the win! Hope to sweep 'em tonight.

[Stojakovic]

Is baseball season over yet?

[boylermaker]

Nope. We won today's game to sweep the Giants. We have a day off, then three games against the Cubs and two against the Cardinals. Then the countdown to the beginning of the baseball season starts.

[Stojakovic]

Are we there yet?

[johnnyonthespot]

...Then the countdown to the beginning of the baseball season starts.

Not if your team isn't the Brewers!

If you were a Mets or Yankees fan, the season might last a little longer.

Just kidding. Remember, I'm a Cubs fan. This has been a HARSH year. :o

[boylermaker]

It wouldn't have been so harsh if Dusty Baker hadn't ruined Mark Prior . . . or thought that walked men "clogged up the baselines" . . . or ruined (insert other Cubs pitcher) . . . or if the Brewers weren't so much better than you . . . :D I don't forget that you're my baseball archrival. . . .

[Stojakovic]

I just saw my first baseball game today. There is one player that kicked ass. His name is Babe Ruth. Is he any good?

[Stojakovic]

Not if your team isn't the Brewers!

If you were a Mets or Yankees fan, the season might last a little longer.

Just kidding. Remember, I'm a Cubs fan. This has been a HARSH year. :o

I'll cheer for the Yanks again as Soon as J. Giambi, A. Rod. and D. Jeter leave.

[johnnyonthespot]

I don't forget that you're my baseball archrival. . . .

Nah, Cubs fans don't see it that way. We see you guys as lower on the food chain than we are. (Granted, the Brewers were way better than the Cubs this year.) We see our archrivals as being the Cards.

It's kind of the same way in college basketball. NC State always claims to be our (UNC's) rivals, when we really couldn't care less about NC State. Our rival is Duke... and Duke reciprocates that hatred!

[boylermaker]

Then we have an advantage: we hate you, you don't notice us, it's much easier to destroy you, as we will today. :eek: My man Dave Bush is pitching tonight, so watch out.

[squirecam]

I just saw my first baseball game today. There is one player that kicked ass. His name is Babe Ruth. Is he any good?

He's a washed up pitcher. Better trade him to the yankees for whatever you can get...

Squirecam

[boylermaker]

Well, it's time to put this thread to rest. We split the season-ending series with the Cardinals, winning the last game. That made me happy.

On a related note (things that make me happy), the Twins just let the A's hit an in-the-park homer. I haven't been so schadenfreude-ically happy since Johan Santana walked a guy at the All-Star game.

Well, 180 days until baseball season begins again!