I read your post, then was pleasantly surprised to discover that the MLB Scoreboard box score has it as only 3 earned runs. Not such a bad rule, after all.

The worm turns....

OFF TOPIC ALERT:

Anyone catch Kobe on TV last night on the Teen Choice Awards? (yes, I was surfing towards channel 25 ESPN ) He got a standing O from the whole audience and speaking of athlete's wives...his did NOT look happy. Like she wanted to be anywhere but there.

I personally wanted to be with the Rock

O.K., all those in favor of deducting an additional six point from those who had the Giants, please raise your hands... :p

Jeez, DB. I feel like you and I just spent the whole day together :rolleyes:

Don't worry... I don't think your "honey" is getting jealous!

Um, Double J....

Read the title of this thread, please. It is not an "all purpose baseball discussion" thread.

You wanna post here, then get in the game. You're cordially invited. Otherwise, this thread is "Read Only" :p

If you are referring to me I wouldn't be so sure about that. This league is NOT big enough for two 'honeys' on this board and I don't like playing second fiddle. :p I was afraid something like this would happen if I went on vacation for a few days - that I would be forgotten.

Oh and I vote for the Oakland 'owners' to lose the 9 points - if it is not too late to get my vote in.

Thursday

LD 1019 Oak (20) 50 1069
DB 0959 Yanks (12) 49 1008
BD 0954 SF (15) 47 1001
PL 0950 SF (15) 36 0986
SC 0953 SF (15) 29 0982
JG 0922 Oak (20) 55 0977
FS 0929 SF (15) 46 0975
JJ. 0926 Hstn (14) 38 0964
OA 0784 Milw (00) 24 0808
HH 0548 Yanks (12) 36 0584

Just to set the record straight....

I may be a metrosexual, but I'm a monogamous one. I have only one honey, and she doesn't post here.

Perhaps JG or SC will be so kind as to post a picture of her/us from our night out in June. Actually, it should be a picture of us . If it were just her, nobody would believe that she belongs to me.

Then you guys can eat your hearts out. :p

How the hell did Obermueller lose to the Braves?
Who woulda thunk it

Friday

LD 50 1069 Ariz
DB 49 1008 Ariz
BD 52 1006 Ariz
PL 41 0991 Ariz
SC 34 0987 SF
FS 51 0980 Oak
JG 55 0977 Oak
JJ. 38 0964 Hstn
OA 24 0808 Minn
HH 36 0584 Yanks

Four of the top five finishers from the first half now occupy the top four spots in the second half. Maybe there's more skill to this than I thought

And everyone, except for our league leader (and HH), has at least one player in today's doubleheader :p
A couple even have two

Obermueller... Is that what you call Bill Mueller the night he hit 3 homeruns???

Doubleheader... Ummm... Errr... Yea, I knew about that...

Seriously, I've been missing the last couple of these. They must have been set before I got my palm pilot!

and why do you think THAT is?

Figures, with the weekend approaching I would do a total nosedive. I hate this game, I may not even play next year

Can you say clueless? What was I doing yesterday not to see this?

As if the sleep deprivation this morning was not enough, now this - I am totally cranky.

Wonder how hard I can wish for rain in Boston??

Oh joy! The DH is an early game!! I can be completely miserable when I go home tonight!

My boss just called and wants to do my annual performance evaluation this morning. Like I'm in the mood to talk about what I am good at! Let's see:

Boss: "Buffy, what are your goals and objectives?"

Me: "Well, I REALLY want it to rain in Boston this afternoon."

Boss: So how do you think you can become more efficient?

Buffy: Well, I wish there was a website such as weather.mlb.com so that I can go there to find out where it's raining? Also familyissues.mlb.com and doubleheaders.mlb.reminder.com is pretty self explanatory!

Boss: Very good. I'll see what we can do. How well are you relating to your peers?

Buffy: Hmmm... Interesting question... There is a guy I call the devil every now and then. It's all in fun though. Also, I'm sick and tired of people who have curses. They drag me and my team down. I do like guys who talk about their Wood a lot though.

Boss: They drag your work team down?

Buffy: No, my fantasy baseball team silly.

Boss: Oh, I should have known. A couple of more questions... How would you rate your performance this first part of the year?

Buffy: Well, I finished in 3rd place for the first half of the season. Totally bogus. I started two days late so I can make an argument* that I'm in 2nd*. Right now, I'm not doing so bad. I'm at the top of my game, giving a hundred and ten percent and believe you me, giving more than a hundred percent is nearly impossible.

Boss: Good for you Buffy. One last question... If there's anything you can change, what would that be?

Buffy: The first thing would have been Karros... goatee... enough said. But since that's already done, I would have to say getting , Bad Daddy, SC, and Pork off my butt. And one other thing... no more dumb chick jokes!

Yep, I imagine that is about how it will go. My boss is a little TOO hands off. I imagine our whole conversation will last all of 5 minutes. I always get the stellar review go, figure. Now, about that raise.....

Too scary DB! "bogus" is the word I throw around work all the time. All my work passwords etc. are "bogus".

And for you sneaky types, I use it only in work, so don't think you can come in and mess with my roster . Though my fantasy team IS pretty bogus, I use that other password - the one I gave y'all already - "ecnahCtaF"........

No one took either team for the double header?

First I never even saw that there was a double header today. I have to spend more time with my team if I ever want to climb back up to play with the "FIRST HALF BIGSHOTS"


In the poker world, I am what they call Dead Money ! So what, I'm here for the fun.

Still only 31 points between 2nd and 7th. Buffy with a nice 61 point lead going into tonights games.

By the way Good morning all! Where did the morning go?

Well that's good to hear! I bet that's better than a Mike Tyson-type boss!

I'll resist the temptation and not touch that one....

Another pezzonovante... :rolleyes:

I'm glad you are having fun FS. You are still holding off Pork so you are in prime position.

I, on the other hand, hate this game. I may not play next year.

Mr. "I've Mastered The Fundamentals"

By the way, FS, I'm interested in your poker playing.

I'm strictly a seven card stud player, $10 or $20 limit. Atlantic City and Vegas are the only "professional" venues I've experienced.

And you?

DoucheMan: My boss is a woman. Yes, I appreciate that she is very hands off . My 20 minute review turned into 2 1/2 hours. But I am getting promoted so that's good

Not as good as a huge thunderstorm in Boston, but....... :rolleyes:

: Re: poker. Pork plays too and if we somehow bridge the distance thing, I'd like nothing better than to play with you guys. We have a ton of casinos around here I have played (Vegas is a bit intimidating for me, I'll admit) but I prefer playing in a more comfortable, intimate setting with friends. I have a group that comes over about once a month. Tomorrow night in fact is my next one and I am short a person. 7-card is great. $20 limit? Do you ever play pot games?

Congrats Buffy! I hope it was my interview prep that did the trick!

She is very hands off??? Are you sure? You said you had pics of that Kiss poster!



O.K., I looked at everyone's roster and I'm almost sure that only JG and Plaw knew about the doubleheader. It looks like everyone else who had Balt or Bos players, myself included, had these players on their regular rotation.

Nomahh hit a solo shot in the 1st inning. 6 points right there... This is going to be a long day.

The only pot games I've ever played are

--Hide the rolling paper
--Pass the roach clip
--Who can hold it in the longest without choking
and
--Where's the tri-beam

Hey, I've played some of those games, too

Anyway, Trot hit one out, too - woohoo! Too bad I didn't have Mirabelli, though, to make it 3

Damn, good thing I didn't pick Boston PS like I was tempted to do... Birds have 10 runs and counting... most of that action from guys NOT on my Boston-heavy roster... :rolleyes:

Hey JG, I have Mirabelli, or didn't you notice? :p

I have a strong feeling that by tomorrow morning the standings will very closely resemble those of the first half

Unless, of course, the pallindromic combination of DB-BD don't hold up their end.

I JUST looked! Dammit! 34 pts already?? Ugh. I hate this game I never pick a C in a d-h, figuring they'd never play both games. You lucky bastid. I hope Javy hits 2 out tonight!! :p

That sounds like a jinx against my PS!! Great... :rolleyes:

HOW DID YOU PICK MIRABELLI??! He plays like twice a week, and has a .250 avg... only 5 HRs on the year!! Did you sell your soul again for that piece of prognistication or what??