Hmm The Curse of Pork ???

Now I need to look for the smilie of the guy grabbing his crotch saying "Hey I got your curse Right here"

I think you touch yourself way to much!

Ok, now where is the smilie of the - oh nevermind :p

Ok getting back to BizNess - Oakland gave up 9 runs with 5 errors - there is NO way all those runs could be earned - no way. Right ??

This game blows where the hell is this guy now --->

Ya gotta stand on line, buddy. Get behind me!

It is a sad time in Mudville!

For those who caught some good points, great going!

Other wise this game sucks!

BULLSHIT! F*CK THEM!!!! :p

Gee, SC put down that gun!


Don't worry SC FOOTBALL starts tomorrow.

I'm gonna sack that wavin' guy!! ( )

Mets kill the Braves???? This is a sick world!

I have no faith in this sport.

San Diego over Arizona 12-0 ...
Tampa Bay over Seattle 7-0 ...
Baltimore over Oakland 9-0 ...

Something was REALLY wrong tonight...

The earlier reference to football reminded me of a wonderful comedy routine by George Carlin. I've copied his comparison between football (a warlike game) and baseball (a peaceful game) below. Enjoy.

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Baseball is different from any other sport, very different. For instance, in most sports you score points or goals; in baseball you score runs. In most sports the ball, or object, is put in play by the offensive team; in baseball the defensive team puts the ball in play, and only the defense is allowed to touch the ball. In fact, in baseball if an offensive player touches the ball intentionally, he's out; sometimes unintentionally, he's out.

Also: in football,basketball, soccer, volleyball, and all sports played with a ball, you score with the ball and in baseball the ball prevents you from scoring.

In most sports the team is run by a coach; in baseball the team is run by a manager. And only in baseball does the manager or coach wear the same clothing the players do. If you'd ever seen John Madden in his Oakland Raiders uniform,you'd know the reason for this custom.

Now, I've mentioned football. Baseball & football are the two most popular spectator sports in this country. And as such, it seems they ought to be able to tell us something about ourselves and our values.

I enjoy comparing baseball and football:

Baseball is a nineteenth-century pastoral game.
Football is a twentieth-century technological struggle.

Baseball is played on a diamond, in a park.The baseball park!
Football is played on a gridiron, in a stadium, sometimes called Soldier Field or War Memorial Stadium.

Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new life.
Football begins in the fall, when everything's dying.

In football you wear a helmet.
In baseball you wear a cap.

Football is concerned with downs - what down is it?
Baseball is concerned with ups - who's up?

In football you receive a penalty.
In baseball you make an error.

In football the specialist comes in to kick.
In baseball the specialist comes in to relieve somebody.

Football has hitting, clipping, spearing, piling on, personal fouls, late hitting and unnecessary roughness.
Baseball has the sacrifice.

Football is played in any kind of weather: rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog...
In baseball, if it rains, we don't go out to play.

Baseball has the seventh inning stretch.
Football has the two minute warning.

Baseball has no time limit: we don't know when it's gonna end - might have extra innings.
Football is rigidly timed, and it will end even if we've got to go to sudden death.

In baseball, during the game, in the stands, there's kind of a picnic feeling; emotions may run high or low, but there's not too much unpleasantness.
In football, during the game in the stands, you can be sure that at least twenty-seven times you're capable of taking the life of a fellow human being.

And finally, the objectives of the two games are completely different:

In football the object is for the quarterback, also known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his receivers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.

In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! - I hope I'll be safe at home!

Thursday

DB 66 2433 Ariz (10) 23+
JG 19 2385 Oak (-5) 9+
PL 48 2359 Mets ()
LD 24 2258 Ariz (10) 16+
BD 15 2244 Fla (27) 33+
FS 01 2122 Ariz (10) 15+
SC 01 2058 Yanks ()
OA 30 1967 Pitts (3) 24+
JJ. 13 1895 Atl (dnp) 17+

DB's PITCHING

DB has been on quite a run. Beginning last Friday, he's compiled the following pitching stats:

Games: 7
W/L: 6-1
IP: 69
ER: 8
Hits: 38
E.R.A.: 1.04
K's: 73
Opp B.A.: .155

Pitching Points; 225
PP Per day: 37.5

Thanks, Plaw!

Holy crap, I'm #14 so far this week for the entire league. Plaw ain't far behind at #115.

Now there's a jinx... :rolleyes:

Whine Alert!

O.K., this game will piss me off to no end. Buffy, FS, and I thought we were picking the D-backs because the Unit was pitching. Nope, looks like there's been a pitching change.

We get John Patterson, he of the 1-4 record and 6.6 ERA.

Whine Alert Over!

A plethora of afternoon games today including...

Arizona (LD, FS, DB) vs KC
Oakland (Edit: JG) vs Baltimore
Pitt (OA) vs Florida (BD)

Also, I think SC should be starting the Yankees (unless there's a team in South Carolina now!)

Hmmm - the week is not even half over is it - calm down big boy. :p

Come back at the end of the week at 14 than I'll be impressed. Besides football begins today so nobody will be looking at your ranking now anyway.

Still... nobody can ever take it away from me! :p

no DoucheMan, it wasn't Randy. plaw told me telepathically that you were on a run with your pitching choices so I read your mind and jumped on your bandwagon.

Thanks for nothing.

I am SO not playing next year.

Yes! Rain has been a thorn in my side in this game ALL season! Hate, hate, hate those double-headers!

It always astounds me that they have a dome in Houston but don't have one at Lambeau. It is true, football goes on no matter WHAT the weather!

Good excerpt SC, thanks for sharing.

Is everyone as excited as I am that football season is starting? Yes, that and Temptation Island 3!

Back to bidness...

Hopefully, Buffy and FS, this Patterson guy will surprise us.

And I forgot to mention, Bad Daddy, with so many teams on your do-not-pitch list, you'll have to start Detroit pretty soon! :p

Sadly you don't know how close you are to truth in that one.

I don't think I'm playing next year.

I have Oakland (picked before last night's nightmare). PL has... the Mets?!

Oops, sorry JG.

It's 2 runs in 5 innings - stop the whining you sissy girl :p

First off, Oakland can bite me. So can Kendall for not playing. So can Randa for going 0-5. And while we're at it, so can Jody Gerut for going 0-5 as well. I hate this game.

D-backs going into extra innnings... I don't know how I feel about that...

As long as KC wins it in the bottom of the 10th, I'll be less unhappy. :p

Edit: Of course AZ scored in the top of the 10th...

Not a total lost cause... At least they won! :rolleyes: