08-07-2003 18:40									#1
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Life is looking pretty good.

Best record in the majors, on our way to winning our 12th division in a row. Oh, sure, we'll likely still blow in the playoffs, but at least we'll be there.... right, NY Mets?

at Tommy Glavine. Serves you right, traitor.

Looks like sanity has been restored in the NL Central.

How's your team doing?

	08-07-2003 18:43									#2
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I don't even know what sport this is about.

	08-07-2003 18:43									#3
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Edit... Ahh. I misread your question.

It's about baseball.

	08-07-2003 18:46									#4
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well

neither do I

and I have favorite teams in most american sports

Jon Miller

	08-07-2003 18:53									#5
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quote: Looks like sanity has been restored in the NL Central.

How many straight Divisional titles have you won? 9? 10? That's insane. Give everyone else a chance, won't ya?

	08-07-2003 18:56									#6
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11, thank you very much.

Philly fan, perhaps? Millwood was a great pickup for you... too bad for the Phillies that Sheffield was a better pickup for us.

	08-07-2003 18:57									#7
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It'll be 12 soon then. Greedy buggers.

	09-07-2003 03:25									#8
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I knew I liked JohnT for a reason.


The best part is that Maddux is still sucking, if he turns it up things will get even better.

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	09-07-2003 03:34									#9
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Y'all have no idea how many times I give thanks to God for the 1995 season, knowing that that one friggin' World Series ring keeps us from serious Minnesota Vikings and Buffalo Bills references.

The Schuerholz* and Cox Braves are a team that have been built for the seasonal haul, not for streaky play (which can get you through the playoffs). We have suffered in the post season for this principle, and I sometimes think back and wonder what would've happened if, in 1996, the Braves got rid of either Maddux/Glavine/Smoltz for an A-rod or Barry or Sosa.

If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets.

*Spelling. Sounds like a law firm, doesn't it?

	09-07-2003 03:36									#10
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FP: Of course they've only have 1 WS win to show for it . They DO give other teams a chance... it is just in the playoffs .

	09-07-2003 03:43									#11
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	09-07-2003 03:52									#12
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quote: Serves you right, traitor.

In the Free Agency period, how can anyone be called a traitor? I mean, it isn't like the team gives the players much loyalty. The Braves should have signed him and let Maddux walk, IMO. After all, Glavine was from the Braves organization in the first place and they should have thanked him for it. Maddux was just a Cubs interloper... either way, it seems like it doesn't matter because both have hit the 'age' wall, most promenently seen in recent history in David Cone.

	09-07-2003 04:06									#13
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I'm a Dodger fan. They were doing good until we hit the brickwalls at Pac Bell park... My wife is a Giants fan

	09-07-2003 04:44									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui quote: Serves you right, traitor. In the Free Agency period, how can anyone be called a traitor? I mean, it isn't like the team gives the players much loyalty. The Braves should have signed him and let Maddux walk, IMO. After all, Glavine was from the Braves organization in the first place and they should have thanked him for it. Maddux was just a Cubs interloper... either way, it seems like it doesn't matter because both have hit the 'age' wall, most promenently seen in recent history in David Cone.

Wtf do I care... I'm a Braves fan. You leave my team to play with another team in the same division, knowing you were leaving a very good situation, knowing you were walking into a disaster zone, and you'll earn my animosity.

Glavine earned the fans respect and loyalty, and we gave it to him Imran... while he was here. Since he left to go to the (semi) hated Mets, a pox on his post-Braves career!

Oh, I know the Braves didn't want to pay what he demanded... but did he have to demand so much? And Maddux - he's not exactly earning his $13.5 mill(woods): did he really think he was worth sacrificing both Glavine and Millwood for his Year of Gravy?

But Cox and Shuerholz manage, and manage well.

	09-07-2003 05:53									#15
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Ah, so you are admiting that you are letting emotion and blind loyalty override logic?

	09-07-2003 06:00									#16
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In my opinion, it is really 8 in a row for the Braves so far.

That is still very very impressive, but they would not have won in 1994 as Montreal was pulling away from the Braves (6.5 game lead in mid-August IIRC).

	09-07-2003 06:06									#17
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That Montreal team was great . Shame they had to break it up . Maybe then they wouldn't have been such a wreck now.

	09-07-2003 06:27									#18
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cubs-bosox world series! remember you heard it here first!

	09-07-2003 06:28									#19
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If Glavine had gone to any other team, he wouldn't be a traitor....but the Mets?

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	09-07-2003 06:29									#20
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If Dusty Baker is still there....maybe.

If Dusty was white, he would have already been fired. This is not a racist statement by the way.

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	09-07-2003 06:33									#21
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I know it ain't. It's 100% true. Apparently there are some things that black managers can say that white managers cannot... even if the words are exactly the same.

	09-07-2003 07:10									#22
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I don't even disagree with Baker, I think he makes a point. But a white manager wouldn't get away with it.

On the other hand, eventually either we will take comments like his and give them little disregard, whether from black, white, or other race.

Or, the manager will be fired, whether black, white, or other race.

Either way, equality is acheived.

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	09-07-2003 07:16									#23
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He makes a point... but I think a dumb one. There is no proof of this at all . Why would a white pitcher growing up in NYC get tired in the heat faster than a black pitcher growing up in NYC? Wouldn't the black one retain more heat?

	09-07-2003 07:18									#24
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Never having been black, I can't tell you.

Maybe you should ask AS.



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	09-07-2003 07:33									#25
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YANKEES!!!


Take that Boston

I think it absurd that the league that wins the all star game will get home field advantage in the orld Series: its an exhibition game for darns sake.

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quote: Originally posted by GePap YANKEES!!! Take that Boston I think it absurd that the league that wins the all star game will get home field advantage in the orld Series: its an exhibition game for darns sake.

Not anymore, it's not. Whether you like the idea or hate it, the game does have a little meaning now.

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	09-07-2003 07:47									#27
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You know what I liked about this All-Star Game? The players/managers get to vote on a large part of the reserves. Good stuff . More deserving players get picked and not just the manager's favorite players.

	09-07-2003 07:48									#28
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what happens if theres a tie?

	09-07-2003 07:49									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui You know what I liked about this All-Star Game? The players/managers get to vote on a large part of the reserves. Good stuff . More deserving players get picked and not just the manager's favorite players.

i can't forgive them for not picking clemens, he's as "all-star" as you can get

	09-07-2003 07:50									#30
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There is no chance in Hell of that occuring now... there are now a minimum of 5 Starting pitchers... one will be kept in reserve in case of extra innings, no doubt.