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I thought I had it for sure with Ty Cobb, but even though he hit .422 one year in the 20's, he came in 2nd that year!

Has anyone heard why Karl Ravech hasn't been on espn the past few weeks? I thought perhaps he had gone the way of Harold Reynolds, so I did a search and saw he had a heart attack in 2002(don't remember hearing anything about that!)Hope his health is ok! So, has anyone's local paper mentioned him? I don't always like him, but with him off the last few weeks, you can see how he really keeps the show flowing, the other guys just aren't as good.

So, if Murdoch in any way, shape or form helped get the book published, it invalidates the points made in the book? Let's just hope it wasn't those liberal bastards at NPR!

I went searching cuz I remembered it was someone during WW2, but couldn't think of the name. I thought you were asking, but I bet you know, don't you??? I'll let folks keep guessing then....

A drunk staggers out of a bar and runs right into two priests. He says, "I'm Jesus Christ." The first priest says, "No, son, you're not." So the drunk says it to the second priest. The second priest says, "No, son, you're not." The drunk says, "Look, I can prove it." He walks back into the bar with the two priests. The bartender takes one look at the drunk and exclaims, "Jesus Christ, you're here again?" A guy walks into a bar, sits down and hears a small voice say, "You look nice today." A few minutes later he again hears a small voice, "That's a nice shirt." The guy asks the bartender, "Who is that?" The bartender says, "Those are the peanuts. They're complimentary!" A pig goes into a bar and orders ten drinks. He finishes them up and the bartender says, "Don't you need to know where the bathroom is?" The pig says, "No, I go wee wee all the way home." A guy walks into a bar with jumper cables. The bartender says, "You can come in, but don't start anything!" Hey, didn't say they were classics or anything!

Bob Forsch? One of my Favorite Cardinals. Rooted for him as a kid, and I'm now 39!!! Wonder if he got a hit off of Jim Kaat that year!

shoot. No longer available.

Thank you Ray, a voice of reason! There is a LOT of shit on TV, no doubt. But, if I were to wait for the Simpsons DVD's to catch up to what, season 43....I'd have to live to be around 100. I watch TCM, ESPN(Much more during baseball season) a little FOX and CNN, Speedvison, the Cartoon channel to get my Futurama fix(Even though I own the first 2 seasons on DVD ) AquaTeen Hunger Force, etc. Pretty sad, when cartoons look like the best programming most nights. Oh, and 24 is about the only show now I have to watch. There are very good shows IMO on the History Channel, Discover, A&E(Well, used to at least)etc, you just have to search them out. And if you are constantly clicking thru, turn the sucker off! The Computer is the same as TV to me, just more channels.

Bobby Cox. Best manager during season* Booby Cox. Worst post season manager. Ever. *This season has shown he doesn't have a clue anymore, but teams still play hard for him.

He is really lucky he didn't break his neck! I think his head left a slight dent in the field. I hope someone did an MRI on his neck....

And what's up with the Blue Jays??? If that whole Shea Hillenbrand thing hadn't happened, I'd say Ted Lilly fighting with John Gibbons meant that Lilly was a total headcase, but there has to be something brewing with that team....it can't just be bad eggs on the team, can it???

I'm in a fabulous mood, thank you very much. I was rooting for the result which occured, my only disappointment came when the Yankees scored a run in the 8th and then WMP hit the homer. I was rooting for a 1-0 final, as that would achieve the ultimate cap of a 5 game sweep - shut out at home by a number 5 pitcher against a team that starts Nick Green at SS. So, unfortunately, the ultimate embarassment didn't happen, but this will do just fine. This isn't Boston Massacre II - this is a whole nother animal. In 1978, they were simply blown out in four straight (if I remember correctly, the last game was 8-3 and the closest one). This team, however, found a way to lose one extra game, and to lose in every way possible: Blown out Blown out after blowing a 10-7 lead A competitive game blown up by the bullpen into a rout Having the best closer in the team's history blow a game that might have allowed them to salvage the series (if the Yankees are truly blessed, Craig Hansen has been destroyed by this experience and will never pitch to the level he was supposed to. He'll be Brad Lidge without ever earning a single save) Finally getting lights out starting pitching and relief and still losing 2-1. I was on the phone with my brother shortly after the last game ended and he pointed out what should have been obvious to me, saying simply that he just didn't recognize the Red Sox anymore what with the loss via defections, trades, injuries, of Kevin Millar, Bill Mueller, Trot Nixon, Jason Varitek, and, most importantly, Johnny Damon. They all seemed to be terrific clutch hitters against the Yanks who now are concerned only with Ortiz and Ramirez when facing the Sox. While Ramirez hit well and did some damage, the Yanks obviously pitched around Ortiz whenever they could. Add the loss of a couple of clutch pitchers like Pedro Martinez and the erratic, but always up to face the Yankees, Derek Lee, and the Sox are a very different team that won it all in 2004. The Yankee core, offensive-wise, has remained intact from that year and obviously, they have come up with a couple of superb young players in Cano and Cabrera. Add to that the lack of financial restrictions in baseball that allow such additions as Damon - the description "looks like Jesus, acts like Judas" is particularly apt if one is a Sox fan - and lately, Abreu, and it's now quite apparent how the balance has been drastically altered between the two teams. Yanks' biggest problem (aside from less than imposing starting pitching) is what to do once Matsui and Sheffield are ready to play again. Where you watching Cubs highlights while posting??? (though I think Derrick Lee is still out.) You do make good points. I was using the BoSox as an example a few weeks back on the Atlanta Paper's baseball forum,(Since many Braves fans still act like we can't possibly trade Marcus Giles, or Renteria, for guess what, pitching!!!) Saying, hey the Red Sox have a whole new infield this year, and they are in the hunt! Well, one theory is that you have to continually tweak a team even after winning the W.S., which makes some sense , not standing pat and expecting everyone that had great years the previous season to do it again, like you said, not everyone is going to be gamers like Kevin Millar, Derek Lowe, etc. But the Sox big need, like most every other team in baseball is pitching, and nobody seems to want to trade good starters anymore, and nobody wants to trade blue chip prospects either. So, the Sox better sign Jason Schmidt this offseason, or hope there are some great arms at AA that will be stars next year....

Check out this "kid" playing for the Saudi Arabian Little League team!!! http://www.littleleague.org/series/2006div...aarondurley.htm

Yeah, that was a tough one to watch. I guess Dan was right, after all....Can't believe the Sox bullpen went south so fast! Heck, the Braves might, just might have a better bullpen right now, but then again, that's akin to comparing manure, to dog shit. Both are crap!

Damn good question! What do you bet it is via tax dollars?? This was the asswipe who said in court that the girl said please don't do to me what my Daddy does to me. How the father didn't just kill him on the spot, I don't know....

Nah. More likely a liberal atheist. After all, he was a school teacher.

Man, didn't expect this to ever happen!!!!! Boulder DA confirms arrest in JonBenet case File © News Authorities have announced the arrest of a suspect in the murder of Jon Benet Ramsey, who was found dead in her Boulder home the day after Christmas 1996, according to reports on MSNBC.STORY TOOLS Email this story | Print RELATED LINKS Special section: JonBenet Ramsey Comprehensive archives: JonBenet Ramsey By Charlie Brennan, Rocky Mountain News August 16, 2006 A man arrested in Thailand is being held in connection with the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey, law enforcement officials said today. Federal officials familiar with the case, who spoke with the Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said the man was being held in Bangkok on unrelated sex charges. A source close to the case identified the suspect as one-time resident of Conyers, Ga., and said he was a school teacher. The source said that authorities had been focusing on him for some time and that Patsy Ramsey had been made aware prior to her death on June 24 that his arrest was being pursued. Boulder District Attorney Mary Lacey confirmed arrest Aug. 16, 2006, following several months of a focused and complex investigation. John and Patsy Ramsey both were consulted during the course of the investigation. The Ramsey family has been notified of the arrest, Lacey said. The district attorney's office has scheduled a news conference Thursday at 2 p.m. at the justice center. The girl was found beaten and strangled in the basement of the family’s home in Boulder, Colo., on Dec. 26, 1996. Law enforcement officials from Boulder were flying to Bangkok to present Thai authorities with documents in the slaying of the 6-year-old beauty pageant contestant, officials in Washington said. They asked to remain anonymous pending an announcement in Colorado. The girl’s parents, Patsy and John Ramsey, had been under an "umbrella of suspicion" in JonBenet’s death. The Ramseys said an intruder killed their daughter. A grand jury investigation in Boulder ended with no indictments, and no arrests had been made in the case. In 2003, U.S. District Judge Julie Carnes in Atlanta concluded that the evidence she reviewed suggested an intruder killed JonBenet. That opinion came with the judge’s decision to dismiss a libel and slander lawsuit against the Ramseys by a freelance journalist, who the Ramseys had named as a suspect in their daughter’s murder. The Boulder district attorney at the time said she agreed with Carnes’ declaration. The district attorney’s has established a web page for information on the case: www.co.boulder.co.us/da http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/loca...4921245,00.html

Very sad indeed. He was very good in City Slickers. You do get the feeling he wasn't offered as many good of roles as he should have been. Rest in Peace.

Oakland will make a very nice patsy for some other AL team to 3 and out....

Ben Webster tenor, Buck Clayton trumpet, Vic Dickenson, Hank Jones piano, George Duvivier bass and Jo Jones on drums Check out how much Webster is enjoying Dickenson's solo!

Ella, Peggy Lee, Goodman, and others from '59

Red McKenzie, Eddie Condon & the rest of the Mound City Blue blowers-late 20's Jack Bland playing weirdly on the Banjo

I saw that picture and thought the same thing. That's a smoke thrower's follow through! (won't mention how I picked him for a fantasy team a few weeks ago and stuck with him....oops, sorry, just did) He has been on a roll. Even when he's bad he's interesting. If he stay's healthy, you're going to have some good times in Philadelphia. Like you said, even when he's bad, he's interesting. Didn't he strike out 12 braves in 5 innings, and still gave up 7 runs???

And look out world, the Braves are only 8 games under .500! And only 5 back in the wildcard. Man the NL sucks! I can't tell you how spastic braves fans have been on forums. After going 6-21 in June, EVERYONE and their brother was writing them off. Then they started to beat the crap out of everyone and it seemed like if we could only get some relief pitching, we had a real chance. We got Wickman, and he was lights out, we are going to win the WC!!! Then Chipper got hurt, Tim Hudson pitched like he belonged in AA,(Now we say Smoltz, and pray for 4 days of rain) and the briefly good bullpen was bad as ever. But hey, we beat the vaunted Brewers tonight, Smoltz was going to back out there in the top 10th if the game was still tied. Teams out there made a huge mistake not trying harder to get him.

Dan, you are way overreacting!(Though I see this post was made before the friday game) You are only 2 out, in the division, and the wildcard! It's August the 12th! We all knew David Wells still had it! This is a weird year. More teams look have looked bad, that will make the playoffs, than I can ever remember. The Cards have been beaten up by the Cubs, the Braves, hell the Pirates tonight. Bet they still make it in. The Dodgers lost 13 of 14 games and were in last place, before winning 12 of their next 13. The White Sox until recently were looking like a team not going anywhere, but they will get your wildcard slot if you don't watch out. Did you give up on the Sox when they were down 3-0 to the Yankees? This in nothing compared to that. You get right back on this board young man, and tell everyone how the Red Sox are unbeatable!