Tim McG

Or water supplies. You should see the Sierra Nevadas....they are dry as a bone right now.

My brother and his family are....but I don't think they needed to evacuate.

Babe Ruth Bebe Neuwirth Barbra "Babs" Streisand

I certainly hope so! Just pray for no snow. The delays could put the WS into November. Brrrrrr.

Nah. Rocks in six. They're just on fire right now. They are young and got nothing to loose. It will be a fun WS to watch: Sox pitching vs Rocks hitting.

Analog is ending Not according to my watch.

André Previn André René Roussimoff [André the Giant] Andre Agassi

Optical illusion, Guys. That Right Brain/Left Brain stuff is old news. Been a teaching strategy for over a decade now.

Red Sox Nation meet the Rockies Nation: Be afraid, be very afraid. Rockies suspend World Series ticket sales after computer crash By COLLEEN SLEVIN, Associated Press Writer October 22, 2007 DENVER (AP) -- The Colorado Rockies suspended World Series ticket sales Monday after overwhelming demand crashed their computer system. "Right now we're shutting the system down," club spokesman Jay Alves announced outside Coors Field, drawing boos from fans. "We expect to be online at some point." "We're as frustrated and disappointed as they are," Alves said. Alves had said last week that the Rockies were prepared for any computer problems. On Monday, there were 8.5 million attempts to connect with the computers in the first 90 minutes after sales started, he said, and only several hundred tickets had been sold before the system had to be shut down. The Rockies put as many as 60,000 tickets up for sale online only, and team officials said their computers were ready to handle the expected crush. But two hours after tickets went on sale, many fans reported they could not get access to the ticket-sales Web site. Officials with the Rockies and Major League Baseball did not immediately return calls. Irvine, Calif.-based Paciolan Inc., which is running the computers for the Rockies' World Series ticket sales, said the crash affected the company's entire North American system. Paciolan CEO Dave Butler said he did not yet know whether demand for Rockies tickets caused the crash. "This is not the Rockies' fault in anyway whatsoever," Butler said. "We are working hard to address it." About 20 people lined up in near-freezing temperatures outside the Denver Public Library before it opened in hopes of using public-access computers to score tickets. "If you can't get tickets here, you're going to have to pay $200, $300 above face value," said Clayton McLeod, a 26-year-old heavy-machine operator who took the day off to try to get seats. McLeod said he has Internet access from his apartment building but thought the library's computers might be faster. His mother, father, uncle and girlfriend were trying to buy tickets from other computers, he said. His boss, also a Rockies fan, agreed to give him the day off and asked McLeod to get tickets for him, too. "We'll see how many I'll get," McLeod said. The Rockies limited sales to four per person per game. The Series opens in Boston with games on Wednesday and Thursday. Games 3 and 4 will be on Saturday and Sunday in Denver. If there is a Game 5, it will be played Monday in Denver. Coors Field seats more than 50,000, but about 30,000 spots per game are allotted to season-ticket holders, the two teams and Major League Baseball. Season-ticket holders got a chance to buy their tickets last weekend. Prices range from $65 to $250. Tickets originally were to be sold at Coors Field and Rockies' Dugout Stores in the Denver area, as well as online. The team announced Wednesday all sales would be online, saying that would be more fair

What bandwagon....I have no dog in this fight. I just support the NL representative in the WS [well, except the [hated] dodgers, of course]. sheesh

Try being a SF Giants/49er's fan. My condolences.

Well there ya go. In reality, he only rooted for the Sox to somehow "prove" his baseball acumen. Nope. Neither of you are correct: My wife and her mom are from New England. Nuff said? Plus, I understand the history of the playoffs....1986 ALCS looms large. BoSox were never out of it. The Fenway Faithful would make sure of that. Besides, I have always rooted for the BoSox in the AL East. The damn Yankees play there, right? Anyway, good luck in the WS Dan. I gotta pull for the NL West now.

To be fair, had Lofton scored the BoSox would have won by 8 runs instead of 9.

[ahem] So! How stOOpid was I, Tribe fans? Uh....Paging Skeith.

BoSox win it in a laugher. 11-2. Congrats, Dan!

Shades of the 1986 ALCS..... Go BoSox!

Mario Andretti Mario Lemieux Mario Lopez

[doorbell rings] Joey the Suit: So! We's understand that youse got something of ours. Ain't that right Guido? Guido, the knuckle dragger: Can I hit 'im now Boss?

BCS poll 1. Ohio State 2. USF (woo-hoo!) 3. Boston College 4. LSU 5. Oklahoma 6. South Carolina 7. Kentucky 8. Arizona State 9. West Virginia 10. Oregon Wow! Some new schools here. SEC with three, Pac 10 and Big East with two. Big Ten and Big 12 and ACC with one each. I'm thinking this list will be completely different by the end of the year. Although, USF has a chance to win out. They do play Thursday at Rutgers. That may be dicey. Proof positive: The BCS is a joke.

Leonard Feather Jeffery Leonard Tom Jeffery

No, seriously...I would move to either the North Pacfic Coast or my beloved Sierra Nevada Mountains.

"On the whole I'd rather be in Cleveland." WC Fields

They used to be white and were painted yellow for the same reason.

I would run, not walk, to the nearest police station and turn it in. I have absolutely no desire to find some guy in a nice suit with a 6' 8" knuckle dragger at my door asking me about some briefcase filled with money. [Doorbell rings] Me: Yes, may I help you? Joey "the Suit" Tortelli: Yeah, we understand youse might have something of ours. Ain't that right Guido? Guido, the knuckle dragger: Can I hit 'im now, Boss? Can I hit 'im? Me: Uh.... Joey the Suit: No, no, no. I'm sure Mr. GoodSpeak here is a reasonable man. Ain't that right, Guido? Guido, the knuckle dragger: Can I hit 'im now, Boss? Please, can I hit 'im? Me: I, uh....um. Joey the Suit: I mean we wouldn't want youse to have no accident now would we's? Guido, the knuckle dragger: Can I hit 'im now, Boss?

Yeah, that's going to be really hard to find. Good luck indeed. Bobby Valentine probably thinks he can manage the Yanks and his team in Japan at the same time. Joe Girardi tried to act cool on Fox...what's Derek's opinion about him I wonder. Yup, there's a big shortage of guys who'd want to manage the NY Yankees alright. Ok hoss. I'm also thinking that Lou Piniella is bashing his head against a wall screaming "why the hell did I sign with the Cubs!" Good point.