Tim McG

What say ye?

AL guys, right? It would figure you can't see the logic. I hope the NL representative in the WS just beats your smug AL butts right into the ground this year. Just sayin'

I don't know about y'all, but my money's on New England. Buffalo exposed some serious flaws in Dallas overall game plan. It's New England's game to lose. I could be wrong, but I'm still betting NE emerges as the lone undefeated team after this Sunday. I can guarantee that the Colts will be undefeated after this Sunday. (we have a bye..) 49er's won't lose, either.

No he won't. Tank Johnson will do that. You read THAT here first. And yes, I know you're an SF Giants fan. Give me SOME credit. Sheesh

You can participate, too....what is you position on all things baseball?

the Giants? the Dodgers? both teams with Big time losing records. The two top teams in the AL Central have better records than the D'backs and Rockies. So educate me. What I can't comprehend is why Goodspeak thinks its impressive when your prognostication takes place after 5/6th of the season is gone. Is it more impressive to predict in March that the Brewers will be competitive in September, or is that prediction more impressive in August? How about predicting the Super Bowl matchup in August vs January? :rolleyes: Maybe because one is a baseless guess and the other is a clear indiction. Who said it's impressive Dan....? Taking poetic license with the facts again? As to better records...the AL uses the DH. The NL bats the pitcher. AL generates more offense especially against NL teams, ergo the better records. Nuff said. End of comment. I have never understood this argument. That the AL generates more offense yes, but as for the Wins/Loss columns in the regular season, since NL teams mostly play other NL teams not sure how it affects wins/losses compared to the AL. While yes there is now interleague play during the regular season, but when that happens, doesn't the visiting team play by whatever the home team's league rule is on the DH - so then what would be the advantage to an AL team? The advantage comes three ways: #1 The AL will score more runs and thereby have an opportunity to beat more teams. #2 Since the NL pitcher bats for himself, the offense will suffer and more games are lost as a result. #3 The NL doesn't have a player whose only job is to hit and score runs....that makes him a hitting specialist: Advantage AL. It can also be argued that the NL is more competitive and therefore more games will be lost to stiffer competition.

Baseless? Doesn't have to be. You look at the rosters in the spring, the new additions, the players who parted, young players who are looking to break out, older ones who may break down. One often can end up looking foolish as things in real life often follow a different course than how things look on paper, but...I don't even know why I'm bothering to reply. Baseless in the sense the teams haven't done anything yet. It is pure guess work at that point. Mid-season and you got something to base your conclusions on.

the Giants? the Dodgers? both teams with Big time losing records. The two top teams in the AL Central have better records than the D'backs and Rockies. So educate me. What I can't comprehend is why Goodspeak thinks its impressive when your prognostication takes place after 5/6th of the season is gone. Is it more impressive to predict in March that the Brewers will be competitive in September, or is that prediction more impressive in August? How about predicting the Super Bowl matchup in August vs January? :rolleyes: Maybe because one is a baseless guess and the other is a clear indiction. Yes, its a clear indication that you can read the standings and determine that the division is highly competitive. That's quite impressive. You know, I just read some poll numbers and I can say without fear of contradiction that the war in Iraq isn't very popular. Impressed? What else does "Please ... Anybody can say whatever they want in the pre-season ... Big, giant, HUGE difference" mean? You're not trying to get credit for your "prescience"? And pigs can fly. What I said had very little to do with the standings. This maybe hard to understand, but try to stay with me, OK? I study the teams and their play on the field and watch as they go head-to-head against each other, specifically the Giants, who I watch in person and on TV. The comparisons in the media, the records against each other and the league relative to what one can reasonably conclude about their success or failure will be in the final days of the season. That is why I said what I said about the NL West.

the Giants? the Dodgers? both teams with Big time losing records. The two top teams in the AL Central have better records than the D'backs and Rockies. So educate me. What I can't comprehend is why Goodspeak thinks its impressive when your prognostication takes place after 5/6th of the season is gone. Is it more impressive to predict in March that the Brewers will be competitive in September, or is that prediction more impressive in August? How about predicting the Super Bowl matchup in August vs January? :rolleyes: Maybe because one is a baseless guess and the other is a clear indiction. Who said it's impressive Dan....? Taking poetic license with the facts again? As to better records...the AL uses the DH. The NL bats the pitcher. AL generates more offense especially against NL teams, ergo the better records. Nuff said. End of comment.

Sheesh. Relax buddy. I acknowledged the NL West was exciting and competitive. Where's the tipping of the cap smiley? Can we take from your last comment that we should ignore everything anyone says before (late) August? If we flipped back to the first pages of this thread is there some non-Bonds wisdom there from you that should have been ignored (...then and now). [i have no idea if there is, and I'm not going to spend the time sifting, but maybe it'll save me some reading time next spring ] I'm not arguing that the AL Central was, or should have been, better. Big, giant HUGE deal. Kudos to the NL West. They will have a team in the World Series this year for the first time since '01 and '02. SD, LA, and their respective fandoms can inflate their chests with the knowledge that they finished with winning records in a tough division--especially SD, they nearly won the thing. SF can try to take solace from the fact that they played in a division that was tough this year, and were almost .500 at home. I'm happy to see some new faces, not the usual suspects, in the postseason. Well....OK then.

I hate Bruce Dern....he killed John Wayne.

I don't see this happening. He's happier than he ever was on his previous teams. Sadly, I agree with Goodspeak here. I think it's only a matter of time before T.O starts being the major jerk again. Of course, Aggie probably thinks the clock is ticking before Moss acts up! Right on. Thanks, Man.

I don't see this happening. He's happier than he ever was on his previous teams. GoodSpeak is a year and a half late on the "you read it here first" too. That was the concern way back when Jerry Jones signed Owens. He's been a choir boy this year for the most part. He was Romo's biggest supporter during the game yesterday too, when Romo was having the INTs. Late? TO is the biggest jackass on this or any other planet. You seem to forget he was the Niners big pick several years ago and we were glad to be rid of his sorry ass. Assholes is assholes, Aggie....season ain't over yet. He'll fuck up again, you watch. Just like Michael "Cokehead" Irvin did.

Ooooo. That avatar is just killin' me, Van Basten.

Your baseball analysis has been shown to be lacking. Hope you are not in the forecasting business. Apparently, you haven't been following the National League for the past month. The lead changed multiple times in the NL West and the deciding game for the Wildcard was a playoff between San Diego and Colorado with Arizona already the NL West Champs. Any one of those three teams could have won the West. LA hung around untill the Giants knocked them out of first place back on September 9th. AZ and Colorado sweep Philly and the Cubs respectively and now meet to decide who goes to the World Series. Now, I don't know what you're seeing, but that sure as hell looks like very competitive division to me. Sure hope you aren't in the sporting news business. Before the season started, I think one could make a pretty good argument for the AL Central, but Minnesota and CWS had miserable seasons (...yet Ozzie Guillen somehow managed to sign a very lucrative multiyear extension). Hooray for the NL west. They were exciting down the stretch and impressive in the first round. Lots of fresh faces. After going a combined 3-15 in recent postseasons, it's about damn time. And did I hear correctly on PTI that there still are 10K+ tickets available for each of the first two NLCS games? If true, that is really lame. Edit: I may have misheard this--there may be 12K tickets in total still available for the 2 games. Still lame. Please. Anybody can say whatever they want in the pre-season.....what does that mean? I've been saying the NL West is the most competitive division in baseball since late August. Big, giant, HUGE difference, Patrick.

I'm pretty sure that Al knows you're an SF Giants fan. Maybe. But not a lot of fumbled snaps in baseball. Please. Slick or not, he has big enough hands to hold on to a greased pig [pardon the pun], for pete's sake. No excuse. It was on fake grass and no rain was falling. Dallas loves to play victim after a blown game. I remember how Jerry Jones whined in the media for days after the Niners kicked the 'Boyz collective behinds in the 1994 NFC Championship game, pissin' and moanin' about the slick field conditions on a rainy day in Candelstick Park. As if the Niners had a dry field to play on? Then he whined some more about Deion Sanders interferring with Micheal Irvin even though the replay clearly showed Irvin's hands practcally inside Sanders' shirt sleeves. Sorry. No sale.

Your baseball analysis has been shown to be lacking. Hope you are not in the forecasting business. Hm. I called the Rockies, D'backs and Red Sox. Gee, Skeith...3 out of 4 sounds like pretty good odds forcasting wise. Don't you think? I was reacting to your dis of Cleveland as well a your prediction of a Yankee win. You said that Cleveland was just happy to be there - Cleveland won its division - the Yankees did not. And at the end of the regular season, Cleveland tied for the best record in baseball with the Red Sox and goes without saying had a better record than either the Rockies or D'Backs - Cleveland with 2 potential Cy Young candidates - need I go on? So how you can say that Cleveland is just happy to be there is beyond me. OK. So I got one out of four wrong. Big deal. Sue me. Ok Look sorry, while I was a bit offended at your off-handed dismissal of the Tribe, I had initially meant for some of my comments to be a good natured ribbing of you. I see that they were not taken that way and things went downhill . I am sorry. No problem. It's tough to gage somebody when you can't see them face-to-face, ya know? I screw up that way all the time...it's a big club. Don't worry about it, OK? I think was GoodSpeak actually means here, is GO FUCK YOURSELF, IT'S ON!!!! Trouble maker. sheesh

Give time, Al. You watch, TO will soon go sideways on the Ca'boys and destroy the team chemistry. You read in here first.

Uh. San Francisco Giants fan here, not New York Giants. Besides, the snap from center is basic and to blow that sure thing in the NFC Championship game last season was just plain inexcusable.

Your baseball analysis has been shown to be lacking. Hope you are not in the forecasting business. Hm. I called the Rockies, D'backs and Red Sox. Gee, Skeith...3 out of 4 sounds like pretty good odds forcasting wise. Don't you think? I was reacting to your dis of Cleveland as well a your prediction of a Yankee win. You said that Cleveland was just happy to be there - Cleveland won its division - the Yankees did not. And at the end of the regular season, Cleveland tied for the best record in baseball with the Red Sox and goes without saying had a better record than either the Rockies or D'Backs - Cleveland with 2 potential Cy Young candidates - need I go on? So how you can say that Cleveland is just happy to be there is beyond me. OK. So I got one out of four wrong. Big deal. Sue me. Ok Look sorry, while I was a bit offended at your off-handed dismissal of the Tribe, I had initially meant for some of my comments to be a good natured ribbing of you. I see that they were not taken that way and things went downhill . I am sorry. I think was skeith actually means here is, SEE YOU IN COURT!!! Yer killin' me

Your baseball analysis has been shown to be lacking. Hope you are not in the forecasting business. Hm. I called the Rockies, D'backs and Red Sox. Gee, Skeith...3 out of 4 sounds like pretty good odds forcasting wise. Don't you think? I was reacting to your dis of Cleveland as well a your prediction of a Yankee win. You said that Cleveland was just happy to be there - Cleveland won its division - the Yankees did not. And at the end of the regular season, Cleveland tied for the best record in baseball with the Red Sox and goes without saying had a better record than either the Rockies or D'Backs - Cleveland with 2 potential Cy Young candidates - need I go on? So how you can say that Cleveland is just happy to be there is beyond me. OK. So I got one out of four wrong. Big deal. Sue me. Ok Look sorry, while I was a bit offended at your off-handed dismissal of the Tribe, I had initially meant for some of my comments to be a good natured ribbing of you. I see that they were not taken that way and things went downhill . I am sorry. No problem. It's tough to gage somebody when you can't see them face-to-face, ya know? I screw up that way all the time...it's a big club. Don't worry about it, OK?

Your baseball analysis has been shown to be lacking. Hope you are not in the forecasting business. Hm. I called the Rockies, D'backs and Red Sox. Gee, Skeith...3 out of 4 sounds like pretty good odds forcasting wise. Don't you think? I was reacting to your dis of Cleveland as well a your prediction of a Yankee win. You said that Cleveland was just happy to be there - Cleveland won its division - the Yankees did not. And at the end of the regular season, Cleveland tied for the best record in baseball with the Red Sox and goes without saying had a better record than either the Rockies or D'Backs - Cleveland with 2 potential Cy Young candidates - need I go on? So how you can say that Cleveland is just happy to be there is beyond me. OK. So I got one out of four wrong. Big deal. Sue me.

Your baseball analysis has been shown to be lacking. Hope you are not in the forecasting business. Hm. I called the Rockies, D'backs and Red Sox. Gee, Skeith...3 out of 4 sounds like pretty good odds forcasting wise. Don't you think?

Your baseball analysis has been shown to be lacking. Hope you are not in the forecasting business. Apparently, you haven't been following the National League for the past month. The lead changed multiple times in the NL West and the deciding game for the Wildcard was a playoff between San Diego and Colorado with Arizona already the NL West Champs. Any one of those three teams could have won the West. LA hung around untill the Giants knocked them out of first place back on September 9th. AZ and Colorado sweep Philly and the Cubs respectively and now meet to decide who goes to the World Series. Now, I don't know what you're seeing, but that sure as hell looks like very competitive division to me. Sure hope you aren't in the sporting news business.

Go BoSox! Go NL West!