Pitchers and catchers report in 25 days

[Oeditpus Rex]

at which point we can dispense with this "football" silliness.



:popcorn:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. 25 days

~sigh~

[SalmonChantedEvening]

2. Fire it in there, humm babe, let's see the heater

Or

Get my room ready Ma, they're starting to throw me the curveball

[lizziegrace]

3. For Oedi and everone else counting down the days...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raSJDLv-Wpg&feature=related

"Centerfield" :-)

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. To me, it's more like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTK5SGShZyA

[lizziegrace]

7. I like that one

:hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. Willie, Mickey and Da Dook

All center fielders. All in the same city. All at the same time.

[quip]

42. That's an awesome song

and a nice vid, too. :hi:

[Blue_Tires]

4. REDEMPTION IS AT HAND!!!!

THIS IS THE YEAR THE METS KILL EVERYONE IN THE NL!

(well they did do that last year, but this year they will keep the lead, knock off the tigers in the world series, and establish a new era of NL dominance)

But yeah, I've grown weary of hearing about the pats and the bcs and which coaches are changing jobs...This will be a very pivotal year in the MLB, and I hope most of the players got a wake-up call with this whole PED mess...But then again we still have to deal with selig since they extended his contract :puke: :argh: :scared: :nuke: :grr: :banghead:

[Chovexani]

33. Mets fans are so cute

:D

[Schema Thing]

5. IBTL

[amerikat]

8. Buy me some peanuts and CrackerJack?

I can't wait for baseball either. Football is ok, but baseball is beautiful.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

10. The only sport that matters. The others are just filling time.

Other things I believe: http://www.moviewavs.com/php/sounds/?id=gog&media=WAVS&type=Movies&movie=Bull_Durham"e=ibelieve.txt&file=ibelieve.wav

[LaStrega]

13. I always get all excited then the Cubbies break my heart - again n/t

[amerikat]

11. Video-Field of Dreams. James Earl Jones tells Ray why they will come to Iowa

come to Iowa. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qXkcPQUfJM

[YellowRubberDuckie]

12. ....

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. Got a knuckleballer goin'?

That's a big glove. :D

[rockymountaindem]

14. Thank God

Just remember who called the Sox-Rox series last year. This year?

I predict the D-Rays and the Giants.

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. I'll get a bet down tomorrow

:D

[rockymountaindem]

17. Um, don't bet the farm

I've got a feeling the Royals will mount a strong challenge in the ALCS.

[Oeditpus Rex]

19. Hey, and don't count out Pittsburgh

[rockymountaindem]

20. Oh come on, they suck

Whaddaya think I'm stupid?

[chieftain]

41. From your keyboard to God's ear. eom.

[quip]

43. BAAAAAAH!!!!1111

Good one! :rofl:

[travelingtypist]

18. Pass the popcorn, exactly.

Thank you!

[Iggo]

21. Oh, thank god.

Football's yet another New York/Boston mutual masturbation. Injuries to Bynum and Ariza means our season has degenerated into Kobe scoring 45 points every night and the Lakers playing .500 ball.

The Kings suck.

Please bring on my Dodgers!

Go Blue!

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. Yo

I'm all a-tingle in anticipation of the first strains of the voices of Vinny, Charlie and Rick.

:toast:

[TZ]

23. I'm a bit confused here...

Seems like there is plenty of baseball stuff going on right now..*cough* Roger Clemmons *cough*steroids...
:hide:

[Oeditpus Rex]

27. Meh

That's just drama.

What matters is what goes on inside the chalk.

[Arkham House]

24. What the hell-a few predictions for '08...

--Barry Bonds will play, probably as an AL DH--and have an OSP of at least 1.100 and at least 30 homers...
--Roger Clemens will *not* play again...
--the Yankees will collapse. Age catches up to Jeter and Arod, at least a little...no pitching...nothing much from the farm system. They'll be hard-pressed to break .500...
--the Blue Jays become the Bosox' chief AL East rival...
--the Mets come back big. They'll be on a mission, and will win 100 games--with Santana--remember him?--winning 20 of them, and Pedro 16...
--Oakland has a second consecutive off-year, and people won't talk quite so much about what a genius Billy Beane is...
--Tigers come back to win AL Central...the Royals will hover around .500 all season, before ending 75-87--a moral victory...
--Cubs repeat as NL Central champs, despite comeback year from Cards, especially Pujols, who'll have a .330-50-150 season...the Big One...
--surprise team of baseball--the Pittsburgh Pirates, who'll be in contention thru Labor Day end end up at 85-77...and it's about time...
--Dodgers win NL West, thanks to comeback years from Kent and Nomar...
--Angels repeat easily in AL West...
--World Series--the Thruway Series, Dodgers and Angels...won by Halos in seven, in the most exciting series in years..
--MVPs--Pujols, Guerrero...Cy Youngs--Beckett, Santana...
---take it to the bank...:-)...

[Initech]

30. I've been waiting for a Freeway Series for ever.

New York had their turn... now it's LA's turn, damn it!

[Iggo]

39. You mean "L.A.'s and Anaheim's turn," right?

L.A. has only ONE baseball team. We do NOT root for Disneyland.

:hi:

[Initech]

48. Dodgers were once owned by Fox.

Touche.

[Oeditpus Rex]

55. News Corp. also owns

TV Guide, MySpace, Photobucket and 15 percent of the Colorado Rockies, along with about a bajillion other things.

:shrug:

[KamaAina]

50. I'd like to see the Angels move back into the city

that way they could be called the "Los Angeles Angels of Los Angeles". :P

[TheMightyFavog]

25. My prediction

Brewers come out on top of the NL Central, barley sliding by the Cubs

Brewers make a Cinderella Run in the Playoffs, And fight a hard fought series against the Dodgers that could go either way.

Tigers win the AL.

[Initech]

28. The Tigers are fucking crazy this year.

There's no question about it - they will be the team to beat.

[TheMightyFavog]

37. I would like a Brewers/Tigers Series.

It would be like the old AL Central Matchups, except for the fact that the Tigers would be forced to play real baseball when they came to Milwaukee.

[smalll]

26. No sex threads. /nt

[Initech]

29. I'd love to see an Angels - Mets series this year...

But I dont think anyone will beat the Tigers. The Tigers have a lineup that is just fucking insane. There are no other words to describe it.

[Oeditpus Rex]

31. A lotta ball clubs have looked great on paper

then gone on to stink up the joint.



That's why I never make pre-season predictions. Baseball has way too many variables.



Which is another reason to love it. :D

[Initech]

47. So true. So true.

The team that I always use? The Yankees. They have so many big name players like Jeter and A-Rod, yet they haven't won a championship since 2000.

[Chovexani]

32. Woo!

:)

[Redstone]

34. There IS a God, isn't there?

Redstone

[Robeson]

35. Oohhh, you're talking about baseball......

...never mind.

[SPKrazy]

36. but but

super bowl...

then baseball :D

[flvegan]

38. As a Red Sox fan

I'll just sit over here quietly...don't want to have bad things said about me.

Or Beckett.

Or Papelbon.

[chieftain]

40. I love football but "pitchers and catchers report in x days" is

a phrase that always brings joy to my heart. Hope springs eternal as in GO ROYALS!

[Oeditpus Rex]

49. I wrote a poem about it a few years ago

It was quite obviously borked from Franklin Pierce Adams' "Baseball's Sad Lexicon." You can see how it would fit the meter:



These are the saddest of possible words:
"Tinker to Evers to Chance"
Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds
Tinker and Evers and Chance
Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble
Making a Giant hit into a double —
Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:
"Tinker to Evers to Chance"



Unfortunately, I wrote it at work, and when I was fired I didn't get to retrieve it from my computer. :(

[chieftain]

51. The refrain reminds me of a Gene Kelly/Frank Sinatra movie

where they were song and dance men in the winter and part of the double play combination of O'Brien to Ryan to Golberg during the baseball season. As ecumenical an infield as this IrishAmerican could ever hope for.

[Oeditpus Rex]

52. That's how baseball used to be

You were likely to find an infield of Sullivan, Ciccarella, Morrissey and Rabinowitz* in any given game, and it's amazing how many umpires through the '60s or so were of either Irish or Italian descent.

Everybody was nicked by their ancestry, too. Joe Garagiola wrote about how so many guys were called "Dago," "Mick," etc.

And nobody seemed to mind. :shrug:




*Not Paco, though.

[chieftain]

54. And players had to have off season jobs. The owners used the

reserve clause to tie players up for life and depress salaries. I don't begrudge the modern player his big bucks but there was a time when Major Leaguers were part of the fabric of the community.

[Oeditpus Rex]

56. Yeah, like Mays playing stickball with the kids

in the street in front of Mrs. Gooseby's rooming house in Harlem, or every Catholic priest in Brooklyn calling for prayers for Gil Hodges when he was in a slump.

I think baseball lost a lot when players stopped being our neighbors.

[chieftain]

57. Exactly. BTW great thread. Thanks for starting it.

[Oeditpus Rex]

58. Thanks for contributing some memories

:toast:

[quip]

44. Well, my problem is, to where will my pitcher report?

My beloved Twins are looking to have a "Timberwolves season" by dealing their best player to some lucky franchise (who will undoubtedly have a "Celtics season". Anaheim already nabbed Torii, and the beat goes on. It could be a long season, and for some reason, I don't have high hopes for Liriano (remember him?)

[edbermac]

45. How big a lead will the Mets blow this year?

:rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

60. You need to watch this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cVlbIWq1EA

[edbermac]

61. And they'll probably PITCH that way as well!

;)

[meegbear]

46. I'm a pitcher ...

can I choose my catcher?

[Beer Snob-50]

53. YES!! got my tix yesterday

for a couple of spring training games down in fort myers and some deserved (if i should say so) beach time.

[Reverend_Smitty]

59. Now 24 days, 20 hours 1 minute and 8 seconds 7 seconds....

but first I must concentrate on the Super Bowl then possibly March Madness depending on how far my Dukies go...yes I see great things on the horizon for me sports-wise