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The lack of tv reception is killing me now. Instead I've been keeping my eye on the score on the net. The Rockies were up 1-0 through most of the game and then scored 3 more in the 8th. Fuck!!!! And the Giants had won at that point. I had all but given up when I clicked over again and noticed the Dodgers scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 9th.
I can't take this shit anymore. That's the 51st comeback win they've had this season. Go Big Blue!!!
Holy Shit...Dodgers suck!!!!!
I second that. Fuck the Dodgers.Quote:
Originally Posted by seldon
And another thought, you ever notice that the PR's and the Dodgers have the same colors? Who was it on here that said that you should always start with "Why they suck"?
Dude, just.... no. I've said that a couple of times, and its from the Welcome Wagon back on powmag.
But don't bring up PRs again today. Pretty pretty please?
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Originally Posted by Arty50
Hah! I was doing the same thing. I kept hitting refresh on the espn sight after I saw they had scored once in the ninth. I got to doing somthing, came back and saw they won. I can't believe they keep pulling out these wins. Good to see a starting pitcher actually last past the 4th inning too. Magic number down to 3 beeyotches.
Sorry, dude, I didn't read every one of your 1300 posts here or elsewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by seldon
Not saying you should have by any means. Most of them, I freely admit, are worthy of my delete-key steeze.
We've just had some.... interesting.... threads lately about pocket rockets. And they're really starting to get annoying because EVERY GODDAMN THREAD IS ABOUT THEM [/mini-rant]. Not anything about you, but if you read phUnks thread on Max Gosey you'll begin to understand why I'm kinda sick of em.
Tell me about it. Ishii pitched a gem tonight:Quote:
Originally Posted by CS
7 innings
1 run
2 hits (both in the 1st inning)
9 strikeouts
4 walks
I turned if off after Bradley gaped that line-drive.
As long as Nomo isn't scheduled to pitch in October, :rolleyes: I'll keep my hopes up.
Nice update Arty!!!! I pulled the same shit as you, and fell asleep watching the Giants beat San Diego. By the way, thanks for trying to score the tix - it's all good, I think I'm gonna take Sat. off and head to the brewfest at Santa Anita....
I'm pretty amazed. The Dodgers have blown so many leads late in the season over the past decade. On top of that Jim Tracy is a crappy manager. He belongs in the American League if he at all belongs in the majors. I was expecting another meltdown, especially after the LoDuca trade.
Die-hard Dodger blue for so many years. A mainstay in the left field pavillion throughout the 80s. And yet, I've only a mild interest now. It's a different organization from the one I grew up with when the O'Malleys were the owners.
and all this time I thought they cancelled baseball once the football season got under way, huh.
dodger fans = truly classless
booing and throwing shit at your own players. completely amazing.
they do in Pennsylvania, nothing but hack baseball teams there.Quote:
Originally Posted by hardrider
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Originally Posted by tuffy109
And I thought smelLA fans took off in the 7th. Guess a few stayed til the 8th to barrage their own RF last night.
The Rockies just absolutely suck! Silver plattered this one to the Bums. 4 walks in the 9th. FUCK THE DODGERS!!!
with ya V.Quote:
Originally Posted by Viva
from cheering for my birthplace from afar as a kid to gettin in fights with Mets fans in High school to hittin every game I could scam a ticket to in College, go blue.
they have changed, ya, but hey you have stuck with a Trojan team with more issues than Powder mag & almost as many personalities.
I think they are finally surging towards greatness & Im stoked.
Plus I love the Gagne, some chick last night told me we were seperated at birth, I think she meant to insult me but I told her thanks & that my junk wasnt quite as nasty as his.
& Tuffy, I cannot imagine what Yanks fans would do when they barely make the playofs. Winning creates a lot of " class" saw some pretty classless shit from reloed Yanks fans in UT after the Diamondbacks took it to em.
But then we all know that New Yorkers have long been the arbiters of "class'" ( has that ever been written anywhere ever before?........)
Coming from the Yankees fan.Quote:
Originally Posted by tuffy109
Yeah, they just ooze "class" in da Bronx.
when was the last time you saw yankee fans throw beer bottles at yankee players?
When Reggie was on the field.
that was low. i'm gonna go cry now.Quote:
Originally Posted by trainnvain
How about a player throwing a chair at a fan? You want to see classless, check out As fans. My point is that there are dipshit fans all over the majors.Quote:
Originally Posted by tuffy109
Tuffy, I agree. It was classless, and Dodger fans used to be the exact opposite of that. I'll never forget when it changed though, and I blame ESPN. Seriously. For some reason, ESPN made a big deal of Cubs fans throwing opposing team home run balls back on the field. That kind of thing NEVER happened at Dodger Stadium. NEVER. Then all of a sudden people started doing it all over the place. Dodger Stadium, Candlestick, everywhere. I say it's a Cub thing. Let those stupid Chitown losers have their little bs ritual tantrum. Keep it out of my park. Next thing you know though, everyone is throwing shit on the field.
I will say this. The fan that threw the bottle definitely got tossed last night. The ushers at Dodger Stadium have always been strict. It's no different today. You can't take homemade signs into the park, and throwing or tossing anything anywhere in the stadium will get you immediately ejected. If you do it from season ticket seats, you can lose your season tickets. They're hardcore there. But as always, there are dumbasses in every city. This kind of incident is actually rare there anyway. Not too many people toss stuff at that park. It's still pretty much a family place. Top Deck and Pavilion tickets are still only $6. That's super cheap.
But sure, it's not like it was in a lot of ways. The outfield wall isn't plain blue, there's a synthetic warning track, they changed the scoreboard for the worse, the old dugout seats are gone, they play music instead of the organ a lot now, they have strobe lights go off when someone hits a dinger, and the little 76 balls on top of the scoreboard and diamond vision aren't the only two ads in the whole stadium anymore. When I was young we had none of that doody, and by gum, we liked it. ;)
I'm getting over it though. My family knew the O'Malleys, and I grew up going to a ton of games. Then I watched as Fox fucked the whole thing up. They even tried to kill the Farmer John contract, whose owners are close personal friends of mine. McCourt has been doing a good job so far though. Once again, the team is run by an individual who seems to care. He's different from the O'Malleys, but I like him so far. And let's not forget, it's his first year. He inherited a lot of this crap from Fox.
Frankly though I don't really care. I've been rooting for them through a lot of dark years recently, and it's really nice to see them in the hunt again. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a die hard that paints my face or anything. But I love baseball and they're my favorite team.
Now if they would just start actually grilling the Dodger Dogs again... :D
Well, he did try to kill the queen of England.Quote:
Originally Posted by tuffy109
that guy was a rube & I know he got tossed. Bradley shoulda let it go.
but come on Yanks fans are hated the world around.
WHy?
So they are just pro war I guess. But why boo the worlds biggest warmonger?Quote:
Yankee fans boo Delgado
for Iraq war protest
Blue Jays slugger has refused to stand
all season for 'God Bless America'
NEW YORK - Fervently anti-war, Carlos Delgado quietly carried out his personal protest this season, refusing to stand when “God Bless America” was played at ballparks across the majors.
Most fans never saw him disappearing up the dugout tunnel or staying on the bench. And even teammates who disagreed with the Toronto slugger’s political stance accepted his right to call the United States’ invasion of Iraq “the stupidest war ever.”
This week, though, a lot more people noticed.
The Blue Jays played at Yankee Stadium for the first time this year on Wednesday night. It’s the only park in the majors where “God Bless America” has been played every game since the Sept. 11 attacks, a place where active military members are still admitted free.
“I don’t think that will be received too well,” Yankees manager Joe Torre predicted Wednesday before the opener of the two-game series. “Just when Bob Sheppard starts announcing ‘God Bless America,’ they start applauding. If you do call attention to that, it won’t be popular.”
It sure wasn’t.
Delgado was greeted with scattered boos each time he batted — no telling whether that was related to his off-the-field opinions, or his status as an opposing star.
But there were brief chants of “USA! USA!” when he lined out in the top of the seventh. During a moment of silence before Kate Smith’s rendition of “God Bless America” was played during the seventh-inning stretch, derisive shouts were made in his direction.
True to form, Delgado was nowhere to be seen. He left the dugout when the last out was made in the top of the seventh, and headed to the clubhouse, and was removed from the game with the Blue Jays trailing by seven runs.
Delgado politely declined to elaborate before Wednesday night’s game, though he said he stood by his previous comments. After the 10-3 loss, he deferred when asked about his remarks and the crowd reaction.
“No, I will not talk about it. Is that OK? Thank you,” he said.
While big leaguers usually come to the top step of the dugout or on to the field to stand in silence during “God Bless America,” Delgado does not make a public show of his stance.
In fact, until the first baseman spoke about the issue in early July to the Toronto Star, many people were not aware of how strongly he felt.
“It’s a very terrible thing that happened on Sept. 11. It’s (also) a terrible thing that happened in Afghanistan and Iraq,” Delgado said at the time. “I just feel so sad for the families that lost relatives and loved ones in the war.
“But I think it’s the stupidest war ever. Who are you fighting against? You’re just getting ambushed now. We have more people dead now after the war than during the war,” he said. “I don’t support what they do. It’s just stupid.”
Delgado, from Puerto Rico, also opposed the U.S. military’s longtime use of the Puerto Rican island of Vieques for weapons testing.
Delgado’s opinion became more well known to New York fans in a column in The New York Times on Wednesday. In it, he said, “It takes a man to stand up for what he believes.”
“I am not pro-war; I’m anti-war,” he said. “I’m for peace.”
Commissioner Bud Selig said he understood Delgado’s position and that it was a sensitive subject. Selig said he’d like to talk to the Blue Jays’ franchise leader in home runs and RBIs about the issue.
Other athletes have taken similar approaches.
NBA guard Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf of the Denver Nuggets would not stand for the national anthem during the 1995-96 season, which led to an indefinite suspension that was lifted two days later.
Division III basketball player Toni Smith of the Manhattanville women’s team attracted attention for refusing to face the flag during the national anthem in the 2002-03 season.
Most ballparks generally play “God Bless America” on Sunday and holidays, but the Yankees do it at every game. It comes on after Sheppard, the stadium’s longtime public-address announcer, reads a remembrance to the people serving in the military.
There was a chance during this series, Delgado realized, that he might make the final out in the top of the seventh and be on the field when the tribute begins.
“This is my personal feeling. I don’t want to draw attention to myself or go out of my way to protest,” Delgado told the Times. “If I make the last out of the seventh inning, I’ll stand there. But I’d rather be in the dugout.”
Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi said the team has not gotten any reaction from fans about Delgado’s position. Team president Paul Godfrey has said he respects Delgado’s opinion but opposes his political view.
Standing in the box seats, Yankees fan Barry Phillips disagreed with Delgado, but said he would not boo him.
“I think it’s totally disrespectful,” he said shortly before gametime. “It’s a slap directly in my face, as a New Yorker and an American.”
How can you say your fans have class when they actually are part of the language with "The Bronx Cheer"Quote:
June 30, 2004
Yankees Fans Boo Cheney
Though their team's fiercest rivals were in town, Yankees fans' loudest boos last night were not for the Red Sox but for Vice President Dick Cheney. Cheney watched the game with New York Gov. George Pataki (R) and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) and when his image was shown on the scoreboard during the 7th inning's singing of God Bless America, fans stopped singing and booed loudly. Cheney's picture was quickly taken off the screen.
Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
Bronx cheer
NOUN: Slang. Any of various derisive sounds of disapproval: boo, catcall, hiss, hoot. Slang : bird, raspberry, razz. See SOUNDS.
That’s classy.
So what kind of Yanks fan are ya tuffy?
And the old rivalry is resurrected. Speaking of which, I wonder who won the Dodgers v. Yanks series this year? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Woodsy
“ When the sun sets at Dodger Stadium, I am impressed first of all with the mountains because, at this time of year, they are fully defined. It makes me think of some of the great artists who did Western paintings — Frederic Remington, Charles Russell, Frank McCarthy, to name a few — because they must have been inspired by that.
And then the cloud formations. At sunset, they turn pink. And as it continues, the closer you are to sunset, the clouds are still kind of gold. Farther away in center field and right field, you’re away from the sunset and the clouds are turning purple. So you think of an artist’s palette with various colors, and it just takes your breath away.
Down on the field, a ballgame is just beginning. But the sunset becomes a major distraction because it’s so overwhelming it’s hard to take your eyes off it. And then the palm trees — there’s a group of palm trees on the hill behind left field — they are defined against the sky, and they are turning colors with the sunset. You can’t see that anywhere else in a ballpark.”
Vin Scully
Los Angeles Times, August 21, 2003
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Originally Posted by Woodsy
here's how i read this:
yankee fans are bad b/c they booed at someone who wouldn't stand during God Bless America. (i would've booed)
yankee fans contradict themselves by booing cheney (i would've thrown a bottle at him).
yankee fans invented booing.
was that it?
"Like school in the summa time...."
exactly, this thing's full of morons.
I blame Raider fan. You know who he is. You saw him and his buddies flipping cars a few years back after the Lakers won the championship. You've seen him throwing batteries (mainly D cells) at opposing players. He usually gets tanked in the parking lot, gets in a fight with some kid's dad in the fifth and is tossed by the sixth. He's generally got a shaved head, tats, and possible gang affiliation. IMO, he's the reason there's no football in L.A. I blame Raider fan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Arty50
Back to the topic. Yeah, that Dodger game was sick. I'm a little afraid of their tendency to have to come from behind, though. It'd be nice if they could get out to a good lead and keep it - that's pretty rare. It's going to be nice to see "the hated ones" in 2nd place in the West. What a classic rivalry.
dude, its a little bit different: a tradtion of throwing the opposing teams HR ball back onto the field vs. throwing bottles, chairs, etc.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Arty50
As a life-long-die-hard Cubs fan, I resent the bogus comparison :D
I know. I was just ripping on the defenseless. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by freshies
It's a tradition over there and that's fine with me. But that doesn't mean everyone has to do it. Sorta like it's funny if Bobby Knight throws a chair, but if someone else does it it's exceedingly stupid.
And while I'm being a curmudgeon, wtf is the deal with God Bless America being sung during the seventh inning stretch. It's just one more reason to hate the Yankees. You know what? For the last 70-80 years, Take Me Out to the Ballgame has been sung during the 7th inning stretch at every single game ever played. It's a part of baseball, like the national anthem. Speaking of which, isn't that good enough. Nooooo...the fucking stupid pinstripe wearing shitheads have to bombard people with even more nationalistic propaganda at the exact moment when beer sales stop. That's just un-American I tell you!!!! :D
boooooooooooooooooooo!Quote:
Originally Posted by Arty50
go back to eastern europe.
Oh yeah? Well why don't you go harrass Magnum or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by tuffy109
Here's a great article on the Bradley incident:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1891679
Bradley got a 5 game suspension. He didn't offer any excuses for his behavior and is finally talking about dealing with his anger issues.
As for the fan:
"Mario Garcia, 33, of West Covina, who allegedly threw the bottle, was detained and arrested early Wednesday, LAPD spokeswoman Adriana Sanchez said. Garcia was charged with throwing an object on the field with the intent to interfere with play or distract a player."