It's baseball season

“I have a headache this morning.

Way to go Astros!!!!”

“I know how you feel! After game 2 vs the halos, I passed out drunk in my buddies front yard.

This is not the match up I wanted to see. This is going to be a pitching series. Both staffs are awesome.

Go Go White Sox!!!!”

“Congrats ChuckD. The Astros built a champion. The Phutiles built a contender. The two are not the same.

I knew they would win last night after I heard about the players talking about seeing Pujols' home run from the plane. They were loose.”

“How bout them White Sox! Jenks almost gave me a heart attack tonight!”

“Yeah, I just get off the phone with my dad, who was telling me how unbeatable that guy is, and he goes and blows the save!

Podsednik - 500 ABs and no homers?!”

“great game”

“May have already been mentioned (I am not going to read through the thread), but there are very few rooms to be gotten in Houston for baseball visitors...50,000 rooms are already booked for the International Quilters Convention.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/3407995”

“Interesting that Tim McCarver had just finished saying that Brad Lidge had forgotten giving up the homer to Albert Pujols when Scott Podsednik went Downtown!”

“When I replayed it, I heard that too! Kinda funny.

Next game should be a pitcher's duel. Garland vs. Oswalt”

“I agree, let them shoot it out like the champions of yore.

pistols?


or swords?

”

“A five-man sword fight? That sounds like a political thread on TT.”

“No, those are fought with dull butter knives...”

“Thank god the sox swept the ass-throws. Now life can go on....”

“Does anybody know when the World Series starts???”

“When you find out, let the Astros know.”

“It's pretty tought to win games when your team batting average over 4 games is .203....”

“So, Geo, how many days until pitchers and catchers report?”

“The questions in Philadelphia are how many days until we get a general manager, and whether that person will do whatever it takes to get to the World Series. I'm not sure it matters when pitchers and catchers report if we get same-ol same-ol.”

“I guess we'll have to wait another 44 years to go to the Big Show again.

If anyone is in St.Louis would you go by Busch Stadium before they tear it down and get the Astro's bats and ship them to Houston.”

“Why should we? You still haven't shipped the Phillies bats back from Houston.”

“I just want to thank the Houston fans for not interfering with the catch made by Uribe for the second out in the 9th.”

“Okay, okay, for those who have baseball teams, it is (based on the Phillies reporting date of Feb. 16):

112 days till pitchers and catchers report

Set your calendars.
last edited: 10/27/05 10:10:12 AM”

“106 days until we start the era of Gillick's Island!

Habemus GM (white smoke coming from the chimney of Citizens Bank Park!)!”

“Associated Press


PHILADELPHIA -- The losingest franchise in pro sports will have a proven winner in charge.


Pat Gillick will become the Philadelphia Phillies' new general manager, replacing Ed Wade, fired after failing to get the team into the playoffs during eight years on the job. Gillick's impressive resume includes two World Series championships and nine playoff appearances.


Gillick was to be introduced at a noon news conference, the team said in a statement Wednesday morning.


The Phillies have lost more games (8,831) than any U.S. pro team and haven't been to the playoffs since 1993, when they lost the World Series to Gillick's Toronto Blue Jays.”

“In his press conference last night, Gillick sounded like Ed Wade Lite. More of the same (groan). In a ComCast SportsNet poll, his approval rating was 48 percent. Oh well, at least he's doing better than Bumbleya. Of course, pitchers and catchers don't report for another 105 days, so he's got nowhere to go but down.”

“WooHoooooooo, Ryan Howard is NL Rookie of the Year!

101 Days!”

“1320 days”

“1320 days till what?”

“'Til he can go see a day game on a weekday.”

“That's like four years. I do better than that, with free tix too.”

“It's nice to know you're loved.”

“Not for the Phillies. He already filed for free agency and indicated the only way he would return would be if he was the closer. Guess what? He's not going to be the closer.”

“I wonder if this means his minor league card will go up in value.”

“Poured gasoline on them? Damned high-priced baseball players! They have no concept of the value of a gallon of gas!”

“Hey, it's Venezuela, the stuff's cheap there.”

“One of the charges was that he "attempted" to set them on fire by pouring gasoline on them. So, did someone forget the matches?

"I thought you were going to bring them!"”

“I guess he can forget winning the Fireman of the Year award ...”

“Wasn't he the guy whose mother was kidnapped earlier this year?”

“Chipper Jones has agreed to redo his contract, giving up $6 milion next season to help the Braves improve their cash flow.

First time I've heard of a ballplayer giving up money. Even if he can afford it and is still making brazillions, it's nice.

Okay, memo to self: stop chanting "Lar-ry" when Chipper comes to bat.”

“What the hell are the Mets doing, trying to buy last years All_Star Team? Wagner, Delgado, Pedro, Beltran.....”

“Hey Geo, how about that trade with the White Sox? You guys got a hell of a centerfielder out of it.”

“It's looking that way WK. Losing Wags hurts though.”

“Good acquisitions by the Mets! I likes it!”

“I'm surprised Must Hike has not been on this thread gloating.”

“I hope his alpacas die, his wife leaves him, his pickup falls apart, his dog leaves him, his arm falls off, the Mets finish last again, his ERA goes to 10.60, he blows all his saves, and TO moves in next door.

But I'm not bitter. The Mutts have not bought a pennant recently. They seem to be where old ballplayers go to get rich before they retire.”

“Phils land Gordon to replace Wagner

By PAUL HAGEN
hagenp@phillynews.com

The Phillies didn't waste much time mourning the loss of Billy Wagner.

A team spokesman confirmed late last night that righthander Tom "Flash" Gordon has agreed to become the team's new closer. After he passes a physical, he'll reportedly get a 3-year deal worth $18 million.

Gordon, 38, has spent the last two seasons with the Yankees as Mariano Rivera's setup reliever. Last season he appeared in 79 games, had a 2.57 earned run average and held opponents to a .203 batting average.”