Post #180,403
10/21/04 11:27:29 PM
|
All I can say is...
ObDean YYEEEAAAGHHHHH!
What a great series.
Hats off to the Astros and their Valley of Death. They played without 2 of their best pitchers all year, they'll garner the Cy Young from Oswalt or Clemens, and played their hearts out. In August they were 7th in the wild card race. Class act.
-drl
|
Post #180,405
10/21/04 11:29:32 PM
|
I agree
It was a great game, really. Both teams really played well!
Nightowl >8#
"It's not where a person stands in time of comfort and security, but rather where they stand in times of strife and controversy that determine true friends."
(Quote sent to me by a true friend, author unknown).
|
Post #180,408
10/21/04 11:41:28 PM
|
Curse of the owl plagued the Astros
Actually, it's more like the curse of Texas baseball. No way a Texas team is ever gonna get to the Series. And ex-Rangers Brown and A-Rod were the downfall of the Yanks. (Rangers were a far better team this year without Rodriguez).
My prediction: There's gonna be way too much red in the stadium crowds.
|
Post #180,410
10/21/04 11:50:49 PM
|
C'mon, it wasn't your year
With your staff back, you'll probably be the favorites next year in the division. SIGN BELTRAN.
Clemens is done, but you don't really need him.
I would have gone with Clemens last night and Oswalt tonight. Oswalt is headed for the Hall of Fame IMO - he has the most outrageous change-up I've ever seen (you have to see it in person to appreciate it).
-drl
|
Post #180,453
10/22/04 10:56:06 AM
|
But I wanted to win *now*
Astros gambled and lost. They were in a better position to compete in the next round with the way they went. Game 6, though, was much closer and within reach.
Beltran will probably sign for a bazillion dollars and then never be a factor again. Clemens needs to retire, no doubt.
As for next year, we'll have to put up with the revived cubbies getting to the world series and proclaim that they have broken their own curse.
|
Post #180,411
10/21/04 11:58:05 PM
|
OT: You've been hilarious the past few days. :-)
|
Post #180,454
10/22/04 10:56:41 AM
|
Comes from sleep deprivation
Been sick over the past week.
|
Post #180,457
10/22/04 11:03:07 AM
|
:-( I hope you're better soon. Though it would be good ...
if you could keep that wry, humorous edge. :-)
Cheers,
Scott.
|
Post #180,474
10/22/04 1:22:47 PM
|
become a Robitussin junkie
-drl
|
Post #180,423
10/22/04 2:03:18 AM
|
Nah, I think it was something else
Like the fact that we had over a dozen stuffed Red Birds in here watching the game and rooting for the Cardinals.
I don't own a stuffed Astro. I don't even know what one would look like! ;)
Nightowl >8#
"It's not where a person stands in time of comfort and security, but rather where they stand in times of strife and controversy that determine true friends."
(Quote sent to me by a true friend, author unknown).
|
Post #180,436
10/22/04 9:29:39 AM
|
For some Astro
Go to your local hardware store, look for the Astro turf
/me ducks and hides.
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
|
Post #180,570
10/23/04 2:38:26 AM
|
Re: For some Astro
Go to your local hardware store, look for the Astro turf /me ducks and hides. Hahaha! That's a good one, Jbrabeck! Actually, I learned the secret of why the Cards won after all. My husband pointed out to me that whenever his company had a spirit day, and they ran the TV in the lobby and showed the game, and everyone wore red, the Cardinals won. The few times they chose not to have a spirit day on game day, they lost. So the company has decided to have spirit days every day of the Series from here on out (and they started with the tail end of the round Vs the Astros.) Nightowl >8#
"It's not where a person stands in time of comfort and security, but rather where they stand in times of strife and controversy that determine true friends."
(Quote sent to me by a true friend, author unknown).
|
Post #180,446
10/22/04 10:19:54 AM
|
Astronaut, maybe?
|
Post #180,572
10/23/04 2:45:51 AM
|
Good idea!
Maybe I can find an Astronaut bear or something next time that can root for the Astros.
I only have one Long Horn, and he's really little, and I have two rattlesnakes and they're really huge. :)
Nightowl >8#
"It's not where a person stands in time of comfort and security, but rather where they stand in times of strife and controversy that determine true friends."
(Quote sent to me by a true friend, author unknown).
|
Post #180,455
10/22/04 10:58:14 AM
|
Houston, we have a problem
I would hope that those stuffed dolls have been stuck with long sharp needles in your attempt to hex the Cardinals against your favorite team?
|
Post #180,571
10/23/04 2:42:42 AM
10/23/04 2:44:24 AM
|
Re: Houston, we have a problem
I would hope that those stuffed dolls have been stuck with long sharp needles in your attempt to hex the Cardinals against your favorite team? They aren't dolls, they're critters. ;) And no, of course not, because I teach all my critters to be good sports, and the Texas critters are included in that. ;) Mostly they are Armadillos and Long Horns and Rattlesnakes. Nightowl >8# Edit: P.S. And I would have brought the Armadillos upstairs to root for the Astros, except John hates Armadillos and they are only allowed to be in the basement. :)
"It's not where a person stands in time of comfort and security, but rather where they stand in times of strife and controversy that determine true friends."
(Quote sent to me by a true friend, author unknown).
Edited by Nightowl
Oct. 23, 2004, 02:44:24 AM EDT
|
Post #180,597
10/23/04 11:13:50 AM
|
ICLRPD (new thread)
Created as new thread #180596 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=180596|ICLRPD]
|
Post #180,603
10/23/04 11:50:31 AM
|
You keep husky yong men in your basement?
that way too many Iraqis conceived of free society as little more than a mosh pit with grenades. ANDISHEH NOURAEE
|
Post #180,605
10/23/04 12:14:16 PM
|
No idea how that translates
I only keep furry stuffed critters in my basement. ;)
Nightowl >8#
"It's not where a person stands in time of comfort and security, but rather where they stand in times of strife and controversy that determine true friends."
(Quote sent to me by a true friend, author unknown).
|
Post #180,637
10/23/04 3:41:04 PM
|
Well, I'm not stuffed...
...and I'm not particularly young nor husky, but I am a Critter by name.
|
Post #180,735
10/24/04 9:57:36 AM
|
Well sorry,
John doesn't let me keep strange men in the basement either. ;)
Nightowl >8#
"It's not where a person stands in time of comfort and security, but rather where they stand in times of strife and controversy that determine true friends."
(Quote sent to me by a true friend, author unknown).
|
Post #180,737
10/24/04 10:25:51 AM
|
Who are you calling strange?!?
Oh, Chris. Well that's OK.
;-)
Cheers,
Scott.
|
Post #180,437
10/22/04 9:32:31 AM
|
Good stuff.
First game attended was in a brand new Busch Stadium with gramps. Go Cards.
If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. Fudd's First Law of Opposition
[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]
|
