Boys of October
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pillarpaul
Bonnie,
I too am hoping my beloved Cubs make it to the World Series. However, I am willing to bet you 10 million dollars if you'll bet me ten dollars that a Braves-Cubs World Series won't happen. Will you take me up on that (I will give you a millino dollars if that happens - you will only give me ten dollars)? Deal? Knowledgable baseball fans will say that is cruel of me.
Paul
I too am hoping my beloved Cubs make it to the World Series. However, I am willing to bet you 10 million dollars if you'll bet me ten dollars that a Braves-Cubs World Series won't happen. Will you take me up on that (I will give you a millino dollars if that happens - you will only give me ten dollars)? Deal? Knowledgable baseball fans will say that is cruel of me.
Paul
fyrfytr
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Well since the Rockies can't do anything I am hoping to see the Cubs in the World Series.
Hey Paul, that is a safe bet. Shame on you!
Dave
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Hey Paul, that is a safe bet. Shame on you!
Dave
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Cubs
Cubs
We can always hope for divine intervention can't we????????
Cubs
We can always hope for divine intervention can't we????????
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LOL!!!!!!!!!!
Well, the Cubs have several things going for them....... Harry Caray, my grandmother (one of the biggest Cubs fans), and many others, I'm sure.
On the other hand...well....I guess I'm being a bit realistic....I'm awaiting that other shoe to drop.
Heh...at one point a few weeks ago, Chicago media was talkin' Chicago WS....dang White Sox gonna ruin that having lost 3 straight to the Twins of MN....heh...oh, well..... Cubs still in it...more or less...1 game out.
And...Paul....tsk tsk tsk.....
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Well, the Cubs have several things going for them....... Harry Caray, my grandmother (one of the biggest Cubs fans), and many others, I'm sure.
On the other hand...well....I guess I'm being a bit realistic....I'm awaiting that other shoe to drop.
Heh...at one point a few weeks ago, Chicago media was talkin' Chicago WS....dang White Sox gonna ruin that having lost 3 straight to the Twins of MN....heh...oh, well..... Cubs still in it...more or less...1 game out
.And...Paul....tsk tsk tsk.....
Peace...always,
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pegne
Bonnie
Bonnie
I am also hoping for a World series between the Braves and Cubbies but I am sure you would like a different end result than I would. Paul, I for one am still a die hard Cub fan and looking forward to seeing them in the WS. They have all the tools now all they have to do is play like they're capable of playing. They have one of the best starting pitching staffs around and if their bats would just come alive and stay alive I don't think it's that far of a reach to say that they can win the whole thing. Their biggest boil right now is (Excuse for saying this you Sammy fans) is Sosa. When they need him to be hot he freezes. He needs to get his head out of his *** and start seeing the ball. But, if they don't make it I will be satisfied if they beat the Cards. I'm not a big fan of the Cards. Won't be long and we shall see. As for the Sox, BIG CRASH AND BURN!!!
Bonnie
I am also hoping for a World series between the Braves and Cubbies but I am sure you would like a different end result than I would. Paul, I for one am still a die hard Cub fan and looking forward to seeing them in the WS. They have all the tools now all they have to do is play like they're capable of playing. They have one of the best starting pitching staffs around and if their bats would just come alive and stay alive I don't think it's that far of a reach to say that they can win the whole thing. Their biggest boil right now is (Excuse for saying this you Sammy fans) is Sosa. When they need him to be hot he freezes. He needs to get his head out of his *** and start seeing the ball. But, if they don't make it I will be satisfied if they beat the Cards. I'm not a big fan of the Cards. Won't be long and we shall see. As for the Sox, BIG CRASH AND BURN!!!
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Hmm...first...for the record [I hope I don't step on anyone's toes here], the Braves and Cubs can NOT currently be in the World Series against each other. Both teams are in the National League...the World Series is played between an American League team and a National League team......
Pegne, I happen to agree with you about Sosa. I am/was a huge Sosa fan a few years ago, but lately, no. He struck out 4 times (that's 4 times in 4 trips to the plate) Saturday night when I was in Pittsburgh to see the Cubs and Pirates. That, to me, is not a team player.
The Cubs did make some ground today....beat Pirates 4-1....meanwhile Houston lost to St Louis (putting Cubs .5 games out of NL Central Division title) and Florida and Philadelphia both lost, putting Cubs 1.5 games back in the NL Wild Card race...it shall be a wild last week.
And, ehem, the Sox...well...as Pegne said....LOL
Pegne, I happen to agree with you about Sosa. I am/was a huge Sosa fan a few years ago, but lately, no. He struck out 4 times (that's 4 times in 4 trips to the plate) Saturday night when I was in Pittsburgh to see the Cubs and Pirates. That, to me, is not a team player.
The Cubs did make some ground today....beat Pirates 4-1....meanwhile Houston lost to St Louis (putting Cubs .5 games out of NL Central Division title) and Florida and Philadelphia both lost, putting Cubs 1.5 games back in the NL Wild Card race...it shall be a wild last week.
And, ehem, the Sox...well...as Pegne said....LOL
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pegne
cort
cort
I don't know what I was thinking when I said cubs vs. braves in the ws. I know they are both national league teams. It just escaped me for a moment. Sorry Bonnie I have to go with Cubs and whoever. The cubs better make their move this week as the Stros have to play the Giants. Forget this wildcard stuff. I want them to win the Div. Like I said before Sosa is a boil on the team. When Zambrono was pitching Fri. and ran the bases and scored Sosa should have taken some pitches to give Carlos a rest but he goes up there and swings at the first pitch. He's back to his old way of thinking. Homeruns or strikeouts. For a while there he was putting the ball in play and good things were happening. Not anymore. It's like he can't handle the preasure of not being the star anymore. The other boil on the team is Alfonsaca. He couldn't pitch his way out of a wet paper sack and Baker keeps putting him in there. But like I said before they do have all the tools to win the whole thing. Prior is going to be a hall of famer (If he stays healthy) and Kerry Wood could be great if he straightens out what's between his ears.
cort
I don't know what I was thinking when I said cubs vs. braves in the ws. I know they are both national league teams. It just escaped me for a moment. Sorry Bonnie I have to go with Cubs and whoever. The cubs better make their move this week as the Stros have to play the Giants. Forget this wildcard stuff. I want them to win the Div. Like I said before Sosa is a boil on the team. When Zambrono was pitching Fri. and ran the bases and scored Sosa should have taken some pitches to give Carlos a rest but he goes up there and swings at the first pitch. He's back to his old way of thinking. Homeruns or strikeouts. For a while there he was putting the ball in play and good things were happening. Not anymore. It's like he can't handle the preasure of not being the star anymore. The other boil on the team is Alfonsaca. He couldn't pitch his way out of a wet paper sack and Baker keeps putting him in there. But like I said before they do have all the tools to win the whole thing. Prior is going to be a hall of famer (If he stays healthy) and Kerry Wood could be great if he straightens out what's between his ears.
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LOL, Pegne...no worries...I just didn't want people getting the wrong impressions .
And, we agree about Sosa and Alfonseca.....
BTW...Cubs "won" today, even tho they didn't play.... SF beat Houston, placing Cubs in a 1st place tie with 6 games to go.
.And, we agree about Sosa and Alfonseca.....
BTW...Cubs "won" today, even tho they didn't play.... SF beat Houston, placing Cubs in a 1st place tie with 6 games to go
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pegne
My Cubbies
My Cubbies
are officially part of the boys of Oct. It's been a long time coming but they clinched the NL Central yesterday. They play your Braves on Tues Bonnie. Like I said before I believe that this team can go all the way. Hopfully the curse of the goat is broken.
My Cubbies
are officially part of the boys of Oct. It's been a long time coming but they clinched the NL Central yesterday. They play your Braves on Tues Bonnie. Like I said before I believe that this team can go all the way. Hopfully the curse of the goat is broken.
Peg
Peg
Glad your team made the playoffs. My age 89 year old Father is the Braves #1 fan..Just talked to him and gave him the schedule for playoffs. Hard for him to read...so we play yall Tuesday at 8 P.M. on Fox in Atlanta..then at 7 P.M. on Wed. on ESPN off Thurs and up there on Friday. May the best team win Bonnie
Peg
Glad your team made the playoffs. My age 89 year old Father is the Braves #1 fan..Just talked to him and gave him the schedule for playoffs. Hard for him to read...so we play yall Tuesday at 8 P.M. on Fox in Atlanta..then at 7 P.M. on Wed. on ESPN off Thurs and up there on Friday. May the best team win
Bonnie
Lorraine
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GO CUBS! YAHOO! HIP HIP HOORAY!
Did you see all the hoopla after the game! Too cool!
I'd say a good manager and great starting pitchers had a lot to do with it! Hope Baker sticks around!
Today they retire #10! Saw Ron Santo play way back in 1969! I really loved the lineup of players back then! Went to the game and got all of them to sign my program! It was great! I think I still have it in my keepsakes from my youth!
Did you see all the hoopla after the game! Too cool!
I'd say a good manager and great starting pitchers had a lot to do with it! Hope Baker sticks around!
Today they retire #10! Saw Ron Santo play way back in 1969! I really loved the lineup of players back then! Went to the game and got all of them to sign my program! It was great! I think I still have it in my keepsakes from my youth!
Any Braves Fans out there?
Any Braves Fans out there?
I'm already ournumbered by 8 members. Need some help on my side. Ann, you have a daughter in Ga..Ross. come over to my side.. We need to chop..chop..the Cubs Tuesday at 8 p.m. on Fox.. Bonnie
Any Braves Fans out there?
I'm already ournumbered by 8 members. Need some help on my side. Ann, you have a daughter in Ga..Ross. come over to my side.. We need to chop..chop..the Cubs
Tuesday at 8 p.m. on Fox.. Bonnie
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pegne
Lorraine
Lorraine
It's great they are retiring Ronnies number but when is he going to make it into the hall of fame? That's been a long time coming too. I watched both games yesterday. I had my 7 year old nephew over (he's a huge Cub fan) because they could not get the game at home. I told him he would always remember being at my house the Year the Cub's won the central div. Your right the hoopla after was "Too cool". This is not the end either. GO CUBBIES!!!
Lorraine
It's great they are retiring Ronnies number but when is he going to make it into the hall of fame? That's been a long time coming too. I watched both games yesterday. I had my 7 year old nephew over (he's a huge Cub fan) because they could not get the game at home. I told him he would always remember being at my house the Year the Cub's won the central div. Your right the hoopla after was "Too cool". This is not the end either. GO CUBBIES!!!
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Guest
Woo hoo hoooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
What a day in Chicagoland (sorry White Sox fans...yer boys shoulda been there, too, imho)!!!!!!!!!!
Brewers 12, Astros 5
Brewers 5, Astros 2
Cubs 4, Pirates 2
Cubs 7, Pirates 2
Scoreboard watching has never been so intense, interesting & fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When the final score of Saturday's Brewers/Astros game was displayed at Wrigley near the end of Game 1 of the Pirates/Cubs doubleheader, the fans went wild.
This marks the 1st time the Cubs clinched the divisional title at Wrigley Field. In '84, they won it in Pittsburgh; in '89, they won it in Montreal. In '84, they lost to SD Padres; in '89 SF Giants beat the Cubs.
In '98, the Cubs clinched the Wild Card spot at home by beating Dusty Baker's SF Giants in a 1-game playoff, after the Cubs had lost to Houston Astros and...literally seconds later...the SF Giants lost to the Colorado Rockies via a walk-off home run.
That year, Bonnie, your Braves chopped us right out of the playoffs in 3 straight games. Arg! And we hafta play your boys in the first round again this year. Well, I sure hope the outcome is different. Heh...but, well...I am a Cubs fan...LOL. And, yet, at least the Cubs haven't won the division umpteen straight years and only one the WS once....he he he...
And, I'm so glad the game on Sept 30 is a night game....I _should_ be awake and aware enough after my ablation that morning to watch the game.
As for winning...I hope...but...well, I don't know.
*shrugs*
I had told a co-worker (a White Sox fan) on Friday that I doubted the Cubs would win the NL Central.... I pointed out that Houston was home against the worst team in the league for 4 games. He pointed out that it is hard to sweep a 4-game series. I pointed out the Cubs/Cardinals series in early September (Cubs took 4 of 5). He pointed out that the Cubs scheduled was relatively just as easy...3 games with the Pirates. I pointed out the troubles the Cubs have always had with my Dad's Pirates.
And yet...the Cubs won it!!!!!!!!! How? No clue. But, maybe we have a bit of pull "up there", with Harry Caray, Jack Brickhouse, Arnie Harris (WGN TV producer extroardinaire), and others, including my grandmother, who died a day after the Angels won the WS last year........
*sighs*
It's been a rocky season...and the fun is just about to start.
Heh...actually, I wish the White Sox had stayed in the game a bit longer...maybe even made it into the playoffs. I hate to think that New York gets to have all the fun with hometown teams vying for championships at nearly the same time...LOL!
What a day in Chicagoland (sorry White Sox fans...yer boys shoulda been there, too, imho)!!!!!!!!!!
Brewers 12, Astros 5
Brewers 5, Astros 2
Cubs 4, Pirates 2
Cubs 7, Pirates 2
Scoreboard watching has never been so intense, interesting & fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When the final score of Saturday's Brewers/Astros game was displayed at Wrigley near the end of Game 1 of the Pirates/Cubs doubleheader, the fans went wild
.This marks the 1st time the Cubs clinched the divisional title at Wrigley Field. In '84, they won it in Pittsburgh; in '89, they won it in Montreal. In '84, they lost to SD Padres; in '89 SF Giants beat the Cubs.
In '98, the Cubs clinched the Wild Card spot at home by beating Dusty Baker's SF Giants in a 1-game playoff, after the Cubs had lost to Houston Astros and...literally seconds later...the SF Giants lost to the Colorado Rockies via a walk-off home run.
That year, Bonnie, your Braves chopped us right out of the playoffs in 3 straight games. Arg! And we hafta play your boys in the first round again this year. Well, I sure hope the outcome is different. Heh...but, well...I am a Cubs fan...LOL. And, yet, at least the Cubs haven't won the division umpteen straight years and only one the WS once....he he he...
And, I'm so glad the game on Sept 30 is a night game....I _should_ be awake and aware enough after my ablation that morning to watch the game
.As for winning...I hope...but...well, I don't know.
*shrugs*
I had told a co-worker (a White Sox fan) on Friday that I doubted the Cubs would win the NL Central.... I pointed out that Houston was home against the worst team in the league for 4 games. He pointed out that it is hard to sweep a 4-game series. I pointed out the Cubs/Cardinals series in early September (Cubs took 4 of 5). He pointed out that the Cubs scheduled was relatively just as easy...3 games with the Pirates. I pointed out the troubles the Cubs have always had with my Dad's Pirates.
And yet...the Cubs won it!!!!!!!!! How? No clue. But, maybe we have a bit of pull "up there", with Harry Caray, Jack Brickhouse, Arnie Harris (WGN TV producer extroardinaire), and others, including my grandmother, who died a day after the Angels won the WS last year........
*sighs*
It's been a rocky season...and the fun is just about to start
.Heh...actually, I wish the White Sox had stayed in the game a bit longer...maybe even made it into the playoffs. I hate to think that New York gets to have all the fun with hometown teams vying for championships at nearly the same time...LOL!
How about them Cubbies!
I just hope that this doesn't mean that hell will freeze over. Ha!
I just hope that this doesn't mean that hell will freeze over. Ha!
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Tom
I don't know if you noticed Bonnie, but the Marlins won the wild card. They will surely go on to win the World Series. Sorry Braves!
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Tom
Hi Bonnie,
Only if you will be a Marlins fan on Tuesday when we play San Francisco. I was thinking we should make the Marlins the official baseball team of Valvereplacement.com. What do you think? Do you remember what happened last time the Marlins won the wild card in 1997? I'll back the Braves until they play the Marlins. You have some great players including former Marlin Gary Sheffield.
Tom
Only if you will be a Marlins fan on Tuesday when we play San Francisco. I was thinking we should make the Marlins the official baseball team of Valvereplacement.com. What do you think? Do you remember what happened last time the Marlins won the wild card in 1997? I'll back the Braves until they play the Marlins. You have some great players including former Marlin Gary Sheffield.
Tom
