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Some insight from Jeff Brantley on ESPN overnight radio. He said that Lidge has a great fastball and a great slider. But sometimes he "falls in love" with one and stops throwing the other. He added that (I paraphrase - I was more than half asleep) - major league hitters can catch up with even the best fastball when they know what's coming. Later

BTW- Mole Written during the drug hearings earlier this year. Remember? ********* Even the Mamas and the Papas knew the steroid hearings were a farce. Raff and Shillie were actin� kinda silly Just wanted to leave the hearings behind Bud and Donnie workin' for the money Tryin' to stay to their party line In a Gov�ment House they sat And after every speaker, I�d barf into my hat Jose and McGwire hat size gettin' higher In Oakland, you know where that's at And everyone was getting� fat juiced down to their ass. Bud said "Sammy, you know there aren't many" "Who can pretend they don�t understand like you do, what a mouth" Don said "good golly, Miss Molly I wish" "I could toss the bull crap you" Raff, Jose and McGwire sat (speaking words foul) And after every speaker I�d barf into my hat Jose and McGwire hat size gettin' higher In Oakland, you know where that's at And everyone was getting� fat juiced down to their ass. When Jose was a sophomore, the Bruise Brothers tried to go for An edge to accelerate their play � ay-oh Took some stuff through a spike, turned them both Apollo-like Making other teams� pitchers pray When Jose went home he lacked the love bumps He tried to chalk it up to a case of kid�s mumps. Jose and McGwire hat size gettin' higher In Oakland, you know where that's at And everyone was getting� fat juiced down to their ass. Acne bumps, muscle pumps, no slumps, no pants bumps They don�t work as hard as they play Salve up, shoot up, and the BALCO makeup Take it while they work out every day - ayyyy At least the coke was taken by the spoonful But the shots and the creams were even more than useful Jose and McGwire hat size gettin' higher In Oakland, you know where that's at And everyone was getting� fat juiced down to their ass. Di-di-di-dit dit dit di-di-di-dit, who-o-oa **Flute** The guys that were busted, now they can't be trusted And they�re there to just cop a plea. Curt couldn�t take it, but now he�ll even take it We hoped he�d come around eventually. The stats are lyin' on their baseball cards That�s low rent, and believing them will be hard We had some good vibrations and our imaginations Can't go on indefinitely But a strong drug testing program ain�t becoming a reality. **********************************************************************

Keep going: Giambi was busted, disgusted To the press he seemed flustered We knew he'd come clean eventu-ly. He's gettin' paid, no need to pass the hat. We wondered why his face was gettin' so fat. But like Mark McGwire, he needed artificial fire The big "S" you know where that's at And Jason's face was as fat as George's ass Your serve. (I may have strayed from the original a bit.) Later

Since he liked Zambrano so much, maybe he'll want to get him for the O's. For Roberts to play second? Yeah, I know, its only a dream. Seriously, I wish him the best. He remained a good organization man and took a lot of flak for a deal he may not have been totally responsible for. We'll never know. But he was able to turn some big veteran contracts and turnrn them into some promising younger players (e.g. Victor Diaz, Royce Ring) before the trading deadline in 2003. And while the Kazmir trade has not panned out, the Wiggington for Benson and Keppinger trade made with the Pirates also made at the 2004 trading deadline looks better and better. Later

Willets Point wrote: Does Keenesaw Mountain Landis have any living descendants who can throw out 8 opening pitches? Or Arnold Rothstein. Aparicio is a fellow countryman of Ozzie - from Venezuela, Later

There have been pages and pages of posts about this on other Met boards. There are as many for as there are against getting him. I guess the ones who were dreaming of Manny in the Met lineup can now go back to typing with both hands. Later

Edgy, you gotta' give CF some props for that one. Very well done. Later

Yep, I was thinking of Mets third base prospect Shaun Bowman. Later

]Urbina has a 44-49 record with 237 saves and a 3.45 ERA in 11 seasons. He was 4-3 with one save and a 4.13 ERA in his first season with the Phillies, who acquired him in June. Did that really belong in the story? That's what happens when you turn around too fast when somebody yells out, "Hey U" Later

That's bush. Later

Is that Jeff Duncan playing third for the Seguros? Later

Yancy Street Gang wrote: but it would be a funny thing to wish upon Bud Selig. Yancy, you are one sick puppy. I like that. Later

Do you think the White Sox will throw another World Series? Later

Mole, and In the Yank dugout Girardi sat tellin� joe who to send up for the next at bat Giambi, like McGwire needs artificial fire The �S� word, you know where that's at And nothin's gettin' fat except George's ass Later

sharpie wrote: Marlins are announcing tonight that Joe Girardi is their new manager. Being the Marlins manager has got to be the shortest term job anywhere. What about someone with the DTs who works in a nitro glycerine plant? Yesterday, I heard on sportstalk radio (forget which station) that Joe may receive offers from two teams (one being Florida). The host mentioned that this is rare for someone with no prior managing experience to receive two offers the first time they went after a managerial spot. I've heard Joe when he did some color on tv games. He was not only well spoken, but came across as someone who is always well prepared. I guess the GMs felt the same way. Later

From someone with a screename Cardinal70: http://p216.ezboard.com/fdtfcdtfcstlouiscardinalsforum.showMessage?topicID=248.topic ]Pujols At The Bat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The outlook wasn�t brilliant for the Cardinal nine that day The score stood four to two with but one inning more to play And so, when J-Rod went down on strikes and Mabry did the same A pallor wreathed the features of the fans of Redbird fame. A straggling few turned off the tube, the rest Clung to the hope that springs eternal in the human breast They thought, �If only Pujols could get a whack, at that We�d put up even money now, with Pujols at the bat.� But Eck preceded Pujols, and so did Jimmy E, The former was a pipsqueak and the latter one for three. So upon that stricken multitude a death-like silence sat. With Lidge there seemed but little chance of Pujols getting to the bat. But Eck bounced a single when he only had one strike more And Edmonds, the streaky slugger, then went and took ball four. So when the dust had settled, oh what a sight to see! There was Eckstein safe at second, and on first was Jimmy E. Then all across Cardinal Nation there arose a joyous yell It rumbled in the mountaintops, it rattled in the dell. It rolled against Busch Stadium and recoiled to where Walt sat For Pujols, mighty Pujols, was advancing to the bat. There was ease in Pujols� manner as he stepped up to the plate. There was pride in Pujols� bearing, and focus upon his face. And when, with panic building, Houston fans started sounding flat, No stranger in the crowd could doubt, twas Pujols at the bat. All Cardinal eyes were on him as he knelt upon the dirt Praying for the strength to on that baseball put a hurt. And as the writhing pitcher got a visit on the mound There was a noticeable drop in the level of the sound. And now the leather-covered sphere comes hurtling through the air And Pujols took a rip at it, missing it with inches to spare A slider from the closer Lidge had been the pitch he missed A groan went up from St. Louis, Houston cheered and hissed. From the benches, black with people, came decibels of sound As the Astros looked to be moving to the next round. And now Lidge holds the ball, and now he lets it go, And now the air is shattered by the force of Pujols� blow. Oh all across Cardinal Nation, the sun is shining bright Bands are playing somewhere, and all the hearts are light So many men are laughing and telling their children of the sight, Because Albert Pujols hit the baseball long into the Texas night. Not bad. Later

Is this on the same CD as "Who Let The Dogs Out?" Later

This isn't the official team song. It is the song the players (led by AJ Pierzynski) blare in the clubhouse. The first of these I remember was when the Pirate players of the Willie Stargell era used to play "We Are Famileee" by Sister Sledge. Sorry if I wasn't clear. Later

="Edgy DC"]How can we measure when the tipping point has passed (or has it?), that more sports journalism has been consumed in the interest of rotisserie and gambling than in the interest of the events for their own sake?My personal "tipping Point" for TSN came on the day they stopped printing spring training and in-season minor league box scores. IIRC they still kept the individual city reports for a while after that. But by that time, I was no longer one of their readers. (or was the order reversed?)There was a press release thatTSN was going to a new format to "include news of other sports". (my bold)To me that meant that baseball would still retain prominence.Apparentlyy, it didn't mean the same thing to them.sighPublisher JG Taylor Spink must be whirling in his grave.Later

The White Sox have picked "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey (1981) for their team song for the rest of the playoffs. What popular song title "says it to you" for the Mets? Later

And Hal Lebovitz, long time writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer.http://www.cleveland.com/newslogs/plaindealer/index.ssf?/mtlogs/cleve_plaindealer/archives/2005_10.html#088027I remember when the Sporting News had a weekly article on each team by one of their beat writers. (Mole, you remember those times too?) Hal was the Cleveland regular contributor. I liked his articles.Later

Al Widmar also passed away on the weekend. Widmar spent almost 60 years in baseball. Imagine the stories Al could be telling over a cool one right now. I wonder if there are sports bars in Heaven?http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20051017&content_id=1253402&vkey=news_tor&fext=.jsp&c_id=tor_________________Later

Willets Point wrote: One of the plot points of the original movie is that Rocky was getting too old for boxing. Its been so long since then, they think we forgot. Later

Johnny Dickshot wrote: Whatever happened to the MFY one-liner thread? Was that here on the old board? Must have been before my time here. But it sounds like an excellent idea. Why don't you start one? Later

On the DL since April 19th? I thought steroids were supposed to help you heal quicker. Docs on the board. Is that true? Later