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Jan-30-12
 | | Phony Benoni: Let me know when Madden picks the lottery numbers. They will only be simulated numbers, but still better than nothing. However, I'll take a pass if there's a $20 fee. |
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Jan-30-12
 | | WannaBe: From espn.com page 2:
Foleys pub and restaurant (In NY) will not sell Sam Adams beer during the Super Bowl. (Really! No lie). Here is where the 'fun' starts...
• In Boston, no Green Giant vegetables. Just Del Monte. • New York cable companies will not show any "Brady Bunch" reruns. • Boston cable companies will ban all versions of "Law & Order." Except the L.A. one. • In New York, all Boston cover bands must become Journey cover bands. • Download a They Might Be Giants song in Boston? Federal offense. Even if you did it legally. • Martin Scorsese will remove "The Departed" from his IMDB page. • In New York, all men named Pat must go by Patrick. Unless they're Patriots fans, in which case it's something we can't print here. • Finally, New York will issue a temporary ban on patriotism. In fact, the Statue of Liberty must wear a lampshade all day. Plus, NY will not show any rerun of 'Boston Legal', and 'Cheers'. |
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Jan-30-12
| | Phony Benoni: While Yankees and Red Sox fans don't see anything different. |
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Jan-31-12
| | WannaBe: I can't read that last post, I got this D@%% lampshade over my head... |
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| Jan-31-12 | | Shams: <In New York, all Boston cover bands must become Journey cover bands.> My favorite. |
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Jan-31-12
| | WannaBe: Okay, how about this 'wager' between the gov'ners or mayors: If New York Giants win, they will receive 100 gallons of N.E. clam chowder. If New England Patriots win, they will <NOT> receive 100 tons of New York/New Jersey trash, on a barge. |
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| Jan-31-12 | | Shams: "You look like a cow on ice." On Belichick and the film room: http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story... |
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| Jan-31-12 | | Shams: There are too many good nuggets to pull from that. Definitely read it! |
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Jan-31-12
| | WannaBe: I will have to agree with my fellow Pac-12 friend <Jim Bartle>, that G. Easterbrook is good! Funny, sharp, observant, and most of all, sports fan! http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/story... |
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Feb-01-12
 | | FSR: <<OhioChessFan: Shawn Payton, from Jackson Michigan, threatens Sean Payton:> "Hi, I want you to relay a message to the sideline. If your stupid Southern team keeps winning, there will be reper … severe consequences. OK?"> What a frigging idiot. I hope he likes prison food. |
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Feb-01-12
| | WannaBe: Wait, the guy can't spell recession, but he can spell consequences?!?! |
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Feb-01-12
| | FSR: <Phony Benoni> You wrote this in my forum on September 22, 2011: <Phony Benoni: <FSR> I'm doing a little checking on a Chicago chess player who was probably a bit before your time, but I was hoping you might know something.The man in question is Sam Cohen, an Expert who was active in Chicago from the mid-1940s until his death in 1964. In our database, he has become identified with <S. S. Cohen> (full name Samuel S. Cohen), a strong master from New York good enough to qualify for the US Championship in the 1930s. <S.S. Cohen> disappeared from New York chess circles about the time Sam Cohen became active in Chicago. I fell they are different people, particularly due to the rating difference, yet with the time frame it's possible that S.S. Cohen moved to Chicago and went by "Sam". Would you have any knowledge of "Chicago" Sam Cohen?> Lombardy in his new book indicates that they are the same guy. On page 31, he has his game against Sam Cohen from the 1953 U.S. Open in Milwaukee. He observes, "Because his initials were S.S., he was nicknamed Steam Ship Cohen, possibly because he was able to steam through players in the Chicago area!" He makes no mention of Sam/S.S. ever having lived in New York. btw, I posted a response to your question about N Speijer vs Couvee, 1955. |
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| Feb-01-12 | | Jim Bartle: That's an excellent story on Belichick and his film sessions. But I thought most all coaches, especially football coaches, were hypercritical the way Belichick is portrayed in the article. Just by nature they hammer at their players in practice. I'll bet even most of the coaches with nice-guy reputations are pretty rough. I watched "nice guy" Bill Walsh run practices at Stanford in the 70s, and he was plenty harsh. On the other hand, I wonder about coaches demanding that players not make any mistakes, and harp on the mistakes they make. Seems it runs the risk of making players hesitant, trying to avoid an error rather than trying to make a play. Every player is going to make mistakes. If you demand perfection you may get fewer terrible plays, but you'll also get a lot fewer outstanding plays. |
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Feb-01-12
| | WannaBe: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7... |
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| Feb-02-12 | | Jim Bartle: I think I figured out the CSI Box Score in Wannabe's article: Ted Williams pitched two innings. |
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Feb-02-12
| | WannaBe: Here is a kid, that have his priorities straight, when comes to choosing college. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf... <Jim Bartle: ...CSI Boxscore...> Almost there, I'll award you an 'B'. |
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| Feb-02-12 | | Jim Bartle: What? That isn't the key to the boxscore? I'll have to check some more. At least I found the boxscore. |
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Feb-02-12
| | Phony Benoni: Yes, that one's easy once you realize that Ted Wiliams is pitching. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... A few other interesting tidbits. Williams was replaced in LF by Jim Bagby, normally a pitcher. Also, Jimmie Foxx started the game as catcher, but was apparently replaced before Williams came in. Too bad--that would have made a great trivia question. "What battery had the most combined career home runs?" At 1055, the Williams/Foxx combo would have been hard to beat. As it is, I would guess the record is below 800 since none of Babe Ruth's catchers did much in that department. He never pitched to Bill Dickey, who would have added 202 home runs to the battery. But Ruth did pitch to Joe Glenn: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Why is that significant? The catcher who replaced Foxx and caught Williams was that same Joe Glenn. (In fact, it was his last major league game.) So a player who hit only five home runs in his career caught two pitchers who totalled 1235! |
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Feb-02-12
| | WannaBe: <Phony Benoni: Why is that significant? The catcher...> You, sir, get an 'A+'! |
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| Feb-02-12 | | Jim Bartle: Damn, I saw "Foxx c" and didn't even stop to think it might be Jimmy Foxx. I also see that Williams gave up and only gave one hit in two and two-thirds. Not bad. He also two assists, which impressed me at first, until I realized there was no way to know if those were as pitcher or as leftfielder. And WannaBe, if PB gets an A+, do I at least get an assist. It took me forever to find a game where Tommy Bridges won to go 8-8 on the season vs. Boston. |
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Feb-02-12
| | WannaBe: <Jim Bartle> You get detention after school! =)) |
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Feb-02-12
| | Phony Benoni: <Jim Bartle> You get an "A" in my book, especially if you're serious about finding the game by going through Tommy Bridges. However, I think you're looking at the wrong pitching line for Wiliams; he threw the final two innings, giving up one run and three hits. |
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Feb-02-12
| | Phony Benoni: Rats. And here I thought I had found something new.
http://research.sabr.org/journals/t... |
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| Feb-02-12 | | Jim Bartle: WannaBe: Ha! I don't even go to school. |
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| Feb-02-12 | | Jim Bartle: PB: I did work through a lot of Bridges games (Tommy was the only pitcher Bridges) until I found a game with an 8-8 record vs. Boston. Took a while. So I learned Tommy Bridges, who I had heard of only vaguely, was quite an outstanding pitcher for Detroit for quite a few years. |
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