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Aug-22-14
 | | WannaBe: So, technically, we can blame Obama(Care) for the Cubs ground crew failure?? https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-... |
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Aug-22-14
| | WannaBe: Over whelming "yes". How do y'all feel?
http://espn.go.com/espn/fp/flashPol... |
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Aug-22-14
 | | Phony Benoni: As Hawaii Goes, So Goes the Nation. |
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| Aug-23-14 | | Shams: Wow, the Tigers burned their bullpen bad tonight and have a doubleheader tomorrow so they're desperate for arms. Apparently they're going to start young Buck Farmer in game one tomorrow…Mr. Farmer just made his AAA debut last week in Toledo, giving up eight runs in one third of an inning. |
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Aug-23-14
 | | OhioChessFan: <Wannabe> absolutely not. |
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Aug-23-14
| | Phony Benoni: <Shams> And Verlander starts the second game, coming off the shoulder stiffness that caused him to miss the first start of his career. Anybody for Miguel Cabrera taking a turn on the mound? Their only saving grace is that they were coming off two straight complete games. But this is going to be brutal today. |
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Aug-23-14
| | Phony Benoni: Bottom of the 2nd. Twins up 7-1. Farmer out of the game. Betting line 3-1 that he's on the bus back to Toledo before he has a chance to shower. As if he needed one. |
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| Aug-23-14 | | Deus Ex Alekhina: I woulda thunk the Tigs had already invested in shower-equipped buses by now. |
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Aug-24-14
| | OhioChessFan: Masters Putt Putt:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/... |
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Aug-24-14
| | Phony Benoni: I once knew a chess player who was also a Putt Putt Gold professional. Yes, there are such things. He was okay with the knights, but the straight-line pieces baffled him. |
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| Aug-24-14 | | Jim Bartle: Strange 9th in a 1949 Sox-Yankee game:
<RED SOX 9TH: DiMaggio struck out; Pesky singled to center;
Williams singled to right [Pesky to third]; Stephens walked
[Williams to second]; Zarilla forced Pesky (right to catcher)
[Williams to third, Stephens to second]; Doerr lined to right;> http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... |
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Aug-25-14
| | Phony Benoni: Sounds like bad baserunning from Pesky:
<"Take the first game, for example. Boston there failed to score in the ninth on a hit with the bases loaded and one out."Johnny Pesky was on third at the time. Al Zarilla lined one to right field, and obvious hit and the fans roared. But Pesky must have thought that Cliff Mapes was going to catch the ball, for he went back and tagged third base before starting for home. He was caught at the plate, depriving the Sox of a tying run. Bobby Doerr then flied out and the Yanks won the game."> Statesville Record & Landmark, Statesville, North Carolina, July 5, 1949. Still, Mapes must have had a gun. |
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| Aug-25-14 | | Jim Bartle: According to Halberstam, not the most reliable of sources, clouds had darkened the sky and Pesky wasn't couldn't see well. Meanwhile Williams was running from second and almost ran up Pesky's back. Supposedly the ump initially called Pesky safe when Berra didn't tag him, only changing when Yogi pointed out it was a force. Somehow I doubt that. According to Halberstam, Doerr was sure his Game-ending "line out" was a homer but the wind brought it back. I wonder if that's the only rightfield-to-home forceout in baseball history. |
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Aug-25-14
| | Phony Benoni: I can believe the umpire forgot the situation. It was very unusual, , though probably not unique. There must have been other instances with the outfield playing in and a slow base runner at third. I'm wondering why Mapes threw to home. He couldn't possibly have known Pesky was holding up unless somebody on the field alerted him. Or was he trying to nab Zarilla, a catcher, at first base and made a wild over throw that happened to work out? |
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| Aug-25-14 | | hms123: <Phony Benoni>
From the <PB> archives: <hms123: I used to watch Gus Triandos play in Baltimore. He was the slowest baseball player ever. I once saw him get thrown out at home by a mile (after tagging at third base) on a fly ball to the wall in centerfield. Come to think of it, Walt Dropo wasn't very fast either.> Phony Benoni chessforum |
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| Aug-25-14 | | Jim Bartle: I don't actually believe the ump called Pesky safe. Somebody probably told that to Halberstam and he bought it. Sports books are full of errors where the author doesn't check what he's been told. Mapes was apparently trying to throw out Williams, running from second. Halberstam doesn't say what happened with Williams exactly, just that he ended up on third. |
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Aug-25-14
| | WannaBe: Raiders are #1, we are #1!!!
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1... |
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Aug-26-14
 | | Tabanus: Hi from Norway <Phony B>! Hope your eyes are not too bad? Here is one more US Open player! Francis Fielder Simpson |
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Aug-26-14
| | Phony Benoni: <Tabanus> Thanks. I'm doing some clean-up on 1967 anyway. |
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| Aug-30-14 | | Jim Bartle: Can anybody understand this double play from 1949? What about the infield fly rule?
Berra tagged home and ran to third to tag a runner?
TIGERS 1ST: Campbell walked; Kolloway walked [Campbell to
second]; Kell was hit by a pitch [Campbell to third, Kolloway to
second]; Wertz hit into a double play to second [Kolloway out at
third (second to catcher), Campbell stayed at third, Kell stayed
at first]; Snuffy Stirnweiss dropped the infield fly; he
threw the ball to Yogi Berra who stepped on HP and ran to 3B;
after Berra tagged Don Kolloway the Yankees insisted this was a
triple play but 3B umpire Red Jones ruled Stirnweiss dropped
the ball intentionally; Evers singled to center [Campbell
scored, Kell to second]; Groth grounded out (third to first); http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Note that Tommy Byrne lost an 11-inning 4-hitter. Unfortunately he also walked 13 and hit one. He walked Detroit's first two hitters seven times. |
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Aug-31-14
| | WannaBe: I am afraid we won't see upsets like these anymore, now that strength of schedule will be considered when picking the 4-team playoff. http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap...
It will also hurt I-AA teams ability to raise money for other sports, especially with Title IX. |
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Aug-31-14
| | WannaBe: This will not be good, another 9 games suspension coming? http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1... Soon to be major motion picture, with Al Pacino, the Scent of a Catcher! http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/1... |
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Aug-31-14
 | | perfidious: According to the account on CBSSports, the woman is pregnant, which would result in an enhanced penalty under the new guidelines. Three days after the announcement and McDonald stands accused? If he hit this woman, he should his change his name to Moe Rawn--talk about asking for it! |
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| Aug-31-14 | | Travis Bickle: Hey Phony, 1 week until kickoff... Good luck to your Lions! |
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Sep-01-14
| | WannaBe: Bit of a fun box score thing today, SF-COL finished a game that was suspended on May 22nd, and the starting pitcher of that game for Giants was T. Hudson. So, after that game was finished, the regularly scheduled game was played, and the starting pitcher for the Giants? T. Hudson. =) Oh, yeah, we also had a combined no-no between PHI-ATL. |
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