Steff

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 04:48 PM) The point is anything can happen, I don't think any of us think the Sox are going to lose the division but stranger things have happened and nothing is over until it's over, imo. If they lose it... oye ve... I don't even want to think of what this place will be like. The server will likely blow up.

QUOTE(Brian @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 04:40 PM) I never watched it, but before Entourage last night, I saw the little commercial about it being the last season and actors saying how important the show is in the history of TV. Come on, I understand it is popular, but can you put it on the same level as Sopranos, Sex and the City, Seinfeld, Simpsons, even Larry Sanders? With all due respect, people will have forgotten about this show in a few years. Let me brace my self for the outlash from it's diehards. No outlash.. but in it's defense how can you comment on it's importance if you've never seen it Brian..? And to answer your question - and having watched it from the start - I put it up there.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 04:43 PM) But...but...but...dodgers...60 years ago... :rolly No, they didn't. Gezzus Sleepy.. .if you're going to try to be a smart ass at least use the right facts.

QUOTE(the People's Champ @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 04:38 PM) keep the insults coming honey. 16,000+ posts, looks like youve made a life of it Naa.. no more insults. But when you need some facts feel free to ask. Nearly 3 years around here.. the posts add up.

QUOTE(the People's Champ @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 04:36 PM) Almost sounds like you want it to happen Yea.. that's it smart guy. :rolly

QUOTE(ScottPodRulez22 @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 04:35 PM) already has Oakland this year coming back from 12 down in 45 games Are they not playing something sick like .778 or .790 ball right now??

QUOTE(the People's Champ @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 04:33 PM) If I shut up how are you going to keep beefing up your post total :rolly Ya got a point there. In responding I do feel a bit dirty like from talking to a troll or posting spam..

QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 04:31 PM) Sorry guys, but the inconsistent Indians, Hunter-less and hitless Twins and terrible Tiggers are not good enough teams to win 40 of their last 50 games. It's not going to happen. Period. If the Sox choke they won't have to. The right combo of their wins and our losses and we're the laughing stock... again.

QUOTE(the People's Champ @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 03:58 PM) Hey Peter Gammons since you are so up on baseball history, Why dont recall one instance when a team has choked away a 13 game lead past Aug 8th and I will apologize for this thread and shut my mouth about it from here on 1951 Dodgers They were in Brooklyn this time, and held a 13-game lead over the New York Giants on August 11. But the Giants won 52 of their final 63 games, the Dodgers lost six of their final 10 and a three-game playoff took place. You may have heard of this one. Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard 'Round the World capped off a four-run bottom of the ninth in the third game, giving the Giants a 5-4 victory.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 04:29 PM) ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! :rolly But, but, but......

QUOTE(the People's Champ @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 04:27 PM) not mentioning any names but someone posting here needs some Mydol Lord help you when I am in the need of a Midol.... this is me on a happy day. Will you be shutting up soon...? Did I miss that apology..? :rolly

QUOTE(the People's Champ @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 04:22 PM) now look who is being "rude and ignorant" Oh dear.. my sincerest apologies for calling a spade a spade. In case I forgot to intorduce myself... I'm Steff.. the resident b**** around here who tells it like it is and calls out idiot behavior. Have a lovely day.

QUOTE(the People's Champ @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 04:18 PM) Except I never said that it never happened. I merely requested that the person making the claim state some facts with his claim. There is nothing I dislike worse than someone who makes statements claiming them true without evidence to back them up. thats all. Yea.. sure. Nothing I dislike more than a liar. That's why you were offering an apology for ONE instance of a team blowing a 13 game lead.

QUOTE(Iwritecode @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 04:16 PM) Does that mean the facts she provided don't count? IWC.. don't bother.. the people's chump..errr... champ isn't worth it.

QUOTE(the People's Champ @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 04:06 PM) thanks, but I wasnt talking to you I don't care who you were talking to. There is no excuse to be rude and ignorant for no reason. Perhaps you were taught "special" math, but until the division is clinched nothing is guaranteed and that's a fact. Don't like it, tough s***, but it's the truth not any of this "why don't the Sox get media coverage" conspiracy theory bulls***.

QUOTE(the People's Champ @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 04:03 PM) careful now, that almost sounds like a personal attack Na.. ignorant is pretty harmless.. A personal attack would be maybe something like... calling him a dumbass stupid idiot for not looking up baseball history before flapping his gums.... But I would never do that... :rolly Pot stirrer..

Here's some memorable ones.. 1998 Mets The Mets needed just one win in their final five games to force a tie for the wild-card spot. They lost all five -- two to Montreal and three to Atlanta. They were shut out twice and scored just 10 runs in the five games. Sound familiar? 1995 Angels The Angels led the AL West by 11 games in August, but two separate nine-game losing streaks between late August and late September, combined with a furious finish by the Mariners, dropped the Angels three back with five left to play. They actually won their final five games to force a one-game playoff, only to lose 9-1 to Randy Johnson. "We gave it away," outfielder Jim Edmonds said at the time. "It's not like we got beat. It's not like they beat us out of first place. We just gave it away." 1987 Blue Jays The Tigers held first place for 33 consecutive days in August and September but then the Blue Jays rallied and took a 3½-game lead with eight games left to play. Never before had an American League team lost such a big lead with so few games left. The Brewers swept three straight from Toronto, but the Jays still led the Tigers by one game entering the final weekend when the two teams met at Tiger Stadium. Detroit won all three games by one run, with Frank Tanana outdueling Jimmy Key 1-0 to complete the "choke." 1987 Reds The Reds jumped out early to a commanding lead and in August still led the Giants by five games and the Astros by 3½. However, the Reds went into San Francisco and lost four straight -- and dropped 10 games in the standings to the Giants in three weeks. Down the stretch, the Reds fired GM Bill Bergesch. Scouting director Larry Doughty quit. The hitting coach got forced out. The Giants won by six games. 1978 Red Sox The Sox led the Yankees by 14 games on July 19. They still led the Yankees by 7½ entering September. But then came the "Boston Massacre" when the Yanks walloped the Sox four straight at Fenway Park. The Red Sox had to win their final eight games to force a tie. But you know what Bucky Dent did to Mike Torrez ... 1964 Phillies This wasn't a choke, this was a total collapse. The Phillies led the National League by 6½ games with only 12 left. They lost 10 in a row, the Reds won nine straight, the Cardinals won eight straight and all three teams had a chance for the pennant on the final day. The Phillies bombed the Reds 10-0 but the Cards captured the pennant with an 11-5 win over the Mets. 1962 Dodgers The Dodgers were up four over the hated Giants with seven games left. They blew it, losing their final four games. On the next-to-last day, St. Louis' Ernie Broglio beat Don Drysdale 2-0. The Dodgers still led by one game. Curt Simmons then beat Johnny Podres 1-0 while Willie Mays' eighth-inning homer gave the Giants a 2-1 victory over Houston. A three-game playoff was necessary. Billy Pierce won the opener 8-0 (Sandy Koufax lasted just one inning). The Dodgers won the second game. The Dodgers led the deciding contest 4-2 entering the ninth. Three relievers then combined to allow four (there were four walks, including Stan Williams walking in the go-ahead run). Giants 6, Dodgers 4. Cough. Gag. 1938 Pirates The Pirates held a comfortable lead at the beginning of September. The Cubs sat in fourth place, seven games back. Chicago quickly moved into second and then reeled off nine straight wins -- including three in a row over Pittsburgh. The final win was Gabby Hartnett's game-winning ninth-inning home run in the growing darkness, known as the "home run in the gloaming." 1934 Giants New York led St. Louis by 5½ games entering the final month. On September 16, the Giants held the same lead when the clubs met for a doubleheader at the Polo Grounds before a record crowd of 62,573. Dizzy Dean won the opener 5-3 for the Cardinals and then brother Paul pitched 11 innings to win the nightcap. The Giants faded during the final two weeks as the Cards won the pennant by two games. But my favorite... 1951 Dodgers They were in Brooklyn this time, and held a 13-game lead over the New York Giants on August 11. But the Giants won 52 of their final 63 games, the Dodgers lost six of their final 10 and a three-game playoff took place. You may have heard of this one. Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard 'Round the World capped off a four-run bottom of the ninth in the third game, giving the Giants a 5-4 victory.

QUOTE(the People's Champ @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 03:58 PM) Hey Peter Gammons since you are so up on baseball history, Why dont recall one instance when a team has choked away a 13 game lead past Aug 8th and I will apologize for this thread and shut my mouth about it from here on Good grief you are ignorant.

QUOTE(IndplsSoxFan @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 03:40 PM) I was chimin' in on the talk about who/where you'd rather face Oakland. Get your panties outta a knot. Looks to me like he was just making a general comment and not addressing you specifically. Sometimes people here err in using the quote feature. Maybe take some of your own advice.

1. Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent. 2. A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'll serve you, but don't start anything." 3. Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a salted. 4. A dyslexic man walks into a bra. 5. A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm and says: "A beer please, and one for the road." 6. Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: "Does this taste funny to you?" 7. "Doc, I can't stop singing 'The Green, Green Grass of Home.'" "That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome." "Is it common?" Well, "It's Not Unusual." 8. Two cows are standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says toDolly, "I was artificially inseminated this morning." "I don't believe you," says Dolly. "It's true, no bull!" exclaims Daisy. 10. An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at either. 11. Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before. 12 . I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find any. 13 . A man woke up in a hospital after a serious accident. He shouted, "Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!" The doctor replied, "I know you can't - I've cut off your arms!" 14 . I went to a seafood disco last week...and pulled a mussel. 15 . What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh. 14 . Two termites walk into a bar. One asks, "Is the bar tender here?" BUT WAIT -- THERE'S MORE!! Here are the 10 first place winners in the International Pun Contest 1. A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at him and says, "I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger." 2. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says "Dam!". 3. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too. 4. Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says "I've lost my electron," The other says, "Are you sure?" The first replies "Yes, I'm positive." 5. Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? His goal: transcend dental medication. 6. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. "But why?" they asked, as they moved off. "Because", he said, "I can't stand che! ss-nuts boasting in an open foyer." 7. A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him "Juan." Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal." 8. These friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, a rival florist across town thought the competition was unfair. He asked the good fathers to close down, but they would not. He went back and begged the friars to close. They ignored him. So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to "pe! rsuade" them to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed ! their store, saying he'd be back if they didn't close up shop. Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that only Hugh can prevent florist friars. 9. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him ..(Oh, man, this is so bad, it's good)..... A super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis. 10. And finally, there was the person who sent ten different puns to his friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did. Bonus Pun: Then there was the amnesic agnostic dyslexic who stayed up all night thinking about his dog!

How do you SFU fans like the last season so far. Personally I like Nate gone. Hated his character. David was great last night in mourning, but this crap with the attacker flashbacks is irritating. I sure hope Maya doesn't end up being raised by Ruth. She's messed up enough kids lives, IMO.

QUOTE(56789 @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 03:25 PM) I think in April. You are correct. It's in the article above that Soxy posted. Good read for those that want to know anything more than just the fact that he's passed.

QUOTE(Soxnbears01 @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 02:26 PM) so your telling me when you ban someone on soxtalk that it doesn't kill them instantly? With some you'd think that's what happens....

A reporter shacking up with a player of the team she covers... Sounds like an ethics story to me. Total and complete conflict of interest. And I hope Carolyn is fired.

QUOTE(knightni @ Aug 8, 2005 -> 01:58 PM) A Thursday makes it tough for those out of town. If it goes well this time maybe we can work with the Sox to plan it earlier in the season next year, and on a weekend if it's possible.