It's almost October - let's talk baseball playoffs!

[LegallyBrunette]

Let's Go Red Sox!!

Ree, I'm insanely jealous. BUT, if they win this series, I have tickets for game 1 of the ALCS. Fingers crossed!

[Benzgirl]

One hour to go before *****o goes into pitch. Dinner-time game in Cleveland.

Evidently....GC doesn't like Carmona's first name.....

[Benzgirl]

Here we come Bronx

Will it be a shut out?

Indians up 2 - 0

So much for a $180 million payroll

[fraggle]

You better bring the BUGS with the tribe if you expect to win in NY!!!!!

What WAS that????

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by fraggle

You better bring the BUGS with the tribe if you expect to win in NY!!!!!

What WAS that????

Those are little bugs known as midges (Canadian Soldiers, Muffleheads, etc). They are attracted to heat and light and once they lights went on, they came off the lake. I had to laugh when they brought out the bug spray. Bug Spray doesn't help because Midges don't bite. But, they are annoying and I have seen entire buildings covered with them.

Years ago, when Lake Erie was dirty, we didn't have the midges. Now that the lake is clean, we have them.

I still have a lake front condo, but I don't live there. That is the only thing that my tennant has complained about.

New York here we come! I think that is where the Tribe dished out NYY's worst lost ever last year.

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Those are little bugs known as midges (Canadian Soldiers, Muffleheads, etc). They are attracted to heat and light and once they lights went on, they came off the lake. I had to laugh when they brought out the bug spray. Bug Spray doesn't help because Midges don't bite. But, they are annoying and I have seen entire buildings covered with them.

Years ago, when Lake Erie was dirty, we didn't have the midges. Now that the lake is clean, we have them.

I still have a lake front condo, but I don't live there. That is the only thing that my tennant has complained about.

New York here we come! I think that is where the Tribe dished out NYY's worst lost ever last year.

Humm-why was it when I first heard of the bugs I thought of what they do up in the Homer Dome?????

[deadbear80]

Sitting in my usual seats about 20 rows behind home plate at Wrigley (and sadly, for this game, 5 rows behind the family/wives of the Diamondback players) I witnessed the worst playoff game I've seen (and yes, I was there in '98 when Maddux as a Brave burned the Cubs). At least in 2003 I had hope.

I guess it's 'wait until next year' yet again.

*sigh*

Oh...and go Rockies!

[fraggle]

Originally Posted by jon1856

Humm-why was it when I first heard of the bugs I thought of what they do up in the Homer Dome?????

What do they do up in the Homer Dome? Maybe I'm stupid, but I just don't know.

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Here we come Bronx

Will it be a shut out?

Indians up 2 - 0

So much for a $180 million payroll

2-1 now.
And name the only team, out of eight, that is repeating their place in playoffs from last year. Hummmm.

[Rudey]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Here we come Bronx

Will it be a shut out?

Indians up 2 - 0

So much for a $180 million payroll

You're repetitive; it's annoying. By the way travis hafner is a gay rapist.

-Rudey

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by Rudey

You're repetitive; it's annoying. By the way travis hafner is a gay rapist.

-Rudey

Now that statement is annoying.

[fraggle]

Originally Posted by Rudey

You're repetitive; it's annoying. By the way travis hafner is a gay rapist.

-Rudey

How Rude.
I liked it better when we were talking about baseball.
I also liked it better when the yankees were winning!

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by fraggle

How Rude.
I liked it better when we were talking about baseball.
I also liked it better when the yankees were winning!

It was rude, but the poster is Rudey. Anyway, the Tribe won, the bloated salary lost, and Cleveland advances to the playoffs.

I just goes to show George can't buy himself a winning team.

[Rudey]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

It was rude, but the poster is Rudey. Anyway, the Tribe won, the bloated salary lost, and Cleveland advances to the playoffs.

I just goes to show George can't buy himself a winning team.

Listen you're repetitive about the salaries. Just shutup about it. If your crappy team beat the Yankees why does it matter? Oh wait it doesn't, and you're using redundant lines just so you sound cool.

It's even more annoying that your name is "Benzgirl" and you're criticizing what other people "buy".

-Rudey
--Oh and you were so very clever and witty saying I'm rude because I'm Rudey.

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

It was rude, but the poster is Rudey. Anyway, the Tribe won, the bloated salary lost, and Cleveland advances to the playoffs.

I just goes to show George can't buy himself a winning team.

To be fair, the Yankees won 94 games this year (the Tribe won 96 in a considerably easier division), and "salary cost/win" is a completely useless exercise because the Yankees earn more marginal revenue per win (and per dollar spent) . . . so yeah, it's not like the Yankees are a clearly inferior team, especially considering the crapshoot nature of short-series baseball.

Plus, this Yankees team really doesn't represent the "bloat" in the same fashion as some past units - two of their top-5 pitchers by VORP are making under 500k (and 4 of the top 10), as well as 2 of their starting 9 (who also happen to be quite solid contributors according to any measure).

Look, I'm a massive Red Sox fan and think the "Yankee mystique" is propagated by douche bags and half-informed tards - still, though, this is kind of a weird needling, and doesn't really fit with any sort of reasonable analysis.