Author Topic: Baseball 2016---Season On! (Read 46642 times)

Wingnut · « **Reply #350 on:** October 16, 2016, 08:37:14 pm »

Quote from: EasyAce on October 16, 2016, 04:36:37 pm

Are you kidding? If the Cubs and the Indians end up in the World Series against each other, the
networks will go batsh@t nuts with the storylines and the long, long, long World Series ring
droughts each team has, not to mention the calamities each team's dealt with over the years, on
and off the field. (Not to mention the prospect of the Indians having to try to win a Series
against the team everyone and their proverbial twin brother had winning this year's Series when
spring training was still two weeks from finishing . . . )

I think that is what I said. But in a whole less bunch of words.

But thanks for agreeing.

musiclady · « **Reply #351 on:** October 18, 2016, 08:55:15 am »

I'd just like to point out that the Indians are now 3-0 against the Blue Jays, and that their bullpen is AWESOME!!!

The whole world has been against Cleveland for a long time in a lot of ways, and that makes me even MORE proud to be an Indians fan!

One more game and we're World Series bound!!

Polly Ticks · « **Reply #352 on:** October 18, 2016, 09:05:27 am »

Quote from: musiclady on October 18, 2016, 08:55:15 am

I'd just like to point out that the Indians are now 3-0 against the Blue Jays, and that their bullpen is AWESOME!!!

The first team in playoff history to win a game without a pitcher lasting two innings.
.... And they say baseball is boring. Pssshhhh.

You're team is doing great, @musiclady !

musiclady · « **Reply #353 on:** October 18, 2016, 09:16:15 am »

Quote from: Polly Ticks on October 18, 2016, 09:05:27 am

The first team in playoff history to win a game without a pitcher lasting two innings.
.... And they say baseball is boring. Pssshhhh.

You're team is doing great, @musiclady !

Thanks @Polly Ticks !

Yeah.......... when your starting pitcher goes out after 2/3's of an inning, you gotta have a powerful bull pen to win the game!

I was hoping they'd get ahead 3-0, because the chances of losing the next four with as strong a team as we have is pretty small.

One more!!

EasyAce · « **Reply #354 on:** October 18, 2016, 01:33:31 pm »

Quote from: musiclady on October 18, 2016, 09:16:15 am

Thanks @Polly Ticks !

Yeah.......... when your starting pitcher goes out after 2/3's of an inning, you gotta have a powerful bull pen to win the game!

I was hoping they'd get ahead 3-0, because the chances of losing the next four with as strong a team as we have is pretty small.

One more!!

Amusing little story about George Szell, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the 1948 World Series.

musiclady · « **Reply #355 on:** October 18, 2016, 01:48:55 pm »

Quote from: EasyAce on October 18, 2016, 01:33:31 pm

Amusing little story about George Szell, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the 1948 World Series.

Nice! Thanks for the smile. ^-^

musiclady · « **Reply #356 on:** October 19, 2016, 06:55:33 pm »

TRIBE TAKES TORONTO IN 5 GAMES - WINS 3-0!!

WORLD SERIES, HERE WE COME!!!!

EasyAce · « **Reply #357 on:** October 19, 2016, 07:52:44 pm »

Quote from: musiclady on October 19, 2016, 06:55:33 pm

TRIBE TAKES TORONTO IN 5 GAMES - WINS 3-0!!

WORLD SERIES, HERE WE COME!!!!

They got there on Merritt. ;)

musiclady · « **Reply #358 on:** October 19, 2016, 07:59:15 pm »

Quote from: EasyAce on October 19, 2016, 07:52:44 pm

They got there on Merritt. ;)

Indeed.

And he looks like he's 12!

Andrew Miller is a GREAT choice for MVP.

I actually think we can win the World Series this time around......... which is nice because I was two months from even being conceived when we won the last one......... and I'm OLD! ^-^

Free Vulcan · « **Reply #359 on:** October 20, 2016, 12:34:00 am »

Cubbies finally found their bats tonite and pounded LA 10-2.

EasyAce · « **Reply #360 on:** October 20, 2016, 01:36:48 am »

What they may about Ben Zobrist in future lore: he dropped, arguably, the most powerful bunt in Cubs history.

Free Vulcan · « **Reply #361 on:** October 21, 2016, 01:19:26 pm »

Cubbies pounded LA again last night in their home stadium. Now back to Wrigley. One more game till the Drought Series is on!

musiclady · « **Reply #362 on:** October 21, 2016, 02:57:01 pm »

Quote from: Free Vulcan on October 21, 2016, 01:19:26 pm

Cubbies pounded LA again last night in their home stadium. Now back to Wrigley. One more game till the Drought Series is on!

World Series opener will be in Cleveland for the first time EVER.

This is the magical year for Cleveland. Cubs had better be ready!

btw, ticket prices are through the roof in anticipation of the Cubs' winning. If you have a few thousand dollars sitting around, you can buy a ticket for Tuesday night's game. ^-^

catfish1957 · « **Reply #363 on:** October 21, 2016, 02:59:28 pm »

Quote from: musiclady on October 21, 2016, 02:57:01 pm

World Series opener will be in Cleveland for the first time EVER.

This is the magical year for Cleveland. Cubs had better be ready!

btw, ticket prices are through the roof in anticipation of the Cubs' winning. If you have a few thousand dollars sitting around, you can buy a ticket for Tuesday night's game. ^-^

Best of luck to you and your Indians. I despise the most ignorant obnoxious baseball fans on earth (the flubs)

musiclady · « **Reply #364 on:** October 21, 2016, 03:07:11 pm »

Quote from: catfish1957 on October 21, 2016, 02:59:28 pm

Best of luck to you and your Indians. I despise the most ignorant obnoxious baseball fans on earth (the flubs)

Thanks! There's a little bit of feeling of "destiny" in northern Ohio these days. This team is young, and calm and cool and collected, and the pitching is absolutely stunning.

In '97 we made it to the final inning and Jose Mesa blew our lead. We were SO close!

But I think this time around, we've got such a strong bullpen, and that Terry Francona is such a strong manager, that we've got a good chance of winning. The guys feel like they're family, and Cleveland is a fantastic sports town.

And besides that, I need a new shirt!! ^-^

I'm optimistic!

#TrueTribe

Wingnut · « **Reply #365 on:** October 21, 2016, 03:23:34 pm »

Quote from: Free Vulcan on October 21, 2016, 01:19:26 pm

Cubbies pounded LA again last night in their home stadium. Now back to Wrigley. One more game till the Drought Series is on!

Oh Lord bless the Cubs and the little Mbuti Pygmies Babies Down in Cleveland.

musiclady · « **Reply #366 on:** October 21, 2016, 03:31:34 pm »

Quote from: Wingnut on October 21, 2016, 03:23:34 pm

Oh Lord bless the Cubs and the little Mbuti Pygmies Babies Down in Cleveland.

Not nice, @Wingnut ......... not nice at ALL!

Wingnut · « **Reply #367 on:** October 21, 2016, 03:36:27 pm »

Quote from: musiclady on October 21, 2016, 03:31:34 pm

Not nice, @Wingnut ......... not nice at ALL!

:green teeth:

musiclady · « **Reply #368 on:** October 21, 2016, 03:44:19 pm »

Quote from: Wingnut on October 21, 2016, 03:36:27 pm

:green teeth:

Well, it's not so bad. The Mbuti Pygmies sing some pretty cool music, in very high voices, so I guess it's alright for a soprano like me to be associated with them.

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #369 on:** October 22, 2016, 10:50:35 pm »

Congrats to the Cubbies!!!! I hope they beat the Tribe..

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #370 on:** October 22, 2016, 10:51:24 pm »

mystery-ak · « **Reply #371 on:** October 22, 2016, 10:53:08 pm »

Quote from: kevindavis on October 22, 2016, 10:50:35 pm

Congrats to the Cubbies!!!! I hope they beat the Tribe..

Me too!....Go Cubs!

Free Vulcan · « **Reply #372 on:** October 22, 2016, 10:54:05 pm »

Let the Drought Series begin!

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #373 on:** October 22, 2016, 10:59:19 pm »

Quote from: mystery-ak on October 22, 2016, 10:53:08 pm

Me too!....Go Cubs!

Kudos to the Ricketts family to actually give a damn about winning..

sinkspur · « **Reply #374 on:** October 22, 2016, 11:04:09 pm »

I just hope the World Series goes seven games so we can forget about this damned election for as long as possible.

EasyAce · « **Reply #375 on:** October 22, 2016, 11:05:50 pm »

That was then: The team with the most ex-Cubs lost.

This is now: The Cubs won because they were the team with the fewest ex-Cubs.

;)

sinkspur · « **Reply #376 on:** October 22, 2016, 11:05:51 pm »

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #377 on:** October 22, 2016, 11:22:11 pm »

If the Cubs win (I think they will in 6), it will be the first time they will have won a World Series in Wrigley Field.

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #378 on:** October 22, 2016, 11:52:27 pm »

EasyAce · « **Reply #379 on:** October 23, 2016, 12:05:10 am »

The 1948 Indians . . .

EasyAce · « **Reply #380 on:** October 23, 2016, 12:23:05 am »

musiclady · « **Reply #381 on:** October 23, 2016, 09:50:26 am »

Quote from: EasyAce on October 23, 2016, 12:05:10 am

The 1948 Indians . . .

Wonder if any of those guys are still alive?? ^-^

I heard a 104 year old lady who's an avid Indians' fan and was at that 48 World Series who said, "Win one more for me before I die."

Lots of us remember with agony 1997, but it sure would be nice to remember a Series that we won!

Here's hoping!

EasyAce · « **Reply #382 on:** October 23, 2016, 11:55:56 am »

Quote from: musiclady on October 23, 2016, 09:50:26 am

Wonder if any of those guys are still alive?? ^-^

One of the 1948 Indians is still alive---Eddie Robinson, first baseman. And he made the news the other day
when he expressed, shall we say, disappointment that he hasn't yet been invited to throw out a first pitch
in one of the coming World Series games.

As for the coming World Series, God help us!!!!!!

A Cub pennant, and a Code Blue World Series

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #383 on:** October 23, 2016, 12:00:47 pm »

Quote from: musiclady on October 23, 2016, 09:50:26 am

Wonder if any of those guys are still alive?? ^-^

I heard a 104 year old lady who's an avid Indians' fan and was at that 48 World Series who said, "Win one more for me before I die."

Lots of us remember with agony 1997, but it sure would be nice to remember a Series that we won!

Here's hoping!

Safe to say that all members of the 1908 Cubs World Series team is dead..

musiclady · « **Reply #384 on:** October 23, 2016, 12:26:41 pm »

Quote from: EasyAce on October 23, 2016, 11:55:56 am

One of the 1948 Indians is still alive---Eddie Robinson, first baseman. And he made the news the other day
when he expressed, shall we say, disappointment that he hasn't yet been invited to throw out a first pitch
in one of the coming World Series games.

As for the coming World Series, God help us!!!!!!

A Cub pennant, and a Code Blue World Series

Actually, the Indians are playing some great ball. If they don't choke, it should be a good series.

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #385 on:** October 23, 2016, 12:32:11 pm »

Here is the stadium that the Cubs used to play in before Wrigley Field.

Free Vulcan · « **Reply #386 on:** October 23, 2016, 12:33:09 pm »

Quote from: kevindavis on October 23, 2016, 12:00:47 pm

Safe to say that all members of the 1908 Cubs World Series team is dead..

The last Cub Lennie Merullo from the '45 World Series team died in '15:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-lennie-merullo-obit-20150531-story.html

EasyAce · « **Reply #387 on:** October 23, 2016, 12:44:21 pm »

Quote from: musiclady on October 23, 2016, 12:26:41 pm

Actually, the Indians are playing some great ball. If they don't choke, it should be a good series.

Oh, I can see it now: it comes down to the bottom of the ninth, Progressive Field, the bases loaded,
two out, a 3-2 count on Carlos Santana with Aroldis Chapman on the mound, then, as the ball is
on the way to the plate . . .

Massive thunderstorm with massive bolts of lightning.

A corpulent "ho ho ho!" from the heavens.

Everything frozen in Progressive Field including the ball mid-flight to the plate.

And a stentorian Voice purring, "I'm sorry to have to do this, but I can't decide between you, and in
My opinion you're both too good to lose. So let's leave it at this and we'll see you here again . . . in
another 71 years."

kevindavis007 · « **Reply #388 on:** October 23, 2016, 12:48:12 pm »

Quote from: Free Vulcan on October 23, 2016, 12:33:09 pm

The last Cub Lennie Merullo from the '45 World Series team died in '15:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/ct-lennie-merullo-obit-20150531-story.html

That is sad..

Machiavelli · « **Reply #389 on:** October 23, 2016, 04:45:27 pm »

Even though I've been a Dodger fan since they moved west in 1958, I can't feel too sad for them.

This is the Cubs' first pennant in 71 years. During that same period of time the Dodgers have won fifteen pennants and six World Series'.

catfish1957 · « **Reply #390 on:** October 24, 2016, 06:00:12 am »

Quote from: kevindavis on October 23, 2016, 12:00:47 pm

Safe to say that all members of the 1908 Cubs World Series team is dead..

Or anyone (even a child) who went to the series.

EasyAce · « **Reply #391 on:** October 24, 2016, 03:26:11 pm »

Fun facts, courtesy of Yardbarker's Michael Dixon:

In the same year of the last Cubs World Series title, the following were born:

* Eve Arden
* Tex Avery
* Milton Berle
* Mel Blanc
* Joan Crawford
* Michael DeBakey
* Bette Davis
* Buddy Ebsen
* Ian Fleming
* Lionel Hampton
* Lyndon Johnson
* Estee Lauder
* Thurgood Marshall
* Abraham Maslow
* Edward R. Murrow and Joseph McCarthy
* Nelson Rockefeller
* Oskar Schindler
* The Model T Ford
* The Hoover vacuum cleaner
* The Christian Science Monitor

musiclady · « **Reply #392 on:** October 24, 2016, 05:06:24 pm »

Quote from: EasyAce on October 23, 2016, 12:44:21 pm

Oh, I can see it now: it comes down to the bottom of the ninth, Progressive Field, the bases loaded,
two out, a 3-2 count on Carlos Santana with Aroldis Chapman on the mound, then, as the ball is
on the way to the plate . . .

Massive thunderstorm with massive bolts of lightning.

A corpulent "ho ho ho!" from the heavens.

Everything frozen in Progressive Field including the ball mid-flight to the plate.

And a stentorian Voice purring, "I'm sorry to have to do this, but I can't decide between you, and in
My opinion you're both too good to lose. So let's leave it at this and we'll see you here again . . . in
another 71 years."

You must no realize, @EasyAce , that Cleveland fans are inured to being mocked, so the more we get made fun of, the stronger we become.

LeBron (and a million others) said it. It's the world against Cleveland.

Sometimes, Cleveland wins.

This time, if I were a bettin' woman.................. ^-^

Wingnut · « **Reply #393 on:** October 24, 2016, 05:20:25 pm »

Quote from: musiclady on October 24, 2016, 05:06:24 pm

You must no realize, @EasyAce , that Cleveland fans are inured to being mocked, so the more we get made fun of, the stronger we become.

LeBron (and a million others) said it. It's the world against Cleveland.

Sometimes, Cleveland wins.

This time, if I were a bettin' woman.................. ^-^

Can we expect to see the lines waiting to get into the Tribes Game to show up as proof of a glorious Trump rally! Huge winning and all!

Prediction: Cubs in 6 games.

musiclady · « **Reply #394 on:** October 24, 2016, 05:59:45 pm »

Quote from: Wingnut on October 24, 2016, 05:20:25 pm

Can we expect to see the lines waiting to get into the Tribes Game to show up as proof of a glorious Trump rally! Huge winning and all!

Prediction: Cubs in 6 games.

LOL!

First game (at the Jake..... won't call it "progressive"..... won't do it) Tuesday night, simultaneous with Cavs game at the Q, presenting them with their championship rings right across the parking lot.

Massive crowds in Cleveland for the two events. Trump campaign seizes the photos, posts them as a Trump rally in Ohio, claiming Trump will be victorious in this purple state....

I can see it all now!

(After all, it HAS been done before!)

EasyAce · « **Reply #395 on:** October 24, 2016, 06:19:39 pm »

Quote from: musiclady on October 24, 2016, 05:06:24 pm

You must no realize, @EasyAce , that Cleveland fans are inured to being mocked, so the more we get made fun of, the stronger we become.

LeBron (and a million others) said it. It's the world against Cleveland.

Sometimes, Cleveland wins.

This time, if I were a bettin' woman.................. ^-^

Who's mocking?

(The reason I suggested the seventh game in the ol' Jake is because the Indians have
the home field advantage---thanks to that asinine All-Star Game peg---and the game
would be played there if the Serious got that far . . . )

EasyAce · « **Reply #396 on:** October 24, 2016, 06:20:48 pm »

Quote from: musiclady on October 24, 2016, 05:06:24 pm

Sometimes, Cleveland wins.

This time, if I were a bettin' woman.................. ^-^

OK, who got burned by the worst. trade. ever. . . . the Cubs, in Lou Brock for Ernie Broglio, or the Indians, in Rocky
Colavito for Harvey Kuenn?

Wingnut · « **Reply #397 on:** October 25, 2016, 08:43:48 am »

Quote from: EasyAce on October 24, 2016, 06:20:48 pm

OK, who got burned by the worst. trade. ever. . . . the Cubs, in Lou Brock for Ernie Broglio, or the Indians, in Rocky
Colavito for Harvey Kuenn?

That Brock thing to SL was a hard one to swallow. Was that one of Louie the Lip
s great idea's?

GrouchoTex · « **Reply #398 on:** October 25, 2016, 08:48:30 am »

Quote from: Wingnut on October 25, 2016, 08:43:48 am

That Brock thing to SL was a hard one to swallow. Was that one of Louie the Lip
s great idea's?

That did come back to haunt them a time or two...

Machiavelli · « **Reply #399 on:** October 25, 2016, 12:32:27 pm »

Quote from: EasyAce on October 24, 2016, 06:20:48 pm

OK, who got burned by the worst. trade. ever. . . . the Cubs, in Lou Brock for Ernie Broglio, or the Indians, in Rocky
Colavito for Harvey Kuenn?

The Cubs by a mile. Broglio was gone two years later, but Kuenn remained a fine, solid player.

But let's not forget when the Dodgers traded Pedro Martinez to the Expos for Delino DeShields.