all things baseball. if you swing that way

Sure it has to do with baseball in this century ! You saw a real-live game in person at a young age and it has carried over to some extent. Maybe you don't check the box scores every day in the summer, but I'm guessing when you do, it's The Twins right ? The game and the way young people experience it has changed dramatically but there's nothing like a trip to the ballpark itself. It stays with you, I think.

Tragically, cardigans like that have stayed behind in 1966. I want Ken Burns to do a documentary on that.

Your rooting for the Yankees is far worse than any confession of reading Danielle Steel and/or being a sweet-natured fag. I hope your hangover is horrible. And I've nothing against Danielle Steel readers or sweet-natured fags. I just wish the worse for Yankee root-tooters.

I can't wait for the brewers to beat the phillies in the nlcs

Ha! You're funny!

i can at least hope. us brewers fans haven't have a chance for hope in 25 years or so...

Huh ? The Cardinals ARE in the post-season - defeating the Phillies in 5 games playing their hearts out against the Phillies.

mjp - I don't see any elbow patches (fake leather/polyester/whatever-our-parents-dressed-us-in-back-then) on Mr. Cobain's sleeves. Not the same sweater at all. Elbow patches change everything on a garment. C'mon - get with the haute couture and coup de grace and stuff.

EVENTTUAL

informal - The sports team from my area is superior to the sports team from your area. Just sayin'.....

Something like that... Thanks for rubbing the dirt in the wound and I wish your superior area's sports team the best of luck!

Well, I was just quoting a t-shirt from The Onion's Sports Section but you raise a good point. Obscene amounts of money - like those paid to MLB players - do nothing to help the game's popularity. Plus jackasses like Gary Sheffield will publicly admit they won't push themselves and give it all they've got unless they're paid top dollar. What would be wrong with following pro football's model with a salary cap and contracts that are not 100% guaranteed ? The more evenly matched these teams are with money and talent, the better the product.

I'm still trying to shake off last night's debacle... ughh....

you DAMN right !

WOO-HOO !!! They were 10 and 1/2 games behind on August 25th and they came back to win it all. Baseball is full of surprises. Thank you St. Louis Cardinals !

Slap-hitting, singles hitters never get enough credit. And we lost one of the best recently.

Thankfully, it looks like this scary episode will end peacefully

What would baseball be without its marketing gimmicks ?

Can The Pittsburgh Steelers be far behind with a Ben "Ruthless Burger" ?

The knuckleballer R.A. Dickey (NY Mets) has written a memoir. Huh, you say ?

But it might actually be a good read.

Sports Illustrated provides some background and an excerpt here

The Dodgers have MAGIC!

He's made some smart business moves in the past. Bought a small ownership share of The Lakers and sold it at a profit - I would assume - after they won a couple of championships. His movie theatres seem to be doing well. Here in Chicago, local business writers always praise him for opening theatres in under-served communities that other chains were afraid of. Don't know if they're huge moneymakers but they're still in business. He seems to have good advisors and the good sense to listen to them. Even though he's "only" a money-source and front man, who wouldn't love to have Magic as the PR guy/frontman for their company ?

I hope this works out to the point where the Dodgers win several NLDS titles.... only to lose to The Cardinals in the NLCS.

ZING !