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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 01:50 PM
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Poll question: When you think of "Major League Baseball" who comes to mind
Gotta be the babe!!!
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 01:51 PM
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1. I was gonna say Mark Macguire ...
but that's a steroid reference.
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tarkus Donating Member (780 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 01:52 PM
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2. A bunch of worthless guys and... the Red Sox.
I am one of those people who hates baseball but loves one team. I don't know why, I just love the Red Sox. I will even watch their games, despite my dislike of the game. I might have to go with Joe Dimaggio though, because he was referenced in a Seinfeld episode... The first one I saw, I think.
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dajoki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 01:55 PM
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4. lots of yankees did guest shots on seinfeld
jeter, o'niel, tartabul, bernie. GO YANKEES!!:woohoo:
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eyepaddle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 01:53 PM
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3. All of the above...
and then a few more. Sandy Koufax, not the least.
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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 01:55 PM
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5. Can't believe I left out Hank Aaron or Willie Mays
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 01:56 PM
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6. The guy in my sig line
#21.
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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:04 PM
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14. I second that emotion
:-) "The Great One"
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dajoki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 01:58 PM
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7. boy, roger maris brings...
back childhood memories. he was my favorite.:applause:
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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 01:59 PM
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8. Yeah me too...
He used to be a sports reporter at a small Fargo station in the off-season when my Dad worked there. He is buried about 30 yards from my Grandparents...always flowers around his gravesite!!
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dajoki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:07 PM
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18. i saw him play
when i was a kid at old yankee stadium. everybody liked mickey, but roger was the man as far as i was concerned. and after everything i read about him, he seems to have been a true gentleman.:)
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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:11 PM
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23. Have you see *61
About the home run race between Mantle and MAris...great move!!!
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dajoki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:19 PM
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32. absolutely
well done. to me one of the greatest sports movies of all time. loved how they showed mcguire(yuk) missing first base when he broke the record(steroid aided)and then showed mickey and moose skowren in the hospital when maris hit #61 and moose said he ran the bases just like it was his first.:hi:
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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:22 PM
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33. Yeah too bad about the McGuire stuff...
Still a great movie...just saw it for the first time last week...don't know why I waited so long, I love baseball movies...probably cause I'm not a Yankees fan :-)
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dajoki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 03:01 PM
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40. great movie
i don't think you even have to be a sports fan to enjoy that movie.:popcorn:
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RPM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:00 PM
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9. Branch Rickey
changed the face (literally & figuratively) of baseball.
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:02 PM
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10. Willie Mays and Carl Yastzemski.
My boyhood idols.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:02 PM
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11. I actually thought about the movie with Charlie Sheen.
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:02 PM
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12. The Greatest Third Baseman ever
Michael Jack Schmidt. My hero in the 80's and 90's.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:03 PM
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13. Pete Rose-Johnny Bench the Big Red Machine
Best team ever
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:04 PM
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15. whenever i think of baseball - i yawn.
just a placeholder sport between football seasons....
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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:06 PM
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17. Then you are missin out...
On the best life has to offer!!!
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CBGLuthier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:05 PM
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16. Pete Rose
No, not stupid gambling manager Pete, but Charlie Hustle, ballplayer with most hits Pete Rose. Growing up, he was baseball to me.

Plus, he tried to pick my mother up in a bowling alley back in the 60's. Got an autographed picture out of the meeting and no he did not succeed. :-)
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:10 PM
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22. You could've had Charlie Hustle as a step-dad
And could have eaten at any resteraunt in Cincinnati for free.
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CBGLuthier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:12 PM
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24. I know, I know
But since my parents are still reasonably happily married I guess I should let that fantasy go. :-)
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dhinojosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:08 PM
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19. A sport with too long of a fucking season
April to November is too long for chrissakes. Basketball too. Why can't they be like their popular brother the NFL.

Now there's a sport!!! There is no time to take it easy in the NFL. In the NFL you kick ass every game or kiss your playoff chances goodbye.
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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:10 PM
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21. Yeah...and you gotta be a frickin millionaire
To afford tickets to a game!!!

Sorry...nothin better than sittin in the bleachers at a game on a Saturday afternoon eatin a hotdog and drinkin a beer!!!
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dhinojosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:13 PM
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25. Huh? Both pro baseball and pro-football
are expensive... Hell I piss away around $50 on food and beer in our minor league stadium here.
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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:16 PM
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28. Don't know what team you are goin to see!!
I have season tickets to the Single A team here - Potomac Nationals...top notch seats are 10 bucks apiece!! Food will run about $12 depending on what you get.

Bleacher seats at a major league game can be had for $7-$10

Sorry, you can't even park for that at a football game, let alone get a ticket!!! If you can even get one.
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dhinojosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:39 PM
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37. Is there even a minor league football team in your area...
to compare?
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SaveElmer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:40 PM
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38. Nope...
But I'll compare it to the Nationals..three tickets for $30, another $30 for food...

No way yo get out of a football game for that!
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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:08 PM
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20. Yaz
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Kraklen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:13 PM
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26. Omar Vizquel.
I'm just a fan.
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Shredr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:15 PM
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27. Kurt Schilling was the first name that popped to mind
And I'm sticking with it.
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Bullwinkle925 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:16 PM
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29. Ozzie Smith - I used to love to watch him play.
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ProfessorGAC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:17 PM
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30. I Went With Babe
Still the most famous name in baseball history. Completely changed the game. Made it stunningly popular. Played at the very highest level for many years. A legend among legends.
The Professor
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:18 PM
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31. Charlie Sheen and Tom Berenger in Major League
:shrug:
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ProfessorGAC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:25 PM
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34. I LOVE That Movie
You forgot about Wesley Snipes, though. He's terrific in it too.

When he wakes up in the parking lot and says "What? I'm cut already?"

A hoot.
The Professor
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:29 PM
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36. hahahah
Great scene!
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:27 PM
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35. Keith Olbermann
"Hi, my name is RevCheesehead, and I'm a Keith addict." :loveya:
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regularguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 02:53 PM
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39. I think of their precious "Expressed written consent"
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 04:02 PM
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41. The N.Y. Yankees
The best team ever!:bounce:
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 04:04 PM
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42. Charlie Sheen and the song Wild Thing
That and what Tom Berringer can do with his cleats! :P

Not a big MLB fan...sorry.
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 04:04 PM
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43. Not a guy, not a team:
Life!

Spring!

Grass

Fresh Air

Swallows darting at dusk

Thousands of Mothra Juniors playing in the lights

A fabulous excuse to eat anything I want for a couple of hours

Traffic jams that I don't really mind

BASEBALL!!
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Parrcrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-29-05 04:05 PM
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44. Pete Rose, which is unfortunate
since he's such a prick.
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