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tk2kewl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 09:00 PM
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The umps finally get one right.
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Bluzmann57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 09:09 PM
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1. Yup
but they still didn't cost the Angels game 2. And this game is still within reach for the Sox.
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 09:14 PM
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2. They cost the Angels the opportunity for game 2

which is not much different.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 09:16 PM
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3. Ah, so all those plays before and after "the call" didn't matter, eh?
We could sure shorten baseball then. Just have the refs announce the winner before the game starts, and save all that air time.
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 09:35 PM
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5. You mean the play which was not supposed to even occur

with the winning run on base when he shouldn't have been ?
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 09:39 PM
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6. No, I mean the play before that, when the catcher decided the game was ove
before it was over instead of playing a complete baseball game. Sorry, it was a bad call, but a catcher sees a player running down the first base line and hasn't heard the word "Out" and he decides to roll the ball to the pitcher's mound instead of throwing to first?

The call was weak, but the Angels get no sympathy from me. They lost. They lost focus on that play, and got so upset they quit playing. Enjoy their vacation--they've earned it.
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 09:41 PM
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8. He didn't think the game was over

He knew the inning was over based upon the umps signals.

You obviously have a problem characterizing reality.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 09:43 PM
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10. He "thought," since it wasn't.
The game is over when the umpire has called the last out. The umpire didn't call the last out. Poor little victim catcher, all oppressed and all that. He lost the game. Just like Buckner.
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 09:45 PM
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12. You're still in your unreality zone

The game couldn't have been over. The score was tied.

It was the last out of the inning. You do understand the difference ?
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 09:51 PM
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14. Inning, then. Umpire still has to call it. He didn't. Drink some reality
it's bitter, but it helps your vision.
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 10:01 PM
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15. So, you admit your thinking was muddled.

Calls into question your conclusions.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 10:03 PM
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17. I admit I used the wrong word. Admit you are making excuses.
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 10:06 PM
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18. Words come from thinking

Wrong words come from uninformed or inaccurate thinking.

I rest my case.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 10:10 PM
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20. Bookmark this page
and reread it when your older.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 10:59 PM
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22. Can a catcher see the hand of a man behind him?
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 11:37 PM
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24. That would depend on how his head was turned when the

hand motion was made.
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KLF44 Donating Member (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 09:30 PM
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4. MLB has already decided who's the WS champs are
and they play the games just for show.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 09:41 PM
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7. Wow, those players are more talented than I thought, then
Able to hit and pitch and score on cure.
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 09:43 PM
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9. You think we have Black Sox II?
Or since you are a Cubs fan you have somthing against the south-siders?
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Cocoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 09:45 PM
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11. yeah, right
MLB favors a team with no superstars, with a manager whose English is barely understandable, and which isn't even the most popular team in Chicago?
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PDittie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 09:48 PM
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13. Stop ridiculing the Astros like that n/t
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Cocoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 10:06 PM
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19. MLB is going to take Crede-mania to the BANK!
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kanrok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 10:02 PM
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16. LMFAO
I guess it wasn't the Cubs, huh? :rofl:
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 10:39 PM
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21. They couldn't win even if they were chosen
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kanrok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 11:03 PM
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23. LOL
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HuckleB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-17-05 12:10 AM
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27. Hitting it hard and heavy, I see.
I guess Bartman was an MLB plant?
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Chi-Town Exile Donating Member (546 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 11:39 PM
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25. Still whining about the Cubs? My, how classy.
Can't you guys just enjoy WINNING without your perverse fascination with all things CUB?

Only losers would sit there worrying about the other team in town when they should be rejoicing for THEIR team.

It's pretty pathetic actually, White Sox fans are so devoid of identity that the only badge of honor they have is their hatred of the Cubs. At the greatest moment of a White Sox fan's life, all they can do is talk about the Cubs.

ZZZZZZ! How predictable.
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HuckleB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-17-05 12:09 AM
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26. What planet are you on, party pooper!?
Was that post supposed to be a parody?

I hope so.
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Chi-Town Exile Donating Member (546 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-17-05 03:53 PM
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28. Parody? Hardly. Ever spent any time in Chicago?
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HuckleB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 01:07 AM
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33. Probably more time than you.
I've got perspective. You've got propaganda.

Grow up.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-17-05 04:39 PM
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29. WTF
"Can't you guys just enjoy WINNING without your perverse fascination with all things CUB?

Only losers would sit there worrying about the other team in town when they should be rejoicing for THEIR team.

It's pretty pathetic actually, White Sox fans are so devoid of identity that the only badge of honor they have is their hatred of the Cubs. At the greatest moment of a White Sox fan's life, all they can do is talk about the Cubs."

HOW ARE YOU GETTING THIS FROM THE ORIGINAL POST???? :wtf:
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Chi-Town Exile Donating Member (546 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-17-05 04:46 PM
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30. Sorry, post #25 should have appeared in response to #16.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-17-05 04:56 PM
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31. ahhh, well in that case
Cubs suck :P
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Martin Eden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-17-05 09:10 PM
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32. I gotta agree with you there, and I'm a Sox fan
I always tell other Sox fans that all their venom directed at the northsiders serves to assign importance to their crosstown rivals. If you really disdain the Cubs, simply ignore them.

Nevertheless, I always get a chuckle out of the final lines to the Southside Irish song:

And when it comes to baseball, we have two favorite clubs --
They are the GO GO White Sox, and whoever plays the Cubs
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