Your alone on an island with your dissing of Bonds and you're calling US mentally challenged? Cry, cry, cry all you want, it isn't going to change the fact that Bonds is a man among boys. Deal with it.

And if you want to have a REALLY good laugh, compare BIG GAME Adam Kennedy's stats from all but ONE GAME to Sr. Bonds' career. But he meets YOUR idiotic definition of a great player, right?

While we're at it, let's compare Trent Dilfer to Dan Marino and Fran Tarkenton.

I've said all I intend to say about Bonds, and I hereby bow out of that discussion.

And yes, I also saw Aaron, Mays and Clemente live, though they all were near the end of their careers and I must have been about 10 years old. I ain't THAT much of an old geezer.

I still remember watching Willie Stargell hit the longest homer in the history of the late and not particularly missed Veterans Stadium in Philly, back in 1971, the year the park opened. And yes, I know, the Pirates won the Series that year.

I may fight the maddening crowd and check out the Cardinals-Astros game Wed. nite. Stros are coming on strong and they are my two favorite teams. Hope to get a right field bleacher seat so I can yell at Larry Walker.

I know, I know Houston hasn't made a lot of noise in the postseason in the "Killer B" years. The Dodger-Cardinal series out in LA over the weekend was some weird, wild stuff...

The Medias Rojas better hope that some one knocks off the Yankees before they get the shit knocked out of them in the playoffs this year. I have no idea whether Pedro just has a dead arm after not getting his traditional mid-summer babying this year or the Jankees just have his number right now, but while he battled them hard tonight, they whipped his jheri-curled ass. BAAAAAD news if something doesn't get fixed in the next couple of weeks.

Re: the NL: How could a team with Wood, Prior, Maddux and Zambrano and 4 thirty HR bats NOT even make the playoffs? It's a 50-50 shot right now. Should be a fun last week of the usually meaningless regular season.

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215 walks and counting... ForGET Ichiro, THAT shit is amazing!

Johan Santana won his 12th start in a row tonight? Lol, for all you old farts outs there, LOOK OUT WAYNE SIMPSON!

After his start on June 4th, Santana was 2-4 with a 5.11 ERA. Since: 18-2, 1.46 ERA, 199-30 K-BB ratio in 154 1/3 IP. WOW!

With a juiced ball, bandbox parks, 'roided up players.

He's 3-0 vs, the Yanks, Bosox and Gumby A's during that stretch, got rocked by the A's in early May.

Pitch to Bonds, bye bye Dodgers. DOH!

Or not. 3-2 LA after 6. Hard to believe that Kirk Frickin' Rueter is still front and center in a Giants postseason push.

I still bet Los Gigantes win this one tonight.

Re: the NL: How could a team with Wood, Prior, Maddux and Zambrano and 4 thirty HR bats NOT even make the playoffs? It's a 50-50 shot right now.

wood and prior missed some significant time early in the year , and have been inconsistent..plus, the cubs are 18-24 in one run games, relying way too much on the long ball to save them.. they have a 1 1-2 game lead on the giants now..

The Cubs with Prior and Wood lose to the METS on back to back days. Well, obviously they had help, as they allowed 4 runs in 14 IP between them.

Ichiro will probably get 258 hits, but, tipping my hat to all the old farts out there, the 154 game mark has past, so what does it matter, since he has an extra week and ain't there yet.

the cubs bats have really gotten cold on this 12 game road trip , i think the cubbies batted like .214 during the series , but went 8-4.. prior pitched a shutout , going seven innings, but hawkins gave up the 3 run jack in the 9th on sat.. wood had some trouble in the 1st on sunday (3ER) but settled down the rest of the way.. CUBS have no excuse to lose these games.. but the giants lose two of three to the dodgers, so the cubs stay 1/2 game ahead in the nl wild card..

the cubs bats have really gotten cold on this 12 game road trip , i think the cubbies batted like .214 during the series , but went 8-4.. prior pitched a shutout , going seven innings, but hawkins gave up the 3 run jack in the 9th on sat.. wood had some trouble in the 1st on sunday (3ER) but settled down the rest of the way.. CUBS have no excuse to lose these games.. but the giants lose two of three to the dodgers, so the cubs stay 1/2 game ahead in the nl wild card..

To call Hawkins a closer is a joke. He can't close his locker door! Every time they bring him in it's a crapshoot. If the Cubs had a decent closer there would be no race for the wildcard. Saturday's game was especially cruel.
Thank Buddha the Dodgers woke up and took the SF motley crew 2/3. The Cubbies got 4 with Cincy and 3 with an Atlanta team just cruisin into the playoffs - all at home. SF got the Pads and the Dodgers- on the road.

Should all but over with the Cubs slidin in easily-- but the curse of goat ain't dead yet ! Sammy and Moises picked a bad time to slump.

Look out in the playoffs though. Woods and Prior are well rested and just rounding into form. Maddox and Zambrano have been nails. Nuff said. I'm sure no one wants to face them in a short series.

Stick a fork in the Cubs. Prior gives up ONE run in 16 2/3 IP over 2 starts and the stinkin' Cubs lost BOTH. Then Kerry choked against the bottom of the Braves order today, and it's bye bye Cubbies. A dream rotation, four 30 HR guys, including career years from D. Lee and Aramis R., Nomar, and they can't even beat out the stinkin' Giants, much less Houston?

This Giants team has almost ZERO talent after Bonds and Schmidt, and Schmidt's about due for his arm to fall off any minute (again). Unbelievable that they're even money to make the playoffs.

What the hell has happened to Mark Mulder?

I think Durham and Pierzynski are the only Giants after Bonds that could start for any other team in baseball.

I got a mini-dilemma. I'm a big Astros fan, but a bigger Cardinal fan. If the Astros win the wildcard, St. Louis has to play the Dodgers--a much tougher assignment than if they play the Giants.

Porker, not a half hour ago I saw these two young Thai or southeast Asian chicks walking into the library. One was wearing a very short, very tight mini-skirt. I started feeling like I used to when we had to climb the rope in gym class--and that doesn't happen to often anymore. Wow they were hot.

Would love to be in AC right now...

Cub's Choke !! Cub's Choke !! I can hear ole Harry Karay screamin in heaven now.

All they had to do was beat the Mets and the Reds-two of the shabbiest teams in baseball and their hitters all decided to start the off season early.

Oh well. At least they get the heartbreak over early this year. Last year I had to wake up at 6AM every morning in Bangkok to watch the Cubs choke against the Marlins. This year I can sleep in --or at least wake up for more pleasurable purposes.

Okay, I'm calling it now.

Neither the Yanks nor the Bosox make it past the first round.

This one is probably going to be Atlanta or St. Louis against the Yankees.

I am going out on a limb and saying that any of the 8 teams can win. The postseason ain't about GUTS it's about LUCK, and if you can distinguish between the merits of 8 90+ win teams, you are a far better fortune-teller than I am.

Bottom of the ninth,3-0 giants. ended up 2-3 with the dodgers hitting a grand slamm homer.. I love it....National league west champs!!!

Tejada got an oh-by-the-way RBI today that gave him 150 for the season. 150 RBI? For a SS? WOW! While the place in the order is more important than the position in the field, this is a pretty damned impressive feat.

I haven't seen anything about Tejada approaching a record for RBI by a SS, but he's well above ARod's career high, so the only one I can imagine standing in his way would be Banks. I'm too lazy to look it up at the moment.

Tejada also had 34 homers and started every game at short. Being an Orioles fan I'm used to great shortstops - Mark Belanger, Cal Ripkin, Mike Bordick and now Tejada. That's been it, except for the past two years when some scrubs were in the spot, since the late-60s. Not a bad run of players at one position, over 35 years of quality players.

Porker
Being the tireless workaholic I am, I searched MLB.com.

Vern Stephens had 159 RBIs for the 49 Red Sox as SS. Ernie's best year for RBIs was 143 in 1959.

Tejada is definitely up there with the elite of all time. Of course with a juiced baseball, no pitcher's mound, pathetic overall pitching depth, designer steroids, and cracker jack box ball parks.

stl vs. the bosox. Sox in 7. U heard it here!

Funny thing is, Tejada's season pretty much took place under the radar. I had no idea he had that may RBI's. With all the attention given Bonds and Ichiro, Tejada's been overshadowed.

The Red Sox of the late 40's/early 50's were loaded with big boppers (Ted Williams et al), so we know where Mr. Stephens got his RBI opportunities. But this year's Orioles team? Not exactly a bunch of household names, which makes Tejada's feat all the more impressive.

astros over braves in 4
cards over la in 4

astros over cards in 6

yankees over twins in 5

sox over angels in 4

yankees over sox in 6

yankees over astros in 5

mariano MVP

The guys in front of Tejada did a pretty damned good job this year themselves. Roberts had nearly 50 doubles and was in the high 20's in steals. Melvin Mora was simply AWESOME all year.

NL Cy Young Clemens

AL Cy Young Santana

AL MVP Vladdy

NL MVP Pujols, Since the Giants didnt make the playoffs

The N.L. MVP is the guy with 120 IBB's that finished a whopping 1 game out of the playoffs despite a lineup filled with DOGSHIT.

And speaking of their team's finishes, Randy Johnson was easily the best pitcher in the N.L. this year. Finishing anywhere near .500 with a team THAT bad should be worth serious Cy Young consideration. Of course it makes Carlton's '72 season all the more amazing in hindsight.

How does Odalis Perez win only 7 games despite a full, healthy season as the ace of the staff on a first place team? That's one of the weirdest stats I've ever seen.

no run support really its hard argue against bonds and the unit the best NL pitchers are the unit,ben sheets , schmidt and the rocket since the rocket is playing in the playoffs he would get my vote.

I agree about bonds but I have to go with pujols

I believe I was the first to call it-- bosox vs. the cards, with bosox takin it. You heard it from the DM!

If that happens, you can put ME on suicide watch.

If, on the other hand, the Cardinals prevail, I'd be happier than Porker walking around AC with a pocket full of hundred dollar bills...

time for history.

sox!

Are the Jankees Schilling's daddy too?

Looks like Mussina's the Bosox hitter's daddy too. Mucho presion on Pedro manana, as Boston having Bronson Stinkin' Arroyo and Wakefield scheduled in games 3 and 4 is an 'oh SHIT' waiting to happen.

ok ok ok. So they will do it in 6 vs. the yanks.

Shill will be fine... watch.

He better do it on 3 days rest or this is gonna be a damned short series.

It will be a short series.

Here's my take on things:

Cardinals in 6 over the Yankees.

Can anyone please explain to me why all the Boston batters throw mud on their batting helmets? I first noticed this with Manny Ramirez, but all the Boston batters seem to do it. So much so they are also covering up the "B" on their helmet. Why?

I have a feeling this means or signifies something, but what?

It's pine tar, it helps with gripping the bat. The stuff is real messy and the top of the helmet is an easy to place to put it. All a guy has to do is pop his hand on the top of the helmet to get more of the sticky stuff.

Pine tar, eh?

Thanks. I found an article in the Boston Globe about this. I guess Trot Nixon started it and then it caught on with the others.

At one point it sounded like the league was going to crack down on this since they were coverng up the "B" and the MLB logos, but I guess nothing came about it. Nixon basically told the league to fuck off in the article.

Think Joe Torre might start wanting to pitch around Ortiz?

UnFUCKIN'believable! Nobody had even forced a game 7 before, much less won one. Clemens vs. the Bosox at Fenway in the Serie Mundial could be FUN. Of course he gotsta win manana to make that happen, and I don't like his chances.

Man . . .

All I have to say is thank god I'm gonna be in Boston on Saturday!

History Baby!

The Sox have got to take it . . .

But my question is this . . . anyone have any idea where I can catch games 5-7 in SJO, if necessary???

I'm hoping the Sox kick the crap out of the NL Champs in 4 regardless, but if they don't I'd love to catch the game when I'm down in CR.

Pendejo

Question to New York Yankees, their organ player, and their fans - Whoooose Yooouur Daaaady?