vs. YANKEES, 9/23

[Palmoripken]

That's actually the beginning of my video of "The Play."

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I know it because Updike wrote a piece about it in SI. My Dad later met Williams the same night he met Warren Spahn. He wanted a bottle of non-alcoholic wine. Dad was waiting tables in those days at the Marriott over in Chantilly.

[SteveA]

Okay 1 win by KC or OAK eliminates NY.

No... AND not OR. If the Yankees don't lose, then BOTH KC and Oak have to win a game to eliminate them.

[weams]

Fun game great way to beat them.

[weams]

No... AND not OR. If the Yankees don't lose, then BOTH KC and Oak have to win a game to eliminate them.

Got it. Thanks.

[SteveA]

Bad time to implode.

This is why I love the game thread so much. A reliever isn't perfect, and he falls behind a batter and gives up a cheap infield hit... and that is called "imploding".

[Palmoripken]

Fun game great way to beat them.

Yep fun to see the Yankees fans get excited for Jeter getting up only for him to go down on 3 pitches.

[weams]

Yes, if we beat them tomorrow afternoon, they are OUT.

If we don't, then KC would have to lose tomorrow night, AND Oakland would have to lose either tonight or tomorrow night, to eliminate them.

Win. Not lose. Right?

[weams]

I know it because Updike wrote a piece about it in SI. My Dad later met Williams the same night he met Warren Spahn. He wanted a bottle of non-alcoholic wine. Dad was waiting tables in those days at the Marriott over in Chantilly.

My college girlfriend was friends with Updike.

[SteveA]

Win. Not lose. Right?

OOPS, will edit!

[Nigel Tufnel]

I know it because Updike wrote a piece about it in SI. My Dad later met Williams the same night he met Warren Spahn. He wanted a bottle of non-alcoholic wine. Dad was waiting tables in those days at the Marriott over in Chantilly.

Gods do not answer letters.

[Palmoripken]

My college girlfriend was friends with Updike.

Cool stuff. I need to read the whole Rabbit series. I was an English minor.

[Palmoripken]

Gods do not answer letters.

That's one of my favorite lines in all of sportswriting. Anyhow, I read the Leigh Monville bio of Ted. I understand a little his rocky relationship with the Boston fans even though I think he would have been a difficult guy to get along with somewhat.

[weams]

That's one of my favorite lines in all of sportswriting. Anyhow, I read the Leigh Monville bio of Ted. I understand a little his rocky relationship with the Boston fans even though I think he would have been a difficult guy to get along with somewhat.

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Roy had his way with him.

[Palmoripken]

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Roy had his way with him.

Definitely one of the most interesting baseball players I've read about. Need to decide who I want to read a bio on next. I've read bios on Ted, Clemente, Mays, Koufax, Mantle, and a long time ago Cal's autbio.

[Don Quixote]

This is why I love the game thread so much. A reliever isn't perfect, and he falls behind a batter and gives up a cheap infield hit... and that is called "imploding".

You know better than that. I didn't say he was, only that it would be a bad time to...i.e., keep it in check and don't implode. Seems to me you were being defensive in your reading. Thinking back to that June game (though, interestingly in that game it was the reverse with the first three batters...Gardner reached, then Britton got two outs), the batter in question potentially being a harbinger of very bad things, the sudden inability to find the zone against him...yeah, gives one a bit of pause there. Do you think I habitually have an axe to grind (we both know those posters are out there, I grant you)?

Either way, if the game threads piss you off that much, cut back. I did for awhile because of the rampant negativity going on at the time...I still don't read every post, and I'm fine with that. Now, if a side effect of that is my looking like a malcontent in a really small sample size because I don't post as much as I used to, oh well. The referenced post was a by-product of concern generated from reliving bad memories, not negativity. Calling me out like that...you're better than that, and I'm better than what you implied.