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  1. OleMissCub
    DADGUMMIT!!!!
  2. OleMissCub
    Do you the story about Grantland Rice and the Ty Cobb self-promotion letters? As a sports journalist, you'd probably get a kick out of it. When Cobb was 17 and in the minor leagues, Rice kept getting dozens of letters a month from "interested fans" and "faithful readers" who signed themselves as Jackson, Brown, Kelly, or Jones, etc. These letters, all penned in unique styles ranging from slanting, scrawled, Spencerian, and widelooped, all said things like "Keep your eye on Ty Cobb..he is one of the finest hitters I've ever seen." "Watch Cobb of Anniston, he is sure to be a sensation. "Have you seen Ty Cobb play ball yet? He is the fastest runner I've ever seen." Rice finally wrote a column stating "there is a young man named Cobb currently playing who shows an unusual amount of talent." Because Rice commanded such respect, the Tigers and several other clubs sent scouts down to look at him. It wasn't until 1951 that Cobb revealed to Rice that the dozens of letters had all been written by him.
  3. OleMissCub
    That's ridiculous.
  4. OleMissCub
    Other than what I read on FJM, I haven't read a baseball article from a sports columnist from a newspaper in a long, long time. I have no idea what Mariotti's writings are like. Why the hatred?
  5. OleMissCub
    During the game chat tonight, TruffleShuffle and myself (as the resident Baseball History nerds) came up with an All-Douchebag Team. To qualify they obviously had to be big D-bags and also be very, very good players as well. Manager: John McGraw http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/dbag10.jpg Pitcher: Roger Clemens http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/dbag1.jpg Catcher: Thurman Munson http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/dbag2.jpg 1st Base: Cap Anson http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/dbag3.jpg 2nd Base: Rogers Hornsby http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/dbag4.jpg 3rd Base: Mike Schmidt http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/dbag5.jpg Shortstop: Maury Wills http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/dbag6.jpg Left Field: Barry Bonds http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/dbag7.jpg Center Field: Ty Cobb http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/dbag8-1.jpg Right Field: Reggie Jackson http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/dbag9.jpg Utility Player: Pete Rose http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/dbag11.jpg
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  9. OleMissCub
    maybe it is early....but that play deserves.... http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh153/OleMissCub17/kid2.gif
  10. OleMissCub
    got an AIM chat going, shoot me a PM if you want in
  11. OleMissCub
    Rogers Hornsby aka Rajah: MVP '25 & '29 - The best right handed hitter of all time. Hornsby batted over .400 in three different seasons, including an astonishing .424 in 1924 (a year in which he came in SECOND in MVP voting!!) 162 Game Avg: .358/.434/.577, 175 OPS+, 22 HR, 39 Doubles, 12 Triples, 114 RBI, 113 Runs photos inside spoiler Video footage of Hornsby: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14i7FcVH0wM
  12. OleMissCub
    Melvin Thomas Ott aka Master Melvin - Smallest member of the 500 HR club (5'7) and probably the best player to never win an MVP. 162 Game Avg: .304/.414/.533, 155 OPS+, 30 HR, 29 Doubles, 4 Triples, 110 RBI, 110 Runs, 101 Walks Career stats: 511 HR, 2876 hits, 1860 RBI, 1859 Runs, 488 Doubles, 72 Triples Ott is perhaps best known for his incredibly unique batting stance and swing: photos inside spoiler Video footage of Ott playing ball: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl9GuPmrSMI
  13. OleMissCub
    If that thing hits Galveston.....game over.
  14. OleMissCub
    Mickey Charles Mantle aka The Commerce Comet, The Mick: AL MVP '56, '57, & '62 The Greatest Switch Hitter of All-Time 162 Game Avg: .298/.421/.557, 172 OPS+, 36 HR, 23 Doubles, 5 Triples, 102 RBI, 113 Runs, 117 Walks photos inside spoiler Video footage of Mickey Mantle playing that I put together. The BLAST that went off the top of the grandstand is at 1:12 in the clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvAHj9MHa4c
  15. OleMissCub
    Skip Bayliss said today that he'd rather have Vince Young than Eli Manning this year. #-o
  16. OleMissCub
    why you leave chat? you no love us?
  17. OleMissCub
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  18. OleMissCub
    just started an AIM chat, shoot me your screen name if you want in
  19. OleMissCub
    It depends on what Payton wants to do with him. Technically Patten, Henderson, and Terrance Copper are ahead of him on the depth chart. Patten is reliable but old, Henderson is fast as lightning but drops half the balls thrown to him, and Copper is just meh. So, I'd like to think that Payton will go to Meachem. Hell, the Saints spent a first round pick on the guy, so they should at least try. I'd probably wait and see what he does (or if he is even used) in the game against the 'Skins this weekend. If he does well, then I'd scoop him up in a heartbeat, given how often Brees throws the ball.
  20. OleMissCub
    http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jC3hdkrPxaYPdMT6zZh9QarCLq_wD9343RO80 Sounds like it is time for Robert Meachem to step up and fill his role on the Saints. He had a pretty good preseason with 10 catches for 217 yards. Step up!
  21. OleMissCub
    This cubs team is FUBAR right now
  22. OleMissCub
    And if he hadn't bobbled he would have been out by a mile. You have to hold Soto there. Ankiel threw a guy out from the warning track this year!
  23. OleMissCub
    http://www.reversethecurse.com/images/santo-shea.jpg
  24. OleMissCub
    I don't guess they gave the cameras anything good enough to be in the actual video.
  25. OleMissCub
    Al Davis is starting to devolve into a Gollum-like creature.
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