Ding Dong Johnson

Boy, ARod (351/448/666/1.114), Sheff (300/381/534/915), and Jeter (354/444/522/966) sure did prove that to be true last year. Good hitters will hit no matter where they are playing.

NFC Wild Card round: #5 Panthers at #4 Giants #6 Redskins at #3 Buccaneers AFC Wild Card round: #5 Jaguars at #4 Patriots #6 Steelers at #3 Bengals NFC Divisional round: Buccaneers at #2 Bears Giants at #1 Seahawks AFC Divisional round: Bengals at #2 Broncos Patriots at #1 Colts NFC Championship: Bears at Seahawks AFC Championship: Bengals at Colts Super Bowl: Seahawks vs. Colts Winner: Colts (total points [tiebreaker] = 59)

Lenny Harris hit .262/.295/.357/.652 in ST of '03 and still made the team. Grissom had a hamstring strain last year, I don't know if that was his only injury. Yeah, but in fairness, Harris is and was a pinch hitting extraordinare. A quick check of his game log showed that Harris started 25 of his 62 games for the Cubs. And sucked in 24 of those 25 starts. :lol:

Lenny Harris hit .262/.295/.357/.652 in ST of '03 and still made the team. Grissom had a hamstring strain last year, I don't know if that was his only injury. Tom Goodwin did even better [worse] in ST of '03 and made the team -- 220/278/280/558 Edit: And I don't think he was ever considered a "pinch hitting extraordinare"

Exactly. (I'd take neither in the Hidalgo vs Vigo's horse, though)

All I heard this morning was how badly Wisconsin was going to get beaten. Hmm..

Is it ok to not like Steve Alford for allowing a man convicted of rape to continue to play? This is a legitimate question. And I liked Sammy when he was here, but he hurt nobody but himself with his actions in his latter years. My "sympathy meter" isn't bleeding for him. the alford/pierce incident is totally different. rape and being perceived as lacking moral character are 2 different things. i wasn't asking you to have sympathy for sammy. if he committed a heineous crime, i wouldn't want him on the team. he did nothing more than ruin some casual fan's dream of the altruistic superstar and the perfect clubhouse atmosphere. why should i care about that? what i care about is the production he gave the cubs in the middle of the order. It also depends on whether you believe Sammy hit his wife with that bottle many years ago. And Sammy's production was fantastic. For that I'm grateful, but again, he has nobody to blame but himself for his perceived image. that was a rumor. pierce was convicted twice in a court of law. if i was sammy i would unapologetic about my past. he was paid to play baseball, not win congeniality awards. he seldom turned down autographs, was rarely rude to the press, gave a great show every day, played every day, and treated the RF fans very well. I remember going to several games in which he'd jet out to right field at the beginning of the game with a glove full of balls and then start lofting them into the bleachers. the fans turned on him very quickly, and it's a damn shame. Not to nitpick, but Pierce was never convicted of rape, and he was never convicted of any serious crimes TWICE while he was still on the team. He pled down a 3rd degree sexual abuse charge (deferred judgement) and was immediately dismissed from the team when he was still considered a suspect in his most recent arrest. Alford gave him a 2nd chance after Pierce was forced to sit for an entire season, and he responded with a lot of character by dismissing his best player before an arrest was ever made. I am certainly not defending Pierce or his actions. I am also no fan of Steve Alford. I do, however, get irritated by the unnecessary hits Alford has taken in regards to Pierre.

Every darn day of the week and 2 or 3 times on Sunday.

Iowa kicked a beautiful onsides kick but were flagged for offsides. Replays show no one was actually over the line when he kicked the ball. The color guy was having a coronary about it he was so pissed. "This play was too close and too important to throw that flag." I totally agree. It's not just that call there had to be a least 6 important questionable calls in the game. No way Iowa wins that game the way it was offictiated. Nearly every obviously bad call (including that "offsides") was made by that same side judge.

Gimme an "S" Gimme a "C" Gimme an "R" Gimme an "E" Gimme a "W" ... Unbelievable. The officiating was horrible.

I bet the Royals are pissed right now...

He damn well better be if he's still on the roster. Ahh, there's nothing like trying to unload your better offensive players when offense has been such a weakness of late...

Didn't he just sign with the Tigers not too long ago? Huh? Oh, that was Todd? I thought it was the same guy...

Batting average/OBP by season, minimum 100 games... NYM - 258/314 NYM - 283/337 NYM - 272/326 KC - 285/329 STL - 342/408 STL - 325/391 PHI - 306/349 PHI - 292/348 PHI - 256/333 PHI/ANA - 301/333 Career - 289/344 What the!?!?!? Get off my ballot...

This one was tougher than most, but as much as win/loss records are overrated, I think Orel would be a lock with 20-25 more W's. 204 may not be enough to get in.

I forgot all about him while he was still playing regularly. Sorry, Walt...

Man, I always hated Hal Morris. I would have voted no if he hit 53612 homers.

67) They have decided to stop handing out so many pitcher injury cards before and during the season. (No doubt me getting 69 on this board will make the Cubs less sucky because they'll have to spend less time worrying about who got 69)

It was announced here first! Link

69) I got 69 on the countdown.

Johan's much, much more talented younger brother.

It pains me to say it, but I think that he will.

We're just special. No, we just turned off that feature so none of our info shows up. I can see your rank and post count. I can see everyone's rank and post count.

I'm not entirely sure. These are the only pages where I have seen it... Link 1 Link 2

100% agree.