Paladin Cecil

Does anyone here go to the Baseball Fever forum or know anyone else who goes there? I registered for the forum, but I'm unable to post messages. When I registered, I got an e-mail notification saying I needed to click on a link to have my account activated. I clicked on it and it said I was approved of, but then when I tried to post messages, I kept getting an error message saying that I do not have permission to access the page (I also e-mailed the webmaster about it, but my message bounced). So if anyone here goes to the forum and/or knows any of the mods there, could you let them know about this? Thanks. I registered under the name Paladin Cecil.

I didn't know about that site. It sounds awesome. Thanks for informing me on it. I'll definitely join.

I've made my choices on most of the ballparks, but I'm still deciding on Tiger Stadium, Braves Field and Milwaukee County Stadium. For Tiger Stadium, I'm having trouble deciding on Ty Cobb's 4,000th, game 6 of the 1935 World Series or the 1941 All-Star Game (I'm leaning towards the latter). For Braves Field, I'm having trouble deciding on Paul Waner's 3,000th or game 6 of the 1948 World Series. For Milwaukee County Stadium, I'm thinking of doing game 4 of the 1957 World Series or Warren Spahn's 300th (I'm leaning toward the latter).

I've come up with a few more ideas for the older ballparks. For Memorial Stadium, I've decided to do either game 4 of the '64 World Series or game 7 of the '71 World Series. For Southside Park, I was thinking game 6 of the 1906 World Series. For League Park, probably game 7 of the '20 World Series. For Municipal Stadium, I'm still thinking the '54 All-Star Game. For Bennett Park, I was thinking game 5 of the 1907 World Series. For Tiger Stadium, I'm thinking game 6 of the '35 World Series., Ty Cobb's 4,000th or the 1941 All-Star Game. For Griffith Stadium, I'm thinking game 7 of the '24 World Series. Municipal Stadium 1: Early Wynn's 300th. Game 4 of the '28 World Series sounds like a good Shibe Park moment. For Braves Field, maybe game 6 of the '48 World Series. For Westside Ground, I was thinking game 1 of the 1906 World Series. For Crosley Field, I'm thinking game 7 of the '40 World Series. For Ebbets Field, Jackie Robinson's first game sounds like a good choice. For the LA Coliseum, I was thinking game 3 of the '59 World Series. For Milwaukee County Stadium, Hank Aaron's pennant-clinching home run is definitely a good choice. I was thinking of choosing that or game 4 of the '57 World Series. For Baker Bowl, maybe game 2 or game 5 of the 1915 World Series. For Sportsmans Park, I was thinking game 7 of the '46 World Series. For Jarry Park, Bill Stoneman's 2nd.

The Cubs did in Rookie of the Year.

I've finished making my video narratives of the greatest moments in baseball's current ballparks prior to 2009 (except for Nationals Park. I want to wait for something to happen that's more historic than Cristian Guzman's cycle). I want to start doing some video narratives on the greatest moments in the ballparks of the past, and while I do have some ideas for many of them, there are some that I've had trouble deciding on. I did some research on the histories of these parks and with some of them, it's still hard to find a memorable moment good enough to consider its greatest moment (and some are just hard to decide). Here are the ballparks I've had a hard time deciding on. If anyone has any ideas, feel free to share them. Memorial Stadium (I've been thinking of doing game 7 of the '71 World Series) Municipal Stadium (was thinking of the '54 All-Star Game) Tiger Stadium Griffith Stadium (was thinking of the '56 All-Star Game) Shibe Park Braves Field Crosley Field Ebbets Field Milwaukee County Stadium Baker Bowl Sportsman's Park The ones I have decisions for are for: Huntington Avenue Grounds: 1903 World Series game 8 Old Comiskey Park: 1933 All-Star Game Metropolitan Stadium: 1965 World Series game 7 The Kingdome: 1995 A.L.D.S. game 5 Arlington Stadium: Nolan Ryan's 7th Exhibition Stadium: Phil Niekro's 300th Atlanta Fulton-County Stadium: Hank Aaron's 715th Mile High Stadium: 1993 home opener Colt Stadium: Don Nottebart's no-hitter The Astrodome: 1986 N.L.C.S. game 6 Forbes Field: 1960 World Series game 7 Polo Grounds: The Shot Heard Round the World Candlestick Park: 1962 World Series game 7 R.F.K. Stadium: 2005 home opener

Between baseball and American football, which would you consider the better sport after reading this article? http://baseball-almanac.com/legendary/libvf100.shtml

With the amount of unemployment that's been increasing, and with how much it would cost to build a new ballpark for the Marlins, do you think the Marlins will be staying in Miami? And do you think the Marlins should stay in Miami or should they re-locate? In my opinion, it's a tough decision because even though not using money to build the Marlins a new ballpark would help people with employment and no one attends Marlins games, it would be very difficult for the few people who are fans and re-location is something the Marlins franchise doesn't deserve. The real reason for the poor attendance the Marlins have is because it's difficult to be a fan for a team that always has to trade away good players because of financial problems. And before the '98 season, the Marlins did have good attendance. If the Marlins could get a new ballpark, I think it would help the team a lot and I think it would make people more likely to attend games.

In my opinion, it's better that the Division Series is best three out of five. If it went best four out of seven, I think a lot of people would consider it overkill and a lot of people already believe that about the NBA play-offs. Also, when the current play-off format was created, the Division Series was never originally intended to be as long a series as the LCS and the World Series.

The results for the Phillies are in: ESPN: 1. Mike Schmidt 2. Steve Carlton 3. Robin Roberts Viewers: 1. Mike Schmidt 2. Dick Allen 3. Steve Carlton My choices: 1. Mike Schmidt 2. Grover Alexander 3. Steve Carlton

Note: I'm out of town right now, so I'm not gonna be able to watch Baseball Tonight regularly. I think the last team they covered was the Twins/Senators. Did anyone see that episode?

I agree. Wagner did have better career numbers than Clemente, but I picked Clemente because he didn't just have an impact with his numbers, he also had an immense impact on hispanic players in Major League Baseball.

The results for the Pirates and Rays are up: Pirates: ESPN: 1. Honus Wagner 2. Roberto Clemente 3. Willie Stargell Viewers: Weren't mentioned My choices: 1. Roberto Clemente (although I could understand ESPN's decision to place Wagner at no. 1) 2. Honus Wagler 3. Willie Stargell Rays: ESPN: 1. Carl Crawford 2. Aubrey Huff 3. Scott Kazmir Viewers: 1. Carl Crawford 2. Scott Kazmir 3. Fred McGriff My choices: Same as ESPN's Next will be the Angels of Anaheim.

The Royals results are in. They are: ESPN: 1. George Brett 2. Hal McRae 3. Frank White Viewers: 1. George Brett 2. Jeff Montgomery 3. Bret Saberhagen My choices: 1. George Brett 2. Dan Quisenberry 3. Frank White

I've got several more clips uploaded and plan to make more in the future, so keep checking back from time to time. They can be viewed at http://youtube.com/user/paladincecil