Comments on: And That Happened: Sunday's Scores and Highlights

By: Will

Will — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:50:40 +0000

“Being a baseball fan these past several days has been like belonging to some tiny religious sect that worships and exalts austerity at Christmas time.”
It’s particularly bad when you live in a Football State. Everywhere I turned around this weekend it was “Buffs, Rams, Falcons, Broncos.” They all lost, except for the Falcons. Meanwhile, the Rockies are on another tear, with a big series against the Padres coming up tonight, and everybody’s like “Baseball? There’s baseball in Colorado?”

By: TimberLee

TimberLee — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:49:33 +0000

Whoa ! Debra Paget ! Love Me Tender … .

By: BC

BC — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:34:07 +0000

This time of year is why God invented picture-in-picture and the Red Zone channel.

By: Jonny5

Jonny5 — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:26:02 +0000

I am a multiple sport fan myself, Thank goodness that Dog mangler was sent into the Eagles game to remove the embarassment left by Kevin Kolb. But in important news the race in the NL east is going on as strong as ever. Hats off to Craig for calling it as such when the season began. Myself, i figured on the Mets being the most troublesome for the Phills, but that was before i found out that Manuel was actually despised by his players. http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/messages/chrono/24487939/0/0/24492991

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:21:37 +0000

Seconded, Lessick. Hurried to make it home (already irked that I had to miss the Twins game) before the start of the Open Final yesterday only to deal with the rainout and be stuck watching the mess of the Packers/Eagles for my sports fix until the Braves game. I only watch baseball because my dad and brother don’t like baseball with the same ferocity that I have. And I’m a girl – so I have to know things and they are unimpressed when I start talking about VORP and whatnot…

By: APBA Guy

APBA Guy — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:21:10 +0000

Interesting play in yesterday’s Sawx v. A’s game: Drew scorches what should have been a double to the right corner, but he stopped in mid turn and slowly backed towards first. Meanwhile, the A’s latest failed OF project, Jeremy Hermida, displayed a good arm and fired the ball back to Ellis who alertly relayed to Barton, who then tagged Drew out at first. As Tim Kurkjian says (voice cracks) “I’ve never seen that before”. Drew did have his vengeance, doubling in the 6th with the bases loaded to put the Sawx ahead. But I’m sure NESN guys must have been going nuts on the early play, and for good reason. Double lazy, unless he’s hurt again.
This being the West Coast, but still America despite what you may have heard, most males were glued to their sets yesterday watching the moribund Raiders or the non-descript 49′ers. I do admit to watching a few minutes of the Redskins-Cowboys last night. Some old DC habits die hard. But it won’t happen again, I promise, until December and football playoffs roll around. Too much going on in the EPL. Talk about betting and arguing.
And finally, I’m guessing the Phightin’s will be top of the power rankings this week. Until the Yankees injury situation is clarified, the Phillies have a strong case.

By: lessick

lessick — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:50:07 +0000

I another member of that tiny religious sect, keep up the good fight. Give me the pennant races and even meaningless September baseball over early season NFL worship any day. My distractions from baseball of late have only come from the US Open.

By: Simon DelMonte

Simon DelMonte — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:40:24 +0000

I am a big football fan, and was watching the Giants yesterday. But I also don’t have cable and couldn’t watch the Mets game. And for all that they are done, and that I knew RoyO would stop them cold, I would rather watch a meaningless Mets game than a football game in September. Wake me in November.
If only everyone stopped watching basketball and hockey on April 1.

By: Lans Downe

Lans Downe — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:10:18 +0000

The control of the ball through “the process” is not new this year, though it does seem a little silly…kind of like the vitriol demonstrated here against football. Two great sports that are enjoyed for different reasons. This position of yours makes you seem stiff, Craig. Don’t we argue all the time about bad baseball calls only to eventually bitch about the umpires and/or Selig? I think there has been plenty of discussion regarding this NFL “catch” rule, what’s interesting is that the NFL is far more likely to examine the rule and affect a revision than MLB is with some of its positions, such as instant replay.

By: ThatGuy

ThatGuy — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:08:06 +0000

Im not sure why it has to be one or the other? The ease with which my remote switched from baseball to football yesterday was amazing. It was a beautfiul day in beer drinking, gambling and sports watching.

By: Craig Calcaterra

Craig Calcaterra — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:21:16 +0000

Mention of the Francoeur “hit” is coming.

By: SadPandaRevolt

SadPandaRevolt — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:17:36 +0000

Craig, if you don’t mention Francoeur’s walk off “hit” against Rivera, I will never forgive you.

By: Kevin S.

Kevin S. — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:05:02 +0000

“Mike Stanton bangs too out the yard”
Erm, what?

By: Kevin S.

Kevin S. — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:04:31 +0000

If we didn’t have to register to comment, you can bet your ass I would have responded to this as Pete Rose.

By: pcrm

pcrm — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:38:58 +0000

Are we still allowed to use baseball as our ‘gambling, beer drinking and fantasy sports pretext’?

By: heiniemanush

heiniemanush — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:38:25 +0000

I gave up on the NFL a few years ago because of nonsense like that call. Instant reply helped ruin the sport. With all these silly, nitpicking rules in place the games are as excruciating to sit through as your typical Yankees-Red Sox fare or the last two minutes of any pro basketball game.

By: Proudly Canadian

Proudly Canadian — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:32:58 +0000

EH? I couldn’t have said it better myself. Bravo!

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:27:11 +0000

Did football season begin this week? Huh. That explains why the Feesh were in Washington. I bet the Feens were playing up at Joeprodolsharklife Stadium yesterday. Oddly enough, they call the stadium exactly the same thing whether the Feesh or the Feens are playing, and it seems to me that the oligarchs in charge have been missing a great opportunity to gouge more luchre out of the credulous advertising population: sell separate naming rights to the stadium for each team! Then we could hyphenate the name of the stadium like some new-age housewife: Joeprodolsharklifepollotropical Stadium for the Feens and Joeprodolsharklifeburgerking Stadium for the Feesh.
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Meanwhile, the Iron Giant seems to have returned with a vengeance from his August swoon. He must have found some steel power line towers to munch on or something because he’s flatsided five bolts in the last couple of weeks or so and now sits at 20 for half a season or so. He’s also showed signs of McCovey-like streakiness this season and whereas that dormancy-to-eruption-to-dormancy pattern may be exciting for small Polynesian villages wherein dwell volcano virgins who look like Debra Paget or Delores del Rio, it wears hard on the average beisbol fan.
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Free Nyjer Morgan!