Re: OT:BORING by Briscobar
Briscobar
Fri Jun 17 14:55:10 CDT 2005
In news:OfPSdP3cFHA.1504@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
Frisbee® <billLASTINIT@dasi-software.com> rambled:
>
> "Briscobar" <youcant@sendmespam.com> wrote in message
> news:%23CXqXK3cFHA.3564@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> In news:urnScD3cFHA.3620@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
>> Frisbee® <billLASTINIT@dasi-software.com> rambled:
>>>
>>> "CBIC" <spam.thisbiotch@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1aGdnWhiiNiZgi7fRVn-vg@prairiewave.com...
>>>> Where is everyone today. Am I the only sucker stuck at work?
>>>
>>> I'm listening to my Gators whomp on the toothless Tennessee
>>> Volunteers in the College World Series! Whoop! Currently 2-0
>>> Gators, three innings.
>>
>> I haven't been following as much this season as I usually do, but it
>> appears
>> to me that Tennessee isn't as good as they're said to be. IMO, your
>> precious
>> alligators will whoop on the Vols, but not advance to the
>> Championship Series. It'll be either Nebraska or ASU there. The
>> Huskers have some ridiculous pitching, though, so I wouldn't be
>> terribly surprised to see them
>> go all the way. However, Tulane is straight up insane, and should
>> steamroll
>> everyone. They're my pick for eventual champion.
>
> I am an admitted Gator Baseball Bandwagoner. I follow football (who
> doesn't) and even basketball, but both seasons are over and
> baseball's all that's left for at least two months. I'm gonna go
> nuts with no Gator sports to root for when the series is over.
>
> UT is using their ace pitcher right now, and so far, he isn't as hot
> as he's been made out to be. UT led the SEC in hitting, though.
>
> I think you're right about Tulane, but I haven't seen any other
> college teams in the series play except UT. The Gators haven't been
> to the CWS since 1998, and in that year, they lost to Ole Miss, I
> think, and that team's coach (Pat McMahon) is now our coach for the
> last four years.
>
> Matt LaPorta, our sophomore 1st baseman, broke the school's
> single-season home run record with 24 homers. He just hit his 25th
> in this game.
>
> BTW, I read today that Fenway is like the 2nd oldest baseball park,
> was an article about the new stadium the Yankees are building.
IIRC, Fenway is now the oldest park in the majors. Tiger Stadium in Detroit,
which was replaced by Comerica Park a few years back, was tied for the
oldest (they both opened on April 20, 1912.)
Wrigley Field in Chicago is pretty frickin' old too. Almost as old as Neil.
IIRC, Yankee Stadium is next (1923?), followed by Dodger Stadium, which was
built some 40 years after Yankee Stadium. So there's a period of 40 years or
so where none of the currently existing ballparks were built. Strange.
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KB
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