|
|
Post by Flying Horse on Aug 18, 2011 14:33:39 GMT -5
Since my favorite sport is baseball and I'm a general sports fan (hockey, college football/basketball, golf majors, tennis slams, triple crown racing, Tour de France,etc.) I decided to start a place for discussion of all sports. |
|
|
|
Post by Flying Horse on Aug 18, 2011 14:33:57 GMT -5
![]() www.politicamentecorretto.com/files.php?file=baseball_297838633.jpg [/img]BASEBALL: I've decided that since the Mets haven't been able to get their act together, I'm going to root for Milwaukee. I'd like to see them make the World Series before losing Prince Fielder in the winter to free agency. Of course, there may be a chance that he'll stay there. Since both the Red Sox and Yankees have #1 type first basemen in Adrian Gonzalez and Mark Texeira, and with Pudholz also a free agent, it's starting to look that they both might do best to stay where they are. [/size][/color][/font] |
|
|
|
Post by Flying Horse on Aug 18, 2011 14:40:43 GMT -5
 Just to make things perfectly clear:
I AM a NY Yankee fan and have been since the World Series of 1949. I don't know what the schools do today but back then the World Series was broadcast over the school's PA System. So I had to choose some team to root for and I picked the Yankees. And the rest, as they say, is history.
 |
|
|
|
Post by a on Aug 19, 2011 7:00:25 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by Flying Horse on Aug 19, 2011 9:13:59 GMT -5
IIF-  -are for or agin?
|
|
|
|
Post by a on Aug 19, 2011 9:16:54 GMT -5
I'd have to be against a "good will" game that results in assault...
|
|
|
|
Post by Flying Horse on Aug 19, 2011 12:10:33 GMT -5
You're right. I was just reading that the team Georgetown played was an Army team known for aggressive playing and biased officiating. It sounds like the Hoyas were only defending themselves againt a bunch of thurgs.
|
|
|
|
Post by Flying Horse on Aug 22, 2011 11:04:13 GMT -5
How's this for a sports headline - Suspects from shootings sought by cops.
Candlestick Park, home of the San Francisco 49ers.
Police interviewed witneses and looked for suspects after two men were shot and wounded following a San Francisco 49ers-Oakland Raides preseason football game. The NFL and the mayors of the two cities jointly called for an end to 'intimidation' and acts of violence at sporting events.
This is the second time that violence has broken out at a game in San Francisco. A Los Angeles Dodgers fan is still hospitalized from the first incidence. As a joint statement from the mayors of San Francisco and Oakland said, "Fans come to our stadiums to enjoy an afternoon of football, not to be subjected to intimidation or violence." For heaven's sakes people, it's a sporting event, not life and death. It's for fun. You shouldn't have to worry about fans of the other team possibly trying to kill you.
|
|
|
|
Post by a on Aug 26, 2011 14:44:08 GMT -5
Orioles: Former pitcher Flanagan dead in apparent suicide ...
Former Orioles pitcher Flanagan dead in apparent suicide
Sources said the retired pitcher died of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Wednesday
August 25, 2011|By Justin Fenton and Dan Connolly, The Baltimore Sun
Former Orioles pitcher Mike Flanagan, a Cy Young Award winner who became a television announcer and top executive with the club, died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Wednesday afternoon, according to police.
Flanagan had been upset about financial issues, police said Thursday.
Flanagan's wife, Alex, who was out of town, had sent a neighbor to their house in the 15000 block of York Road in Sparks on Wednesday afternoon when she didn't hear from her husband. According to police, Alex had last spoken to an upset Flanagan around 1 a.m. and was concerned when he failed to call her the following day. The neighbor, unable to find Flanagan, called 911.
Baltimore County police found Flanagan's body on trail about 250 feet behind his home around 4:30 p.m.
Police confirmed Thursday that Flanagan, 59, appeared to have shot himself in the face, making identification difficult and causing official confirmation of his death to be delayed. Flanagan did not leave a note, police said.
The Flanagan family released a short statement Thursday through the Orioles.
"We thank you for your support and kind words at this difficult time. Thank you for respecting our privacy as we grieve," the statement said, adding that a private memorial would be held but did not provide details.
<more info at the provided link>
|
|
|
|
Post by Flying Horse on Aug 26, 2011 18:31:51 GMT -5
Oh, how sad. Ken Singleton, Yankee announcer, was a teammate of his and spoke glowingly of him on the Yankee broadcast after his death. He spent 30 years working for the Orioles in one way or another. The Yankees are playing Baltimore tonight.
|
|
|
|
Post by Flying Horse on Aug 26, 2011 19:01:08 GMT -5
College Football:
LSU players players surrender to cops, are suspended.
Quarterback Jordan Jefferson and linebacker Josh Jones were released from the East Baton Rouge Parish prison earlier today after warrants on 2nd-degree battery charges were issued. They were released on $5,000 bail each. This is the outcome of a barroom brawl and will go before the grand jury further prolonging the process and extendiing the indefinite suspension of the two players. It remains to be seen what the effect on the LSU football team will be.
Should the dog of fallen Navy SEAL lead Iowa onto the field in opener?
Earlier this month, Navy Seal and lifelong Iowa fan Jon Tumilson was one of the 31 SEALS killed in Afghanistan. His funeral was earlier this week and the photo of his beloved dog laying in front of the casket touched the hearts of many. Then former Hawkeyes football player Jon Lazar had the idea to have Tumilson's dog, named Hawkeye, lead the Iowa football team onto the field before their first game. Would there be a better way, eight days before the 10th anniversary of 9-11, for Iowa to honor the memory of both Tumilson and all his fellow serviceman who have given the ultimate sacrifice by having the soldier’s beloved dog lead his favorite football field out onto the field?
|
|
|
|
Post by susala on Aug 26, 2011 19:11:12 GMT -5
I want to register a complaint. Football has pre-empted my favorite CBS programs two nights in a row. What happened to Sunday afternoon and Monday night football? Wasn't that enough? I'm reduced to watching a very bad movie in which Tom Cruise is unconvincingly speaking German.
|
|
|
|
Post by a on Aug 26, 2011 19:14:59 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by susala on Aug 26, 2011 19:18:39 GMT -5
Hmm, I can't really see the picture but I get the point! The NFL is making money and that's what it's all about.
I think that the presence of the late SEAL's dog will assure that there's not a dry eye in the house at the game.
|
|
|
|
Post by Flying Horse on Aug 27, 2011 13:28:39 GMT -5
 Oh, poor sus. You have all my sympathy. I haven't watched any NFL yet. For one things, I can't make hide nor tail out of when or who is being televised. None of them seem to be on the days and times that htey regularly on. And to be reduced to watching Tom Cruise in any movie let along as a fake German plotter against Hitler. That has got to be about the bottom of every barrel in the world. 
|
|
|
|
Post by Flying Horse on Aug 27, 2011 13:59:49 GMT -5
Baseball Talk:
Who says you can't lose your position because of inury?Rafael Betancourt to remain Rockies' closer over Huston Street just coming off rehab. Troy Renck of the Denver Post was told by Rockies' manager Jim Tracy that Rafael Betancourt will remain the closer for the time being. Betancourt hasn’t allowed a run over his last 20 appearances dating back to July 6. The veteran right-hander has a ridiculous 30/1 K/BB ratio over 17 2/3 innings during the same timespan. “I’m not going to pull the plug on Betancourt right now,” Rockies manager Jim Tracy said. “I can’t do that . . . can’t do it. It’s a decision that’s being made in the best interests of the players and the club, period.”
Report: B.J. Upton claimed off revocable waivers.
He survived the trade deadline as a Tampa Bay Ray but there's now a chance he'll have a new home before the end of this season. According to Marc Toplon of the St Petersburg Times, he suspects that it could be the Nationals who expressed interest in him earlier this year. However, the working out of a deal is still unlikely at this time.
Dodgers Report:
1. Matt Kemp joins the 30/30 club. With his homer against the Rockies, he became the 55th player in MLB history to have a 30-homer and 30-steal seson. It is also the first time he has hit as many as 30 homers.
2. Vin Scully to return for his 63rd season in the Dodgers booth. Legendary Dodgers broadcster Vin Scully, who will turn 85 in November, announced he would return for his record 63rd season in 2012, keeping his usual schedule of home games and selected road games (nothing east of the Rockies).
|
|
|
|
Post by Flying Horse on Aug 28, 2011 16:26:30 GMT -5
US. Open (tennis) begins Monday.
 
Murray, Djokovic favorites to win first US Open title.
Changing of the guard could continue if Federer, Nadal don't reach final. There has been head-spinning change on the men's side of pro-tennis this year, between the final Grand Slam of the season set to start in Flushing Meadows, NY, and back before the year's first major in Melbourne, Australia when the story was the so-called "Rafa Slam." Then Rafael Nadal was the talk of tennis and the projected future king of the sport who was projected to be the winner of all 4 of this year's Grand Slam tournaments. But what happened? The Aussie Open marked the emergence of a new future king, Novak Djokovic, who won easily the Australian Open easily and went on to have a record-breaking winning year. It was broken at the French Open where Nadal won again, and again beat Roger Federer. But Djokovic was back on top at Wimbledon, beating Nadal. So now it's US Open time where Djokovic lost to Nadal in 2010. Will he reverse his loss and make it 3 Grand Slams this year? Or will Murray finally break through?
Djokovic may be hurting or a little burnt from all this year's winning, but he likes New York, he likes hard courts, he's been to two finals here, and he hasn't lost to any of these guys in a long time. So tune in tomorrow and watch how things go.
|
|
|
|
Post by Flying Horse on Aug 30, 2011 12:53:59 GMT -5
 SPORTS: U.S. Open
....a. Venus a winner at US Open. Serena up next.
 Williams returned to tennis on the big stage Monday, winning her first match at the U.S. Open after a two-month break she needed to fight off a viral illness. "A lot of the battle is just trying to be fit and stay healthy," Williams said after her 6-4, 6-3 victory over Vesna Dolonts. "Sometimes I've been losing that battle a lot. But I do feel like I can play six matches. I need to win them. No one is more in one-match-at-a-time mode than me now at this tournament." Venus, a two-time champion at Flushing Meadows, came into the tournament unseeded for the first time since 1997, when she was 17 and made a run all the way to the final. Of course, people overlook her at their peril. When healthy and motivated, she and her sister, Serena, are the biggest X-factors in any tournament they enter.
....b. Federer closes first day with quick win.
Roger Federer showed that time was still on his side as the Swiss master rang the closing bell on opening day at the US Open tennis championship with a quick win at Arthur Ashe Stadium. 3rd seed Federer, who turned 30 earlier this month, completed a clockwork 6-4 6-3 6-2 win over 56th-ranked Colombian Santiago Giraldo, 24, to the delight of the Flushing Meadows night crowd. This was his frist step in his quest for a 6th US Open title. 16th overall. A 6th US Open would tie him with Jimmy Connors and Pete Sampras for the most titles as a professional.
|
|
|
|
Post by Flying Horse on Sept 1, 2011 14:10:12 GMT -5
 NCAA football kicks off tonight on ESPN - UNLV vs Wisconsin. Not the greatest match of all time but UNLV usually has a decent team, if not on a par with the Big 10. I'm looking forward to it, even giving up the Yankees vs. Bosox to watch it. (I can always watch the rerun of the Yankee game at 11 p.m. on the YES network).
|
|
|
|
Post by Flying Horse on Sept 1, 2011 14:32:08 GMT -5
It's the SU Orange team for me:
|
|
© 2011 -- 
Crap, the Name Escapes Me 
