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Wait a minute, it seems as if Thomas is still alive, I was just looking him up. Sorry Darrel, MY BAD!

Plus Coleman is a 100% American Hero in my book. Classy guy, war veteran, never bad mouthed anyone. I feel lucky to have grown up listening to him broadcast all those truly terrible Padre games. Tucker Asford, now that is really a name from the past, next you'll be mentioning Ivan Murrell. Here's an interesting piece on Ivan Murrell. Were you aware that he passed away in 2006? Up over and out. Yeah, I found that out when I googled his name to make sure I spelled it right. All those players that I saw as a kid are passing, sad in many ways. The one guy I felt really sad when he died was Darrel Thomas, who was a very feisty player for the Padres and Dodgers, among others. That was one of the things I loved about 1970s baseball, there were a lot of very interesting African-American players who were just cool to me as a kid and teenager. That side of the game seems to be gone right now.

Plus Coleman is a 100% American Hero in my book. Classy guy, war veteran, never bad mouthed anyone. I feel lucky to have grown up listening to him broadcast all those truly terrible Padre games. Tucker Asford, now that is really a name from the past, next you'll be mentioning Ivan Murrell.

OH. HECK. YEAH!!! Utley is the man!

I'm torn. If the Yankees are going to win, I'd rather they win tonight so I don't have to endure a Yankee Stadium love fest, though any Yankee loss is a joy to my soul. What, of course would be best, is the Phillies winning the next three games.

He, he, he. I'll be buying this one soon...

Agree w/you BB; I'm sure not writing the Phillies off for dead. Never mind 2004, teams have definitely come back from 3-1 deficits in the WS before...and as I posted above, I share your concerns about Pettitte in Game 6. On the brighter side, I was glad to see Joba pitch so well last night, even though he did give up that game-tying HR to Feliz. That felt like an aberration, whereas with Hughes an out feels like an aberration right now (what is his WS E.R.A. now..81.00 or something? I'm not exaggerating! I just hope he can recover from this and get it together next season...a scout yesterday was quoted as saying that "Hughes doesn't look like the same pitcher right now...he looks frightened.") I just want to say re: "best team money can buy"--the Core 4 are still powering NY to a large extent, and they are all farm-grown--Jeter, Pettitte, Rivera and Posada. A-Rod came to the Yankees in a trade. Of the Big 3 free agents that came to NY this past year, Tex has been MIA for just about all of the postseason, save a hit here or there, and CC has lost one game and given up 3 runs in a no-decision in the WS so far. I'm not denying the power or positives of NY's high payroll, but they're not just a collection of bought players. In the 35 years that I've been following NY (good Lord!), I think the only time NY might have "bought" a championship successfully was with Reggie Jackson in 1977...even then that team was so much more than Jackson. I wouldn't deny that Steinbrenner's tried to do it, but he failed miserably for years! And the legendary late-1990s team was built almost exclusively on farm players and shrewd trades (as has been said before, in large part because the Boss was out of commission for a couple of years and Jeter/Pettitte/River et al weren't traded away for aging stars past their prime). How's that Yankee Kool-Aid tasting? Facts: 1. A-Rod opted out of his contract and was signed as a free agent in 2007. Signed to a contract that no one else would ever possibly imagine offering. 2. Damon, the hero of last night's rally, was signed as a free agent when the Yankees outbid the Red Sox. Signed as a CF, he couldn't handle the position for four years and had to move to LF - but that extra 20 million offered makes up for it when he makes a heads up play like that one (not to mention the AB ending with the single). 3. Burnett signed to a ridiculous fifth year (when he's 37) to keep him from Atlanta. 4. And that "core" player, Jeter, will get his 25 million a year contract til he's 42 or whatever, too. The Yankees are the best team that money can buy, and there's no denying that fact. End of story.

Because of the position I have in my non-organissimo life.

It's bad enough when you receive one of these, now I have the "good fortune" to have one sent in my name! This weekend, I was getting panic emails from all over the world about this one, (even from Rome). In the letter, the country is changed each time -- this copy is what Argentina wound up getting. What a world we live in. Dear Provincial. I send greetings to you and to all the Fathers in Buenos Aires. You are always in our Prayers. I am writing on behalf of Sr Stella Maria Rosaleen the Provincial Bursar of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word. She has told me Sr Maria Agnes O'Reilly working with their Mission Hospital in Africa is currently stranded in Argentina after she over used the limit of her Visa card. And because she does not have a bank account of her own in Argentina the Sisters her do not have a quick safe means of sending the amount of Money she urgently require. Sr Stella Maria Rosaleen has given me a check of US$200,000 (Two Hundred Thousand Dollars) which she told me is equivalent to Seven Hundred Sixty Thousand Pesos (ARS$760,000). I request you to proceed and give Sr Maria Agnes O'Reilly AR$760,000, and then you will let me know how I can wire the US$200,000 to your bank account in Buenos Aires. You can contact Sr Stella Maria at [ ] or Sr Maria Agnes O'Reilly at [ ] and I will also ask Sr Stella Maria inform Sr Maria Agnes to contact you. Your assistance to the Sisters is highly appreciated. Amazing, but sad also.

Dang, but do I ever hate watching the Yankees win games like that.

Talk about a mismatch -- Phillies bring in Lidge. Yankees bring in Mariano Rivera. That says everything. CRAP!!!!

Complete breakdown by the Phillies. CRAP!!!!

HECK YEAH!!! Pedro for president!!

You see, Ghosty, pitching inside has shut ARod down completely.

At least the Phillies got one run back -- let's see if they can hold the Yankees in the top of the 8th.

It's still shocking for me to see Chan Ho Park in anything but a Dodger uniform.

Who can figure out how Geradi manages a game? Did my eyes decieve me, but it looked like Felix could have got that grounder? Yes, he should have. And Chase should have tried to get the runner at first instead of 2nd. Phillies are imploding once again. I mean and it's BS little infield hits. The Yankees haven't hit anything hard since Damon's hit in the first. I'm watching the game off my computer, I can only get the high shot from behind home plate, and Felix had that grounder, but it looked like he thought JRoll was going to get it and pulled off -- he must be kicking himself in the dugout. ARod has been tamed!

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Who can figure out how Geradi manages a game? Did my eyes decieve me, but it looked like Felix could have got that grounder?

Goat to hero! That's baseball.

Just like the legend...

Ha! Blanton's got inside ARod's head....

Figures this Buck guy would like Pearl Jam -- loud with nothing to say.

Precious ARod, did you see him complaining to Joe West when he got to second base? If I was a Phillie batter, I'd try my best to get hit by a pitch, and writhe on the ground like some euro soccer player to get CC tossed. There is no way that the Phillies wanted to get more men on base in the first inning.

Yeah, right, the Phillies want to have a lot of men on base in the first inning...