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7,411 |
I would guess the high price of gas in Europe (compared to the US) has
always favoured 4-cylinder manuals.
small engines with autos are a real bore...
But why not turn the question around, why are automatics so common in
the US?
My guess is that when they tried to couple manuals to the torque-rich
V8's in the sixties the clutches turned out as real killers you had to
use both feet to depress, and that this has just lived on.
And also, an automatic with a V8 engine can be real fun to drive.
Markus
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6,697 | Hi:
I am looking for tires. I would like to hear your experience on the
BF Goodrich Radial T/A tires and/or the Touring T/A especially for
size P185/70R13.
For Radial T/A: How do they do in SNOW, and WET weather? Are they quiet tires?
For Touring T/A: How many miles can they last? I believe they are in
every way equal/better than Radial T/A. Am I right? | 6 |
3,894 | For sale, 1988 Toyota Corolla FX, AM/FM radio, nothing else.
Low mileage - 28,000. (I ride my bike to work.)
Dark Blue. Good condition. ONLY $3800.
I am leaving the country for a year and must sell this
great city car.
CALL RENEE FECTEAU - (408) 924-5171 leave message. | 6 |
7,119 | ; I am a serious motorcycle enthusiast without a motorcycle, and to
;put it bluntly, it sucks. I really would like some advice on what would
;be a good starter bike for me. I do know one thing however, I need to
;make my first bike a good one, because buying a second any time soon is
;out of the question. I am specifically interested in racing bikes, (CBR
;600 F2, GSX-R 750). I know that this may sound kind of crazy
;considering that I've never had a bike before, but I am responsible, a
;fast learner, and in love.
Responsible and in love? I believe that's a contradiction
in terms.
Unless you're really brave (read: "reckless") a 500cc sport
bike will go way faster than you dare for at least your first
year of riding. Getting more than that really is overkill,
as you'll never even want to use it. The following bikes
can be bought (and repaired!) cheaply, are easy for a novice
to manage, and are plenty high performance:
Kawasaki EX-500
Honda VF-500 "Interceptor"
Suzuki GS-550E
The 0-100mph time of the EX-500 at full throttle is "way
sooner than you're ready for it". :-) With something
as small as a 250, you'd probably be wishing for more
power pretty quickly (unless it's a TZR or RGV :).
Now, I'm not saying that you're 100% certain to kill
yourself immediately with a 600f2 or a GSXR-750. Plenty
of people have started riding on those bikes and done
just fine. What I am saying is that it's a waste of
money, and a waste of perfectly good plastic when you
drop the thing learning how to balance while stopping.
You'll never get the throttle more than half open
anyway, so why spend the extra 2000 bucks?
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2,211 | Can taking the car to a car wash hurt the car's finish?
And if so, is it better to hand wash it about once a month, or just take it
to the car wash anyway?
Are detailing places worth the money? if i do a good, careful job on washing
and waxing, is a detail place going to be worth it?
reply to my email address: pfk1@crux1.cit.cornell.edu
pk4 | 6 |
6,270 | 89' Toyota Camry LE 4 dr sedan
AC AT power windows and locks
53k miles, asking $9000.
Pls call 510-526-8248 or send e-mail to this account.
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4,275 | A few random thoughts on riding with a passenger:
There's no substitute for a bike with sufficient power, having taken
passengers very occasionally on the small (125 etc) bikes I used to
ride in the UK it was hard ! I'm now riding a GS1100 and that's great,
even moving from my freinds GSX600 I was riding recently. This may be due
in part to the fact that neither I, nor my regular passengers, are
particularly slimline !
I always tell passengers, stay in line with the bike on corners, that makes
their movements predictable.
My regular passengers both tend to hold either the rack or nothing at all,
I don't really like having a passenger hold onto me except for short periods.
Again that may be biased by the fact that I've had a couple of new passengers
(a friend recently for her first time on a bike) who hold on to me real tight,
making any kind of maneuvering difficult.
I've also discovered that on longer trips I prefer a passenger who moves and
shifts their weight a bit. I recently took a work collegue to a meeting (about
a 1 hour ride) and he sat totally still the whole way which left me also
sitting very still and getting a sore back.
We have a code system for turns, stop and for 'I need to shift position'. | 6 |
7,088 | I've heard *unconfirmed* rumours that there is a new Integra being released
for '94.
Does anybody have any info on this?
The local sales people know as much as I can throw them.
--Parms. | 6 |
3,156 | Remove LEGEND from the V-8 list, it's a 6. | 6 |
5,538 |
Drivel. I received delivery of my '93 Trans Am 7 weeks after I
ordered (promised 6-8 weeks), and paid $400 over dealer invoice,
which is a $1425 discount off of MSRP. I only have about 370
miles on it, but so far no problems, and it seems very well put
together. By the way, first year production will be about 60,000
cars. Dealers would like you to think there is a shortage, but
considering they only sold about 90,000 F bodies last year and the
new model was introduced mid-year, that is not going to create a
shortage. GM planning on ramping to about 160,000 F bodies next
year (according to a WSJ article).
Several people have mentioned seeing a photo of the '94 Mustang in
Popular Mechanics. I saw a photo of it in Motor Trend January
1993 issue (p30). Direct side on view. Although they described
it as a "seriously handsome car with broad shoulders," I thought
it looked pretty boring in that view. Roofline reminded me of a
Toyota Celica (yuch!). Description of mechanicals same as has
been reported from the PM article.
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2,726 | And here's my two cents:
The best convertible for the money, IMO, is the Miata. Yes, it's small, but
you're buying it as a second car, I hope, so you don't need the cargo room
of a big car. It's got enough power for fun, it's RWD like a sports car
ought to be (I'm gonna regret that :-{) and the top, while manual, operates
like a dream. 30 seconds and one hand to lower, and not much longer to raise.
The targa-type cars are nice, but they're not real convertibles.
-- | 6 |
7,035 | I know this is the wrong place to post this, but I couldn't find any
relevant newsgroups in my area.
For those of you who are from PA, where is VASCAR (where the cops
measure your speed from the time it takes you to cross the distance
between two white lines on the road, right?) most commonly used? I'm
especially interested in the Pittsburgh area (specific locations, prior
experiences, if possible). For those PA and non-PA, if they use VASCAR
in your state, is it most common in rural, city, highway areas, etc.
What I'm interested in mainly is where I can speed with the least risk
of being caught. You can always detect radar, but there's no way to
fight VASCAR unless you know where all the white lines are.
Thanks a lot, | 6 |
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My neighbor runs a Viper(R) distributorship and installs them on all
Saturns sold in my area (Anne Arundel County, MD). He has an SC with the
Viper voice alarm installed. The alarm does everything, turn on the car,
the radio, the heater, roll down windows, unlock the doors... The alarm goes
off more frequently on hot days when a person walks by. It gets sensitive up
to about 5 feet in 85degree heat. It isn't as bad as convetional siren alarms,
because it doesn't continue to wail, it just says "Protected by Viper, please
stand back!" And shuts up... (mainly because the person walks away
befuddled!!!")
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2,581 |
and didn't you also say that it was easier to add masses than to
add balance shafts? the sad truth is that some makers don't
bother to put balance shafts on their big shaky 4's..
how about:
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if this is ridiculous, kindly explain why.. it's been more than 10 years
since i studied this stuff. :-)
the point that they are trying to make is that while everybody settles
for the orthodox inline 4, they are using a horizontally opposed 4,
which is unique in that market segment. and porsche also uses a flat
six in their 911, so what's the problem? i don't see any claim that
their engine is as good as a porsche's.. they are simply pointing out
that they use the same configuration as a porsche.. if you want to
nitpick ad campaigns, i think there are far more blatant excesses than
this.
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7,143 | [stuff chopped]
Um, you gotta understand these "salesdroids" as you call them. They look at
it this way: burn lotsa tire; make lotsa money. I'm sure s/ he knew how
stupid the "HG" was. Would you seriously stop them from burning off
a seasons worth of tire?? The SQUIDS probably would buy Metzelers or some
good low profile tire anyhow...
Yep. Them droids sure a sneaky bastards! ;)
Regards, Ted.
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7,019 |
Wrong newsgroup or no, What did Syd mean when he wrote that line? | 6 |
6,359 |
Interesting. All I can say is that I haven't seen any wear in the
1000 miles I've used the stuff on the Ninja, and the bike stays soooo clean.
I'll check back again in a few thousand more miles.
While we're on the subject, whereinthehell can I find a 532x110
endless chain, other than the dealer (no, rivet-type master links are not
acceptable)?
Later, | 6 |
1,967 |
gimme a break! you KNOW chevy'd screw that up just like that almost great
truck with the "big phat 454". Have you ever seen the mufflers on that
thing??it's amazing it moves....(which isn't to say it's not a good idea,
but i'm quite sure chevy'd screw it up the same way) | 6 |
4,738 | A long time back (months), I think a similar question was asked....
A suggestion, in addition to Ed's list, was to put your windward knee out
away from the bike.
I tried it, and it seems to help, actually.
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3,189 |
An '82 FT500 Ascot was my first bike--I recommend it. If anyone's
interested, mine's for sale. It's in LA currently, with a bum
starter and around 10k miles. I'd like a couple hundred for it. | 6 |
249 |
OOOoooh, complaining about my spelling.
I'm _so_ hurt.
No I'm not a student. I'm an alumnus. And an employee.
So I can get my money _back_ from these grubs.
BNR, huh? I hope you're not a permanent,
they'd be wasting benefits on you.
pthptptphhph!
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5,131 |
Except the drivers.
tom coradeschi <+> tcora@pica.army.mil | 6 |
549 |
The FT-500 is a good beginner's bike with:
* a reasonable seating position
* enough power to get you up and around, but
not so much it'll scare the bejeebers out of you
* tips over well, and easy to pick up
(don't ask)
* simple maintenance
I've had mine for four or so years, and haven't had any
serious problems with it. I bought it used for $750 with
about 8000 miles on it.
Just last week, someone in the neighborhood stopped by to
ask me about it; whether I thought it was a good beginner's
bike, is it comfortable and powerful enough, blah blah blah...
Seems he found one used for < $500 with about 3600 miles on it.
The reall "trick" mod I've heard was to take the front end from
a 600 hurricane and slide it in. This was from a guy who
campaigns two Ascots in SOS racing. He says they do pretty
well too, once you strip off the starter, lights and other
assorted street paraphernalia, its a pretty fast and light bike. | 6 |
6,347 |
Limited Tort Option will lower your rates. If you choose it, you can't
sue others for pain & suffering, but you still can sue for economic loss.
So you can sue for your wrecked car and for medical bills, but you can't
sue for $1000000 for pain and suffering.
At least, that's how I understand it. | 6 |
2,738 |
Or the price tag of the RX7 vs. a Mustang? Part of the definition of
a Mustang is that it should be affordable by the masses. Of course
Ford knows youre argument, THEY OWN A BIG PIECE OF MAZDA! Take a good
look at a Mach III, now an RX7, hhhmmmmm...
That is a tragedy, but I don't think new Camaros or the new Mustangs will.
-Steve | 6 |
50 |
Oh yeah, all the time. On a nice spring/summer day, I roll down the window
and drive around looking for bikes. When a bike motors by in the opposite
direction, I stick my arm out and hi5'em. My arm feels like a million
bucks when I'm doing this a 60km/h. I do the same thing with cyclists.
The only problem with hi5ing a cyclist is their always in the right hand lane.
I hafta roll down the other window and hi5 them on the back. Oh well, I
think they appreciate the thought.
Regards, Ted.
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6,465 |
I've been in two _major_ auto accidents, both were multiple car. The worst
was a head-on three car collision (T intersection and one person ran a stop
sign). In both cases I was stopped and had no place to go (and I saw it
coming both times).
If you _really_ want to add safety to _any_ car, simply add a cage to the
car. They are available and cheap (about $500 in the USA). Add to that
four or five or six point belts and you will walk away from collisions that
were otherwise not survivable. but instead of people spending a little
extra money, we get legislation that says the gov't must mandate a minimal
level of protection for everyone.
One other significant factor in improving one's own safety is to get some
training. This will improve your safety more than any other single
investment will. Drive/ride defensively (and that does not mean you have
to be a doddering old stick in the mud). People here tend to enthuse about
autos more than the average (probably in the top 15th percentile in driving
ability), but still we sometimes overlook the obvious. I've been to two
driving schools, and three riding schools for my motorcycle. A very
worthwhile investment (and besides, it was a lot of fun too ;-).
Safety is what you make of it, just because a carmaker doesn't provide you
with an adequate level of protection doesn't mean you have to leave it go at
that.
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6,463 |
Um. Would you mind telling us what state/municipality you live in? There
are different laws in different places, you know.
tom coradeschi <+> tcora@pica.army.mil | 6 |
3,158 | I do.
Yesterday.
Seriously, Countess Ada of Lovelace gets the credit. She first used
it in the late 80s. Her bike: the spokeless wonder.
Jack Waters II
DoD#1919 | 6 |
6,879 | Deloreans NEVER had a factory V8. They were considering production
with a turbo (or twin turbo, I forget) version of the standard V6. As
to who produced it, you got me!
Jonathan | 6 |
1,567 |
Because, unlike the UK, passing the average driving test over here
usually only requires a pulse & a single digit IQ. Every state controls
their own licensing requirements, so it's possible that there's a test
out there that actually requires some driving skills, but I doubt it. | 6 |
6,005 |
An extended ride as a passenger on a 750 ninja.
Owww.
Well, I hate to be a wet sock, but, well...
I was a passenger on many bikes for the longest time before I started
riding myelf, and I grew to hate long rides on sport bikes. The passenger
seats are not designed for long rides. The passenger positions aren't
even usually designed for short rides. I ended up torturing my knees and my
back by taking long rides as a passenger on sport bikes. One of the
reasons I originally liked my current guythingy so much was becase he had
a BMW. :)
I'd suggest a shorter extended ride at first -- a short turn in the mountains
or some such. Then see how much pain she's in, and proceed from there.
The best advice I'd give a beginning passenger:
- Don't get on the bike until the rider says its OK, and work out some sort
signal for the rider to tell you when its OK to get off. After I get on
the bike I squeeze my riders hips to tell that I'm ready, and at the stop
he nods his head to show its OK for me to get off.
- Keep your feet on the pegs at all times. Don't wiggle (unless your rider
asks you to :)
- The best passengers are those which are unobtrusive. Echo the movements
and lean of your rider. Look over the shoulder thats most comfortable,
but during turns look over the shoulder on the inside of the turn.
- Get used to your rider's shifting style (Riders: use a reasonably
consistent shifting style). Avoid "helmet bonk." Helmet bonk is
when your rider revs the bike up and then shifts and the sudden change
in foreward acceleration causes your helmet to bonk his/hers. It
gets old real fast.
- When pulling to a stop, put a hand or both hands on the tank to keep
your weight from pushing your rider up onto the tank. Putting your hands
on the tank is also a good way to stretch your back if you're in pain,
but I'm told it gets harder to steer in turns if you leave them there.
- Switch your hands to the guardrail to stretch your shoulders, but be
sure and squeeze your thighs while you're doing it so your rider knows you're
still there. :) The guard rail isn't as safe as holding onto your rider.
- Don't be afraid to ask for frequent stops if you're in pain or
losing feeling in your feet. Passenger seats are not generally designed
for comfort. Work out some sort of pull over signal beforehand.
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7,072 |
As the owner of a V65 Sabre (shaftie), I can answer from personal experience:
Aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! | 6 |
5,877 |
Only in my dreams.... | 6 |
5,976 |
Well know I know how you can afford a Harley.
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1,017 |
Well... all the way through a decreasing-radius corner, anyway...
OK (but I'm right!) :^)
If that's the "official line" taught in those rider education classes
you were refering to, that also don't teach countersteering, I have to
question the quality of the classes. The "official line" in MSF
curricula is as I described. Maximum braking is achieved by applying
both brakes equally, when the weight distribution is nominally even and
both tires have equal normal forces, and easing off on the rear to
prevent locking it, and increasing braking on the front, as more
traction is available to the front due to increased normal force due to
weight shift.
The "official line" you have been taught seems ineffective on the face
of it. Applying the rear brake after the front is not taking advantage
of all the traction available to the rear at time 0, and is halving the
available braking power by using only the front at time 0.
Not necessarily true. "Chirping" the tire indicates impending lockup
(on most surfaces), and serves as a good guide to newbies to indicate
maximum braking. I agree that totally locking the front occasionally
makes one a better rider, but it is a manuver best saved for an
experienced rider, unless you have one of those outrigger bikes like
Code used to use.
True, but from the point of view of how to best *teach* riding skills
(which is how this discussion started), "keep both wheels just on the
point of sliding" is nearly useless information. You need to teach a
*technique*, or at least a strategy, to achieve this.
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1,795 |
Silly boy! You read the rest of that jibberish! go back and read rule
#1.
OK, for the record, Spike is jointly owned. The registration says -or-
(Uhhh, what _does_ the title say, Beth?) Beth brought the ad to my
attention, I'd been half heartedly lusting after an SR500 for years. I
had successfully avioded buying it by rationalizing that I didn't need
to spend the $$ on it. Then Beth piped up with "I'll pay for half of
it!" I was beaten.
Watch it buddy! Both of those are fine rides! Beth loves riding
pillion on the Connie, true, the 'Ol Sport isn't her cup of tea (she
can't get it off of the side stand) but she agrees that it's a very
fine ride.
^^^^^^^
I'll buy that. I'll even loan you a quarter to buy a clue.
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6,806 | [ Article crossposted from sdnet.forsale,rec.motocycle ]
[ Author was Michael James ]
[ Posted on 21 Apr 1993 15:39:50 GMT ]
I must sell my motorcycle...:( it is a '83 GR650, Tempter.
It has 20K miles and runs well.
Includes a cover and tank bag..
I'm asking $700 for it all.
E-mail me if you want to take a look at it.
--
******************************************************************************** Michael James james@mintaka.sdsu.edu
PA-128 594-2469
294-9845(H)
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7,434 |
I think you just answered your own question...
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5,718 |
Black ones look better. None are truely indiginous to America,
although some of the finest are produced here. Gear is expensive, and
you never seem have enough of it. Volvos hit them. Only idiots
intentionally rear up the front half off the ground just to look cool.
Posers don't ride them in the rain. They are dangerous on ice. Loud
ones are annoying, and too much chrome looks dumb.
Yep, sounds familiar!
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560 |
I have been checking out bikes (hoping for lowish seats) for a few weeks. A
Honda Twinstar (250cc) fit me well, a Honda Hawk (400cc) did not, the
Kawasaki 250HB/SB/SH? (can't remember) looked like it would fit me well but
the price tag was way too large...
Please post this list or mail me one too!
(: | 6 |
1,527 |
This is kind of interesting. I always assumed that the 240SX was named
because of the 2.4 liter engine which it uses. Likewise for the 200SX
which uses a 2.0 liter engine. Isn't this true?
| 6 |
4,905 |
Dunno, the newpaper article I read didn't say (I was wondering the same
thing). I rather doubt it...
| 6 |
411 | To anyone with experience about Honda Civic (EX or DX) or Saturn SL1:
I would be interested in knowing how reliable these cars are, how expensive
they are to own and operate (parts, maintenance, gas, insurance), if the
dealers are good, and if they actually live up to their economy image.
Another question: what would I expect to pay for a Civic EX coupe with
automatic, air, and an AM/FM radio?
Mail to the address below or post to this group.
Thanks,
Rob | 6 |
1,697 | 1989 Honda CRX DX, White w/Blue int.
Original owner, 59,500 miles, mostly highway.
Recent tune-up, new battery
Oil changed every 3000 miles
Kenwood high power cassette receiver, w/ 4 spkrs
$6800 or best reasonable offer | 6 |
1,425 |
I had a similar experience. We had a written quote which had been mailed
to us from the salesman at one of these "no-haggle" Toyota dealers for
a Camry XLE w/ABS, leather, etc. The price seemed fair, but when we
went in to take them up on their offer, they "discovered" that certain
extra cost items hadn't been included in their original written quote.
It would have totaled an extra $1100 and, in spite of the fact that we
had a written quote, they said there was nothing they could do.
Bottom line, quotes from salemen are worthless and it appears to me that
the Toyota dealers think they've got such a superior auto that they
don't have to deal. We walked, went out and bought a new LH car
(Eagle Vision TSI) and I don't regret it one bit!
| 6 |
2,653 | Does anyone know what kind of car Mad Max used in "Road Warrior"?
They called it "the last of the V-8 Interceptors..."
I couldnt tell what it was, it was so chopped up. | 6 |
6,552 | B
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1,463 |
Yeah, maybe that is more likely. But from the Mariners-Tigers
series, it seems like every time there are base runners, the pitchers
seem to purposely pitch around him or give him a free pass. The
funny thing was that Griffey was struggling up until the last game of the
four game series if I remember correctly.
- Chung Yang | 0 |
4,764 |
For an expansion team? I'm pretty sure I would go with the rings, as long
as their salaries and ages weren't too high. I would want the fans to be
able to identify the players. I would like a championship attitude in the
clubhouse.
As for Larkin and Griffin? Salaries aside, I would have to consider which
player is likeliest to contribute to a WS victory. Past performance, age and
attitude would all be integral to my decision. I certainly wouldn't just
haul out my copy of Gillete and pick Larkin, as many others would. And,
unlike many others who post to this group, I hardly consider myself quali-
fied to make those kinds of decisions.
I have never been able to believe it about myself, to tell you the truth.
It's like banging your head against a stone wall.
-- | 0 |
176 |
I dunno about hat. I have friends up there on GEnie who are now saying that
Ottawa's gone soft on Daigle and is thinking hard about Pronger. Daigle has
shown an Attitude the latter part of this season many folks havne't liked,
and after coming back from his (second) multi-game suspension for being
stupid, he's really tanked in his performance. His stock is dropping like a
rock.
Also remember that a lot of teh "draft 1st" stuff comes from the assumption
he'll be traded to Quebec for lots of prospects. It's not clear that
Quebec would really be willing to pay a lot for him given his current
status. He's still first round, but I don't consider him a first pick lock
by any means at this point.
It's also possible that the Senators are posturing to try to bring down his
signing price, since Daigle has been taking some Lindros lessons during thos
suspensions.
No. Kariya won't go in the first three, for a very simple reason: he's not
leaving college, and I don't believe ANY of the expansion teams are going to
use a first for someone who won't be around for another year or two, not
when there is equally good (or almost as good) stuff available that can make
an immediate impact. San jose seems to be leaning heavily towards
Niedermayer for that reason. Kariya could go 6th or 7th, unless a team can
convince him to leave school early (which I doubt).
My cut on things as they stand today:
(it depends on if the Sharks can get a deal for him. I don't
believe they draft him to keep him).
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643 |
Ah well, another Brian Sutter team is ground into the dirt with intensity
during the regular season and then is burned out by playoff time.
Yah Fuhr has been awesome so far, but really you'd think Sutter would have
learned his lesson about pushing his team too far during the regular season. | 0 |
4,841 | If ESPN pisses you off, call them - they do respond to calls. Last night I
called when they said they were cutting to baseball and we couldn't see the
sudden-death overtime for the BUffalo game. Apparently they received enough
calls so they waited for the overtime to finish before cutting away.
Their phone number is 203-585-2000 | 0 |
3,607 |
Such as? | 0 |
2,250 | Overall (career)
1. Don Mattingly
2. Don Mattingly
3. Don Mattingly
4. Don Mattingly
5. Don Mattingly
6. Don Mattingly
7. Don Mattingly
8. Don Mattingly
9. Don Mattingly
10. Don Mattingly
11. Don Mattingly
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50. Don Mattingly
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2,912 | It's about time the boys got it together!!
They were outworked and outplayed by the Wings in the first two games.
But Burns must have kicked their behinds cause they sure came out in full
gear (or is that high gear?) in game 3. Except for a 10-15 minute stretch
in the 2nd period, they outskated and outworked the Wings. Please don't
flame this statement 'cos you know it's true! I have to admit that
goaltending was the key. Potvin kept the Leafs ahead during the sleepy
stretch the Leafs went through in the 2nd. He also kept the rebounds to a
minimum, something that cost Cheveldae 2 goals. Clark even looked like
he had stopped moping (first star!), although I still don't know why he
was so flat in games 1 and 2.
If the Leafs play the same style and can keep the pace they had in game
3, they may actually have a chance of winning this series (a slim chance,
but a chance....I'm no RM.....where is he anyways? haha). | 0 |
2,567 |
Sorry, I still don't buy it. You're certainly right that the runner is
not out merely for running out of the baseline: he must interfere with
the play. But the argument here is over what constitutes interference.
You certainly cannot infer from what you've quoted that the batter-runner
must be hit by the ball to be guilty of interference: you haven't posted
a definition of interference at all.
IMO this calls for one of the "approved ruling[s]" that go in small print
in the rulebook. Something like:
APPROVED RULING:
If in the judgement of the umpire the runner, by running to the left
of the allowed path, caused the fielder to make a bad throw, blocks the
vision of the fielder receiving the throw, or otherwise impedes the
defensive team's making a play on him, the batter-runner shall be
judeged guilty of interference.
or
APPROVED RULING:
The runner cannot be judged guilty of interference in the unless he makes
contact with a fielder or is hit by the thrown ball.
--
In the absence of such an approved ruling I claim that this is a poor
rules trivia question--since it cannot be authoritatively answered. | 0 |
3,800 | Just to add to this vein, consider that range of a first baseman is not
the only important thing. He is IMO the best fielder of bad throws from
the other infielders. I have seen him scoop balls out of the dirt, catch
balls off a large bounce, take down balls over his head, wide, etc. ad
infinitum. *And* he gets the out, much of the time. Some of the things
he does to save his infielders of errors are amazing. You have to give
Mattingly credit for being able to do all of that while keeping his foot
near the bag (yes, I am sure he gets a few calls because he is Mattingly :-)
| 0 |
5,409 | Ok, Buffalo fans. I am a Red Wings fan, but am amazed at how the Sabres are
beating up on the Bruins. Is there any reason for this? Is it Grant Fuhr or
Mogilny and Lafontaine? I would like to hear from you since I do not know much
about the Sabres.
| 0 |
6,292 |
Well, Dave, I would have to disagree with you there. Satan himself could
own the team, and I'd be happy as long as the Oilers stayed in Edmonton.
Selfish, but true. I don't want to see the Oilers move, no matter who
their owner is. | 0 |
2,803 | consistently
| 0 |
6,450 | -=> Quoting Cire Y. Trehguad to All <=-
CYT> Hey I am in Iowa and I do not mind ESPN showing the PITT/NJD games.
CYT> At least I get to see the DEVILS...even if they are gettin there ass
CYT> kicked Perhaps they will score and even win a game or two
CYT> GO DEVILS
I am sorry to tell you this, but
I don't think the devils will win
a game against Pittsburg, the
Penguins have so many scoring threats
that you shut down one and another
will kill you
It's too bad but I must conclude that the Penguins will
win their third stanley cup in a row.
I hope someone will beat them, but I just cannot see it
happening.
S t e v e
| 0 |
5,110 |
That's not inner calm. It's boredom, and it's being spoiled. The Arena's
been as quiet as a church on many nights this year; too many of us just
take winning for granted. It's been seemingly forever since the team
lost, and we've forgotten what it's like to feel real excitement and
surprise at victory.
While I'm glad to have the Pens doing so well, in some ways it was a better
high back when the Pens beat the Bruins two years ago, and the Rangers last
year. Too much of a good thing is not always good for you. | 0 |
767 |
In the Boston area, you can hear the Rangers on WFAN and the Devils
on WABC, the Whalers on WTIC and the Red Wings on WJR. This of course is in
addition to the Bruins who are currently on WEEI but may move to WHDH because
the fools at WEEI are owned by the Celtics and thus will show them over the
Bruins every time there is a conflict. You can also get WBAL Baltimore but
I don't think they have hockey. BTW, I once got a station from Indiana that
had Fort Wayne Comets games.
| 0 |
4,936 |
As the heading indicates, it is impossible for me to fathom why Barry is not
batting 4th for the Giants behind Will Clark. Barry is such an awesome and
consistent hitter -- definitely the best in the National League. IMHO, to
have Williams, a streaky hitter (and not really a clutch hitter) batting
4th ahead of Bonds is simply an injustice to the Giants and fans of the
Giants.
| 0 |
620 |
I have successfully copied all of the uuencoded versions of these logos to my
local directory, but when I tried the GIF files, it said "Permission denied".
Could you explain why, and also how to execute the uuencoded files?
Thanks,
Ken
| 0 |
2,832 | Does anybody know what is going on with Lankford? I know he was
out for a few games with a slight injury, but since he has
beenback (and before the injury for that matter) he has been
really struggling at the plate and on the basepaths.
Whereis the Ray Lankford we saw last year???
--
msilverm@nyx.cs.du.edu GO CUBS!!! | 0 |
4,295 | I stopped going to A's games some years ago while I still lived inthe
Bay Area for exactly this reason. I believe the length of their games
has been institutionalized by LaRussa/Duncan. They encourage their
pitchers to be overly deliberate, to throw to first often, to study
the catchers' signals, and so on. And almost every A's hitter takes
a step out of the box after every pitch. This is not, imo, a coincidence.
This is planned. And I hate it.
As for the Gant situation, I did not see the game or the replays. But
I do wonder. What if Gant had requested a time out? Would Hirschbeck
have been required to give it to him? Could he have denied the requst?
For all he (the ump) knew, Gant could have had dirt in his eye.
| 0 |
3,765 |
I hope this makes you feel better, but the overtime between the Isles and
the Caps was GREAT!!!
| 0 |
3,786 | that
his
positive.
Clint Malarchuk
What has happened to him since?
Assigned to San Diego Gulls at the being of the season I believe
What
It was Uwe Krupp and a Blues player, though Uwe's skate I beleive cut
Clint. He has since be traded to the Isles in the LaFontaine deal.
Has this ever
This is the only time I know of.
| 0 |
983 | Someone asked about the rosters for the college hockey senior all-star
shrine game held in Orono, Maine earlier this month:
WEST
Derek Plante MINN-DULUTH (west MVP of the game)
Greg Johnson N DAKOTA
Bryan Smolinski MICH ST
Fred Knipscheer ST CLOUD STATE
Chris Campbell WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR
Glenn Lang UW-SUPERIOR
Chris Bergeron MIAMI
Joe Cook MIAMI
Jamie Erb BEMIDIJI
Brett Harkins BOWLING GREEN
David Roberts MICHIGAN
Todd Trettier UW-STEVENS POINT
John Young MICH TECH
Brett Hauer MINN-DULUTH
Pat Neaton MICHIGAN
Barry Richter WISCONSIN
Mike Smith LSSU
Chris Valicevic ST MARY'S
Shaun Gravistin AK-ANCHORAGE (goalie)
Tom Newman MINNESOTA "
Bryan Schoen DENVER "
Ron Mason MICH ST (coach)
Steve Nelson UW-SUPERIOR "
Jim Knapp MINN-DULUTH "
EAST
Jack Duffy YALE
Chris Foy N'EASTERN
Scott Meehan MASS-LOWELL
Aaron Miller VERMONT
Kevin O'SUllivan BU
Chris Potter CONNECTICUT
Ray Alcindor MIDDLEBURY
Greg Carvel ST LAWRENCE
Bob Cowan PROVIDENCE
Steve Dubinksy CLARKSON
Dan Gravelle MERRIMACK
Ryan Hughes CORNELL
Mark Kauffman YALE
Matt Mallgrave HARVARD
Chris McGee BABSON
Scott McNair RIT
Jim Montgomery MAINE
David Sacco BU
Chris Rogles CLARKSON (goalie) (East's MVP of the game)
Garth Snow MAINE "
Grant Wood HAMILTON "
Brian Durocher BROWN (coach)
Shawn Walsh MAINE "
Bruce Marshalll CONNECTICUT "
These are the original rosters. There may have been a few changes
for the actual game (guys not being able to participate or whatever). | 0 |
2,844 |
This is the price hockey fans have to pay for the mistake of leaving
ESPN 5 or 6 years ago...it will take time to correct for that mistake.
But returning to ESPN was the correct decision last year...by next
time, we may have the potential for Sportschannel and ESPN to really
compete to offer better coverage and be forced to deliver on it. | 0 |
7,198 |
Not bad. We had a similar situation. Slowpitch softball, bases loaded,
weakest hitter at the plate. He hits a line drive over the third
baseman's head that hooked and hooked and finally landed ten feet in
foul ground, almost hitting the fence down that side of the field.
But the umpire called fair ball! I was coaching third, yelling at evrybody
to move up a base. The ump's position: "it was still fair when it
passed third base".
Why the other team didn't immediately protest I'll never know; we
certainly weren't going to argue about it, since every body did manage
to advance one base safely.
There was also the time when a batted ball ricocheted off my (runner
from second base) leg, fielded by the SS, steps on second to force the
runner from first, and throw to first in time for what the umpire
called a triple play; protest removed when we won the game anyway. | 0 |
4,968 |
funny, it seems to me that the stats major league and minor league handbooks,
which are nothing BUT collections of statistics, are authored by "bill james
and stats inc. (and howe, for the minor league handbook)".
and i am not sure how the 1993 bill james player ratings book qualifies
as a "book with statistics", while the elias analyst is a "statistics book".
the analyst contains more stats, sure, but it also contains more dialogue.
finally, the point was not about the word "statistics". it was about
"money-grubbing". i don't see how anyone who has looked at the bill
james player ratings book cannot consider him money-grubbing. | 0 |
4,095 |
Dummy Hoy, a late 19th-Century baseball player, was deaf. In
order for him to be able to find out whether the pitch was a ball or
strike, the umpires developed hand signals. This also helped to relieve
the stress on umpires' vocal cords, so they didn't have to shout "STRIKE!!!"
or "BALL!!!!!" 350 times a game...
Heard about this one from the only worthwhile baseball book
John Thorn has ever authored, "A Century of Baseball Lore" :-) | 0 |
5,983 | Cardinals
for poor
Without opening this up for a sabermetric flame war, I would like to
question the notion that "sitting a rested player down" has any real
effect on his long-term performance. Sure, if a man is tired and needs
real rest, then taking a break might be a constructive act. Perhaps if
a man is mentally "strained", then sitting him down might help to the
extent that that helps him relax. But I would like to suggest that
in the long run, players do slump, and benching is probably irrelevant. | 0 |
4,075 |
The Hart Trophy was orginally awarded in a time where people did not think
in terms of who was the "best" player, rather in terms of who was the most
valuable to the team. And "valuable to his team" was not, and should not
be, considered synonymous with "best". We are talking about a time when
honour and attitude, not measurable skills, were the most important assets
a player brought to his team, his league and his sport. This was before
the onslaught of professionalism which has clearly denigrated what was
formerly the foremost peacetime pursuit of glory.
The Hart Trophy is not a prize. It is an honour.
-- | 0 |
1,137 |
In fact, he's a complete and total dickhead on at least 2 newsgroups
(this one and rec.sport.hockey). Since hockey season is almost over,
he's back to being a dickhead in r.s.bb.
| 0 |
3,940 | The problem with your nihilistic approach, Roger, is that it takes all the
sense out of the game. By your line of reasoning, if a guy hits into a
double play with one out and the bases loaded, there's no point in saying
that that was a bad thing to do (if his team won anyway) or speculating
on what might have happened if things had gone otherwise, so the double
play is merely an event that happened in the course of a game that was
eventually won or lost for unknown reasons. After all, any speculation
involves constructing a fantasy about what would have happened but didn't.
Roger, do you ever worry that the next pencil you drop will fall to the
ceiling instead? Or are you willing to consider empirical evidence?
Teams go to the post-season when they win more games than anybody else
in their division. If they don't make the post-season, they don't win the
Series. Will you agree that winning a division is a useful intermediate
goal in ring-collecting?
If so, you must agree that winning games is a useful intermediate goal
towards winning the division, and our disagreements come when we consider
how to win games.
In your viewpoint as expressed, winning games happens for reasons that
cannot be analyzed. While many of us are thinking things like "Base-
runners are good, outs are bad, and therefore walks are better than
double plays with the bases loaded", you are thinking things like
"It's a team game, so perhaps the double play will cause some mysterious
team dynamics that will cause the team to win today".
The result is that it becomes impossible to say *anything* about individual
players. Perhaps Atlanta would have won the Series with me playing left
field. After all, perhaps in some way my knowledge and personality would
have helped the team more than my complete lack of skill would have hurt
it. Therefore, I could be an extremely valuable player. Did Dave Winfield
have anything to do with the Jays' victory? Probably, but how do you know?
If you replace him with Andres Galarraga, perhaps the Jays would have won,
perhaps they would have lost, perhaps they would have defected to Alpha
Centauri (bearing in mind that the flying saucers would not have landed
in mid-season had Winfield been DHing for Toronto).
Was Babe Ruth a good player? He played on some WS-winning teams, but did
he have anything to do with their success?
It is generally accepted that Ernie Banks was a good baseball player, and
Jarvis Brown and Dan Schatzeder weren't. It seems to me that anybody who
would deny this needs to provide the proof.
Now, we have observed things about baseball over the years, both empirically
and by looking at the rulebook. It is necessary to score more runs than
one's opponent to win the game, so it would seem important to score runs
and to prevent one's opponent from scoring. Runs are scored while a team
is batting, and an inning ends after the third out, so it would seem that
making outs is bad while hitting home runs is good. Players have tendencies
to hit or pitch at certain levels, and these are usually somewhat consistent
from year to year.
We do use these statistics to predict winners, and so do you. To make
some flat predictions: Barry Bonds will have a higher OBP+SLG than
Gene Larkin this year. The Braves will finish ahead of the Rockies
in the standings. The Tigers will score more runs than the Royals, but
will also give up more. I would be astonished if any of these turned
out to be false, and, I suspect, so would you. As a matter of fact, I
am pretty sure I can predict all the division winners this year, given
3-4 guesses per division, and this is certainly better than random
chance (and almost statistically significant).
If you will admit that the Rockies and Mariners are unlikely to meet in
the World Series, you must admit that there is some sort of way to measure
likelihoods, however fuzzy.
So how about "real life"? Person A robs a service station with two people
in it, using a .38 automatic pistol, gets $42, and is convicted and sentenced
for three years. Person B, with a similar criminal record, robs a service
station with two people in it, using a .38 revolver, gets $42, and is
convicted. Since they used two different types of handgun, are comparisons
totally meaningless?
Say you drop a pencil to see if the gravity still works (my cats are always
testing this - they don't trust me to pay the gravity bill on time). You
have never dropped a pencil at that exact time of the century before, so
all previous evidence is meaningless? Or would you be surprised if it flew
out the window instead of hitting the desk? | 0 |
2,963 | I'm personally expecting Moog. Blue played fairly decent (alright
spectacular at times) in his 1/2 a game but Moog has the experience.
What Did Blue have going for him, nothing, What would happen in a Tie
game, the prssure is then on the Goal tender to insure that you keep the
puck out (at the very least until your team scores) Blue didn't face that
kind of pressure on Tuesday. The Bruins will come out storming that
is for sure. I really think that this series is up to Buffalo, Boston
(except for two bad passes in game one) really hasn't played that bad
, As a believer is statistics, you know that your going to get the
puck by fuhr sooner or later, just keep shooting. There game plan is
sound but they need to take the lead first, and control the tempo.....
IMHO
Pat Ellis
P.S. GO BRUINS GO UMAINE BLACK BEARS 42-1-2 NUMBER 1......
HOCKEY EAST REGULARS SEASON CHAMPIONS.....
HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS>......
PAUL KARIYA, HOBEY BAKER AWARD WINNER.......
NCAA DIV. 1 HOCKEY TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
| 0 |
6,752 | Caps/Isles Fans,
Anyone interested in catching the games from Nassau
Coliseum (hopefully there will be another) can catch
the game at North Carolina's Original Sports Bar in
Chapel Hill. I'm pretty sure they carry HTS as well.
They had all three games on at the same
time last night. This is the only place I know to
catch all of the Stanley Cup action. | 0 |
1,414 | Yes - Everyone seems to be in agreement that the Yankees are
finally moving in the right direction. They should finish
over .500 this year and maybe even be in the pennent race
in August. However, I would take back a few moves:
1. The Jim Abbott Trade.
I think Abbott is not only an inspirational person, but a
great pitcher also. He could win the Cy Young this year,
but he won't because the right side of the Yanks infield
isn't good enough. So why was this not a good trade?
JT Snow. How many rookies have been able to step in and
immediately have the impact that he has had so far on
the Angels? I know it's early, but if you've seen this kid
hit, field or talk you can just tell that he is going to be
a tremendous player. The Yanks should have kept him. What
about Mattingly, you ask? Well - it's great that the Yanks
have taken care of him and remained loyal, but he's 10 years
older than Snow and just doesn't have the same bat speed as
before his back injury. It's a shame, but as a Yankee fan
who wants to see the *best* Yankee team, I'd take
Snow over Mattingly at first. The Yanks also gave up two
promising propects with Snow for Abbott. Besides, with
Domingo Jean, Brien taylor, Wickman, Militello, and Sterling
Hitchcock, they are just loaded with propects. I know Abbotts
only 26, but this was too much to give up. I believe George
forced this trade because he believes (and he's right) that
Abbott will be a big hit in NY. However, I'd like to see the
Yankees build a baseball team, not an amusement show.
2. Wade Boggs.
I live in Boston and like Wade a lot. But, his career is
winding down and I would rather see the Yanks start to develop
a long term solution (i.e. Hensley Muelins, Russ Davis, Velarde?).
Besides, Wade just doesn't have any range. What a shame about
Charlie Hayes, huh?
3. Spike Owen.
See Wade Boggs. I'd much rather see them develop Dave Silvestri
or whoever. Wade and Spike next to each other in the infield is
going to raise the Yankee staff ERA 1/2 point. And these guys
are on the down sides of their careers.
4. Danny Tartabull.
Yes - he's put up some tremendous numbers and it's nice to think
about what he could do if he were ever healthy all year. But he
never is. We should expect 120 games max out of him. Meanwhile,
Gerald Williams is playing at Columbus and Paul O'Neil is playing
left field! I believe O'Neil led NL outfielders in assists
last year - and Tartabull is a poor defensive outfielder.
What I'm basically getting at is the Yanks are moving in the right
direction but are NOT ready to win a pennent this year. They should
(at the GM level) be planning for a 1994 or 1995 world series. This
means getting the younger players experience in the majors NOW so they
will be ready in a year or two.
I'm afraid that all this stuff wreaks of George Steinbrenner.
Certainly, the Boggs deal was all George. It looks like George is
planning the right mix of veterans and young players to win a world
series now. The veterans are always available and can be added at any
time (like Boston did this year). Develop the young players first,
then add the one or two veterans (or in the Yankees case, just keep
them). Let's all us Yankee fans hope that George doesn't dismantle
the terrific job Stick and company have done building the Yankee
organization back into one of respect. I'm really afraid that he will
trade whoever it takes to patch holes today (relief pitching for
example). George must realize that the Yankees rebuilding process is
still one or two years away. Have patience George and we will all
enjoy the future. Fire Bucky and trade the kids and it's baseball
hell for all loyal Yankee fans for a long time! | 0 |
6,995 |
My apologies for the typo - I meant the Wings had 5 power plays in the
first period and the Leafs none.
As well, my point isn't that the refs were biased, just that they were
calling a lot of penalties, which works to the benefit of the Wings.
Having the ref call a whole bunch of penalties against one team then
calling a bunch against the other to "make up for it" takes a lot away
from what could have been a great game.
| 0 |
4,702 |
Good point. Not only baseball but local NBA basketball games took
precedence over any SCA's NHL playoff coverage. | 0 |
1,350 |
Now *this* is a legitimate point. Baseball is entertainment, and I have no
quarrel with people who find certain styles of play more entertaining than
others, regardless of their win-value. Personally, I'm a huge fan of the
slug-bunt; I doubt it's a high-percentage play, but I get a big kick out of
it. I am willing to live with the bad consequences in exchange for the fun.
Of course, this is *not* the same as claiming (as some do) that Galarraga's
inability to defer gratification isn't hurting his team because he "isn't
paid to walk" or "is an RBI guy" or whatever.
I'm not sure. I used to think this was true, but more and more I'm becoming
convinced that it's the other way around: among players with the physical
ability to hit the ball real hard, the patient ones are the ones who get the
chance to do it a lot.
Let's break down the four basic categories of hitter, according to whether
they are power threats and whether they walk a lot:
Power No Power
Patient Frank Thomas Brett Butler
Barry Bonds Ozzie Smith
Mark McGwire Craig Grebeck
Babe Ruth Miller Huggins
Ted Williams Billy Hamilton
Rickey Henderson Eddie Joost
Joe Morgan Mike Hargrove
. .
. .
. .
Impatient Ernie Banks Ozzie Guillen
Dave Kingman Shawon Dunston
Joe Carter Andres Thomas
George Bell Jose Lind
Kirby Puckett Devon White
etc.
As far as I can tell, all the categories are full. It really looks like the
two are independent. Nobody could possibly be *afraid* of Craig Grebeck at
the plate, and yet he walks quite a lot. Part of that, undoubtedly, is being
small of stature, but surely major league pitchers can hit that sort of
target at least 3 times out of 6. Randy Milligan is an even better example;
he's only shown noticeable power for one (partial) season, but he walks all
over the place, despite his huge strike zone.
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5,327 |
2) Hitting....Hawks tried to outmuscle Blues but could not do it.
Instead, Blues matched Hawks hit for hit and crunched the shit out of
them in game #4.....Scud line, Shanahan, Butcher, and Zombo particularly
took turns bashing favorite targets like Chelios.
3) Skating.....when the Hawks tried to outskate Blues, they could not do
that either. Nelson Emerson finally showed up and skated circles around
flat footed Chicago defense.....Hedican, Felsner, Ron Wilson and others
also proved that with old cement skaters like Goulet and Keith Brown,
Blues could lap Chicago in a 400 M relay race.
I agree with #2 but you are wrong about #3. In fact, the only
point where the Hawks in any way matched the Blues was when
they quit trying to outmuscle and instead tried to outskate
the Blues. They scored and took the lead. Too bad it was
Game 4 and they then took some stupid penalties. When the
Hawks skated, they outskated the Blues and took control.
| 0 |
36 | } Last night, Boston Red Sox win its 11 games of 14 games by beating Seattle
} 5-2. Roger Clemson pitch not so dominate. He walked at least 6 man in
} first 6 inns. But Valetin and Greenwell hit homeruns and Red Sox prevail.
Clemens struggled with his control, but was also the "beneficiary"
of some pretty shoddy umpiring. but to be fair, most of the walks were
early in the game, and he adjusted. he was also helped by (dare i say
it?) some pretty good defense by the Sox, including Rivera playing
at second, not his normal position.
actually, Clemens is pretty lucky that he got the win, considering the Sox
almost gave up the lead in the bottom of the 7th on Mo's error catching
a throw-over.
} I think that game is must win for Red Sox in Seattle, considering Darwin will
} faced Seattle ace Randy Johnson tonight.
must win? in April?
they've already won 4 more games so far than anyone thought they would at this
point of the season... i hope people aren't getting too caught up
in this streak; it's been fun, but teams have 11-3 streaks all the time,
and it is only when they are at the start of the season that they get
so much attention. | 0 |
2,596 | : Detroit's going to beat Toronto in 6 or LESS!!!
:
: Granted, Gilmour should get the Hart Trophy, NOT Lemieux... Just
: Look at what Gilmour did for Toronto. When you think of Toronto,
: who comes to mind, Gilmour, Andreychuk, Potvin...ah...did I mentio
: n Gilmour?
:
When you think of the NHL, who comes to mind? Gilmour? Gretzky? Mario?
.. ah... did I mention Mario? If you said Gretzky, you haven't really
been following along, have you. If you said Gilmour, you are a true
Maynard.
I don't even think the selection of the HArt deserves serious discussion on
this group. It is a no-brainer. | 0 |
7,386 |
I heard he had a strained abdominal muscle or something like that. | 0 |
5,342 | I am planning a weekend in Chicago next month for my first live-and-in-person
Cubs game (!!!) I would appreciate any advice from locals or used-to-be locals
on where to stay, what to see, where to dine, etc.
E-mail replies are fine...
Thanks in advance!
Teresa | 0 |
1,434 |
: This comes indirectly from Al Morgani who works in the studio
: for ESPN hockey.
[Some text deleted]
: ESPN is under contractual obligation to show baseball and COULD NOT
: broadcast the OT of the hockey game. Next year, ESPN2 will be introduced so
: baseball fans can watch baseball and hockey fans can watch hockey.
I hadn't heard about this new ESPN2. When is this new network
supposed to start? Sounds great to me! (as long as my cable co.
offers it)
| 0 |
1,423 | Ugliest swing..I am not sure. I think the ugliset stance is
Jolio Franco of the Ranger. I wonder how that bat comes around in time
to hit the ball. It looks bad but hey.it get the job done. | 0 |
7,447 |
I think what Bob is describing here is a game which MAD magazine
called 'Basebrawl'. I have no idea what issue, but it sure did cover
the violence issue.
paul
| 0 |
1,985 |
This comes up periodically, and I just don't get it. Take, for example, Mark
McGwire. He walked 90 times in 1993. If that's not a potential great example
of what you're talking about then I don't know what is. Now let's look at
what happens when McGwire doesn't walk:
75% of the time he made an out.
10% of the time he hit a single.
5% of the time he hit a double.
10% of the time he hit a homer.
Now, you're pitching against McGwire. Would you trade 20 walks for 2 homers,
1 double, 2 singles, and 15 outs? I would. Why give him the base when you
can get him out 3 times out of 4?
Then there are guys like Alex Cole, who has a career .363 OBP even
though he's never had a batting average over .300 (he did hit .300 in
227 AB in 1990) or hit a single home run. Yep, that's right, he's
*never* hit a homer in 916 AB's through the end of 1992. Who'd be
afraid to throw a strike to him?
Mike Jones | AIX High-End Development | mjones@donald.aix.kingston.ibm.com | 0 |
206 |
I didn't say that. Did you say that? Wow, I can't believe that
anyone would think that the Braves (or any other team, for that matter)
should get the title for free. What a dolt that person would be, if
that was what they thought. Incredible.
--
| 0 |
4,781 | Standings reflecting 2 completed series in Round 1:
Participant Points Final 4
1. roland_behunin 5 CAL-6 QUE-7 QUE-7
Dave_Wessels 5 VAN-7 PIT-6 PIT-5
3. Barfly 0 TOR-6 BOS-7 TOR-6
Dean's 0 DET-5 PIT-5 PIT-7
Oz 0 LAK-6 BOS-6 LAK-6
Garry 0 TOR-6 BOS-6 BOS-4
Brian_Bergman 0 DET-6 PIT-6 DET-6
Mopar_Muscle_Men 0 CHI-5 PIT-6 PIT-5
BH's_Last_Place_Picks 0 CHI-5 PIT-6 PIT-5
Milton_Keynes_Kings 0 DET-6 PIT-5 PIT-5
Sam_&_His_Dogs 0 DET-6 PIT-5 PIT-5
Ye_Ding 0 DET-6 PIT-5 PIT-6
Tampere_Stars 0 CHI-6 PIT-6 PIT-6
The_Mighty_Hedgehogs_Of_Myllyp 0 CHI-6 BOS-6 BOS-6
Homesick_Hawaiian 0 VAN-7 PIT-6 PIT-5
Killer_Kings 0 CHI-6 WAS-6 CHI-6
Puggy_Greybeards 0 DET-5 PIT-5 PIT-5
Ottawa_Bearcats 0 TOR-5 PIT-6 TOR-6
Andrew_Kirk 0 TOR-6 PIT-6 PIT-5
Muller_n_Walker 0 DET-6 PIT-6 PIT-6
Excalibur 0 DET-6 PIT-4 PIT-6
Rednecks_from_Hockey_Hell 0 DET-7 BOS-5 BOS-5
The_@$%@#$%_Rangers_of_1940 0 CHI-6 PIT-7 PIT-6
Jeff_Phelps 0 DET-6 PIT-6 PIT-5
Arctic_Circles 0 DET-6 PIT-6 PIT-4
Sludge 0 DET-6 PIT-6 DET-6
The_Logistician 0 DET-6 PIT-6 DET-7
Hillside_Raiders 0 CHI-6 BOS-6 BOS-7
Danielle 0 CHI-5 QUE-7 QUE-7
Stanias_Stars 0 CHI-6 BOS-7 BOS-6
BloodHook 0 DET-5 PIT-5 PIT-5
Gilles_Carmel 0 CHI-6 PIT-7 PIT-7
Pasi_Fr{nti 0 LAK-7 PIT-5 PIT-6
Evan_Pritchard 0 VAN-6 PIT-6 PIT-5
Skriko_Wolves 0 DET-7 PIT-5 PIT-5
Rangers_Blow 0 CAL-7 PIT-6 PIT-4
Sean 0 DET-5 PIT-5 PIT-6
Schott_Shooters 0 CHI-6 PIT-5 PIT-5
Gary_Shiff 0 TOR-4 PIT-6 PIT-4
Mike_Burger 0 DET-7 PIT-6 DET-7
Darse 0 DET-6 PIT-6 PIT-6
| 0 |
4,608 | Hey man! -
Having spent the past season learning to skate and having played a
couple of sessions of mock hockey, I'm ready to invest in hockey
equipment (particularly since I will be taking summer 'hockey
lessons'). However, I am completely and profoundly ignorant when it
comes to hockey equipment. I've checked out local stores and looked
at catalogs, but I was hoping to solicit opinions/suggestions before
actually plunking down any money. Having played football in high
school and college I at least have that equipment as a basis for
comparison. But for example what are the advantages/disadvantages to
different kinds of shoulder pads and pants/girdles? Are there any
notoriously bad or unsafe brands or styles? etc. So any suggestions
or comments would be greatly appreciated.
| 0 |
7,529 | I sent a version of this post out a while ago, but it was swallowed by
the void. My apologies if anyone ends up receiving it.
Oh no, I wasn't confused -- I understood that it was your personal
opinion. But I thought we were discussing the need to shorten
games. The arguments which declare this need seem to hinge on
the assertion that long games bore people and otherwise discourage
them from going to the ballpark. I'd like to see if the increased
length of games has negatively affected attendance. If it has, then
there *is* a problem, and something should be done about it. If it
hasn't, then there *isn't* a problem, and there's no need to monkey
with things as they are. | 0 |
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