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Well, there were 27 outs in a row with no hits or walks in between, but really, he only retired 26 batters in a row. The first out of the game was the front end of a double play. Still counts as a back-end perfect game in my book, though. Congrats to Chris Bosio. Too bad the Brewers couldn't hold on to him.
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What about including points? Probably no goals (at least against opponents) but there have been several assists given.
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The Isles picked one hell-of-a-time to get their first win all year after being down after 2 periods. The Caps seemed to have the game in hand playing steady defense and getting great goaltending from Tabaracci. The Isles power play philosophy continues to be dump-and-chase which, except for boardaholics like Flatley, doesn't work against the Caps. I hope Al realizes this!! They have too many talented finesse players, so why not carry the puck in and set-up??? If last night's game is any omen, the Isles could be on their way to that ole championship form; COMING from behind late in a game. My advice to the Caps is to pounce on those Healy Rebounds. Flatley showed alot of heart by playing the last period and overtime despite an almost swollen-shut left eye injury suffered at the hands of Dale Hunter. Ray Ferraro has arrived just in time for the playoffs showing the fiesty hustle that us Islander fans remember from an Italian from the past; JOHN TONELLI!!! It was Tonelli who won a similar game against the PENS in game 5 on the 82 playoffs. The Isles scored two late third period goals to send the game into OT tied at 3. In OT, Tonelli scored the game winner to send the Isles to the next round. The Isles have lacked this tenacity for years, but perhaps its BACK! It was good to see the Coliseum packed just like the ole days!!! Good luck to the Isles the rest of the way!!!!! John Scialdone SCIALDONE@NSSDCA.GSFC.NASA.GOV
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On Tuesday, when it was raining in Chicago, ESPN provided bonus hockey coverage. Now it seems as though some fans are ticked off that the NY-Wash OT was replaced with the Angels-?? game. People must realize that there are more baseball fans instead of hockey fans in the U.S The baseball game was scheduled to air and advertisers money was paid so they can't skip the baseball game. Why don't you people CHILL OUT and enjoy whatever coverage you can get.
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Or a Caps fan residing in Atlanta, where they DONT EVEN TELL THE F&@(*@CKING PLAYOFF SCORES ON THE NEWS!!!!!
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... ... ... "Why don't you kill him Beav" "Well...I dunnow Eddie...I might get in trouble" "Here's a gun Beav, shoot him, Beav" "Well...ok Eddie" BLAM BLAM
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Yeah... I think that the Flames and the Flyers traded Captains once... Mel Bridgeman for Brad Marsh.
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It would help if his OBP were higher than his batting average. Yes, the April 12 USA Today lists Le Grand Chapeau as having a .422 batting average and a .413 OBP. That's on 19-for-45 hitting with 0 (zip, nil, nada) walks. The reason a lot of us are down on Galarraga is that he's has a long history of showing that this is nowhere near his real level of ability (except for drawing walks). If he hit .400 for, say, even 250 AB's I'd be convinced that there was a real change in his ability. If he did it with an OBP<AVG, I'd not only be amazed but I'd make a bet that that would be a unique feat in the history of the game. But what do 45 AB's prove? Look at some of the other fluke players at this point in the season: Player AVG AB Blauser .367 49 Grace .391 48 Milligan .400 35 Conine .375 40 Lansing .400 50 Slaught .406 32 Are any of these guys really that good? Well, in a word, no. How significant is Galarraga's average? At the 45 AB level, a hit is worth about .020. If he'd had one of those hits called an error and one taken away by a good defensive play, he'd be in the .380 range. If he goes 0-for-4 in his next game he's all the way down to .388. In one game. Come back in June. Let's talk then. It's history, Greg. Andres' history is that he doesn't walk much because he swings at bad pitches, so his average isn't very good. 45 AB's doesn't mean an awful lot compared to a history of a couple of thousand, especially when there's ample evidence (0 BB in 1992) that his basic hitting approach hasn't changed. Yeah, he might suddenly have turned into a .400 hitter who never walks, but don't bet the rent money on it. Mike Jones | AIX High-End Development | mjones@donald.aix.kingston.ibm.com
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Does anyone have the player stats for games played up until April 22,1993.
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OK. I know I look pretty desperate on this bboard. I think I have posted 3 or 4 messages already on the issue of NHL telecats over the last few weeks. But, hey. I am pretty desperate. What I am interested is not just a sportsbar with multiple screens so thast I can watch the game on one of those silent screens. Are there any hockey oriented bars in this area. Or does some Patrick division or Adams division fan have a satellite dish? I don't mind paying an admission fee, if necessary.
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Bufflo Sabres has just finished their great four wins over Boston. All Sabres players contribute to those great wins but those talent players including Mogily, Fuhr, Kemhlev and Lafontin impressed me most. Their skills showed the art of sport, not like the garbage speech from the coach's corner.
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Did anyone happen to see Peter Gammons on ESPN last night? He addressed this exact issue, and dismissed it rather quickly. According to Gammons, advanced scouts are reporting that Morris' fastball and slider still have the same zip and that his problems this year are due to his sudden inability to keep the ball hidden during his release. Guzman and Stottlemyre have gone through similar stretches that have been cleared up succinctly by a little work with the pitching coach. Gammons looks to see Morris back in top form within the month. I, on the other hand, still have my doubts. Morris' ERA last year was rather high for a pitcher who won 20 games. His showing in the Series was not surprising. Although I'm not convinced that he's washed up, I have my doubts as to whether or not he can ever regain the form he had for the Twins in '91.
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Total Baseball, which also tries to evaluate a player's total offensive and defensive contributions, gives Barry Bonds a Total Player rating of 9.0 for 1992. Only one other player since Ruth attained that mark: Cal Ripken for his 1984 season. Rounding out the top five offensive players in the NL last season: Sheffield, 5.9; Sandberg, 5.8; Van Slyke, 5.3; and Larkin, 4.7. The top 5 offensive players in the AL in 1992 were: E. Martinez, 4.8; Ventura, 4.8; Anderson, 4.5; R. Henderson, 4.4; and Thomas, 4.4 In short, Total Baseball says Bonds enjoyed one of the best seasons ever in the game's history -- better than any year had by Mantle, Mays, Williams, etc. (If you disagree, don't flame me; flame the writers of Total Baseball.) Also, Martinez and Ventura are neck and neck, so given the shortcomings of any statistical analysis, which one had the better year can be considered a toss-up. Thus, Total Baseball supports your choices of Bonds and Ventura as the MVPs of 1992. -- -------------------------- Phil Brown | aka pb6755@csc.albany.edu |
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It was Clint Malarchuk Whatever happened to him, anyway?
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Be fair. He did walk 6 batters in 6.1 IP. He also allowed only three hits, none for extra bases. Only one run. A pretty good outing, all told. There is no such thing as a "must win" game this early in the season. And we can always *hope* that Darwin pitches well!
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Hello, Could someone tell me if and where i could find faceoff stats for the 91/92 season and later on the 92/93 (i think its to early to get it now). Thanks a lot
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Steve Tuttle was traded from the Blues to TB in the before the start of this season along with Pat Jablonski, for future considerations. He played for Milwaukee of the IHL, then got traded from TB to QUE along with Michel Mongeau. He's currently playing with Halifax of the AHL.
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Last year my nine year old son fell in love with baseball and now likes to play and to follow the professionals. I would like to buy him a board game so he can catch a glimpse of and practise a little of the managerial stragegy. I am not looking for a computer game or any type of game where manual dexterity determines the winner. I am after something that he and his friends can spread out over a table on a rainy day and spend some thoughtful time over. I would appreciate the names of any recommended games. I don't follow this newsgroup, so e-mail responses would be ideal. ....[MIchael] -- MGODDARD@EHD.HWC.CA : Michael Goddard : (613) 954-0169 : Fax (613) 952-9798 B9, Environmental Health Centre, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Canada, K1A 0L2
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In what seems to be a classic Mitchell move, he drops a fly ball, and injures his hamstring on the same play. Haven't heard anything on how serious the leg is. --->Paul, who me? bitter about Mitchell's performance in Seattle? Nah. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We will stretch no farm animal beyond its natural length paula@koufax.cv.hp.com Paul Andresen Hewlett-Packard (503)-750-3511
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As far as I know, a save opportunity is when it is 7th inning or beyond, and the batter on deck can either tie or win the ball game. For example If it is the bottom of the 8th inning and Clemens is pithching. The Red Sox are leading 4-1 and Clemens has just givin up a hit. So, there is a man on first, the batter, and the batter on deck could tie the game with a homer. If Jeff Russel came in, (The Red Sox reliever), and finished the game without allowing the tieing or losing run to score, he would get the save and Clemens would get the win. Thats how I beleive it works.
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netnews.upenn.edu!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!news.se ervice.uci.edu!network.ucsd.edu!btree!terry Will they name Lindros captain next year or Recchi. Geoff
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I remember reading an article in Reader's digest many moons ago about a similar incident. During a minor leaque game a player neck was cut when the opponent he was back-checking tripped and his skakes flew up. In this case the victim's mask proved a hinderance since his face was protected and so he didn't bother with the usually instinctive reaction to protect his face/neck. A quick thinking coach saved his life by applying direct pressure and using snow to contract the blood vessels (from what I can remember).
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And it has worked again. Pena went 3 for 3 last night against Colorado.
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I'm sure all of you have heard of the extraordiary start by rookie J.T. Snow of the California Angeles. Other than the fact that his father was a star receiver with the L.A. Rams and is now a radio personality in Los Angeles and J.T. came from the Yankees organization I don't know much about J.T. If anyone has info and background on the young fenom....please post. By the way, for those of you not following his exploits he has hit four home runs in three days. Two last night. He has also delivered the winning hit a couple of times for the Angeles in this young season. Thanks...
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Unfortunately, Roger is now over at r.s.baseball spewing his expertise (i.e. being a dickhead). I guess he is afraid of posting anything here, because he knows what to expect.
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(...) (...) Att man skulle bli tvyngen att {ndra premisserna kunde man inte lista ut p} f|rhand. Huvudsak att man inte flyttar *ner* fel lag. \stersund var en solklar fix som sagt, men V{stervik!! Att det beror p} Nyk|ping tror jag inte p}, man kunde ju lika g{rna "flytta ner" Roma till s|dra (iaf om man g}r efter bredgraderna). Mest r{ttvist vore att l}ta Tierp och V{stervik g|ra upp, men d} skulle Roma/Nyk|pinks vara eller inte vara i |stra ocks} avg|ras. Vad skulle de s{ga om det? Det st|rsta felet med }rets indelning {r *exakt* samma som f|rra }ret, fast v{rre. DET [R INTE R[TVIST INDELAT, sportligt sett. Vallentuna var en match fr}n att g} upp till Allsvenskan f|rra }ret ist{llet gick G{vle upp. Tror ni n}n av dem lyckas lika bra i }r? AIK, HIF, SSK och HIK ska sl}ss om tv} platser!! Om man hadde placerat dessa i var sin division skulle de vara sj{lvklara favoriter till en plats i Allsvenskan, men nu m}ste tv} ge vika. Var finns r{ttvisan i det? :-( Jag har h|rt att HIK har l{mnat in en protest till f|rbundet ang{ende indelningen i |stra. Mitt f|rslag vore att l}ta 3:orna i varje division kvalspela om tv} platser i Allsvenskan och efter jul skulle man kunna sl} ihop de fyra divisionerna till tv}, en s|der och en norr. P} s} s{tt bestraffas inte ett lag som kommer fr}n en trakt d}r det finns m{nga bra lag. En kul grej som jag |nskar att man inf|rde {r att l}ta vinnaren i Allsvenskan f} spela i SM-slutspelet. Det skulle bli en extra krydda till division ett ishockeyn om lagen k{nde att de var "inom r{ckh}ll" till SM-bucklan. Det skulle kanske p} sikt ocks} kunna minska skillnaderna mellan lag i elitserien och division ett. Vad s{js? -- /Marek ------------------------------------------------------------------- Marek.Repinski@eos.ericsson.se | "Man skall inte anv{nda fr{mmande Ericsson Telecom AB | ord om man har en adekvat inhemsk System Design Division | vokabul{r disponibel" - Sweden - | Gunnar Emanuel Str{ng (1906-92)
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I am just wondering whether the official MLB stats includes Intentional Walks in the BB category or not?
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I agree thouroughly!! Screw the damn contractual agreements! Show the exciting hockey game. They will lose fans of ESPN (of which I have been one for quite a while) quickly with decisions like this. Just my $.02
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I like the Clark-WIlliams-Bonds order. Pitchers can only walk Clark with 2 outs (unlike last year). Williams is getting better pitches to hit with Bonds looming in the on-deck circle. Since Matt has a terrible batting eye, this helps the Giants a lot. When Bonds gets on base all by himself, he can try to steal 2nd and then be driven in with a single by Thompson, Manwaring, or Clayton. If you bat Bonds before the other sluggers, then you don't want him to run because a "caught stealing" could take you out of a big inning. Also Bonds is less in need of protection behind him because he is such a good base stealer (a walk is a potential double). The only draw back is when Clark and Williams are clogging up the bases infront of Bonds... and I think that's a problem the Giants will be glad to see especially if Robby Thompson gets hot.
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mlb.c is archived on the Internet Baseball Archive anoymous ftp to eucalyptus.cc.swarthmore.edu (130.58.67.44) you must use your full email / username id as a password cd ./baseball/schedules it's filed as mlb-schedule-program.c for clarity schedules pre-generated for east-coast times are there as text files as well, and a couple of teams' TV schedules -- please send me more TV info if you have it on other teams. - matt Matt Wall * wall@cc.swarthmore.edu * Hey, I gotta job here, OK?
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Yes, I could look it up but I prefer to post this question to the net... I read somewhere in a long forgotten article that the handsignals used by major league umps were originally used to help a deaf ball player by the name of "Dummy". Urban myth? True? I gots ta know.
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ya know that kind of funny cause I've seen Kariya on Campus with a Sharks hat on....... 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The goalie to whom you refer is Clint Malarchuk. He was at that time playing with the Sabres. His team immediately prior to that was the Washington Capitals. While he did recover and continue to play, I do not know his present whereabouts.
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Michael J. Fox was on Letterman about a year ago (or two) during the playoffs as a celebrity hockey player for the Bruins. While he's not exactly a NHLer he did mention that the Bruins wanted to break Ulfie's legs (or something like that) in response to the Neely incident. It was quite amusing, as one of the few Letterman viewers who actually knew what he was talking about. Anybody know who the Pens celebrity hockey player is? Michael Douglas (aka Michael Keaton)?
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No, Brian's hurt. His hand I think. He started Saturday's game but was taken out. It's far too early to populate the dog house, although Bedrock was seen with a milkbone.
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I applauded the Sabres for making the deal to get Fuhr, specifically because I thought it would help them win at least one playoff series. However, I don't think the Leafs can be faulted either...there is nothing to say that Felix won't be winning playoff series by himself in years to come. Anyway, does anybody else find it ironic that Fuhr is up against Moog? (or at least he was until a guy named Alex showed up....:-) )
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Well, I'm finally about to key in the official rules for the archives, but before I do, I will ask again... does anybody have the official MLB rules in electronic format? Just trying to save myself a ton of work...no, they don't scan well because of the ridiculous format they're printed in. thanks - Matt Matt Wall * wall@cc.swarthmore.edu * Hey, I gotta job here, OK?
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I really think that this is the key point. When I saw the incident on Baseball Tonight Sunday, I couldn't believe how far away from the plate Gant went. Then he casually leaned against his bat. I don't blame the umpire at all for telling the pitcher to pitch. The worst part of the whole incident was the Braves coming out onto the field. What were they going to do, attack the umpire? The only people who should've been out there were Cox and maybe the coaches, but NO players. I agree with the person who posted before that Cox should be suspended for having no control over his team.
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How about Matt Nokes 2 run single against Ron Darling. Was that a hit or what? While watching the game yesterday they flashed up something regarding The Boss' talking about Mark Connor as bullpen coach. He said something like it's Mark Connor's fault that the bullpen is so horrible!! Here we go again!! George sticking his non-baseball nose in the baseball business. Shut up George, just spend the money, get the players and leave Buck and the coaches and players alone.
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^^^^^^^^ In four of the five games Finns have played, the goalie has been chosen the best player of the opposing team. (In the fifth, the finnish goalie, Ketterer was elected the best Finn) Has this to do with the goalies having good days in these games, or are the finnish players just lousy scorers??? Anyway, quite few goals have been scored in these games in generally (the exception of course being Canada vs. Italy). It looks like the goalies are getting too good. Is this due to their equipment getting bigger, so they cover more (their gloves, e.g. seem to be much bigger now than they were some years ago). Anybody know if the rules on goalie equipment has changed this way???? Mikko Wihervaara
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So this year you had a game on SCNY, a game on SCA, a game on ESPN, and if the Rangers hadn't crashed and burned, you would have had a game on MSG. What are you complaining about? I seem to recall last year everyone complaining about SC coverage. I even remember Orioles' games being shown in the DC area instead of hockey. And what about when SC failed to show the conclusion of other games because its feature game was over? Sound familiar? This year I'm getting twice the coverage. I can see all the Caps games *plus* the games ESPN shows. I think it's great that hockey is back on ESPN. IMHO, they're doing a great job especially considering the baseball contract they have to work around. --
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That more or less says it. I flicked the Penguins game on briefly and saw Ulf cross-check Valeri in the face. I am wondering if Don Cherry is going to go off on this at all in coach's corner. billc
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Yeh,but : 1.Biran Sutter's playoff record as the head coach in St.L wasn't very impressive. His Blues teams were eliminated very early in the playoffs. It doesn't look like this trend will change with the Bruins. 2. Bruins have never come back to win after falling behind 2-0 in their entire 68-year history. It doesn't look like Buffalo will just lose their next two games at the Aud with the way Fuhr has been standing on his head. Basically,the Bruins will be on the golf course by next weekend. Also,it seems like the whole Boston area has gone baseball crazy after an incredibly great start by the Red Sox(best record in their major leagues as of now). I would say that 70% of the callers to the Bruins' flagship station(SportsRadio 590) are talking about the Red Sox,about 15% are yapping about the Patriots' upcoming draft,10% are on the Celtics and about 5% are on the Bruins. Somehow,no one around here is really schocked the way Bruins are folding early.
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Can some on e give me some stats on Forsrg in the World Championships If sao mail to ua256@freenet.victoria.bc.ca
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I need a little help from a Texas Rangers expert. I was at Yankee Stadium Sunday (12-2 Texas rout) with my kids. We wandered out to the outfield during Rangers batting practice and I caught a ball tossed into the stands (actually wrestled some guy a bit, I might add) by #62 on the Rangers. Who is he? Looked like a bullpen assistant type, youngish I think. He was not in the roster listed in the Yankee scorecard. Any ideas? Please e-mail as I haven't been reading r.s.b regularly. Thanks. - Bob
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A guy who threw 240 innings with about .6 run lower ERA would have saved the bullpen even more. Say, somebody like Frank Viola (238 innings). Nice audition tape. Send it to: Baseball Tonight ATTN: Ray Knight ESPN Bristol, CT Have you, by chance, taken a look at the boxscores from last year to determine the accuracy of your account? I seem to recall Morris getting at least 3 or 4 wins last year when the Jays came back from behind after they had decided to pull Morris at the end of an inning. Mike Jones | AIX High-End Development | mjones@donald.aix.kingston.ibm.com
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In Article: 106628 of rec.sport.baseball, <HEALEY@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> (Roger Healey) wrote >> Yes, the stance is new. Don Baylor was his batting coach at St. Louis last year, and now, as his manager, is continuing to work with him. Maybe Andres has a "weak" left eye and the open stance gives him a better look at the ball. Or maybe it is simply improving his mechanics - I dunno. But the change seems to have enabled him to hit the ball as well as 5 years ago. His selectivity has not changed.
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I heard they were posted somewhere, but I can not find them. Please e-mail location. Thanks, -Jody -- Jody Hagins -- hagins@avlin8.us.dg.com Data General Corporation, Linthicum, MD
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Umpires are not required to call time out just because a player asks for time. Only in extreme cases, like dust in the pitcher's or hitter's eyes, should an umpire call time. The batter has 20 seconds to get situated in the box and receive a pitch. I'm against putting a giant clock (or any size clock for that matter) up to count down 20 seconds between pitches and the minute for warm-ups. But I think umpires should tell hitters to go to hell if they step out to get the sign or whatever, and instruct the pitcher to pitch. The same goes for pitchers. Umps should tell them to pitch or feint within 20 seconds or a ball will be called. That's the way it should be. Ryan Robbins Penobscot Hall University of Maine
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Note: I'm not posting this as part of an argument with Roger Meynard, but as an independent sort of thread. I do actually quote some things that Roger Meynard wrote, but it might be better to think of this as "sampling" his post (in the hip-hop sense) because it fits in with what I want to say. There's an interesting parallel between this way of viewing a baseball team and some people's conception of a biological organism. In the biology context, we would very likely read "fitness" for "the score of the game" and "organisms" for "teams". How we interpret "players" is trickier, but either "organs", or "genes" might seem reasonable choices depending on what point we were trying to make. A "genes" interpretation actually might be really interesting in this case, but that would be a different and probably longer post. If, however, we take the "organ" view, then our knowledge of biology should make us pause before we start saying things like "species X is more fit than species Y because of a better organ Z". Given what we know about the interdependence of organs, we would often be suspicious of such claims. (But note that this type of argument is quite often made when you map "species X" onto 'humans', and "organ Z" onto 'brain'). On the other hand, some statements of this kind do seem more reasonable than others, as far as we can test them (e.g. 'brain' above might be more reasonable than 'pancreas' assuming no gross pathology, particularly if species Y is a primate). Even when you make such statements, you should be concerned with the functioning of the whole organism, and the possibility that one organ might be more crucial for one species and a second organ in another. (Not to mention the possibility that no organ is particularly crucial in some third species.) However, if we are non-vitalists with any kind of reductionsit streak, we will want to say that an organism is not some completely magical unanalyzable "whole" but an intriguing process made up of various subprocesses that interact in ways that are potentially observable. Some of these processes might be localized to particular organs, while others may be distributed across multiple organs. In a way, this is just like a baseball team, except that I think it is pretty clear that the processes and interactions involved in baseball are *much* simpler and less numerous than in most organisms. One thing that is quite difficult about baseball is that perfectly controlled experiments are sometimes very tough to do. But, of course, this has never stopped researchers from doing the best they can, and sometimes deriving very powerful conclusions even in the absence of certainty. Most of this goes far beyond sheer speculation, but even sheer speculation can motivate further interesting research. In this cases, we're seeing the word "statistics" means "summary of observed events", where the events themselves can be viewed as the output of some process, and possibly inputs for other processes. Thus, if we have any valid notion of how the processes are put together into the functioning organism, data in the form of statistics might give us a basis to test particular hypotheses. This statement brings us back to the concept of fitness again. Fitness is defined in terms of both an organism and its environment; you might be fit in one situation and not another. Moving to baseball, it is clear that each team spends the entire season in an environment including all the other teams in the league. In at least a nominal sense, the division winners are the fittest teams in the league, in that they (on average) had better fitness scores than any of their competing opponennts. But in a real sense, there is a fairly large random component in the performance of each team that is difficult if not impossible to account for in terms of factors intrinsic to (or interesting for) baseball. The same is true in biology. But here is also no direct biological equivalent of the World Series in basebal. In the world series, the random component may be greatly magnified by the small number of games that are played, and both teams suddenly experience huge changes from the environement where they were originally successful. It might be fun to watch, but it's unclear what it all really means. *** Now just one more un-related point: On the other hand, you have seen some of us who can predict the outcome of the divisional races better than a random assignment of teams to finishes, and maybe some of us (e.g. me) who can do this better than the other participants in this forum on a regular basis. But this is probably only due to the fact that a 162-game schedule gives you a little hope that bad hops aren't the only difference between the winners and the losers. Moreover, you've had the opportunity to see some analysis of the World Series situation that makes the strong claim that *nobody* can predict the WS winner with reliably greater accuracy than a coin biased only to reflect the well-known home vs. road effect on winning percentage. Since stats are summaries of events, it's true that if you know the events you can derive the stats. But if somebody is trying to understand the process behind the stats, then the stats produce new knowledge, and some of this might even be reliable, repeatable, and useful. Speaking of which, I should get back to producing knowledge in a different field. That is, of course, if I can produce knowledge even though I'm relying on stats to do it.
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Uh, Bill James doesn't sell statistics. He sells books with statistics, but he is not in the business of providing stats like Elias, STATS, Howe, Baseball workshop etc. are.
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Can the Sabres win two more games against the Bruins? I think game three in Buffalo will be the most important of the series. If the Sabres lose that game, the party will be over. It will be hello next year. The key for the remaining games in the series will be whether Fuhr can keep up his brillliant goaltending and if Mogilny can continue skate by the Bruins. He has shown demonstrated excellent speed. Finally, the Sabres appear to have shown up for the post season.
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Yeah, they finally came to agreement on a contract. As soon as the ink was dry, he suddenly decided Kansas City was a neat place to be. (ergo, the "want to play for the national team" was a bargaining chip).
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I suspect that splits such as these are the result of positioning. An outfielder who is fast and gets a good jump would be expected to catch a lot of balls, preventing both singles and doubles, and also cut off more uncatchable balls, turinging doubles into singles. However, a fielder who plays shallow will catch more short flies and fewer long flies; this means that he will allow fewer singles but more doubles. Has anyone seen these players' positioning? Do Butler and Felix play deep, and Lankford, Martinez, and Wilson shallow, or is this a park effect? I thought Butler liked to play shallow.
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My sig has nothing to do with cockiness. What you put in your sig has nothing to do with your article, as I learned back in the fall, the hard way. You mean 'butt' don't you? Not but :-) Sure you do -- what?????????? Two points, one what does r.s.b.c. have to do with hockey? Secondly, UMASS beat my Quakers??? Hello!!! Earth here, are you responding??? We're not in the Atlantic 10 (or 8 whatever you wanna call it), we're in the Big 10 now!!! The A-10 was too weak for my Lady Lions -- they had to go to a more challenging conference. It didn't pay off as the Big East showed them a thing or too, but I still posted on a regular basis and tracked all the women's scores with reviews throughout the tournament. It wasn't a reason to stop posting. :-) It's not over yet -- if anyone has a chance to come back in 4 games, I think Boston can do it, but I still see Buffalo winning in 6. Agreed -- they're playing tremendous hockey right now. Congatualtions on three straight Buffalo. It could very easily be 2-1 Boston, but Buffalo has come up tough and a little luck. (You never see a penalty in OT that doesn't have both sides involved in a playoff game. Never never never!)
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I'm a hockey fan from way back, and maintain an interest as best I can here in the hockey hinterlands (Oklahoma). I'm hoping I can get a reading from some of you about the move of the North Stars to Dallas. I've been under the impression that Minnesota was one of, or possibly, THE hockey state in the U.S. So why is the team moving to a city in Texas? Is it that the owner is a greedy, self-serving profiteer, or were the Stars really not making a profit? Or was the city or whoever owned the arena doing some price gouging? As much as I'd like to see the NHL only a 3 hour drive from me, I can't help but feel for the people in Minnesota, unless they truly didn't support the team. Opinions, please.
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Apparently, the public workers' strike in St John's, Newfoundland is over. The strike has, since mid-January, forced the St John's Maple Leafs hockey team to play their home games in other cities such as Toronto, Cornwall and Charlottetown. They have been playing their playoff home games in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Leafs' management said that they COULD return to St John's for the second round.
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Nothing wrong with what Felix did. The only problem was that he didn't Dino hard enough. Next time Felix aim for the ankles!!!!!!!!!!
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His name is Clint Malarchuk. I'm not sure what he does now but I've heard he's an extra in slasher films.
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Yep, though my reasons for being relatively quiet are simple...last year I woofed when we went up 3-1 on the Canucks...and look where it got me. :) Domi got tossed in the 2nd with a high-sticking major. He had been playing with Kris King and Stu Barnes...and it was this line that was arguably the best in the first two games. Definitely a good thing...every little cheer helps, Evan. :) Good thing the net doesn't need a voice to operate...I won't have one Sunday night when I get home, I hope. White noise here we come! ;) One thing, I WILL say though...Vancouver can KEEP Steve Armitage and John Garrett as a broadcast team...those two are BAD, especially when you are spoiled by Don Wittman. (At least four or five times, Steve called Barnes Selanne. Whoops! :)
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That'll teach me not to qualify my statements... OK, something to shoot for. The Royals will score 531 runs or less this season (although they just decided to get McRae out of the leadoff spot :-( ) Of course, Valentine will throw this one back in my face when the Royals even manage to outscore another AL team. Sean
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Not boring is right!!! It is more likely to cause me to have a stroke!! I had to listen to game two on the Blackhawk station and I don't think I could take another call of "And JOSEPH makes a SPEcTACular saaaaaave". Now I'm a Blues fan, but I don't want them to play "like" they played in game two. Sure the result was fine, but the Blues match up very well with the Hawks so they really don't need to treat them like the 86 Flames. We don't need a "Monday Night Miracle" to have a chance to beat Chicago. The Blues can do it on talent. At least over the hawks. Rich h.--- Go BLUES!!
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Take a look at the standings. It's REAL easy to get so focussed on minutinae and forget that the Giants happen to be in first place. If it's working, you don't SCREW IT UP by changing things, just because you think it ought to be different. Some folks like to argue about theoretical details. I prefer to watch teams win. When the Giants slip to third, then we can talk about how to re-arrange the batting order. Until then, I think it's stupid to focus on what's wrong, for the simple fact that IT'S WORKING AS IT IS. In the majors? I don't follow AL, so I won't comment on "Majors". In the NL, if I had my choice of any 1B in the league for my team, it'd be Clark, and I'd hit him third. (My fantasy team has both Grace and Murray on it, because I've never been able to GET Clark. I'd take any of the three without hesitation in real life, but I think Clark is it). Williams: Not even close. I much prefer his defense, but when he isn't headcasing it, Matt has a good, solid swing and some real punch. If he drops to .230, then he wanders out of cleanup, but according to the latest Baseball Weekly, he's hitting .275, and in the last week, hitting .296. That's not exactly chopped liver. Mostly, though, the Giants are winning, and frankly, as long as that continues, it's rather silly to second-guess their strategy. But evidently, some folks would rather be right than be first.
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W --> W --> SEE! The Providence Bruins lost the first two games at home and came back to W --> tie the series on the road, there may be hope for the Bruins yet! Toast. They're toast. (And I know how much you want me to eat these words, but it ain't gonna happen.) Are the golf courses in the Boston area in playable condition yet? - Jack * Acid consumes 47 times its weight in life!
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It's called 'contractual obligations' with Major League Baseball. I would've liked to see the OT of the Isles-Caps game, but I understand where ESPN is coming from. ESPN is committed to a single telecast a night and everything after that is a bonus.
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So THAT'S what happened to Denny McLain. Sad. For those of you who are interested, another baseball pariah, Pete Rose, has a weekday radio show on the Sports and Entertainment national radio network. I think it's 3-5 PM locally, 6-8 PM on the East coast. And actually, his on-air monologues about the baseball business sounds a lot more reasonable and articulate than what I hear from the Ray Knights of the world. -- Greg "Mockingbird" Franklin "Interracial mixing encompasses a lot lot more f67709907@ccit.arizona.edu than mingling between G7 races." -- robohen
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I believe the NHL Draft is on or the June 18th weekend.
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Nice sig. Like the change. BTW: Could you post the names of the people who are going to be on the letter? I (and I'm sure others) would like to know if we are included. If I'm not I want to be! Roger is a fool!
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Sez Dave Kingman when he used to take off for Rosh Hashanna and Yom Kippur on days they coincided with the season.
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I guess that nobody noticed that the calls during the world series (and, in fact all year) have been pretty much consistently CORRECT. Remember: the rule says it's a strike if ANY PART of the ball passes through the strike zone. I would certainly agree that high strikes are not called (who could argue this point?) but all in all I think in and out is called pretty well.
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The subject line says it all. What is the rule that qualifies a pitcher as making a save?
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Did you watch the games????
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The injury is to his fielding hand, which is good. Unfortunately, he may have some ligament damage and may require surgery, which would lay him up for a while. Apparently just a strain of some sort. He hasn't been put on the DL, so it's probably just day-to-day.
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You, along with Mario Lemieux, must be from another planet. The only difference is that Lemieux comes from the one with Geo. Washington, Abe Lincoln (and many other great men and women of this world) whereas you come from the one with David Koresh. Yeah, Mario is good at drawing penalties, but wouldn't you try do something (you do claim to play) to give your team an advantage? I don't remember Lemieux getting any diving penalties this year, whereas many others did. Finally, Mario has NEVER complained about being hit. He knows it's part of the game; he gets back by dishing out an even bigger hit to the same guy or just scoring a few goals (or setting them up.) Don't you have any compassion for a man who has gone through so much in his life?
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There are several reasons for this difference. The main reason is that good hitters in their prime (such as Frank Thomas and Danny Tartabull) are rarely regular DH's, even if they can't field; it's more commonly a place to put aging veterans. Another use of the DH slot is to help a player come back from injury slowly, getting his bat in the lineup without forcing him to play in the field. I would expect such players to hit worse as DH's than they did during the rest of the season. A third factor is that most player who split time between DH and first or the outfield don't hit as well as DH's for some reason. Reggie Jackson was a good example; in five years as a RF/DH for the Angels, he hit like the old Reggie when he was in right. The second and third factors will be lost if players are considered by their primary position only; a player who plays 90 games in right and 60 at DH will count only in the right fielders' averages. This makes sense; you might also look at it another way. Although the *average* offensive performance of a DH may be lower than for a left fielder, the *replacement-level* offensive performance is certainly lower; if you are a left fielder but can't hit well enough to keep a job anywhere, then you certainly can't hit well enough to keep a job at DH.
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My brother purchased baseball tickets for Texas Rangers vs Toronto Bluejays in July, but he was unable to get vacation days to get there. Is anyone interested in purchasing the following: Arlington Stadium Arlington,Texas, Texas Rangers vs. Toronto Bluejays Thursday, July 22 Friday, July 23 4 tickets, section 103 "Helmet Night" $14 each 4 tickets, section 305 $14 each If you want them all, the total is $112.00 Please contact me over e-mail, or directly to my brother: Randy Hollister 19 Rosemont Lane Streator, IL 61364 815/672-5265 My brother would be eternally grateful for someone to purchase these tickets! Thank you!
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Could anyone post the game summary for the Sabres-Bruins game.
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No, Fuhr's 5 rings out sparkle Errey's. And doesn't Bob have 2 rings?
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Was it just me, or did it look like Hirschbeck pointed to the 3B umpire before calling that strike? I thought that's why Gant was asking for the appeal to the 1st base umpire; he thought Hirschbeck had gotten checked-swing help from the wrong umpire. After Hirschbeck called for the pitch, but before the pitch was thrown, Cox came onto the field. It was obvious that he was trying to get time called before the pitch, but no one was watching. Your listing pretty much agreed with what I saw, with the aforementioned addendums. Perhaps it appeared differently at the ballpark. Personally, I was amazed that Gant didn't get ejected. But that's why Cox did; it's called protecting your players. And to those people who would have thrown everyone out of the game, all I can say is that you'd be making baseball history. Even in the worst baseball brawls, usually only the major instigators are ejected, not everyone who comes onto the field. And I'd have to say that those brawls are considerably more threatening to the game than what the Braves did Fri. night. Anyhow, that's my last two cents on the subject, barring outrageous postings. I will try to keep my eyes open for more incidents involving Hirschbeck. I think there will be some with other teams as well. I hope not.
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useless which of and a But ingnoring putouts is biased in yet another way. Range is not the only thing that makes a good firstbaseman. The ability to field all sorts of balls thrown to him: digging some out of the dirt, stretching for others, and so forth is important. Thus, putouts do provide some information. Maybe what we need is a comparision of how many balls were thrown to the area of the first baseman vs. how many he actually got.
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Hi there, I was wondering if anyone knew if John Wetteland was put on the DL again after his first 15-day period was up? I read in the USA Today Sports section that he is on for "surgery to repair broken toe", and was wondering if that was new. I thought he was just letting it heal. Another question, Is Derek Lilliquist the main closer for the Indians now that Olin is gone. I need to know cause I need to find a reliever to replace Wetteland and so far Lilliquist is doing ok. Any information on either of the players would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time. Ryan Robin. ___________________________________________________________
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Does anyone know if MSG will televise any of the Binghampton Rangers playoff games. Even taped replays would be nice?
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With all the recent problems the Indians have been having with their pitching staff I have heard numerous names thrown around about who could solve their problem. One name I have not heard is Mike Soper (RP). As far as I know, Soper has had pretty good minor league stats. Why not give the kid a chance? Anyone know anything about this guy? --
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Here are the final stadings for the USENET Hockey Draft. Congratulations to this year's winner, Dave Wessels of Victoria, B.C., who parlayed his initial 1000 points into 1575.9 points! Thanks to all 262 teams for entering the biggest USENET Hockey Draft ever! I hope to hear from you all again this September, for the 7th Annual draft. It has been my pleasure running the draft, and I hope you all had fun. - Andrew USENET Hockey Draft Standings Week 28 Posn Team Total Pts Cash Last Posn 1. Dave Wessels 1575.9 1574 1.9 (1) 2. Gilles Carmel 1539.0 1538 1.0 (3) Bob Hill 1539.0 1515 24.0 (2) 4. Seppo Kemppainen 1515.2 1468 47.2 (4) 5. The Awesome Oilers 1513.0 1458 68.6 (5) 6. Hillside Raiders 1503.0 1496 7.0 (6) 7. Mak "The Knife" Paranjape 1500.0 1469 31.0 (7) 8. Jan Stein 1492.3 1457 35.3 (8) 9. this years model 1488.6 1471 17.6 (9) 10. Tapio Repo 1486.6 1467 19.6 (10) 11. Rangers Of Destiny 1486.0 1444 42.0 (10) 12. The Underachievers 1459.1 1449 10.1 (13) 13. FRANK'S BIG FISH 1457.0 1435 22.0 (12) 14. Go Flames 1448.3 1408 40.3 (15) 15. On Thin Ice 1444.3 1412 32.3 (14) 16. Mopar Muscle Men 1441.7 1438 3.7 (17) 17. littlest giants 1439.6 1404 35.6 (16) 18. Lindros Losers 1427.7 1426 1.7 (18) 19. DIE Penguin Bandwaggoners 1412.2 1392 20.2 (19) 20. Samuel Lau (Calgary, Alberta) 1401.9 1397 4.9 (20) 21. Boomer's Boys 1374.2 1374 0.2 (21) 22. Delaware Wombats 1372.3 1371 1.3 (23) 23. General Accounting Office 1365.9 1345 20.9 (22) 24. Migods Menschen 1365.6 1334 31.6 (24) 25. Wellsy's Buttheads DEC NH 1363.6 1311 52.6 (25) 26. Fife Flyers 1356.4 1325 31.4 (27) 27. Rocky Mountain High 1352.8 1351 1.8 (26) 28. Dave Snell 1346.0 1321 25.0 (29) 29. Fluide Glacial 1341.0 1323 18.0 (30) 30. Gerald Olchowy 1337.7 1304 33.7 (28) 31. Gaoler 1317.2 1306 11.2 (31) 32. SmegHeads 1316.3 1316 0.3 (32) 33. Neural Netters 1309.3 1298 11.3 (35) 34. The Young And The Skateless 1307.9 1265 42.9 (33) 35. Sam & His Dogs 1297.6 1286 11.6 (34) 36. Artic Storm 1293.3 1254 39.3 (37) 37. Youngbucs 1293.0 1238 101.7 (36) 38. Soft Swedes 1284.9 1238 46.9 (38) 39. Simmonac 1280.8 1260 20.8 (46) 40. Milton Keynes Kings 1271.8 1269 2.8 (40) 41. Jeff Horvath 1266.6 1261 5.6 (39) 42. Legion of Hoth 1265.8 1250 15.8 (45) 43. Le Fleur de Lys 1264.3 1239 25.3 (43) 44. Yan The Man Loke 1263.7 1263 0.7 (44) 45. Kuehn Crushers 1258.1 1213 45.1 (41) 46. Hamster from Hoboken 1254.7 1246 8.7 (41) 47. Streaks 1249.8 1195 54.8 (49) 48. Brian Bergman 1249.3 1226 23.3 (50) 49. The Finnish Force 1248.5 1226 22.5 (47) 50. Grant Marven 1239.9 1237 2.9 (53) 51. ice legion 1239.8 1211 28.8 (48) 52. Goaldingers 1237.0 1215 22.0 (51) 53. T C OverAchievers 1231.9 1229 2.9 (52) 54. Randy Coulman 1226.2 1221 5.2 (62) 55. Bozrah Bruins 1225.2 1180 45.2 (54) 56. Skriko Wolves 1223.4 1218 5.4 (57) 57. buffalo soldiers 1223.0 1168 62.1 (59) 58. Houdini's Magicians 1221.3 1203 18.3 (56) 59. Steven And Mark Dream Team 1219.1 1216 3.1 (64) 60. Real Bad Toe Jam 1216.9 1168 48.9 (55) 61. rec.sport.hockey choices 1216.3 1215 1.3 (58) 62. bemybaby 1216.2 1162 54.2 (60) 63. LAMP LIGHTERS 1213.9 1208 5.9 (63) 64. LIPPE 1212.9 1199 13.9 (61) 65. Phil and Kev's Karma Dudes 1205.8 1205 0.8 (69) 66. Doug Bowles 1203.0 1183 20.0 (72) 67. Bloom County All Stars 1202.3 1198 4.3 (67) 68. Tom 1202.1 1189 13.1 (66) 69. Indianapolis Bennies 1197.8 1177 20.8 (65) 70. Bruins 1196.1 1196 0.1 (68) 71. smithw 1195.0 1174 21.0 (70) 72. AIK Exiles 1188.5 1154 34.5 (77) 73. Iowa Hockeyes 1188.3 1172 16.3 (71) 74. Frank Worthless 1186.3 1180 6.3 (76) 75. The Great Pumpkin 1183.4 1129 54.4 (73) 76. NON! 1182.4 1166 16.4 (74) 77. shooting seamen 1180.1 1180 0.1 (75) 78. Invisible Inc 1178.1 1177 1.1 (78) 79. Brad Gibson 1174.2 1147 27.2 (79) 80. Cougarmania 1170.8 1146 24.8 (80) 81. John Zupancic 1170.1 1143 27.1 (84) 82. David Wong 1166.0 1111 66.1 (83) 83. garryola 1165.7 1156 9.7 (85) 84. Gary Bergman Fan Club 1163.1 1158 5.1 (86) Staffan Axelsson 1163.1 1148 15.1 (87) 86. Kortelaisen Kovat 1158.0 1103 164.1 (81) 87. Chocolate Rockets 1154.5 1152 2.5 (90) 88. PLP Fools 1153.1 1153 0.1 (82) 89. The Kamucks 1152.0 1097 76.1 (97) 90. Chubby Checkers 1150.3 1134 16.3 (88) KODIAKS 1150.3 1149 1.3 (93) 92. Derrill's Dastardly Dozen 1150.1 1128 22.1 (89) 93. Ken DeCruyenaere 1147.0 1142 5.0 (91) 94. Fisher Dirtbags 1146.7 1146 0.7 (92) 95. Neil Younger 1145.2 1131 14.2 (106) 96. BSC Oranienburg 1144.1 1137 7.1 (96) 97. No Namers 1138.0 1083 58.2 (94) 98. Arsenal Maple Leafs 1137.8 1134 3.8 (98) 99. The Campi Machine 1137.0 1082 65.3 (95) 100. Mombasa Mosquitos 1131.1 1125 6.1 (100) 101. Bjoern Leaguen 1130.0 1127 3.0 (103) 102. Ellis Islanders 1123.6 1116 7.6 (99) 103. Zachmans Wingers 1122.8 1073 49.8 (101) 104. King Suke 1120.1 1120 0.1 (108) 105. Larry 1116.8 1105 11.8 (109) 106. VoteNoOct26 1115.8 1084 31.8 (111) 107. Bloodgamers 1115.1 1073 42.1 (112) Het Schot Is Hard 1115.1 1097 18.1 (110) 109. Hurricane Andrew 1114.6 1107 7.6 (107) 110. Dirty White Socks 1114.4 1071 43.4 (104) 111. Wormtown Woosbags 1114.0 1059 72.6 (105) 112. Bruce's Rented Mules 1111.9 1100 11.9 (112) 113. Oklahoma Stormchasers 1111.3 1083 28.3 (116) 114. Teem Kanada 1111.0 1095 16.0 (114) 115. Edelweiss 1110.9 1108 2.9 (102) 116. Frank's Follies 1110.2 1086 24.2 (115) 117. Pond Slime 1109.7 1109 0.7 (118) 118. SPUDS 1108.6 1096 12.6 (117) 119. PSV Dartmouth 1097.1 1090 7.1 (119) 120. Kokudo Keikaku Bunnies 1096.3 1056 40.3 (124) 121. Blue Talon 1095.3 1082 13.3 (121) 122. Stanford Ice Hawks 1094.2 1066 28.2 (122) 123. Timo Ojala 1088.3 1088 0.3 (125) 124. Mark Sanders 1088.1 1077 11.1 (120) 125. Aye Carumba!!! 1087.9 1084 3.9 (123) 126. Dirty Rotten Puckers 1087.2 1086 1.2 (128) 127. garys team 1087.1 1070 17.1 (133) 128. Cluster Buster 1084.6 1077 7.6 (127) 129. Haral 1083.3 1076 7.3 (126) 130. Apricot Fuzzfaces 1081.3 1058 23.3 (129) 131. Gary Bill Pens Dynasty 1078.6 1059 19.6 (132) 132. Seattle PFTB 1077.9 1055 22.9 (135) 133. Nesbitt 1077.1 1076 1.1 (131) 134. The Lost Poots 1076.7 1070 6.7 (130) 135. Le Groupe MI 1076.2 1046 30.2 (137) 136. Arctic Circles 1075.6 1038 37.6 (134) 137. Late Night with David Letterman 1074.0 1074 0.0 (136) 138. Wembley LostWeekenders 1071.3 1071 0.3 (145) 139. Wild Hearted Sons 1068.9 1064 4.9 (143) 140. Dree Hobbs 1066.4 1053 13.4 (149) 141. Closet Boy's Boys 1066.0 1018 48.0 (142) 142. Scott Glenn 1065.2 1055 10.2 (139) 143. GO BRUINS 1064.2 1058 6.2 (138) 144. Andy Y F WONG 1063.5 1042 21.5 (145) Book 'em Danno's Bushbabies 1063.5 1053 10.5 (148) 146. McKees Rocks Rockers 1062.1 1057 5.1 (147) 147. boutch 92-93 1062.0 1042 20.0 (144) 148. team gold 1060.7 1044 16.7 (141) 149. Goddess Of Fermentation 1056.2 1026 30.2 (151) 150. convex stars 1055.6 1050 5.6 (153) 151. Flying Kiwis 1055.1 1046 9.1 (140) 152. Einstein's Rock Band 1054.0 1054 0.0 (154) 153. Dr Joel Fleishman 1053.7 1050 3.7 (165) 154. Tim Rogers 1053.1 1045 8.1 (152) 155. MY TEAM 1053.0 998 174.8 (159) 156. Tap 1052.5 1052 0.5 (156) 157. Sundogs 1052.4 1052 0.4 (166) 158. Buttered Waffles 1052.0 1006 46.0 (157) 159. GO HABS GO 1051.0 1043 8.0 (150) 160. Princeton Canucks 1050.0 995 124.2 (155) 161. Hubert's Hockey Homeboys 1049.6 1049 0.6 (157) 162. Satan's Choice 1047.5 1033 14.5 (164) 163. Bob's Blues 1046.8 1000 46.8 (160) 164. Les Nordiques 1045.0 990 60.4 (162) 165. Pierre Mailhot 1044.6 1042 2.6 (167) 166. furleys furies 1041.6 1038 3.6 (161) 167. Slap Shot Marco 1039.8 988 51.8 (168) 168. HUNTERS & COLLECTORS 1038.4 996 42.4 (162) 169. The Dreamers 1038.0 983 63.7 (173) 170. San Jose Mahi Mahi 1036.8 1005 31.8 (169) 171. Jeff Nimeroff 1034.8 986 48.8 (171) 172. East City Jokers 1034.0 979 69.1 (174) 173. The Leafs Rule!!!! 1033.8 1008 25.8 (170) 174. Darse Billings 1033.7 999 34.7 (178) 175. Flowers 1033.0 978 113.6 (177) 176. Daryl Turner 1030.4 1028 2.4 (175) 177. LANA Inc 1030.3 1003 27.3 (180) 178. riding the pine 1028.7 1008 20.7 (176) 179. Spinal Tap 1027.4 986 41.4 (181) 180. Stimpy ADG Zeta 1027.0 1006 21.0 (172) 181. Chappel's Chumps 1024.0 1000 24.0 (179) 182. Big Bad Bruins 1023.5 1005 18.5 (184) 183. Enforcers 1022.1 994 28.1 (183) 184. Mike Mac Cormack Sydney NS CAN 1022.0 967 107.2 (186) JimParker 1022.0 967 179.0 (182) 186. Bulldogs 1020.4 997 23.4 (187) 187. Yellow Plague 1019.2 1005 14.2 (195) 188. Jeff Bachovchin 1018.7 972 46.7 (184) 189. Absolut Lehigh 1017.9 1009 8.9 (189) 190. voyageurs 1015.7 1013 2.7 (188) 191. Republican Dirty Tricksters 1010.0 955 66.0 (190) 192. Ninja Turtles 1009.3 1008 1.3 (196) 193. Dr.D And The S.O.D. 1009.1 992 17.1 (192) 194. Henry's Bar B Q 1008.7 1008 0.7 (191) 195. Bunch of Misfits 1007.8 984 23.8 (193) 196. Robyns Team 1007.0 977 30.0 (194) 197. Cobra's Killers 1006.7 975 31.7 (202) 198. Cherry Bombers 1005.2 1004 1.2 (203) 199. Kuta Papercuts 1003.5 985 18.5 (200) 200. Great Expectations 998.3 996 2.3 (201) Acadien 998.3 980 18.3 (198) 202. DARMAN'S Dragons 994.3 966 28.3 (199) 203. Team Melville 993.9 947 46.9 (197) 204. Killer Apes 990.3 966 24.3 (205) 205. Kaufbeuren Icebreakers 988.6 951 37.6 (206) 206. Jayson's Kinky Pucks 987.9 961 26.9 (204) 207. Roger Smith 987.6 948 39.6 (208) 208. Firebirds 980.9 977 3.9 (209) 209. IKEA Wholesale 980.7 979 1.7 (211) 210. Umpire 4 life 980.1 969 11.1 (207) 211. Those 1st few weeks hurt! 980.0 925 55.9 (210) 212. Outlaws 975.0 920 164.9 (212) 213. 400 Hurricane 973.1 941 32.1 (223) 214. Frack Attack 972.3 945 27.3 (219) 215. Believe it or dont 970.1 949 21.1 (215) 216. Todd's Turkeys 967.9 966 1.9 (219) 217. Thundering Herd 966.0 911 163.6 (214) 218. Knee Injuries 965.4 955 10.4 (217) 219. The 200 Club 962.8 956 6.8 (213) 220. fred mckim 962.0 907 93.0 (222) 221. Crazy Euros 961.9 944 17.9 (218) 222. Creeping Death 959.3 938 21.3 (216) 223. Ryan's Renegades 956.9 906 50.9 (221) 224. pig vomit 953.3 952 1.3 (224) 225. Ice Strykers 952.0 897 105.4 (225) dayton bomber 952.0 952 0.0 (228) 227. CDN Stuck in Alabama 951.3 941 10.3 (227) 228. Fighting Geordies 950.0 895 141.6 (226) 229. Cafall and Crew 947.3 909 38.3 (229) 230. Ship's Way 942.7 934 8.7 (235) 231. Zipper Heads 941.9 908 33.9 (232) 232. Chris of Death 941.0 886 83.6 (230) 233. Banko's Beer Rangers 940.2 936 4.2 (232) 234. Swillbellies 939.7 921 18.7 (231) 235. Oz 934.0 899 35.0 (237) 236. Laubsters II 931.0 876 201.6 (236) 237. Ninja Bunnies 928.9 884 44.9 (239) 238. Great Scott 928.0 873 73.3 (240) 239. Joliet Inmates 927.8 882 45.8 (238) 240. NY Flames 923.8 916 7.8 (234) 241. SANDY'S SABRES 917.7 913 4.7 (243) 242. Widefield White Wolves 910.9 874 36.9 (241) 243. Florida Tech Burgh Team 909.3 860 49.3 (246) 244. The Ice Holes 908.7 906 2.7 (242) 245. South Carolina Tiger Paws 903.0 848 78.4 (245) Daves Team 903.0 871 32.0 (244) 247. Mudville Kings 900.6 873 27.6 (250) 248. Redliners 898.9 883 15.9 (252) 249. roadrunners 898.5 880 18.5 (249) 250. For xtc 898.2 890 8.2 (248) 251. Leos Blue Chips 894.4 884 10.4 (247) 252. New Jersey Rob 891.7 891 0.7 (251) 253. Pat Phillips 891.1 881 10.1 (253) 254. Stewart Clamen 869.6 868 1.6 (254) 255. Demon Spawn 868.0 843 25.0 (255) 256. Sunnyvale Storm 815.2 815 0.2 (256) 257. Allez les Blues 803.0 748 476.9 (257) 258. Up For Sale Hockey Club 785.0 762 23.0 (258) 259. Petes Picks 783.0 728 168.5 (259) 260. RINACO 780.0 725 114.0 (260) 261. Brenz Revenge 705.0 701 4.0 (261) 262. Dinamo Riga 658.0 603 571.6 (262) -- Andrew Scott | andrew@idacom.hp.com HP IDACOM Telecom Operation | (403) 462-0666 ext. 253
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J<--> J<--> Yahooooooooooooooooooooo! J<--> J<--> What a game, we finally beat those diques...and in O.T.! J<--> The Habs dominated this game and especially in O.T.. You realize that we dominated game 1 also and should be ahead in this series 2 - 1? J<--> Glorieux were plagued by bad luck; the puck wouldn't bounce their J<--> way. But in O.T. they got their lucky break, the winning goal J<--> went off Gusarov's skate. Thank you Lord!!!!!! And it's about time! We hit 2 posts in this overtime and 1 post in game 1's overtime. Let's hope that **we** start getting some luck for a change. He played well in this game but Roy's inconsistency still makes me nervous. Otherwise, I'd say we're going to win this series, no sweat. It's all up to Patrick Roy to provide **consistent** goaltending. J<--> And those damn Bruins lost in O.T., their down 3-0. Congratulations J<--> Buffalo!! J<--> J<--> Life doesn't get better than this!!!!!!!!! Agreed. <g> - Jack * Tagline Bad or Missing NO CARRIER
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Player Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM M.Lemieux PIT 3 4 2 6 2 0 Francis PIT 3 1 5 6 5 4 Oates BOS 3 0 6 6 1 2 Yzerman DET 2 3 2 5 3 0 Coffey DET 2 0 5 5 1 0 D.Hunter WAS 3 5 0 5 -4 10 Mogilny BUF 3 4 1 5 3 4 Thomas NYI 3 2 3 5 6 0 Lapointe QUE 3 1 4 5 2 2 Johansson WAS 3 0 5 5 -1 4 Carson LA 2 4 0 4 0 2 Brown STL 2 1 3 4 1 2 Fleury CAL 2 1 3 4 0 19 G.Courtnall VAN 2 1 3 4 3 2 Flatley NYI 2 0 4 4 3 2 MacInnis CAL 2 0 4 4 -1 4 Ferraro NYI 3 3 1 4 2 2 McEachern PIT 3 3 1 4 4 8 Neely BOS 3 3 1 4 1 4 Turgeon NYI 3 3 1 4 5 0 Bellows MON 3 2 2 4 0 0 Jagr PIT 3 2 2 4 3 0 Khmylev BUF 3 2 2 4 3 0 Khristich WAS 3 2 2 4 0 2 Hawerchuk BUF 3 1 3 4 0 2 Hogue NYI 3 1 3 4 3 2 Juneau BOS 3 1 3 4 0 6 K.Stevens PIT 3 1 3 4 1 6 L.Murphy PIT 3 1 3 4 2 0 LaFontaine BUF 3 1 3 4 2 0 Ramsey PIT 3 0 4 4 3 4 Smehlik BUF 3 0 4 4 4 2 Noonan CHI 2 3 0 3 0 0 Gilmour TOR 2 2 1 3 -1 12 Hull STL 2 2 1 3 0 0 Otto CAL 2 2 1 3 2 2 Reichel CAL 2 2 1 3 0 0 Bure VAN 2 1 2 3 2 0 Drake DET 2 1 2 3 2 0 Linden VAN 2 1 2 3 4 2 Nieuwendyk CAL 2 1 2 3 -1 2 Roberts CAL 2 0 3 3 -2 4 Young QUE 3 3 0 3 3 0 B.Sweeney BUF 3 2 1 3 2 4 S.Stevens NJ 3 2 1 3 -2 4 Tocchet PIT 3 2 1 3 0 2 Carpenter WAS 3 1 2 3 0 6 J.Mullen PIT 3 1 2 3 2 2 Ronning VAN 2 2 0 2 4 0 Suter CAL 2 2 0 2 0 4 Yawney CAL 2 2 0 2 3 4 Adams VAN 2 1 1 2 2 0 Chiasson DET 2 1 1 2 -1 4 Craven VAN 2 1 1 2 2 2 Cullen TOR 2 1 1 2 -1 0 Dahlquist CAL 2 1 1 2 2 4 King WIN 2 1 1 2 2 2 Racine DET 2 1 1 2 6 14 Rychel LA 2 1 1 2 1 19 Shanahan STL 2 1 1 2 0 4 Sheppard DET 2 1 1 2 2 0 Sydor LA 2 1 1 2 0 4 Barnes WIN 2 0 2 2 1 2 Emerson STL 2 0 2 2 0 0 Gill TOR 2 0 2 2 -2 0 Granato LA 2 0 2 2 1 4 Gretzky LA 2 0 2 2 -3 0 Housley WIN 2 0 2 2 -2 0 Janney STL 2 0 2 2 0 0 King NYI 2 0 2 2 4 6 Kozlov DET 2 0 2 2 1 2 Sandstrom LA 2 0 2 2 -4 4 Shuchuk LA 2 0 2 2 -1 2 Vaske NYI 2 0 2 2 1 0 Damphousse MON 3 1 1 2 0 0 Elynuik WAS 3 1 1 2 -1 0 Guerin NJ 3 1 1 2 0 4 Hannan BUF 3 1 1 2 2 8 Holik NJ 3 1 1 2 1 4 Muller MON 3 1 1 2 0 0 Sakic QUE 3 1 1 2 0 0 Semak NJ 3 1 1 2 -2 0 Sundin QUE 3 1 1 2 1 2 Taglianetti PIT 3 1 1 2 3 6 Tipett PIT 3 1 1 2 -1 6 Barasso PIT 3 0 2 2 0 2 Bondra WAS 3 0 2 2 1 0 Carney BUF 3 0 2 2 3 4 Cavallini WAS 3 0 2 2 0 2 Desjardins MON 3 0 2 2 0 0 Duchesne QUE 3 0 2 2 1 2 Niedermayer NJ 3 0 2 2 -1 2 Ricci QUE 3 0 2 2 3 2 Ridley WAS 3 0 2 2 -1 0 U.Samuelsson PIT 3 0 2 2 4 6 Blake LA 1 0 1 1 2 0 Borschevsky TOR 1 0 1 1 0 0 Zelepukin NJ 1 0 1 1 -2 0 B.Mullen NYI 2 1 0 1 -2 0 Burr DET 2 1 0 1 -1 2 Domi WIN 2 1 0 1 2 4 Fedorov DET 2 1 0 1 2 2 Felsner STL 2 1 0 1 1 0 Howe DET 2 1 0 1 4 2 Huddy LA 2 1 0 1 1 0 Kurri LA 2 1 0 1 -2 2 Lefebvre TOR 2 1 0 1 0 12 Lidstrom DET 2 1 0 1 -1 0 Lowry STL 2 1 0 1 1 2 McSorley LA 2 1 0 1 -3 12 Millen LA 2 1 0 1 2 4 Mironov TOR 2 1 0 1 -1 2 Numminen WIN 2 1 0 1 -2 0 Paslawski CAL 2 1 0 1 -1 0 Steen WIN 2 1 0 1 -4 0 Ysebaert DET 2 1 0 1 0 0 Anderson TOR 2 0 1 1 -2 2 Berube CAL 2 0 1 1 1 15 Chelios CHI 2 0 1 1 -1 2 Ciccarelli DET 2 0 1 1 1 14 Clark TOR 2 0 1 1 0 6 Dahl CAL 2 0 1 1 2 6 Dipietro MON 2 0 1 1 0 0 Donnelly LA 2 0 1 1 1 2 Ellett TOR 2 0 1 1 -3 0 Gallant DET 2 0 1 1 1 4 K.Brown CHI 2 0 1 1 1 0 Kennedy DET 2 0 1 1 1 0 Larmer CHI 2 0 1 1 0 0 Matteau CHI 2 0 1 1 -1 2 McLean VAN 2 0 1 1 0 0 McRae STL 2 0 1 1 1 2 Murzyn VAN 2 0 1 1 2 0 Musil CAL 2 0 1 1 0 5 Pearson TOR 2 0 1 1 -1 21 Primeau DET 2 0 1 1 1 20 Probert DET 2 0 1 1 0 6 Ranheim CAL 2 0 1 1 2 0 Robitaille LA 2 0 1 1 -4 2 Roenick CHI 2 0 1 1 -1 0 Selanne WIN 2 0 1 1 -2 0 Shannon WIN 2 0 1 1 4 0 Skrudland CAL 2 0 1 1 2 10 Sutter CHI 2 0 1 1 -1 0 Taylor LA 2 0 1 1 1 0 Zhitnik LA 2 0 1 1 -2 2 Barr NJ 3 1 0 1 0 6 Bourque BOS 3 1 0 1 -2 2 Burridge WAS 3 1 0 1 -2 0 Dionne MON 3 1 0 1 0 0 Heinze BOS 3 1 0 1 0 0 Leschyshyn QUE 3 1 0 1 1 4 Presley BUF 3 1 0 1 0 0 Rucinsky QUE 3 1 0 1 1 2 Smolinski BOS 3 1 0 1 -1 2 Wood BUF 3 1 0 1 -1 4 Brunet MON 3 0 1 1 0 0 Daniels PIT 3 0 1 1 1 0 Donato BOS 3 0 1 1 -5 0 Driver NJ 3 0 1 1 -3 4 Gusarov QUE 3 0 1 1 2 0 Houlder BUF 3 0 1 1 0 0 K.Samuelsson PIT 3 0 1 1 2 0 Kamensky QUE 3 0 1 1 1 4 Krygier WAS 3 0 1 1 0 4 Loney PIT 3 0 1 1 2 0 May WAS 3 0 1 1 1 2 Miller WAS 3 0 1 1 -3 0 Odelein MON 3 0 1 1 0 0 Pivonka WAS 3 0 1 1 -1 0 Shaw BOS 3 0 1 1 -2 4 Straka PIT 3 0 1 1 0 0 Belanger MON 1 0 0 0 0 0 Chorske NJ 1 0 0 0 0 0 Druce WIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 Eagles WIN 1 0 0 0 0 0 Errey BUF 1 0 0 0 0 4 Ewen MON 1 0 0 0 0 0 Foligno TOR 1 0 0 0 0 16 Goulet CHI 1 0 0 0 0 0 Grimson CHI 1 0 0 0 0 2 Hughes BOS 1 0 0 0 0 2 Kovalenko QUE 1 0 0 0 0 2 Leeman MON 1 0 0 0 0 0 McLlwain TOR 1 0 0 0 -2 0 Osbourne TOR 1 0 0 0 -1 2 Richer NJ 1 0 0 0 -4 0 Roberge MON 1 0 0 0 0 0 Schneider MON 1 0 0 0 0 0 Watters LA 1 0 0 0 1 4 Weimer BOS 1 0 0 0 -1 4 Andreychuk TOR 2 0 0 0 -2 2 Ashton CAL 2 0 0 0 -1 2 Babych VAN 2 0 0 0 2 2 Baron STL 2 0 0 0 0 6 Bassen STL 2 0 0 0 0 4 Baumgartner TOR 2 0 0 0 0 0 Bautin WIN 2 0 0 0 -2 2 Belfour CHI 2 0 0 0 0 0 Berg TOR 2 0 0 0 -1 4 Billington NJ 2 0 0 0 0 0 Blue BOS 2 0 0 0 0 0 Borsato WIN 2 0 0 0 -2 0 Bozon STL 2 0 0 0 0 0 Butcher STL 2 0 0 0 2 0 Cheveldae DET 2 0 0 0 0 2 Conacher LA 2 0 0 0 2 0 Corkum BUF 2 0 0 0 0 0 Diduck VAN 2 0 0 0 2 2 Dirk VAN 2 0 0 0 0 2 Erickson WIN 2 0 0 0 -1 0 Essensa WIN 2 0 0 0 0 2 Gilbert CHI 2 0 0 0 0 0 Graham CHI 2 0 0 0 0 0 Hardy LA 2 0 0 0 -1 10 Hedican STL 2 0 0 0 0 0 Hrudey LA 2 0 0 0 0 0 J.Lemieux CHI 2 0 0 0 0 0 Johansson CAL 2 0 0 0 -1 0 Joseph STL 2 0 0 0 0 0 Kasatonov NJ 2 0 0 0 -2 0 Kennedy WIN 2 0 0 0 0 0 Konstantinov DET 2 0 0 0 1 4 Krushelnyski TOR 2 0 0 0 -2 0 Lidster VAN 2 0 0 0 0 0 Lumme VAN 2 0 0 0 2 4 Macoun TOR 2 0 0 0 -1 6 Marchment CHI 2 0 0 0 1 6 Miller STL 2 0 0 0 0 0 Momesso VAN 2 0 0 0 -1 2 Moog BOS 2 0 0 0 0 0 Muni CHI 2 0 0 0 -1 0 Murphy CHI 2 0 0 0 -1 4 Murray CHI 2 0 0 0 0 0 Nedved VAN 2 0 0 0 -2 2 Olausson WIN 2 0 0 0 -1 2 Pearson QUE 2 0 0 0 0 0 Potvin TOR 2 0 0 0 0 6 Quintal STL 2 0 0 0 -1 0 Ramage MON 2 0 0 0 0 0 Ri.Sutter STL 2 0 0 0 0 0 Rouse TOR 2 0 0 0 -2 0 Russell CHI 2 0 0 0 0 0 Ruuttu CHI 2 0 0 0 1 0 S.Richer BOS 2 0 0 0 -1 0 S.Smith CHI 2 0 0 0 -2 4 Sandlak VAN 2 0 0 0 -2 0 Semenov VAN 2 0 0 0 0 0 Stern CAL 2 0 0 0 -1 26 T.Hunter VAN 2 0 0 0 0 2 T.Sweeney BOS 2 0 0 0 0 0 Terreri NJ 2 0 0 0 0 0 Tkachuk WIN 2 0 0 0 -3 10 Ulanov WIN 2 0 0 0 -1 4 Valk VAN 2 0 0 0 0 2 Vernon CAL 2 0 0 0 0 2 Wilson STL 2 0 0 0 0 4 Zezel TOR 2 0 0 0 -2 2 Zhamnov WIN 2 0 0 0 -1 0 Zombo STL 2 0 0 0 -1 4 Albelin NJ 3 0 0 0 -1 0 Anderson WAS 3 0 0 0 -1 0 Audette BUF 3 0 0 0 -1 4 Bodger BUF 3 0 0 0 3 0 Brisebois MON 3 0 0 0 0 0 C.Lemieux NJ 3 0 0 0 -4 17 Carbonneau MON 3 0 0 0 0 0 Cavallini QUE 3 0 0 0 0 0 Cote WAS 3 0 0 0 -3 0 D.Sweeney BOS 3 0 0 0 -2 4 Daigneault MON 3 0 0 0 0 0 Dalgarno NYI 3 0 0 0 -3 0 Daneyko NJ 3 0 0 0 -1 2 Douris BOS 3 0 0 0 -3 0 Fetisov NJ 3 0 0 0 -5 0 Finn QUE 3 0 0 0 -1 0 Fitzgerald NYI 3 0 0 0 0 0 Foote QUE 3 0 0 0 1 0 Fuhr BUF 3 0 0 0 0 2 G.Roberts BOS 3 0 0 0 -1 4 Haller MON 3 0 0 0 0 0 Hatcher WAS 3 0 0 0 -1 2 Healy NYI 3 0 0 0 0 0 Hextall QUE 3 0 0 0 0 0 Hough QUE 3 0 0 0 0 0 Iafrate WAS 3 0 0 0 -2 0 Jennings PIT 3 0 0 0 0 4 Jones WAS 3 0 0 0 -2 5 Kasparaitis NYI 3 0 0 0 0 4 Keane MON 3 0 0 0 0 0 Kimble BOS 3 0 0 0 0 0 Krupp NYI 3 0 0 0 2 2 Kvartalnov BOS 3 0 0 0 0 2 LeClair MON 3 0 0 0 0 0 Leach BOS 3 0 0 0 0 0 Lebeau MON 3 0 0 0 0 0 Ledyard BUF 3 0 0 0 -3 4 Loiselle NYI 3 0 0 0 -1 2 MacLean NJ 3 0 0 0 -4 4 Malakov NYI 3 0 0 0 1 2 May BUF 3 0 0 0 0 4 McKay NJ 3 0 0 0 0 16 Nicholls NJ 3 0 0 0 -4 4 Nolan QUE 3 0 0 0 1 2 Norton NYI 3 0 0 0 3 0 Patterson BUF 3 0 0 0 -1 2 Pilon NYI 3 0 0 0 1 22 Poulin BOS 3 0 0 0 -4 0 Roy MON 3 0 0 0 0 0 Savard MON 3 0 0 0 0 0 Simon QUE 3 0 0 0 -1 2 Stapleton PIT 3 0 0 0 1 0 Stastny NJ 3 0 0 0 -1 2 Sutton BUF 3 0 0 0 2 0 T.Green NYI 3 0 0 0 -3 0 Tabaracci WAS 3 0 0 0 0 4 Vukota NYI 3 0 0 0 -1 2 Wesley BOS 3 0 0 0 1 0 Wolanin QUE 3 0 0 0 1 4 --
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Sabres are Fuhr or know much Two words: Grant Fuhr.
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Heheheheh.. Sorry, Roger, I wronged you.. You're not boring ALL the time.. This one is a classic. 'cordially, as always' HEHEHEHEHHE! Are you a jerk? Do people hate you? Are you no fun at parties? Well! Come to the ROGER MAYNARD SCHOOL OF CORDIALITY! We can teach you to be 'cordial' with the best of them! Use such time honored 'cordiality' techniques as: 1) Calling people assholes! 2) Comparing them to viruses! For advanced students: 3) Comparing them to DIRTY viruses. What is a DIRTY virus, and how can you tell it from a clean one? We know, and here at the ROGER MAYNARD SCHOOL OF CORDIALITY, we can teach you to know, too! HEHEHEH.. Thanks, Roger.. This made my evening :-)
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Being a a BLUES fan I don't get to see much else from around the league with the exception of Hockey Night on ESPN. I can't get the BLUES games where I go to school, thus I don't get to see a whole lot of other teams play except for the Hawks. But last night I got to catch a glimpse of the Caps/Isles game. It occurred to me that Turgeon is a stud on skates. His moves are quick and brilliant. You NY fans should be proud. P.S. Who won the game (Caps/Isles)?
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Do you have a better e-mail address, Mr. Lurie? I'm afraid I can't get the short version to work. In any case, on Winfield. Yes, his career BA is a mere .285. He didn't beat this until his sixth year in the majors, and has only topped it once since 1988. His peak was in the early '80s, and included some rather impressive seasons. But then he's also had other scattered great performances (like 1988 and 1992). Definitely *not* a smooth career curve!
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so. done, career Velarde hasn't been to Columbus, if I recall, for about three years. Granted, he hasn't been a full time player but when he does play I've always thought he had a good bat. He might be demoralized about not playing full time, but he hasn't been shuttled around. I think he's been in New York ever since he had 34 hits in 100 AB back in 1989, or 90, I believe. I don't think he is gold glove calibre, but he doesn't boot it around either. I think if Velarde is given a chance, he could become extremely productive. I don't have any stats to back this up, and I don't know if his Defense would cost any games, but I think he could help - and he has this year. He has 3 HR already. Same goes for Jim Leyrtiz. He has a big mouth, but he does get the job done when he concentrates. I think the situation with Leyritz is that he believes he is a potential super-star, and he gets pissed about not playing. I think he might have realized something when the Marlins or Rockies didn't select him. The Yanks need to worry about the Bullpen right now. Kamieniecki and Wickman/Militello in the bullpen? Ouch. I'm praying that the BP will return to last year's form....
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I am curious to known if there are any professional sports teams whose games are regularly broadcast on an FM station. The only one I am aware of is WYSP in Philadelphia who carries the Eagles' games. If you respond to me I will summarize for the list.
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[stuff deleted] I agree with the flavor of this post, but disagree with one specific argument. That "has great hands" means nothing. It seems to me that a first-baseman's defensive value is not entirely (or even primarily) from his ability to field grounders or catch popups. How many such chances does he get during a game? Many fewer than he gets chances to catch throws from 2B,SS,3B and P (I mean the total of these is much higher than Grounder/Popup totals). This implies to me that there is value in catching these throws well, even if they are high, up-the-line or in the dirt. "Good Hands" are needed for such plays, and thus have value. I don't have any numbers for the relative number of occurences of these plays, but I'd guess that the values of these abilities are similar. It's just like: you don't judge catcher's defense primarily on how they field bunts and popups. (But not as marked I suppose).
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Dear Anybody, I am in Rochester, NY, where people can look at a Rangers-Penguins playoff game and say, no joke I heard it, "Hey whats this, OH, its not even the AHL, its just the NHL, I think." Because of this e get Red Wings (Orioles AAA) stats and updates but no AL or NL stats. Specifically Im looking for Red Sox stats so far, Id like all of them, but could handle just Greenwell and Vaughn. CAN ANYBODY PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!
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After a quick start, Pena has been stuck in a rut. Torre gave Alicea the start to try to get Pena out of whatever funk he is in. It has worked in the past. Bob
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NHL PLAYOFF RESULTS FOR 4/22/93. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONFERENCE SEMI-FINALS BEST OF SEVEN PATRICK ADAMS NORRIS SMYTHE NJ BUF (leads 3-0) STL (leads 2-0) WIN PIT (leads 3-0) BOS CHI VAN (leads 2-0) NYI (leads 2-1) MON TOR LA (tied 1-1) WAS QUE (leads 2-1) DET (leads 2-0) CAL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quebec Nordiques (leads series 2-1) 1 0 0 0 - 1 Montreal Canadiens 0 1 0 1 - 2 1st period: QUE, Sundin 1 - (Gusarov) 1:17 2nd period: MON, Muller 1 - (Damphousse, Bellows) (pp) 1:30 3rd period: NONE 1 Overtime: MON, Damphousse 1 - (Bellows, Desjardins) (pp) 10:30 Powerplay Opportunities-Nordiques 0 of 4 Canadiens 2 of 6 Shots on Goal- Nordiques 12 4 14 5 - 35 Canadiens 11 14 13 12 - 50 Quebec Nordiques--Hextall (2-1) (50 shots - 48 saves) Montreal Canadiens--Roy (1-2) (35 shots - 34 saves) ATT-17,679 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pittsburgh Penguins (leads series 3-0) 1 0 3 - 4 New Jersey Devils 1 1 1 - 3 1st period: NJD, Guerin 1 - 1:03 PIT, McEachern 3 - (Straka) 9:36 2nd period: NJD, Holik 1 - (S.Stevens) 16:32 3rd period: PIT, M.Lemieux 4 - (Murphy, Ramsey) 1:07 PIT, Taglianetti 1 - (Loney, Tippett) 7:05 PIT, Murphy 1 - (Francis, Tocchet) (pp) 9:31 NJD, Semak 1 - (Zelepukin) 9:44 Powerplay Opportunities-Penguins 1 of 4 Devils 0 of 5 Shots on Goal- Penguins 7 16 12 - 35 Devils 16 11 5 - 32 Pittsburgh Penguins--Barrasso (3-0) (32 shots - 29 saves) New Jersey Devils--Billington (0-1) (35 shots - 31 saves) ATT-14,974 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boston Bruins 1 0 2 0 - 3 Buffalo Sabres (leads series 3-0) 2 0 1 1 - 4 1st period: BUF, Mogilny 4 - (LaFontaine, Hawerchuk) (pp) 1:33 BUF, Khmylev 1 - (Smehlik, Hannan) 4:42 BOS, Bourque 1 - (Oates, Donato) (pp) 17;33 2nd period: NONE 3rd period: BOS, Smolinski 1 - (Oates) 13:28 BUF, B.Sweeney 2 - (Khmylev, Carney) 14:56 BOS, Neely 3 - (Oates, Shaw) 15:57 1 Overtime: BUF, Khmylev 2 - (Hawerchuk, LaFontaine) (pp) 1:05 Powerplay Opportunities-Bruins 1 of 5 Sabres 2 of 7 Shots on Goal- Bruins 11 8 15 0 - 34 Sabres 12 11 8 3 - 34 Boston Bruins--Blue (0-1) (34 shots - 30 saves) Buffalo Sabres--Fuhr (3-0) (34 shots - 31 saves) ATT-16,325 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Washington Capitals 1 1 1 0 - 3 New York Islanders (leads series 2-1) 1 0 2 1 - 4 1st period: NYI, Thomas 1 - 16:37 WAS, Burridge 1 - (May, Cavallini) 18:58 2nd period: WAS, Carpenter 1 - (Ridley, Bondra) 6:18 3rd period: WAS, Elynuik 1 - (Carpenter, Ridley) 6:15 NYI, Thomas 2 - (Turgeon, King) 11:11 NYI, Turgeon 3 - (Thomas, Hogue) 19:17 1 Overtime: NYI, Ferraro 3 - (Hogue, Flatley) 4:46 Powerplay Opportunities-Capitals 0 of 2 Islanders 0 of 4 Shots on Goal- Capitals 10 8 6 1 - 25 Islanders 10 6 8 6 - 30 Washington Capitals--Tabaracci (1-2) (25 shots - 21 saves) New York Islanders--Healy (2-1) (30 shots - 27 saves) ATT-14,180 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Fine, are you willing to bet that he will bat .400 the rest of the way? The point is that he has hurt the Rockies so far; it's that he *will* hurt them, eventually. Just as much as he hurt the Expos and the Cardinals the past couple seasons. It has happened for the past 3+ seasons; where have you been? We'll see come September. (I have an outstanding bet with someone that Galarraga's OBP will be less than .300 on June 1.)
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