BS: Baseball in DC

Subject: BS: Baseball in DC
From: PoppaGator
Date: 15 Apr 05 - 06:16 PM

I was going to put Georgie W's name in the title, but decided not to.

As little as I respect the man's performance both as a world leader and as a baseball owner, I have to admit he did a great job throwing out the first pitch at the Nationals' home opener yesterday. It would have been the top story on SportsCenter, except for the altercation between a Red Sox fan and Yankee right fielder Gary Sheffield later that same evening.

The Triple-A New Orleans Zephyrs changed their affiliation over the past winter from the Houston Astros to the Expos/Nationals, so I'll probably be taking a greater-than-expected interest in the DC team this year.

The newly relocated Washington Nationals will not, however, become my favorite major league baseball team ~ Let's Go Mets!

Subject: RE: BS: Baseball in DC
From: Bill D
Date: 15 Apr 05 - 06:26 PM

They won't be Peter Angelos' favorite, either....

Subject: RE: BS: Baseball in DC
From: Donuel
Date: 15 Apr 05 - 06:33 PM

Peter Angelos is a slimey Rupert Murdoch wannabe.

Subject: RE: BS: Baseball in DC
From: Bobert
Date: 15 Apr 05 - 07:00 PM

Go "Nats"!!!

I'm so happy to have baseball back... Where's Jimmy Piersal to play center field and climb into the cheap seats to duke it out with an abusive fan?

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Baseball in DC
From: Nancy King
Date: 15 Apr 05 - 07:03 PM

You've got that right, Donuel!

I am not currently a baseball fan -- I was a Washington Senators fan when I was a kid, but nowadays the game doesn't interest me -- but I do think it's cool that Washington finally has a team again, AND even more cool that they won both their very first game and their first home game. May the trend continue -- the general atmosphere in DC is a whole lot better when the sports teams win...

Subject: RE: BS: Baseball in DC
From: PoppaGator
Date: 15 Apr 05 - 07:57 PM

I think Jimmy Piersall is in the same place as Walter Johnson.

Maybe not, though; Jimmy is an ex-Met as well as an ex-Senator. It was as a Met that he performed perhaps his greatest feat: running the bases backwards upon hitting a landmark homer ~ his 100th, maybe?

Subject: RE: BS: Baseball in DC
From: PoppaGator
Date: 15 Apr 05 - 08:01 PM

PS: Jimmy Piersall is also notable as having been portrayed in the movies by the least athletic Hollywood personality ever to "act" as a ballplayer: Anthony Perkins in "Fear Strikes Out."

The real Jimmy may have been crazy, but he certainly didn't throw like a girl. (Sorry, ladies, if anyone perceives my film criticiskm as sexist!)

Subject: RE: BS: Baseball in DC
From: Donuel
Date: 15 Apr 05 - 08:22 PM

My wife and I are both Red Sox fans. Our fathers were both Red Sox fans. We are still swimming in ephemeral world series championship glory. Lightening strikes twice in the same spot quite often.
At least more often than 86 years.

Subject: RE: BS: Baseball in DC
From: Bobert
Date: 15 Apr 05 - 08:23 PM

Din't punch like a girl either, P-Gator...

I loved watchin' him as a kid... There would always be these folks out in the cetre field bleachers who would show up with rubber chickens and all kinds of stuff to abuse the poor guy and if you were lucky you'd be at a game where he went off...

Nevermind...

Hey, my mom worked with a woman who was Eddie Yost's finace!!!

How 'bout that???

Nevermind, Part B...

Man, I loved baseball back then. I played baseball all summer. Some days I would play it from morning till it go too dark to see the ball... Played for 1961 Babe Ruth championship team..ot the piccure of the team somewhere... Was the lead off batter that year since I could hit singles all day long... Homers? Different story... I loved and still love baseball and I am so happy that DC has a team back... And they are playin' some good ball right now, too...

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Baseball in DC
From: Donuel
Date: 15 Apr 05 - 08:31 PM

How bout that.

I miss him on this week in baseball.

Subject: RE: BS: Baseball in DC
From: Donuel
Date: 15 Apr 05 - 08:35 PM

Good ol Mel Allen
Here's my tribute to Harry
http://www.angelfire.com/md2/customviolins/cubsharry.jpg

Subject: RE: BS: Baseball in DC
From: GUEST,Scrotee aka bollock beard.
Date: 16 Apr 05 - 11:53 AM

We know it as "Rounders" in the U of K.

Subject: RE: BS: Baseball in DC
From: Rapparee
Date: 16 Apr 05 - 02:55 PM

Nah, I know darn good and well that the University of Kentucky has a baseball team.

Subject: RE: BS: Baseball in DC
From: Gorgeous Gary
Date: 16 Apr 05 - 09:22 PM

Tomorrow we're attending the first of three games I have tickets for (the second are the Cubs in May, then the Giants in September). Looking forward to it, even though it sounds like I'd better get into a concessions line at dawn if I want a reasonable chance of getting a hot dog...but hey, I'll happily deal with a few bugs.

And my office has a 20-game plan, so I may yet add a fourth game. Heh...haven't attended this many games in a season since I was back at Hopkins in the late 80's and the Orioles were still at Memorial Stadium and I could walk to games.

-- Gary

Subject: RE: BS: Baseball in DC
From: Bobert
Date: 16 Apr 05 - 10:50 PM

Hey, who cares about the Cubs anymore??? Jus' funnin'...

But really, this is about the DC Nationals...

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Baseball in DC
From: Rapparee
Date: 16 Apr 05 - 10:55 PM

They're like the Grand Nationals, right?

Subject: RE: BS: Baseball in DC
From: GUEST,van lingle
Date: 17 Apr 05 - 10:59 AM

How'd that old saw go again,

First in war,
First in peace,
Last in the...

As as former Knothole club member who suffered (happily) through the Griffiths and Bob Short let's hope they put that one to rest. Go Nats!