BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 23 Oct 06 - 12:39 PM

As seen on TV!!!

Other Kenny Rogers-endorsed Tigers products can be found here.

schnork!

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Big Mick
Date: 23 Oct 06 - 10:06 AM

For those who may need Tigers paraphernalia

Some Tigers items may not be available in all areas, but the above makes on-line ordering easy!

****snerk****

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Cool Beans
Date: 23 Oct 06 - 09:58 AM

I still say Tigers in 4! Starting yesterday (Sunday). Only 3 to go.

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Raptor
Date: 23 Oct 06 - 08:47 AM

I'm in for the tigers. And I'll bet a Toronto lunch with anyone!
Detroit in 6

Raptor

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 04:39 PM

For those who may need Cardinals paraphernalia

Some Cardinals items may not be available in all areas, but the above makes on-line ordering easy!

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Peter T.
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 12:45 PM

I wonder what I will have for lunch? As an environmentalist, I am of course not in favour of Tiger burgers.

(The truth probably is that the team that sits around for a few days waiting for the other to win loses the first game until they smarten up.

Hmmm, I wonder what crow tastes like.....

yours,

Peter T.

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: number 6
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 12:42 PM

Kenny will get the momentum goin'!!

sIx

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Big Mick
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 12:38 PM

"No one" here. Sorry, been a bit preoccupied with trying to slit my wrists. "She who must be obeyed" stopped me and kicked me in my royal backside, and simply reminded me that Kenny Rogers is up today, the lads have been off over a week, and quit being a fair weather fan.

I would remind you that I called it in five games. Besides, Cobb, Gehringer, Kaline, Trammell, and Whitaker are all starting today. This one is in the bag.

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: number 6
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 12:36 PM

Yikes .... did I say Tigers in 4 ??

sIx

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: catspaw49
Date: 22 Oct 06 - 12:34 PM

Oddly, no one seems to have mentioned that Game One is in the books and it wasn't in the cards for the Tigers. St. Louis defanged Detroit 7 to 2.

Just thought I'd mention it.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Big Mick
Date: 21 Oct 06 - 03:33 PM

At last, a voice of reason. I can taste the 12 year old Jimmers already.   Where's my Tigers hat.

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: GUEST,282RA
Date: 21 Oct 06 - 02:36 PM

Cards have World Series experience. That will help them. Will it be enough? Not from what I can see. Tigers should win this one. I'm almost hoping it goes 6 so they can take it in Detroit. But I'm going to give St. Louis a game. I'll say Tigers in 5. St. Louis has really not played well all season--several large losing streaks in mid-season--and would not be a contender in the AL. The Tigers came out of the most competitive division by far in either league this season and does not appear to be tankless at all. It just doesn't look to me like St. Louis can bring enough to the table.

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: catspaw49
Date: 21 Oct 06 - 06:45 AM

Well shoot Chip, I not only knowed Abner but I knew his Pa as well and I tried to tell him that the kid should concentrate on games and not school but his Daddy wanted to be sure he got all educated so it set things back a few years!

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Chip2447
Date: 21 Oct 06 - 03:55 AM

Hey SPAW!!!

The way I hear it, you saw Abner DoubleDay play baseball. It may be rumor and ennuendo (nope, that ain't an Italian suppository) so I won't go around telling every one that you are THAT old.

Pax,
Chip2447 (tongue firmly planted in cheek)

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: GUEST,Coyote Breath (without cookie)
Date: 21 Oct 06 - 01:29 AM

Regional loyality aside I am convinced (voodoo is involved) that the Cardinals will, indeed, win the series. There will be seven games (money is the force here) and the Cardinals will win the seventh game botom of the 12th ining, the score will be 2 to 1. The win will be at the new stadium here in St. Louis and everyone will be pleased.

Or the Cardinals will lose all four games, playing like a bunch of college sophmores.

CB

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Peter T.
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 10:17 PM

Sure, lunch, Mickeroo. I think the Tigers are tankless.   

yours,

Peter T.

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 09:02 PM

Fidrytch. The Neil Young Center really missed out on an opportunity when they didn't extend him a scholarship.

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Beer
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 08:22 PM

"Go Red Wing Go"
    "Sorry"
"Go Tigers Go"

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: catspaw49
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 07:30 PM

But remember the Tigers brought us Mark "The Bird" Fidrytch who was inhabited by all kinds of spirits with whom he seemed to have long conversations while pitching.....................

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 06:55 PM

The St Louis Cardinals have been World Champions eight times, winning the World Series in '26, '31, '34, '42, '44, '46, '64, '67, and '82.

On that first Cardinal Championship team were all-time greats like Les Bell, Rogers Hornsby and Tommy Thevenow. But perhaps the greatest was a cantankerous character named Grover Cleveland Alexander.

Born during the presidency of his namesake, Alexander entered the league, and led it in pitching, in 1911 for the Phillies. After six starring seasons, Grover was drafted in 1917, and sent to France where he served as an artillery officer. In the vicious hedgerow battles, he spent days under constant bombardment and came home in 1918 suffering from shell shock, hearing loss, and increasingly violent and frequent seizures.

Despite his condition, the Cubs took a chance on him, and he pitched well for them until his alcoholism and violent clubhouse behavior got him sold to the Cardinals halfway through the 1926 season. The acquisition paid off royally for St Louis, and the pissed-off and inebriated Alexander became the Cardinals ace, helping them win the NL pennant and reach the World Series against the Yankees.
In the World Series, Alexander was on fire, pitching complete game victories in games 2 and 6. In game 7, with the bases loaded and the outcome in doubt in the seventh inning, Grover entered the game again, struck out the side, and held the Yankees scoreless for a 3-2 Cardinal victory.

Alexander pitched several more years for the Cards, but his demons eventually got the best of him, and he lost his arm, his health, and eventually his life. His records still stand, though. He is still the alltime NL pitching leader with 373 wins and 90 shutouts.

And dugout legends say that, to this day, when the Cardinals are in a really tough spot, the spirit of Grover Cleveland Alexander walks with the St Louis hurlers when they take the mound.

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: catspaw49
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 05:22 PM

Hellfire Chip, I not only saw Bob Gibson but also Bob Feller! I was only 7 then but my Dad said I'd remember that game......and I do. Feller lost and was but a shadow of his former self (his last year) but that motion of his and the leg kick.............When he was "on" in the first few innings he was still great.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: number 6
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 04:11 PM

Kenny Rogers is a class act .... he will carry the Tigers right through to victory!

sIx

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Cool Beans
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 04:00 PM

Hey, fellow folkies: The Tigers have a pitcher named Kenny Rogers and he knows how to hold 'em. Also, the Tigers have Pete Seeger's brother, Bob, singing the national anthem.

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Chip2447
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 03:08 PM

REDBIRDS in 4 (probably not, but if you're gonna dream, dream big).

2 years ago The Bosox got their revenge for 67.
Last year Houston snuck one through.
This year is the Cards year to avenge the loss to Detroit in '68

GO CARDS!!!

Chip2447 (who has actually seen Bob Gibson pitch, granted I was only 8 at the time, and remembers those 17 K's in game one of the 68 series)

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Bill D
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 02:54 PM

I've been Tigers fan ever since George Kell...and I lived in St. Louis one semester.

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Rapparee
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 02:46 PM

Every year -- THE CUBS!!!

The Cubs are the team to beat, and everyone does.

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Wesley S
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 02:06 PM

Next year - THE CUBS !!!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Big Mick
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 01:54 PM

You are full of shit, Spaw. Rick would be betting on the Tigers. He was an American League kind of guy.

BTW, did you see the Swanno Mountain thread? We should be able to do something with that, doncha think??

Tige's in 5. Cobb is coaching 3rd base.

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: catspaw49
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 01:51 PM

I knew if I worked at it awhile I could get this onto teams of yesteryear "when it was a game" as they say. And if Rick WAS around, he'd love it....and I'd bet he'd be betting on the Cards.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: GUEST,maire-aine
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 01:27 PM

RRRRRRROOOOOOAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR! Tigers all the way! Let games begin.

Maryanne

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: freightdawg
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 01:05 PM

If Sparky was still around I'd go with the Sylvester and the Pussycats.
If Ozzie was still around I'd go with the Tweetybirds.

What if they played a world series and no one showed up??

Yawn.

(ducking and running for cover)

Freightdawg

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: number 6
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 11:30 AM

Tigers in 4. All the way!


sIx

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Rapparee
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 11:12 AM

Cubbies in 0.

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Big Mick
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 11:05 AM

OK, Peter. You are on. I am planning on a trip to the T Town sometime in the near future (next 6 - 8 months). Lunch is the bet, waddya say, my Buddhist guru buddy?

Damn, I wish Rick was around. He would straighten you all out.

Tige's in 5.

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Peter T.
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 10:53 AM

Right. Detroit is going to win like they make cars. Their days are numbered to the seventh son (We Toronto people hate the Detroit Tigers, grrr).

Cardinals all the way. Cheep, cheep.

yours,

Peter T.

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Cool Beans
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 10:49 AM

You got it, Mick. They're easy to find here.

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Big Mick
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 09:54 AM

CB, I will save a little of the whiskey I am about to win from the hapless Leej on this series. You might want to stand by in case I need you to find a hat with the Olde English D on it for Leej to wear.

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Cool Beans
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 09:47 AM

Since 1940 the Tigers have won every World Series they've played in. Get out your brooms. The Tigers are going to sweep the Cards in 4.

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Big Mick
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 09:31 AM

This just in, Spaw. It turns out that Gehringer, Greenberg, and Cochran are fit and will suit up. They have been pissed since the '34 series, and are looking to avenge the loss to the Gas House Gang of St. Screwie. I am warning Ducky Medwick right now. If he comes into third again, with his spikes high, it won't be fruit and garbage they throw at him from the stand this time. Even Commish Landis won't be able to save him this time. Retribution is nigh, and the poor folk living in the shadow of the arch are due for a mighty disappointment.

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: catspaw49
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 06:06 AM

Perhaps the loser might be awarded for the effort and loyalty to team with one of these fine products from a MICHIGAN company named Eternal Image. The reporter has a tough time but feel free to laugh yourself as you view this NEWS REPORT.

I can see the need here for a lot of Michigan Wolverine fans as well as baseball fans. BTW, there next target is NASCAR..........

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 01:23 AM

Oh YEAH RIGHT. An Irishman with a stocked liquor cabinet. Not on Sunday morning, I bet!

They call these boys the "Tigers"?
The proud American League Heroes?
Against Carpenter, Weaver, and Suppan
They're bound to put up zeroes
They'll take the World Championship to Motown?
That couldn't be more wrong
'Cause the Cardinal Nine will take it back
to St Louis where it belongs!

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Big Mick
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 01:07 AM

I'll find the hat, not that I will need it. You are on there, buddy. BBBWWWWWAAAAAAAHHHHHAAAAAA. The Lane liquor cabinet is on the way to being fully stocked.

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 12:59 AM

And if you have a hard time getting a Cardinals hat in Detroit, I'll pick one up for you.

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 12:57 AM

OK. Hear this, Spudmeister Mick. I propose this bet...the loser must wear the hat of the winning team to the Getaway! (And bring him a fifth of the contraband liquor of his choice )

Subject: RE: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 12:34 AM

Red Sox in 2007. You heard it here second.

Seamus

Subject: BS: Tigers & Cards - redbirds are goin down
From: Big Mick
Date: 20 Oct 06 - 12:22 AM

OK,now that those National League patsies are done screwin' around, we can get on with it. Next victims of the arms and bats of the TIGERS are the St. Lewie Screwies. We are goin' to kick their butts, Pa!!!

I am trying to get Leej to step up, but I am not sure he has the 'nads.

***snerk***

Mick