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Posted by Apexmotorsports (Member # 5307) on :
 
Alright, baseball season is back! So what's your favorite team!?!? I'm a Dodgers fan BUT I'm not happy with what they did in the offseason

[ April 05, 2005, 07:06 AM: Message edited by: Apexmotorsports ]
 

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Posted by RixSikCobra (Member # 5058) on :
 
Athletics, baby! I watched some special on ESPN about the glory days or whatever the other day...it was the Dodgers and Kirk ^%$%^#@Gibson takin' down the A's in 88...still painful to watch.
 

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Posted by spegull03 (Member # 2842) on :
 


i guess its about time to change the avatar to baseball, eh?

[ April 04, 2005, 10:01 PM: Message edited by: spegull03 ]
 

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Posted by MustyTang (Member # 896) on :
 
Giants and A's...but if it came down to it, I'm a bigger fan of the Giants.

My favorite video ever..."Champions by the Bay". It documents the whole 1989 season for the A's and Giants..anybody seen it?
 

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for the Giants!
 

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Posted by Glenn (Member # 520) on :
 
Dodger Fan here, but after staying in the Baye Area, the Bay teams grew on me....
 

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Posted by archersgt (Member # 5177) on :
 
GIANTS.
 

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Posted by Stevo (Member # 972) on :
 
Houston Astros
 

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Posted by Yellow94GT (Member # 431) on :
 
Baseball sucks
 

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Posted by Apexmotorsports (Member # 5307) on :
 
Oh man... looks like I'm surrounded by Giants fans!

BTW, remember this from last season... I have a bad feeling about this season though.. We let WAY too many key people go.



[ April 05, 2005, 06:59 AM: Message edited by: Apexmotorsports ]
 

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Posted by Team SOLO (Member # 722) on :
 

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Oh man... looks like I'm surrounded by Giants fans!

BTW, remember this from last season... I have a bad feeling about this season though.. We let WAY too many key people go.

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Do you remember this?

If not, that is Suppan taking an ice bath after handing the Dodgers ass to them on a platter. Largest crowd in Dodger stadium history were able to watch St. Louis advance

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Posted by Team SOLO (Member # 722) on :
 
Go Giants

[ April 05, 2005, 07:05 AM: Message edited by: Team SOLO ]
 

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Posted by 306Coupe (Member # 4988) on :
 
Oakland A's!!!!!!!!!!
 

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Posted by Apexmotorsports (Member # 5307) on :
 
Teamsolo,

Yeah we got SPANKED by the Cardinals... BUT we finally won a playoff game in over 16 years! The last time we won a playoff game before last year was when we won the World Series in 1988...ouch
 

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Posted by UNLUCKY (Member # 435) on :
 
Here's a hint!



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Posted by boostin1.8 (Member # 868) on :
 

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Athletics, baby! I watched some special on ESPN about the glory days or whatever the other day...it was the Dodgers and Kirk ^%$%^#@Gibson takin' down the A's in 88...still painful to watch.

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Rick ill have to take you to a A's game i get club house tickets for free Just let me know and ill see what i can do.
 

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Posted by 3RD1 (Member # 5431) on :
 
Growing up it was the Baltimore Orioles (still love my home town boys), but since we moved here in the 60's it was t he Giants. But then the A.L. came to Oakland.....so ever since then it's been the Oakland A's...... I was a beer vendor from 1968-75. (A's, Giants, 49ers and Raiders.....worked all the world series games in the early 70's. Awesome!! ). Season ticket holder from 1981-2002. Had to give them up however to take care of my mom. She was well known at the park...the players used to call her "Mom". I was at .B.P. one day after she got sick and Tejada asked me where "Mom" was. I told him she was sick and wouldn't be coming to many more games. When the team came out just before game time Miggy called me down to the fence and gave me a ball. On the sweet spot it says "Get Well Mom" and is signed by 18 players. That did more good than all the medications she was taking. What a class act that was by those guys.

I still make it to games but on a day to day basis. Maybe I'll run into some of you sometime.

My back room is my baseball room. Filled with balls, bats, memorabilia, photos and over 100,000 cards.
 

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Posted by yipnip5.0 (Member # 175) on :
 
baseball sucks. time to reinvent the sport and throw out cry baby cheaters like bonds.
 

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Sucks compared to what?

Agree about much harsher sanctions on "cheaters".

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Posted by yipnip5.0 (Member # 175) on :
 

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You call that a reason why it sucks? Coaches wear a uniform because they're on the field of play. Managers....?? Still beats the hell out of wearing a coat and tie to a sporting event.

But you still haven't given a real reason or a comparison to a sport you don't think sucks.

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point taken.
I didn't give specifics because obviously "sucks" is subjective, and this is my opinion. I like the sport, I hate what the media, the commissioners, and some of the players have done to it. It's antiquated... 160 meaningless games... terrible tv ratings...teams that buy championships... over paid players doping up.
 

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Posted by AJBlackGT (Member # 3936) on :
 
Oakland A's baby...

but i'd like to see what the Giants do without Barry
 

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You call that a reason why it sucks? Coaches wear a uniform because they're on the field of play. Managers....?? Still beats the hell out of wearing a coat and tie to a sporting event.

But you still haven't given a real reason or a comparison to a sport you don't think sucks.

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point taken.
I didn't give specifics because obviously "sucks" is subjective, and this is my opinion. I like the sport, I hate what the media, the commissioners, and some of the players have done to it. It's antiquated... 160 meaningless games... terrible tv ratings...teams that buy championships... over paid players doping up.

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Now that I can accept. We're all entitled to personal opinions, I just like to see what they're based on. And thank you for a respectful response. There are things I don't like about the sport as well, but there are far more that I love about it.
 

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Posted by nitrous_bob (Member # 77) on :
 
oh yeah baby...my TIGERS just schooooled KC

(prob the only win of the year though)
 

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Posted by onesicklx (Member # 285) on :
 


don't hate...
 

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Posted by SVTFMike (Member # 2345) on :
 
The Padres
 

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Posted by uh0h50 (Member # 3125) on :
 
^yeesh, gotta luv that so. cal summer-time smog. can barely see that mountain in the back. but yeah, A's fan over here..
 

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Posted by SEMPERFI510 (Member # 627) on :
 

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^yeesh, gotta luv that so. cal summer-time smog. can barely see that mountain in the back. but yeah, A's fan over here..

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Posted by getjobdone (Member # 4666) on :
 
Athletic's
 

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Posted by JoeT (Member # 298) on :
 
I will hopefully resume my normal position as a Dodger hater with Barry on the sidelines.
 

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Posted by gnatsum05 (Member # 3293) on :
 
Giants......A's.........Got to root for both!!!!
 

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Posted by 2NSANE (Member # 2644) on :
 
Hey
BASEBALL SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!


just joking
Seattle Mariners

 

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Posted by Cobra5.0JEEP (Member # 1482) on :
 
Oakland A's!
 

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Posted by MustyTang (Member # 896) on :
 

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Growing up it was the Baltimore Orioles (still love my home town boys), but since we moved here in the 60's it was t he Giants. But then the A.L. came to Oakland.....so ever since then it's been the Oakland A's...... I was a beer vendor from 1968-75. (A's, Giants, 49ers and Raiders.....worked all the world series games in the early 70's. Awesome!! ). Season ticket holder from 1981-2002. Had to give them up however to take care of my mom. She was well known at the park...the players used to call her "Mom". I was at .B.P. one day after she got sick and Tejada asked me where "Mom" was. I told him she was sick and wouldn't be coming to many more games. When the team came out just before game time Miggy called me down to the fence and gave me a ball. On the sweet spot it says "Get Well Mom" and is signed by 18 players. That did more good than all the medications she was taking. What a class act that was by those guys.

I still make it to games but on a day to day basis. Maybe I'll run into some of you sometime.

My back room is my baseball room. Filled with balls, bats, memorabilia, photos and over 100,000 cards.

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Nice story! Too bad stuff like that doesn't make it in the news.

I remember back in T-Ball, Dave Stewart bought us team jackets with our name and number on them. We looked like some badass 6 & 7 year olds when we came to the park . The he invited a few of us to come on to the field before the game and get introduced. I remember turning around just so I could see myself on the big screen...lol.

Bip Roberts came out one time when I was 16 to hit us some infield and give us some pointers. I thought it was pretty cool for him to take time out like that. He said I had good hands...it was nice to hear that from a pro ballplayer

Dusty Baker took some time and had a few of us go to the batting cages with him. He was a real nice guy and very helpful. One of the guys ended up being his waiter at a restaraunt years later. He thanked Dusty for his time, who remembered taking us there. Afterwards, he left him a pretty nice tip.


What those guys do for the fans goes a long ways....I definately appreciate it still.
 

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