2008 MLB Playoffs

D-Lowe knocked out after he looked unhittable.

amazing what one little error does! Lowe probably was pissed, lost concentration, and gave up two longies before being pulled.

BTW, I called manny after the game about his RBI, here's what he told me: "mang, the wall in philly are too high, that shulda been a homa in any other paak." :D
 
I think history has shown that teams are pretty generous about handing out rings but players aren't so generous when it comes to giving out playoff shares...

The 1967 Red Sox had the smallest winner's pool ever to divide but broke it into the most shares. There were guys who played for a few weeks who got half-shares, and I think Jerry Adair got a full share (he deserved it) and they even gave a full share to the The Jimmy Fund. I think a full loser's share worked out to abut $7,000 that year.

The Yankees in 1978 stiffed everyone and Reggie went around the stadium giving hundred dollar bills to the groundskeepers, bat boys and anyone else who usually got a small amount from a World Series pot.

I only vaguely remember that there was something ugly involving the Red Sox 1986 share division and I remember that Dwight Evans was central to it, but I honestly don't remember which side he was on.
 
Which reminds me of another funny story involving Dwight Evans that has nothing to do with this thread , but I gotta tell it anyway.

There was a supermarket chain in New England that sponsored a 10th man contest, where fans would mail in a vote for their pick for 10th man (one per envelope) and once the winning player was determined, all the votes for the winner would be placed in a barrel and one would be selected, with that fan and the player each wining a car.

Well, one enterprising fan found out how few votes had been cast the previous year, so a couple days before the voting closed, he mailed in several thousand votes for Dwight Evans, who was anything but a 10th man candidate as one of the team's star players. It cost the guy a couple thousand dollars in postage to do this, but it made Evans the winner, and then that fan had about a 99.999% chance of winning the car, which he did.

Evans didn't know what to make of it all and gave his car to charity, so the supermarket changed the rules the next year, such that each fan who had voted for the winning player would only have one chance at the drawing for the car.
 
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By the way, I didn't see the game last night. Did Manny walk a triple into a double?


In his defense (I can't believe I'm doing this :D), there was no way he got a triple out of that. In fact, only a handful of MLB players get a triple there.

That was simply Buck and McCarver stirring the pot once again. :rolleyes:
 
I am clearly rooting for Philly.

While I too agree with Bill that Torre is a classy guy, I still think much of L.A. having an A-Hole for their star player.

Besides, one of the team I don't like are the Cardinals, also led by a classy manager in Tony LaRussa.

Just because the leader of a team is classy doesn't mean everyone on that team is nicety-nice.

+1 on almost all of that. :up
 
What kind of contract will Pat Burrell command next year? Who's in the market for him?

BA: not great
Power: pretty good
Speed: ha!
Defense: fair
Clutch hitting: well, pretty average until the last couple post-season games

He's one of my favorite players---I just hope he doesn't go to the Cubs or Red Sox!
 
What kind of contract will Pat Burrell command next year? Who's in the market for him?

BA: not great
Power: pretty good
Speed: ha!
Defense: fair
Clutch hitting: well, pretty average until the last couple post-season games

He's one of my favorite players---I just hope he doesn't go to the Cubs or Red Sox!


I doubt very much that the Red Sox would be interested. They already have a log-jam in the OF with Bay, Drew, Ellsbury, Crisp and Kotsay.
 
I'll be surprised if the Tigers don't make a pitch (pun intended) for Lowe during free agency. would fit in well in Roger's rotational slot.




Paul,
D-Lowe would be a welcome addition to your Tigers (or any contender for that matter).

The guy is an innings eater and proven big game pitcher (last night notwithstanding).

If you ever got Bonderman back close to 100% , and straightened out the D-Train's head.................Verlander, Lowe, Bonderman, Willis and Galarraga would be as good a rotation as there is in baseball!
 
It was on this day 40 years ago that the Tigers completed a 3-1 comeback against the Cardinals in the World Series.

Probably one of the greatest moments of Paul's life
 
Unbelievable! The Rays make the ALCS and they STILL can't sell out a home game! Truly pathetic. Tropicana Field is a complete dump anyway. It looks like a Sam's Club.
 

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