Frankel sheet?

[richiebee]

So its 1974, and I\'m working as a dishwasher at a restaurant/bar in Clayton,
Missouri called Walter Mitty\'s.

One night, the bouncer doesn\'t show up and the boss comes back to the kitchen
and tells me to go out and check IDs at the door. I reminded my boss that I
was only 19 and maybe there was someone who was of legal age who might be
better for this task.

\"Look, just get out to the door and check everyone\'s ID no matter how old
they look and everything will be fine.\"

Which it was until about 10:30 when 3 men immediately familiar to me appeared
at the door.

\"Mr. Gibson, Mr. McCarver, Mr. Shannon, er sorry, but I\'m going to need to see
some identification.\"

I will never forget that all three graciously fished out their driver\'s
licenses.

After the bar closed down and the staff was cleaning out the taps, my boss
came up to me and asked \"What the f--k were you doing checking Gibson and
McCarver\'s ID?\"

[Rick B.]

Figures.

I no sooner paint all Cardinals fans as a-holes, and one of the most reasonable and revered TG forum members outs himself as a member of Redbird Nation.

Next, someone will tell me that Mother Teresa used to have season tickets down the 3rd base line at Busch Stadium.

[plasticman]

Wow, taking a shot at Yankees fans. Somehow a post about a great thoroughbred ends up in a jealous shot at the 27 time world champions. Look, here\'s what it boils down to.

There are true blue Yankees fans and then there are the people who wear a Yankee Hat because Jay Z talked about it in a song. No need to confuse the two.

As far as Frankel goes, its a shame he\'s not pulling an Akeem and Coming to America, i\'d love to have a \'free square\' in the pick 6.

[richiebee]

Rick:

More a baseball fan than a Redbird fan, though the \"Birds on a Bat\" is one of
the classier emblems in all of sports.

The Old Busch Stadium was just very user friendly -- free on street parking a
couple of blocks away and a great bleacher seat for $2.

Of course while in St. Louis I had many friends from Chicago, both Cubbie and
Chisox fans. A favorite story may have been that for a while Harry Caray
interviewed Jose Cardenal every day before the game -- Caray would ask the
questions in English and Cardenal would answer in Spanish.

[P-Dub]

Flighted Iron Wrote:
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> Pdub,
>
> Barry Sanders doesn\'t own a ring.Is he not great
> then?
>
>
> flighted iron


You don\'t need a ring to be great, but you can\'t come up small when needed.

[FrankD.]

All of which led to one of the best lines ever uttered by a baseball announcer !

One day Jose dropped an easy fly ball in the outfield and Harry blurted out
\" How can a Mexican lose a ball in the sun \" PRICELESS !!!

Rick B. very fond memories of Cardinal fans at Wrigley during my Chicago days in the 80\'s. Especially large breasts being flashed as many a red \" birds on bat \" t-shirt was lifted by a drunken damsel in the Cubby Bear lounge.

2 Weeks to Breeders Cup boy\'s let\'s get back on task !!!

Good luck,

Frank D.

[richiebee]

FrankD. Wrote:
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> All of which led to one of the best lines ever
> uttered by a baseball announcer !
>
> One day Jose dropped an easy fly ball in the
> outfield and Harry blurted out
> \" How can a Mexican lose a ball in the sun \"
> PRICELESS !!!
 
Also classic Caray: When a Cub would hit a weak pop-up, Caray would
grumble \"That wouldn\'t be a home run in a phone booth.\"
 
> 2 Weeks to Breeders Cup boy\'s let\'s get back on
> task !!!
 
What, you\'re passing on New York Showcase Day?

[Flighted Iron]

Pdub,

 Agree with you re:player in team sports can be great without being part of a championship.Btw,i also do not consider lebron a great player.potentially yeah,but
currently no.

flighted

[SoCalMan2]

> 1960 World Series is the gold standard of the best
> team not winning, but there have been plenty of
> others.

Hard to argue about the 1960 world series, but, I thought 1969 was supposed to be amazing, no?  Ironically, if you look at the 1960 and 1969 series, you sort of have to also look at 1979 where the \"we are family\" Pirates beat a supposedly far superior Oriole team (Pirates again getting the nod as big upset a la 1960 and the Orioles once again blowing a gimme series a la 1969).

[moosepalm]

While it doesn\'t have the cinematic or fairy-tale appeal of the \'60 Pirates walk-off victory, or \'69 Mets miraculous turnabout, I have some sentimental attachment to the \'03 Marlins victory with grizzled Jack McKeon at the helm.  My father always maintained that the \'54 Giants sweep of the Indians, who had the highest winning percentage in the modern era, was the gold standard.  Of course, it also had the catch by Willie Mays to bolster its case.

[P-Dub]

That 2003 Marlins team had a lot of talent.

[TGJB]

Yes, I know how good they were, but if you had been in NY in 69 you would have known the Orioles had no shot, and I\'m not kidding about that-- I would like to know what the Mets record was the last 50 games of the season including post season (I\'m guessing they won around 40). If I recall the 03 Marlins made a similar huge run, maybe starting earlier.

[TGJB]

I\'ve been informed that Met team won 38 of its last 50 in the regular season before going 7-1 post season.

[Rich Curtis]

39, not 38.

And if you have more Met questions, I\'m here.

[moosepalm]

P-Dub Wrote:
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> That 2003 Marlins team had a lot of talent.


Every team that makes the World Series has a lot of talent, some considerably more than others.  The Marlins started 16-22, before McKeon took over, survived injuries to key players during the regular season, and won the Series as the NL wild card over a team that was playing in its 6th series in eight years.