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Thread ID: 20709 | Posts: 13 | Started: 2005-10-20
2005-10-20 17:36 | User Profile
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Please forgive me of a little boasting here. For a Houston kid like myself who was an Astro buddy back in the 70s and has been following the team throughout the years, and especially through the heartbreak seasons of 1980 and 1986, I must admit being quite pleased to see the 'Stros finally get over the hump last night.
Like most here I suppose, I've been down on professional sports for a number of years now and deservedly so. In fact, amongst friends and family I've even been a harsh critic of Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell for lack of production in the post-season losses (especially Atlanta). But having said that, I must admit that both of those guys have been excellent representatives of what MLB should be about, both on and off the field. For this audience that may tune in to watch a game or two of the World Series, I would recommend taking a look at the current Astros. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised to see a group of clean-cut, predominantly white athletes who are quite a rarity in pro sports these days.
2005-10-20 17:52 | User Profile
Tex, I'm pleased the Houston Astros have finally won the NL Pennant and will appear in the World Series agains the Chicago White Sox. I remember 1986 NL Championship with the Astros vs NY Mets. I still can't believe the Mets beat them....Mike Scott was unhittable back in those days.
Funny thing is, as a NY Yankee fan, the Astros have two former Yankees in Roger Clemens and Andy Pettite, as well as the White Sox having former Yankee pitchers Contreras and Hernandez (El Duque). Who says pitching isn't everything?
The other thing I've noticed about many postseasons, is that teams with more White men in the starting 9 usually go further, IMO. Take a look at both the Astros and White Sox to see what I mean.
2005-10-20 18:09 | User Profile
[QUOTE=xmetalhead]Tex, I'm pleased the Houston Astros have finally won the NL Pennant and will appear in the World Series agains the Chicago White Sox. I remember 1986 NL Championship with the Astros vs NY Mets. I still can't believe the Mets beat them....Mike Scott was unhittable back in those days.
Wicked, wicked split finger. He pitched a no-hitter to clinch the NL West and advance to the NLCS. When Hatcher hit that dinger in the 16th we thought we had it all sewn up. Alas, that's the Astros we've always known--a great ability to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.
Funny thing is, as a NY Yankee fan, the Astros have two former Yankees in Roger Clemens and Andy Pettite...
Of course both of those guys are local heroes with Clemens out of Katy and Petitte out of Deer Park.
Who says pitching isn't everything?
I certainly don't and all those lost series against the Braves can give evidence to that. How 'bout Mississippi's Roy Oswalt? He just flat-out shut down the Cards big sticks last night.
The other thing I've noticed about many postseasons, is that teams with more White men in the starting 9 usually go further, IMO. Take a look at both the Astros and White Sox to see what I mean.[/QUOTE]
Don't know about the White Sox yet. I've seen pics of their 4 starters and they look pretty colorful to me. If Willy Taveras doesn't start in center, and he hasn't in favor of the hot-hitting Chris Burke, the Astros are all-white and tattoo-free from position 1 to 9. (Course you can't say that in polite company). :yes:
2005-10-20 19:08 | User Profile
Woo hoo!
2005-10-21 02:39 | User Profile
[quote=Texas Dissident] Don't know about the White Sox yet. I've seen pics of their 4 starters and they look pretty colorful to me. If Willy Taveras doesn't start in center, and he hasn't in favor of the hot-hitting Chris Burke, the Astros are all-white and tattoo-free from position 1 to 9. (Course you can't say that in polite company). :yes:
I was just noticing that about the Astros. Great job! As Johnnie Cochran used to say, "Keep the lineup white, you'll be i-ight!"
2005-10-22 03:40 | User Profile
[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Why waste time with the mastabatory exercise known as "baseball..."
...when God gave us something called [B][SIZE=4]the[/SIZE][/B] [I][SIZE=5][B]NFL?[/B][/SIZE][/I][/SIZE][/FONT]
2005-10-22 21:31 | User Profile
[quote=Hivemindgammahydra7][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Why waste time with the mastabatory exercise known as "baseball..."
...when God gave us something called [B][SIZE=4]the[/SIZE][/B] [I][SIZE=5][B]NFL?[/B][/SIZE][/I][/SIZE][/FONT]
That would be Curly Lambeau and George Halas, not to mention Jim Thorpe, who gave us the NFL, and Pete Roselle who helped shape it into today's "thing that it is," not God. :beer:
While I do enjoy the NFl, and am a Cowboys fan from way back, I am not so sure He'd be all that keen on folks making a living on the Sabbath that way.
AE
2005-10-23 01:20 | User Profile
Congratulations to the Houston Astros & Chicago White Sox for winning their respective titles.
In regard to the generaly deplorable state religion that profesional sports has become today, I offer the following from another thread:
[url]http://www.originaldissent.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20704[/url]
[QUOTE] Blond Knight Quote:
I am in favor of re-establishing the ABA & the AFL for that matter.
What I am refering to will be known as the African Bassetball Association & the African Football League.
Look at this as nothing more than outsourcing our entertainment industry. With the pro teams in Africa there will be no need to build unafordable staduims, thus freeing up scarce funds for upkeep of vital infrastructure.
With the advances in telecomunications, you could still follow the antics of "your" favorite thugs, only you may have to rename some of the teams - "We have an exciting game tonite folks, the Khartoum Canibals vs the Rawandan Rapists live tonite on APES" (APES = African Professional Entertainment Sports)
We could get rid of the embarassments that are the pro athlete today, while giving Africans a much needed boost to their economies.[/QUOTE]
2005-10-27 01:16 | User Profile
Well, we sure got a blast of hispanic culture before the beginning of the game, didn't we? I heard the phrase "melting pot" used at least four times in less than a minute span.
The all-hispanic team presentation was brought to us by Chevrolet ... and they bitch about Americans buying Japanese cars, while they blatantly support, not hispanic-americans, but all-out hispanics (celebrating the Dominican, Cuba, Venezuela, etc.)
Last night it was Rosa Parks, and now its the hispanic world. %$@#, is it possible to watch anything without getting the full-throtle integration training? I guess producers know that baseball has probably the highest ratio of white viewers, so the integration needs to get stepped-up a notch. Hell, looks like it's worked on George Will.
edit: the World Series can't end tonight, we still haven't gone through Korea and Japan.
2005-10-27 02:08 | User Profile
BK, the ABA is a great idea. The players could wear whatever they wanted to press conferences. Hell, they could go naked if they wanted. They could PLAY naked, maybe a bone through nose to keep it real. Fun for the whole family.
2005-10-27 06:34 | User Profile
Tex must be bitting his nails by now hehehehehehehe.
Game four (tonights game) is what you call the perfect game where the score was 1-0
2005-10-28 02:55 | User Profile
[quote=H.A.L.2006]Well, we sure got a blast of hispanic culture before the beginning of the game, didn't we? I heard the phrase "melting pot" used at least four times in less than a minute span.
The all-hispanic team presentation was brought to us by Chevrolet ... and they bitch about Americans buying Japanese cars, while they blatantly support, not hispanic-americans, but all-out hispanics (celebrating the Dominican, Cuba, Venezuela, etc.)
Last night it was Rosa Parks, and now its the hispanic world. %$@#, is it possible to watch anything without getting the full-throtle integration training? I guess producers know that baseball has probably the highest ratio of white viewers, so the integration needs to get stepped-up a notch. Hell, looks like it's worked on George Will.
edit: the World Series can't end tonight, we still haven't gone through Korea and Japan.
Maybe that's what Chevy means by an American Revolution. And if you haven't already been innundated with begging for money for the disaster of the week, please visit cannibalsfor humanity.org
2005-10-28 20:59 | User Profile
I was shocked that the Astro's got swept. The White Sox were just insanely hot. I'm still surprised the Astros couldn't even win one with their pitching though.