Comments on: OF DOG DAYS AND PENNANT RACES

By: I Callahan

I Callahan — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:06:35 +0000

Economics,

I hope you’re right about the Tigers. If they could win a road game….

By: Economics

Economics — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:20:03 +0000

I can’t stand the Sox. Have always hated the team. The manager is a emotionally handicapped idiot and the catcher just bugs me.

Tigers to repeat 2006.

By: oneblankspace

oneblankspace — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:21:00 +0000

The White Sox…one of the few issues where I agree with Obama.

By: 11B40

11B40 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:35:42 +0000

Greetings:

Well, if it’s any solace, my father used to say, “In baseball all you have to do is play .500 ball and get hot in September.” Times may have changed somewhat since the ’50s and the ’60s (last time I looked only two teams were playing .600 ball), what with all the player mobility and the lack of emphasis on the “regular” season record as opposed to getting into the playoffs. But it’s still all about putting the wood on the ball.

By: Nagarajan Sivakumar

Nagarajan Sivakumar — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:18:43 +0000

Rick,
As a Yankee fan, I am loathe to admit it but we have been PWNed in this series by you guys - worse, this has come at the same time the Sox that we really hate (TM) has had a winning streak of its own - its all even now in the AL East for practical reasons (Boston has played one less game at this point)

While we are still on baseball, I dont know if you had a chance to read Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe lamenting about how Manny Ramirez and Big Papi were found to be on the list of players using performance enhancing drugs.

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2009/07/31/suffering_from_roid_rage/

He goes so far as to say that Ortiz’s entire career may be a lie !

We have our own parade of shame from Roger Clemens, Andy Pettite and Jason Giambi - makes you wonder how many more are out there !

I know that you had a post during the All Star game about how the game has lost it’s national status especially after the steroids scandal broke out - but how much more terrible would it be if a former World Series MVP ( Manny Ramirez) was found to be on performance enhancers the entire 2004 season ?

Btw, that Carlos Quentin is one heck of a ball player and probably the best thing to happen to the SouthSiders in quite a long time.