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PostPosted: 07/12/05 7:39 pm    ::: Baseball's ASG Reply Reply with quote
Gonna be switching between the two as much as I can tonight, so I start with the ASG and will get to the Libs/Comets game after the top of the first ends.

The main thing I wanted to point out, to start, was that they played the British national anthem before ours at the game today...just like the Brits played ours on (or around...can't remember because I only first knew about it last week) 9/11.

A very awesome thing done tonight in Detroit, I think. Brought tears to my eyes.
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PostPosted: 07/12/05 7:39 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Another note that just could not be put in the same post with the above...

When will Tim McCarver have offically broadcast 16 times more All-Star Games than he actually played in? I felt sure he'd have done that by now. Laughing

Joe Buck is the man.
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PostPosted: 07/13/05 4:20 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
jimmyk wrote:
Another note that just could not be put in the same post with the above...

When will Tim McCarver have offically broadcast 16 times more All-Star Games than he actually played in? I felt sure he'd have done that by now. Laughing

Joe Buck is the man.



did McCarver ever play in one?
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PostPosted: 07/13/05 4:21 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
PennyTfan1 wrote:
jimmyk wrote:
Another note that just could not be put in the same post with the above...

When will Tim McCarver have offically broadcast 16 times more All-Star Games than he actually played in? I felt sure he'd have done that by now. Laughing

Joe Buck is the man.



did McCarver ever play in one?


McCarver was an All Star in 1966 and 1967



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PostPosted: 07/13/05 4:26 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
pilight wrote:
PennyTfan1 wrote:
jimmyk wrote:
Another note that just could not be put in the same post with the above...

When will Tim McCarver have offically broadcast 16 times more All-Star Games than he actually played in? I felt sure he'd have done that by now. Laughing

Joe Buck is the man.



did McCarver ever play in one?


McCarver was an All Star in 1966 and 1967


A wee bit B4 my time. The only thing I ever recalled about him was being Steve Carlton's personal catcher....which, at that stage of his career, was the only way he could get a job playing the game.

66-67 must've been while he was in St. Louis.
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PostPosted: 07/13/05 6:34 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
I saw in the sports section yesterday mug shots of all the players. One really made me curious: a black man whose name is Vladimir Guerrero. Anyone know his story?



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PostPosted: 07/13/05 6:51 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Sass wrote:
I saw in the sports section yesterday mug shots of all the players. One really made me curious: a black man whose name is Vladimir Guerrero. Anyone know his story?



He's from the Dominican Republic. That explains his last name. I'm guessing that Vladimir is short for a longer, much more latino sounding first name. ...but that is purely a guess.
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PostPosted: 07/15/05 12:25 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Your guess is wrong. That IS his name. LOL! Sometimes he goes by Vlad which is short for Vladimir. Guerrero is not that uncommon a name. Granted it's not Rivera or Rodriguez but it's common.

He is fromthe DR though...as is half the league is seems




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Sass wrote:
I saw in the sports section yesterday mug shots of all the players. One really made me curious: a black man whose name is Vladimir Guerrero. Anyone know his story?



He's from the Dominican Republic. That explains his last name. I'm guessing that Vladimir is short for a longer, much more latino sounding first name. ...but that is purely a guess.


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PostPosted: 07/15/05 12:44 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Keira, your brother Alex said he's going to play for the DR next year in the World League, Cup, whatever. Now what's up with that?



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PostPosted: 07/15/05 12:54 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
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Keira, your brother Alex said he's going to play for the DR next year in the World League, Cup, whatever. Now what's up with that?


If he didn't homer off Schilling last night, we would have disowned him after those comments. Freaking guy's from Miami!
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PostPosted: 07/15/05 12:59 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
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BCBG25 wrote:
Keira, your brother Alex said he's going to play for the DR next year in the World League, Cup, whatever. Now what's up with that?


If he didn't homer off Schilling last night, we would have disowned him after those comments. Freaking guy's from Miami!


Actually, he's from NY. If you're from Miami, you can very well be from the DR lol



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PostPosted: 07/15/05 1:17 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
BCBG25 wrote:
dtsnms wrote:
BCBG25 wrote:
Keira, your brother Alex said he's going to play for the DR next year in the World League, Cup, whatever. Now what's up with that?


If he didn't homer off Schilling last night, we would have disowned him after those comments. Freaking guy's from Miami!


Actually, he's from NY. If you're from Miami, you can very well be from the DR lol


You're right; my bad. Did he grow up in Miami or something? Where did I get that idea?
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PostPosted: 07/15/05 1:24 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Your both right!!! Alex was born in Washington Heights (NY). He then moved to the DR until the age of 4. Then he came to Miami. He can play for whoever he wants, I don't necessarily care, but if the big Boss says no (we ALL know who the big boss is) then he won't play.

I'm VERY proud of my little brother for shutting Curt "the mouth" Schilling yesterday!!!! Couldn't have been more perfect!!! Way to go baby bro!! Smile




dtsnms wrote:
BCBG25 wrote:
dtsnms wrote:
BCBG25 wrote:
Keira, your brother Alex said he's going to play for the DR next year in the World League, Cup, whatever. Now what's up with that?


If he didn't homer off Schilling last night, we would have disowned him after those comments. Freaking guy's from Miami!


Actually, he's from NY. If you're from Miami, you can very well be from the DR lol


You're right; my bad. Did he grow up in Miami or something? Where did I get that idea?


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