A Practice/Theory Cunundrum

Nine innings. They played nine complete today. Kurt, Glen and Matt (in whatever order you say it) won, 7-4. Eric, Hansoo and Peter did not.

There was much JOCK-ularity. Pete hit a three-run homer in a losing cause.

W: Mosser
L: Berwald

HR: Berwald

We Did Not Lose

A lot of clean singles and doubles earned Jeremy, Kurt and Hansoo an early 8 run lead, plating 5 off Pete and 3 off Matt.

Meanwhile Matt performed the first known double-dream-plus. Over two and a third innings Matt made 7 straight outs for his team. A nicer way to say that is, "Peter was rakin' 'em all over the field."

A Jeremy Long inning allowed the homeboys back in it, but the comeback fell short. And we have a tie.

Jeremy, Kurt, Hansoo - 8
Matt, Pete - 8

HR: none

Matt L.

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Eric Zamonski

tasty factoid: the 2003 Tigers were mathematically eliminated on Aug 20.

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  Matt Lindsay It was maatjematically harder to make the playoffs back then.

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  Kurt Mosser matt is speaking dutch

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  Matt Lindsay The easiest thing to forget about baseball is that it's hard.

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  Kevin Campbell if it was easy, everyone would do it 

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  Eric Zamonski matt, sounds like something i just read about bob gibson. his SS said he stopped ever coming to the mound to offer advice because once he tried it and gibby said "get outta here...the only thing you know about pitching is that it's hard to hit."

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  Kurt Mosser true story, albeit retold here without hoot's salty language.

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  Eric Zamonski now granted, with the 15-in mound and strike zones from your ankles to your eyeballs that year, yeah, ERA's are gonna be down. but still...28 complete games and during Jun and July he pitched 92 innings and gave up TWO RUNS!! my fav '68 stat tho is that of the only 6 games from which he was removed, all were for pinch-hitters---he was never replaced for another pitcher the entire season. that's some deadball era shit right there.

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  Kurt Mosser by the way, the traditional version of this story is that it was the catcher (mccarver) not the shortstop (javier).

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  Eric Zamonski this ESPN writer guy attributes it to Dal Maxvill, the shortstop for the 68 cards. but then, the writer also reported the 2-run inning streak at 99, which i think is wrong. so go figure. 
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  Keri: Bob Gibson's legendary 1968 season

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  Forty years ago, Bob Gibson had one of the most dominant seasons of all time: His 1.12 ERA remains one of baseball's magic numbers.

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  Eric Zamonski im betting the reality is Gib probably said that to just about everybody that came near his mound.

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  Kevin Campbell as he should

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  Eric Zamonski "hey Mr Gibson! would you sign my---" "Look kid, the only thing you know about autographs is that they're hard to hit"

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  Matt Lindsay No, no. That is what Jim Palmer said every time Earl Weaver came to the mound. I can't believe you guys think this had anything to do with Gibson and the Cardinals.

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  Eric Zamonski look Stats, just cuz you won that Jim Palmer look-alike contest back in '98 doesn't mean that...oh wait. yeah i guess it does.

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  Matt Lindsay Look, Bandit: the only thing you know about Facebooking is that it's hard to hit.

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  Eric Zamonski look Moh, the only thing you know about hardness is that diamond is 10.0 [edit: "Mohs"]

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  Eric Zamonski altho some geologists list gibsonite as 11...

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  Matt Lindsay http://www.baseball-almanac.com/quotes/quopalm.shtml Fifth quote on the list.

  

  Jim Palmer Quotes

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  Baseball Almanac presents an unprecedented collection of quotes from and about Jim Palmer.

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  Matt Lindsay Sheesh - not EVERYTHING is about the CARDINALS!

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  Matt Lindsay it's about the ORIOLES!!!!!

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  Eric Zamonski my favorite Jim Palmer quotes involve Selson Blue

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  Eric Zamonski and Selson Purple, "Scabes Formulation". (not a big seller)

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  Matt Lindsay I played Selson Purple in the Great Falls Community Players' production of "Scabes: The Musicale" in the Spring of 1994.

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  Eric Zamonski i saw that and you were magnificent. the NYT called it "a scabes-free triumph"

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  Matt Lindsay Well, I thank you, Eric. Your words mean more to me than any critic in print. In truth, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to be, well, the weak link in a cast of true giants of the community stage at that time in that Great Falls milieu.

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  Eric Zamonski there are no small dandruff treatment-related roles...only small actors.

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  Eric Zamonski i have a good money-making scheme: write a stageplay entitled "The Scottish Play". open in off-off-off broadway. you'll sell out every night because people with think they're going to see MacBeth, when in fact it's a play about the history of celebrity endorsed dandruff treatment products. most audiences will walk out after five minutes, but you already have their money, so who cares.

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  Kurt Mosser earl weaver's autobiography was originally titled "i wished i had been a cardinal."

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  Kurt Mosser and, of course, we know where the orioles were before they came to baltimore.

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  Matt Lindsay I have a great idea for a musical. The owners of a hapless nba franchise rename the team the Browns in hopes that someone from Baltimore will take it off their hands, and rename the team after an effeminate sounding bird.

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