Conference 7.286::sports_91

    Wow, talk about a short note....
    
    REK

    Gene Mauch roolz!

    Dave Winfields on  a tear for the angels, this division is a toss up
    
    this yr...
    
    
    dinz
    

    In addition to a HR last night, Winfield made a good diving catch
    on a ball headed to the gap.
    
    Agree with Dinz, there isn't a clearcut favorite in the AL West.
                                 
    
    py

    You guys forget that Wally Joyner is leading the MAjors in hitting at
    .364. He is also tied for 3rd in RBIs with 34. 
    
    Finley leads the A.L in wins at 8-2.
    
    Langston is 6-1. 
    
    Currently the Angels are 2 back of Texas and the Evil A's.
    

  >> <<< Note 157.3 by ANGLIN::SHAUGHNESSY "Plato,Homer,Voltaire,BobKnight" >>>
  >>                       -< Is this some kind of gag? >-
    
    
    No T. the gag in in Minnesota, the Norf Stars chokded da big 'un vs
    Super Mario & Co. 
    
    Hail, even the Twins ain't playing .500 ball. While you cain sip like
    that in hockey and make the playoffs, in baseball you gotta win your
    division. Da Twins ain't got a prayer.

    Jesse, watch out.  The mighty Red Sox are visiting Anaheim(lich
    Maneuver) next week.

    Mark.

    
    Leessee,  
    
    The Rangers are hot, but everyone knows they always melt in the heat in
    July and August.  The Angels have had everything go their way so far,
    and are desperate enough to give a chance to a worn out pitcher that the
    Dodgers gave up on last year, when they really needed starting
    pitching.  KC, the team to really fear, has screwed up the year already. 
    And the MAriners have shown they may make .500, but aren't ready to
    compete with the big boys.  And the White Sox are showing that last
    year WAS a fluke.
    
    On the other hand, the A's have been so decimated with injuries that
    they have had 5 rookie pitchers on the roster at the same time, their
    ace has been injured and is going to have his worst season since he
    joined the A's, their hitters haven't started hitting and have been
    injured, yet they are in first place.  Who shouldn't be a favorite to
    win it all again?

    Bod, have the Angels ever even *been* to the Big Party where they had
    the opportunity to choke?  Also, as I remember the Twins didn't 
    exactly choke either.  And to boot, I'm a baseball fan not a_Almost
    League fan, so the Twins cain fold for all I care.  Write me down
    for the Mets in the East and the Reds in the West and any real baseball
    club to club the ALmost squad that trots into the Series their puffed-
    up dastisticks (tm).
    
    So there.
    
    MrT
    
    ps, the Angels are slated for last in the West, here's how it'll look:
    
    1. A's 
    2. Sox
    3. Rangers
    4. Mariners
    5. Twins
    6. Royals
    7. Angels
    
    But you knew that, Bod.  And I steal luv ya, cuz it WAS only a gag!
    

 >>  Jesse, watch out.  The mighty Red Sox are visiting Anaheim(lich
 >>  Maneuver) next week.
 
    Good the three game brooming the Angels give the Bosox oughta help the
    Angels in the standings. 
    
    
    Re Bruce. 
    
    I agree about the A's being hurt and still in first. We'll have to see
    if they cain keep it up. 
    
    
    re T. 
    
    O.K. so you'z ain't a AL fan. I agree about the NL team thrashing the
    AL team cuz the NL team is gonna be the Dodgers, but I already started
    a topic on them. 

    Bod, quit dabbling with this ALmost stuff.  It amounts to a lower form
    a species as far as baseball goes.  Looky, I grew up trained to hate
    the Dodgers but even I must admit that Tommy's a master, that Dodger
    Farm yields pitchers like a_Invasion of the Pod People farm, that Eddie
    has a shot at MVP this year, that Chavez Ravine is a_idyllic ballpark,
    that Ramon Martinez is a revelation and could be the next Roger, that 
    Sciosia is *so* fine, and that the Dodgers' spanking of the "great" A's
    [sic] was the most thigh-shuddering MrT Baseball Experience ever, with
    me in paroxyms a feral fibrillations when Big10 main Kirk drove the
    stake into that animal rights activist's furrowed brow (him thinking, 
    "duh, this no DH thing's got me all mixed-updon't know why they 
    keep axeing me to work with this line-up card after I hand it over to
    the ump when the game starts, this ain't fair!")
    
    Concentrate on the Reds as your competition.  Natural Baseball is such
    a beautiful game...
    
    MrT 

    T. Your appreciation for that Awesome Dodger victory shows the class
    and objectivity that truly separates you from the bitter folks who
    chose to belittle great accomplishments. 
    
    >>>Ramon Martinez is a revelation and could be the next Roger
    
    Again, a truly insightful, objective reply. You do know your pitching!!
    In all fairness to Martinez, we'd like him to not be like Roger in that
    we'd like to see him win in the postseason and help the Dodgers WIN
    another WS, something Roger ain't never done.
    
    As for the Angels, Winfield had a great weekend, knocking a couple a
    dingers and knocked in 8 runs on Sat/Sun. Congrats Dave!