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General Discussion => Talk Zone => Topic started by: roadrunner on September 11, 2008, 11:20:18 am
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I'm guessing even with the 1:05 start and the Cubs in town this may have the smallest crowd in MMP history. I went to the Pirates game on Tuesday and that was pretty depressing even without hurricane hysteria.
Anybody else going?
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I have tickets, but I don't know if I plan on going.
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If I have to work a half-day downtown tomorrow, you bet your ass I'm going to this game.
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If I have to work a half-day downtown tomorrow, you bet your ass I'm going to this game.
That would be odd, since they've asked every business to close.
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That would be odd, since they've asked every business to close.
Think that they won't even play?
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Think that they won't even play?
If the mayor has time to bother with Drayton, he'll tell him not to play the damn game.
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/sports/5995567.html
link from the chron
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If the mayor has time to bother with Drayton, he'll tell him not to play the damn game.
The Astros will make whatever decision in their fans' best interests.
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If we were the Jakes, the Astros would cancel the Cassel and Arias starts for sure, unless Backe makes a comeback for Saturday that is. But since the Astros are not the Jakes, look for them to get in these games if at all possible.
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If there is a hurricane moving to Houston, does it make sense to fly the Cubs into town?
Plus, the Cubs have a game tonight and probably wouldn't even get to their hotel until 2 a.m. Friday morning (and that's if the game ends in 3 hours). Fuck the Cubs and everthing, and I'm glad to take advantage, but I could see some people being pissed off about the fact that the Cubs would have to play a game at 1:00.
And if the Astros don't play on Friday and Saturday, what happens to the schedule? Do they play a double header on Sunday? on Monday? Or do they move the games to the end of the season? Cause I'm thinking that if the games are at the end of the season, Wigginton and Matsui might be able to play and maybe even Lee.
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If there is a hurricane moving to Houston, does it make sense to fly the Cubs into town?
That's a great point!
"Due to Hurricane Ike, the Cubs flight was rerouted to land in Cuba just before they landed in Houston. The collective suck that is the Cubs completely overpowered Ike, causing it to peacefully break up somewhere over the Gulf of Mexico."
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First of all, if any team should have to deal with coming into town and playing a 1:00 game, it's the Cubs, who have done this to oppponents for years.
Second - Monday is open for both teams, you could have a double-header then.
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Has there ever been a triple header?
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Plus, the Cubs have a game tonight and probably wouldn't even get to their hotel until 2 a.m. Friday morning (and that's if the game ends in 3 hours). Fuck the Cubs and everthing, and I'm glad to take advantage, but I could see some people being pissed off about the fact that the Cubs would have to play a game at 1:00.
For obvious reasons, I would imagine the Cubs are the most prepared team in baseball to be able to handle such a schedule.
ETA: MM beat me to it.
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Has there ever been a triple header?
In Rick's?
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Has there ever been a triple header?
"tripleheaders
There are three recorded instances of a tripleheader in Major League Baseball, indicating three games between the same two teams on the same day. These occurred between the Brooklyn Bridegrooms and Pittsburgh Innocents on September 1, 1890 (Brooklyn won all three); between the Baltimore Orioles and Louisville Colonels on September 7, 1896 (Baltimore won all three); and between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds on October 2, 1920 (Cincinnati won two of the three). Triple headers are now prohibited under the current collective bargaining agreement."
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080205065714AACsCsD
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Cause I'm thinking that if the games are at the end of the season, Wigginton and Matsui might be able to play and maybe even Lee.
Lee would be a no-go. (http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080910&content_id=3452247&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou)
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"tripleheaders
There are three recorded instances of a tripleheader in Major League Baseball, indicating three games between the same two teams on the same day. These occurred between the Brooklyn Bridegrooms and Pittsburgh Innocents on September 1, 1890 (Brooklyn won all three); between the Baltimore Orioles and Louisville Colonels on September 7, 1896 (Baltimore won all three); and between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds on October 2, 1920 (Cincinnati won two of the three). Triple headers are now prohibited under the current collective bargaining agreement."
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080205065714AACsCsD
Spack knows a little something about tripleheaders. But apparently that lore has been lost in the sands of time...
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I have tickets and will be there if there is a game, even though the Cubs are obviously the dominant power in all of professional sports today and the Stros have no chance whatsoever at making the postseason.
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wasted?
http://www.spikesnstars.com/2008/09/11/houston-trumps-chicagos-lightening-storm-with-a-cat-3-hurricane/#more-1426
so far nothing official on astros.com
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Reliant Arena area deemed too risky to play a "sporting event" Friday night.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/sports/5995889.html
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wasted?
http://www.spikesnstars.com/2008/09/11/houston-trumps-chicagos-lightening-storm-with-a-cat-3-hurricane/#more-1426
so far nothing official on astros.com
The guy's name is really Bingo Crosby? That's got to be made up.
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The guy's name is really Bingo Crosby? That's got to be made up.
I dunna know. Maybe he had sadistic parents. Look at the names that some people have today. Lots of hippie parents and others to factor into the mix.
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I dunna know. Maybe he had sadistic parents. Look at the names that some people have today. Lots of hippie parents and others to factor into the mix.
At least no one names their kid "Wrigley Fields". Oh wait. (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=cubs100&num=3578163)
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At least no one names their kid "Wrigley Fields". Oh wait. (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=cubs100&num=3578163)
Reason #57094 to loathe Cubfans.
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At least no one names their kid "Wrigley Fields". Oh wait. (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=cubs100&num=3578163)
His dad is a giant dick. I honestly feel sorry for the kid, not just for the name, but for having a dad like that.
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At least no one names their kid "Wrigley Fields". Oh wait. (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=cubs100&num=3578163)
At least the husband to be had the good sense to extract an advance promise from his bride-to-be that she'd never make him quit golf or softball.