argh1 Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Have any you other lost 'Spos ex-fans found another team? I for some reason have kept to the NL East. (I just like NL play better, I must be old, I like the double player switches and the chess game of letting the pitcher bat or maybe putting in a pinch hitter depending on the situation and pinch runners)But for no real reason I seem to be checking the loveable Mets scores 1st these days. How did the Jays let the scheduling wizards miss a home game at the Dome on CANADA DAY?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 quote:Originally posted by argh1 Have any you other lost 'Spos ex-fans found another team? I for some reason have kept to the NL East. (I just like NL play better, I must be old, I like the double player switches and the chess game of letting the pitcher bat or maybe putting in a pinch hitter depending on the situation and pinch runners)But for no real reason I seem to be checking the loveable Mets scores 1st these days. How did the Jays let the scheduling wizards miss a home game at the Dome on CANADA DAY?? Yeah, seriously what do AL managers get paid for? They do literally nothing! Completely obsolete in the AL game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argh1 Posted July 1, 2005 Author Share Posted July 1, 2005 quote:Originally posted by amacpher Yeah, seriously what do AL managers get paid for? They do literally nothing! Completely obsolete in the AL game. Why doesn't the AL just go to aluminium bats to create more scoring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Boooooooooooooo. I HATE Washington now. I also chose the Mets, because of Minaya, Pedro, Cliff Floyd and Galaraga (he retired shortly after my choice). When I went to NY, I went to a Pedro game at Shea. Boring as hell and we left in the 8th, when the Mets came back to win it. D'oh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachesl Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 When I was going to college in Ottawa in the early and mid 70's I used to go often to Montreal to see the Spos at Jarry Park, a wonderful small place to watch baseball (and the tickets and beer were very reasonable then, even for a poor student). The spectators were a lot of fun, it was as entertaining as what was going on on the field. The Big O never did it for me when I went after. Followed them in the early to mid 80's a bit on TV from the West, but baseball now for me is too slow and static to interest me much beyond the World series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC supporter Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Well, I've been a lifelong Expos fan (since the team's inception in '69), and I've made an effort to keep track of the team in Washington -- mostly because I like guys like Wilkerson, Schneider and Carroll. But it hasn't been easy, and I admit to no affinity at all for the many new players, like Castilla, Guillen, Guzman, Spivey, Byrd, etc. So, it's doubtful I'll continue to follow the Nationals next year and will turn my attention almost exclusively to the Blue Jays and Mariners (as well as, to a lesser degree, the Tigers, from having grown up in southern Ontario). I also get a kick out of following the fortunes of the growing number of Canadians in MLB, from Pete Orr to Mark Teahen and Jeff Francis (to date, 16 have played in the bigs this year). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayWay Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Canadian baseball is absolutely booming right now. I think we'd do some damage in the World Cup of baseball. Check out this pitching staff alone! 1. Erik Bedard 2. Jeff Francis 3. Rich Harden 4. Ryan Dempster Closer: Eric Gagne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayWay Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Teahen's Canadian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC supporter Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Teahen got his Canadian citizenship recently. Here's some text from someone who checked into it: "I contacted Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame director, Scott Crawford, and Toronto Sun baseball writer Bob Elliott; both were kind enough to reply to my query about Teahen and their web sites' inclusion of this fellow as a Canadian. "They confirm, as suspected, that Teahen's parents are Canadian, from St. Marys Ontario (and yes, Mark Teahen, somewhat ironically, played his NCAA ball at St. Mary's College in California). Young Mark was born in the US and obtained his Canadian citizenship in 2004. Apparently several members of his extended family still live in Southern Ontario." Chris Reitsma is another Canadian ballplayer born in the US; he was raised in Calgary, where his parents still live. Conversely, Jesse Crain (Toronto) and Danny Klassen (Leamington, and having an excellent year at Triple A Round Rock in the Houston chain) are two who were born in Canada and raised in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck in Boston Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 quote:Originally posted by JayWay Canadian baseball is absolutely booming right now. I think we'd do some damage in the World Cup of baseball. Check out this pitching staff alone! 1. Erik Bedard 2. Jeff Francis 3. Rich Harden 4. Ryan Dempster Closer: Eric Gagne And the offense is decent as well Justin Morneau , Jason Bay, Corey Koskie, Larry Walker and Matt Stairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argh1 Posted July 2, 2005 Author Share Posted July 2, 2005 Unfortunatly Rheal Cormier (Phillies) went and became a U.S. citizen last year (I guess medi-care doesn't mean much to him) so there goes our middle reliever. Former MLB all-star 32 year old Jason Dickson must have retired. He's playing for his hometown Chatham Ironmen in the NBSBL this year. Bringing the crowds out though almost 1,500 at the last game I went to. (not quite as good as when Spaceman Bill Lee pitched for Moncton Mets in '82 to say '85 when the crowds in 2,000-3,000 range weren't uncommon ) But Jason pitched for Canada at the olympics so he he may get a look by TEAM CANADA for the upcoming WORLD CLASSIC. But it is noteworthy that our MLB players come from all parts of our country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 Well, he's got dual-citizenship, then, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC supporter Posted July 2, 2005 Share Posted July 2, 2005 Cormier now has dual citizenship, I understand. So it's highly likely he'll be selected to Canada's team. Jason Dickson, on the other hand, ain't got a hope in heck. Not only are there a host of Canadians pitching in the bigs (9 so far this year) -- there are also any number pitching in the high minors who'll be considered first (guys like Chris Mears and Eric Cyr in Triple A; Phil Devey, Chris Begg, Vince Perkins in Double A; Adam Loewen, Scott Mathieson and Brooks McNiven in High A). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachesl Posted July 3, 2005 Share Posted July 3, 2005 Speaking of the World Baseball Classic for March 2006... Valentine rips World Baseball Classic idea Story Tools: Print Email Associated Press Posted: 5 days ago http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/3722066 TOKYO (AP) - Bobby Valentine calls the plan for the World Baseball Classic misguided and insulting. Major League Baseball and its players' association have approved the 16-nation tournament, a World Cup-style event that would be played in March 2006. But the former New York Mets manager, who is currently managing in Japan, is not sold on the idea and thinks Japan should not take part. "I'm all in favor of doing anything to help promote baseball internationally," Valentine said Monday. "But this idea is misguided. As a manager, there is no way I'd want one of my players to take part in a tournament like this before the start of the season." Officials of MLB and its union traveled to Japan this month and set an end-of-the-month deadline for an agreement with the Japanese owners and players. MLB has been planning an announcement of the World Baseball Classic for July 11, the day before the All-Star game in Detroit. "We told the Japanese we needed their decision by June 30, that was the absolutely outermost limit of time we had," Gene Orza, the union's chief operating officer, said a week ago. Japanese baseball officials have objected to both the timing of the event and the distribution of revenue, which they say overwhelmingly favors the major leagues. Valentine, who manages the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan's Pacific League, agrees. "It's just insulting for Orza to come over here and give the Japanese an ultimatum like that," Valentine said. "The revenue distribution is something like 60 or 70 percent in favor of the major leagues." Under the plan formulated by the commissioner's office and the players' association, Japan would host one of the four first-round groups of the 16-team tournament for national teams. Several Japanese players, including Atsuya Furuta, the head of the Japanese players' association, have said they prefer to have the tournament in November rather than just before the start of the regular season. Valentine said he instead favors a true World Series, which would pit the best team from the North American major leagues against the best team from Asia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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