ENOUGH! On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Ray Salemi <[email protected]> wrote:
> And they beat Sunderland. > > Who, by the way, scored in the Moor pit, or whatever the hell that pitch is > called. > > Something ManU was unable to accomplish. > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Matt & Olga McSorley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Burnley beat Manchester United in their first home game in England's >> top division in 33 years. It's the equivalent of some small college beating >> Duke in the NCAA basketball tournament. >> >> --- On *Thu, 9/24/09, Beaudoin, John <[email protected]>* wrote: >> >> >> From: Beaudoin, John <[email protected]> >> Subject: RE: Winning the Wildcard >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009, 2:10 PM >> >> >> Burnly just beat someone a week or so ago and it was fantastic. They’d >> gotten crushed the week before. And their fans were crazy happy. They’d >> just come up this season. >> >> >> >> **************************** >> >> John Paul Beaudoin, Sr. >> >> Mentor Graphics Corporation >> >> Sr. Account Manager >> >> Office (781) 684-3011 >> >> Cell (508) 277-7276 >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected] ] *On Behalf Of *Matt & Olga McSorley >> *Sent:* Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:40 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: Winning the Wildcard >> >> >> >> Relegation also takes away any incentive to lose, as teams have now with >> the draft order inversely related to finish. I'd love to see that happen >> here but there's no way in hell in will. >> >> >> >> As anyone who's seen European futbol knows, the best and most tense games >> of the season are the ones between the relegation strugglers at the end. >> Those games are truly life or death. >> >> >> >> -- Matt >> >> --- On *Thu, 9/24/09, Ray Salemi <[email protected]>* wrote: >> >> >> From: Ray Salemi <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Winning the Wildcard >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009, 1:32 PM >> >> I say we make a new superleague. >> >> Yankees, Boston , LA , Mets, and a couple of other big markets. >> >> Then you get relegated out of that league down to regular MLB. >> >> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Beaudoin, John >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> The whole relegation mantra is awesome. I love it. Then the AAA >> affiliates would be privatized and have a chance to move up from time to >> time as the KC’s and Expo’s of the world get relegated. >> >> >> >> Interleague play lost its gimmicky luster very quickly. Get rid of it for >> another generation and then maybe bring it back again. >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* >> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>[mailto: >> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>] >> *On Behalf Of *Ray Salemi >> *Sent:* Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:15 PM >> >> >> *To:* >> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: Winning the Wildcard >> >> >> >> Relegation is a hoot. >> >> That would be another interesting twist to MLB. A six-team league with >> the bottom team relegated to the regular pool. >> >> Let the revenue elephants fight it out. >> >> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 1:12 PM, William Marino >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> I don’t think its fewer interleague games, I think it would be better >> interleague games. Sox vs. Dodgers, Phillies, Cardinals, Cubbies, Mets, >> etc, would all be great series. Then, though, I guess it starts to look >> like a premier league, like EU soccer. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* >> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>[mailto: >> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>] >> *On Behalf Of *Tom Salemi >> *Sent:* Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:05 PM >> >> >> *To:* >> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: Winning the Wildcard >> >> >> >> Again, that's why I'd favor fewer interleague games. I could get amped up >> with a home/away serise against the phillies (assuming the mets were the >> regular rivals of the yanks) >> >> >> >> it's too random now to generate much excitement. >> >> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:28 PM, William Marino >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> I like interleague play for two reasons: first, it creates new >> opportunities for rivalries. Some of them would be geographic, like the >> Nats and O’s (of course, it would be helpful if the teams didn’t suck), and >> others that seem like they just should happen—wouldn’t a Cubs- Red Sox >> rivalry be interesting? Admittedly, this has not gotten as much traction as >> I would have thought. The second reason is that it provides so much data >> about how much better the American League is than the National League. That >> needs to be addressed for the long-term health of the game, and interleague >> play stats make that point. >> >> >> >> Btw, not sure wild card winners would fair as well as division champs in >> the WS. Wild card teams have only one 4 out of 28 times (including both >> leagues). How do the division champions stats look, anyone know? >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* >> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>[mailto: >> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>] >> *On Behalf Of *tomsalemi >> *Sent:* Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:17 PM >> *To:* >> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: Winning the Wildcard >> >> >> >> not sure about the tournament, but i agree with interleague play. or at >> least limit it to one or two series. >> >> >> >> plus, since the NHL is so keen on playing hockey in baseball stadiums. I >> think MLB should schedule some games on a hockey rink. Think of the hijinks! >> >> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 12:06 PM, rdsalemi >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> I would still like to get rid of interleague play, and have a set of >> midseason regional round-robin tournaments instead. It would give folks two >> championships to shoot for. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Beaudoin, John < >> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> Let’s not forget the 1987 Twins winning it all with a regular season >> record of 85-77, 52 losses on the road, 25 losses at home. No wild card >> back then, but still a .525 team won it all. Compare that to the Sox record >> of 98-64 in 2004. 13 games different in the regular season. >> >> >> >> Let’s face it. The Wild Card was really the only way to go when the >> league expanded beyond 14 teams. Sure there’s more revenue in the extended >> play-off rounds, but it just had to happen after 14 teams anyway. It was >> the right thing to do. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* >> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>[mailto: >> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>] >> *On Behalf Of *Steve Gendron >> *Sent:* Thursday, September 24, 2009 10:29 AM >> *To:* >> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> *Subject:* RE: Winning the Wildcard >> >> >> >> I know baseball purists hate it, but I really like the wildcard system, >> and I think it is good for baseball. It keeps many more teams engaged as >> the season winds down, and as you suggest, the second place team in a strong >> division is often a better playoff contender than division winners. How >> many wildcard entries have won the world series? Angels back in 2002 (I >> think), Sox in 2004. Have there been others? >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* >> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>[mailto: >> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>] >> *On Behalf Of *Ray Salemi >> *Sent:* Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:08 AM >> *To:* >> [email protected]<http://us.mc309.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Winning the Wildcard >> >> There has always been part of me that says, "Ho hum, another wildcard. >> I guess it will have to do." >> >> Then I realized that the wildcard race is actually quite difficult to >> win. It hearkens back to the days of old when you were competing against >> the entire league in the standings, and you could not hide behind a weak >> division. >> >> -- >> Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity in >> Just 12 Weeks" >> www.leadingafteralayoff.com >> >> <BR >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity in >> Just 12 Weeks" >> www.leadingafteralayoff.com >> >> >> >> <br >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity in >> Just 12 Weeks" >> www.leadingafteralayoff.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity in >> Just 12 Weeks" >> www.leadingafteralayoff.com >> >> >> >> </table >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Author of "Leading After a Layoff: Reignite Your Team's Productivity in > Just 12 Weeks" > www.leadingafteralayoff.com > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. 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