The Chicago "Dirty Hose" Played Their First Split-Squad Game of the Spring - and. . .
36-40, F
Top | Newest First | Oldest First
Living in the past... just remember when the cubs finish last in their division.
View 20 more replies »
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@beckyromero But they didn’t so...
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@MsAnnThropy
How can you not like an owner who sits in the stands with the fans and gives fans a light for cigarettes and put an ashtray in his wooden leg?
How can you not like an owner who sits in the stands with the fans and gives fans a light for cigarettes and put an ashtray in his wooden leg?
RedBaron · M
Let's go Mets (LFGM)!
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@RedBaron [quote]How do you know that?[/quote]
Tell me a player who said he didn't want to sign with the Cubs as a free agent because he detests day games.
Tell me a player who said he didn't want to sign with the Cubs as a free agent because he detests day games.
RedBaron · M
@beckyromero Just to name two, I've heard both Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez mention it a number of times on Mets SNY telecasts from Wrigley. Not so much detesting day games as preferring the routine and rhythm of the season that goes with playing night games. I also have a personal friend, Billy Sample, who played nine years with the Rangers, Yankees, and Braves. He expressed a similar sentiment about playing night baseball and said that it's what players get used to in the minor leagues.
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@RedBaron
The only time Keith Hernandez was a free agent was in 1989 at the age of 35.
He signed with CLEVELAND because not even the METS wanted to keep his .233 batting average.
Ask Billy if he would have turned down signing with the Cubs simply because of having to play a lot of day games. Remind him that he slugged 15 points higher in day games than at night.
Maybe he knows of a player who actually refused to sign or re-sign with the Cubs because of day baseball?
I think he might have enjoyed playing in Chicago - with the Cubs that is. He would have played on a division winner in 1984 giving him a shot at the World Series. His talents were wasted in Arlington (i.e. with a franchise that wasn't interested in building a competitive team until George W. Bush bought them).
The only time Keith Hernandez was a free agent was in 1989 at the age of 35.
He signed with CLEVELAND because not even the METS wanted to keep his .233 batting average.
Ask Billy if he would have turned down signing with the Cubs simply because of having to play a lot of day games. Remind him that he slugged 15 points higher in day games than at night.
Maybe he knows of a player who actually refused to sign or re-sign with the Cubs because of day baseball?
I think he might have enjoyed playing in Chicago - with the Cubs that is. He would have played on a division winner in 1984 giving him a shot at the World Series. His talents were wasted in Arlington (i.e. with a franchise that wasn't interested in building a competitive team until George W. Bush bought them).
SageWanderer · 70-79, M
beckyromero · 36-40, F
@SageWanderer
Oh, sure you can laugh.
This weekend my housemates and BFFs will continue a ritual we've done every spring since 2006.
We'll cook some great food, sit down and watch, "Eight Men Out" and cheer as the Dirty Hose lose the World Series.
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEUB2LSsbe8]
Oh, sure you can laugh.
This weekend my housemates and BFFs will continue a ritual we've done every spring since 2006.
We'll cook some great food, sit down and watch, "Eight Men Out" and cheer as the Dirty Hose lose the World Series.
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEUB2LSsbe8]
