--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 234 BASEBALL Ref: DBD00013 Date: 07/08/96 From: TERRY MAY Time: 05:14pm \/To: SCOTT ZOLNOSKI (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Ozzie Smith, an All-star!?!?!? Re: _Ozzie Smith, an All-star!?!?!?_, Scott Zolnoski wrote to All on 05 Jul 96: SZ> Am I the only one REALLY bothered by Ozzie Smith's selection to this SZ> year's all-star team? They guys hitting .260! I understand, this is SZ> his last season and all, but that's because he is no longer capable of SZ> performing adequately as a starting player! Is this the standard we SZ> want to set? That all players should automatically get an All-Star SZ> berth if they announce retirement before the game? No, only those who were the best ever at their position, such as Ozzie and Mike Schmidt a few years ago. FWIW, I think players in their situations should be added as a 'wildcard' by the league manager, rather than being on the normal roster, taking the place of someone more deserving that year. ... 1995 World Series: Braves win! Braves win! Braves win! --- JetMail 1.00alpha * Origin: *[Rebel BBS]-[Las Vegas]-[HST/V32b]-[702/736-2822]* (1:209/745) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 234 BASEBALL Ref: DBD00014 Date: 07/08/96 From: TIM REPINE Time: 12:00pm \/To: JAMES DUNLOP (Read 2 times) Subj: Al All Star Team -> He might have a "bullet" arm, but Dan Wilson's better overall. -> There's more to catching than just throwing out baserunners. Dan -> Wilson is the best catcher in the American League, offensively AND -> defensively. I would have to agree with you there.....I think Charlie O'Brien is the best defensively though....His target and game calling skills are unmatched..Rodriguez is a good catcher, but has way to many passed balls and doesn't stop balls in ther dirt very well... --- PCBoard (R) v15.22/M 2 * Origin: Resist the Dark Side! (1:133/7008) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 234 BASEBALL Ref: DBD00015 Date: 07/08/96 From: TIM REPINE Time: 12:04pm \/To: JAMES DUNLOP (Read 2 times) Subj: All-Star Picks -> Lansing? Biggio was voted on, and is coming on as well. Eric Young -> isn't a bad choice, there are clear reasons to pick him ahead of -> Lansing. I have to think that Young was more deserving than Lansing...HIs average is .350+ and he has 30 SB's....Lansing may be a better player, but Young is having the better year.... What they should have done is just granted Ozzie a spot, thus allowing the selection of one more player.... --- PCBoard (R) v15.22/M 2 * Origin: Resist the Dark Side! (1:133/7008) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 234 BASEBALL Ref: DBD00016 Date: 07/08/96 From: TIM REPINE Time: 12:10pm \/To: SCOTT ZOLNOSKI (Read 2 times) Subj: Ozzie Smith, an All-star! -> Am I the only one REALLY bothered by Ozzie Smith's selection to this -> year's all-star team? They guys hitting .260! I understand, this -> is his last season and all, but that's because he is no longer -> capable of performing adequately as a starting player! Is this the -> standard we want to set? That all players should automatically get -> an All-Star berth if they announce retirement before the game? How -> about sending players to the game who deserve it THIS year, instead -> of those who merely have a history of good performances... I feel that they should have "created" an extra spot for him ...Thus allowing someone like John Mabry a spot... --- PCBoard (R) v15.22/M 2 * Origin: Resist the Dark Side! (1:133/7008) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 234 BASEBALL Ref: DBD00017 Date: 07/08/96 From: JESSE CHENG Time: 09:44am \/To: PAUL MCENANY (Read 2 times) Subj: it GET A CLUE??? --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: Pacifier Online Data Service (1:105/101) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 234 BASEBALL Ref: DBD00018 Date: 07/09/96 From: RIC JOHNSON Time: 12:38am \/To: SCOTT ZOLNOSKI (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Rangers SZ>>By the way, am I the only one to notice that Kansas City's Mark Gubicza SZ>>has lost 12 games!? At this rate, he'll easily lose 20! Yeah. Lucky for him he got hurt when he did, huh? [g] Ric --- * CANDLEn * Excuse me, do you know the way to Kansas City? --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Texas Phoenix (1:130/1017.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 234 BASEBALL Ref: DBD00019 Date: 07/09/96 From: TRENT WOODRUFF Time: 12:33am \/To: MARTY BLAISE (Read 2 times) Subj: Tantrums -=> Quoting Marty Blaise to PERRY KNOPP <=- MB> How come athletes can get $$$ and publicity for throwing tantrums MB> (such as throwing chairs across the gym That wasn't an athlete. MB> hard working average joes get severely fined by the police when MB> uttering one cuss word? Huh? Hardly. MB> Geez! Am I missing the picture somewhere??? Apparently so... ... The average person thinks he's not. --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.20 [NR] * Origin: PipeLine! Mid-Georgia Bound * Palm Bay Fl 407-728-7386 (1:374/147) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 234 BASEBALL Ref: DBE00000 Date: 07/09/96 From: TIM REPINE Time: 01:23pm \/To: MARTY BLAISE (Read 2 times) Subj: All-Star Picks -> Chipper Jones is better than Ken Caminiti??? -> --- Yes he is....Caminiti is good, but Chipper is the Man! --- PCBoard (R) v15.22/M 2 * Origin: Resist the Dark Side! (1:133/7008) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 234 BASEBALL Ref: DBE00001 Date: 07/09/96 From: TIM REPINE Time: 01:24pm \/To: MARTY BLAISE (Read 2 times) Subj: Why not? Cuz, then it would be to embarassing for the AL players! :) --- PCBoard (R) v15.22/M 2 * Origin: Resist the Dark Side! (1:133/7008) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 234 BASEBALL Ref: DBE00002 Date: 07/09/96 From: TERRY MAY Time: 08:25am \/To: MARTY BLAISE (Read 2 times) Subj: Re: Why not? Re: _Why not?_, Marty Blaise wrote to Bruce Marshall on 08 Jul 96: MB> Why not just name the entire Braves team to play against the AL? Sounds good to me. :^) ... (^:b Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz, Avery d:^) --- JetMail 1.00alpha * Origin: *[Rebel BBS]-[Las Vegas]-[HST/V32b]-[702/736-2822]* (1:209/745)