--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 234 BASEBALL Ref: E5100003 Date: 04/27/97 From: GREG CALIRI Time: 11:30am \/To: JEFF BALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Interview w/Rich Garcia -JB> Hello, Greg. Quoting your message to Paige Miller: -JB> GC> ... if he [Garcia] weren't the cream of the crop, he wouldn't have -JB> GC> been umpiring in the playoffs. -JB> I could be mistaken, but I think that the latest -JB> contract with -JB> the umpires eliminated the subjective selection -JB> process, and put -JB> playoff and world series assignments on a rotational -JB> basis. I thought that after the debacle in the fifth game of the 1975 World Series - where Armbrister interfered with Fisk, and Larry Barnett ruled "no interference", and on the same play the third base umpire left his post to listen to the argument at home plate (and missing a critical putout at third) that they scrapped rotational assignment for post-season and only went with the best. In any event, Garcia *IS* one of the best. --- * Origin: Computer Castle / 20 Lines / Newton, NH / 603-382-0338 (1:324/127) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 234 BASEBALL Ref: E5100004 Date: 05/01/97 From: ED GRINNELL Time: 10:17am \/To: GREG CALIRI (Read 1 times) Subj: You be the statistician Greg was hit by a Randy Johnson fastball for uttering: GC> How could this be? Easy one.:-) --- TrekEd 1.00 * Origin: Support Pete Rose and Nolan Ryan for the HOF (1:170/1701) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 234 BASEBALL Ref: E5200000 Date: 05/01/97 From: MARK YODER Time: 04:28pm \/To: GREG CALIRI (Read 1 times) Subj: You be the statistician Aced by Steffi Graf, Greg Caliri said to All: GC> Cesar Tovar holds the record for playing 164 games in a 162-game GC> season. In 1967 he played for one club (Minnesota). There was GC> no post-season tiebreaker involved. GC> How could this be? In looking at the team records, the AL Minnesota club played 164 games in 1967. I don't know the details as to why they played 164 games in a 162 game season, but for some reason there are several teams who played a number of games other than 162 that year, however the addition of the records seems d: Team G W L ------------------- Boston 162 92 70 Minn 164 91 71 * Det 163 91 71 * Chi 161 89 73 * Cal 161 84 77 Wash 161 76 85 Bal 161 76 85 Cle 162 75 87 NYY 163 72 90 KC 161 62 99 I'm not sure why the *'d lines don't add up, and I can't find anything on why there are two teams with 163 and one with 164 games played that year. But, in answer to your question, there doesn't seem to be anything "odd" as far as Tovar playing 164 games, when it is recorded that his team played 164 games, other than that he was very durable that year. 8-) -= .\\ark =- ... "Women and elephants never forget." Parker --- GoldED/2 2.50+ 1547US3 * Origin: 1908 - When tickets were cheap, and the Cubs were Champs (1:3634/22) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 234 BASEBALL Ref: E5300000 Date: 05/01/97 From: KEN FROST Time: 03:55pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: The Balk I was under the impression that the catcher's balk was to be called anytime the catcher came out too soon. I am very much interested in the correct ruling on this. --- * SPITFIRE v3.51 --- SFScan v2.61 * Origin: BEAUTY&THE BEAST 919-871-0618- GO YANKS (1:150/250.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 234 BASEBALL Ref: E5300001 Date: 05/02/97 From: ED GRINNELL Time: 11:33am \/To: MARK YODER (Read 1 times) Subj: You be the statistician Mark Yoder was seen kissing Large Marge and telling us: MY> I'm not sure why the *'d lines don't add up, and I can't find anything MY> on why there are two teams with 163 and one with 164 games played that Remember, there ARE games that don't count in the standings, HOWEVER, the stats from those games do count. Is that enough of a hint? :-) --- TrekEd 1.00 * Origin: Johnson and Norm, then pray for a storm (1:170/1701) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 234 BASEBALL Ref: E5300002 Date: 04/28/97 From: VIRGINIA BLALOCK Time: 07:41am \/To: ALAN HESS (Read 1 times) Subj: Opening Day! Alan Hess was chewing the fat with Virginia Blalock about Opening Day! on 15 Apr 97 22:27: VB> Hey, Cubbies fans are gonna have a LONG year if they don't get VB> over the Mendoza line in team batting average.. 17 errors in the VB> first two weeks? Yikes. Hope the Cubbies do better! AH> At least let them lose 22 straight first. :-) *adh* (I remember AH> 1988) Well, it didn't happen. The Cubbies ruined things by winning a few. ... According to my best recollection, I don't remember --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 * Origin: The Wizards Realm 1-713-9467315 1:106/7315 (1:106/7315) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 234 BASEBALL Ref: E5300003 Date: 04/28/97 From: VIRGINIA BLALOCK Time: 07:42am \/To: JEFFREY BELL (Read 1 times) Subj: Opening Day! Jeffrey Bell was chewing the fat with Mark Yoder about Opening Day! on 13 Apr 97 21:24: JB> I honestly had the cubbies doing good this year, possibly JB> contending for the central with St. Louis and Houston...but I mean, JB> them schedule makers are cruel, playing Florida and Atlanta for their JB> first 10 games...that's just mean... The Astros played the Braves and their nemisis team from last year, the Cardinals first off this year and we did alright. The schedule only was a part of why the Cubs lost. ... No, I'm from outer space. I only get my E-Mail in Houston. --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 * Origin: The Wizards Realm 1-713-9467315 1:106/7315 (1:106/7315) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 234 BASEBALL Ref: E5300004 Date: 04/28/97 From: VIRGINIA BLALOCK Time: 07:44am \/To: MARK YODER (Read 1 times) Subj: Opening Day! Mark Yoder was chewing the fat with Virginia Blalock about Opening Day! on 15 Apr 97 18:03: VB> Hey, Cubbies fans are gonna have a LONG year if they don't get over VB> the Mendoza line in team batting average.. 17 errors in the first two VB> weeks? Yikes. Hope the Cubbies do better! MY> Mendoza line? Hell, they'll be good if they can hit the century mark. MY> They've already been shut out a couple times, had a one-hitter tossed MY> at them, and can't catch a ball with a bushel basket. MY> 8-( Hey, perk up....they have won a few games! :) The defense is a little surprising, though. I thought it would be better. ... Read enclosed instructions carefully before opening. --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 * Origin: The Wizards Realm 1-713-9467315 1:106/7315 (1:106/7315) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 234 BASEBALL Ref: E5300005 Date: 04/28/97 From: VIRGINIA BLALOCK Time: 07:46am \/To: RAYMOND MARTIN (Read 1 times) Subj: Opening Day! Raymond Martin was chewing the fat with Jeffrey Bell about Opening Day! on 22 Apr 97 06:25: RM> nicely....As for Bags I got a good laugh the other day when a caller RM> on a talk radio station said he was washed up, he said Bags no longer RM> can hit for power...well he is #1 on the team in RBI....he must be a RM> bad player huh?? :-) There are folks that call into those radio shows that are so STUPID! The other night I am listening to the call in show after a loss and a guy who routinely calls talked about how bad the Astros are and how they can't do this and that even though we have done pretty well so far without much offensive pop. I think some folks just like to hear their own voices.. ... Caller ID In Use. Please Id Yourself Caller. --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 * Origin: The Wizards Realm 1-713-9467315 1:106/7315 (1:106/7315)