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Posted on 2/8/14 at 3:30 pm to tigerfan in bamaland
The pussy turtled.
Posted on 2/8/14 at 3:32 pm to pvilleguru
It was either Osgood or Vernon beating Roy's arse. I still dislike him, but he was so fricking good.
Posted on 2/8/14 at 3:32 pm to tigerpimpbot
I'm an Avs fan and I enjoyed seeing him get his arse kicked.
Posted on 2/8/14 at 3:33 pm to COTiger
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Were games a constant sellout in NYC, Boston, Chicago, & Detroit?
Oh yes...
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Did they have big time TV deals? Did they receive nation wide media coverage?
Now THIS is what Wayne help change.... BUT I will say that the NHL was MORE popular back before Wayne that it is now.... I USED to LOVE Hockey... But they screwed themselves... The NHL is even CLOSE to being what it was 10 years ago...
Posted on 2/8/14 at 3:36 pm to COTiger
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COTiger
How about the Orioles trading Milt Pappas to the Reds for a guy named Frank Robinson?????
His first year in the AL he won the Triple crown... And Pappas was decent at best.....
Posted on 2/8/14 at 3:37 pm to tigerfan in bamaland
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I remember when McCarty destroyed his arse. Those were some great battles.
I will never forget him being dragged to the Colorado bench and left there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As a Red Wing Fan..............
Posted on 2/8/14 at 3:40 pm to COTiger
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It was Osgood.
Old School Cat Eye mask on a cooper helmet. One of the last.
oh and there was this:
Posted on 2/8/14 at 4:01 pm to tigerfan in bamaland
Lets remember that John Smoltz used to be a Detroit Tiger... Went to the Braves for Doyle Alexander...
For all you younger folks.... Look what THAT meant to the Braves.............
For all you younger folks.... Look what THAT meant to the Braves.............
Posted on 2/8/14 at 4:01 pm to tigerfan in bamaland
Thread needs some Janet:
Posted on 2/8/14 at 4:08 pm to SaintCajun
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The Yankees hadn't won a pennant before Ruth
Selling Babe didn't kill Boston and didn't start the Yankees rise.
First off, before he sold Ruth the Boston had already been selling his more talented players to the Yankees like Carl Mays Dutch Leonard, Duffy Lewis, and Ernie Shore. He continued to do so after the Ruth sale as well. The Ruth sale wasn't the only time he used Yankees money for his financing of plays. He even took out a loan form the Yankees owner using Fenway as collateral.
1918 was the last Boston WS. That year the Yankees were 4th, 13 1/2 games back. Of note, the nickname "Murderers' Row", given to the Yankees powerful batting lineup, was started here, two years before Babe ever joined the Yankees.
Babe was still on the Sox in 1919 when Boston started their decline finishing 6th out of 8 in the AL, 20 1/2 games out of first. The Yankees meanwhile had finished 3rd, 7 1/2 games from first behind Cleveland and Chicago.
In 1920 the Yankees again finished 3rd behind Cleavland and Chicago but this time were 3 games back. Boston remained terrible and finished 5th, 25 1/2 games out.
Now while the Black Sox scandal was form the 1919 World Series, the story didn't hit until during the 1920 season, and the trials didn't happen until 1921. Before the season started, the baseball commissioner suspended 8 players from Chicago which gutted the team.
As a final parting shot to the Sox, their manager Ed Barrow, the man who decided Babe was better as a batter than a pitcher, left to be the Yankees business manager (and essentially what we would now call the GM) in 1920 and proceeded to build a dynasty. (Oddly enough, he was also most responsible for Ruth never getting a shot at being a manager once his playing days were over.)
So in just a few short years, two of the better teams in the standings in front of the improving Yankees were detonated either by suspension/scandal or an owner who's priorities went from winning in baseball to funding plays and musicals.
So while Babe was a very important important piece for the Yankees he certainly was not the main reason Boston collapsed and the Yankees became so good. Ruth getting all the credit is after the fact star worship. Hell, the term "Curse of the Bambino" didn't even appear in New York or Boston papers until the early 90s.
This post was edited on 2/8/14 at 4:14 pm
Posted on 2/8/14 at 4:14 pm to pvilleguru
Uh NO
Quebec/Colorado Got a Dubai Kings ransom for Lindross.
Quebec traded Lindros for: Steve Duchesne, Peter Forsberg, Ron Hextall, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci and Chris Simon), two 1st rounders and $15 million.
That destroys gretzky deal. And wayne was dealt to St.Louis later from LA
Quebec/Colorado Got a Dubai Kings ransom for Lindross.
Quebec traded Lindros for: Steve Duchesne, Peter Forsberg, Ron Hextall, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci and Chris Simon), two 1st rounders and $15 million.
That destroys gretzky deal. And wayne was dealt to St.Louis later from LA
Posted on 2/8/14 at 4:15 pm to SeeeeK
The Lindros deal created a juggernaut in Colorado.
Gretzky deal did not
Gretzky deal did not
Posted on 2/8/14 at 4:31 pm to SeeeeK
quote:That only won 2 cups.
The Lindros deal created a juggernaut in Colorado.
Posted on 2/8/14 at 4:34 pm to pvilleguru
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That only won 2 cups.
yeah, cause 2 cups is shite
Posted on 2/8/14 at 4:39 pm to tigerfan in bamaland
Saints trading away all their picks for Ricky Williams.
Posted on 2/8/14 at 6:15 pm to dukke v
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And Pappas was decent at best.....
Semi-hijack...Pappas' lifetime stats are almost exactly the same as Don Drysdale's.
Carry on.
Posted on 2/8/14 at 6:28 pm to tigerfan in bamaland
Gretzky?
Yes, I think so. When you consider that I was not a hockey fan and I knew all about it, it seems like it was a huge deal.
Yes, I think so. When you consider that I was not a hockey fan and I knew all about it, it seems like it was a huge deal.
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