The National League (GWJMLB2005NL) Week 1

Get your starting pitchers warmed up, take off that batting practice jersey and get into uniform. The Senior Circuit is ready to begin play.

Please note opponent and deadline.

Padres (Sanjuro) v. Braves (Scorpionfct)
Phillies (Certis) v. Brewers (Junior72)
Pirates (Poppinfresh 2K5) v. Marlins (Da1NOnlyWhitey)
Nationals (The Highlander) v. Mets (Frankiemumbles)

Deadline for games to be played is 12 a.m. EST 4/22/05

Baseball is back.

Somebody bring me some BBQ Nachos.

Play ball! Good luck everybody.

Phillies (Certis) v. Brewers (Junior72)

Who is Junior72? He registered in the forums?

Junior72 is V-O in the forums.

Whitey! When do you want to play? I''m pretty booked up until Sunday, which is pretty open, or Monday, which is open after 6:30 EST. After that I''d probably have to wait until Thursday.

V-O and I play tonight!

V-O and I played our game. He was a great sport and in the end I pulled out a 4 - 0 win. We both threatened some home runs but neither of us could put one away. Good game!

Certis and I have played and Certis''s awesomeness cannot be questioned.

Pig and I just finished up a really excited pitcher''s duel. I won 2-1, but it was competitive throughout. This league is gonna rock.

V-O, expect no mercy next week.

Enjoyed the game much more than my football whippin''s - I had one sloppy inning, when my left fielder didn''t get to a ball, and then a blooper single and then another double or so...and voila - 2 runs

I threatened twice in the late game - back to back triples, so I have a guy on third with one out, and I strand him...sigh - then in the ninth, I get my leadoff on with one out, steal 2nd, but can''t get him home...so a very tight game overall. It seems I''m a better pitcher than hitter though...for sure!

I think I had like 10K''s or so..so happy with that at least - and no major baserunning errors - cuz I didn''t have many runners on...lol. And neither of us even came close to a home run Certis, so you all get off those steroids - we changed up pitches pretty well, to the point that on the 4-5 we eached guessed correctly of the other guys pitch location, I think we whiffed on 100% of them

Good game Sanjuro - I''m looking forward to the next game (I''ll need to do that by Wed night, because I leave for 5 days on Thursday.)

NEXXXXXXXXXT - thank you, drive through!

"Pigpen" wrote:

Enjoyed the game much more than my football whippin''s - I had one sloppy inning, when my left fielder didn''t get to a ball, and then a blooper single and then another double or so...and voila - 2 runs

What he meant to say is:

"BizarroPigpen" wrote:

Sanjuro is my idol. I was made to look like a four-year-old in short pants the whole game. After having been beaten by Sanjuro, I have found Jesus and also won the lottery. God bless you, Sanjuro.

What he meant to say

ClearlyClarifiedPigpen wrote:

If I had any clue how to make an outfielder speed up and reach his arm out even to the slightest degree, I would have easily caught that ''pop fly'' ball, making the inning another in a long line of easy ones - and thus winning 1-0 as God AND Allah had meant for it to be. If I were Sanjuro, I''d go out and buy a lottery ticket, because he is one lucky bastard, and did I add that I was distracted during the play by my naked wife dancing in front of me, and thus I allowed him out of the love in my heart to score two runs that inning...

Seriously...go buy lottery tickets and hope luck runs in streaks!

yo poppin thursday is no good until like midnight so then really thats friday but besides that i cant play until sat morning but i was on tonight(monday) but you never came on

"da1nonlywhitey" wrote:

yo poppin thursday is no good until like midnight so then really thats friday but besides that i cant play until sat morning but i was on tonight(monday) but you never came on

Truthfully, I''m rarely on XBox live unless there''s something set up. If you want, I can probably play today (Tuesday) between 6:30 EST and 9:00 EST or Wednesday between 6:30 EST and 8:00 EST. I think week 1 ends Thursday at midnight, so we should try to get it in before then.

da1nonlywhitey, it''s best to pick a specific time to play.

Well...played highlander last night for fun, and heres my thoughts...for all you in the NL...I''ll be the toughest W you get this season...yes...you will win it seems (I lost), but this one was on Highlander executing a suicide squeeze bunt in the bottom of the 10th inning...so 1-0

And Sanjuro - Highlander tought me the concept of defense...yeah...you can say I''d a had that pop fly in left field...oh yeah bay-beeeeeee

Yeah...I''m enjoying this MUCH more than my beatings in football.

"Pigpen" wrote:

And Sanjuro - Highlander tought me the concept of defense...yeah...you can sayI''d a had that pop fly in left field...oh yeah bay-beeeeeee

"Dictionary" wrote:

de·ni·al (dĭ-nī''əl)
n.
A refusal to comply with or satisfy a request.
A refusal to grant the truth of a statement or allegation; a contradiction.
Law. The opposing by a defendant of an allegation of the plaintiff.
A refusal to accept or believe something,such as a doctrine or belief.
Psychology. An unconscious defense mechanism characterized by refusal to acknowledge painful realities, thoughts, or feelings.
The act of disowning or disavowing; repudiation.
Abstinence; self-denial.

"Encyclopedia" wrote:

Denial

denial, in psychology, an ego defense mechanism that operates unconsciously to resolve emotional conflict, and to allay anxiety byrefusing to perceive the more unpleasant aspects of external reality.In the psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud, denial is described as a primitive defense mechanism. Anna Freud studied the widespread occurrence of denial among small children and explained that the mature ego does not continue to make extensive use of denial, because it conflicts with the capacity to recognize and critically test reality. Most people employ denial at some time in their lives when coping with stressful situations, such as the death of a loved one. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross''s influential theory describes denial as the first stage of a dying person''s progress in coming to terms with terminal illness. In such instances, denial may be considered adaptive.It is considered maladaptive, however, when it becomes delusional.In recent years, the term is used more generally, to describe the suppression of reality rather than a particular defense mechanism in the Freudian sense.

edit: added emphasis

alright poppin im gonna do my best to be at around 7:15 to play you..honestly im still a lil new to this whole xbox live thing but we could work this out i will be on tonight at like 7 and we could get this done..

"da1nonlywhitey" wrote:

alright poppin im gonna do my best to be at around 7:15 to play you..honestly im still a lil new to this whole xbox live thing but we could work this out i will be on tonight at like 7 and we could get this done..

Sounds good. See you tonight at 7:15 EST.

Guys...was hoping we''d have turned over this week to week 2 - I''m gone until next Wednesday...so whoever has me, I''ll be ready then!

cya

poppin whereyou at i was on and you werent there.... listen i dont know when i would be able to play again if you want maybe around 11 tonight or later honestly call me my number is 3474182712 cause i wanna get this over with.

I was on from 7:05-7:27, at which time I popped off for five minutes to check this board (I haven''t bothered to get a router so I can do both at once), during which time you must have logged on XBox live, posted a two letter message and logged back off, because when I logged back on at about 7:34 you weren''t there. I''m playing hockey from 9:45-12:00, so I don''t think I can do it tonight. We were supposed to play at 7:15.

If Highlander is willing to wait, maybe we can do it sometime Friday.

Somebody call the sheriff.

I''m on it.

alright poppin maybe if you want to play at midnight we could do this otherwise tomorrow night and friday nights between work and previous agreements i am not free until about the same time

OK There'' been some scheduling problems here. Whitey still new to the Board, so if need be, I will grant an extension for this week''s game.

"da1nonlywhitey" wrote:

alright poppin maybe if you want to play at midnight we could do this otherwise tomorrow night and friday nights between work and previous agreements i am not free until about the same time

Screw it. I have friends from CA coming in later Friday night who I''m supposed to pick up at the airport, then I have a wedding on Saturday, along with another get-together before that. I can''t play until Sunday afternoon.

Highlander, if you want to flip a coin or something, go ahead.

I am cutting some slack for this week. An extension is granted. If by Monday when I get home from work the game has not been played, I will toss a coin:

Whitey I will share your IM and e-mail information I have with the other members of the league so they can have anadditional outlet to contact you. And again, always check the site (maybe just once a day) to see I the new week''s thread is up. There, you will be able to schedul your games.

After this week, the schedule will be upheld. One or two day extensions may occur, but for the most part, the schedule will be maintained.

OK, Whitey, I can do Sunday any time before 8:30 EST. Sound doable?

By the way, when I set these times I''m running under the assumption that a game won''t take much more than an hour. Does that sound about right to people?

Yeah ... unless it goes extra innings. Then it''s up in the air.

Cutting it close.