GWJ AL - Week 10

Could it be!? Have the shiftless layabouts that are the American Leaguers eclipsed the oh-so bright, take-home-to-mother NLers? Say it ain't so, Mammy!

Oh, it is.

Chicago Sox (Squirrel) @ Anaheim (King)
Oakland (Psycho) @ Baltimore (Ruthless)
Minnesota (Romulox) @ Cleveland (SlumpYankee)
Toronto (Poppin) @ Detroit (Warlock)

Poppin, I'll be out of town until Sunday, but I should be good anytime Sunday evening, excluding 8-9 EST, when I have a football game.

Good luck!

hey psycho when do you want play are game just let me know

Minnesota (Romulox) @ Cleveland (SlumpYankee)

Prepare to have your slump ended Swampy!! Er... wait... EXTended! Yeah that's it.

In all seriousness, who better to end a slump against than the DEAD LAST place Twins! Woo!

I'll be out of town tonight and possibly Saturday night because of a rather large test I have to take, but Sunday I should be around in the evening. The rest of the week I'll be around too, just let me know when works in case I have to work and stuff. I'm pretty flexible usually. Not in the toe-touching way though... perhaps I've said too much...

Romulux, I can't play until Monday. I have a football game at 9 EST (8 your time I think). How about 10:30 EST (9:30 your time) Monday Night?

EDIT: Well, ONE of us will come out feeling a bit better about our team - and the way things have been happening to me in baseball, I'm thihnking that may well be you.

Heh. "SlumpYankee"..... heh..... (weeps)

Oh, and about the "SlumpYankee" - You ain't whistlin' dixie, there - I couldn't win a game with a gun to my head. Although I did win a 5 inning pickup game (in extra innings) so maybe there is hope....

Hey Squirrel when can u play??

Warock-- Want to shoot for Sunday evening about 9:00 EST?

Sounds good... seeya in a few hours.

Swampy, Monday night at 9:30 CST should work, but I need to double check something. It may turn out that I have to work that night until 10:30 or so, so I'll post and let you know later tonight or tomorrow morning sometime when I find out.

Oh NO, not King!

I can go Monday night after 8pm if you want; or Wednesday after 9.

Yeah, Monday night, 9:30PM CST will work fine. I found out I'm off. I'll look for ya then.

Warlock! Ready? I miss you!

Wow. Great game, Poppin.

By far my hardest fought game so far.

The Tigers were hitless through 10 innings (that's right, 10 innings...) and only through some great defense, including holding Poppin with bases loaded, were able to keep the Jays scorless in 5 or 6 hits.

Urbina took the mound in the 11th to keep the game alive long enough for the rest of the Tigers to find their bats, and failed miserably... after a few base hits, Poppin scored the first run of the game to go up 1-0 and force the Tigers to do something in the bottom of the 11th.

Rondell White, the Tigers 5 man, pops up to the second baseman. 1 out.

Ramon Martinez comes in off the bench to pinch hit and... grounds out to the shortstop. 2 down.

So, it all comes down to Bobby Higginson. Playing right field and having to be manually put in off the bench every game, I don't expect much from Bobby Higginson. But, he's the only Tiger with a hit so far this game, so I don't pull him. I like Bobby Higginson. I decide to give him a shot.

And he hits a shallow homer into right field to tie the game and send it to inning 12!

Urbina gets the team through the 12th and the 13th, literally hanging on by a thread, and despite hitting his SECOND batter, keeps the Jays scoreless. After a fielder error in the 13th, the Tigers have a man on third with no outs and, sort of unceremoniously, Dmitri Young hits a flyball to DEEP right field for the RBI and the win.

Great, great game, Poppin. I just COULDN'T get used to your pitching, and it's never felt more like the computer desperately wanted me to lose. Thinking to myself "Am I going to have to pitch a starter?" is never a good thing to ponder. Luckily, it didn't come to that, but still... thanks for the game. You played great, and It could have easily gone your way.

You made me cry.

Bottom line, you took advantage of my mistakes, whereas I sure couldn't take advantage of yours. Argh!

Great game! (Woulda liked it better if I won, though... )

ruthlessmuffin wrote:

hey psycho when do you want play are game just let me know

I could play most nights after 6pm PST. I could probably be available tonight if you want to play. How's it look for you?

squirrelmonkey wrote:

Oh NO, not King!

I can go Monday night after 8pm if you want; or Wednesday after 9.

What did I do...LOL.I'm not that good just been lucky. Monday at 8pm sounds good..See ya in the lobby.

Romulox wrote:

Yeah, Monday night, 9:30PM CST will work fine. I found out I'm off. I'll look for ya then.

OK buddy, I'll see you then. I have a football game at 8 CST, so I should be done with that and online taking some BP earlier if you get on then.

Hey Psycho I can play tomorrow around 7pm est if you want to

Hey bud I logged in late so I'm assuming I missed you, Sorry..Not sure if u can still do it or not let me know I added u 2 my Aim list, hit me up there it's ROLLINGROCK332K5...

Rolling Rock? Like the beer from Latrobe, PA? Or do you just like rocks that roll around a lot? I didn't know Rolling Rock beer was sold up in Canada.

ruthlessmuffin wrote:

Hey Psycho I can play tomorrow around 7pm est if you want to

I can't play before 6pm PST on any weekday. Sometimes not until 7pm PST. This Saturday I could play in the AM PST if you'd prefer.

Poppinfresh wrote:

Rolling Rock? Like the beer from Latrobe, PA? Or do you just like rocks that roll around a lot? I didn't know Rolling Rock beer was sold up in Canada.

Unfortunately it's not..But if your willing 2 ship me some I be more than happy to make it worth your while...:)

Huh. Now I'm curious how you got RollingRock33, since not only is there a Rolling Rock beer, it also features the number 33 on the bottle.

Want me to send you some? PM me your address and I will-- assuming that's possible...

Here's an image from Rolling Rock's store:

IMAGE(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/Poppinfresh2k5/rr_cozy_jersey.jpg)

It's like they made a whole company just for you!

Actually I went 2 school in the states to play Baseball and that's where I came across it and found my 1st love...LOL.Anytime I venture down to the U.S. I always make sure I come back with more than a few cases..As far as shipping me some just throw a dozen cases in your trunk and I'll meet u on my side of the border..:)Thx

Hey Squirrel how's about wednesday night at 8pm est sound??

Hey Squirrel u around???

Wed night at 8 sounds great. I'll be there.

squirrelmonkey wrote:

Wed night at 8 sounds great. I'll be there.

Hey bud do u think we can do it at 9pm??Sorry.

I knew king was dangerous. He spanked me again, darn it. Good game king!

Psycho, Ruthless... game?

If I don't hear anything from you guys by the time I go to bed tonight, I think I'll just advance the week.