hiway29

well, I'm with ya there

hey-nice to see another Yankee fan here ! But even I gotta admit that 2004 made up for a lot of their pain, and I give the Sox props for all they've accomplished. It's nice to begin the year with the Yanks as champs, though.

ok-I've had my apparent annual Sox vs Yanks rant. I'm done. Let's just all enjoy the season. Besides, I've got to start wondering about the Dodgers, too, now ! I never imagined getting involved with them, but when you live in the neighborhood.... and I did REALLY enjoy last year !

hey-the Yankees make me happy-and I was really tempering my comments last year, instead of 'gloating'.

it is Psycho. The line's a give away, when you can get it without having seen the movie. I'm trying to figure out how it's possible NOT to have seen this at some point.

Winter IS long. I guess I'm still being sensitive to this being a Sox fan site. Everyone but mstar disappeared during the series last year, so this site was clearly not the place to share my enthusiasm. Even some 'Yankees s#ck' posts would have shown that people were at least looking in.

I am in the minority here. I wonder if Bolshevik's huge fonts makes him a bigger fan.

ok I'll give it away- "after all, a boy's best friend is his mother"

I tried to make a very easy one, a little more challenging. Before I make it too simple, I'll add this. "You eat like a bird" "I am dying of thirstaroonie" "He was flirting with you. He must have noticed my wedding ring"

Hey=that was funny !

Yeah-I remember that picture-and of course one can find pictures of anything now by googling. It's opened up the world, but taken some of the mystery, and excitement of discovery away.

I would have loved to seen LA's Wrigley Field. It was part of the fun of that 'Home Run Derby" show that was filmed in the late 50's. When they closed off Angels Stadium, it became one of the ugliest parks in baseball. That open outfield with the big A was great. Fortunately, the place had an amazing makeover when Disney owned it.(I'll never understand the rocks in center field, though).

Lots of reasons. I do think that all bs aside, this was the FIRST time ANYTHING negative was said in public about any leader. That it came from VP's grave made it sensational. By this point, many (certainly me) had just about enough of being told we were screwed up every other day, from people you knew were screwed up themselves, but you dare not talk back to, since you NEVER talked back to leaders in the way. It was like cold water in the face. Repressed anger, hurts, etc were suddenly ok to express. I found it all quite refreshing.

It's getting difficult to come up with new clues here. Especially since I'm only really familiar with TOS, and Next Gen. Oh, Ive watched DS9, Voyager, and even got into the season of Enterprise when they were in the weird part of the universe, trying to save earth. The other series just don't resonate with me, so I 'm limited in what I'm going to post. I'll come up with one-I just am at a loss at the moment, and no time right now.

When I was a lad, I enjoyed watching those late games from California on my grainy b&w TV. There's was something about watching games late at night, with that big A out in the parking lot, and those halo caps, that seemed other worldly.I understand the time zone disconnect.

I forget the year-it may have been '04, when the Yankees last played at Dodger Stadium. I know I was there, and I know the Yanks did their usual west coast tank. Who knows when there will ever be a Dodgers-Yankees series again, so this is as close to renewing the old rivalry as it's going to get. Course, I usually get to Anaheim, when NY comes to town, which has become pretty heated itself. Funny how the Angels have intense rivalries with both the Yanks and the Red Sox. The conventional thinking out here is that ESPN throws all their coverage and respect to the northeast, while pretty much ignoring the Angels. I can't disagree with that.

When it never really is winter (though it gets ALOT colder at night here, than any one believes), that first day of spring awesomeness isn't quite the same. I don't miss New England winter, but I sure do remember that amazing first day of thaw, and the first sounds of baseball. I just needed to get back to the basics to get ready for the season, and that book and movie were just what I needed. Then my wife comes home with field level seats right near home plate, when the Yankees come to Dodger Stadium this year. Yes, I'm ready for baseball.

I've not been feeling the usual anticipation for spring training and the new season, and wondered if it's just old age setting in. Then I picked up "Willie Mays, the life, the legend", and am loving every page. Then I happened upon "Field of Dreams" while channel flipping, and it couldn't have come at a better time. IMO the best baseball movie (fictional) ever made. Now I'm ready-Play Ball.

PFAL 77 did result in the 'Changed' film, which may be the most effective, well produced outreach tool the way ever had. That it was produced by Bud Morgan, a professional with no way indoctrination MAY have had something to do with that. It was just about the only thing that didn't make me cringe at the good old 'public exes'.

sounds like "Catspaw"

"Sunset Boulevard" guess I have to post a new one- "You eat like a bird"

I see Nomar retired. A great player, who's career was cut short by injuries. The Hall of Fame debates will happen soon. My take is he and Don Mattingly are 2 'no brainers' who won't make it due to injury. I'm not sure that is quite fair. Both players were above and beyond most of their peers, and to my thinking, earned their place. Longevity is great for piling up stats, but there are other criteria (see Roger Maris ) that should outweigh time served.

I'm not that familiar with the range of Ellsbury's abilities, but if he's like a lot of players, he might not be able to bunt very well. I grew up listening to Phil Rizzuto rag on the inability of modern players to bunt. He was especially adept at it, and would just groan as he watched players fail to execute. On paper, it seems 'easy'-the concept being kind of like 'catching' the ball with the bat. I've wondered why any player can catch a pitch with a glove, but be unable to do the same with a bat.

Actually, only one of those people were regulars on that show. The other one was on another long lived show, produced by the same people, so the mixing up is understandable.

can I give another clue ? Contestants were always asked to 'enter and sign in, please'