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Elliotte Friedman ‏
the insanity continues -- TOR now first in the AL East


Can't be too good a time for Hairnova
 
Аrpon Basu ‏
Don't know why, but it bothers me the Jays took over 1st place on the 21st anniversary of the '94 strike. A lot. I know, I have issues.
 
I think what happened in '94 is even more in tune right now because Jays fans who may have been too young back then can imagine how angry they would be if the season was suddenly cancelled as their team hit 1st place. Then they can imagine losing their 4 top players in the off season before the strike is callled off in time for spring training and not one thing was accomplished from it except their rival picked up one of their 4 star players they had to get rid of.
 
TheCountofMonteCristo said:
In 2002 the Angels refused to pitch to the all time HR hitter. If only Jim Fanning and Dink Williams understood you don't have to pitch to good players.
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Rick Monday wasn't so good that you needed to walk him. But once the count got to 3 balls, no strikes they should have. When I met Steve Rogers last year I asked him about it. He said he was trying to throw one low and out of the strike zone, prepared to put Monday on first base with 2 out if he took the pitch and not giving him anything good to hit if he swung.

"Unfortunately", Rogers told me, "I missed. The ball stayed up and Monday drove it."
 
TheCountofMonteCristo said:
Braves choked in the post season, but they always won the division, they won what 18 straight at one point?
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Look at the 94 standings. Only the Expos and Braves were above .500 in the NL East. After 93 the Phillies sucked, after 94 the Expos were no longer relevant. The Marlins did nothing until 97 and the Mets did nothing until 99. The NL Least was a weak division. That's why the Braves were able to win so many division titles and then get owned in the playoffs as soon as they faced genuine opposition.

It's just like how the AL West used to be the Kansas City Royals and nobody else during the late 70's and early to mid-80's. They'd win the west consistently but except for 1980 they could never get to the WS. Then in 85 they played the Jays in the ALCS and rallied from 3-1 down to win the pennant and then the WS.

And who was the manager of the choking dogs from Toronto in 85? None other than Bobby Cox, the same guy who needed 13 tries with the Braves just to win one title.
 
And of course the "best" teams always win. You know they would pitched ti Jack Clark or someone and found a way to lose. Expos were the Leafs of baseball, always finding a way to lose.
 
That 94' strike was horrible for the entire country. Baseball feels it's been so forgotten from then until now.

The extra playoff spots have helped a lot. Small market teams can make the playoffs.
 
TheCountofMonteCristo said:
Expos would have found a way to choke in playoffs.
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You sound like a teenager who pretends to hate a girl when, secretly, he really likes her. It is very obvious. We've all been dumped by girls, doesn't mean deep down we don't still have feelings. It is ok to miss the Expos, and what they meant to you in your younger years.
 
Dr.Phibes said:
You sound like a teenager who pretends to hate a girl when, secretly, he really likes her. It is very obvious. We've all been dumped by girls, doesn't mean deep down we don't still have feelings. It is ok to miss the Expos, and what they meant to you in your younger years.
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Thank you Dr Freud.

They did once but even then I used to call them chokers and never had faith in them. This nostalgia that they were a great organization is hilarious. It was only after I divorced them that I realized I was a battered spouse and that my relationship with that team was abusive.
 
JackBurton said:
That 94' strike was horrible for the entire country. Baseball feels it's been so forgotten from then until now.

The extra playoff spots have helped a lot. Small market teams can make the playoffs.
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A typical Toronto centric view of the world. Something is forgotten for the entire country until Toronto gets excited over it, then the entire country is excited.

Youngsters don't play baseball in big numbers anymore because the game is slow and dull. They prefer ADD inducing video games, extreme sports etc. It had nothing to do with the 1994 strike.
 
JackBurton said:
That 94' strike was horrible for the entire country. Baseball feels it's been so forgotten from then until now.

The extra playoff spots have helped a lot. Small market teams can make the playoffs.
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Yeah, I'm surprised that Canada was able to survive as a country.
 
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