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Apparently the first rule of baseball isn't you don't talk about baseball but that the pitcher may not bring his pitching hand to his mouth unless it's cold or he is not standing on the mound. Does anyone know why? My first thought was to prevent foulling the ball but I can't see why it would be okay to do off the mound.

so he doesn't lube it?

That used to be the old rule - but its been expanded now so that it makes it clearer, whilst that is still a penalty they have brought lots of rules in now to try and stop pitchers applying substances to the ball or defacing it to aid with the pitching.

As its not like cricket where only 1 ball is used its hard in baseball to keep track of who is doing what to a ball as lots end up being kept by the crowd etc etc - therefore if they dont put their hands to their mouth the umpire can see that they are not applying saliva or any other foreign substance they happen to be chewing on.

olden days, pitcher licks hand whilst chomping on chewing tobacco, makes ball wet - throws unbelievable curve ball, catcher catches ball and wipes clean - no-ones any the wiser.......

Thsi is funny stuff, lets hear more ;D

Did Mark Buehrle whilst playing for the White Sox not get into trouble a few years back for inferring that a few of the Cubs pitchers were cheating? (most assumed at the time he was talking about Greg Maddux). By licking their fingers whilst chewing on illegal substances and appearing to then wipe their fingers on their uniform but actually wiping a different finger then applying the illegal substance to the ball?

Yeap, and last night Buehrle threw a no/no for the white sox

yeah read about it while watching my beloved giants win in extra innings on mlb.tv this morning

pity about the walk he gave Sosa in the 5th

Yeap, and my Cubs dont look so good this year, looks like its gonna be Atlanta as the big surprise

wouldn't say big surprise - their domination in the NL East up until last year was phenominal, i think last year was just a temporary blip.

my "big surprise" (though i hate to say it as a giant) will be the dodgers this year

The Giants actually won a game, really  !!.... ;whistle;

Baseball on BLONDE ;noflopshomer;

I never thought it would happen

5 now!!!! ;D

(though this one took us twelve innings - booted up pc when woke up this morning to find game still going at 5-5 so straight over to mlb.tv to watch it live, top stuff!! :))

why not - after all the presenter of channel 5's baseball program is a blondite and will be at BB4 if i am not mistaken :)

there are a few of us who watch it in the wee small hours of the morning apparently :)up

p.s. just because your batting .500 so far this year!! :D

Watch out for the mighty Mariners as well  ;tightend;

In 2005 I missed most of the "world series" because I was playing the 888.com thing, 1st world series I have ever really not watched!

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well if you do decide to move over here then you'll be pleased to know that we get the full mlb.tv coverage for about £10 a month which is cheaper than most of the satellite stations over here and you get the pick of every game (unfortunately you cant spilt and watch 5 games at once but you can channel hop!) ;)

Unfortunately the live tv coverage is very limited :(

Oi monkeyboy !!  ;nemesis;

- lets see who's laughing at the end of the season  ;)

Yep Bonds homer and Giants won very happy. The comeback!

To be honest i wish he'd hurry up and break the home run record so he can retire and we can start bringing some new blood and fresh faces back into the team. :(

Then who would go watch them? half the crowds are they to either boo or cheer him :P giants offense suck tbh..

their offence sucks because half the payroll goes on one 43 year old left midfielder who cant play every game.

the worlds most expensive pinch hitter!! :D

ahh well 19 to go, I am sure he will do it this season.

that would be left fielder my baseball challenged friend :)up

no squire - left midfielder. Barry Bonds is so slow at the moment he never makes it to the outfield by the time we get the third out!!!! :(

 ;noflopshomer;  ok now I see your point

Whats his blonde nickname?

they are thinking of having little tracks installed around left field to make it easier to push his zimmerframe round :D

Stillhair

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=6278.0

Cheers matt i can stalk him now!

And its all thanks to you!

Not the biggest Baseball fan, Love american football though we will have to get some serious debate going when the season starts up again!

No problem squire, apparenlty i'm responsible for 98.34% of all the UK's stalking restraining orders in some way

 :dontask:

cheeta got the other 1.66% in a bizarre case of mistaken identity!!

lol lets hope you get the whole 100 per cent in 2008, just a slight change in marketing strategy should do it.

no, next year i'm keeping a low profile otherwise the 2 year suspended sentence becomes permanent and i have to do community service at knowsley safari park :'(

They reckon that hell hole is like the alcatraz of safari parks. That would be a tough break.

Perhaps go for the submersive adertising then and try and put subliminal adverts in your posts on blonde.

its not as bad as they make out - i managed to build up quite a collection of wing mirrors during part time work in my younger days.

Will see how rest of 2007 goes and form a plan later in the year :)

Jebus, I've spawned a monster.


Cheers for that

2 running now following back to back wins over the defending champions!!!

 ;nana;

Keep this up and you might even get back to .500 for the season ...  ;whistle;




 ;hide;

I think i'll keep my mouth shut , we just gave up 5 runs in the  top of the 7th  to the Twins  to fall 6 - 2 behind ;oopsy;  ;smackedbottom;

Let me know when you make it to the 6 wins for the season ;)

as for the Giants, no stopping us now!!!!

A banana says we get to 6 wins before the Giants get to .500  ;ifm;

do i look stooopid? ;D

.....Asks the Giants supporting monkey .......  >:?

You really do treasure your bananas  ;)

no, i just know when i'm playing against a stacked deck!! ;)

An intelligent monkey  ;)

cubs lost again today, gonna be a long year

Giants on a run...!

Hmmmm, Giants win third game on the bounce to move within 1 game of .500 and Mariners lose again.

Maybe i should learn to become LAG when it comes to my banana bets!!  ;carlocitrone;

Watched the cubs game as it was the early evening game over here - bit like a game of N/L hold'em. One mistake and its over, not much by way of offence from either team but one 2-run homer proved costly.

Had it when it was NASN for £7 a month - refused to pay £15 a month when satanta sports took it over. Until they change it where i can just get the NASN channel i wont buy the package. There isnt enough variety for me to warrant paying that much. Yes when the playoffs are on for the hockey maybe but during the regular season there just isnt enough choice of games.

With mlb.tv i get the choice of watching whatever game i like - and if its boring i switch to another. And when i say £10 a month, thats the most expensive package. If you get the standard yearly 400k streaming its £45 a year for every mlb game during 2007.

If you visit nhl.com's video section you can get the highlights of every game for free, ok so its not the same as watching the games live but more often than not i dont stay up til 2am to watch the games live anyway just the highlights on the following day.

lol, must learn to use the quote feature!! I was replying to a post by Tinsel Town above which disappeared as i answered

I'M NOT GOING INSANE HONEST!! :D

Well, well, well - saved myself some bananas there   ;whistle;


Have you forgotten how bad the Mariners were last season ??  :o

 u must be the only one, they are really bad!!!!!

lol 1-0 win for giants .500 now :)

 ;oopsy;

No i hadn't forgotten - i just remember how bad we were last season and for us to win 3 on the trot before another team picks up just the one win didnt happen that often!! (even the cubs won shutting out the reigning champs to boot!) :D

 ;busted;

Hopefully its a sign of things to come but i find it unlikely :( (though i see my dark horse tip is running away with our division)

The Cubs have such bad luck, all our pitchers are hurt, or big $$$$  Soriano is a wimp, They need to be sold to Mark Cubin (Dallas Mavs NBA owner) so we get someone in there to run the club right.

When I won the bracelet I wore my Cubs jersey, the best line of the ESPN broadcast was this:

" Brian Wilson is trying to do something in a Cubs jersey that has not been done since 1908............................................................ win a championship"

Now that is funny rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

Technically the cubs have won things recently - for the last two years running they've won the National League "wooden spoon" :D

(Just be thankful for the Royals always being there to prop everyone else up!! ;))

Trust me, I know how bad they are  8) but i've been following them for 20-odd years .....



....gotta take the bad with the good (if the good ever happens again  ::) )

Homer for bonds alert....:) 18 left then he can retire.

That'll please Matt....

WIN STREAK 5!!!

and counting :)

LOSING STREAK 6 !!!

and counting  ;boltpp;  ;ashamed;

16 with any luck!!

He hit 740 against the d'backs, he's chasing 755 - if he stays of the d/l this year he should make it!!  ::)

OMG we gonna win the division!

Lol, lets not get too carried away!!

If we can stay in touch for the wild card race that will be a good season in my eyes. Like i already said in another post i think the dodgers will walk our division (and possibly the national league) this season.

Won againnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 6 on bounce

Aye, just hope we can avenge the opening game sweep we suffered at the hands of the dodgers - not only would that mean winning 8 on the bounce but would virtually put us level with them for the lead in the division.

now i'm the one getting carried away!! :D

All this talk of Baseball and not one mention of my hometown team.  Yeah, ok...we're not great, but we're over .500........for now.rotflmfao 

(http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/Laxie/clevelandindians.jpg) GOOOOOOOO CLEVELAND!!!!



Here's the standings for the whole lot at the minute:

http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/mlb/standings/index.jsp

I just booked my trip to San Fran for the summer. I will be taking in home games vs NYY & San Diego, lets hope we top by then!

Well the mighty Mariners are going for 3 games unbeaten ..................












..............OK,  Tuesday's game against the Rangers was rained off, but still counts doesn't it ... ;whistle;   ;)

7 ON THE BOUNCE!!

(and Bonds homers to go another step closer to retirement!)

Even the Mariners and Cubs win!!!! ;)

just watched some of the highlights, loving beating Dodgers.

As much as I'm loyal to my Cleveland team, New York Mets and Boston Red Sox look like the teams to beat so far this year.  New York could be in a bit of bother in the National League with a few teams close on their tails, but the only team coming close to the Mets in the American League is Cleveland.  Fingers crossed!!!

The cubs are gonna make a big comeback this year

Dam, won again! streak to 7, and the Dodgers again :)

8 squire - last nights win against the dodgers meant we swept the series and moved into the lead of the division :)

Bonds' stats for season:

on-base percentage .519
slugging percentage .828, (both tops in the National League).
2nd in Homers

Oh, and his batting average is .362.

:) Pity we lost last 3 :(

Where did everybody go ? :dontask:

Whats happening with your teams ??

The Cubs are about .500 now, not to bad, they need the star players to get going, I think the bullpen is the week link but I guess we will see!

Must be tired, saw the title of this thread and thought it was to do with Derby County.

 rotflmfao

Although i bet they felt like they hit a home run tonight ......... ;marks;

Well some things don't change Giants bottom of the league.

Bonds 5 away now after hitting his 750th on Friday.

I am heading to the All Stars game in San Fransisco on the 9th :) Barrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry Barryyyyyyyyyyyy

You lucky man  ;envious; - I'm gonna have to make do with the Ch 5 coverage, but i'll keep an eye out for you  ;D


My magic  Mariners are still hanging in there 5 games back from the Angels, but currently on a 6 game winning streak  :o

Chance of a wildcard this season if we keep our form going

                      1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9    R   H   E 
Minnesota        4   1   1   6   2   0   4   2   0    20 21 1
Chi White Sox  0   3   1   0   3   1   2   1   3    14 18 5

 :o

34 runs from 39 hits - bet this was an interesting game to watch from earlier!! :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENzz-kIBiSU

Bonds!

Please just get 756 so we can finally get rid and start the rebuilding process  ;pokergods;

dont know why everyone is getting all hyper about it - if Alexander Enmanuel Rodriguez stays fit he'll beat the record within the next 5-7 years

Got to agree with you there sir  :)up

Although Bonds has equalled the record, the "suspicion of  drug use"  cloud hanging over him, i think,  detracts from his feat.
Anyway are the Giants still hanging about at the bottom of their division ?

Not in with a chance of the wildcard/division title ??










Didn't think so    ;nana; ;nanana;     ;hide;

I was going to post and say that seeing as how it was your birthday i would allow one day where i didnt retort with abuse............

but then i noticed that you actually posted it at 1am this morning - so

Darn - was going to use the "GFY" Smiley til i found that Kyboshi has changed it to a "Matt has no life" smiley.

I'm going back to bed in my treehouse - its going to be one of those days :(

So thats a NO then .... ;whistle;



Are you just in a bad mood cos the rest of your family got a series out of Ch5, and you didnt ? :D 

( next monday 6.30pm ;) )

Finally - 756!!

Roll on next season (and the next 3 rebuilding seasons post bonds!!)

His stats aint that bad, but I bet his wages are huge. Let him retire end of the season and get 3-4 decent players in.

Glad he did it at home ground :)