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I see you guys are playing .500 ball...disappointing since the goddam Yanks are winning again. If you don't remember I hate the Yankees, Dodgers and and my newest hated team the cheating ass Astros Two questions: When the Cards lost to you in '13 we went to s*** and I was so disgusted I stopped paying attention to baseball and when I came back around Mookie Betts was on another team! I thought he was the best man on the team...what's the story? Last question: My landlord (from Oyster Bay NY) offered to bet me a months rent that NY wins the East. Knowing little about the A.L, should I take that bet?

Ditto! Maybe some 9th inning magic? SEEN IT BEFORE

LOL I guess you didn't hear that the Cards FIRED Manager Shildt! I guess he wanted to be paid like a manager of the year that lead his team to a 19 and 2 finish I have no f***ing idea what beauty they hire to fire next year PS: If you ever want to get rid of that old raggedy Musial, I'm your man BTW I still have the '63 Yaz and Tony C. TOPS cards

I'm pulling for you guys tonight as I HATE the Stro's, even tho' you guys got rid of Joe Kelly and he shut down the Cards, ending my season! My bucks are on Boston

Good luck in the series, guys. I'd like to meet the Sox again in the WS but realistically that ain't gonna happen (Dodgers) FYI the Brewers are in a similar boat vs. the Cubs this weekend: 3 game series, sweep and back in the WC race. Now go kick some Yankee ass!

LOL, thanks.

Channel surfing and BOOM! Yanks/Saux on FS1. Hey, what have you guys done with Spud Boy??? I pop over here occasionally and he's been MIA.

LOL! Ah, yes, the beaver shooting! That behavior shocked me (even tho' I tried to look up dresses as a kid like a little perv constantly)

Hey there Spud! No reason you should have known. There's plenty about the AL that I don't know, though I'm heads above the average NL fan. The first baseball book I ever read was the Ted Williams auto-bio,borrowed from my H.S. library. Can you believe that I had never even HEARD of him? The second was "Now wait a minute, Casey", taking me back years in AL history. The first book I ever bought with money was BALL FOUR. (I wish I still had his and Stottlemyer's co-rookie card!)

http://ecwfrenchtribute.free.fr/HTLM/Photos/Photos_A/Antonino_Rocca/Antonino_Rocca_-_Antonino_Biasetton_01.jpg Oh yeah! I actually never saw either of them rassle because of territorial issues but I DO know about Argentino Rocco. He was the nimble guy that used to bitch-slap his opponents with his bare feet!

As an AL guy you get a pass for not knowing that the Cub rivalry thing is a hoax to drum up interest. We were rivals for real until the 40's. Since then the two teams never finished one and two. The very few years the Cubs were good WE sucked. There has been no tension for 7 decades! Our real rivals were The Big Red Machine, Dodgers, and most recently the Astros. A hatred of the Brewers was perculating when they came to town, beat the snot out of us and then paraded around the infield untucking their shirts. But soon they quickly sucked again and the vitriol simmered down. The only hint of a rivalry comes from Card fans driving up to Wrigley and pissing off the local gentry, and visa versa. But that's the fans. These young players don't hate the Cubs...they just want a multi-year contract. To your "sucking s***" point: You guys have been the CREAM of baseball since 2004 but the beatdown by The Empire goes back to Babe f***ing Ruth days! Don't it?

You bet

Well yes, I do...to a point. Perhaps HATED rival is what I'm talking about. I HATED the Mets in the 80s. I hated that Astro Killer Bees period. I would think you would hate the Yanks just on general principles!

Odd sentiment...they could suck all year and still do YOU damage, or lay down to a team you need for them to beat if the race gets close.

It is indeed a great sport. When I was a kid, living in a poor St. Louis area I had plenty of fights. Won some, lost some. But after I became a wrestler I never lost another. Yes, I had several bar fights over the years and often didn't have to throw a punch! You see, if you GRAB a guy his natural instinct is to get free, not punch. The best boxer in the world has no shot in a grabbing contest. I once got in a fight with a dude who was obviously a wrestler too. I went for the old dbl-leg takedown and he countered with a perfect pancake. We realized we were kindred combatants and laughed it all off. Another good thing about the sport: injuries are rare. BASEBALL is far more dangerous.