Happy Birthday, Preston Michael Spears Federline and other Certain Special Someones! - Page 178

bold_n_brazen · 10-03-2005, 03:02 PM

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Originally posted by spookyfish
This is some crazy shit, but here is a link to some hepful rules on the subject.

http://www.all-baseball.com/ref/tie.html

From the site, here is the relevant info:

Major League Baseball Playoff Tiebreaker Info

1. When there is a tie for a Division Championship and the breaking of the tie will result in the losing team nonetheless being the Wild Card team, the Division Champion shall be:
a. the team with the better record in head-to-head competition. . .

2. When there is a tie for a Division Championship and the breaking of that tie will result in the losing team(s) not being the Wild Card team, the tie for the Division Championship shall be broken as follows:
a. Tie between two teams. The League President shall conduct a coin flip to determine the site of a playoff game between the two teams, the game to be played the day after the conclusion of the championship season. The winner of the game shall be declared the Division Champion.

Had all three teams tied with the same record, situation one would apply. The reason no game would be played in the event all three of these teams had tied is because the loser of the "Divisional Championship" would then had been one game behind Cleveland in the standings for the Wild Card. So, they settle the "Division Championship" which is meaningless (except for home field advantage) by the tie-breaker, and they allow Cleveland and Boston (had Cleveland won yesterday) to play one game for the Wild Card.

I think situation 2 would apply only in the case where New York or Boston had the same record atop their division, but the Wild Card team (from another division obviously) had a better record.

Yawn. At least Str8's post had hookers and blow.

str8outavannuys · 10-03-2005, 03:06 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Mmmmmmm, potato salad. Macaroni salad. Anything-drenched-in-mayo salad.

ETA whoo hoo! I just installed a dimmer on the dining room lights! It's still a hideous track-lighting fixture, but at least it doesn't have to be bright enough to do microsurgery anymore!

However, I think I am going to have to hire someone to do the kitchen faucet with the pull-out head.

You have a problem with too MUCH light? In a Los Angeles house or apartment? I'm truly stunned. Everywhere I've lived in this city, I've been waging a perpetual battle for light. Certainly a dimmer switch is a must, but consider yourself blessed that you've got the option for full blown illumination.

NotFromHere · 10-03-2005, 03:06 PM

Gwinneth Paltrow is supposedly due in the spring. "Gwyneth is trying to contain her excitement about having another child, but she's incredibly happy," a "friend" of the couple tells the tab. "She says this pregnancy puts a lot of things in perspective."

Like, my husband is in a crappy rock band and I'd better have kids now because I'll have to work the rest of my life to support his ass.

str8outavannuys · 10-03-2005, 03:10 PM

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Originally posted by Penske_Account
It's one of the reasons. The fact that most of the players are big whiny overgrown adolescent wussies is another. I am currently boycotting baseball.

Actually, most of them are high school drop-out (or skated by because they were baseball stars) southern good ole boys. Dave Winfield famously once told one of his NFL friends how lucky the friend was to be on a team where everyone had gone to college. He said something like "being on a baseball team is the loneliest thing you can imagine."

I'm sure Dave was right. I've always wanted to be a pro baseball player, but I don't think they're coming up with a cure for bovine spongeform encephalitis down in the dugout.

str8outavannuys · 10-03-2005, 03:12 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
The Detroit Lions are locked in a battle for top spot in the NFC North with the Bears- both teams are 1-2, but the Bears won the head to head game so, for now we are nipping at their heels.

It is possible several teams with winning records won't get the wild card and a 5-11 team will win the NFC North.

One NFC North team has won a non-divisional game; the Vikings beat the Saints in week 3. I think the Bears and Vikings will probably tie for the division title at 6-10 or 7-9.

ltl/fb · 10-03-2005, 03:13 PM

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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
You have a problem with too MUCH light? In a Los Angeles house or apartment? I'm truly stunned. Everywhere I've lived in this city, I've been waging a perpetual battle for light. Certainly a dimmer switch is a must, but consider yourself blessed that you've got the option for full blown illumination.

? Like there aren't enough overhead lights? The bedrooms had none at all, which was annoying from a painting perspective because I was trying to paint at night. But my overhead light-age is great.

Chicken salad sandwich?

Penske_Account · 10-03-2005, 03:14 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
This just makes you sound jealous of their size, you whiny, adolescent wuss.

TM

I don't know about their size, I don't swing that way, nttawwt.

10-03-2005, 03:18 PM

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Originally posted by spookyfish
Translation: I am pathologically incapable of admitting when I am wrong, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

a) There was nothing on my end to be wrong about. You were incapable of answering a question in its entirety bc you only knoew part of the answer. I never stated a POV or answer, thus, I could not be wrong anything. You get dumber by the post, Case Western.

2) This is Thurgreed's schtick. Get your own.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 10-03-2005, 03:19 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
In a 5 Game Series, I always though "Home Field advantage" was exactly the opposite.

Even since they abandoned the 2-3 format in favor of the 2-2-1?

str8outavannuys · 10-03-2005, 03:20 PM

Opening up for the New Pornographers (awesome, of course) and Destroyer (blechh, of course) last week was a Vancouver pop trio called "Immaculate Machine." The girl keyboard player/singer, who the liner notes tell me is named "Kathryn Calder," played the entire set with the New Pornographers as well.

Dan Bejar came out for his four or five NP songs looking like a homeless guy who just found a 1/4 full Heiniken bottle in the trash.

Anyways, this band Immaculate Machine was awesome live, and their CD is very good. Very catchy pop songs played to perfection. Check em out.

10-03-2005, 03:21 PM

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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Sorry. Once we decided to start Moose in game one against the Angels, I knew we were going to lose that last game. They call Jaret, "Can't Get Wright."

Speaking of being sick, I bought those Chasers on Saturday in anticipation of being drunk. Here's what I learned (RT, I don't recall this being in your "Things RT Learned So I Don't Have To" file):

You can take as many Chasers as you want. But if you get so shit-faced that you throw up the entire contents of your stomach before you pass out, they don't do much good at all.

TM

DUde, were you at Spanky's bachelor party also? You should have given me a call.

Replaced_Texan · 10-03-2005, 03:23 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
Like, my husband is in a crappy rock band and I'd better have kids now because I'll have to work the rest of my life to support his ass.

What the hell are you talking about?

Penske_Account · 10-03-2005, 03:23 PM

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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
Actually, most of them are high school drop-out (or skated by because they were baseball stars) southern good ole boys. Dave Winfield famously once told one of his NFL friends how lucky the friend was to be on a team where everyone had gone to college. He said something like "being on a baseball team is the loneliest thing you can imagine."

I'm sure Dave was right. I've always wanted to be a pro baseball player, but I don't think they're coming up with a cure for bovine spongeform encephalitis down in the dugout.

I think we are talking past each other, but I do acknowledge the likelihood that they average MLB player is not an intellect. I lived with a few college players in a group house one year in law school. If they were an indication.......

Gattigap · 10-03-2005, 03:27 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
What the hell are you talking about?

Yeah, but under his EMI contract, he gets $0.25, total. Time to go touring!

ThurgreedMarshall · 10-03-2005, 03:27 PM

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
There's a lot more to play for if it's a chance to be in the playoffs than simply to determine your opponent and whether you have home field advantage. Given the Yankees' effort yesterday, which mattered at least as far as their getting a higher seed, one can see why they don't bother with playoff games merely to determine seeding.

I'm not disagreeing with your logic. I just think that there should be one standard for determining who is or isn't in first place (and thus who wins the division).

TM