Thank-you ~ the fires are about 100 miles north of me and I won't be traveling that way for a few weeks.

Losing to the snakes by 2 at the moment....

Read that the METS have 88 million on the DL and 11 million playing...poor RAZZ!

Yes this has been quite the depressing season for the Mets. Everyone has been hurt.

But the good news is we may be finally getting some people back. David Wright is coming off the DL tomorrow, and Carlos Beltran who has been out since June is going to start playing some rehab games on Wed, hopefully he'll be back soon...maybe next week. Its too late to matter in regards to the playoffs or any of that, but it will be nice just to watch those guys play again.

So we have Contreras now. Is that a good thing? I don't know much about him.

Gary, glad you are in a safe area! The smoke in our valley is unbelievable, way out here! I'm sure it is just awful there.

I thought this player transaction log was interesting..

Wow Gary Jim Thome ??

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/transactions/#month=8&year=2009

Yep ~ We needed a good quality pitcher to get to the play-offs and advance past the first series....

We end up with a good DH....HELLO.....WE are in the NATIONAL LEAGUE!!!

A veteran utility player, Ronnie Belliard, who hits about a buck fifty...although he did go yard yesterday in our loss.

We did get Jon Garland who's era is higher than the letters in his first name....some one buy that guy an H.....

I'm feeling better....be back to harass you all soon....

I hope you teams (other than D) win.....winks and hugs

Got the win against the Brewers.

Belliard played here in 2006. He was a good wee player at 2nd base.

Glad you are feeling better Gary. It's not the same around here without you :)

Well, we won! It was time for a good game for the Rockies. I really feel sorry for the Mets, but I'm glad we got a win.

Poor Mets. Unbelievable how hard their season has been with all of the injuries.

Gary, I will say that I chuckled a bit when I saw that Thome trade... yup... he'll be
r e a l.... comfy in the NL in Sept... LOL... ah.. who knows...there have been more than a few surprises this year. I hope you're back soon to fill us in...

OH MR. BILL .... where art' thou ?

Gosh, I know Diane, that's really hard to watch... I know when we aren't in contention they are the longest Septembers ever...

I can't keep track of all the NL action... good luck to everyone !

The Aaron Boone story is amazing... open heart surgery 5 months ago, back playing this week... I guess I can let my grudge go now... LOL

Lots of hits tonight, won 10-3.

Rockies had a great game last night. Giambi came through with a big hit and it was great to see him out there. It seemed like all of the players were having a lot of fun last night. Well, maybe not the Mets.

Lost one to the Brewers, 4-3.

Oh well onto Pittsburgh.

Clyde, we lost too. I guess 2 of 3 isn't bad, but now I have to hope that the Giants and Dodgers get beat too! (Sorry Gary!)

I am just so pleased brad penney pitched 8 innings of shut-out ball for the giants yesterday NATION...

NOT!!!!!!!!!

..... See that, Gary.... he fell out of the plane over San Francisco :joker:

and no I'm not crazy, read my earlier post...

Red Sox Win
 

Ye of little faith SweetCaroline, The Nation wins 6-3.

Good enough for me.

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, William has reached the homestead...:wave:

and you are correct Bill... It was a very good game..
any game we win now, is a very good game...:D

Tell me about it!
 

Dirty Sox
 

Good grief. The Sox are down 12-1 after four innings.

Sweetcaroline - I leave it in your care.

Naaaa... they're gonna lose Bill, sorry... let em' get it out of the way, we're in there for four games....

I'm not in front of the TV .... all night I kept hearing " and that's a double for Kotsay" and "Kotsay will score"... took me a while to remember he was traded and now playing for Ozzie and the Dull Sox... Way to keep up Caroline... LOL

Sorry Steppin... those cowbells are obnoxious aren't they...

We won 14-7. I got a bit worried when the Pirates scored 6 runs in the 5th but we rallied.

OK I know your regular players need a day off here and there but why are we giving them a day off on the same day!!!!

Pujols, Holliday, DeRosa, Molina and Ryan all on the bench tonight. We also have a rookie pitcher going.

Should be an interesting game.

Seems like our whole team took a virtual 'day off' today, no offense, where's the offense ?... we lost again to the Dull Sox.

I think we lost Wakefield (knuckleballer) for who knows how long, he may have pitched his last game today... {snif}... I'm not liking this weekend at all so far...
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OT: Can i whine a little please ? ... short version... i've put off achiness and numbness in my right (not heart) shoulder/arm/hand for em' like about 8 months, it turned to horrible pain about 2 months ago, had MRI, have a piece of neck disc pushing on nerve, percocet is not touching the pain, its like a big toothache in my arm that never goes away, no sleep etc.. I can't have epidural injections, they won't reach it, need 'nerve block', 2nd opinion agrees... I have a new job starting this week, ...holy wrap... I'm going to lose my mind !!!! whew... thank you.. I know this post belongs 'out there'.. I'm going to post in general later, but I love and trust my BB Buds.. and feel better already.. :hug:

Prayers for the pain SWEET-C....my sister, who is experiencing some other issues, just found out she has 2 crushed discs in her neck/back that need fused. She is on heavy pain medication now. With her lupus this could be a very tough surgery on her...as I said, several other issues but this one is the painful one.

Those guys don't score a run against a pesky rookie padre that has an era of around 9!!! Not going to do far in the play-offs if we get there....without a good lucky streak....fat chance.

BIG BIRD....you have nothing to worry about...looks like you are the ones to beat this year to me....don't think that will happen.

Caroline ((((((())))))).

I've got you in my prayers. Hope you get some relief.

Unbelieveable. 1-1 after 9.

Bring in Albert to pinch hit in the 10th and he hits a laser out of the park. Cards win.

thanks guys... could you pray for RSN too please

Sweetcaroline - Good grief, "holy wrap" indeed. You deserve prayers and alll the supportive thoughts we can send your way. emailing home made chicken soup in addition, which also won't reach the nerve but touches the feeling that mom is still looking after you.

Good luck figuring out how to survive day to day, hour to hour, minute to minute with this. And good luck with your new job - here's hoping that you can feel the joy in your new circumstances despite feeling the roaring "big toothache in my arm" distraction.

Thank you Bill... I'm stocking up on Orajel... lol

Red Sox Magic Number is 36...:wizard:

Here's a link to the magic numbers..

http://www.mlbmagicnumbers.com/

Dropped one to the Pirates. Franklin blew the save. He's been lights out all season. Oh well sometimes you have days like that.

Cards magic number 15.

Thanks SWEET-C...the Dodgers number is 22...looking forward to a win tonight over those pesky padres.

Caroline good luck with your new job today.

We have 3 against the Brewers. Bring out the big bats.

Caroline - Sending my prayers and best wishes to you too. I've been out of touch lately, so I didn't see your post until today. Good luck with the new job.

My Rockies are doing well. We play the Reds today. I wish the Reds weren't on such a win streak right when we are going to play them!!!

Hearing those footsteps again D and I don't like it....no-no-no!

Nice to see you Diane.. thanks for the well wishes... I'm hanging in there...

And here we are... in SEPTEMBER !!! Can you believe it ??
Every game means a lot, geez, in our case every 'out' is important...

Enjoy your games everyone... :corn:

Chris Carpenter gets a one hit shut out.

Magic number 14.

WE got a "must win" today....but then so did everybody else.....

MAGIC # 21

Lots of "must wins" in the NL West, Gary! ha! I wish you guys would give us Rockies a break and lose a few!