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September 09, 2006
Baseball Race.: What it says. Finally makes sense of all those horse racing metaphors you hear, although admittedly I can't see a "far pole" for the teams to "come around" on this thing.
posted by DrJohnEvans to baseball at 01:02 AM - 12 comments
It is fun, even for a non baseball fan. Just don't let goddam see you. Baltimore never really got going in 88, eh BPP.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 05:24 AM on September 09, 2006
This is fun, but I keep wishing there was a place I could squirt water so the Rangers would catch up. I love the Elimination line sweeping in and wiping out teams.
posted by rcade at 07:03 AM on September 09, 2006
'75 Big Red Machine, '83 Chisox for one horse races, 1995 California Angels for biggest choke since Mama Cass.
posted by mjkredliner at 09:55 AM on September 09, 2006
DrJohn, this is super. Where did you find it? Mr. Falvey did an excellent job. I took a quick ride on the AL 1949 race (that makes me at least as gluttonous as BullpenPro), and I loved how it all came down to that last game. I've put a bookmark on the site. Thanks, DrJohn.
posted by Howard_T at 11:18 AM on September 09, 2006
I keep wishing there was a place I could squirt water so the Rangers would catch up. High pressure hose to Tom Hicks' crotch?
posted by Ufez Jones at 11:58 AM on September 09, 2006
Whoops! Sorry, goddam. I had no idea. I got the link off a friend's blog and thought it was too neat to pass up.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 01:19 PM on September 09, 2006
No need to apologize; deserved a FPP. I certainly didn't see it the first time.
posted by tieguy at 02:14 PM on September 09, 2006
Definitely no need to apologise - goddam's link was well hidden away. This would be interesting with football too - I'd like to see some of the old English First Dvision finishes done this way.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 06:15 PM on September 09, 2006
s'ok, dr j. i totally forgot about this site after i posted it. thanks for the fpp.
posted by goddam at 07:46 PM on September 09, 2006
Pretty cool- now all they need is a site that predicts the future accurately.....
posted by Kendall at 09:46 PM on September 09, 2006
Very cool. You can see this year where Barbaro, I mean Derrek Lee breaks his appendage just out of the gate and the Cubs season falls apart. Hmmm...maybe that's in bad taste.
posted by timdawg at 01:26 PM on September 11, 2006
Great post, DrJohn. My sequence of choices, all really fun to watch: 2006 NL Wildcard 1978 AL (I am a gluttonous jerk, yes) 1914 NL 1984 AL (it's cool to watch DET just take off and never look back) 1951 NL 1938 NL (while I was deliberate with my other choices, this one was just random... and wicked cool because the lead changes hands so many times between so many horses) Sadistic? 2005 AL -- watch KCR. 1988 AL -- watch BAL.