Lame-O-Dave, <br><br>You're such a big man, comparing your beloved metropolis with a second-rate west coast city. Next thing you know, you're going to start intentionally walking the good kid to pitch to the invalid with cancer and glasses. Jerk.
<br><br>Phrilladelphia one of thirteen cities to have each of the four major sports (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL), and the last championship came from the 76ers in 1983. 1983! That's TWENTY-THREE years ago! Ha! Your dump of a town is the last of the thirteen cities to bring home a championship.
<br><br>I guess Phrilladelphia isn't zoned for WINNING. The last time they had a championship parade in Philadelphia was when the founding fathers were signing the Declaration of Independence.<br><br>Best,<br><br>Deacon<br>
<br>P.S. Maybe the Phrillies will win the wild card.<br><br>P.P.S. Maybe the moon is made of cheese.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/11/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Williams</b> <<a href="mailto:davidwilliams365@hotmail.com">
davidwilliams365@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Deacon,<br><br>What DO you know of Philadelphia sports history?? You've mentioned it a few
<br>times now, and in typical viz style, you've offered no proof. I can do you<br>one better. I know that Philadelphia is NOT the worst sports city in<br>history. Why?? Because Seattle IS. I did a little research to make sure
<br>my impression of Seattle sports teams was correct, and boy was it ever. In<br>'95, when Griffey Jr. and co. managed to get to the ALCS, it was termed the<br>"magical season". Now, you know there must be something wrong with an
<br>organization which considers a 4-1 series loss to the Cleveland Indians a<br>magical season. The list of Seattle sports success was so thin, they had to<br>list the Seattle Metropolitans winning the Stanley Cup in 1917. Who were
<br>the Metropolitans, you ask? My point exactly. Philadelphia on the other<br>hand has had its fair share of sports glory. For you, Deacon, I've listed<br>Philadelphia's illustrious Baseball history. The Phillies have won the
<br>World Series six times (1910, 1911, 1913, 1929, 1930, and 1980) and been<br>there 13 times. What about your Mariners, hmm?? Oh, thats right, they have<br>NOTHING, nada, zilch, zero. Care to retract??<br><br>DW<br><br>
>From: "Deacon James" <<a href="mailto:deaconblues42@gmail.com">deaconblues42@gmail.com</a>><br>>To: "David Williams" <<a href="mailto:davidwilliams365@hotmail.com">davidwilliams365@hotmail.com
</a>><br>>CC: <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Poor Sportsmanship<br>>Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:31:07 -0700<br>><br>>David,<br>><br>>The Phrillie Self-Implosion Machine has about as much of a chance of
<br>>winning<br>>the Wild-Card as the Devil Rays have in winning the AL East.<br>><br>>Must be rough being a fan of the city with the worst sports teams in<br>>history.<br>><br>>Take care,<br>><br>
>Deacon<br>><br>>On 8/11/06, David Williams <<a href="mailto:davidwilliams365@hotmail.com">davidwilliams365@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>>I think I'd have to agree with Deacon on this one. The chief
<br>>>responsibility<br>>>of any leadoff hitter is to get on base, no matter what. You put your<br>>>team<br>>>in a hole by being impatient at the plate, swinging for the fences (unless<br>>>you're Ryan Howard), or, in this case, pandering to a potential
<br>>>no-no. This<br>>>applies specially to rubber matches, in which small ball (i.e. bunts, sac<br>>>bunts, sac flys, stolen bases, smart base-running) usually provides the<br>>>margin for winning or losing. Kudos to Zobrist for his hustle and game
<br>>>focus, especially on a team with sub-500 record playing in a division<br>>>buried<br>>>by the likes of Toronto, Boston and the Yankees. A quick disclaimer: I<br>>>might feel a bit different and sympathize more with Scott than I currently
<br>>>do if Zobrist did the same things against the Phillies. Not so much that<br>>>he<br>>>would've ruined a no-hitter (I've already seen one), but b/c the Phil's<br>>>are<br>>>in the wild-card hunt, and they need EVERY win. Apart from 3-game series
<br>>>against the Mets, Philadelphia's remaining schedule doesn't include one<br>>>team<br>>>with a record currently over .500. GO PHIL'S!!!<br>>><br>>><br>>> >From: "Deacon James" <
<a href="mailto:deaconblues42@gmail.com">deaconblues42@gmail.com</a>><br>>> >To: Vision2020 <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br>>> >Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Poor Sportsmanship
<br>>> >Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:59:45 -0700<br>>> ><br>>> >Scott,<br>>> ><br>>> >Suspension? That's taking unwritten rules a bit far, don't you think?<br>>> ><br>>> >Initially, I felt it was cheap as well. However, it was the beginning of
<br>>> >the<br>>> >6th inning in a 1-0 game. A no-hitter through 5 is nothing. Hardly a<br>>>week<br>>> >goes by without a pitcher achieving that.<br>>> ><br>>> >I think the argument stands if the D-Rays were down by 5 in the 8th; at
<br>>> >that<br>>> >point the game would be out of hand. In a one run game just over<br>>> >half-spent,<br>>> >you can't fault Zobrist at all. In my opinion, he was doing whatever he<br>
>> >could to get on base, and he ought to be applauded.<br>>> ><br>>> >Take care,<br>>> ><br>>> >Deacon<br>>> ><br>>> >On 8/11/06, Scott Dredge <<a href="mailto:sdredge@yahoo.com">
sdredge@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> >><br>>> >>At the M's game on Wednesday, Jarrod Washburn was pitching beautifully<br>>>and<br>>> >>had a no-hitter going until the 6th inning when Tampa Bay's Ben Zobrist
<br>>> >>lead<br>>> >>off the 6th inning with a bunt single. In my opinion this was<br>>>UNETHICAL<br>>> >>and<br>>> >>Zobrist should be suspended for at least one game by the Tampa Bay
<br>>>manager<br>>> >>if not the league commisioner. Alternatively, the M's official scorer<br>>> >>should have initially ruled the play an error on Adrian Beltre in order<br>>>to<br>>> >>keep the no-hitter intact and the scorer could have later changed the
<br>>>play<br>>> >>to a hit once the Devil Rays actually produced a legitimate hit.<br>>> >><br>>> >><br>>> >><br>>><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap;_ylt=Ag6F94JwmxUZLdr6UuPHWrUn0bYF?gid=260809112">
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap;_ylt=Ag6F94JwmxUZLdr6UuPHWrUn0bYF?gid=260809112</a><br>>> >><br>>> >>-Scott<br>>> >><br>>> >>=======================================================
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