Thanks for yet another crash-exit out of the playoffs.

On Apr 28, 9:52 pm, "Bundo" <bundo...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Thanks for yet another crash-exit out of the playoffs.

I think this was predicted by lots of folks, given the drag of an
entry into the post season.

Atleast they made the post season two years in a row, unlike the Make
Beliefs and the Blue Gays.

Good point. Blue Gays are definitely brutal. Gibbons is a horrid manager. I
went on holiday last week and they actually lost every game when I was away.
Just brutal. Who goes to those games at the Rogers Centre anyways? They also
showed themselves as cheap-asses by dumping Thomas before they had to pay
him any bonuses. Thomas will light them up when they play Oakland for sure.

BuNdO
"DukeN" <hoopitup@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Apr 28, 9:52 pm, "Bundo" <bundo...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> Thanks for yet another crash-exit out of the playoffs.
>
> I think this was predicted by lots of folks, given the drag of an
> entry into the post season.
>
> Atleast they made the post season two years in a row, unlike the Make
> Beliefs and the Blue Gays.

On Apr 29, 11:14 am, "Bundo" <bundo...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Good point. Blue Gays are definitely brutal. Gibbons is a horrid manager. I
> went on holiday last week and they actually lost every game when I was away.
> Just brutal. Who goes to those games at the Rogers Centre anyways? They also
> showed themselves as cheap-asses by dumping Thomas before they had to pay
> him any bonuses. Thomas will light them up when they play Oakland for sure.
>
> BuNdO"DukeN" <hoopi...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:715bb340-913b-49b8-9baa-e66119a3acdd@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>
> > On Apr 28, 9:52 pm, "Bundo" <bundo...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >> Thanks for yet another crash-exit out of the playoffs.
>
> > I think this was predicted by lots of folks, given the drag of an
> > entry into the post season.
>
> > Atleast they made the post season two years in a row, unlike the Make
> > Beliefs and the Blue Gays.

Thankfully, no one cares about baseball. Because it's baseball, which
sucks.

"ebrian" <ebrian@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:ca9b0a6b-5991-4079-afd7-98d0af593682@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> On Apr 29, 11:14 am, "Bundo" <bundo...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> Good point. Blue Gays are definitely brutal. Gibbons is a horrid manager.
>> I
>> went on holiday last week and they actually lost every game when I was
>> away.
>> Just brutal. Who goes to those games at the Rogers Centre anyways? They
>> also
>> showed themselves as cheap-asses by dumping Thomas before they had to pay
>> him any bonuses. Thomas will light them up when they play Oakland for
>> sure.
>>
>> BuNdO"DukeN" <hoopi...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:715bb340-913b-49b8-9baa-e66119a3acdd@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > On Apr 28, 9:52 pm, "Bundo" <bundo...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> >> Thanks for yet another crash-exit out of the playoffs.
>>
>> > I think this was predicted by lots of folks, given the drag of an
>> > entry into the post season.
>>
>> > Atleast they made the post season two years in a row, unlike the Make
>> > Beliefs and the Blue Gays.
>
> Thankfully, no one cares about baseball. Because it's baseball, which
> sucks.



wrong, hockeypuckbreath.

"ebrian" <ebrian@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:ca9b0a6b-5991-4079-afd7-98d0af593682@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> On Apr 29, 11:14 am, "Bundo" <bundo...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> Good point. Blue Gays are definitely brutal. Gibbons is a horrid manager.
>> I
>> went on holiday last week and they actually lost every game when I was
>> away.
>> Just brutal. Who goes to those games at the Rogers Centre anyways? They
>> also
>> showed themselves as cheap-asses by dumping Thomas before they had to pay
>> him any bonuses. Thomas will light them up when they play Oakland for
>> sure.
>>
>> BuNdO"DukeN" <hoopi...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:715bb340-913b-49b8-9baa-e66119a3acdd@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > On Apr 28, 9:52 pm, "Bundo" <bundo...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> >> Thanks for yet another crash-exit out of the playoffs.
>>
>> > I think this was predicted by lots of folks, given the drag of an
>> > entry into the post season.
>>
>> > Atleast they made the post season two years in a row, unlike the Make
>> > Beliefs and the Blue Gays.
>
> Thankfully, no one cares about baseball. Because it's baseball, which
> sucks.

Nobody cares about baseball until the Jays start winning. But since the
Blue Jays haven't been in s serious late season pennant race since Dave
Winfield was swatting homers people have lost interest. I have no doubt
that if the Jays were in a exciting pennant race the building would once
again fill up.

The problem with the Jays isn't Gibbons. Its the man who made Gibbons
manager. Ricciardi must go. He has had his time to build a playoff
contender and he hasnt done it. Much like JFJ and the Leafs he was hired
as the next young phenom GM with zero experience and hasnt delivered.

The Jays need a proven manager, when Torre was available JP should have
targeted him. Having 2 unproven nobodies manage this team (Tosca is the
other) only proves to me that JP wants a puppet manager and not a winning
manager.

Tunnel.

If the Raptors had won one of the first 2 games, i guarantee they
would of had this series in the bag

In alt.sports.baseball.tor-bluejays "Tunnel ?" <rat@nospam.com> says:
>Nobody cares about baseball until the Jays start winning. But since the
>Blue Jays haven't been in s serious late season pennant race since Dave
>Winfield was swatting homers people have lost interest.

Just for a laugh, we looked up the AL East standings for 1992.

Toronto TOR 96 66 .593 --
Milwkee MIL 92 70 .568 4.0
Bltmore BAL 89 73 .549 7.0
Clvlnd CLE 76 86 .469 20.0
NewYorkY NYY 76 86 .469 20.0
Detroit DET 75 87 .463 21.0
BostonRS BOS 73 89 .451 23.0

Isn't that hilarious? Milwaukee second? We don't remember that and
we would never have guessed it, in a million years.

>The problem with the Jays isn't Gibbons. Its the man who made Gibbons
>manager. Ricciardi must go.

That's real news. We went on record as saying that this guy had to
go the very day he was hired.

>He has had his time to build a playoff contender and he hasnt done
>it. Much like JFJ and the Leafs he was hired as the next young
>phenom GM with zero experience and hasnt delivered.

This is the guy who ripped apart the scouting system because he
honestly believes that you can tell more about a potential player
from looking at stats than you can from watching him play. It's no
wonder this moron's organization's team finish in last place, or
close to it, at every level.

Why would you say that Delgado was a waste of money and then turn
around and sign clowns like Thomas, and Wells to HHHUUUUGGGEEE
contracts. Pathetic.

>The Jays need a proven manager, when Torre was available JP should have
>targeted him. Having 2 unproven nobodies manage this team (Tosca is the
>other) only proves to me that JP wants a puppet manager and not a winning
>manager.

JP would never, ever, hire an experienced field manager because he
is too insecure. He didn't even want Buck around because Buck had
and still has, a much higher profile.

This is much the same as JFJ. That's why he had to get rid of
Quinn.

cordially, as always,

rm

In article <cf17d$481801eb$cf703c26$15567@PRIMUS.CA>, rm@justlinux.ca
says...

<lots of baseball stuff>

Do you ever look at the headers before you post followups? Please take
the Raptors group out of this.

In alt.sports.baseball.tor-bluejays Austin Healy <rope@dope.yu> says:
>In article <cf17d$481801eb$cf703c26$15567@PRIMUS.CA>, rm@justlinux.ca
>says...

><lots of baseball stuff>

>Do you ever look at the headers before you post followups? Please take
>the Raptors group out of this.

No. Basketball is over for the season. If you are a fan of Toronto
sport then you should be reading the baseball group. If you are not
a fan of Toronto sport then you should be reading
rec.sport.sissyball or whatever the main basketball group is called.

cordially, as always,

rm

"Realto Margarino" <rm@justlinux.ca> wrote in message
news:4600c$48182dd5$cf703c26$3272@PRIMUS.CA...
> In alt.sports.baseball.tor-bluejays Austin Healy <rope@dope.yu> says:
>>In article <cf17d$481801eb$cf703c26$15567@PRIMUS.CA>, rm@justlinux.ca
>>says...
>
>><lots of baseball stuff>
>
>>Do you ever look at the headers before you post followups? Please take
>>the Raptors group out of this.
>
> No. Basketball is over for the season. If you are a fan of Toronto
> sport then you should be reading the baseball group. If you are not
> a fan of Toronto sport then you should be reading
> rec.sport.sissyball or whatever the main basketball group is called.
>
> cordially, as always,
>
> rm

Hahahahahahahaha. I love it.

On Apr 29, 2:24 pm, "Bill Kawalec" <billkawa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "ebrian" <ebr...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:ca9b0a6b-5991-4079-afd7-98d0af593682@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > On Apr 29, 11:14 am, "Bundo" <bundo...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >> Good point. Blue Gays are definitely brutal. Gibbons is a horrid manager.
> >> I
> >> went on holiday last week and they actually lost every game when I was
> >> away.
> >> Just brutal. Who goes to those games at the Rogers Centre anyways? They
> >> also
> >> showed themselves as cheap-asses by dumping Thomas before they had to pay
> >> him any bonuses. Thomas will light them up when they play Oakland for
> >> sure.
>
> >> BuNdO"DukeN" <hoopi...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:715bb340-913b-49b8-9baa-e66119a3acdd@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>
> >> > On Apr 28, 9:52 pm, "Bundo" <bundo...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >> >> Thanks for yet another crash-exit out of the playoffs.
>
> >> > I think this was predicted by lots of folks, given the drag of an
> >> > entry into the post season.
>
> >> > Atleast they made the post season two years in a row, unlike the Make
> >> > Beliefs and the Blue Gays.
>
> > Thankfully, no one cares about baseball. Because it's baseball, which
> > sucks.
>
> wrong, hockeypuckbreath.

My bad.. I had no idea that Bundo had cross-posted. My apologies to
Blue Jays fans.

What I meant to say was "Thankfully, no one HERE
(alt.sports.basketball.nba.tor-raptors) cares about baseball. Because
it's baseball, which sucks."

On Apr 30, 2:07 am, Austin Healy <r...@dope.yu> wrote:
> In article <cf17d$481801eb$cf703c26$15...@PRIMUS.CA>, r...@justlinux.ca
> says...
>
> <lots of baseball stuff>
>
> Do you ever look at the headers before you post followups? Please take
> the Raptors group out of this.

For whatever reason, Bundo crossposted to the bluejays newsgroup,
which makes no sense because basketball and baseball aren't remotely
close. I also find it hilarious that a Jays fan comes here to rant on
the Raptors, I mean talk about looking in the mirror.

But anyway, I'd rather take the 'to each his own' approach to this..
personally I can't stand baseball and regardless of how well the Jays
were doing I wouldn't follow the sport simply because it's so damned
boring. I don't know how people can sit through it but then again
millions of people are glued to the television set when golf is on, so
go figure.

However I do know people who like baseball and I respect them.

I'd also comment on the whole "if basketball is over, any Toronto
sports fan should be following the blue jays" bullshit. This is the
kind of fan who thinks we should be cheering for the Bills because
they're the closest NFL team. That's baloney. Intelligent sports fan
can cheer for whomever they want -- plus I know for a fact that not
everyone here at asbntr even LIVE in Toronto.

On Apr 29, 5:41 pm, "Tunnel ©" <r...@nospam.com> wrote:
> "ebrian" <ebr...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:ca9b0a6b-5991-4079-afd7-98d0af593682@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > On Apr 29, 11:14 am, "Bundo" <bundo...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >> Good point. Blue Gays are definitely brutal. Gibbons is a horrid manager.
> >> I
> >> went on holiday last week and they actually lost every game when I was
> >> away.
> >> Just brutal. Who goes to those games at the Rogers Centre anyways? They
> >> also
> >> showed themselves as cheap-asses by dumping Thomas before they had to pay
> >> him any bonuses. Thomas will light them up when they play Oakland for
> >> sure.
>
> >> BuNdO"DukeN" <hoopi...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:715bb340-913b-49b8-9baa-e66119a3acdd@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com....
>
> >> > On Apr 28, 9:52 pm, "Bundo" <bundo...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >> >> Thanks for yet another crash-exit out of the playoffs.
>
> >> > I think this was predicted by lots of folks, given the drag of an
> >> > entry into the post season.
>
> >> > Atleast they made the post season two years in a row, unlike the Make
> >> > Beliefs and the Blue Gays.
>
> > Thankfully, no one cares about baseball. Because it's baseball, which
> > sucks.
>
> Nobody cares about baseball until the Jays start winning. But since the
> Blue Jays haven't been in s serious late season pennant race since Dave
> Winfield was swatting homers people have lost interest. I have no doubt
> that if the Jays were in a exciting pennant race the building would once
> again fill up.
>
> The problem with the Jays isn't Gibbons. Its the man who made Gibbons
> manager. Ricciardi must go. He has had his time to build a playoff
> contender and he hasnt done it. Much like JFJ and the Leafs he was hired
> as the next young phenom GM with zero experience and hasnt delivered.
>
> The Jays need a proven manager, when Torre was available JP should have
> targeted him. Having 2 unproven nobodies manage this team (Tosca is the
> other) only proves to me that JP wants a puppet manager and not a winning
> manager.
>
> Tunnel.

I'm pretty sure those from the blue jays newsgroup still care about
the Jays despite their awfully poor start and mediocre play over the
last 15 years.

Unless you're talking about us in raptors newsgroup, or oakland for
that matter.

"ebrian" <ebrian@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Apr 29, 2:24 pm, "Bill Kawalec" <billkawa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> "ebrian" <ebr...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:ca9b0a6b-5991-4079-afd7-98d0af593682@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Apr 29, 11:14 am, "Bundo" <bundo...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> >> Good point. Blue Gays are definitely brutal. Gibbons is a horrid
>> >> manager.
>> >> I
>> >> went on holiday last week and they actually lost every game when I was
>> >> away.
>> >> Just brutal. Who goes to those games at the Rogers Centre anyways?
>> >> They
>> >> also
>> >> showed themselves as cheap-asses by dumping Thomas before they had to
>> >> pay
>> >> him any bonuses. Thomas will light them up when they play Oakland for
>> >> sure.
>>
>> >> BuNdO"DukeN" <hoopi...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> >>news:715bb340-913b-49b8-9baa-e66119a3acdd@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> >> > On Apr 28, 9:52 pm, "Bundo" <bundo...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> >> >> Thanks for yet another crash-exit out of the playoffs.
>>
>> >> > I think this was predicted by lots of folks, given the drag of an
>> >> > entry into the post season.
>>
>> >> > Atleast they made the post season two years in a row, unlike the
>> >> > Make
>> >> > Beliefs and the Blue Gays.
>>
>> > Thankfully, no one cares about baseball. Because it's baseball, which
>> > sucks.
>>
>> wrong, hockeypuckbreath.
>
> My bad.. I had no idea that Bundo had cross-posted. My apologies to
> Blue Jays fans.
>
> What I meant to say was "Thankfully, no one HERE
> (alt.sports.basketball.nba.tor-raptors) cares about baseball. Because
> it's baseball, which sucks."



still wrong, hockeypuckbreath


:-)

On Apr 30, 7:02 pm, "Bill Kawalec" <billkawa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "ebrian" <ebr...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:25ad6ea1-de0e-46a7-8750-1b1c369acc55@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > On Apr 29, 2:24 pm, "Bill Kawalec" <billkawa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> "ebrian" <ebr...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:ca9b0a6b-5991-4079-afd7-98d0af593682@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>
> >> > On Apr 29, 11:14 am, "Bundo" <bundo...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >> >> Good point. Blue Gays are definitely brutal. Gibbons is a horrid
> >> >> manager.
> >> >> I
> >> >> went on holiday last week and they actually lost every game when I was
> >> >> away.
> >> >> Just brutal. Who goes to those games at the Rogers Centre anyways?
> >> >> They
> >> >> also
> >> >> showed themselves as cheap-asses by dumping Thomas before they had to
> >> >> pay
> >> >> him any bonuses. Thomas will light them up when they play Oakland for
> >> >> sure.
>
> >> >> BuNdO"DukeN" <hoopi...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >> >>news:715bb340-913b-49b8-9baa-e66119a3acdd@e53g2000hsa.googlegroups.com...
>
> >> >> > On Apr 28, 9:52 pm, "Bundo" <bundo...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> >> >> >> Thanks for yet another crash-exit out of the playoffs.
>
> >> >> > I think this was predicted by lots of folks, given the drag of an
> >> >> > entry into the post season.
>
> >> >> > Atleast they made the post season two years in a row, unlike the
> >> >> > Make
> >> >> > Beliefs and the Blue Gays.
>
> >> > Thankfully, no one cares about baseball. Because it's baseball, which
> >> > sucks.
>
> >> wrong, hockeypuckbreath.
>
> > My bad.. I had no idea that Bundo had cross-posted. My apologies to
> > Blue Jays fans.
>
> > What I meant to say was "Thankfully, no one HERE
> > (alt.sports.basketball.nba.tor-raptors) cares about baseball. Because
> > it's baseball, which sucks."
>
> still wrong, hockeypuckbreath
>
> :-)

okay, ebrian