It's the Happiest Day of the Year!

Nerple · Post by **Nerple** » 03 Apr 2006 06:33 am

It's MLB Opening Day! The day of the year I stop all production for 6 months and am glued to the TV and Sportspages. Which reminds me I need to pick up some tickets to Fenway this year. Yay, Baseball's back!

I'm setting up the TV so I can lounge on my balcony and watch the Sox all summer.

Nerple · Post by **Nerple** » 03 Apr 2006 06:34 am

Doh, my fourth option didn't take in the poll. It was "I go cuckoo for Coco Crisps!:

Widge · Post by **Widge** » 03 Apr 2006 06:48 am

You poor, misguided individual.

You know, I tried to be a Red Sox fan back when I was a teenager growing up in Connecticut. I guess it was an act of rebellion against my family or something, I don't know. It didn't take though. I suppose I'm just genetically predisposed to love the Yankees.

Nerple · Post by **Nerple** » 03 Apr 2006 06:57 am

I always knew you were evil.

Widge · Post by **Widge** » 03 Apr 2006 07:01 am

Muahaha!

Vashanti · Post by **Vashanti** » 03 Apr 2006 07:13 am

GO TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS!

:p

(Stanley Cup: check ... Lombardi trophy: check ... talent enough on the Devil Rays: uncheck ... )

Kanwer · Post by **Kanwer** » 03 Apr 2006 07:24 am

Go Diamondbacks! Yankees SUCK!!

Neffretiri · Post by **Neffretiri** » 03 Apr 2006 08:17 am

You forgot "ALL OF THE ABOVE"! Go Dbacks and Go Cubs!

Neffie

Neffretiri · Post by **Neffretiri** » 03 Apr 2006 08:20 am

Berny, Berny, Berny - You poor misguided individual - it's only a matter of time before the Coyotes with the Great One leading and Cujo minding our net that we will be holding Lord Stanley's Cup!

The Devil Rays let that Defector Boolin Wall escape to Chicago and now where are you?

Neff

Nerple · Post by **Nerple** » 03 Apr 2006 09:02 am

Neffretiri wrote:Berny, Berny, Berny - You poor misguided individual - it's only a matter of time before the Coytoes with the Great One leading and Cujo minding our net that we will be holding Lord Stanley's Cup!

The Devil Rays let that Defector Boolin Wall escape to Chicago and now where are you?

Neff

Is that before or after the entire coaching staff bets on the team?

Vashanti · Post by **Vashanti** » 03 Apr 2006 09:03 am

Neffretiri wrote:Berny, Berny, Berny - You poor misguided individual - it's only a matter of time before the Coytoes with the Great One leading and Cujo minding our net that we will be holding Lord Stanley's Cup!

The Devil Rays let that Defector Boolin Wall escape to Chicago and now where are you?

Neff

Mwahaha!

Neffretiri · Post by **Neffretiri** » 03 Apr 2006 09:12 am

Only the Mrs. bets dear, don't you read the papers? hehe Tocchet's been sent to purgatory so who knows if he'll ever be back - which is too bad really, cause he was a good coach - just a dumbass like Pete Rose.

Piko · Post by **Piko** » 03 Apr 2006 09:59 am

This Opening Day sucks for me. Hardcore. RSN, the only baseball carrier in Canada (aside from about 20 Jays games that TSN gets the rights to) didn't show the game last night. Upon going to their website to find out why, I discovered that they've also removed every non-Jays game from their schedule, which means no baseball today at all for me.

So, with baseball being one of the few things that would make me proactive enough to actually write a letter or something, I sent an e-mail. (A level-headed and polite one, believe it or not.) To their credit, I actually got a response.

Hello Erik,

Thanks for your recent email. Unfortunately, we have removed all
non-Blue Jays and non-Mariners games from our broadcast schedule. The
reason for this is that we are still in the process of negotiating a
broadcast agreement with Major League Baseball. Once we have a signed
contract, the plan is to have our full Major League Baseball programming
up and running once again. Our apologies for any inconvenience that this
may cause.

Sincerely

James LaChapelle

Audience Relations

1-877-288-7767

So, unless RSN and MLB have worked out that contract in the last five minutes, I get no baseball today since the only game they had scheduled today in the first place was starting at 2.

Edit: Oh, and for the record, Damon is a dirty traitor, and GO CARDS!

Post by **ukator** » 03 Apr 2006 10:38 am

Go O's!
Ah baseballs back, I can finally complain about my team again for real reasons.

Nerple · Post by **Nerple** » 03 Apr 2006 11:28 am

Neffretiri wrote:Only the Mrs. bets dear, don't you read the papers? hehe Tocchet's been sent to purgatory so who knows if he'll ever be back - which is too bad really, cause he was a good coach - just a dumbass like Pete Rose.

He bet/she bet, in the end it was money that he earned that was wagered.

Post by **goomba_boy** » 03 Apr 2006 11:35 am

Where's the fifth option?

*yawn* Wake me when the NFL pre-season starts.

Nerple · Post by **Nerple** » 03 Apr 2006 11:54 am

goomba_boy wrote:Where's the fifth option?

*yawn* Wake me when the NFL pre-season starts.

It's not there, because we deport those people to Canada for being UnAmerican.

Kalelle · Post by **Kalelle** » 03 Apr 2006 02:13 pm

Go Cardinals!!

Post by **Clouseau** » 03 Apr 2006 05:07 pm

You're actually a day late, yesterday was the first real game of the year. Today is just ceremony for the Reds and Tigers. Yeah, yeah I know you'll argue but oh well, you're wrong, yesterday was the best day of the year, even if it was just the White Sox and Indians.

Post by **Voca** » 03 Apr 2006 05:12 pm

Nerple wrote:
goomba_boy wrote:Where's the fifth option?

*yawn* Wake me when the NFL pre-season starts.
It's not there, because we deport those people to Canada for being UnAmerican.

I don't understand any of this thread, though it appears to concern that dumbed down version of cricket you all get so worked up about down there. However I must say that no one who would choose the NFL would be admitted to Canada -- Canadians not manly enough for rugby at least follow the CFL.

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