From: scarolina 4/2/2007 7:20 pm
To: kzootigerfan unread (81 of 122)
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This is how we thought they'd play last year! There was nothing encouraging at all today to build our hopes on.
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From: scarolina 4/2/2007 7:24 pm
To: catbox9 (82 of 122)
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We're all down today. All the times we said we couldn't wait for Opening Day, we meant for the win on Opening Day. For this...we could have waited.
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From: scarolina 4/2/2007 7:32 pm
To: catbox9 (84 of 122)
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Even if it is only day one, it does not feel good to be tied with Chicago for LAST PLACE !
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From: scarolina 4/2/2007 7:42 pm
To: catbox9 (86 of 122)
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Well,we can't tell alot from one day, but we know one thing for sure. We will not be matching our great '84 team who were in 1st place from the first game through the last. I don't know if those who went, enjoyed it. I never enjoyed being at a game we lost.
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From: pup696 4/2/2007 7:54 pm
To: catbox9 (88 of 122)
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Whenever I go, the Tigers win. Maybe you should send them to me:) A gal can try!!!!!!
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From: bostig 4/2/2007 8:00 pm
To: msgol (89 of 122)
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Well, besides some old bats tuning in, the bats DID get going. Sheffield and Polanco did pretty good, especially Sheffield. I mean, going into this game, he had 1,501 RBIs. On the opening day of his first season with us, he now has 1,503. Sounds good when one bat can knock in two thirds of our run total! But, I know what you mean about the rest of the lineup. Hopefully, they're just warming up. Like my wise father used to say to me, "Hold on to your gotchhas!" (Not sure about the spelling, and don't ask me what gotchhas are. He was a "clean" speakin' man, so it couldn't have been anything bad!)
Ciao!
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From: scarolina 4/2/2007 9:20 pm
To: catbox9 (90 of 122)
33505.90 in reply to 33505.87
I guess I enjoy the lost games before I know they're lost and then I'm upset enough that that outweighs the enjoyment I had. As far as being a jinx, in '84 we had won the first 8; I went to game 9 and we lost. Then we won 9 (I think ---but a bunch in a row) and I went to the next one and we lost. So out of almost the first 20, we had lost only 2 and those were the 2 I went to. I never went again that season.
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From: scarolina 4/2/2007 9:28 pm
To: catbox9 (92 of 122)
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If I were to move for that reason, NY is where I'd go for sure. I want them to lose every bit as much as I want us to win. I never say "Yankees " on a post without saying, "hated Yankees."
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From: scarolina 4/2/2007 9:49 pm
To: catbox9 (94 of 122)
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We need to have a contest on here: Who hates the Yankees most! I know LOGICALLY I should want AL Central teams to lose most, but EMOTIONALLY the hatred is too strong. Which brings up an interesting medical topic. Did you know the latest psychiatric position that explains so much about human behavior is that the brain's frontal lobes that do our reasoning are too new and small to overcome the far more ancient parts where emotion rules and survival is paramount. That's why it's so often hard for us to control anger or do other things when the frontal lobes are saying it's not good for us. They are not loud or strong enough to overcome the limbic system.
Whether or not I go to Atlanta depends where we are in the standings. I need to be able to hold my head up!
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From: scarolina 4/2/2007 10:43 pm
To: catbox9 (96 of 122)
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I used to feel like that about the educational system. I think it's still that way for people who want to go into trades. But so often in my life it has been so notable how people with college educations know something about everything. And it's impressive. Probably the logic behind it is that you young people in college today are the ones we expect to solve tomorrow's problems, so your knowledge can't be limited. An example that comes to mind is West Point. Think what a disaster if they only taught the skills of warfare, without history, sociology, philosophy, etc. The generals would then not have the background to ever make good decisions about WHETHER or not to wage wars to use their learned military skills.
I think psychology is becoming a thing of the past, as the scientists now know that all mental disorders are neuro-chemical imbalances and abnormalities of the brain's biology. That's why medication is surpassing "talk" therapy now.
I have never had any interest in any other sport than Baseball. I don't think of Baseball as just a sport like all the rest. It is in a special class by itself, elevated. It alone has class and grace and elegance and beauty. Imagine someone saying that about football or hockey!
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From: scarolina 4/2/2007 11:00 pm
To: catbox9 (98 of 122)
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I'm sure I'm behind the times in alot of things, but how can a psychologist and a psychiatrist take the same amount of school. Isn't it true that a psychiatrist must be a doctor, but a psychologist does not need to be a doctor? I just laughed looking at the name of this thread. Long threads never resemble what they started out to be. I know Baseball will win out with you. You have too much class for that rough stuff.
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