I'm so damn sick of the Yankies beating up on my Twinkies, isn't it enough it already happened this year in reality?! Besides, it's football season, go Vikings!!

packers all the way

hm. for the playoffs, i say jet over bengals, 16-12, patriots over ravens 24-20, cowboys over eagles, (for the fird time this season) 30-24, and finally, packers over cardinals, 38-24.

Back to baseball:

Red Sox players and fans in Boston (No offence; I went to college right next to Fenway Park. It got really crazy sometimes!) are the most snobbish, sorry excuses for Baseball Players the world has ever known. Fenway Park is built on a swamp. The stadium will soon sink into the swamp with ALL their fans and players, and nobody will miss them. I am a Yankees fan, if you haven't already noticed.

Football:

I am a Bills fan. Let's just say I will die a happy man if the Bills EVER win the Super Bowl. They were 1 point away one chance. They have never won. You can not be a depressed football fan if you haven't experienced the Bills. And maybe the Broncos. ;-)

oh. i feel really bad for the Bills...four consecutive super bowl losses...and no other appearances. i think it'll be quite a while, as the Jets have a ton of potential talent, and the Patriots will always be decent at the very least with Belichick around.. only team even close to being as miserable as the Bills would have to be the Vikes...0-4 in the big gmae as well. thier best chance to win it all is this year, but i don't think they can pull it off.

the thing i hate about baseball is that there's no salary cap like in the NFL, and players can get paid 8+ digits in a season if the franchise has money enough...sad i think.

@jazzguy1987:

You're a Yankees fan, and you want to talk about being snobbish? How mucb IS a ticket to see the Bankees these days... just low enough so you only have to sell a bit of your land and serfs and had over a few bales of gold for a bleacher seat?

Let's Go Mets! (It's a futile rallying cry, perhaps, but I'll take that over the Bankees any day.)

Football:

HA! The Bills... how do you DO THAT, 4 straight without a win, and facing three different teams no less, it's not like baseball and you kept running into the Yankees (although fo you that'd be good, I guess.)

49ers finished 8-8... minus one Favre Miracle and just ONE of those like six games we choked on totally (Texans, Colts, Titans, Seahawks, and Green Bay all come to mind) and we very well could've made the playoffs...

Oh well, our defense is really one of the better ones in the league, Vernon Davis is the best TE, Gore is still Gore (even with his down stretches), Morgan and Crabtree looked good, and Smith finally had a decent season, 18 TDs vs 12 INTs...

With an O-line enxt year, the Niners might finally make it back to the playoffs...

Tomorrow, folks- 2004 Red Sox at 1911 A's!

Damn you jazzguy, right when I had washed away the depression regarding the Twins, with the Vikings success this year, you had to bring up Super Bowl records, nice, now I won't be able to sleep tonight...

A thrilling win for the 2004 Red Sox over the 1911 Philadelphia A's, and Boston becomes the first team to punch its ticket to the postseason, clinches homefield advanctage in the ALCS, and knocks the 1911 A's out of the playoff picture.

It was a back and forth game, and both teams had to use all eight pitchers. Boston took a 4-0 lead in the first, but the Mack Men battled back to tie the game, and take the lead, which Boston tied in the 7th with a two-run pinch hit himer by Dave Roberts. In the top of the 9th the Sox were again down by two, but critical hits, including the game winner by David Ortiz, gave the Sox a 9-8 lead, and, with runners at 2nd and 3rd, Curt Schilling slammed the door for the Sox.

WP: Kevin Foulke (1-0)
LP: Chief Bender (0-1)
S: Curt Schilling (1)

This means that, while the NL teams start their Week 2 now, the AL gets ready for a big upcoming week, as for both the 1991 Twins and 1927 Yankees, it's win-and-in. The Yanks have an advantage, however, in facing the winless 1911 A's, while Minnesota will have to beat the undefeated 2004 Red Sox (should both the Yanks and Twins win their games, a one-game playoff will ensue.)

And next up, the NL... first game: the 1908 Cubs at the 1965 Dodgers!

but since the Red Sox clinched home field, shouldn't they rest some key players? it would make it a little easier for the Twins then.

No injuries in RBI Baseball ;)

It DOES make it intersting, though- if the Red Sox win, then they'll likely let their arch-rival Yankees in to face them in the ALCS, but if they LOSE, then there's a chance the Twins might beat out the Yanks.

If they win, they could lose, and if thye lose, they could win... high drama in RBI Baseball lol... and that's just the AL, the NL has 6 teams and likely a lot more playoff scenarios.

haha. if i was the BoSox coach i'd let the Twins win and hope they beat the Yankees. no way i'd want to see the yankees even make the playoffs.

News from out of the National League now, the first game of Week 2 complete:

1965 Dodgers trahs the 1908 Cubs 25-12, bringing to Dodgers to 1-1 and keeping their playoff hopes alive and dropping the poor Cubbies to 0-2, and out of any posteseason play.

Sandy Koufax went all 9 innings for a compltete game (maybe he should've rested... but with Drysdale as the #2 starter and Johnny Podres and Chad Olsteen in the pen, Bib Blue's pitching wealthy, and I guess could afford to make sure the Cub had no chance and to give Sandy the complete game victory.)

Frank Chance and another Cub (can't remember who) hit an inside th park homer, as did a Dodgers player... 3 in one game... wow...

So Chicago, even in the realm of RBI Baseball, remains cursed by the billy goat, and now the Dodgers look with care to the upcoming games.

Next a pair of Week 1 winners as the 1986 Mets take on the 1975 Reds, and then after that, a pair of losers, as the 1954 Giants play the 1936 Cardinals.

So the winner of Mets-Reds will all but clinch a playoff spot, and the loser of Giants-Cards will join the Cubbies as bounced from the playoff hunt.

Oh well, there is always next year. : )

The Cubs can never beat the west coast teams. I believe Koufax pitched a perfect game against the Cubs once.

Yyyyyyyyaaaaawwwwwwn - LOUD yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn.... ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

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Week 2 of the RBI Baseball Season, searching for the Greatst Team Ever, is over.

The standings:

AL:

z-1. 2004 Red Seox (2-0)
2. 1927 Yankees (1-0) (Tiebreaker over Twins, beat them Week 2)
3. 1991 Twins (1-1)
4. 1911 Athletics (0-2)

z= clinched homefield advantage in the ALCS

To the NL:
1. 1975 Reds (2-0)
3. 1986 Mets (1-1) (Tiebreaker over Dodgers, beat them in Week 1)
3. 1936 Cardinals (1-1) (Tiebreaker over Giants, beat them in Week 2)
5. 1954 Giants (1-1)
5. 1965 Dodgers (1-1)
6. 1908 Cubs (0-2)

So, the playoff situations...

In the American League:

-The 2004 Red Sox are the only team with a clinched spot, and they have homefield advantage in the ALCS
-The Yankees road to the postseason is the easier between them and the '91 Twins, as they hold the tiebreaker: a win by the Yankees and/or a loss by the Twins, and the 1927 Yankees make the ALCS
-The Twins need to beat the 2004 Red Sox (2-0) AND for the Yankees to lose to the 1911 Athletics (0-2.)

In the National League:

-The 1975 Reds (2-0) are in the best shape to make the playoffs, automatically making it if they beat the 1965 Dodgers, and cannot be knocked out by a loss, the worst that can happen is they lose the game and havea one-game playoff for the remaining playoff spot (if need be)
-Both the Dodgers and Giants wins came at the expense of the Cubs, and so hold no tiebreakers: each MUST win to make the playoffs AND hope for a loss from the '75 Reds, 1986 Mets, and/or the 1936 Cardinals
-The Mets and Cardinals both hold tiebreakers
-In the event the Reds win their game, they'd go 3-0 and clinch homefield advantage
-In the event the Reds, Mets, and Cardinals all win (so a 3-0 team AND the two teams with tiebreakers) the Mets and Cardinals, at 2-1, would meet for a one game playoff (home team determined by coin flip)
-A Reds loss to the Dodgers coupled with a Cardinals loss to the Cubs would catapult the Dodgers over the Cardinals in the playoff position hunt
-A Mets loss to the Giants would automatically have those two switch places in the playoff position hunt
-And, of course... only the Cubs, at 0-2, can NOT make the playoffs in ANY scenario

Pretty accurate ;) (Sorry Cubs fans... I'm a Mets fan, I understand the pain... well, to a degree, my team didn't EXIST when Theodore Roosevelt was President- but we HAVE won the Series since then.) ;)

Obama has suggested shortening the duration of baseball games (due also to dwindling attendances) - his greatest achievement to date....
Meanwhile: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ; Yawwwwwwwwwn - ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

hahaha, totally agree with pantalone

hahaha, you guys care enough to post on this thread. Pantalone twice...

OK.......... ? lol

Bugle sounding charge: CHARGE!!! Go Reds!!

aw. the Twins are out? :(

nope, but they have to beat an undefeated team AND have the Yankees lose to an 0-2 team...

So...