h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Cards won their 100th game.

Mmm hmm.

And you wonder why I sometimes forget to not ignore these threads

(No, I'm busy, honest... )

You wouldn't be too busy for a baseball thread if the Reds had won 100 games. Then I would have to listen to you go on and on and on and on about Ohio. You'd probably put something about it in your nickname. Oooops. Did I do that?

By the way, did you see an entry on the Ohio state flag yesterday?

I would never put anything so arrogant in my nickname.

Silly shape for a flag. You should call it a pennant. That would be a winner.

Oh, dang! You don't know anything about winning pennants in Ohio.

Looking through history, Cleveland won four and Cincinnati five. I don't want to know how many Missouri has won. I'm rather proud of nine.

(and it's definitely a flag)

I'm not sure how many Missouri has won. Probably more than 9.

The Cardinals are 50 games above .500 for the first time since 1944. 50 games above .500 is pretty dang impressive. And they're playing Colorado again today, so they have a chance of making it 51.

Of course the worst team can beat the best team on any given day. That's what is so unfair about the playoffs.

Of course, the best team can lose every single game. That's why it's difficult to say which team is the best.

Yes, more than nine...

My hopes are sort of up. But this is the 4th time in 5 years that they've won the division. And they always lose in the playoffs. It's very discouraging. Of course this year they've blown everyone else out of the water. So maybe it will be diferent.

The only one close to their record is the Yankees. And they don't count. They have more money than God. It isn't about baseball anymore. It's just about money.

It's the same with medicine. We don't have doctors anymore who care about their patients.

Every sport's about the money. It makes the world go 'round. I'm sure a god would help, but as you say, the Yankees have more money than him anyway.

I think we need a baseball team to complain about, and to say 'in the end, talent beats money' about when they lose. That's why we have the Yankees.

They have to lose first.

Unfortunately, money buys talent, so the argument is moot. But I think these enormous salaries are ruining baseball. It used to be fun. People played because they loved the game. Andif they made a decent living, well, all the better. Now it's about greed.

On the other hand, why should the owners make billions and the players get peanuts?

Better for the best players to be attracted to the game than the best owners, eh?

Incidentally, how do the Yankees get this much money? There's another team in that town, and LA, a very rich city, doesn't seem to care much about the Dodgers.

I don't know. I'm thnking they must be mobbed up. But the mob isn't what it used to be, so probably not.

Because of the tradition I guess. The most successful team in the history of the game. The Dodgers should never have gone to LA. Then there would be two teams in NY that the fans are passionate about. How could anyone be a Mets fan? Even given my National League bias, if I lived in NYC, I'd be a Yankee fan.

I guess they get millions each year from the local and national tv coverage of their games. Whereas teams in smaller markets get almost nothing. And from the copyrights on the Yankee's logo, team pictures, etc. It's a hugh marketing golden goose.

You could be a Mets fan when they were winning. You gotta believe and all that stuff.

So did you see the news? The Expos are not only moving to America, but they're moving to the capital of this here republic

I saw that. Right on! D.C. needs a team again. Baseball is the national sport, after all.

Down with football! Boo!

Hope it doesn't go to Texas, eh?

Are they going to rename them? Hopefully not anything political.

How about calling them the D.C. Isolationists? They could make a movie about them and call it Clueless in the Capital. Hey! The Capital Capitalists! That's it!

Well, no matter what happens from here on, the Cardinals have the satisfaction of ending the season with the best record in baseball. So, I don't have to hang my head in shame.

What he heck are you up to?

Busy stuff. Busy busy stuff.

So what? The Reds had the best record in the first year of pro-baseball.

Of course, they were the only professional team

But it's pretty special being the first team. I'll give Ohio a point for that one.

One poundit suggested that they call them the Washington Suckers because the city got taken to the cleaners over the deal.