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Mike Aquilina
posted the following message
10/15/2023 5:17:58 PM:
Dan has dubbed Roger Freed “Broderick Perkins on steroids.” Roger will lead us to the promised land. Freed at last, Freed at last…
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Tony Nun
posted the following message
10/14/2023 3:11:37 PM:
Mike's best player is Roger Freed? That doesn't bode well for the rest of the season. Early congrats to John for yet another championship. Maybe next offseason you can give these other guys some tips on how to draft to make the season more exciting.
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Eugene Cucinello
posted the following message
10/13/2023 2:49:04 PM:
Looks like this season has more angles than a door knob.
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Mike Aquilina
posted the following message
10/9/2023 1:37:29 PM:
It's just easier to spell Freed than Yastrzemski.
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John Deodato
posted the following message
10/7/2023 6:46:29 PM:
Coach commie Mike is at it again , he put his own guy Roger Freed over my guy Carl Yastrzemski in the RBI leaders despite Yaz having more RBI’s than Freed. It’s Don Gullett all over again.
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Dan Falcone
posted the following message
9/22/2023 11:08:00 AM:
Ken Forsch was vanquished from the team before Opening Day. DAN SPEAKS.
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Eugene Cucinello
posted the following message
9/20/2023 2:09:18 PM:
Ken Forsch, Mr Irrelevant in the 1977 Strato draft. Him and his brother Bob Forsch are the only brothers to throw no hitters.
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Mike Aquilina
posted the following message
9/14/2023 9:45:33 AM:
The 1977 draft was held last night. I'd be shocked if my team wins less than 120 games. The stink of the last two seasons will be a distant memory when all is said and done. I look forward to the day that Becky enters the room and doesn't say, 'what's that smell?'
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Tony Nun
posted the following message
9/5/2023 2:50:59 PM:
Ha! Jim Brewer . . . ? Isn't that Goatboy, the anti-Christ?
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Eugene Cucinello
posted the following message
8/31/2023 10:01:07 AM:
Jesus saves not Brewer.
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Tony Nun
posted the following message
8/25/2023 3:21:59 PM:
Hey, Eugene? You out there? Apparently Commie Mike sent out voting for MVP and Cy Young. And they stole the award from Don Gullett! Will you stand for this? No one told me. Did they tell you? Do I stand alone?
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Mike Aquilina
posted the following message
8/23/2023 2:35:22 PM:
A couple of team record book notes:
The Black Sox shattered the old record for team HBP. Their 102 HBP broke the old record of 67 (set back in season 3). Ron Hunt's 68 HBP would have broken the record without any help from his teammates.
Eunice's .260 team batting average is a new record. They broke the old record set all the way back in season 1 by .001 (.259). The JC All-Stars came close at .258.
Eunice fell 4 runs short of tying the all-time record for runs scored by a team.
The Sharks missed the ERA record by 0.02 (2.93 - 2.95).
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Mike Aquilina
posted the following message
8/22/2023 4:03:56 PM:
A few players made it into the all-time single-season record book this season. Most of those players are named Hank Aaron:
The Hammerin' One accomplished the following: - Tied the most-ever HRs with 65 - Broke the record for most Total Bases (413) - 2nd most Runs (118) and Extra Base Hits (96) - 3rd most RBI (140)
Glenn Beckert added his name to the following entries in the record book: - Most singles in a season (180) - 2nd most hits (214)
Of course the most impressive record broken this season was Ron Hunt's 68 HBP
A couple of pitchers entered broke the ERA records: - Nelson Briles' 2.31 is the lowest ever for a starting pitcher - Jim Brewer's 1.51. is the lowest ever for a reliever
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Tony Nun
posted the following message
8/20/2023 2:00:02 PM:
Dante's 10th circle of hell. Nice touch. He had to look that up, folks, and he did Dante one better.
Dante. He's Maltese, right? Or was that Vanderbilt from F-Troop?
JC All-Stars! move a notch, two rungs up the ladder to further distance that woebegone team from the soulless Black Sox, the scum and rodents and bird shit on the patio team from hell that could not have a worse GM, who picks, apparently, blindfolded out of a hat with big-busted girls cheering him on, off a busy street in Bed-Stuy, on a breezy, sunny day in early spring, when the vegan restaurants put up their flags to blow in the wind, where the cops share their wisdom with interlopers. Mr. Black Sox has no clue. Good luck next year, Black Sox, when John wins the union election for commissioner.
Thank you for your service, though . . . I guess.
Prediction: Next year Dan and John start their own secret league and hire Mike to labor on accounting details for no money and no time constraints.
As Judas said to Peter after Jesus was killed: 'Well, 30 pieces of silver won't buy you love, but two whores and a bottle of booze ain't a bad consolation prize, know what I'm saying there, Mr. Sadclown face, Mr. Petey Pete-sonator from St. Petersburg? Ha! you crack me up! Let's get a drink! On me!
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Mike Aquilina
posted the following message
8/8/2023 11:14:17 AM:
A sequel to Mr. Nun's one-act play.
Mike Aquilina wakes up, looks at the calendar and realizes that today is the day he'll play Dan and end the torture that has been this season. He can barely contain his glee in the realization that he'll never have to see the likes of his ragtag bunch of underperformers. After these four games he'll put the 25 losers in a shoebox never to be looked at again. The phone rings...
MIKE: Oh hi John... what's that? We hold on to the same players and play season after season with the same guys? So if I have another 90-loss season and despise the sight of my players I'm stuck putting them in my lineup for the next seven seasons?
Fade to Dante's 10th circle of hell.
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Tony Nun
posted the following message
8/5/2023 2:05:27 PM:
A one-act play: WE ARE FAMILY
SETTING: Mike and Becky's place, somewhere in New Jersey.
Mike Aquilina gets up in the morning, pees, makes coffee, checks the weather, checks for any messages, arranges breakfast, and finally signs on to the Strato website.
MIKE: Jesus, Dan still hasn't posted his stats. Why am I doing all the work when I'm in last place? BECKY: You're mumbling again. And wipe that drool off your face! Oh, another thing . . .
RING! RING!
BECKY: Wait, I have to take this. (Getting on phone.) Oh hi John! . . . yes, Mike is here . . . no, he's about to eat breakfast, but he hasn't begun eating his words yet, no . . . OK, see you then. CLICK. MIKE: Uh, you know I could hear you . . . BECKY: (Ignoring him) John says not only will he come over to make you eat your words, but he'll also make you kiss his championship ring. MIKE: John wears jewelry? I always thought he was against that. BECKY: Really! That's where you're going with this! You need help. MIKE: Yeah! Exactly! I'm only eight Willie Stargells away from enjoying this.
CUE SISTER SLEDGE MUSIC
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Mike Aquilina
posted the following message
8/2/2023 10:04:12 AM:
It appears that this forum is just Tony Nun, John and Mike bantering about. Occasionally Eugene will pepper in an interesting tidbit. Do Joe and Frank even know that there's a message board feature on this website? I highly doubt that Dan knows about the message board. I mean he doesn't even know that there's feature to track injuries.
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Mike Aquilina
posted the following message
8/2/2023 6:35:10 AM:
Mr. Nun mentioned 4 of the league’s 5 teams in his latest opinion piece. How about a little love for the Black Sox, Tony Boy? The Sox have 12 games scheduled for today as they continue their quest to put this pathetic season behind them. But what if they sweep those 12 games? Sure the only sweeping they’ve done this season is sweeping the stink of loss after loss off of the clubhouse floor. But what if…? Could you imagine the Sox rising from the ashes to return to the Promised Land? If you believe such things are possible, I have four sunny rooms in Tel Aviv for you. One twenty-five nine.
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Tony Nun
posted the following message
8/1/2023 1:45:02 PM:
BTW, looked like a competitive series between the Sharks and Eunice to close out July. John ho-hummed the first two wins (7-3 aggregate) but Frank slapped him around the last two (18-2 tally). Frank has hope. Dan has given up. I'm looking forward to only two things this season: One, that John wins it all. Two, that the Jesus Christ All-Stars! reach .500. I mean, give a little effort. Jesus.
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John Deodato
posted the following message
7/22/2023 1:58:56 PM:
Well Mr Nun nothing and i mean nothing gets past you, but if your interested play the 77 season with us get a feel for the game. then make Hockey pucks out of us if we decide to do the 7 season test of champions.
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