Members rjoxyz Posted October 27, 2006 Author Members Posted October 27, 2006 Originally posted by guitarist21 Dude... Go Bears. Ellen Well, I can't respond with any enthusiasm for the Lions. How did the White Sox do this year?
Members guitarist21 Posted October 27, 2006 Members Posted October 27, 2006 Originally posted by rjoxyz Well, I can't respond with any enthusiasm for the Lions. How did the White Sox do this year? I'm a Cubs fan Ellen
Members zb0430 Posted October 27, 2006 Members Posted October 27, 2006 Originally posted by guitarist21 I'm a Cubs fan Ellen I'm sorry... Then again, my Braves took a fall quite like none other... so did my Dawgs... Back to back home losses and a non-convincing win the next week... Bah... Guess we have the Falcons...
Members WaveRay Posted October 27, 2006 Members Posted October 27, 2006 Go anybody in any sport that aren't a New York team!!!! ....or Atlanta.
Members kwakatak Posted October 27, 2006 Members Posted October 27, 2006 Well, here in Pittsburgh baseball's over. It has been for about 14 years now. I'm rooting for the Tigers though because there are a number of former Pirates in their ball club. In the meantime, hockey's starting and the Penguins actually look good this year. I just hope the new owners don't move the team because of the local politicians stalling over a new arena.
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted October 27, 2006 Members Posted October 27, 2006 I prefer Ligers, myself. Liger From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The liger is a cross (a hybrid) between a male lion and a female tiger. It has also been known as a lion-tiger mule. A liger looks like a giant lion with diffused stripes. Some male ligers grow sparse manes. Like tigers, but unlike lions, ligers enjoy swimming. Unlike other hybrids, female ligers can reproduce. A cross between a male tiger and a female lion is called a tigon. This would have referred to the Gir Forest in India where the ranges of Asiatic Lions and Bengal Tigers overlap. Under exceptional circumstances it has been known for a tiger to be forced into ranges inhabited by the Asian lion, Panthera leo persica, which is the same genus as the tiger. Reports have been made of tigresses mating with lions in the wild and producing offspring known as ligers. History Cuvier reported a litter of three lion-tiger "mules" born in October 1824 in England, United Kingdom to an African lion and an Asiatic tigress owned by an itinerant exhibitor and animal dealer. The parents shared a den and had mated frequently during July 1823. The cubs were exhibited to his Majesty. Cuvier presented an engraving of 2 cubs at 3 months old and observed that they would probably reach maturity. He described them as being dirty-yellow or "blanket-colour" with darker tiger-like stripes on the body and spots on the head and on parts of the body. They had lion-like heads. These appear to be the first recorded ligers. Two of the liger cubs were painted by Geoffrey St Hilaire (1772 - 1844). In 1825, G B Whittaker made an engraving of the liger cubs born in 1824. The parents and their three liger offspring are also depicted with their trainer in a 19th Century painting in the naive style. Two liger cubs born in 1837 were exhibited to William IV and to his successor Victoria. On the 14th of December 1900 and on the 31st of May 1901, Carl Hagenbeck wrote to zoologist James Cossar Ewart with details and photographs of ligers born at the Hagenpark in Hamburg in 1897. In Animal Life and the World of Nature (1902-1903), A H Bryden described Hagenbeck's "lion-tiger" hybrids: It has remained for one of the most enterprising collectors and naturalists of our time, Mr Carl Hagenbeck, not only to breed, but to bring successfully to a healthy maturity, specimens of this rare alliance between those two great and formidable felidae, the lion and tiger. The illustrations will indicate sufficiently how fortunate Mr Hagenbeck has been in his efforts to produce these hybrids. The oldest and biggest of the animals shown is a hybrid born on the 11th May, 1897. This fine beast, now more than five years old, equals and even excels in his proportions a well-grown lion, measuring as he does from nose tip to tail 10 ft 2 inches in length, and standing only three inches less than 4 ft at the shoulder. A good big lion will weigh about 400 lb [...] the hybrid in question, weighing as it does no less than 467 lb, is certainly the superior of most well-grown lions, whether wild-bred or born in a menagerie. This animal shows faint striping and mottling, and, in its characteristics, exhibits strong traces of both its parents. It has a somewhat lion-like head, and the tail is more like that of a lion than of a tiger. On the other hand, it has little or no trace of mane. It is a huge and very powerful beast. In 1935, four ligers from two litters, were reared in the Zoological Gardens of Bloemfontein, South Africa. Three of them, a male and two females, were still living in 1953. The male weighed 750 lb. and stood a foot and a half taller than a full grown male lion at the shoulder. Although ligers are more commonly found than tigons today, in "At Home In The Zoo" (1961), Gerald Iles wrote For the record I must say that I have never seen a liger, a hybrid obtained by crossing a lion with a tigress. They seem to be even rarer than tigons.[citation needed] Large size A liger and its trainer, October 2005. Ligers grow much larger than lions and even larger than the largest tigers, which can weigh in excess of 386 kg (850 lb). Some ligers have been estimated to weigh well over 550 kg (1200 lb), over twice the size of a male lion; this is called growth dysplasia. The liger is the largest animal in the feline family Felidae. Imprinted genes may be a factor contributing to liger size. These are genes that may or may not be expressed depending on the parent they are inherited from, and that occasionally play a role in issues of hybrid growth. For example, in some mice species crosses, genes that are expressed only when paternally-inherited cause the young to grow larger than is typical for either parent species. This growth is not seen in the paternal species, as such genes are normally "counteracted" by genes inherited from the female of the appropriate species. Another possible hypothesis is that the growth dysplasia results from the interaction between lion genes and tiger womb environment.[citation needed] The tiger produces a hormone that sets the fetal liger on a pattern of growth that does not end throughout its life. The hormonal hypothesis is that the cause of the male liger's growth is its sterility
Members theGOOCH Posted October 27, 2006 Members Posted October 27, 2006 I'm cheering for the Tigers. We still love Sean Casey in Cincinnati
Members rjoxyz Posted October 27, 2006 Author Members Posted October 27, 2006 Originally posted by Terry Allan Hall I prefer Ligers, myself. [8] And so does Napoleon Dynamite!!!
Members rjoxyz Posted October 27, 2006 Author Members Posted October 27, 2006 Originally posted by theGOOCH I'm cheering for the Tigers. We still love Sean Casey in Cincinnati We love Casey here too. He is a big, slow .250 batter, lacking consistent HR power...but with men on base he finds the deep corners of the outfield almost every at bat. He has been one of the few offensive bright spots of this series for us. And, by all accounts, the nicest guy in the majors. I started this thread last night before the Tigers let another game go away. I have tickets for Game 6 if it gets that far. This has been one of the most enjoyable and strange seasons in Detroit sports history. It was like walking out of the desert onto an oasis. Year after year of horrible baseball and then suddenly, and with no reason to expect it, the Tigers become world beaters. More exciting for most than recent Pistons and Redwings exploits (we got to expect it from them). We are all really happy about the last several months. Many of us who had written off baseball became avid fans again. It is hard not to buy into it and want them to win it all. I was so upset after that game last night, I almost puked. Never experienced that over a game before. Could not stand the thought of waking up from the dream. Oh well, soon I can let the Lions bring me back down to Earth.
Members rjoxyz Posted October 27, 2006 Author Members Posted October 27, 2006 Originally posted by theGOOCH I'm cheering for the Tigers. We still love Sean Casey in Cincinnati We love Casey here too. He is a big, slow .250 batter, lacking consistent HR power...but with men on base he finds the deep corners of the outfield almost every at bat. He has been one of the few offensive bright spots of this series for us. And, by all accounts, the nicest guy in the majors. I started this thread last night before the Tigers let another game go away. I have tickets for Game 6 if it gets that far. This has been one of the most enjoyable and strange seasons in Detroit sports history. It was like walking out of the desert onto an oasis. Year after year of horrible baseball and then suddenly, and with no reason to expect it, the Tigers become world beaters. More exciting for most than recent Pistons and Redwings exploits (we got to expect it from them). We are all really happy about the last several months. Many of us who had written off baseball became avid fans again. It is hard not to buy into it and want them to win it all. I was so upset after that game last night, I almost puked. Never experienced that over a game before. Could not stand the thought of waking up from the dream. Oh well, soon I can let the Lions bring me back down to Earth.
Members kwakatak Posted October 27, 2006 Members Posted October 27, 2006 Originally posted by theGOOCH I'm cheering for the Tigers. We still love Sean Casey in Cincinnati Yeah, we miss him here in Pittsburgh too. I suppose he feels the same way since he's from here and still has a residence here in the southern suburbs. OT: he's another one of the many former Pirates who have been traded before the deadline every July in order to dump salaries and get pitching prospects. The funny thing is that our short-sighted GM ends up trading them to teams that make the playoffs while we've had losing seasons for the past 14 straight years. Sean Casey - went to the Tigers Oliver Perez (P) - went to the Mets Craig Wilson (RF, 1B) - went to the Yankees That's just this year: Jason Kendall © - went to the A's in 2004 Rob Mackowiak (RF) - went to the (World Series Champion) White Sox in 2005 Brian Giles (RF) - went to the San Diego Padres in 2003 Then there's the coaches: Jim Leyland (presently managing the Tigers) - managed the Pirates from 1986-1996 Lloyd McClendon (presently bullpen coach with the Tigers) - managed the Pirates from 2000-2005 Go Pirates....
Members Sweb Posted October 27, 2006 Members Posted October 27, 2006 I used to be an armchair athlete when I lived near Chi-Town - waaaay back when the Cubs were the Cubs and the Bears had some growl (Walter Peyton, et al) - then, I moved (a lot) and fell into the wrong crowd(s).
Members learn'r Posted October 27, 2006 Members Posted October 27, 2006 Originally posted by WaveRay Go anybody in any sport that aren't a New York team!!!!....or Atlanta. I'll be in the stands for the Cinci / Lanta game Sunday. Go Bengels. Long live the Paul Brown Story!
Members theGOOCH Posted October 29, 2006 Members Posted October 29, 2006 Originally posted by rjoxyz We love Casey here too. He is a big, slow .250 batter, lacking consistent HR power...but with men on base he finds the deep corners of the outfield almost every at bat. He has been one of the few offensive bright spots of this series for us. And, by all accounts, the nicest guy in the majors.I started this thread last night before the Tigers let another game go away. I have tickets for Game 6 if it gets that far. This has been one of the most enjoyable and strange seasons in Detroit sports history. It was like walking out of the desert onto an oasis. Year after year of horrible baseball and then suddenly, and with no reason to expect it, the Tigers become world beaters. More exciting for most than recent Pistons and Redwings exploits (we got to expect it from them).We are all really happy about the last several months. Many of us who had written off baseball became avid fans again. It is hard not to buy into it and want them to win it all. I was so upset after that game last night, I almost puked. Never experienced that over a game before. Could not stand the thought of waking up from the dream.Oh well, soon I can let the Lions bring me back down to Earth. hhhmmm....He was always a .300+ batter here, but the main complaint was that he didn't drive in runs
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