S.Cal Rain Out

In the time it took the Red Sox to win *one*, the Yankees have won
twenty-six.

The Yankees did some impressive things this year. For example, no other major
league baseball team has ever managed to lose a 7 game series when they were up
3-0. That in itself is quite remarkable.

I'm a fan of many professional and collegiate sports, but this series
generated the same level of personal enthusiasm as watching the junior
badminton championships or the senior pro-bowling tour.

If I were a Yankee fan, I would probably have felt the same way. They really
took it in the shorts. But for the rest of the country, I think it was pretty
impressive watching the BoSox. Heck, even my wife watched the Sox nail the
Yankees and then the Cardinals and that's a first for her.

Jon Isaacs

starlord wrote:
No eclipse in S.Cal tonight, total WASH OUT.

I got some good viewing in, from about 7:00 to maybe 9:00. (Local time.)

Brian Tung
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt

In San Diego, (Clairemont to be exact) the eclipse snuck through the clouds for
a few good views but I would guess the moon was visable less than 10% of the
time.

The rain is much needed and I think there is going to be a lot more this
winter, time to concentrate on bird watching.

jon

John Steinberg wrote:
Outside of Rivera, they just did not have a gamer, a true veteran, a
true champion to spark my usual interest. Mostly a discordant bunch of
youngsters and throw-away veterans, with all the charisma of rice
pudding.

Interesting. I agree about Rivera, and I do agree that most of the rest
of the players don't strike my interest, but I've always thought highly
of Derek Jeter's fire. He was the only one who seemed impassioned about
Game 7. All the other Yankees were like, oh, well, we've won three of
the last whatever, it's not such a big deal if we lose this one.

Brian Tung
The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/
Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/
The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/
My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:22:46 -0700, starlord
wrote:

No eclipse in S.Cal tonight, total WASH OUT.

Completely clear in Agoura in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern
California. I'd planned to get some images as the eclipse started and the
Moon rose above Mount Wilson Observatory but the summitt sat in a cloud
all day and night. Too bad -- I think they would have been great.

Mike Simmons

"John Steinberg" wrote

Frankly, NY needs someone who is walking the razor's edge between
brilliance and madness.

As in Lenny Dykstra?

As baseball teams go, this is the most
non-neurotic group ever fielded in NY. Jeter is clearly a great player
by any measure, but I don't believe he yet has the ability to rally a
team. His effortlessness and self-effacing demeanor just doesn't seem
to inspire.

As a Yankee hater, I find him to be an arrogant SOB. But, back on topic, he
is a fine telescope user and purveyor of Meade products. ("Meade: the
leader in solar telescopes since 2005.")

I have no idea what any of that means....

HL

Now you ****ed me off. Have you EVER MET MR. JETER? I seriously doubt
it and if you claim you have I wouldn't believe it. Why do you think
this man is an arrogant SOB ? Because he makes commercials that say he
wants to win? That he likes hear the fans boo him on the road?

THEY ARE COMMERCIALS YOU FOOL MEANT TO DRUM UP INTEREST IN BASEBALL.

He has proven himself a winner and THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
No one has more post-season hits
He has the HIGHEST batting average in All Star history with a minimum
of 5 appearances that includes EVERYONE IN HISTORY not just Yankees.
He is the only player to EVER win All Star MVP and World Series MVP in
the SAME YEAR
He has six American League Championships and four World Series wins.
He has NOTHING left to prove and nothing that has happened since last
years world series has changed even one thing. He still won, he still
accomplished all those things and nothing you do or say can take any
of that away, ever.

Oh and BTW numbskull this guy is class act of a person. The first full
season he was here making no more than league MINIMUM he started a
foundation WITH HIS OWN MONEY called Turn2 to help prevent kids from
using drugs and for treatment programs. No guarantees of fame or
fortune or even that he would even play the next year. I don't know
what commercials you see but any given day in the NY metro area you
can see Mr. Jeter spout anti drug messages a dozen times a day. 3 or 4
new ones a year seem to pop up. All this guy does is help out in the
community. Every player in the major leagues calls him a class act and
the most say he is the NUMBER ONE player they want on their team
first. WHY because he is that kind of person and that kind of player.

Wonder why the Red Sox put Manny Ramirez on waivers last fall? Hey
anyone could have had him if he was so great. Why did NO ONE take him?
Plenty of teams could have afforded him. Why then because he is
considered bad in the clubhouse and selfish.

You think Jeter is arrogant because he likes to win well stupid so
does EVERYONE ELSE its sports there always has to be a winner and a
looser. If you don't want to win they you shouldn't be playing.

If you hate the Yankees because they won 26 championships and you
think they bought them you are seriously delusional. 20 of those
championships all before 1977 were all done before free agency, before
players could move around freely, before players earned more than your
average dime store clerk. The Yankees did what EVERY OTHER TEAM DID
they scouted and signed the best players they could. Seems they were
better than every one else at it.

This year it was the Red Sox who won, sincerely congratulations they
deserved it.
But Derek Jeter does not deserve your assinine comments.

"Howard Lester" wrote in message ...
"John Steinberg" wrote

Frankly, NY needs someone who is walking the razor's edge between
brilliance and madness.

As in Lenny Dykstra?

As baseball teams go, this is the most
non-neurotic group ever fielded in NY. Jeter is clearly a great player
by any measure, but I don't believe he yet has the ability to rally a
team. His effortlessness and self-effacing demeanor just doesn't seem
to inspire.

As a Yankee hater, I find him to be an arrogant SOB. But, back on topic, he
is a fine telescope user and purveyor of Meade products. ("Meade: the
leader in solar telescopes since 2005.")

I have no idea what any of that means....

HL

Jon Isaacs wrote:

The rain is much needed and I think there is going to be a lot more this
winter, time to concentrate on bird watching.

Do the 'hummers' stay all year there?


----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==----
http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups
---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---

starman wrote:

Do the 'hummers' stay all year there?

Yes. Both kinds. (hummingbirds and humvees)

Last year I had an Anna's hummingbird nest right outside the
window I look out from while at my computer. I have also seen
sofe Rufus hummingbirds here.

Do the 'hummers' stay all year there?


In San Diego we have Anna's all year. They apparently only migrate locally.

Jon