MBB: Landmark Conference

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · October 01, 2012, 12:08:24 PM

The rule has changed... the Yankees and Orioles would have to have a playoff game to determine the winner due to the fact there are so many other aspects in play like the other wild card and how the bracket will be made up. Now, since the O's have the tiebreaker... the O's would host the game.

NEPAFAN · October 01, 2012, 01:51:43 PM

Just read the O's are banning folks from outside the area to buy tickets for the playoff game, to limit the New Yawkas from coming South...

saratoga · October 01, 2012, 06:48:13 PM

Grove: At this point, I think NEPA & I can come up with something worth your time.
By the way...just back from the Boston series at OPACY...Orange Heaven!
After the game, the O's put the 9th. inning of the Texas/Angels game on the Jumbotron & just about all 41,000 fans stayed & watched along with all the Orioles players. Pretty nice to see.
Once Hunter got the hit, the players & Buck took their caps off to the fans for sticking with them.
By the way, I was fortunate enough to get tickets for the Friday Wild Card should the O's host as well as games 1 & 2.
As Buck says...No pressure, we're playing with house money!
Cheers to Cold Case for pulling a classic Bess move & boldly predicting 90 wins many months ago.
Personally, I have to admit I had my doubts for that big of a swing.
As the tee shirts around the park stated...Buck, the Yanks!
In what's becoming an all to familiar scene in Boston...both Pedroia & Ellsbury are not in tonights lineup.
Valentine must have money on this game...one more decent check before Lizzy Borden sharpens it again.

ronk · October 01, 2012, 10:08:48 PM

Quote from: NEPAFAN on October 01, 2012, 01:51:43 PM
Just read the O's are banning folks from outside the area to buy tickets for the playoff game, to limit the New Yawkas from coming South...

Some of us Yank fans are already here. My 1st O's-Yanks game was in 1953, the year before Baltimore became Major League by taking the Browns franchise. My most recent was Yom Kippur nite a number of years ago when Cal Ripken broke his own streak by sitting out the game. Cal, I could have not seen you play by staying home instead of going to the park and not seeing you play.

Dave 'd-mac' McHugh · October 02, 2012, 11:41:17 AM

Hey ronk... but you did see history and one of the classiest moves by an organization, the Yankees, for taking the time to recognize what they were witnessing and essentially stopping the game to salute him.

Quirk of that night... regular pre-game ceremonies and the like were apparently running long for some reason (I don't remember why), so the usual annoucement of starting line-ups did not take place inside the stadium (with the line-ups on the scoreboard in center). So, no one actually knew Cal wasn't in the game until he didn't take his place behind third base. I was at work that night monitoring the game and I remember making a call to my boss who was returning on a flight with the Ravens. We "threw out the rundown" and essentially blew-up the 11 PM news' rundown in a matter of 30 seconds... pretty cool experience and one of many great experiences I had with Cal Ripken and the Orioles (I actually attempted an interview with Cal the night he was announced he would be retiring, he politely declined - we had no idea the news coming though something certainly seemed to be up; I was also at his final game and have my press pass from that one, Cal later insisted on signing it after one of his many visits to my morning show).

ronk · October 02, 2012, 02:07:23 PM

I think it was the kid from Oklahoma that played D1 basketball for them that replaced Cal in the lineup. People were offering $5 for the ticket stub when I left the stadium at the end of the game. They thought it was going to be a collectible.

saratoga · October 02, 2012, 06:30:37 PM

NEPA: The wait is over.
Scranton announces its 2012/2013 roster today.
The big kid from Vermont must have taken a wrong turn heading down the thruway...must have gotten off at Saratoga.
Perhaps some day he'll meet up with the wandering Wilkes recruit from The College of Charleston...circa 1997.
And to think I was about to offer TheGrove a Frank Marcinek bobblehead day at Scranton when the Crusaders come to town for some info.
The biggest question with Frank's pose is will he be wearing his sport coat or ripping it off as is usually the case 2 minutes into the game?
I have heard the one 2 guard from Jersey can fill it up from every spot on the floor & will remind many of Zach Ashworth in time.

saratoga · October 02, 2012, 06:35:03 PM

Ronk:
I believe you're referring to Ryan Minor.

ronk · October 02, 2012, 09:43:19 PM

Toga,
Ryan Minor is the one.
Which NJ guard(Point Pleasant or Verona) might remind us of Zach? I've seen Palermo on video and Thomas on TV. Hopefully, they can contribute.

NEPAFAN · October 03, 2012, 10:14:57 AM

Toga,

Good stuff on the Roster. Two things, no Bevacqua, which is dissapointing because I think he has talent. Not sure what the story is there. No Vermont kid, but a host of Freshman and a 6'8 transfer from Lackawanna. Any background on him?

ronk · October 03, 2012, 12:48:10 PM

There's a release today from Scranton's SID on the passing of Royals' great Willie Witaconis. Coach Bessoir listed him as 1 of top 5(along with Ed Kazakevich, Gene the machine Mumford, Irv Johnson, and Billy Bessoir) all-time Royals bballers. Having seen all 5, I can agree with his list and would put Willie #1. The year I played with the freshman team was Willie's fabulous junior year(27 ppg, 16 rpg), so I had a front row seat(emphasis on seat) daily watching how he dominated the opposition, which, considering their quality(8 D1 programs) puts him at the top.
His greatest attribute was a Will and intensity at a level only achieved by his high school teammate, Steve Vacendak.

ronk · October 03, 2012, 02:34:10 PM

For those who don't subscribe to Scranton press releases, there is a 2nd one today with a link to the men's bball monthly(in-season) newsletter with a paragraph about each of the 8 newcomers among other items(Matt Swaback-new graduate assistant and exhibition game with Rider-1 month today).

cold_case · October 03, 2012, 06:50:20 PM

Quote from: ronk on October 03, 2012, 02:34:10 PM
For those who don't subscribe to Scranton press releases, there is a 2nd one today with a link to the men's bball monthly(in-season) newsletter with a paragraph about each of the 8 newcomers among other items(Matt Swaback-new graduate assistant and exhibition game with Rider-1 month today).

Message to all you Scranton homers that are romancing over a D-III roster. I'm glad I don't have your nerves in my teeth ...

NEPAFAN · October 03, 2012, 08:57:55 PM

Quote from: cold_case on October 03, 2012, 06:50:20 PM
Quote from: ronk on October 03, 2012, 02:34:10 PM
For those who don't subscribe to Scranton press releases, there is a 2nd one today with a link to the men's bball monthly(in-season) newsletter with a paragraph about each of the 8 newcomers among other items(Matt Swaback-new graduate assistant and exhibition game with Rider-1 month today).

Message to all you Scranton homers that are romancing over a D-III roster. I'm glad I don't have your nerves in my teeth ...

Care to translate?

NEPAFAN · October 03, 2012, 08:59:36 PM

Quote from: ronk on October 03, 2012, 12:48:10 PM
There's a release today from Scranton's SID on the passing of Royals' great Willie Witaconis. Coach Bessoir listed him as 1 of top 5(along with Ed Kazakevich, Gene the machine Mumford, Irv Johnson, and Billy Bessoir) all-time Royals bballers. Having seen all 5, I can agree with his list and would put Willie #1. The year I played with the freshman team was Willie's fabulous junior year(27 ppg, 16 rpg), so I had a front row seat(emphasis on seat) daily watching how he dominated the opposition, which, considering their quality(8 D1 programs) puts him at the top.
His greatest attribute was a Will and intensity at a level only achieved by his high school teammate, Steve Vacendak.

I always thought Gene the Machine was #1. Ronk, Scranton basketball also has its own twitter feed now...releases some info and behind the scene stuff...