Subj : Re: World Series To : Michele Therrien From : Steve Quarrella Date : Sat Dec 01 2001 11:43 am SQ>> Anderson in that regard. Brenly's job that night is to win SQ>> the World Seri not let a game go with "We'll get the next SQ>> one" at the back of his mind. was Arizona's owner, man, would SQ>> I have had a talk with the guy about that. MT> Colangelo kinda likes that mentality for some reason... the More than he likes championship rings? MT> Suns have that mentality too and he owns them as well... I They haven't done too well on the championship level. :-) [I'm in Dallas, so you can rub it in. ] MT> Yeah... if Kim hasn't totally given up pitching altogether... Hopefully, he picks up where he left off when they reconvene in a few months, although if I was the Diamondbacks, I'd be making him watch those films of his WS appearances. "Here's what you were doing wrong, kid." MT> Yeah... Showalter was good, but didn't get them to the MT> series... get the D-backs a rookie manager and they go to the MT> Series and win.... go figure... Joe and I can tell you about a certain loathed football coach who won a Super Bowl here after a team was assembled for him (although his predecessor had some success in the Super Bowl, too). SQ>> I come from a city (Detroit) that really IS a "hockey town." I live near SQ>> (Dallas) that -thinks- they're a hockey town, but actually, SQ>> they only root the teams who win. I'm still having a hard SQ>> time getting used to hockey's being played in areas where ice SQ>> rinks cannot occur naturally. :-) MT> Hehehehe.... I questioned it when the Coyotes came to town... We got to DFW in late '92, and I was cracking jokes about guys in cowboy hats, playing hockey. It wasn't much long after that that the Minnesota team came down here. MT> players... sure, we can say Brenly got the D-backs to the MT> Series, but really it was Gonzo, Schilling, Johnson, Morgan, I got the distinct impression that Schilling and Johnson were going to -will- a victory out of that whole mess. :-) --- * Origin: Fnord (1:393/9005) .