National League, 1978 - More of the Same?

Max Power · 12-16-2002, 08:53 PM

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Max Power · 12-16-2002, 08:55 PM

Interesting choice of a presentation style!

But, boy, what a PITA to reformat!

sweaver · 12-16-2002, 09:43 PM

Nice job, Gustavo. Good change-up in the format.

Max Power · 12-16-2002, 11:50 PM

Just a heads up for those who like to print these out - - this puppy is 12 pages...........

Max Power · 12-17-2002, 07:43 AM

Hmmm........even a World Cup mention in there!
I enjoyed the fun facts - like the TP on the K, the DP with no A's. One small typo on the winner of the All-Star game - Don Sutter? But, that happens in these essays, it seems, a Ron becomes a Rob, etc.

Nice sprinkle of humor too - e.g. Lipscomb.

I wonder if when Torre and Valentine got thrown out of that game in Houston, they even dreamed for a 2nd (with time to kill after being ejected) that they would facing each other in the WS 22 years later...........

LeGrandOrange · 12-17-2002, 09:44 AM

Appears you've thrown down the gauntlet.
I've voted for all of them, yours is the first I want to comment on, because I love it. That's all I need to say.

I hope I can be as good...

KCBOOMER · 12-17-2002, 02:28 PM

The format may be an acquired taste.

WiredTiger · 12-17-2002, 02:50 PM

Excellent work. 1978 is the first season I really remember so it brought back a flood of memories.

TimmyB · 12-17-2002, 04:38 PM

While the format made (for me) a tougher read, the information contained therein made it worth the effort.

It also brought back a flood of memories as I may have paid more attention to the 1978 season than any season before or since (of course, "before" consisted of 1976 and 1977...).

Fatwater Fewl · 12-18-2002, 01:39 PM

That's a comprehensive essay, gyb . I found the format to be a bit inaccessible, but the detail made up for it.

rcartman28 · 12-18-2002, 02:28 PM

Very interesting to read and recalled a lot of stuff that I had long forgotten. Great job.

SmedIndy · 12-20-2002, 12:47 PM

Deducted 1/2 point for mentioning Silvio Martinez and not putting expletives in front of his name like any good Cubs fan would!

gyb13 · 12-23-2002, 03:02 AM

steve - sorry about the PITA to reformat everything. glad it worked out and looks good.

others - thanks for the praise. the format was something i decided on after i figured many of you would be more knowledgeable in terms of remembering 1978, considering i wasn't born yet. so i decided to make it more detail-oriented, concentrating on the unique (though sometimes small) things that make baseball so great.

pwdennis · 12-25-2002, 12:36 AM

Interesting article. I was following baseball intently in 1978 but my primary focus was on the AL race where the Red Sox jumped out to a big lead, suffered an unbelievable array of injuries, fell behind the Yankees and then rallied to force a one game playoff. It was pretty much a foregone conclusion that the AL East winner was the best team in baseball that year, and so it proved to be.

There seemed to be a sense during the season that Pete Rose would wind up leaving the Reds

nyy26wc · 02-08-2003, 07:15 PM

EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd like to give this one more than 5 stars. 5 doesn't seem like enough to me.

12-16-2002, 08:53 PM	#1
Max Power NetShrine Creator & Curator Join Date: May 2002 Location: NetShrine WHQ Posts: 5,548	National League, 1978 - More of the Same? To see gyb13's essay in the contest - - click HERE Please use this thread to discuss this essay only. Please do not start any other threads to discuss this essay. After you have read the essay, please use the RATE THIS THREAD feature at the bottom of THIS PAGE to rate THE ESSAY. Thanks to Gustavo for being a part of this contest. __________________ Steve, Forum Administrator "They come and they go, Hobbs. They come and they go." That's why there's NetShrine.com

12-16-2002, 08:55 PM	#2
Max Power NetShrine Creator & Curator Join Date: May 2002 Location: NetShrine WHQ Posts: 5,548	Interesting choice of a presentation style! But, boy, what a PITA to reformat! __________________ Steve, Forum Administrator "They come and they go, Hobbs. They come and they go." That's why there's NetShrine.com

12-16-2002, 11:50 PM	#4
Max Power NetShrine Creator & Curator Join Date: May 2002 Location: NetShrine WHQ Posts: 5,548	Just a heads up for those who like to print these out - - this puppy is 12 pages........... __________________ Steve, Forum Administrator "They come and they go, Hobbs. They come and they go." That's why there's NetShrine.com

12-17-2002, 07:43 AM	#5
Max Power NetShrine Creator & Curator Join Date: May 2002 Location: NetShrine WHQ Posts: 5,548	Hmmm........even a World Cup mention in there! I enjoyed the fun facts - like the TP on the K, the DP with no A's. One small typo on the winner of the All-Star game - Don Sutter? But, that happens in these essays, it seems, a Ron becomes a Rob, etc. Nice sprinkle of humor too - e.g. Lipscomb. I wonder if when Torre and Valentine got thrown out of that game in Houston, they even dreamed for a 2nd (with time to kill after being ejected) that they would facing each other in the WS 22 years later........... __________________ Steve, Forum Administrator "They come and they go, Hobbs. They come and they go." That's why there's NetShrine.com

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KCBOOMER NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Home of the T-Bones Posts: 11,116	The format may be an acquired taste. __________________ KCBOOMER *Buck O'Neil: The Monarch of Baseball*

12-16-2002, 09:43 PM	#3
sweaver Netshrine Cleanup Hitter Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Mountain State Posts: 8,883	Nice job, Gustavo. Good change-up in the format.

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LeGrandOrange Membership Suspended 4/11/04 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 3,783	Appears you've thrown down the gauntlet. I've voted for all of them, yours is the first I want to comment on, because I love it. That's all I need to say. I hope I can be as good...

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WiredTiger Guest Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The city of Kaline, Cobb and Greenberg Posts: 3,395	Excellent work. 1978 is the first season I really remember so it brought back a flood of memories.

12-17-2002, 04:38 PM	#9
TimmyB NetShrine's Magic 8-Ball Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Where the cops speak slow and the air is nice Posts: 2,591	While the format made (for me) a tougher read, the information contained therein made it worth the effort. It also brought back a flood of memories as I may have paid more attention to the 1978 season than any season before or since (of course, "before" consisted of 1976 and 1977...).

12-18-2002, 01:39 PM	#10
Fatwater Fewl NetShrine MVP Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Charlottetown, PEI Posts: 261	That's a comprehensive essay, gyb . I found the format to be a bit inaccessible, but the detail made up for it.

12-18-2002, 02:28 PM	#11
rcartman28 NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hudson, WI Posts: 1,408	Very interesting to read and recalled a lot of stuff that I had long forgotten. Great job. __________________ I would have looked out for the water main. But that's just me..... Brett Favre

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SmedIndy NetShrine's Historian Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Zionsville, IN Posts: 10,569	Deducted 1/2 point for mentioning Silvio Martinez and not putting expletives in front of his name like any good Cubs fan would!

12-23-2002, 03:02 AM	#13
gyb13 NS Omnipresent Brasilian Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Crazy George's playground Posts: 10,903	steve - sorry about the PITA to reformat everything. glad it worked out and looks good. others - thanks for the praise. the format was something i decided on after i figured many of you would be more knowledgeable in terms of remembering 1978, considering i wasn't born yet. so i decided to make it more detail-oriented, concentrating on the unique (though sometimes small) things that make baseball so great. __________________ Gustavo NDF Moderator Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin

12-25-2002, 12:36 AM	#14
pwdennis NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Winter Springs, FL Posts: 2,503	Interesting article. I was following baseball intently in 1978 but my primary focus was on the AL race where the Red Sox jumped out to a big lead, suffered an unbelievable array of injuries, fell behind the Yankees and then rallied to force a one game playoff. It was pretty much a foregone conclusion that the AL East winner was the best team in baseball that year, and so it proved to be. There seemed to be a sense during the season that Pete Rose would wind up leaving the Reds __________________ "I would submit that if the world survives for a million years, perhaps its finest hour may be that in the last half of the 20th century, when the power to blow up the world rested in the hands of a few men in two very unsophisticated and suspicious countries, we didn't do it, and one American, Richard Nixon, moved the cold war away from permanent confrontation toward victory. How could any wrong that he did compare with that?" - John Sears

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