May 15, 200620 yr May 7, 2006 - BROCKTON ? The short-season Brockton Rox of the independent CanAm League think they can win more games this season than the full-season Florida Marlins of Major League baseball?s National League and are willing to put their money where their mouth?s are. Brockton President Jim Lucas declared today that he thinks that the Brockton Rox will win more games in their 92-game season than the Florida Marlins will win in their 162-game season. ?This is a sign of confidence in our GM Andy Crossley?s ability to put together a great ballclub and our ability to win 55-60 games this season.? Last year, the Rox won 50 games while the Marlins are on pace for 44 wins. The Rox don?t want to call this ?a bet? per se because they understand organized baseball?s rules against gambling, but more of a challenge. ?However to make this challenge this interesting, ? Lucas continued, ?the Rox will put up $500 and because we are spotting the Marlins 70 games, we expect them to put up $5,000.? If the Rox lose, they will contribute their money to the YMCA of Greater Kansas City to assist in the creation of the Kansas City YMCA Challenger Division Baseball Park, a field designed for children with mental and physical disabilities. The Challenger Field will be custom-designed using a synthetic turf to accommodate wheelchairs and other assistive devices in order to remove the barriers that normally keep special-needs children off the baseball field. If the Marlins lose, they would make their contribution to the Brockton Challenger Division of Little League Baseball The only ground rule that Lucas insists upon, ?Because the Rox regular season ends September 4th, the Marlins can't purchase any Brockton player when their roster expands in September to assist them in trying to catch the Rox.? The Rox are awaiting a response from the Florida Marlins on this challenge. The Brockton Rox begin their season Thursday, May 25 versus the New Haven Cutters. For more information about the Rox Challenge, contact Bill Chuck of the Rox front office at (617) 566-2784
May 15, 200620 yr Yeah. Whats even funnier about this is that team couldn't hold its nose up to this Marlins team.
May 15, 200620 yr I wonder if Joe G. will show this to the players to fire them up and give them motivation. :mischief2
May 15, 200620 yr What is this??? Major League 4 BACK TO THE MINORS AGAIN! Give me a break... what a joke!
May 15, 200620 yr This is the same team that tried to sign Roger Clemens a few weeks ago for $2,500 :lol .
May 15, 200620 yr wtf? Brockton owner: "We need more fans. Think of a good PR move." Brockton president: "Let's challenge a major league baseball team to win more games than us." :blink:
May 15, 200620 yr May 7, 2006 - BROCKTON ? The short-season Brockton Rox of the independent CanAm League think they can win more games this season than the full-season Florida Marlins of Major League baseball?s National League and are willing to put their money where their mouth?s are. Brockton President Jim Lucas declared today that he thinks that the Brockton Rox will win more games in their 92-game season than the Florida Marlins will win in their 162-game season. ?This is a sign of confidence in our GM Andy Crossley?s ability to put together a great ballclub and our ability to win 55-60 games this season.? Last year, the Rox won 50 games while the Marlins are on pace for 44 wins. The Rox don?t want to call this ?a bet? per se because they understand organized baseball?s rules against gambling, but more of a challenge. ?However to make this challenge this interesting, ? Lucas continued, ?the Rox will put up $500 and because we are spotting the Marlins 70 games, we expect them to put up $5,000.? If the Rox lose, they will contribute their money to the YMCA of Greater Kansas City to assist in the creation of the Kansas City YMCA Challenger Division Baseball Park, a field designed for children with mental and physical disabilities. The Challenger Field will be custom-designed using a synthetic turf to accommodate wheelchairs and other assistive devices in order to remove the barriers that normally keep special-needs children off the baseball field. If the Marlins lose, they would make their contribution to the Brockton Challenger Division of Little League Baseball The only ground rule that Lucas insists upon, ?Because the Rox regular season ends September 4th, the Marlins can't purchase any Brockton player when their roster expands in September to assist them in trying to catch the Rox.? The Rox are awaiting a response from the Florida Marlins on this challenge. The Brockton Rox begin their season Thursday, May 25 versus the New Haven Cutters. For more information about the Rox Challenge, contact Bill Chuck of the Rox front office at (617) 566-2784 Is this the same press release about KC, with the Marlins name in it? You'd think if it was directed towards the Marlins, it would be given to something in south Florida?
May 15, 200620 yr May 7, 2006 - BROCKTON ? The short-season Brockton Rox of the independent CanAm League think they can win more games this season than the full-season Florida Marlins of Major League baseball?s National League and are willing to put their money where their mouth?s are. Brockton President Jim Lucas declared today that he thinks that the Brockton Rox will win more games in their 92-game season than the Florida Marlins will win in their 162-game season. ?This is a sign of confidence in our GM Andy Crossley?s ability to put together a great ballclub and our ability to win 55-60 games this season.? Last year, the Rox won 50 games while the Marlins are on pace for 44 wins. The Rox don?t want to call this ?a bet? per se because they understand organized baseball?s rules against gambling, but more of a challenge. ?However to make this challenge this interesting, ? Lucas continued, ?the Rox will put up $500 and because we are spotting the Marlins 70 games, we expect them to put up $5,000.? If the Rox lose, they will contribute their money to the YMCA of Greater Kansas City to assist in the creation of the Kansas City YMCA Challenger Division Baseball Park, a field designed for children with mental and physical disabilities. The Challenger Field will be custom-designed using a synthetic turf to accommodate wheelchairs and other assistive devices in order to remove the barriers that normally keep special-needs children off the baseball field. If the Marlins lose, they would make their contribution to the Brockton Challenger Division of Little League Baseball The only ground rule that Lucas insists upon, ?Because the Rox regular season ends September 4th, the Marlins can't purchase any Brockton player when their roster expands in September to assist them in trying to catch the Rox.? The Rox are awaiting a response from the Florida Marlins on this challenge. The Brockton Rox begin their season Thursday, May 25 versus the New Haven Cutters. For more information about the Rox Challenge, contact Bill Chuck of the Rox front office at (617) 566-2784 Is this the same press release about KC, with the Marlins name in it? You'd think if it was directed towards the Marlins, it would be given to something in south Florida? yeah. i was deffinately just about to post that. they talked about this on 1st and 10 last week... about the Royals, that is.
May 15, 200620 yr I just saw they also challenged the Pirates. I just googled it and the only one that came out was to the Royals so I guess people are just changing the teams name...
May 15, 200620 yr If the Marlins win, they build us a stadium Now the Fish have something to play for
May 16, 200620 yr I always trust the opinion of the intelligent chickenman :plain hell yeah. you wish your name was as good as mine. anyone can just say they're a fan of their school, but it takes real genius to come up with a name like chickenman.
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