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estranged4life
09-28-2008, 04:31 PM
start on Wednesday, what are your predictions?
National League (Best of 5)
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs
Milwaukee Brewers vs. Philadelphia Phillies
Cubs beat the Dodgers 3-1
Phillies sweep the Brewers 3-0
American League (Best of 5)
Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (aka the CALIFORNIA Angels)
Chicago White Sux/Minnesota Twins* vs. Tampa Bay Rays
Red Sox beat the Angels 3-1
*Depending on who wins the AL Central (I'm pulling for the Tigers tomorrow to BEAT the Sux and shut 'em out of the playoffs)
Tampa sweeps the Sux 3-0 (Ozzie Guillen spontaneously combusts as the last out is made...No need to 'fire' him now)
Tampa beats the Twins 3-2
NLCS (Best of 7)
Cubs beat the Phillies 4-2
ALCS (Best of 7)
Red Sox beat the Rays 4-3
World Series (Best of 7)
Cubs beat the Red Sox 4-1 (The 'curse' and the Red Sox 'dynasty' both END!)
Well, I can't break it down like you do, but I'd like to see the Phillies go all the way & win the World Series. :nod::blob2:
Lee :)
estranged4life
09-28-2008, 05:09 PM
Well, I can't break it down like you do, but I'd like to see the Phillies go all the way & win the World Series. :nod::blob2:
Lee :)
but I love my Cubs.
I think the Phillies have the best offense right now that could carry them to the World Series, but I worry about their pitching.
Hey, At least the Mets didnt make it (Collapse #2 for the second year in a row) thanks to the mighty Marlins!!! :thumbsup:
dcl1964
09-28-2008, 08:59 PM
Cubs beat the Dodgers
Phillies beat the Brewers
Cubs beat the Phillies
Angels beat the Red Sox
Rays beat the Twins (ya heard it hear first-White Sox lose to the Tigers monday)
Rays beat the Angels
Cubs beat the Rays
That's the White Sox. Thanks. No need for poor sportsmanship.
estranged4life
09-28-2008, 09:24 PM
^^^Cubs diehards cant be sporty to that other team across town...Nor do they care for us either, which is fine (Rather lose a World Series fair and square to a better team instead of THROW one, Right 'Shoeless Joe'? :D )
I have ZERO respect for a team whose fans run onto the field and attack an opposing teams first base coach, I'd rather cheer for the CLASS-ACT Cards (A great rival) than the team that plays in the (Appropriate named) "The Cell" (Wow, what irony that their uniforms are Prisoner faves Black & White)
And once more, for the baseball purists...
Comiskey Park=Home of Disco Demolition Night
Late 70's/Early 80's White Sux uniforms = Pajamas or Softball uniforms...I still cant tell :lol:
Ken "the CROCK" Harrelson = The WORST TV announcer in MLB - Under his GMing stint in 86 fired Tony LaRussa, who was hired by the A's and led Oakland to 3 AL pennants (When the CROCK took over I QUIT being a Sox fan and because a SUX hater..."And he can shove that up his BOARD, YES!")
Perhaps you should relax. I don't hate the Cubs, in fact I even live on the North Side. I also have friends who are Cubs fans and can resort to discussing the game rather than name calling. I've been to many Cubs and Sox games, bad behavior is not limited to Sox fans. It's fans like you who are just plain mean-spirited that ruin the experience for everyone.
The fact that your are judging a whole group of people based on what sports team they root for seems a little sad.
estranged4life
09-28-2008, 11:07 PM
^^^
I am relaxed, I just like to rib the SUX fans the same way they rib us "Lovable Losers" :D (Similar to the way Yankees and Mets fans rip one another - Not mean spirited as much as showing true blue loyalty)
I live in Oklahoma, and when the SUX played a pre-season game here this spring (At the Bricktown Ballpark) they were BOOED out of the stadium - You think I tough on 'em, you aint seen nothing then (OKC is currently a Texas Rangers city due to the affiliation with the Oklahoma Redhawks, formerly a Cleveland Indians affiliate...We know HOW much those Southsiders LOVE the Injuns)
Hey, Look at it this way, If the SUX had to play the Braves (TBS=The Braves Suck) in the World Series, I cheer for the SUX because at LEAST they dont self-proclaim themselves as "America's Team" (Which I say is the Yankees)
If the Braves are "America's Team", I'd cheer for whoever ISNT...I'd say the Expos, but they no longer exist in Montreal since becoming the Nats of D.C. :lol:
Progress, I guess. Of course I'm sitting here watching WGN on rain delay waiting for the game to start.
I actually think America's team is the Cubs. I think the Yankees lost their good will a while back.
estranged4life
09-29-2008, 01:41 PM
I actually think America's team is the Cubs. I think the Yankees lost their good will a while back.
the Cubs are America's team, even though I am a fan I will admit that...currently I would say "America's Team" would be the Red Sox. Sure isnt the Braves...With the new contract between MLB & TBS the Braves lost that outlet
The Yankees lost it in my eyes by firing/releasing Joe Torre (Yanks loss was the Dodgers again) - leave it to Steinbrenner to fire/release/whatever a class act manager who WON the whole time with the Yanks. But that's alright, been a Dodger's fan for years.
I would cheer for the White SOX only if they had to play the Braves or even worse, the Reds in a World Series.
Good luck with the game today...if the rain lets up.
Betsy
09-29-2008, 01:42 PM
No Roctober this year.... :distress: Season is done.
jr2280
10-02-2008, 08:59 PM
Phillies 2 games up now:thumbsup: Hamels and Myers both pitched great in the first 2 games. Hopefully old man Moyer can do same on Saturday.
estranged4life
10-02-2008, 09:59 PM
Another year...another Cubs collapse - Big surprise :shrug:
I think a Phillies vs. Dodgers NLCS will favor the Phillies offense & pitching.
jr2280
10-02-2008, 10:41 PM
Atleast Phillies would have home field advantage. We played terrible in LA this year.Dodgers swept us in LA and we swept them in Philly
No Roctober this year.... :distress: Season is done.
:sorry: but it RED October!
GO PHILLIES!! :blob2::blob2:
Lee :)
estranged4life
10-05-2008, 09:36 AM
^^^
Well, FLOP-tober is over for the Cubs yet again...Big shock, huh? Can't blame Uncle Lou for this collapse, No offense equals another #$%^&* year about hearing about "The Curse"
Tell ya what, The Dodgers looked impressive to say the least...Whoever plays 'em in the NLCS BETTER have a plan to stop that team. Betcha the Yanks fans WISHED Joe Torre was still in NYC, LOL!!!!
I would like to see a Dodgers/Red Sox World Series...Betcha the Red Sox fans would just so enjoy seeing Manny beatin' 'em.
gldstwmn
10-05-2008, 10:21 AM
start on Wednesday, what are your predictions?
National League (Best of 5)
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs
Cubs beat the Dodgers 3-1
Epic fail. :o
jr2280
10-05-2008, 03:04 PM
Dodgers are going down in NLCS
GOOOOOO PHILLIES!!!!
At least we Philly fans have them to cheer about because the Eagles aren't going anywhere this year.:(
Lee :)
jr2280
10-05-2008, 04:34 PM
That eagles game pissed me off today but the Phils cheered me up
estranged4life
10-05-2008, 06:19 PM
Epic fail. :o
that only applied to the Rockies in last years World Series sweep at the hand of the Red Sox... :shrug:
But I guess it applies to the FLOP-tober collapse of the Cubs...and possibly the Angels (Who haven't beat the Red Sox in 11 straight games of the playoffs dating back to 1986) starting in about 10 minutes.
Congrats to the White Sox, at least they are making a series of it against the Rays.
I'm a TRUE Cubs fan...I will stick with my team THROUGHOUT it all, and if it takes another 100 years to win the World Series, so be it...
At least I can PROUDLY predict the Cubs will win the World Series before I EVER TRUST anyone in WASHINGTON D.C.
What a weekend here in Chitown. I still don't get how they lost both games at home, too much hype too early, I guess. I'm actually hoping this will eliminate some of the fairweather Cubs fans for you true fans. Those that go to games to look cool at Wrigley, and don't appear to actually know anything about baseball. They drive me nuts on the L on game days.
White Sox game starts at 4:07 today, where's Steve Perry? ;) "Don't stop believing":blob1:
I'm prediticting an American League World Series win, no matter which teams ends up going.
JohnL
10-06-2008, 01:42 PM
RAYS all the way!!:blob1:
jr2280
10-06-2008, 02:47 PM
World Series I predict Phillies over Rays 4 games to 1
estranged4life
10-06-2008, 04:29 PM
I'm actually hoping this will eliminate some of the fairweather Cubs fans for you true fans. Those that go to games to look cool at Wrigley, and don't appear to actually know anything about baseball. They drive me nuts on the L on game days.
fairweather fans, or even worse "bandwagon jumpers". I guarantee HAD the Cubs won the World Series there would be So Many fans coming out to say "I'm a Cubs fan"...Yeah, sure ya are.
I have been bleeding Cub blue since my hometown Muskogee, OK added WGN to the cable TV package WAY BACK in 1982.
There sure have been alot of 'fairweather' fans at the games at the Cell and in Tampa, since during regular the season games I saw more empty seats than fans at games for both team. But I will give 'em both the benefit of the doubt since no one, I repeat, NO ONE was ever worse than the Atlanta Braves fans at showing up at the last minute ONLY if their team made the playoffs...Otherwise the Braves fans at Turner Field were disguised as empty seats :lol:
I have to say great pitching teams have, and WILL FOREVER MORE, beat great hitting teams...I say the National League has that advantage this year (ie Dodgers starting pitching staff). Should be a fun World Series this year (Still NONE will top the 2001 Yanks vs. D-Backs Series, the best one in my opinion).
For the record, I hate the DH!!! If a pitcher drills an opposing player in the AL, he wont have to suffer a payback...Crapola!! Make him hit and drill him back!!!
The White Sox are joining the Cubs for "Tee Time" in the morning (About 7:30am CST :D ) somewhere in Chicago.
JohnL
10-06-2008, 07:37 PM
beat ChiSox 6-2 to advance. Woo hoo!!:]
estranged4life
10-06-2008, 10:34 PM
We're all set now...
The ALCS (The BoSox better watch out, The Rays may continue to shock the world)
The NLCS (Great LA pitching vs. the great Phillies hitting)
Hey, I like all 4 teams so I will be enjoying these LCS' :nod:
jr2280
10-06-2008, 11:51 PM
Hopefully Hamels, Myers and Blanton all continue to pitch well. and Moyer needs to start pitching like Moyer again
The Rays are a very good team. I still don't understand what the big deal was about being the Devil Rays. Anyway all is quiet in Chicago, and the only thing left to say is Go Bears!:cool:
gldstwmn
10-07-2008, 01:04 PM
that only applied to the Rockies in last years World Series sweep at the hand of the Red Sox... :shrug:
Which thrilled me since I was born and raised in Pawtucket...Watching the Rox in the WS last year was like watching the Paw Sox play the Red Sox. I's so glad to see my boys doing it again this year.
DavidMn
10-07-2008, 01:07 PM
Well, on the one hand I was dissapointed to see the Twins lose the playoff game to the White SOx, but very pleased to see them get eliminated by the Rays. And my Red Sox finished off the Angels last night. Thanks in no slamm part to the missed squeeze bunt by the Angels in the top of the ninth. BRING ON THE RAYS!
chiliD
10-07-2008, 01:18 PM
It'll be a Dodgers/Red Sox World Series. Dodgers win in 6.
Manny gets back at the Red Sox, Torre thumbs his nose at the Yankees.
Oh...and the "Red Sox did not finish off the Angels"...the Angels finished THEMSELVES off. 100 wins and they STILL get beat by a wild card team and f-up my dream of an all SoCal World Series.
The Los Angeles Asswipes of Anaheim. At the Major League level of play, you don't hang your baserunner out to dry on a suicide squeeze. Aybar should be sent back to PeeWee League to have a refresher course in baseball fundamentals. Or better yet...traded to the Mariners.
estranged4life
10-07-2008, 03:20 PM
The Rays are a very good team. I still don't understand what the big deal was about being the Devil Rays.
the relig-a-tarded are paranoid of the word "Devil". I already heard they are campaigning to have the word devil removed from "Deviled Ham" and "Deviled Eggs".
Anyway all is quiet in Chicago, and the only thing left to say is Go Bears!:cool:
Ya left out "Go Blackhawks", who are SO going to get slaughtered at Wrigley this coming winter, when they play my beloved (And current NHL Champs) Red Wings in the annual "NHL Classic" game.
estranged4life
10-07-2008, 03:39 PM
It'll be a Dodgers/Red Sox World Series. Dodgers win in 6.
Manny gets back at the Red Sox, Torre thumbs his nose at the Yankees.
Oh...and the "Red Sox did not finish off the Angels"...the Angels finished THEMSELVES off. 100 wins and they STILL get beat by a wild card team and f-up my dream of an all SoCal World Series.
The Los Angeles Asswipes of Anaheim. At the Major League level of play, you don't hang your baserunner out to dry on a suicide squeeze. Aybar should be sent back to PeeWee League to have a refresher course in baseball fundamentals. Or better yet...traded to the Mariners.
the Dodgers/Red Sox Series myself...have to root for the Dodgers (NO frikkin' DH in the NL). I see the Dodgers shocking the world as they did 20 years ago when they destroyed the A's (Two words that haunt the A's fans, Kirk Gibson!!! - The last great SoCal World Series).
I grew up in a household that rooted for one of two National League teams during the 70's, either you liked the Reds or ya liked the Dodgers, I'm sure as hell NOT a Reds fan (My Mom was...So much that when I picked the A's to beat her Reds in the 1990 World Series, and the Reds swept the A's in 4 games, My Mom called me on the phone long distance as soon as the last out was made and said only one sentence to me then hung up on my ass, "Your team sucked!")
Manny already SLAMMED the Red Sox immediately after the Dodgers win over my Cubs, When asked what he had to say to the Red Sox fans if his Dodgers were to face 'em in the Series - Manny looked in the camera, took a second for his answer, laughed directly at the camera and said sarcastically "Nothing" :D
That "suicide squeeze" was hilarious...It made the Angels look bad when it blew up in their face, I died laughing when Mike Scioscia flew out of the dugout to dispute the call (Which was correct and replay showed the out was made BEFORE the ball was dropped from the glove). Definitely the "suicide" part was the only part of "suicide squeeze" that worked.
The GREAT thing about a Rays/Red Sox playoffs...Watched a baseball game and HOCKEY fight broke out!!!
jr2280
10-10-2008, 11:22 PM
2 games up :]:blob1::thumbsup: unfortunately it was on a day Charlie Manuals mother passed away and Shane Victorinos grandmother passed away.
estranged4life
10-12-2008, 12:44 AM
The Sox thought they would bury the Rays...Didnt happen did it? The Rays DESTROYED Beckett and this series is getting very entertaining.
DavidMn
10-12-2008, 01:28 AM
The Sox thought they would bury the Rays...Didnt happen did it? The Rays DESTROYED Beckett and this series is getting very entertaining.Eh, the Red Sox have Lester going in game 3. They should take control again on Monday.:nod:
jr2280
10-13-2008, 02:32 PM
Moyer has been terrible this postseason. He lasted 1.1 innings last night. hopefully Blanton pitches well tonight then Hamels can put this series away on Wednesday
estranged4life
10-13-2008, 04:32 PM
Eh, the Red Sox have Lester going in game 3. They should take control again on Monday.:nod:
is getting shelled in this game, 5-0 in only the top of the 3rd.
DavidMn
10-13-2008, 04:55 PM
is getting shelled in this game, 5-0 in only the top of the 3rd.Yeah I'm watching. UGH I'm not very happy right now!
JohnL
10-13-2008, 07:16 PM
Yeah I'm watching. UGH I'm not very happy right now!
because I am ecstatic! The Rays are gonna take the whole thing!!:blob1:
estranged4life
10-13-2008, 11:11 PM
The Dodgers got toasted...Now they have to win 3 in a row, Don't see that happening.
estranged4life
10-14-2008, 07:13 PM
Wow, talk about 'deja-vu'...The Rays are already teeing off on Wakefield, 3-0
DavidMn
10-14-2008, 08:25 PM
6-1 Tampa in the 5th. UNFREAKINGBELIEVABLE:mad:
estranged4life
10-14-2008, 08:57 PM
^^^
10-1 in the top of the 6th
DavidMn
10-15-2008, 10:37 PM
so 1/2 of the world series is set. The Philadelphia Phillies are your national league champions. Nice going guys.:thumbsup:
jr2280
10-15-2008, 10:46 PM
Life is good :cool:
estranged4life
10-15-2008, 10:57 PM
Dodgers were outhit and outplayed by the Phillies...Congrats!!!
Now to see if the Red Sox awaken and show up ready to play tomorrow against the Rays.
DavidMn
10-15-2008, 11:09 PM
Now to see if the Red Sox awaken and show up ready to play tomorrow against the Rays.Well, thevye done it before so its not impossible. Keeping fingers crossed here.:thumbsup:
GOOOOOO PHILLIES!!!!
At least we Philly fans have them to cheer about because the Eagles aren't going anywhere this year.:(
Lee :)
Sometimes I hate repeating myself, but in this case, I don't. :D
GOOOOO PHILLIES!!! :thumbsup:
And the Eagles still aren't going anywhere this season.
Lee :)
JohnL
10-16-2008, 11:52 AM
The Rays are gonna put the last nail in the coffine tonite. From last to first...GO RAYS!!!
Look, this whole thread is pointless. We all know that the Pirates are gonna win the whole thing, so why even bother talking about these lesser teams?
estranged4life
10-16-2008, 07:00 PM
Look, this whole thread is pointless. We all know that the Pirates are gonna win the whole thing, so why even bother talking about these lesser teams?
I see American League East in a 'familar' scenario:
The New York Yankees are the Republicans (the 'so-called' "Evil Empire")
The Boston Red Sox are the Democrats (the 'so called' "Nation"...ppppphhh!!!)
The Tampa Bay Rays are the Independents
Neither the Yanks or Red Sox want another team (Or in politics another PARTY with ideas) to upset their balance of power on the AL East (Or the USA in the political sense), because once another team can successfully do so, it's adios to the 2 super-powers...and back to the basement with 'em.
I'm cheering for the Rays...I like the underdog!!!
Go Rays!!!
Deja-vu all over again...Rays 2 BoSox 0 top of the first!!!
estranged4life
10-16-2008, 10:35 PM
down 7-0 and to pull to 7-6 shows guts.
Update: The BoSox won...Gotta give 'em credit, but going back to Tampa is going to be interesting to say the least (I was hoping Tampa won for 2 reasons, #1 No more ANNOYING ads for penis enlargement pills and #2, and far worse, NO MORE ads for "Frank 'SUCKS' TV")
DavidMn
10-17-2008, 03:10 AM
Unbelieveable that my Red Sox pulled it off. Now we have to win Saturday. Dont look past game 6 boys.:nod:
DavidMn
10-19-2008, 12:16 AM
Sox win 4-2!!!!! Game 7 tonight!
Enchanted_Stevi
10-19-2008, 10:55 AM
Sox win 4-2!!!!! Game 7 tonight!
:]:thumbsup:
I missed the end of the 9th inning!!!=(
My friend was talkin to me online and I forgot about the game!!
So I was like "OH MY GOD I MISSED THE GAME WHO WON?!?!"
I checked my facebook to see everyones status and we won...lol
GODDESS6
10-19-2008, 12:23 PM
:]:thumbsup:
I missed the end of the 9th inning!!!=(
My friend was talkin to me online and I forgot about the game!!
So I was like "OH MY GOD I MISSED THE GAME WHO WON?!?!"
I checked my facebook to see everyones status and we won...lol
ho ****, the sox better win tonight~ they have such drama filled playoff's, they are about to give me a heart attack:laugh:~
Enchanted_Stevi
10-19-2008, 01:14 PM
ho ****, the sox better win tonight~ they have such drama filled playoff's, they are about to give me a heart attack:laugh:~
OH SNAP I kno!! :blob2: but I love how its so dramam filled!! Keeps you on your toes..makes the games more exciting
estranged4life
10-19-2008, 10:41 PM
The Rays are your American League Champions!!!!
From worst to first!!!
JohnL
10-19-2008, 11:07 PM
The Rays are your American League Champions!!!!
From worst to first!!!
Tampa is going wild tonight. Great game tonight but the Rays pulled it out. Phillies are going down next!!!
Street_Dreamer
10-19-2008, 11:15 PM
I'm just glad Boston isn't going to win. I'm pulling for this Rays team. I like the way they play and I like their manager. I kind of want the Phils to win given the history of the sports teams and fans from Philly, but I've got to stick with the Rays.
Matt
DavidMn
10-20-2008, 03:01 AM
Nice going Tampa. You guys earned it. I'm not happy at all right now being a 30 year Red Sox fan, but like I said Tampa was able to pull it off. Congrats.:nod:
JohnL
10-20-2008, 08:51 AM
Nice going Tampa. You guys earned it. I'm not happy at all right now being a 30 year Red Sox fan, but like I said Tampa was able to pull it off. Congrats.:nod:
The team definitely deserves it this year. Now...if they would only build the Rays a new stadium :lol:
jr2280
10-21-2008, 12:49 AM
Enjoy it now but the Phillies are gonna kick ass in the WS
DavidMn
10-21-2008, 12:50 AM
The team definitely deserves it this year. Now...if they would only build the Rays a new stadium :lol:I saw the one design the had planned down by the waterfront. That was terrible!
JohnL
10-21-2008, 10:26 AM
Enjoy it now but the Phillies are gonna kick ass in the WS
Rays in 5!! We are gonna pummel the Phillies! There is no stopping us now:]
Rays in 5!! We are gonna pummel the Phillies! There is no stopping us now:]
We love being the underdogs! There is no stopping us now; we are going ALL THE WAY!
GOOOOOOO PHILLIES!!!
Lee :)
blackcat
10-22-2008, 05:56 PM
Rays in 5!! We are gonna pummel the Phillies! There is no stopping us now:]
You still talkin' that trash here, John?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/RaymondTampaBayDevilRaysMascotSeptember2007.jpg/200px-RaymondTampaBayDevilRaysMascotSeptember2007.jpg
Tampa Rays Mascot: I don't know how we got here!
http://www.hobartpulp.com/website/april/phanatic1.jpg
The Philly Phanatic: You're going down Chump!
love, blackcat
Musicman408
10-22-2008, 08:46 PM
I'm just here to say that the Rays are going to win the whole thing.... I'm just being Frank. :nod:
jr2280
10-22-2008, 11:55 PM
1 Win down 3 to go :blob1:
slipkid
10-23-2008, 12:12 AM
:blob2::blob2::blob2::blob2:
I hope this is a good omen. This can't be the 1983 World Series against the Orioles all over again, or can it??:shrug:
*note: The '83 Phillies won game 1 against the O's on the road 2-1, but they had to come back to win that game.*
DavidMn
10-23-2008, 12:20 AM
:blob2::blob2::blob2::blob2:
I hope this is a good omen. This can't be the 1983 World Series against the Orioles all over again, or can it??:shrug:
*note: The '83 Phillies won game 1 against the O's on the road 2-1, but they had to come back to win that game.*I seriously think the Orioles were the daddy of both Pennsylvania baseball teams for about 10 years there. They beat the Pirates in '71 and '79 and the Phillies in '83.:lol:
slipkid
10-23-2008, 01:16 PM
I seriously think the Orioles were the daddy of both Pennsylvania baseball teams for about 10 years there. They beat the Pirates in '71 and '79 and the Phillies in '83.:lol:
Actually the Pirates came back to win the '79 World Series in seven games. Of course I could live in some alternate universe. :laugh:
jr2280
10-23-2008, 10:33 PM
The ump tonight is absolutely terrible
DavidMn
10-24-2008, 12:48 AM
Actually the Pirates came back to win the '79 World Series in seven games. Of course I could live in some alternate universe. :laugh:You know, I totally blew that one. The Pirates actually won in both '71 and '79. Jesus that was the mother of all brain farts.....:laugh:
DavidMn
10-24-2008, 12:49 AM
On another note, I'm thinking we may finally have a competetive Worls Series this year. One that might go 6 or 7 games. I really hope that happens.:)
Street_Dreamer
10-24-2008, 10:29 AM
The Rays are fiesty and have a lot of heart. Anyone who thought or still thinks that Philly is going to walk all over them obviously didn't pay close enough attention to the ALCS with the Rays and Red Sox.
Matt
slipkid
10-24-2008, 10:45 AM
The Rays are fiesty and have a lot of heart. Anyone who thought or still thinks that Philly is going to walk all over them obviously didn't pay close enough attention to the ALCS with the Rays and Red Sox.
Matt
I certainly wasn't among those people. I was scared about Manny and the Dodgers after what they did to the Cubs. I watched the ALCS with "pick your poison" in mind. The Phillies haven't been home in four games, it should be interesting how loud Citizens Bank Park gets. Compared to the two Metrodome World Series', Tropicana doesn't come off as loud.
slipkid
10-24-2008, 10:48 AM
You know, I totally blew that one. The Pirates actually won in both '71 and '79. Jesus that was the mother of all brain farts.....:laugh:
Yep, it was the '70 series the O's beat the Reds. So the O's went to the WS in '69, '70, and '71.
DavidMn
10-24-2008, 10:55 AM
Yep, it was the '70 series the O's beat the Reds. So the O's went to the WS in '69, '70, and '71.There's no excuse for me missing that one. I've only been a baseball fan since I was about 3, like almost 35 years.:laugh:
DavidMn
10-24-2008, 10:58 AM
Compared to the two Metrodome World Series', I remember being at all of the games in the 1991 world series agasint the Braves here in Minnesota. I seriously think my ears are still ringing from that one. Its funny, people ask what it was like being at game 7, where Jack Morris won 1-0 in 10 innings, you just had to be there to see how incredible that series actually was. I remember in 1987 against the Cardinals, I stood in line for 20 hours for tickets to all 4 games, but they sold out 3 people before I got to the front of the line!:mad:
Manny gets back at the Red Sox, Torre thumbs his nose at the Yankees.
Hi chiliD,
I'm wondering what the Red Sox did..or what Manny said the Red Sox did..to make him need to get back at them? :confused:
Been a long time...how the heck are ya?!? :wavey:
barbara (from the old Ledge)
slipkid
10-25-2008, 12:35 AM
The ump tonight is absolutely terrible
That J-Roll scrape of his uniform is not a hit batter?? I agree. This isn't new. The AL strike zone moves with the game. There are probably 2 NL umpires that do this, compared to 5-10 AL umps. I wasn't even a fan of either team watching an Orioles game this season. AL umps made up a new strike zones when needed. After game two Thursday, pitches at the ankles are now strikes. That's until Jamie Moyer is the pitcher:distress:
DavidMn
10-25-2008, 01:29 AM
That J-Roll scrape of his uniform is not a hit batter?? I agree. This isn't new. The AL strike zone moves with the game. There are probably 2 NL umpires that do this, compared to 5-10 AL umps. I wasn't even a fan of either team watching an Orioles game this season. AL umps made up a new strike zones when needed. After game two Thursday, pitches at the ankles are now strikes. That's until Jamie Moyer is the pitcher:distress:yea, but the league has had uniform MLB umps for about 8 years now. DO u think that these guys still have like old AL and NL strike zones? Just as an aside, I remember back in 1987, Jamie Moyer was pitching for the Cubs against the Phillies in Philly and he lost a no-hitter with either 1 or 2 outs in the 9th when Lance Parrish(post-tigers) singled up the middle.
slipkid
10-26-2008, 09:12 AM
yea, but the league has had uniform MLB umps for about 8 years now. DO u think that these guys still have like old AL and NL strike zones? Just as an aside, I remember back in 1987, Jamie Moyer was pitching for the Cubs against the Phillies in Philly and he lost a no-hitter with either 1 or 2 outs in the 9th when Lance Parrish(post-tigers) singled up the middle.
I do think umps have AL and NL strike zones. I mostly watch NL games (Phillies), but when I tune into an AL game I think the home plate umpires are from Mars. The strike zone is completely different. I've seen pitches that are thrown mid stomach in the AL called as strikes where in the NL it would never happen. So I think umpires change their approach per league.
You know how NBA refs work during home games in the playoffs. The away team usually gets fouled to death. Last night's game with Jamie Moyer is a great example. In two games on the road in Milwaukee and L.A., Moyer wasn't getting any close pitches as strikes. Last night's game in Philly, all the calls went in his favor. For a pitcher like Moyer, or Glavine, or Maddox, they rely on a bigger strike zone.
As for Lance Parrish, he ranks as one of the worst free agent signings in Phillie history. It was obvious that he was only after the money. This is a warning to any team wanting to sign Manny Ramirez. He put more effort in performing the last three months than he ever did in Cleveland and Boston combined.
estranged4life
10-26-2008, 07:50 PM
I'm trying hard to enjoy the World Series under the current circumstances in my life, but I feel guilty...But Debbie wanted the Rays to win, and I am rooting for 'em.
jr2280
10-26-2008, 10:58 PM
One win away from the championship. That stadium is gonna be absolutely insane tomorrow night if the Phils win.
slipkid
10-27-2008, 12:46 AM
One win away from the championship. That stadium is gonna be absolutely insane tomorrow night if the Phils win.
I remember game six, 1980. I was nine years old, in the fourth grade. I'd been a Phillies/baseball fan for about a year. I was SENT TO BED before the winning strikeout by Tug McGraw on Willie Wilson. I was then awakened to be told of the win. I'm too superstitious to predict today's outcome (later tonight), but at least I won't have to be awakened to see the final result.
DavidMn
10-27-2008, 02:23 AM
I'm not ready to count the Rays out just yet, but really they look like a younger team thats run out of gas. Their 2-3-4 hitters last night were 0-15. That aint gonna get it done.
jr2280
10-27-2008, 02:20 PM
theyre 3 and 4 hitters are like a combined -30 and 18 strikes or something like that this series
One win away from the championship. That stadium is gonna be absolutely insane tomorrow night if the Phils win.
What if they win when the game is called for rain...it's never happened before.
DavidMn
10-27-2008, 11:58 PM
What a surreal press conference butthole Bud just put on!:laugh: Saying we'el be here till thanksgiving if neccesary?! Cmon the rain HAS to stop before that doesnt it?:laugh:
slipkid
10-28-2008, 07:36 AM
Is Bud Selig really aware what's going on? He seems like he's on the verge of dementia.
By MLB rules, a game is official by the middle of the 5th inning. Yet the game continues until the middle of the sixth. This means when the game resumes, the Rays will play defense in perfect conditions for the bottom of the sixth while the Phillies had to struggle in mud puddles during the top of the inning. There were at least three pitches that Hamels put in the dirt because he lost his footing. If Selig suspends this game after the fifth inning, no harm, no foul. Yet he didn't, and he should've let the Phillies have their bottom of the sixth.
I hope this has no decided outcome to the series, but if it does pretty soon I'm going to have to be sent to a padded room.
The more I think about it, the angrier I get. Bud's explanation that "three" weather services didn't call this to happen is a bunch of BS! That's why he wouldn't name the three, because he was lying. Two local meteorologists at 6PM knew this game wouldn't be finished. But because MLB is a slave to the FOX network, and they have to compete against Monday Night Football, the game goes on.
Now for tonight Bud's given himself an out for canceling again if it's too windy. Yet I think it has more to do with the new episode of "House M.D." at 8pm.
blackcat
10-29-2008, 09:26 PM
GO PHILLIES!!!!!! WOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!
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Rox A Little
10-29-2008, 09:49 PM
WAY TO TO PHILS!
WORLD CHAMPS BABY!
:blob1:
Rox
DavidMn
10-29-2008, 11:15 PM
For all the Phillie fans out there, I'm truly happy for you all. I know what it's like as a Red Sox fan to wait a long time to enjoy a championship. Congratulations!!!:nod:
jr2280
10-29-2008, 11:33 PM
I now know how it feels for one of my teams to win a championship. one of the greatest feeling ever. :blob2:
DavidMn
10-30-2008, 12:53 AM
I now know how it feels for one of my teams to win a championship. one of the greatest feeling ever. :blob2:Youre about my age If I'm not mistaken? I'm 37.
GODDESS6
10-30-2008, 05:53 AM
:blob2:yay for the philles!!!:blob2:~ i hate tampa bay!!!~ did you see the fine 2010 camaro the mvp got?~ he's giving it to his wife whose b-day was last night~ sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!~
slipkid
10-30-2008, 07:48 AM
I now know how it feels for one of my teams to win a championship. one of the greatest feeling ever. :blob2:
Yes it is. I'm 37 so I remember 1980, but I don't think you can really appreciate it when you're nine years old. You think these championships are going to happen all the time. At least now I've experienced what I wish I could've felt after Super Bowl thirty-nine. The Eagles had dominated Philadelphia sports for about twenty years and yet the red headed step-children of the city are the ones who win it all.
There's a local sports radio personality who has made a living slamming the 'cheapness' of the Phillies organization while his nose has been firmly planted inside the rear end of Andy Reid and the Eagles. I'm going to listen to his radio show this afternoon with glee as he gets a good reaming. :lol:
46 hours of angst are finally over.
but I love my Cubs.
I think the Phillies have the best offense right now that could carry them to the World Series, but I worry about their pitching.
Hey, At least the Mets didnt make it (Collapse #2 for the second year in a row) thanks to the mighty Marlins!!! :thumbsup:
Hey, not to worry about the Phillies pitching because THEY ARE THE BEST BASEBALL TEAM AROUND!! :blob1::blob2:
CONGRATS TO OUR PHILLIES, WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!!!!! NOW PARTY ON PHILLIES' FANS!! :thumbsup: It took 28 years, but so worth the wait!
Lee :)
GypsySorcerer
10-30-2008, 12:23 PM
Congrats, Phillies. :thumbsup: I just like seeing the NL win.
WildHeart69
10-30-2008, 03:24 PM
HEY GUYS! Anyone going to the celebrations @ the fields tomorrow??
We got seats in club 23 row 8 at the Linc! We were tempted to buy some on ebay for Citizens Bank Park, but I think we just need to be happy that we actually got ANYTHING! They went so quickly!
I was saving some fireworks for a "rainy day" so of course we set those puppies off last night in the middle of the street! I still can't believe it!
Rox A Little
10-31-2008, 01:46 PM
Mike,
I'm surprised at you and Sara! You're not on the Phillies float? LOL
Rox
WildHeart69
10-31-2008, 06:05 PM
HA! No, but I must say the padded seats in the club level were very nice!
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