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[Sockeye Salmon]

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Currently in the US. St. Louis were all over them tonight.

Had a 4am start yesterday to catch a plane and would you believe I fell asleep during the 7th innings and missed it all. Cruz was getting hammered on TV today for missing that catch last night.

[Remi Moses]

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Havent't watched Game 7 yet, game 6 was the most intruiging game I've seen.
To lose after so many little league errors from the Cards, and being 1 strike away twice has to be soul destroying. Very 1997 Bulldogesque

[Remi Moses]

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WOW. What an unbelievable World Series we are witnessing. I think you don't even have to be a baseball fan to be loving this drama filled, thrill a minute, edge of your seat, battle of the titans, winner take all finale. Hats off to both teams for giving it everything and inturn creating such a spectacle.
I saw the vision of Napoli rolling his ankle and it did not look good, great effort to keep going and picking off Holiday at 3rd.
So much for Texas having such a quality bullpen, this pen is leaking like a sieve in this series. That damn Ogando owned Detroit but he can't seem to get the job done now.
I know what you mean Underdog wean you talk about about Wash being an rdinary manager. The Rangers had bases loaded, 2 outs in the 5th with Lewis stepping up to the plate and he didn't pinch hit for him. For the life of me I can't understand why he would leave him in there.
Looking forward to game 7, hopefully another cracker.

Tim Mccarver was all over it, very conservative from Washington.
What was the no doubles field all about ?

[KT31]

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I'm watching MLB.com and Sean Casey has chosen the Rangers to take game 7. So far in the World Series Sean Casey is 0/6 in his predictions, put the house on St. Louis to win.

Sean Casey is now 0 from 7.
Thats a pretty fair effort.

[anfo27]

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Tim Mccarver was all over it, very conservative from Washington.
What was the no doubles field all about ?

I found this quite strange Remi. A no doubles field is just that and to have a field set for no doubles and have the ball hit over Cruz's head for a double is unforgivable. Cruz needed or had to be deeper so the only way the ball was going over his head was if it was a home run. Cruz was not paying attention & Wash and the rest of his coaches didn't notice that Nellie was out of position and they paid the ultimate price. If Cruz was in the position he was meant to be in then the Rangers win the World Series 4-2.

The Rangers have missed a golden oppoutunity. In the end their starting pitching just wasn't good enough so i'm not sure what they can do to significantly improve this. There best pitcher in CJ is a free agent so they might have their hands full in getting him back. I'm not sure how good the rangers farm system is but they have given up a lot of prospects in the last 2 years.

[anfo27]

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Sean Casey is now 0 from 7.
Thats a pretty fair effort.

Sean Casey is the kiss of death, what did the rangers ever do to Sean to deserve that?

[anfo27]

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Watched a bit of Catching Hell the other day. Terribly sad and tragic story .

Watched it 2 nights ago on youtube and found it fascinating. If Alou makes that catch i have no doubt the Cubs win that game. It looked like fan interference to me, it was line ball but it did look like it was just in the field of play. Can't believe dusty did not have a pitcher in the pen warming up in the 8th inning. Post season game with Prior reaching 100 pitches thrown and nobody warming up in the pen seems strange to me.
Poor Cubs fans look like they were just waiting for something bad to happen. Amazing how that incident just deflated the whole stadium. Reminds me of being a dogs fan, we have been hurt so many times that we are scared to believe.
I watched 4 days in October on youtube as well that night. It was about the Red Sox coming back from 0-3 down in ALCS against the Yankees in 2004 to win 4-3. The Red Sox also had history against them but became the first team in history to come back from 3 games down. What i found the amazing was the attitude of the Sox players. These guys still believed that they could do it and the phrase 'why not us' was used endlessly. This attitude filtered down to the fans and the whole town of Boston still believed that they could win.
Its amazing the difference in attitude from the Cubs to the Red Sox when both clubs have curses hanging over their heads. No wonder the Red Sox were successful.

[mjp]

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What i found the amazing was the attitude of the Sox players. These guys still believed that they could do it and the phrase 'why not us' was used endlessly. This attitude filtered down to the fans and the whole town of Boston still believed that they could win.
Its amazing the difference in attitude from the Cubs to the Red Sox when both clubs have curses hanging over their heads. No wonder the Red Sox were successful.

Not sure about that. Watch the '4 Days in October' docco....Boston's come back was remarkable but they were down and out - and so was the entire city - 3-zip down against the Yankees. Dave Roberts pinch running/base steal in the bottom of the ninth gave them hope and Ortiz delivered...a remarkable player.

[Remi Moses]

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I found this quite strange Remi. A no doubles field is just that and to have a field set for no doubles and have the ball hit over Cruz's head for a double is unforgivable. Cruz needed or had to be deeper so the only way the ball was going over his head was if it was a home run. Cruz was not paying attention & Wash and the rest of his coaches didn't notice that Nellie was out of position and they paid the ultimate price. If Cruz was in the position he was meant to be in then the Rangers win the World Series 4-2.

The Rangers have missed a golden oppoutunity. In the end their starting pitching just wasn't good enough so i'm not sure what they can do to significantly improve this. There best pitcher in CJ is a free agent so they might have their hands full in getting him back. I'm not sure how good the rangers farm system is but they have given up a lot of prospects in the last 2 years.

How costly was not being able to get Cliff Lee.
Their bullpen just imploded, they were superb until the WS!
The cards Just like in 06 ( mets were the best NL team) somehow found a way.
Will they keep Albert?

[anfo27]

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How costly was not being able to get Cliff Lee.
Their bullpen just imploded, they were superb until the WS!
The cards Just like in 06 ( mets were the best NL team) somehow found a way.
Will they keep Albert?

If they get Cliff Lee then they probably don't get Beltre and he was super this year but they needed an ace in the World Series and they didn't have one.
Surprised by the bullpen though, aquired some good arms before the trade deadline and seemed to have the deepest pen going around, maybe the pressure just got to them.
Again the cards win it from the wild card.
Albert did turn down $20+ million a year for 8 or 9 years (i think) last year so i can't imagine what he will end up signing for.

[anfo27]

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Not sure about that. Watch the '4 Days in October' docco....Boston's come back was remarkable but they were down and out - and so was the entire city - 3-zip down against the Yankees. Dave Roberts pinch running/base steal in the bottom of the ninth gave them hope and Ortiz delivered...a remarkable player.

I think the only reason they were still alive was the Sox players still believed, the fans were out but the players still believed. I keep remembering Millar going around to every player in warm up and telling them 'don't let us win game 4 cause after that we have Pedro and Curt and anything can happen in game 7'. Their belief got them close and big papis clutch hitting got them over the line. Interesting doco.
Can't forget Curt courageous pitching effort in game 6 with the blood seeping through his sock.

[The Underdog]

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If they get Cliff Lee then they probably don't get Beltre and he was super this year but they needed an ace in the World Series and they didn't have one.Surprised by the bullpen though, aquired some good arms before the trade deadline and seemed to have the deepest pen going around, maybe the pressure just got to them.
Again the cards win it from the wild card.
Albert did turn down $20+ million a year for 8 or 9 years (i think) last year so i can't imagine what he will end up signing for.

They needed a manager in the World Series but they had an idiot instead. I have no idea why he started Harrison in game 7 over Holland considering their performances in the previous games.

[The Underdog]

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Anyone seen the new Miami Marlins uniforms? Pretty damn awful.

The Phillies may have knocked off the worst free agent contract straight up giving Papelbon 4 years and $50 million. That'll take some beating. $50 million for a closer who may already have past his peak. The Phillies are going to go downhill fast in a few years and be full of bloated contracts.

The Cubs should make a manager appointment soon. Going on the media interviews so far I'd be favouring Mike Maddux.

[anfo27]

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Anyone seen the new Miami Marlins uniforms? Pretty damn awful.

The Phillies may have knocked off the worst free agent contract straight up giving Papelbon 4 years and $50 million. That'll take some beating. $50 million for a closer who may already have past his peak. The Phillies are going to go downhill fast in a few years and be full of bloated contracts.

The Cubs should make a manager appointment soon. Going on the media interviews so far I'd be favouring Mike Maddux.

Yeah i saw the new Miami outfit. I didn't think they were too bad but the caps are the worst looking hats in baseball. I like to collect mlb hats but that one might be the last on the list. Looks like they might land some big fish to go with their new GM, name and stadium. I've read they have entertained Reyes, Pujols & buehrle with Prince to follow thus far. Interesting to see where they sign, any predictions there Underdog?

It is a lot of money for papelbon but the phillies have alot of money to spend and they won't stop with the one big signing. I see they also signed the 100 year old Jim Thome which seems a little strange since he can't field. Surely he won't be spending time at first with Howard out for a chunk of the season? I wonder if they will bring Oswalt and Rollins back.

Hopefully we can sign a 3rd & 2nd baseman and a quality reliever or 2.

Would you be happy with Maddux?

Have you seen the moneyball movie yet?

[Remi Moses]

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They had the prize for the previous worst cap with that aqua green autrocity.
The black looked good