10-16-2008, 08:14 PM | #2451 |
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Finally the announcer says what I've been saying for 3 innings - throw at somebody please.
I'd also leave Dice-K in. He really isn't pitching badly - he has good stuff and he's throwing strikes. Going to the bullpen now wouldn't work. |
10-16-2008, 10:10 PM | #2452 |
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10-16-2008, 10:11 PM | #2453 |
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Papi is no joke.
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10-16-2008, 10:11 PM | #2454 |
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That said, I still say Tampa gets out of this.
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10-16-2008, 10:11 PM | #2455 |
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Holy smokes...when do the Rays start getting nervous, as they have yet to be all season?
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10-16-2008, 10:12 PM | #2456 |
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How can you not bring in a lefty to pitch there?
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10-16-2008, 10:12 PM | #2457 |
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10-16-2008, 10:13 PM | #2458 | |
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For the same reason they need to know the home league in July, few good reasons.
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10-16-2008, 10:15 PM | #2459 |
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whoa....interesting to see how youkilis responds to the one over his head.
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10-16-2008, 10:17 PM | #2460 |
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Wheeler started shaking his glove coming set, and I went to the fridge to get a drink. He was still doing it when I got back.
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10-16-2008, 10:18 PM | #2461 |
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re: Wednesday start for WS
from last year's article on the subject In an effort to boost sagging ratings for the World Series, Major League Baseball announce Monday that the 2007 Fall Classic will start on Wednesday instead of Saturday. A Wednesday allows baseball to avoid playing on Friday, which is TV's second-least watched night after Saturday. If the Series goes to a Game 5, it also would go head-to-head with ESPN's Monday Night Football.
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10-16-2008, 10:22 PM | #2462 | |
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But why couldn't they (assuming Tampa holds on here) start the WS on Saturday? Then you have Saturday-Sunday-Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday-Saturday-Sunday. You still don't play on Friday and you even avoid MNF altogether. I don't get it. |
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10-16-2008, 10:23 PM | #2463 | |
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I can't imagine how much this will help considering the matchup. The Rays just don't have a long enough history. It's not like they're the 100-year-old Red Sox, who have generations of faifthful sprinkled all over the country. Tampa Bay has some budding stars, but none of them are either household names or polarizing figures. If only they somehow still had Josh Hamilton...
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10-16-2008, 10:25 PM | #2464 | |
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Maybe they're from the "People who catch the first episode are more likely to stay for the whole season" camp?
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10-16-2008, 10:33 PM | #2465 |
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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10-16-2008, 10:34 PM | #2466 |
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UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!
I'm rooting for the Rays, but this is something to watch.
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10-16-2008, 10:34 PM | #2467 |
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I still say Tampa gets out of this.
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10-16-2008, 10:36 PM | #2468 |
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Wow, this is interesting. I mean, TB still has Howell, Miller, and Jackson in the pen, while Boston has Masterson and Lopez. I gotta believe papelbon (who is close to a career high number of pitches) is done.
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10-16-2008, 10:38 PM | #2469 |
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Looks like we've got ourselves a game.
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10-16-2008, 10:48 PM | #2470 |
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OMFG. Tied...man...Tampa might be toast for tonight. Gonna need some more Upton and Longoria magic.
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10-16-2008, 10:48 PM | #2471 |
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What an AB. Holy shit this is crazy. 7-7, 9th inning.
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10-16-2008, 10:53 PM | #2472 | |
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You kind of answered your own question there. Your version, if it goes 7, includes 2 Saturday's the least watched TV night of the week. Instead, the Wednesday start gives them only 1 Saturday (and lets the set the schedule in stone ahead of time instead of being TBD) WEDNESDAY, OCT. 22 THURSDAY, OCT. 23 SATURDAY, OCT. 25 SUNDAY, OCT. 26 MONDAY, OCT. 27 WEDNESDAY, OCT. 29 THURSDAY, OCT. 30 As for whether it'll actually do them any good (as Karlifornia alluded to) is a whole different question.
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10-16-2008, 10:58 PM | #2473 |
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Baseball fucking rocks.
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10-16-2008, 11:03 PM | #2474 |
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10-16-2008, 11:04 PM | #2475 |
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Why not walk Papi? He's not gonna be a run threat at first...
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10-16-2008, 11:06 PM | #2476 |
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Or that works too...
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10-16-2008, 11:06 PM | #2477 |
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If the Rays do make the Series, I do think that Philadelphia has an edge in the bullpen spot.
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10-16-2008, 11:11 PM | #2478 |
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Oh, Evan....
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10-16-2008, 11:11 PM | #2479 |
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Evannnnn...great play, bad throw
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10-16-2008, 11:16 PM | #2480 |
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And baseball's aristocracy lives to see another night. But it's far from over.
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10-16-2008, 11:17 PM | #2481 |
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Gawd, I wanna puke. Tampa, you better take care of business at home. I don't want to see another game in this ballpark this year.
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10-16-2008, 11:17 PM | #2482 |
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This next game just became appointment TV for me.
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10-16-2008, 11:33 PM | #2483 |
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10-17-2008, 04:47 AM | #2484 |
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Boston wins the series.
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10-17-2008, 07:42 AM | #2485 |
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*sigh*
At least this has been a Rays team that hasn't really seemed like they get bothered by pressure before. They seem like a fairly loose team. Let's see if that can help them. And they are heading home, where they had the best home record in the majors.
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10-17-2008, 01:50 PM | #2486 |
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Go Sox!!! I will kill someone if I have to listen to those assinine cow bells multiple games. Who ever started that should be shot, it's THE most annoying thing in sports (it has replaced the tomohawk chop).
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10-17-2008, 01:52 PM | #2487 | |
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10-17-2008, 02:12 PM | #2488 |
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I too am rooting for the Sox.
As much as I want Philly to win the Series, I really do not want the trophy to go to a bandwagoner fan base who chooses to pay attention to the team only where they are a step or two away from the show. |
10-17-2008, 02:33 PM | #2489 |
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10-17-2008, 02:34 PM | #2490 |
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Fucking Avalanche!
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10-17-2008, 03:32 PM | #2491 |
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If Boston wins this series, forget the World Series. I just won't watch this year- I'd rather watch politics for 2 more weeks because I'm *less* tired of it.
I'll wish Phillies fans well and hope for a 4 game sweep with about a 50-7 run differential but I won't watch. I want to see something new, I want to see something interesting, and I don't want to watch Fox slobber all over Boston yet again. SI
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10-17-2008, 03:37 PM | #2492 |
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ESPN - Sources: Pads gauging interest in Peavy, whose contract runs through 2013 - MLB
Why in the world do you even entertain offers for Peavy? You have the best pitcher in the National League *under contract for 5 years*! It's not like he's going to be a free agent next season. He's got a pretty good club contract and it's for his age 27-32 years. "Peavy, 27, will make $8 million in 2009, $15 million in 2010, $16 million in 2011 and $17 million in 2012, and he has a 2013 option for $22 million, with a $4 million buyout." Doesn't make any sense at all. SI
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10-17-2008, 03:42 PM | #2493 |
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Yes because they had so much to root for the first 10 years they existed. It's hard to want to cheer on a team when they've sucked since conception.
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10-17-2008, 03:46 PM | #2494 | |
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I moved to Massachusetts shortly after interleague play began if I remember correctly (my memory fails the older I get).. but I remember the radio adds for interleague play... The Longtime heated rivalry between Boston and Philadelphia was playing on the radios for a week... I was like ... huh?? Maybe I was just irritated because I had hoped the Red Sox and Braves would play each season (since the Braves started in Boston) like Mets and Yankees play every season... since then I could watch at least one series of my Braves every year! |
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That's the only reason I have for not rooting against the Sox. That and, let's face it, their fanbase can't really be anymore annoying/obnoxious than it already is (present company excluded, of course), so if they win again nothing worse will really happen.
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10-17-2008, 04:35 PM | #2496 | |
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10-18-2008, 02:44 PM | #2499 |
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Philly area FOFC outing at McFaddens?
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Why is the red sox rays game not on yet on TBS?
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