World Series I-S-T

[Zvon]

POLL:

Do the Phils have a comeback in em here in game 2?

Yes __

No __

They will tie it and it will go 18 innings then the Phils score, Rays tie it in their half and it goes 23 innings __

(^I'm not going to divulge the winner cuz if the above happens I don't want u guys thinking im psychic or anything)

[Frayed Knot]

I think we can call him Jayson Werth-less tonight. Boy is having a rough game.

So far, so good as far as I'm concerned:
I was a Philly phan last night (cuz I figured if they lost a Hamels game to start out it might be a short series) but am a Rays fan tonight for much the same reason.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: I think we can call him Jayson Werth-less tonight. Boy is having a rough game. So far, so good as far as I'm concerned: I was a Philly phan last night (cuz I figured if they lost a Hamels game to start out it might be a short series) but am a Rays fan tonight for much the same reason.

I always wish for a seven game series when the Mets arent involved.
Only because after its over no baseball for like 5 months.

I did vote 5 games in the poll, using the '69 Met analogy that the Phils win the first game, and then the Rays take 4 in a row in some miraculous fashion.

[Frayed Knot]

Manuel leaving Utley & Howard back-to-back like this makes it easier for Maddon to combat, particularly with Price on the squad as well as two other LH relievers.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: Manuel leaving Utley & Howard back-to-back like this makes it easier for Maddon to combat, particularly with Price on the squad as well as two other LH relievers.

And if Howard has at bats like that throughout the series the Phils are in trouble.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

The World Series is an opportunity to hate Tim McCarver all over again every October.

He grates on me. Quickly.

[Frayed Knot]

Just out of curiosity, is Upton going to run out ANY of these GiDPs he hits into, or just assume he's cooked from the start and jog them all out?

That's 3 in 2 games now, and Maddon yanked him from at least 2 games during the season for not hustling.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: Just out of curiosity, is Upton going to run out ANY of these GiDPs he hits into, or just assume he's cooked from the start and jog them all out? That's 3 in 2 games now, and Maddon yanked him from at least 2 games during the season for not hustling.

Maddon's too smart to rock the boat at this time, but I'm sure he is noticing and will address it again in the future.

[Guest AG/DC]

Bruntlett?

[Zvon]

Its getting interesting here in the 9th.

....lil bit.


(that top view of the check swing by Baldelli discussed earlier shows no way did he "obviously" swing)

[Zvon]

I just had time to sit up in my seat and its over.
Rays take game 2.

[Frayed Knot]

Tied-Up!

Now they all get a day off - or maybe two if the forcast holds for Saturday

[Zvon]

They oughta give Rosenthal a milk crate or something to stand on when he does those post game interviews.

[Frayed Knot]

If FOX & ESPN ever co-produced a game they could have a "short-off" starring their on-field reporters Ken Rosenthal and Tim Kurkjian

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: If FOX & ESPN ever co-produced a game they could have a "short-off" starring their on-field reporters Ken Rosenthal and Tim Kurkjian

lmao.

Kurkjian is the only person in the world over 15 years old who's voice is still breaking.

[Zvon]

[Valadius]

Dan Wheeler.




Cliff Floyd.

[Fman99]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: The World Series is an opportunity to hate Tim McCarver all over again every October. He grates on me. Quickly.

Yep. Buck and McCarver both, in fact. They are YES-network-level bad broadcasters.

[Zvon]

Game three.
This is disgraceful whats going on here tonight.
This game should have been called hours before its starting time.

[Zvon]

Its 10:30, 2nd inning, and the Phils up 1-0.
Phillies should have scored more in the 1st with second and third, no out, but datsAbaseBall.

[Frayed Knot]

Serves them right for not even scheduling the start until after 8:30. Not that rain is more likely at that hour but it leaves you with no wiggle room once you do get delayed.

But it won't change. Selig was quoted in the last day or two as saying that, while he'd like to reduce some of the extra off-days in the post-season next year, the idea about moving even weekend games to afternoon or earlier PM starts is not up for discussion. The ratings suffer in afternoon games he claims and the networks won't clear the time anyway. Of course they would if the rights fees were reduced but he's not going to add that part.



For those who didn't stay up; the Rays tied it without a ball leaving the infield in the 8th and the Phils won it without a ball leaving the infield in the 9th.

Top 8: Upton infield single; steal; steal + E2 = tying run (3-3)

Bottom 9: Bruntlett HBP; passed ball + E2 = runner on 3rd/0 outs.
Then IW + IW loaded the bases and prompted Madden to play 5 infielders vs Ruiz who foiled the scheme by getting a 40-foot single for the always-popular 'walk-off dribbler'



Game 4 = Blanton v Sonnenstine in another late night game in late October in the northeast.

[stevejrogers]

BTW, this series is proving the biggest "non-controversy controversy of recent postseasons, but look for it to return the next time" wrong with the "Look for the Rays to dominate because the Phillies had too much rest" argument.

I'm all for eliminating extra off days and tightening up the postseason as well, but it really is a silly argument to blame blowouts on too much rest in-between a team that swept or won the LCS in 5 games, as opposed to their opponents who won the LCS in a 7 game war.

Kind of like blaming Super Bowl blowouts on the extra week between the championship game and the Super Bowl.

[Guest cooby]

what time was it over?

[Guest themetfairy]

1:49 am, according to ESPN.

[Zvon]

from last nights game

[Zvon]

[Guest themetfairy]

The bottom of the first is starting at 8:38.

I doubt I'm staying up for the whole thing.

[Guest Kong76]

As the NFL on Fox wound down they had a tick down clock (around 8:00)
as to when the next World Series game would be on ... it's just maddening.

Countdown to Jeannie was more like it ... yuck.

[metirish]

Hitting in this series has been terrible.

[Guest themetfairy]

I hat Jeannie.

1-0 Phillies on the bases loaded walk to Burrell. The run is more maddening because Sonnenstine could have gotten out of the inning with a tailor made double play ball but he went for the runner at third instead (and, ultimately, didn't even get Rollins out).