NLCS -- Cards vs Giants -- IST

[Frayed Knot]

Pulling hard for the Giants to take this one tonight (assuming the rain holds off) even though I suspect I'll be going against my NL roots and backing the Tigers in the WS.

Preferences among the remaining:
Tigers
Giants
*********
Cardinals

[Vic Sage]

i get why SF over StL, but why Tigers over Giants?

[Guest themetfairy]

Vic Sage wrote: i get why SF over StL, but why Tigers over Giants?

Gratitude

[Frayed Knot]

Yeah, gratitude is part of it.
Also just as a change of pace; Tigers haven't won in a while and the city of Detroit could use a win itself.

But it's not a strong feeling one way or the other and sometimes in series like this (assuming it comes off) I just start watching and almost unconsciously find myself pulling for one side, so I still could wind up going for the Giants on this one.
Definitely Tigers over Cards though if that turns out to be the match-up.

[Gwreck]

Vic Sage wrote: i get why SF over StL, but why Tigers over Giants?

2011 - Cardinals
2010 - Giants

[Guest Kong76]

Frayed Knot wrote: Tigers haven't won in a while and the city of Detroit could use a win itself.

They need some riots and overturned burning cars
and other celebratory stuff.

[Frayed Knot]

There's been a lot of stuff going on in this series ... but close games haven't been among them.
Cards can't do anything right right now.

[ashie62]

Its over

[Ceetar]

Ashie62 wrote: Its over

They should probably stop wasting pitchers and get off the field then.

[Frayed Knot]

I'm with Cain here, I wouldn't have taken Cain out either.

[ashie62]

Ceetar wrote: Ashie62 wrote: Its over They should probably stop wasting pitchers and get off the field then.

No....means I can turn the tv assface...

[Frayed Knot]

The only ugly part of that stadium out in SF is those goofy cartoon cars out on the left field wall.
That they even become part of a varying height of the wall itself makes it even worse.

[Ceetar]

Look, Erin Andrews is a reallllly bad baseball sideline reporter. It's probably just because she hasn't watched a game or been part of a broadcast until the postseason, but either way she adds nothing to the broadcast if you're going to talk to her without putting her on the screen.

[Frayed Knot]

Would it be wrong for FOX to put her inside a keyhole-shaped border superimposed around her each time they put her on screen?

It would, wouldn't it?

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: Would it be wrong for FOX to put her inside a keyhole-shaped border superimposed around her each time they put her on screen? It would, wouldn't it?

It would be wrong, but it's not something I think FOX would shy away from doing if they wanted to.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Grand slam single weather

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Holy Mole-y, Beltran walks as the potential final out.

[Frayed Knot]

Bochy's got to be kidding me with these pitching changes!!
Are the Cards really coming up with 9 runs before the next out because the Giants had the wrong pitching match-up out there?

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: Bochy's got to be kidding me with these pitching changes!! Are the Cards really coming up with 9 runs before the next out because the Giants had the wrong pitcher out there?

Might've been a "well, we're breaking for mound repair anyway change' but probably not.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Grand slam single weather

Never rained this hard that I remember. steady wet drizzle for most of extra innings though.

[Frayed Knot]

Problem is, he risks delaying the end of this game for maybe an hour or more if he stalls too long.

... although the good part is that at least they don't have to go anywhere afterward. They're the home team for games 1 & 2

Edited October 22, 2012 by Guest

[MFS62]

Changing pitchers, a tribute to LaRussa.

Later

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Look how happy Angel Pagan is.

[Frayed Knot]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Look how happy Angel Pagan is.

I think he was dancing Gangham Style

[Gwreck]

Ceetar wrote: Look, Erin Andrews is a reallllly bad baseball sideline reporter. It's probably just because she hasn't watched a game or been part of a broadcast until the postseason, but either way she adds nothing to the broadcast if you're going to talk to her without putting her on the screen.

Nothing to say about what Ken Rosenthal looks like?

[Ceetar]

Gwreck wrote: Ceetar wrote: Look, Erin Andrews is a reallllly bad baseball sideline reporter. It's probably just because she hasn't watched a game or been part of a broadcast until the postseason, but either way she adds nothing to the broadcast if you're going to talk to her without putting her on the screen. Nothing to say about what Ken Rosenthal looks like?

I'm convinced Rosenthal is just a more human looking version of that robot Fox uses for the NFL. His gimmick is different bow ties. hat tip to the programmers.

[seawolf17]

Frayed Knot wrote: Bochy's got to be kidding me with these pitching changes!! Are the Cards really coming up with 9 runs before the next out because the Giants had the wrong pitching match-up out there?

League rules say his Closer� must be out there for the final out.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Look how happy Angel Pagan is.

My adoptee makes it the World Series.

(My other adoptee Yusmeiro Petit appeared in one game for the Giants this season).

[ashie62]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Look how happy Angel Pagan is.

Free agent to be...

[Frayed Knot]

Kyle Lohse, also a free agent to be.
Less happy.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

cool slomo
http://webusers.npl.illinois.edu/~a-nathan/pob/PenceTripleDouble.html