I do not want the Tigers to face a stone-cold general in LaRussa in the WS.
Magic can end when another monster of the dugout brings his team to the plate.
Tigers did capitalize off really mediocre pitching by the Yanks, and they took great advantage of a sack of crap for hitting by the A's.
I think either opponent would be tough, but I'd rather see Detroit take their chances against a 2nd year manager in Willie Randolph. LaRussa is as calculated as Leyland, and he's due another WS ring any year now.
They did better . . . Series tied 2-2sauce1977October 16 2006, 11:50:16 UTC
That 12-5 conflagration of the Cards points to some life.
Man, that Beltran . . . pitch to him, and shit tends to hit the fan.
NYMs may not have Pedro or the best pitching staff, but they did win a bunch more during the regular season than the Cards. I'm not sure why the Cards only managed 83 wins . . . maybe they had an injury or whatever . . . this MLB stuff, I've only vaguely followed since August, with most of my focus on the Tigers.
I have no choice but to . . . it's like the season, so far, for the Saints . . . comin' home, Benson be damned . . . right coach, good mix of guys down there, Bush is handling the weight on his shoulders well enough . . . and Brees was a solid choice.
I think the last piece of Detroit's puzzle was canning Dimitri Young. Guys like that were too plentiful on Detroit rosters for over a decade.
Big difference . . . Detroit goes on the road for the middle games. Big time importance on the first two. A hole for a club that hasn't sniffed even .500 ball in over a decade . . . pure danger falling behind.
I'll be rooting for Detroit in the Series. I hate the Cards and the Mets... well, who wants to see New York win again?
Secretly though, I'm jealous. Detroit's had a Stanley Cup and an NBA Championship this decade so far. A World Series title would only add to the hurt I feel waiting for one of my teams to get there and actually win. I'm tired of seeing New York, Boston, Chicago, Detroit and Los Angeles celebrate. I want to celebrate.
As a Philly-centric fan, you should be jealous. It's been a regular title-town around here, especially with hockey, plus basketball and some college achievements.
I don't blame you, either. For years as a kid, I wondered why the Lions couldn't get strong and take a SB.
I'm not so foolish now, and I definitely appreciate the good times when they materialize. I'd be ranting forever like I did . . . shitting on the Tigers, completely and utterly, just like I did the Steelers . . . if I thought for one second, just one . . . that something wasn't rightIt's gotta be earned . . . otherwise, it's just like the years where a team sucks. Handouts won't do . . . and I see, at least on a longshot chance for a team like the Phillies . . . they keep that Howard guy going on the right path, and it doesn't look like that HR-slugger's the wrong kind of guy . . . Phillies might grab one. Way MLB still is . . . plenty of sad-sack organizations . . . better pitching on the Phils is probably the quickest way to a city championship
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Don't let Andy Reid fool you. Morhinweg is just there as a favor so his family doesn't starve. Big Red is calling the shots in that offense. Do you really think an offense helmed by the idiot who deferred on an overtime coin toss would be as dominant as ours is right now?
But yeah, in principle, I'm not a big fan of the WCO either. I like my offense to grind the ball out on the ground and take shots down the field in the air. Still, what we have here in Philly works, and I'm not complaining.
I was eager to read this in spite of hardly ever taking an interest in sports, partly because I was a witness to Boston's curse-breaking season, and partly since it would have meant so much to your grandad. It's good to know you got what you've been waiting for all these years, though with three classic underdog teams going all the way in the last three years, I have to admit that my suspension of disbelief is being tested. (Though, I suppose it was the White Sox and not the Cubs. I think I would have believed I was living in Bizarro World.) Is baseball going the way of "sports entertainment" (to use Vince McMahon's phrase)?
I say this not to cheapen your victory, but because it calls into question my own, and I want someone to reassure me that everything is okay. Heh.
P.S. I felt the same way when Oberlin's football team won its first game after a two (three?) year losing streak.
You should go, since this is the first time in many moons that it is worth watching the Tigers.
Not that the season in sum was neat to watch . . . I haven't watched much . . . just since August . . . but for post-season . . . any playoff game tends to be that much better in person.
I'm Not Your Typical Homer.sauce1977October 16 2006, 12:12:35 UTC
Until 1994, I pretty much breathed baseball . . . started watching in 1983-1984. I did little league right up through to high school. I wasn't good enough to make the HS team, but up until that point, I spent most summers trying to learn every position, what to do, you name it, I had studied and played the position. Went to a number of games . . . best game I attended was a Dave Stewart no-hitter at the Skydome in 1990
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Magic can end when another monster of the dugout brings his team to the plate.
Tigers did capitalize off really mediocre pitching by the Yanks, and they took great advantage of a sack of crap for hitting by the A's.
I think either opponent would be tough, but I'd rather see Detroit take their chances against a 2nd year manager in Willie Randolph. LaRussa is as calculated as Leyland, and he's due another WS ring any year now.
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Man, that Beltran . . . pitch to him, and shit tends to hit the fan.
NYMs may not have Pedro or the best pitching staff, but they did win a bunch more during the regular season than the Cards. I'm not sure why the Cards only managed 83 wins . . . maybe they had an injury or whatever . . . this MLB stuff, I've only vaguely followed since August, with most of my focus on the Tigers.
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I think the last piece of Detroit's puzzle was canning Dimitri Young. Guys like that were too plentiful on Detroit rosters for over a decade.
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Big difference . . . Detroit goes on the road for the middle games. Big time importance on the first two. A hole for a club that hasn't sniffed even .500 ball in over a decade . . . pure danger falling behind.
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Secretly though, I'm jealous. Detroit's had a Stanley Cup and an NBA Championship this decade so far. A World Series title would only add to the hurt I feel waiting for one of my teams to get there and actually win. I'm tired of seeing New York, Boston, Chicago, Detroit and Los Angeles celebrate. I want to celebrate.
I wanna know how it feels.
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I don't blame you, either. For years as a kid, I wondered why the Lions couldn't get strong and take a SB.
I'm not so foolish now, and I definitely appreciate the good times when they materialize. I'd be ranting forever like I did . . . shitting on the Tigers, completely and utterly, just like I did the Steelers . . . if I thought for one second, just one . . . that something wasn't rightIt's gotta be earned . . . otherwise, it's just like the years where a team sucks. Handouts won't do . . . and I see, at least on a longshot chance for a team like the Phillies . . . they keep that Howard guy going on the right path, and it doesn't look like that HR-slugger's the wrong kind of guy . . . Phillies might grab one. Way MLB still is . . . plenty of sad-sack organizations . . . better pitching on the Phils is probably the quickest way to a city championship ( ... )
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But yeah, in principle, I'm not a big fan of the WCO either. I like my offense to grind the ball out on the ground and take shots down the field in the air. Still, what we have here in Philly works, and I'm not complaining.
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I say this not to cheapen your victory, but because it calls into question my own, and I want someone to reassure me that everything is okay. Heh.
P.S. I felt the same way when Oberlin's football team won its first game after a two (three?) year losing streak.
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It seems like it should be Yankees or Dodgers every year .. . . although, Detroit never had championship droughts like BoSox, White Sox, Cubs . . .
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I might even be lucky enough to go to Game 1, which is the day after my birthday. That would be a birthday present to end all birthday presents.
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Not that the season in sum was neat to watch . . . I haven't watched much . . . just since August . . . but for post-season . . . any playoff game tends to be that much better in person.
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