I'm a Giants fan. I have an intrinsic hatred of the Dodgers, obviously, and, like all other worthwhile Americans, I dispise the Yanks. But then, 2002 gave me a serious reason to dislike the Angels. But I have to root for the Angels. Cheering the Yankees doesn't even pop into my head. The options are basically root for the Angels or ignore the series. Maybe I'll ignore the series. Then I can root whatever colored Sox when the time comes. I'm leaning towards White. I had a brief anti-Boston phase, but I'm over it. They're a scrappy bunch, fun to watch, and they shamed the Yanks about as badly as shamed can be. That, and my hatred of the Pats is more than sufficient as a drama-catalyst with my MIT friends. But I'm leaning towarsds the White Sox. I'm a big fan of the brazen Ozzie. And, fickle, my polack roots root for Pierzynski. I liked him as a Giant even though everyone else thought he was a "cancer". (He nailed a three-run knock in the first today. Further proof that nothing improves your game like being traded away from the Giants.) So, I guess I'm thinking White Sox and the Angels with the White Sox going to meet the NL. It's wishful thinking, I know. Maybe it would be better for the Yanks to get lucky against the Angels and then choke against whichever Sox. To have the Red Sox beat them would have a certain enjoyability. To have the Yanks beat the Red Sox would be a horrible, horrible thing. Then, the National League. My dad has always been a Cards man. My mom says it is because he like the color red, but that can't be the whole story. I think the Cards will do the Friars in three. I think Houston has the edge, but it will take five games. Then, the Cards take the NL. And then, I imagine, the Cards beating the White Sox. And then we're on to basketball. |
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14-2 White Sox. That's the kind of shaming that could really fire up Boston. |
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hockey is back. kings have the best team on ice since gretzky. now i just need to find room in my budget for cable so i can watch a fucking game. |
1) Derek Jeter's watching the ball all the way into the catcher's mitt, even though he has no intention of ever swinging at it 2) Mike Mussina 3) Mike Mussina's stretch windup 4) Joe Torre's use of Al Leiter as a reliever (or even using him at all) 5) Bernie William's frog-like batting stance |
I just can't get into hockey. That's why I moved out of the woods- I just don't like wt. |
go stars! |
what's wrong with you, dougie? jeez, man. have a tequiza and get your head together! |
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That Chisox / Redsox game was pretty awesome last night. Couldn't stay up for the Angels game though. |
McCarver is ridiculous. That NYY/BOS game, second to the last game of the regular season, where Cleveland was still in the running. Tim going through all the permutations of possible outcomes, going over and over how if the Yanks won and the Indians lost, the Yanks would clinch... over and over. |
Funny, there's actually an anti-McCarver website: http://www.shutuptimmccarver.com Looking forward to the Houston / Atlanta game tonight -- Clemens and Smoltz, should be pretty awesome. Damn, the wife's about to divorce me, what with watching baseball, doing a lot of fishing, and working a lot of late nights. |
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espn cuts to commercial. what the fuck, espn. i go to their website: chicago leads series 2-1. uh, yeah, about that... no. see ya next season, boston. |
i mean 5 games worth of innings. goddamn. |
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Roy Oswalt was pretty masterful for Houston last night. I just hope that with this spate of close calls recently, that MLB doesn't jump on the replay bandwagon. What a shame it would be to see managers throwing out a red flag to challenge a play as opposed to seeing them tear out on the field and argue pointlessly with the umps until they're blue in the face. |
I can't believe how restrained Scioscia was the other night. Even when you consider that Scioscia was a catcher and he knew his boy fucked up, I would have expected him to fly off the handle. Maybe I just wanted him to fly off the handle. I'm worried that call is going to fire up the Angels. Neyer ran down a list of the worst calls in post-season history, and in almost every one the victim of the bad call went on to win. Fuck the Angels. |
Also, bye bye to Busch Stadium. Teams that I want to see in the series in future years: Tigers, Reds, Indians, Phillies, Pirates, Twins, Brewers. |
the suicide squeeze has to be the most exciting play in baseball. clemens v. contreras saturday. this is going to be some good shit. clemens and pettitte are 1st and 2nd in era for mlb. oswalt is 9th. out of both teams, only lance berkman cracks the mlb top ten for any batting stats. (OBS, 7th) i think i'd root for the chisox but i'm thinking the astros have a solid shot. |