Super User A-Jay Posted October 20, 2013 Super User Posted October 20, 2013 ~ From Worst to The World Series ~ The 2013 Boston Red Sox Un - Real ! ! ! A-Jay 1 Quote
Super User flyfisher Posted October 20, 2013 Super User Posted October 20, 2013 Gonna be a good WS but it really is two teams i am not a fan of...i will have to give the slight nod to Boston though because of Victorino. Quote
Super User Grizzn N Bassin Posted October 20, 2013 Author Super User Posted October 20, 2013 Going with the cards...I'm a fan of Beltran and want him to get a ring.. If he wasn't on the team I could care less who wins, I just love the game and don't despise any team. Quote
Super User K_Mac Posted October 20, 2013 Super User Posted October 20, 2013 I think this year the two best teams in baseball made the big dance. I hope Beltran and company put a whooping on Boston in return for the one they put on us last time. I would not bet the egg money on it though with Boston having home field advantage. The NL has got to start winning the occasional All Star game! Quote
Super User jbsoonerfan Posted October 20, 2013 Super User Posted October 20, 2013 A silly exhibition game shouldn't carry so much weight. However, they were both 97-65 in regular season, and didn't meet in interleague play. Quote
Super User Grizzn N Bassin Posted October 21, 2013 Author Super User Posted October 21, 2013 A silly exhibition game shouldn't carry so much weight. However, they were both 97-65 in regular season, and didn't meet in interleague play. I like the idea of the all-star game , the best players from AL/NL playing for home field advantage. but like K_MAC said NL Needs to win an all star game here and there.. Quote
Super User flyfisher Posted October 21, 2013 Super User Posted October 21, 2013 I like the idea of the all-star game , the best players from AL/NL playing for home field advantage. but like K_MAC said NL Needs to win an all star game here and there.. They did win 3 or 4 i na row before this season i beleive so they do win some. It has definitely changed the game though. I still think it should be best record then head to head if possible and then interleague record after that. 1 Quote
Super User Grizzn N Bassin Posted October 21, 2013 Author Super User Posted October 21, 2013 Yeah NL last 3 years... before that AL 12... I'm doing this on my phone so I can't post the link but the NL smoked the AL thru the 60s to early 80s... Quote
Super User jbsoonerfan Posted October 21, 2013 Super User Posted October 21, 2013 7 out of the last 10 years the Team with home field afvantage has won the WS. However, 6 out of the last 10 years the team with the better record won the WS. Interestingly enough, the 4 years where the team with the best record DIDN'T win the series, they didn't have home field advantage. Quote
Super User deaknh03 Posted October 21, 2013 Super User Posted October 21, 2013 7 out of the last 10 years the Team with home field afvantage has won the WS. However, 6 out of the last 10 years the team with the better record won the WS. Interestingly enough, the 4 years where the team with the best record DIDN'T win the series, they didn't have home field advantage. 10 out of the last 10 years, the team that won 4 games has won the world series.. 2 Quote
Super User Grizzn N Bassin Posted October 23, 2013 Author Super User Posted October 23, 2013 whos going to dance the best tonight? Quote
Super User K_Mac Posted October 23, 2013 Super User Posted October 23, 2013 Cardinals! It should be a great series. I am not a gambling man, but if I were I would bet the egg money that there won't be a sweep this time around. GO CARDS! 1 Quote
Super User Grizzn N Bassin Posted October 24, 2013 Author Super User Posted October 24, 2013 Sox put a whopping on the cards!! They played flawlessly great game. I hope beltran is able to come back !! What a catch! Quote
Super User Grizzn N Bassin Posted October 24, 2013 Author Super User Posted October 24, 2013 Xrays came back negative.. he needs to come back strong... and their defense , well they need a pep talk Quote
Fishwhittler Posted October 24, 2013 Posted October 24, 2013 Xrays came back negative.. he needs to come back strong... and their defense , well they need a pep talk Three errors in one night aren't conducive to winning. Wainwright also made a bad play: Called for a popup and then backed off when he though Molina was going to catch it, so the ball dropped. Doesn't count as an error, but it's the nearest thing to one. Ouch. Quote
Missourifishin Posted October 24, 2013 Posted October 24, 2013 Cardinals defense is normally great. I don't think we'll see any more games as sloppy as that one. Wainwright didn't look like himself from the beginning either, and I think he let the errors effect him mentally too. They'll bounce back, and play a lot better than they did in game one. Hats off to the Red sox though, they played a great game. Quote
Super User A-Jay Posted October 24, 2013 Super User Posted October 24, 2013 2013 WS game 1 is in the books. As a Sox Fan, I think I can speak for All of Red Sox Nation when I say, it would have been tough to ask for a better game from the home team. I really enjoyed the beginning, middle and especially the End of last night's game. Clearly not a well played game but a Game 1 wins is a Game 1 Win. One down - Three to go. There are expectations of a better performance from the Cardinals. Sox lost game one to the Tigers so the Nation knows there is still a lot of work to do. A-Jay 1 Quote
Super User Grizzn N Bassin Posted October 27, 2013 Author Super User Posted October 27, 2013 Cards came out to hit tonight dagom!! They are roping peavy Quote
Super User Grizzn N Bassin Posted October 27, 2013 Author Super User Posted October 27, 2013 Now we got a game!! Quote
Missourifishin Posted October 27, 2013 Posted October 27, 2013 Tied up again. I'm highly upset right now. Quote
grampa1114 Posted October 27, 2013 Posted October 27, 2013 Final scores shouldn't be decided on Umpire "Judgement" calls.......Who interfered with who? Middlebrooks was interfered with and couldn't make the catch and the fellow who is recovering from the sprained ankle couldn't climb over him....Go back to third base and continue the game.....duh... Quote
The one that got away Posted October 27, 2013 Posted October 27, 2013 Bad call, if they're going by the book, they can't give Beltran on the statue play when he got nicked by a pitch earlier in the game. But whatever. What kills me if Farrell not walking the guy in the first place. I don't know who was up next (Kosma?) and I don't care who was up next, it could be Babe Ruth, with first base open you walk the guy. And also with Farrell, why do you have Workman get his first professional at bat in the top of the 9th of the WS if you're only sticking with him for two batters in the bottom of the 9th? If that was the case, you might as well have pinch hit Napoli. And Middlebrooks, there's NO WAY you let the throw from Saltamacchia get cleanly through you. Block it with your face, your family jewels, anything. That ball should not get by under any circumstance. After the ball did get by, he lifted his legs to get up, then kind of went down, then lifted just his legs. I think he was trying to get his feet out of the basepath where he assumed the baserunner would run, but I guess that's the rule. I'm listening to the umpires (the TV's still on in the other room) and there's saying him lifting his legs wasn't the reason interference wasn't called. So I have no idea what he was supposed to do. If the runner was out at home, it was still a tie game. Still no guarantee of a win by either team. The Cards still might have won. But the interference call in the judgement/interpretation of the rules by the umpires definitely lost the game for one team. Correct me if I'm wrong here. Lost in all the confusion was a great play by Nava, for being exactly where he should have been and making a great throw to the plate, and to Pedroia for making the initial play. On to Game 4. Game 4 is usually the swing game in any 7-game series. 2-2 or 3-1 = big difference in how the rest goes. Quote
The one that got away Posted October 27, 2013 Posted October 27, 2013 Can't go to bed until I've answered this for my mind. After looking at all of the rules again, it looks like it doesn't matter what Middlebrooks did, the umps could call obstruction. I'm not sure why Craig decided to run over Middlebrooks instead of taking a more clear path down the baseline, but in doing so he got the call. Dumb luck. It was then up to the umps to decide if the runner would have been safe if there were no obstruction. In their minds it did. It's a little frustrating because I'm pretty sure the home plate ump is the guy who blew the obvious first base call that cost that Tigers pitcher a perfect game a few years ago, and I think the 3rd base ump tonight was the only guy in Fenway who didn't see Kozma drop the ball the other night. These umps are supposed to be the best, so let's hope there's no more controversy and the play on the field decides the games. On to Game 4. Quote
grampa1114 Posted October 27, 2013 Posted October 27, 2013 So far a disappointing performance by the "best in the league" umpiring team. .........On to game 4....... Quote
preach4bass Posted October 27, 2013 Posted October 27, 2013 It stinks to have a game decided by an obstruction call. But, according to the rules, the call was right. Quote
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