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GAME FIVE---WORLD SERIES---IN ST. LOUIS
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| OCTOBER 27, 2006
| BATTLEGEARBOAT
Posted on 10/27/2006 7:48:49 AM PDT by battlegearboat
CARDS LEAD SERIES 3-1
Cards are flying high!
TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: worldseries
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To: battlegearboat
Detroit's pitching staff is pretty solid at pitching and pretty terrible at everything else.
If the Tigers lose this series, as seems likely, they can blame it on 4 pitchers' fielding errors.
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posted on
10/27/2006 7:51:01 AM PDT
by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
To: battlegearboat
When's the last time a team came back from a 3 - 1 deficit to win the Series? I know the '79 Pirates did it (against the Orioles), but I'd be surprised if it hasn't happened (at least once) since then.
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posted on
10/27/2006 7:53:17 AM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: battlegearboat
Full disclosure: I am a die-hard Mets fan.
I am rooting for the Cards because when the Cards beat the Mets the Yankees fans were dancing in the streets like the lowlifes they all are.
I would love to see the Cards pound the Detroit team that sent the Yankees packing.
My preferred postseason retrospective is that the Yankees lost the first round to the World Series losers and the Mets lost the pennant to the World Series winners, proving that the Mets are the superior NY franchise.
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posted on
10/27/2006 7:54:40 AM PDT
by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
To: Mr. Mojo
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posted on
10/27/2006 7:55:29 AM PDT
by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
To: wideawake
Some weak batting too, an error can easily be overcome by one swing of the bat. The Tigers have left WAY too many runners on base, sometimes loaded.
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posted on
10/27/2006 7:56:32 AM PDT
by
quantim
(Only one thing is universally incurable: Senators that think they should be President.)
To: Mr. Mojo
And the Tigers did win in '68 after being down 3-1 versus the Cardinals.
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posted on
10/27/2006 7:56:43 AM PDT
by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
To: wideawake
You'd think that someone who gets paid for throwing a baseball extremely accurately could throw a simple lob to first base, or third base, but apparently not.
The brilliance of Kenny Roger's performance in game two wasn't just his incredible control, but he also made several very crucial fielding plays.
The Tigs are toast, but hopefully they can at least bring it home for one game.
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posted on
10/27/2006 7:57:09 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: quantim
Good point. The fabled Ordonez has been extremely unproductive at the plate.
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posted on
10/27/2006 7:57:23 AM PDT
by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
To: wideawake
If the Tigers lose this series, as seems likely, they can blame it on 4 pitchers' fielding errors. And a passball that should have been blocked, and a slippery outfield. It was not a pretty game on the Detroit side.
To: Mr. Mojo
To: Yo-Yo
Well said. Sean Casey is one of the taller 1st basemen in the league and he jumped, with his catching arm fully extended, and the ball still sailed over his head.
It wasn't simply a poor throw - it was like he was just throwing the ball away.
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posted on
10/27/2006 8:00:17 AM PDT
by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
To: quantim
The Tigers have left WAY too many runners on base, sometimes loaded. That is something that is very hard to overcome in a short series of games like The Big Dance.
And it is why, sadly, the Tigers will lose the Series this year.
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posted on
10/27/2006 8:00:20 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Mathemeticians are machines that turn coffee into theorems.)
To: battlegearboat
That wasn't the World Series.
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posted on
10/27/2006 8:00:35 AM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: wideawake
And the Tigers did win in '68 after being down 3-1 versus the Cardinals. The Tigers have the pitching to pull it off, but the Cardinals have an ace of their own. The odds are against Detroit, but the odds are not astronomical.
To: wideawake
Well said. Sean Casey is one of the taller 1st basemen in the league and he jumped, with his catching arm fully extended, and the ball still sailed over his head. Minor point, but Polanco was covering first since Casey charged in to field the bunt.
To: Always Right
Oops. I forgot. And he's a head shorter than Casey.
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posted on
10/27/2006 8:05:48 AM PDT
by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
And it is why, sadly, the Tigers will lose the Series this year. I am not giving up hope. If someone said at the beginning of the year, all the Tigers have to do is win three games in a row to win the World Series, I would say no way! The Tigers are good enough to do it. They need to cut down on mistakes, get their bats going, and keep up the pitching.
To: Always Right
Either way, it sould be some exciting baseball coming up with all the marbles on the line each time. (Yes, the Tigers will win Game 5.)
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posted on
10/27/2006 8:08:27 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Mathemeticians are machines that turn coffee into theorems.)
To: Always Right
PLUS!....Don't forget that my Red Sox did it in 4 straight against these very same Cards in '04.
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posted on
10/27/2006 8:09:20 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Mathemeticians are machines that turn coffee into theorems.)
To: wideawake
Detroit's pitching staff is pretty solid at pitching and pretty terrible at everything else Understatement of the Day Award ... (can't believe what I've been watching)
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posted on
10/27/2006 8:12:31 AM PDT
by
11th_VA
To: wideawake
Zumaya's throw to third in Game Three was just as ugly, and costly.
Maybe Detroit will wake up their bats tonight. Oh well, I'm a fair weather fan anyway...
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posted on
10/27/2006 8:14:59 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: battlegearboat
world series is messing up my King Of The Hill nightly episodes.
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posted on
10/27/2006 8:20:26 AM PDT
by
HOTTIEBOY
(I'm your huckleberry)
To: Mr. Mojo
Tigers were down 3 - 1 to the Cards in 1968....
Tigers win series in 7 !!! It happend once i hope it hqappens again!!
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posted on
10/27/2006 2:08:09 PM PDT
by
Moleman
To: stlnative
To: battlegearboat
battlegearboat, hopefully you will be posting more Cardinal pics by the end of the night...hopefully next to the World Series trophy.
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posted on
10/27/2006 5:31:13 PM PDT
by
Lawgvr1955
(You can never have too much cowbell !!)
To: Mr. Mojo
Did you have to remind me of 1979? ;^(
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posted on
10/27/2006 5:33:58 PM PDT
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
To: DCPatriot
"We are fa-mi-ly....."
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posted on
10/27/2006 5:36:28 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: stlnative
Wasted opportunity by the Cards. 30+ pitches and bases loaded and no run. Give Verlander credit.
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posted on
10/27/2006 5:58:54 PM PDT
by
Lawgvr1955
(You can never have too much cowbell !!)
To: Lawgvr1955
Just saw on the web that Joe Niekro died today. Age 61. Ex Astro, brother of Phil.
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posted on
10/27/2006 6:01:39 PM PDT
by
Lawgvr1955
(You can never have too much cowbell !!)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Hey, fellow Red Sox fan! Wait 'til
next year! :o)
Eckstein again! What is Jim Leyland thinking... with this Verlander rookie? I've never seen a pitcher so nervous during a World Series game...
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posted on
10/27/2006 6:11:41 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
(National security trumps everything else.)
To: Charles Henrickson; A Citizen Reporter; La Enchiladita; MOgirl; fatima
I think this is the Game 5 thread...
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posted on
10/27/2006 6:56:19 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
(National security trumps everything else.)
To: nutmeg
Are there 2 threads going.I am all mixed up:)
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posted on
10/27/2006 7:00:58 PM PDT
by
fatima
To: battlegearboat; Cletus.D.Yokel
You two guys BOTH have live threads going. Which should yield to which? Work it out.
To: fatima
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posted on
10/27/2006 7:05:22 PM PDT
by
TankerKC
(I Predict that 50% of the Major Party Candidates Will Lose on Election Day!)
To: TankerKC
Thanks TankerKC,guess we landed here:)
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posted on
10/27/2006 7:10:00 PM PDT
by
fatima
To: battlegearboat
If the Tigers prevail, Casey is making a case for MVP.
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posted on
10/27/2006 7:13:08 PM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Verlander better BRING DA HEAT tonight!)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
And the Pirates, in their infinite wisdom, let him go. His bobble-head give-away day was his last game here.
Go Tigers!!! (Leyland fanz here.)
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posted on
10/27/2006 7:17:38 PM PDT
by
PennsylvaniaMom
(Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you...)
To: fatima; battlegearboat
Are there 2 threads going.I am all mixed up:)Yes, I think there are 2 threads... I saw this one first - posted by battlegearboat. I believe the other one was posted later... (?)
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posted on
10/27/2006 7:28:48 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
(National security trumps everything else.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Geesh... listening to Joe Buck and McCarver in this post-season sure makes me long for RemDawg and Don Orsillo... :-(
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posted on
10/27/2006 7:30:04 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
(National security trumps everything else.)
To: nutmeg
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posted on
10/27/2006 7:31:09 PM PDT
by
fatima
To: PennsylvaniaMom; dodapeep
Cards look like they are using the momentum. Could be bad news for Day-twah.
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posted on
10/27/2006 7:31:17 PM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Verlander better BRING DA HEAT tonight!)
To: nutmeg; battlegearboat
Yep, 2 threads but BGB started his reeeaally early...during hang-over recovery time.
We can work through it cause we are from "fly over country"!
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posted on
10/27/2006 7:35:03 PM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Verlander better BRING DA HEAT tonight!)
To: nutmeg
Right click and choose (1) Open in new window or (2) open link in new tab.
Run them simultaneously. So you on the other tab.
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posted on
10/27/2006 7:41:19 PM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Verlander better BRING DA HEAT tonight!)
To: nutmeg
Well, I had to make a choice. This one started in the morning and seemed to be about other things than Game 5. I guess we should have had a meeting, decided ahead of time who would do the LIVE THREAD.
Question: Will the Tigers fight back? Will their claws finally come out?
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posted on
10/27/2006 7:56:53 PM PDT
by
La Enchiladita
(God bless America, land that I love. NEVER FORGET ... Some Gave All ...)
To: fatima
Where are we? Who's on first?
Heehee.
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posted on
10/27/2006 7:58:14 PM PDT
by
La Enchiladita
(God bless America, land that I love. NEVER FORGET ... Some Gave All ...)
To: La Enchiladita
I just answer pings at this point:)
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posted on
10/27/2006 8:05:40 PM PDT
by
fatima
To: La Enchiladita; fatima; A Citizen Reporter
It sure looks to me like there's gonna be one heck of a party in St. Louis tonight!
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posted on
10/27/2006 8:06:07 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
(National security trumps everything else.)
To: nutmeg
Checking in. Three outs away.
And the Angels are probably thinking, "Where the **** was this pitching for US?"
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posted on
10/27/2006 8:09:58 PM PDT
by
Christian4Bush
("Ma'am, you don't have to thank us. You just go beat him for us." Soldier to Irey re: Murtha)
To: nutmeg
Down to 2 outs left.
"Retaliate for '68"
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posted on
10/27/2006 8:13:37 PM PDT
by
A Citizen Reporter
(Go Cards! Go Cards! Go Cards! Beat the TAR out of Detroit.)
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