Posted on 10/28/2011 2:03:22 PM PDT by Perdogg
Agree. Baseball lasts way too long. I usually watch more football anyway, but have to say this world series was great stuff. I didn’t want to miss it.
I knew tonight would be anti-climactic.
all in all,, CUBS suck cardinal win
GMTA. Exactly. It was much like last year where the WS was anti-climatic after beating the Yankees in the ACLS.
The last caller on The Ticket's Diamond Talk just expressed the same thought you did here.
LOL! When did the Legend of the Rally Squirrel get started?
ROTFL!
Ugh, I agree! I love baseball, but enough already.
This may be a stupid question, but here goes... Can fans participate or vote in keeping baseball the way it is (or making the season a bit shorter)? Or is it just up to Bud Selig and the MLB honchos?
That epic Game 6 was one of the biggest heartbreakers I think I've ever witnessed. The Texas Rangers should be proud - they're the AL Champions... and I'm sure they're going to come back really strong in 2012.
I agree... that makes much more sense.
No... M&M/Mars candies = Plain and Peanut (and other new flavors) M&Ms, Snickers, Milky Way, 3 Musketeers, Twix, Starburst (chews). Mostly chocolate bars...
LOL, I can't believe you remember my baseball injury. Yes, my arm was broken by Adrian Beltre (unintentionally, of course!) during batting practice at Fenway Park, Boston. He hit a 400 ft ball that landed squarely on my left arm (could've been a LOT worse).
Here's that thread from June 2010 (that's NOT my arm in the pic, btw):
Nutmeg Struck By Fly Ball To Center Field
I live in the People's Republik of Connecticut, unfortunately.
Congratulations on the Cardinals' World Series victory! They were awesome, and deserved the win. Pujols is a classy guy, and Freese earning MVP is incredible... what a story for a "hometown boy"! Really a fantastic win... enjoy! :-)
Money talks and ...well, you know...
Washington’s errors along with just awful fielding made Game 6 the Bill Buckner game for Texas....
they had won that game twice(9th and 10th innings) and just blew it....
it is going to be Hard for Ryan, but he needs to start at the top (Washington) to fix the Rangers....
Problem is, if both Fielder and Pujols go elsewhere, at least one of them will probably end up with the Cubs.
If I had to bet, I’d say Pujols re-signs with the Cardinals, and Epstein will move quickly to pick up Fielder for the Cubs.
Pujols will want something like 10 years, $300 million to leave, which will be hard to justify for most teams for a guy who is already 30. Major injuries aside, he could certainly play until he’s 40, but not as an every day player in the NL. Any NL team that signs him to such a contract will get to look forward to trying to trade him to an AL team (which will certainly involve eating part of his contract) when he’s no longer able to play first base every day. $30 million a year is a tad much to pay a pinch hitter.
Signing Pujols is exactly the sort of move the Cubs hired Epstein to make, but history and common sense suggests that he’ll go for the younger (and relatively cheaper) Fielder. I’ve heard some talk that the Phillies might try to cut loose of Ryan Howard and sign Pujols, but I just don’t see it happening.
At the same time, Pujols has a lot of good reasons to stay in St. Louis, even if it means less money. He already lives there, all his charity work is there, and (most importantly since I think he really cares about this) his legacy is there. If he goes somewhere else, it will be looked at as a second career for him, and he’ll be expected to reproduce what he did in his 20s in order to not be seen as a failure. If he stays in St. Louis, it will all be seen as one big Hall-of-Fame career, even when he’s in his decline. Besides, history prefers the guys who stay with one team.
I missed your response last nite! lol got into celebrating. Fantastic series and yes, Freese being a ‘hometown’ boy, for me, was the icing on the cake!!
WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO!
Hey thx for the link. I’ll be reading over it later today. I trust you are all healed up now? :)
Proud of what-they lost!
The way the Rangers gave away game 6, they deserved to lose game 7. But,,,the Cards still steeeeeeeeenk!!!
Duhh....make that NLDS.
Nice prediction.
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