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Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-10-05 03:50:05 +0000

Still can't root for the MFY, and not for the usual reasons; I actually like Day-twah. Dodgers are my 2nd favorite team, but the AL wins the WS in 5 games.

Posted by tgl on 2006-10-05 03:52:24 +0000

_AND_ the NHL season started today. The Appreesh just doesn't end. I'd like to see Detroit and the Dodgers square off, I reckon.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-10-05 03:54:39 +0000

Anyone know why they pulled Simmons MLB playoff outlook? It was there like 2 hours ago.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-10-05 03:57:58 +0000

Here's game four. If I had my druthers, I, too, would go with DET-LAD. The least satisfying Series I can think of would be another of the Subway variety.

Posted by tgl on 2006-10-05 04:20:17 +0000

This bit is a laugh: "Aftah the game we'll hop on ah bikes and cruise the Daniel Webstah Highway!"

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-10-05 04:38:01 +0000

Simmons: "2:40 -- Nice job by ESPN running the famous 1985 play where Carlton Fisk tagged out two Yankees (Bobby Meacham and Dale Berra) on the same play. Although that play wasn't nearly as impressive as today's play because Berra was probably coked out of his mind at the time."

Posted by MF DU on 2006-10-05 12:32:59 +0000

he kind of looks like Morgan Spurlock:

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-10-05 17:29:33 +0000

ARod just struck out with the bases loaded in the first. Holla!

Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-10-05 17:35:29 +0000

Whoop!

Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-10-05 17:36:29 +0000

Day-Twat on the board!

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-10-05 18:22:00 +0000

Damon, upper deck. 3-1 MFY.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-10-05 20:16:53 +0000

Game Over! Yanks can't do it.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-10-05 20:18:06 +0000

Wells pitching for the Padres today.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-10-05 20:39:33 +0000

Dave Roberts and Josh Bard just got Encarnacion out at home. Sheesh!

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-10-07 04:23:58 +0000

One more to go for the Tigers!

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-10-07 07:54:01 +0000

MFY go down?!?! Small market WS?!?

Posted by tgl on 2006-10-09 23:26:05 +0000

Very satisfying to hear the YES announcers lament the end of the season as the Tigers prevailed over the MFY on Saturday night. Even more satisfying to overhear a New Yorker at a tony cafe in Saugerties, NY explain why she wants the Detroit to win the WS as that will mean the MFY will have lost to the eventual champions. It should be noted that YES announcers are always complimentary to the opposing team, even if the Yanks are on the losing end. The final call of the game "Tigers win!" was fairly spirited.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-10-13 19:59:43 +0000

Game on. Will Rogers spin us another gem?

Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-10-13 20:00:53 +0000

Already looking like not.

Posted by tgl on 2006-10-13 20:28:49 +0000

One hit is better than two runs on two hits. Isn't it?

Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-10-13 20:30:11 +0000

A shutout is one thing... Two baserunners in the first innings may be a part of a shutout, but it does not lead us to believe that we will see a gem.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-10-13 23:20:38 +0000

Rogers w/ the gem. Detroit record for fewest hits in a postseason game: 2.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-10-14 01:02:49 +0000

Outstanding. The Mets game is sloppy.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-10-15 17:44:27 +0000

How much of an advantage does Detroit have with all the time they get off before the NL is decided? If the Mets had their pitching intact, this could have been a sweep... Now I predict Mets in 7. Why can't we get guys like Suppan?

Posted by tgl on 2006-10-16 12:59:37 +0000

Tigers in 5.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-10-16 13:05:33 +0000

I was thinking the same this morning.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-10-17 15:00:57 +0000

I thought the same last night

Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-10-20 09:54:16 +0000

I changed my mind. Tigers in 5 was under the mistaken impression that the Metropolitans would advance... Tigers in 4.

Posted by tgl on 2006-10-20 12:34:41 +0000

Can I get quick highlights of the '68 series? Why do I care that we have a re-match? I'm going to guess that this link will have all I need.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-10-20 15:38:36 +0000

'68 was the Year Of The Pitcher, one of the reasons why the DH was introduced years later -- Yaz won the batting title in the AL by hitting .301. The height of the mound was changed thereafter, too. McLain won 31 that year, and Earl Wilson, a Sox castoff, also did well for the Tigers. Bob Gibson, though, was unstoppable that year (again)-- his ERA was 1.12. (I just got done reading about Earl Wilson in Shut Out, which is amazing and embarrasing.)

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-10-20 21:10:31 +0000

Everyone's seen it and heard the hype, but Endy Chavez made one of the great catches in playoff history.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-10-21 03:39:49 +0000

Completely insane.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-10-21 03:52:22 +0000

Joe Buck makes a decent call there as well.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-10-21 05:53:05 +0000

I think Buck is okay.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2006-10-21 15:58:58 +0000

Indeed, that was one of the best catches I've ever seen. And turning the double play was outstanding, too. My comments on the play, and to take nothing away from Chavez:

1. This was hit on the first pitch after an extended coaching visit to the mound in which Buck et al thought Perez was done. When they left him there, they commented that this would definitely be the last batter he faced, as Bradford was up and ready.
2. This was a major baserunning gaffe. A ball that high in that park was either going to be caught or over the fence. There was no reason to be halfway to third on that.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-10-23 01:51:11 +0000

Kenny Rogers just gave up his SECOND hit -- top of the eighth. Wow.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-10-23 02:11:55 +0000

Is Jones gonna blow it?

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-10-23 02:12:55 +0000

Phew!

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-10-23 04:20:55 +0000

... and Molina gets the Cards 2nd hit roughly 15 seconds after FOX displays all four of the "One hit games in the Playoffs" statistic. Simmons will say something in his next cloumn about that jinx. Man, that was brutal.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-10-23 06:16:28 +0000

Speaking of Simmons, his new Milton Berle analogy is pretty great.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-10-23 20:22:13 +0000

Dirtgate?

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-10-23 20:22:15 +0000

Dirtgate?

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-10-23 20:22:52 +0000

idiot

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-10-23 20:23:14 +0000

ditto

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-10-25 14:45:52 +0000

Chris Carpenter makes me proud to be from New Hampshire. Jesus, what if the Cardinals win?

Posted by MF DU on 2006-10-25 15:22:46 +0000

they just might. Why haven't we started a 2006 world Series thread? this aint the playoffs no mo.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-10-27 15:08:44 +0000

Um, the Cardinals are up 3 to 1.

Posted by tgl on 2006-10-27 15:20:12 +0000

1968! 1968! 1968!

Posted by MF DU on 2006-10-27 15:22:35 +0000

Morgan Spurlock's Experiment To Try Heroin For 30 Days Enters 200th Day.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-10-28 17:09:19 +0000

SS WS-MVP's: Dent, Trammel, Jeter, and now Eckstein

Posted by tgl on 2006-10-28 18:40:17 +0000

Tigers lose in 5.

Posted by buzzorhowl on 2006-10-29 03:30:35 +0000

I am pleased but sad.