2013 MLB Thread -- Return of the boys of Summer!

Yet.

I haven't been able to follow this season except for online highlights and the very rare regular season game, but I'm feeling pretty good about this team's chances still. Maybe it's because (as implied earlier) I'm not worried about any of the other teams winning it all. If they do, they do. Detroit would be my second favorite after the Cardinals though.

I also find none of the remaining teams objectionable. Probably having some recent WS championships helps, too, but like you, I'm not that concerned if the Redsox don't make it. I'm kind of more invested in wanting the Dodgers to go all the way, simply because they haven't been in 25 years, whereas the others all have two league penants within the past 10 years.

Red Sox UP 3 to 2... One win AWAY!!

I started out as a Reds fan in the Big Red Machine days of the mid 1970s. After they traded Tony Perez and let Pete Rose leave as a free agent, I got mad at them and rooted for the Phillies (because of Rose) and the Giants (their AAA team was in Phoenix). I ended up sticking with the Giants most of the time since then. I wasn't able to bring myself to root for them during the Baroid Bonds years, so I rooted for the AZ Diamondbacks during that time.

Giants fans inherently hate the Dodgers. Reds fans during the 70s also didn't like them very much. I'm rooting for the Cards in this one.

The World Series was in the Cards for St. Louis this year!

We will see who wins..

Ok, we're all set to get revenge for 2004!

Sorry, we aren't done taking revenge for '46 and '67.

Wednesday.. The Series STARTS...


IN BOSTON!!

The Cubs haven't won a World Series in 105 YEARS! And haven't been in one since 1945.

And your point?

Is that:
a) the streak continues, and
b) that's how it SHOULD be!

People love the Cubs because they are a piece of history, It doesn't matter if they win or lose, MISERY loves company. At least the Bears have won a Superbowl, and the Bulls reigned in the 80's and 90's. But the Cubs will always be the Cubs.. And maybe that's the way it should be.

World Series! First pitch in about 2 minutes

Sox up 5 to 0...

Well THIS sucks... Oh well, I didn't expect we'd win both of the first two in Boston.

7 to 1 now!!

8 to 1 Final... Sox up 1 game to none..

Here's hoping the Cardinals come to the park tonight. I don't mind an occasional blow out that favors my team, but I'd much rather get a few close contests. The Sox capitalized on the opportunities, but the Cardinals gave them a few too many. Fingers crossed for a pitching duel tonight!

I suspect it will be closer tonight.

WOW, If the Cardinals want to take a WIN like that then they are bigger BITCHES then I suspected. The series is TAINTED by that win, just admit you need to CHEAT to win.

Quit yer whining, Larry. It was the right call. Middlebrooks clearly obstructed Craig by raising his legs as Craig tried to pass him. Intentional or not, it's obstruction. It's a rule. Deal with it. I'm sure the Red Sox would have taken such a win had the situation been reversed.

Yeah, the call was by the book, it absolutely sucks, because it was not intentional, and I don't think Craig would have scored anyway, but I can't fault the umps or cards for it. Salty was right to make the throw, and Midlebrooks should have caught it. The Sox are week on the left side of the infield, and they got burned on that several times last night. In fact, once Drew came out, the only solid position infield was Pedroia at second. Sucks, but it is what it is.

He knocked Middlebrooks DOWN sliding into 3rd base, he had NOWHERE to go. They got screwed again.

It doesn't matter that he had no where to go or where he knocked the player down. He could have been injured from a bad hop that hit him in the face or lying dead in the base path from a heart attack; it still would have been obstruction. The runner is entitled to run from one base to another, and the penalty when a fielder who doesn't have the ball and isn't currently in the process of fielding the ball is that the umpire awards the next base if he thinks the runner likely would have made it without the obstruction. The only judgment to the call is whether or not the runner would have made the next base. In fact, the illustrative example from the rule book is almost exactly a description of the play yesterday:

But for being a throw rather than a ground ball, that's what happened.

Yeah, I can't quibble with the call at all. The real problem is the Redsox have a weakness on the left side. I consider both losses to have largely resulted from this. If the Cardinals can continue to run aggressively to third, and hit grounders through that rather large hole, they will probably win two more games.