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Official Discussion Thread: ALDS Game #2 (White Sox/Rays) and ALDS Game #2 (Red Sox/Angels)

MLB.com Gameday for White Sox/Rays -- game time 5:00 pm CT

Today's Starting Pitchers
Mark Buehrle
M. Buehrle
White Sox
vs. Scott Kazmir
S. Kazmir
Rays
15-12 W-L 12-8
3.79 ERA 3.49
140 SO 166
52 BB 70
22 HR 23
vs. TB -- vs. Chi

MLB.com Gameday for Red Sox/Angels -- starting time 8:30 pm CT

Today's Starting Pitchers
D. Matsuzaka
D. Matsuzaka
Red Sox
vs. Ervin Santana
E.
Santana

Angels
18-3 W-L 16-7
2.90 ERA 3.49
154 SO 214
94 BB 47
12 HR 23
vs. LAA -- vs. Bos

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If you don't care then why did you say "first"?

That’s implying that you do care.

"Looks like Milwaukee got their No Hitter" -ak123

by NittanyCub on Oct 3, 2008 3:28 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Maybe he only cares about being first.

I keed!

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Oct 3, 2008 3:31 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

These past 2 seasons have taught me...

that being “first” doesn’t really matter.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 3, 2008 3:41 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Next your going to tell me there is no such thing as the Easter Bunny

n/t

"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella

by Lou In Blue on Oct 3, 2008 3:54 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

There's no such thing as the Easter Bunny.

Happy now?

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Oct 3, 2008 3:59 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

There's not!??!?!?

Damn, way to add insult to injury tonight, Al!!!!! EVIL!!!!!!!!!

Oh wait, I’m jewish and never believed in the easter bunny to begin with. Nevermind. (goes back to watching the BBC News at 10)

The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.

by sanantonecub on Oct 3, 2008 4:17 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hey, I'm Jewish too, you know.

Could we get our own bunny? The Passover Bunny?

(getting a little whippy today)

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Oct 3, 2008 4:35 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I've been starting to think

That the Cubs don’t want to play on Yom Kippur (Game 1 NLCS) so they’ve been doing their best to make sure they can get to shul.

Yeah, that’s it!

The day we lose our will to fight - Is the day we lose our Freedom.

by sanantonecub on Oct 3, 2008 5:01 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well, after all, Jason Marquis wouldn't be available that day.

Oh, wait. Maybe that would be a GOOD thing.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Oct 3, 2008 5:09 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This truly is a bad, bad day...

"What a great call! Your doing a fantastic job, but people expect me to come out here and be upset. So I'm gonna kick some dirt, you understand?" - Lou Pinella

by Lou In Blue on Oct 3, 2008 4:25 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

might as well skip baseball...

that’s what our team has done the last 2 nights…ba bum, tsss.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 3, 2008 2:41 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

OT - If you are looking in here, some unusual news

out of todays trib (safe for work) on Diet Coke and the earning power of strippers.

Chicago Tribune

But the wind blew me back via Chicago, In the middle of the night

by N Oakley on Oct 3, 2008 2:51 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

With all the fanposts and tons of comments...

on the main page posts… not sure if this has been mentioned anywhere, but the starting times for the NLDS Games 4 & 5 have been set… here’s hoping they actually happen.

Game 4 – 9:30pm CST
Game 5 – 8:30pm CST

by MillsChC on Oct 3, 2008 2:59 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

good

that means I won’t have to duck out of work for game 5.

---AC 00 00 00 - Believe

by mjk83 on Oct 3, 2008 3:58 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think we are in for a lot of Sox success tonight

Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #3/4 4-0 (0-0). Next up at Nebraska October 4th. Live on ESPN in primetime. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!

by nji232 on Oct 3, 2008 3:03 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

followed by a Crawdad Attack....

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 3, 2008 3:04 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This time, I welcome him.

If he’s the type that relishes a Cub loss more than a Sox win, F him.

But the wind blew me back via Chicago, In the middle of the night

by N Oakley on Oct 3, 2008 3:06 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And saying GO CHICAGO GO, GO CHICAGO GO...

I’ve never met a Sox fan such as you describe, and I certainly am not one.

I did post this about the Cubs.

I also know that most Sox fans who were not very hopeful about the Sox chances in the post-season and certainly NOT when the lot fell to Javy to be our game 1 pitcher.

Before the season ended I said of the Rays that they were licking their chops at the prospect of playing the Sox in the ALDS.

The Sox were picked by most “experts” for 4th place or worse and many here had the Sox for last place. So clearly the Sox have had a good season. They would have done better with Crede and Quentin, but I don’t know if they would have won.

I’d like the Sox to win the WS every year, but that’s not going to happen. Winning one in my lifetime alleviates the pain of this Sox post-season.

by DrCrawdad on Oct 4, 2008 3:03 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Really? Against Kazmir?

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Oct 3, 2008 3:10 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't see it either.

Buehrle is too prone to giving up early runs and Kazmir is one of the lights out pitchers that led the Rays to this season.

But the wind blew me back via Chicago, In the middle of the night

by N Oakley on Oct 3, 2008 3:17 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lets see if Kazmir gets past the 5th

He reminds me of Harden a lot. If Kazmir has good control then maybe the Rays win.

Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #3/4 4-0 (0-0). Next up at Nebraska October 4th. Live on ESPN in primetime. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!

by nji232 on Oct 3, 2008 3:43 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hey! I think Brewers and Cubs fans have found some common ground:

The 2008 playoffs have totally sucked.

At this point I’m just hoping to avoid a sweep.

I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 3, 2008 3:29 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

"Ted Simmons Speed Camp"?

Now, THAT user name requires some explainin’.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Oct 3, 2008 3:37 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm old enough to remember that Ted Simmons was one of the slowest players in the game...

… by the time he came to the Brewers in the early 80’s. It was a bit of a running (ha) joke back then that he had to hit a double to make it to first.

I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 3, 2008 4:46 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Oddly...

… Simmons had his career high in SB while a Brewer in 1983… four.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Oct 3, 2008 4:56 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ha!

I have an unreasonable dislike of Bill Hall.

by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Oct 3, 2008 5:59 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Other Games? Meh.

I feel like the Duke brothers at the end of “Trading Places”. I want to demand that they re-open Wrigley and play game three immediately.

On the other hand, a day off is probably not a bad thing at this point.

by 08Cubs on Oct 3, 2008 4:31 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I second that 08...

I just want it to happen already. Either put us out of our misery or give us some hope…I can’t take another day of depressing anticipation.

Free Ronny Cedeno

by Kansas25 on Oct 3, 2008 4:34 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sox game has started.

Lemme check Gameday here. What the…? White Sox have the bases juiced with no outs in the first!

I'm open to a miracle.

by dat cubfan daver on Oct 3, 2008 5:17 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Kazmir pitched himself into a Dempster-like jam

Thome up with one out.

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space. That day appears to be near.

by chilango2 on Oct 3, 2008 5:20 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

After a half inning

Sux score twice, Kazmir throws 48 pitches and looks a bit off.

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space. That day appears to be near.

by chilango2 on Oct 3, 2008 5:28 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ok

so should I listen to the Angels or BoSox audio? I have no idea of if they are any good.
ps- ChiSox sucked again

It has to start some place. It has to start some time. What better place than here. What better time than now. ~Rage Against the Machine

by love the ivy on Oct 3, 2008 8:33 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Anybody here?

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Oct 3, 2008 8:52 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Nope.

Try the other 38 fanposts.

Free Ronny Cedeno

by Kansas25 on Oct 3, 2008 9:39 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Red Sox up 5-1, Top 4

Angels, welcome to the club.

by 08Cubs on Oct 3, 2008 9:47 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Wow.

If this keeps up, all four series will be 2-0, and all eight games will have been, for the most part, boring and one-sided.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Oct 3, 2008 9:57 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

what would mlb do if every postseaon series was a sweep? LOL....

the minimum number of games played…think the networks would like losing all that ad $?

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Oct 3, 2008 10:06 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Of the seven series last year...

… five were sweeps.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Oct 3, 2008 10:17 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And the Cubs lost every series, vicariously

Swept by the D-Backs
Who were swept by the Rox
Who were swept by the Sox

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Oct 3, 2008 10:28 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Angels Making a Run At It

They’ve closed to 5-2 and have two on with no out.

Which is more than I can say for – aw, never mind.

by 08Cubs on Oct 3, 2008 10:25 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Angels doing their best Cubs imitation

but are failing. Only 2 errors for the Halos.

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Oct 3, 2008 10:49 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

just turned the angles/sox on...

has it been close at all? how has this game played out?

by stadiumguru on Oct 3, 2008 11:29 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Angels Have Battled

and haven’t quite connected, but now have bases loaded with two out in the bottom of the 7th.

by 08Cubs on Oct 3, 2008 11:35 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

And

… get a bases loaded walk from Napoli to bring it to 5-4.

Which is more than I can say for … aw, never mind.

by 08Cubs on Oct 3, 2008 11:36 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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