AL Division Series Discussion Thread: Game #4, White Sox/Rays and Game #4, Red Sox/Angels
by Al Yellon on Oct 6, 2008 3:00 PM CDT
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Who cares?
I think it finally hit home to the people I work with how disgusted I am today. My boss is going to the White Sox game, and some co-workers were making some, “lucky bastard,” type rumblings. My response was, “good for him, he can have them. I wouldn’t go if you paid me.”
They couldn’t believe, as much as I love baseball, that I would turn down playoff tickets. But I honestly would. I went to a few playoff games in 2005, but I don’t think I would have the stomach for it this year.
Sigh
Postseason baseball without the Cubs is like, well……..just not as much fun as it should be!
Get 'em on, Get 'em over, Get 'em in!
Yep, I'm picking the Rays over the White Sox.
And the Red Sox over the Angels. Rays go to the World Series and face the Dodgers.
So this is how it ends.
No offense Al....
….but I can’t stand the sight of these posts. It just reminds me of the fact that we’re done. It’s not like that reality is escapable yet (especially with all my Astro fan coworkers coming by to ask me what happened…). I’m anxious for any news to come out of the organization to change the topic and the light the way for us to the promised land (of 2009 that is).
"I'm petrified of nipple chafing. Once it starts, it's a vicious circle." Andy Bernard
What news do you think you will see two days after a playoff loss?
Geez. Give ’em time to mourn like we have.
No significant player moves are going to happen till November anyway.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
Put up Bear and Big -10 Notre Dame football "forums"
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
Anyone seen Bruce Dern in town?
Because if he could hi-jack a blimp, fill it with nails and sail it over the Cell… forget it, that’s just mean – and not a very good movie either.
I'm actually rooting for the Phillies or Rays
as they have gone the longest without a championship.
Plus, the Rays are VERY easy to like and play great ball.
*Synth intro to "Jump"*
A good friend of mine is Phillie Phanatic
He has been very supportive in my “time of loss.” We often go to the games when the Phillies are in town and talk good-natured trash about each others teams, too. So it is only fair that I root for his Phillies now that the Cubs are over.
I meant a Phille Phanatic
Not the actual mascot.
Philly is a great town
and I was just there in the spring.
If any set of fans is more manic in their support of their baseball club, it’s Phillies fans.
*Synth intro to "Jump"*
Me too.....
My wife andd her family are from that area….and I want the screws put to MLB and the TV networks
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
Philadelphia that is
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
Now that the Cubs are out of it...
…I’m actually looking forward to watching/following the remainder of the postseason. No emotional rollercoaster. No stress. Total objectivity. Just the love of the game and the enjoyment of watching great pitchers do their thing.
Don’t get me wrong – I’d give it all up in a second to have the Cubs in there. But the season’s over for our boys. Savor the last few sips of baseball before the bottle goes empty for another year.
So this is how it ends.
this makes me even more sick
why would BLEED CUBBIE BLUE be promoting the White Sox? This reminds of when my ex-boyfriend bought sox tickets on my birthday when I’m a die hard Cubs fan.
are you trying to get rid of us Al ?
I don't think he's promoting them
This thread is for the Red Sox/Angels game too. The thread is agnostic, not supporting any one team.
It's for baseball discussion.
Steven and Dave are correct. It’s not promoting one team or another. Note that there were three other teams mentioned other than the White Sox.
You’re a little oversensitive, I think.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
yes I am oversensitive
the last bastion of Cubdom that I’m happy to be affiliated with looked to be promoting the evil sox fans. Sox fans that I work with actually wore anti-cub shirts during game 3. I hate those people.
You're way off base.
Nothing was “promoting” anything. It was simply a discussion thread for the two playoff games occurring today. Period.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
to make things even worse this week
i work in a resterant that is owned by a UAL captain, he has flown the cubs and the white sox before, including the sox trip down to tampa the night they clinched the ALCD. if the sox win tonight we have to make a catering order for them tomorrow morning, ugh.
Just look at it this way
Maybe you can ad a little “special sauce” if that is the case….
Sleep well my friend
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
Rays off to a nice start
1-0 top of the first; BJ Upton HR. This should be good.
Tommie Agee was out.
I still will pull for the White Sox
since I have so many close friends/family members that are Sox fans…No reason for me to root against them just since I’m pissed off about the Cubs, IMHO…
"There is not a better offense in America. Missouri has had 48 possessions and scored on 33 of them. The nation's No. 1 scoring offense has punted just five times and has yet to go three-and-out." Tom Dienhart, Rivals.com
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Oct 6, 2008 5:04 PM CDT reply actions
yep. would he have helped out this season for us, i wonder....
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
My new favorite pitcher Grant Balfour in to pitch
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #2/3 5-0 (1-0). Next up Okie State at home. Live on ESPN in primetime for the second week in a row. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
I wonder if Dr. Crawdad is going to grace us with his presence?
Now that his White Sox are about to croak….
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
Spoken like a true fan
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
No, in this case it is that misery
loves miserable company!
Mike=Milton+Eamus Catuli = AC000000
by Cub's Paperboy on Oct 7, 2008 1:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Except for those that aren't
Remember, the Cubby Bear is the Chicago branch headquarters of the GB Packer fan club….
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on Oct 6, 2008 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Not that the Rays don't deserve it
but if they win the WS, I will be really pissed off. I can’t even count how many freaking expansion teams will have won the WS before we even have gotten back to it. That’s sad.
The Sux were a tough team, albeit flawed because of no small ball ability, but the Rays beat them with ease.
"WGN, Channel 9 Cubs Baseball, Excitingly, Importantly, Dramatically Yours." - Jack Brickhouse
Thank god they lost!
I live in Beverly and I just couldn’t deal with another 2005.
I can relate to that
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
Thank god is right
Relax, all right? Don't try to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring! Besides that, they're fascist. Throw some ground balls - it's more democratic. Crash Davis
LOL. Yeah, NotSure must be there...right?
I mean he is a recent convert.
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
vivaelbirdos is also going for the rays.
it’s gonna be a big bandwagon…meh…
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
What I can't understand is why they keep posting here.
Maybe to try and seek validation for switching to a very good baseball team this year— which I can’t comprehend; what kind of satisfaction would that bring to someone if you’ve followed them for 2 days? And then to libel this site? The pure contradiction in themselves makes me so many frustrated, and angered, emotions all into one.
It’s so beyond my comprehension of talking trash on a site that they called their own for 6 months to only switch to a different site, but to still talk here. If you’re not a Cubs fan, that’s great, but don’t call yourself an “ex-Cubs” fan. They were never true fans to begin with.
Well put;
there isn’t any such thing as an “ex-Cubs fan.” You either are one or you aren’t. The internet allows folks to act as dumb as they want without any Darwinian consequence. There’s still lots of good baseball left this fall and I am going to be watching it all and waiting for April 6, 2009 expectantly.
Tommie Agee was out.
by Weeghman Park on Oct 6, 2008 8:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Just grow a thick skin and remember...
it’s just words typed into a computer…some of my fellow Cub fans get under my skin as much as “trolls”
The best defense is a good offense.....Lou Pinella...still hasn't managed the Cubs to a post season win. D. Lee still doesn't have a post seasson RBI for Cubs...ditto for Soriano
Where's DrCrawdad?
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
At the game.
A hobbled Sox team battled but the better team won.
Crowd was great, into it and cheering their team from start to finish. No crying, no tears, no fits of anger did I observe in the crowd and nary a thought of the team 8 miles to the north that finished the post-season hastily.
Now it's "one city, one team" time, huh? Bear down....
"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.
Yes, but...
… I’m not much of a football fan. I go to one game a year and enjoy it. Outside of that, if I catch it on TV, fine, if not that’s fine too. I cheer the Bears but my heart is not really into it. My heart is with baseball. May the season begin soon!
Great season in Chicago baseball. Too bad it ended so soon for both teams.
Fair enough.
Who you cheerin for now?
I think I’ll cheer for the Phillies and the Rays.
Dan
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
GO TEAM, GO!
Here’s my usual preference: Sox first, then AL Central then AL.
Rays vs. Other Sox? I’ll wholeheartedly root for the Rays.
Dodgers vs. Phillies? I don’t have a strong favorite here. I guess I’ll pull for the Phillies.
I’m tired of the Other Sox and as a result IF they win the AL Pennant then I might end up rooting for the NL, for the first time in ages.
Well, not me.
I love the game and playoff baseball is interesting to watch… yes, I’d love to have the Cubs still there.
But the last game of the year, three weeks from now, whoever is in it, will be a sad event when it’s over, because then there’s no more baseball till February — not April — spring training isn’t that far away.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
and quiet frankly, besides the Rays now, there is no team I care about in the post season
Red Sox – already have won enough
Angels – no support whatsoever
Dodgers – enough said
Phillies – no alliegiances in any way plus their fans are almost as bad as Dodgers fans
2009 Cubs: Well, Seems so far away..
Are you kidding me?
I’d watch the Dominican Winter League and the Arizona Fall League if they’d let me!
Nope.
That one’s done.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
The BoSox have won enough
Time for Tampa to break the Dodger’s hearts…
Mike=Milton+Eamus Catuli = AC000000
by Cub's Paperboy on Oct 7, 2008 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Hi Daily
Sorry we didn’t meet up for the NLDS – ‘though it was probably a good thing because I’d have gotten into some fights with some Dodgers fans. Maybe I’ll see you in Mesa this coming March?
Never, but NEVER, put ketchup on a hot dog.
been trying to get out there for a couple of years...
maybe this year will be the one…and, yeah, I was tring to lay a little low, myself ;)
Thank the good Lord
that sux are toast and will not be going to the second row. I can sleep easy now.
Someday we'll go all the way.
by Cubbinstrongsince86 on Oct 6, 2008 11:12 PM CDT reply actions
Very appropriate...
bare bones game thread post.
After watching those games yesterday I realized
I’m not missing baseball just because the Cubs aren’t in it.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #2/3 5-0 (1-0). Next up Okie State at home. Live on ESPN in primetime for the second week in a row. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
Soriano ($106 million and six years left on his contract)
Fukudome ($38 million and three)
Maybe Hendry should be the first to go….. imagine a 38 year old Sori making 14 Mil
and obviously no takers for Fuku. No CF my fave DeRo 33 and DLee obvisouly going
downhill along with Z………….. some SMART moves have to be made.
I think we should give out some more big contracts
Hendry’s flaw is giving out no-trade clauses to everybody and their mother. A-Ram, Shark, and Z need them nobody else does. Shark only because thats the only way he would sign. A-Ram and Z because they earned them, let the rest of the guys earn 10-5 rights.
Your 2008 Missouri Tigers! #2/3 5-0 (1-0). Next up Okie State at home. Live on ESPN in primetime for the second week in a row. Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin for Co-Heisman!
Are we the new Braves?
Division Champs every year and nothing past that, even if we DO happen to reach the NLCS? No NL “Pennant”?
Thoughts?
Wait a minute... who am I here?
At least the Beertown refugees got one Series win in '95 and had half the pennants in the 90's
and had another Championship in ‘57 when they had Spahn and Sain and prayed for rain and I guess it didn’t rain enough in ’58 when they lost to the Damn Yankees. We had 10 pennants, but all done by ’45.
Mike=Milton+Eamus Catuli = AC000000
by Cub's Paperboy on Oct 7, 2008 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Braves appeared in the WS 5 times
from 1991-1999, with one victory…That is nothing to scoff at. How does that fall under the category of Division Champs every year and nothing past that???
I would take a run like that in a heartbeat, as ANY fan in baseball would IMHO…
"There is not a better offense in America. Missouri has had 48 possessions and scored on 33 of them. The nation's No. 1 scoring offense has punted just five times and has yet to go three-and-out." Tom Dienhart, Rivals.com
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Oct 7, 2008 1:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Amen, brother.
"There is not a better offense in America. Missouri has had 48 possessions and scored on 33 of them. The nation's No. 1 scoring offense has punted just five times and has yet to go three-and-out." Tom Dienhart, Rivals.com
by PurpleLineToWrigley on Oct 7, 2008 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions
daily show
I was just watching the Daily show and they had a segment on “the stupid voters” with a pie chart separating them out. After segments of the pie chart such as “dimwits” and “shaved gorillas” the final group was “cubs fans.”
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