2011 World Series Game 1: Rangers vs. Cardinals, Wednesday 10/19, 7:05 CT
by Al Yellon on Oct 19, 2011 6:00 PM CDT
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Bad weather may affect Game 1 of the World Series tonight. If it doesn't rain, it will at best be cold and windy, not a good night for hitters, good news for starters Chris Carpenter and C.J. Wilson.
I don't have a lot more to say about this except for: GO RANGERS!
Complete game information after the jump.
Game time for Rangers/Cardinals: 7:05 pm. CDT. TV: Fox. Announcers: Joe Buck & Tim McCarver (get your mute button ready).
MLB.com Gameday for World Series Game 1
SB Nation game preview for World Series Game 1
Baseball-reference.com game preview for World Series Game 1
This is the only thread I'm posting for today's game. If you need overflows due to extra innings or rain delays, post them in the fanshot section.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
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Hey Al
Maybe I am not seeing it but when are you going to put up the new ticket exchange?? I know the time is coming for my buddy to make a decision on his season tickets. 4th row aisle 424 two tickets.
He is looking to split with people. Anyways – thanks.
Go Rangers. I hope Michael Young wins the MVP
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Cubs win....what a lucky break!!" ---Harry
Soon on the ticket exchange.
I got another request, so it seems people really do want this.
In the next couple days.
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I really, really want to pull for the NL.
I’ve watched NL baseball exclusively for the past 31 years. I don’t like the DH. But, I CAN’T PULL FOR THE CARDINALS.
We'll miss you Big Boy. #10 for Hall of Fame.
by mrcubsfan on Oct 19, 2011 6:09 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
IMHO, mrcubsfan
this is a completely normal reaction
There are no facts, only interpretations.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Lets Go Theo!!! 10/13/2011
This post has nothing to do with Theo Epstein
and thus therefore be removed.
I’m in a bind. I can’t cheer for the Rangers and I really, really can’t cheer for the Cardinals. I guess I’m cheering for the meteor strike.
Why can't you cheer for the Rangers?
I don’t have a problem rooting for any team playing the Cardinals in the World Series.
Just to have some Theo in this post, here:
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Angels big rival
and I generally never cheer for a team from Texas unless the other option is the Devil (See NBA Finals)
by Josh Timmers on Oct 19, 2011 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions
You may get your wish...
Not a meteor strike but the ROSAT satellite is coming down and that 2 1/2 ton piece of space terror is coming down intact (unlike last month’s satellite), and it has a 1 ton mirror that will survive reentry. It’s ETA is Saturday or Sunday. It may come crashing down on Rangers Stadium or Busch Stadium.
by ddoubleheader on Oct 19, 2011 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Busch Stadium please
This would force them to find a new venue hopefully putting the Cardinals at a disadvantage.
Closest it gets
is the New Madrid area. Over Houston but not Dallas too. It criss-crosses over several other MLB cities, but not those two, or Chicago for Cubs/Sox fans here.
by ddoubleheader on Oct 19, 2011 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Go "whichever team is not the Cardinals"
If the Cubs still have a chance, no matter how small, it’s still Go Cubs, damn the math and pass the KoolAid.
Go Rangers.
Never really thought I would say that. I really don’t want the cardinals to win, but I did see a funny t-shirt today, The Rally Squirrel! Maybe he will make a special appearance, even throw out the first ball.
Like the Rally Squirrel, Hate the Cardinals
If the Yankees have enough World Series trophies for a century, the Cards have enough trophies for 50 years. Dallas never hoisted one over their heads, so I’m rooting for them.
by ddoubleheader on Oct 19, 2011 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Not living in Illinois
probably colors my opinions but while I’d like to see the Rangers win, I’m not as anti-Cards as many here. I have to admire that they are even here after being written off. It is a pretty amazing story if they do win. It would also give Fontenot and Theriot WS championships in consecutive years. A strange coincidence.
John Grabow: $4.8 million in 2011.
by rlpete on Oct 19, 2011 6:50 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
rlpete, come spend a week in contested country.
You will understand our hatred of the Cardinals. Plus, I have no desire to see this story end up well for them. We can only hope the later you lose the bigger the disappointment. I hope the Rangers clinch in St. Louis so we can watch their anguish.
I understand the hatred of the Cards.
For anyone living downstate Illinois. Kind of like what Cub fans in Southern Wisconsin think of the Brewers.
by Josh Timmers on Oct 19, 2011 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Here Here
"All I want is food and creative love" - Rusted Root
by TheRiot Police on Oct 20, 2011 8:35 AM CDT up reply actions
GO RANGERS!
That is all. Nothing more to say except…..kick the Cardinals butts.
by Swoosie on Oct 19, 2011 6:55 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Rangers in 6.
Screw you, LaRussa, Theriot, and Holliday.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
by dtpollitt on Oct 19, 2011 7:09 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Help me, folks. Did I hear right?
Did the WS announcer (not McCarver) say Chris Carpenter does therapy in a cryogenic tank in which the temperature is reduced to -250F? This doesn’t seem quite right. I’d suppose a human being submerged or encased in a device in which the temp was that low would be, well, dead. It’s bad enough these chuckleheads are screwing up the baseball game for me, now do they have to go screwing up general science?
We have to demand more!
by copingwiththecubs on Oct 19, 2011 7:43 PM CDT reply actions
McCarver
I believe McCarver also informed us that Greg Maddox is an assistant to the Cardinals’ GM? Or did I mishear that?
He also
kills grizzly bears with his bare hands as part of his warm-up routine.
by ddoubleheader on Oct 19, 2011 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions
It's CJ Wilson and it's only for 2 minutes.
It’s also circulated air and not submerged in liquid.
http://espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/story/_/id/6910829/texas-rangers-cj-wilson-recharged-cooling-chamber
by jerry morales rules on Oct 19, 2011 8:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Thanks. I was hoping I wasn't having an acid flashback.
On the other hand, cryotherapy sounds pretty trippy — and quacky.
We have to demand more!
by copingwiththecubs on Oct 19, 2011 9:27 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought they already had a "Mr. Freeze" on that team.
Oh wait, that’s Freese. I guess this makes Carpenter “Mr. Freeze.”
by jeffmills1972 on Oct 19, 2011 9:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Did Francona only call one game with Buck?
or am I wrong? I think they might have dropped him after the stories broke in Boston about his alleged drug abuse.
Francona was just 2 game filler
while Mccarver had and recovered from his surgery.
by ddoubleheader on Oct 19, 2011 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Any chance FOX fires Buck & McCarver the way ESPN did Miller & Morgan?
Hey, a man can dream, can’t I?
by jeffmills1972 on Oct 19, 2011 9:18 PM CDT up reply actions
first bounce was foul but it went fair
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Cubs win....what a lucky break!!" ---Harry
There we go
That ball was crushed by Napoli
by baseballguru589 on Oct 19, 2011 8:29 PM CDT reply actions
I support this statement:
I don’t have a lot more to say about this except for: GO RANGERS!
And hell yes Mike Napoli
BEAR DOWN!
I don't know what's more stupid.
Joe Buck
or
FOX HOT SPOT
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
My life is so much better now
that I know what baseball would look like if I only had infrared vision.
Which Fox executive is sleeping with someone selling that thing?
It worked for the missed foul ball atleast
by braziliancubsfan on Oct 19, 2011 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Would have been nice if the umpire had infrared vision.
by Jody Jody Davis on Oct 19, 2011 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions
the umpire does have
a blindfold. See no evil and all that.
by ddoubleheader on Oct 19, 2011 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions
The Cardinals have all the momemtum here.
I’m still feeling a Ranger victory here; their offense is just so much better than St. Louis. 90-some more runs this year better than St. Louis.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
True. But remember the '88 Dodgers? Their pitching beat the A's hitting.
by jeffmills1972 on Oct 19, 2011 9:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Can't say that I do, I was 6.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
Anything can happen in a series.
The Cardinals believe they are a team of destiny, that alone can make up for being the inferior team. Or are the a team of density?
by jpeters407 on Oct 19, 2011 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
And, to be fair, the Rangers pitching isn't that great either.
If anything, this has been the “Year of the Bullpen” because starting pitching has been mediocre throughout this postseason while the bullpens have been excellent.
by jeffmills1972 on Oct 19, 2011 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Those run totals are inflated by their home park
and the DH. I think St Louis actually scored more runs on the road than Texas, even without adjusting for the DH.
I'm too lazy playing with Siri to check.
I do know the Rangers were #3 in MLB in RS.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
Texas was 9th in RS on the road
St Louis was 2nd. The Cards scored 412 road runs compared with 357 for the Rangers. All the more impressive when you consider that the Cards play in the NL without a DH.
Conversely, the Rangers had the best road ERA in baseball. So go figure: maybe the Rangers are really a pitching team first (just limited by their ballpark)?
You're playing
with Tom Cruise (and Katie Holmes’) child?
by ddoubleheader on Oct 19, 2011 9:52 PM CDT up reply actions
That Suri
this is her androgynous cousin Siri.
Nothing bores the shit outta baseball more than stupid micromanging relievers.
Goddamnit Tony LaRussa, this is the horrible legacy you leave.
"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks
McCarver just said the following...
after a strikeout by German to end the top of the seventh:
“It’s a five-letter word: S-T-R-I-K-E”
You can’t make this stuff up.
the batter's last name was German
that wasn’t the interesting part.
Now it's a Polish German???
/stops cuz he’s seen these things run amok/
There are no facts, only interpretations.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Lets Go Theo!!! 10/13/2011
No, the BATTER'S last name was "German"
German struck out at the plate.
And again, that’s not the relevant part of my post. [hint: count the letters in “strike”]
Was jus foolin about witcha!
I got it the first time. I’m old…not yet stupid. :]
There are no facts, only interpretations.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Lets Go Theo!!! 10/13/2011
LOL.
(you knew I was old…or not yet stupid???) :]
There are no facts, only interpretations.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Lets Go Theo!!! 10/13/2011
Beat you to the punch :)
realized immediately that I was opening myself up for that comeback!
Heehee!
Bedtime for me…Go Rangers!!! (cannot tolerate Ryan TOOTBLAN Theriot wearing a WS ring)
There are no facts, only interpretations.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Lets Go Theo!!! 10/13/2011
5=6: The New New Math
And there are some Polish Germans, but they keep it a secret, even from themselves. Blurry borders before WWI & WWII combined with Germanification of the lands between Prussia and (what became) Germany over several centuries.
by ddoubleheader on Oct 19, 2011 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions
God Bless America
Am I the only one who doesn’t like to hear “God Bless America” at a game? I guess I’m not very patriotic or religious but Baseball is entertainment to me and I just want “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” or something less serious.
I think we Cub fans are
preconditioned that way…
There are no facts, only interpretations.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Lets Go Theo!!! 10/13/2011
But are we ready to stop the senseless drivel they send out every game?
I have no problem with any “A” listers, Chicago natives, or real Cub fans who are celebs. But sometimes I would rather just hear a recording of Harry or Ron.
I think, to a large extent, I agree.
I understood it in its “Tribute form”…but IMHO, its gone long enough. I cannot say that “I look forward to” the guests 95% of the time.
There are no facts, only interpretations.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Lets Go Theo!!! 10/13/2011
I don't like the game
being interrupted by a microphone being brought to home plate.
I'm a Cubs fan. The Jaded Bitterness comes as a Standard Feature.
Hiya Timh815!
How are you? Got a favorite in the series?
There are no facts, only interpretations.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Lets Go Theo!!! 10/13/2011
not STL
I'm a Cubs fan. The Jaded Bitterness comes as a Standard Feature.
Excellent Choice!!!
There are no facts, only interpretations.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Lets Go Theo!!! 10/13/2011
Ahhh...the strong silent type tonite are you??? :]
Nite my friend.
There are no facts, only interpretations.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Lets Go Theo!!! 10/13/2011
They've sung it so often
to make it lose any meaning or any so-called patriotic pull. It’s like Guiliani and 9/11. He wore out its meaning/potency. “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”, “Sweet Caroline”, “Rocky Mountain High”… I’m sure every team can find some kind of appropriate song or song that’s a nice pun off of ’em.
The National Anthem can get a little tiresome too, unless it’s sung by Leslie Nielsen playing Frank Drebbin impersonating Enrico Pallazzo. It’s a crime MLB or the Angels in the 02 World Series never utilized him to do that.
by ddoubleheader on Oct 19, 2011 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions
No, I hate it
But no one will get rid of it because they’ll be accused of being a terrorist.
by Josh Timmers on Oct 19, 2011 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Woody Guthrie hated it too
In fact, “This Land Is Your Land” was written as a rejoined to “God Bless America.”
by Josh Timmers on Oct 19, 2011 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Happy Simchat Torah to Scott Feldman!
And to Ian Kinsler – nice catch.
by Jody Jody Davis on Oct 19, 2011 9:43 PM CDT reply actions
I believe Hamilton was up (a LHB)
So LaRussa went to the lefty specialist.
I think I just threw up a little in my mouth
Ugh, Rangers in 5 I guess now
by braziliancubsfan on Oct 19, 2011 10:14 PM CDT reply actions
Ah, muck it. I'm going to bed.
Let’s get ’em in game 2, Rangers.
by Jody Jody Davis on Oct 19, 2011 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions
I think
the Cardinals are powered by spite which is generated by feeding on all the hatred and loathing people have for them. They seem to be the embodiment of thumbing their noses at everyone.
by ddoubleheader on Oct 19, 2011 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions
WBBM is rumoring that compensation
has been resolved.
I have no linky.
I'm a Cubs fan. The Jaded Bitterness comes as a Standard Feature.
Packers make me hate football
Go Bears!! :p
by braziliancubsfan on Oct 19, 2011 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions
I think I just threw up a little bit in my mouth
"Keep pushin' til' it's understood. And these badlands start treating us good."
guys cringes after a foul ball off his foot and no one sees it
That is a new one
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Cubs win....what a lucky break!!" ---Harry
I really do not have a problem with thte Cardinals winning.....If anything it should be even more fire under the Cubs organization to win.
So we should hate them because they are better run than the Cubs?
Did anyone hear Chris Carpenter's postgame comments?
He’s crushing it this postseason. Made the analogy of “Blind Side” and Yadier Molina.
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