GO GIANTS!

[Trevor Daniels Poet]

Being a Dodgers fan, I'll throw my support behind the Angels.
My take is: Whoever takes game 1 takes the series.

Peace,
Andrew [img]graemlins/music.gif[/img]

[AsIs]

Woo Hoo! Nen pitched the ninth and managed to get outs with noone on base! [img]wink.gif[/img]

Seriously good game. Tight, close, well played. Gotta hand it to J.T. Awesome catch after falling down and that homer looked like padding until the bottom half of the inning!

Go Giants!

P.S. Trevor, shame on you! [img]tongue.gif[/img] American leauge isn't real baseball! [img]wink.gif[/img]

Just kidding, but I am something of a National Leauge purist. Game 4 of the NLCS would have been very different if the DH was in place. As it was, the Cardinals blew it by not pinch hitting for their starter when he was removed with one out in the ninth. To me that is a big part of strategy in the game.

[MerleZ]

I'm with you on the National League. I'm a purist too, as one from Cincinnati should be. And Larussa sure looked like a genius with that move, didn't he? What a dope! You HAVE to pinch hit in that situation, with all those high paid relievers down in the pen. Whatcha saving 'em for, genius? Send up somebody who can put you ahead with one swing. Letting the pitcher hit was like saying, "We'll try to win it in the Tenth." Duh.

That said, I wouldn't mind seeing the Angels win, just cause they've never been there. But Barry winning the Series would be cool, too. I'm just happy for a Yankeeless and Braveless Series.

[AsIs]

*sniff* [img]frown.gif[/img]

[Nommy]

Ya know...how appropriate. I just watrched "Angels in the Outfield" yesterday. Always loved those movies. Also watched ":a Kid in King Arthurs court" ... Loved that one too.

[Rantarn]

Sorry.............

Didn't watch any of it and can't stand the NL myself unless they're playing the Yankees, but still sorry.

[ProfCrash]

My parents live about 20 minutes from Edison Field so they are very happy. I did love how everyone kept calling them the California Angels. (grins)

[MerleZ]

Ran, I'd usually say the same about the AL. I'm with AsIs on the DH. Not real baseball.

That said, it was fun to see the Angels win it. Overall, I think it one of the best Series ever, with the ebb and flow, and all the come backs. Congrats to both teams for a very entertaining Series!

Sorry for the Giants, too. They had a fine season, and were every bit as deserving as the Angels. I wonder if four games had been played in SF rather than Anaheim if the result would have been different? The teams were very close.

Yeah, that was a great Series. Best since '75.

[AsIs]

I think not addressing Dusty's contract and Jeff Kent's status hurt the Giants in the last two games. Particularly in the last game. Something just felt off. While they said it didn't bother them, that they weren't going to think about it, I think it weighed on each of the men in the last game. Game 7 World Series pressure is hard enough. But *is this the last game I will play in this uniform...* pressure on top of that, well, bites.

With the press asking about it, talking about it, etc. The players couldn't avoid it either. So all in all, I would say McGowen blew it. He should of talked to each of them before the series.

Hats off to the Angels, they never gave up, and now they have rings.

[Rantarn]

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Ran, I'd usually say the same about the AL. I'm with AsIs on the DH. Not real baseball.
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Fair enough. I find the idea of not having it strange. Pitchers at bat is absurd to me. We'll agree to disagree. [img]smile.gif[/img]