World Series: Fall Classic or Fall Dud?

Tim McCarver is soooo annoying.

Why? Because he's so obviously on steroids?

By the way, it might improve your interest in the game if you sing the Mr. Potato Head jingle whenever Barry Bonds is @ the plate, or on screen for that matter.

And, Tracer, surely Ben Weber is much more interesting than Fullmer (or Erstad, his less interesting twin brother).

Of course, the most interesting player in this series is Tsuyoshi Shinjo.

Felicity is blinded by her Cubbie love to see The Truth About Sammy (starring Leslie-Ann Warren and Richard Roundtree).

Milwaukee(AP)-- Chicago Cubs outfielder Sammy Sosa hit a monstrous 1630 ft. home run in the All-Star Home Run Derby Tuesday night. It was the longest of Sosa's 32 home runs on the night, 7 of which went over 850 feet. "Yeah, I guess there was some good wind tonight," said Sosa. "But I really feel like my hard work is paying off. I work hard, I really, really do."

Sosa declined to comment on charges he has been taking performance enhancing drugs. He also declined to comment on the incident with a SI reporter who asked Sosa to take a drug test to prove he was clean. "Why should I have to prove anything?", asked Sosa, who then stepped to the plate and decapitated a spectator with a foul ball down the third base line. " I got nuthin' to prove to you, I'm clean."

Sosa then went into an unexplained rage and hurled home plate into the stands while screaming "HULK MAD!!! LEAVE HULK ALONE!!!"

What I like about this year's all-wild card Series is that it shows, in baseball, any team can win on any given day. Career bullpenners are going to make the difference, which I love, given my subscription to Teen Set-Up Guy Beat Magazine. Poor Witasick is going to get a bad rep if has to mop up this game like he did in Game 6 last year.

I get an ulcer whenever they mention Schoeneweis. When is Mike Sciosia going to notice that when his left-handed quack isn't throwing beachballs, he's issuing walks to the lefties he supposed to get out? They could get Chone Figgins to do that.

And did you SEE that ball he hit?

JAYsus

go angels.

mmm hmm.

I nominate future sports trivia answer Francisco Rodriguez as the most interesting player of the Series so far.

That said, I wonder if that ball has come down yet.

Reason #462 to hate Lofton: he is a terrible outfielder.

We need more K-Rod vs. Barry.

Worst development in baseball the last ten years - the first initial-truncated last name nickname. It's lazy, and it sounds like asscrap. It ONLY works with Kenyon Martin, and that's where is should die.

Joe Buck is a beautiful broadcaster - I heart his deadpan ways. (I was weaned on Sean McDonough, in case you were wondering.) Unfortunately, McCarver's sub-Walken tendencies take away from Buck's schtick, and you can get anyone with half a brain & a working tongue (that is, NOT Steve Lyons) to 'splain baseball fundamentals (esp. given 4 hours), so McC's tendency to talk to the viewing audience like a group of drooling 4th graders is a wee bit grating. Any of you baseball noobies chafing under Mr. McCarver's tutelage?

Plus I can't escape the self-important bastard - he's doing Mets games, he's doing Yankee games, he's doing Fox games, god I just want some peace IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK? Were it not for Ken Singleton & Jim Kaat being 1/56th of the Yankees broadcasting corp, I would die. Seriously.

I was weaned on Jack Brickhouse, in case you were wondering.

One thing I'll say for Joe Buck is that he will totally commit to his calling errors in his deadpan manner ("That's the game. . . . . . . . . [long, long pause] . . . . Giants coming up in the ninth").

All the good analysts seem to be under contract to ESPN. Vin Scully would be a dream; too bad FOX probably doesn't think he's pretty enough anymore. The only other Fox analysts I know well are Rex Hudler (Angels), Dave Ott and Joe Carter (Cubs) and they are uniformly awful. Given the four, who would you prefer? You can always turn on ESPN radio.

Steve Stone is coming back for the Cubs next year. It's a good thing.

Looking forward to Livan Hernandez slugfest on Tuesday.

Livan Hernandez slugfest on Tuesday.

yes, that Livan is indeed a slugger. ^_^

if y'all want to hear the game called well, check out the KNBR broadcast with mike krukow and duane kuiper.

lotsa angels fans here on the ilx (no surprise what with the stranglehold of the media empire shaping most of y'all's listening habits). y'all can look forwared to eternal viewings of a rally monkey animated feature in your fiery hell. danny elfman soundtrack.

can't wait to see how the angels and all their brand new fans (if danny devito roots for your team, you are indeed fucked) come to pac bell where salmon's OC homers wouldn't clear the left field warning track in this musty bay air.

after all that pre-WS shit that percival talked it gave me great pleasure to see him the look on his face ("mommy mommy, poopy pants") after serving that fastball up to BB.

Livan is a porker.

You should see the papers around here this morning. I think the OC Register is going to explode from sheer delight.

if rueter gets the win tonight, giants are world champions.

The Rangers' Fox Sports play-by-play guy is pretty good, too. Same goes for any non-Carey Braves announcer. The rest of the Fox Sports posse can get eaten by Kruk, Farr, and Arnold for all I care. (I bitch because I care.)

Felicity, re: the McDonough comment (in case you were wondering), I was just trying to say that Sean's deadpan sarcasm during my nascent days as a Red Sox baseball fanny make it easier for me to appreciate Senor Buck's low-level flights of fancy. I wasn't trying to one-up or anything, madam. And I'm an OLD FART!!!!!! Well, that's half-right. (Who's Jack Brickhouse?)

I have dreams of Sean McD. coming back to do nationally-televised games, like he did when CBS had the baseball contract. McDonough's become so bitter and caustic, however, that I don't think the national audience could handle it anymore. (Not that I blame him - YOU try being a Red Sox broadcaster for 15+ years and see where your psyche ends up.) Especially if the Indians make the playoffs anytime soon - he STILL refers to catcher Einar Diaz as a "Hall of Famer" after an incident involving the light-hitting Mr. Diaz, Mr. Pedro Martinez, an "inside pitch", and some Diaz umbrage that took place FOUR YEARS AGO. He needs a good colonic and a lollipop stat.

forget the horrible starting pitching, this is why the Giants lost games 2 and 3.

if the Angels pitched to Barry more often than once or twice a game, this series would be over... at the very least, one of these guys needs to step it up and either put the Angels in a position where they HAVE to pitch to Bonds, or let them walk them and then make them pay. Santiago's TWO bases loaded double plays were completely heart-breaking.

his waving off of bonds on the sac fly was a joke. bonds has the better arm not to mention the better shot at throwing him off being a lefty coming toward center fielding the fly. (think about it, i just relived the motions in my kitchen).

Obviously the crowd digs on IDM riddims.

Let me second the props to Mike Krukow. Absolutely deserves national spotlight -- he may be an irrepressible homer (not that I care one iota), but he's the funniest and most insightful 'sucker I've heard in ages (not saying much though).

Grab some pine, meat! &c

Is that before or after Zito and Mulder don the pinstripes?

Then they'll have NINE starters and still no one with a clue as to how to pitch in the 8th.

And Sterling Hitchcock will still be getting $145 million a year to sit on the DL.

you all have made my heart say "OUCH"!

i put my thang down flip it reverse it.

how i will remember the idiot angels fans: reggie sanders retreiving a ball against the wall and two fans taking their thundersticks and hitting him with them as he was trying to make the play!!! angel fans = the lowest slime imaginable... where were they last year?

okay, i can feel more tears coming, i better stop this posting... angels = the pure depth of satanic evil... WALT = 666 = THE RAT.

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awww, bc, don't worry, i'm sure the yankees will be back soon. ;-)

no way no way no way was that a boring series. even in the last inning there was some suspense, or at least more than we'd seen before in the postseason with percival on the mound.

dogpiles: S/D The Twins in 87 stand out in my mind.

i'm disappointed they didn't show the inevitable royal rumble in the sf clubhouse. TS: Jeff Kent vs. Livan Hernandez's kid.

what about DH-ing pedro feliz?

The Giants bench was what, 0 for 93? Maybe they shoulda given a bat to Dusty's kid. We know he can find home plate at least.

Darren Baker might have time to turn his career around but the crying is probably good practice in case Dusty heads to the Cubs.

I find it pleasingly dramatic when the college basketball cheerleaders cry and wring their hands when their teams are eliminated from the NCAA tournament. They're like the chorus in a Greek tragedy.

I can't speak for Eisner or the cast of Malcolm in the Middle, but I was at the Ed in September, watching the Angels get thrashed by Zito and Lidle and getting my hat signed by Al Levine :)

That's what people do at sporting events, "God hates your team and that's why you lost, Satanic bastards" etc. No hoping, just praying to an evil, sports-avenging God.

Anyway I thought it was mean to show the little kid crying so much.

I would've enjoyed seeing barry bonds cry though

heh ;)

Come on, Ally, the crying kid was cute. That's what 3-year-olds do.

I would've enjoyed seeing barry bonds cry though

He was crying on the inside. You can tell.

Freddie Freeman with first ever World Series walkoff grandslam in 10th inning ( extra innings).

Classic Fall Classic ending

Ohtani injury not that bad they're saying. Might play in game 3

We have two active WS threads atm btw

World Series baseball is so great. Loved seeing the Los Angelenos biting their nails in the ninth inning last night. Baseball is so cruel in that you never know when the game is over, you can never relax. Have to say, these are two of the most formidable teams I’ve seen in the Series in years.

Wait Till This Year: 2024 World Series

On this thread you can say if the whole thing is a dud, though

Also, That "Wait till This Year :2024 World Series" thread is on I Love Baseball, not I Love Everything

twenty-one years pass...

What a time capsule. SF Giants fans in shambles. Glad things worked out for them a bit.

Shades of the Yankees being down 2-0 in 2001 against the Dbacks.

♪It's coming home, baseball's coming home
ThirtyFifteen years of hurt never stopped them dreaming♪

Euro/UK fans of baseball what are you doing with your lives

I have not known any UK Yanks fans. I have known UK Mets fans. Yanks = Man U.

As an example, the Boston Red Sox, Liverpool F.C., and the NHL hockey team Pittsbugh Penguins are all owned by the Fenway Sports Group. Aiui (happy to be corrected here) there is/was no salary cap in Premier League or in MLB so supporting the Red Sox could benefit Liverpool and vice versa if it leads to financial success for that team.

Fenway also have some common ownership with Rousch Fenway Racing in NASCAR which was a roundabout way for my brother (when he became disenchanted with auto racing and his favorite driver retired) to transfer his main sports interest to Liverpool.

WHERE IT REMAINS lol

tl/dr

Don’t you have sports in the uk? Just follow that and don’t bother us Americans with your bogus opinions

Time to Uber home, bruv...

Don’t you live in Texas?

Morbs said I was "Spiritually British"

Is that a point of pride ?