Baseball

[Sophie Scholl]

Amazing what happens when the Steinbrenner clan stays the fuck out of the way.  It's the same thing that happened in the build up to the mid 90's through 2000 run.  The Yankees build up a nice solid core of home grown talent and augment it with some average to decent team player veterans.  It's only when George got a hold of the club and decided to go on his mercenary hiring spending sprees that they sucked, a la the late 80's and early '00's.

[stjaba]

Anyone else besides Minsky watching the World Series?

At first I was going for the Yankees since they're an AL team, it's actually been a while since they've won the World Series, Philadelphia beat my team in series last year, etc. Now that the Yankees have the lead, all those feelings are gone. I could really go for a Philadelphia come from behind victory. Still, if I had to pick between Boston and New York winning, I think I might still go with New York. Both fanbases have their negatives, but Boston's is worse IMO.

[stjaba]

Is it me, or does CC Sabathia bear a striking resemblence to Forest Whittaker?

[Barrister]

Well they're both black...

[Admiral Yi]

He reminds me of the police captain in Last Action Hero.

[Neil]

Are the Yankees winning the series?  It's impossible to find out using the Internet.

[Eddie Teach]

Yanks up 2-1, 4th game in progress.

[stjaba]

And the Yankees win game 5, so they're up 3-1. Normally, I'd lose all hope, but the Yankees are more than capable of blowing a big series lead**cough** 2004 ALCS **cough**

[Syt]

Anyone else besides Minsky watching the World Series?

At first I was going for the Yankees since they're an AL team, it's actually been a while since they've won the World Series, Philadelphia beat my team in series last year, etc. Now that the Yankees have the lead, all those feelings are gone. I could really go for a Philadelphia come from behind victory. Still, if I had to pick between Boston and New York winning, I think I might still go with New York. Both fanbases have their negatives, but Boston's is worse IMO.

Following the results/game recaps on SI as the games are in the middle of the night. Though I tend to watch a bit of the reruns on ESPN over here if they're on after work.

I want both teams to lose. I dislike Phillies, Yanks, Red Sox, Dodgers ... I could have lived with the Angels or Twins winning it, but how likely would that have been?

[jimmy olsen]

Anyone else besides Minsky watching the World Series?

At first I was going for the Yankees since they're an AL team, it's actually been a while since they've won the World Series, Philadelphia beat my team in series last year, etc. Now that the Yankees have the lead, all those feelings are gone. I could really go for a Philadelphia come from behind victory. Still, if I had to pick between Boston and New York winning, I think I might still go with New York. Both fanbases have their negatives, but Boston's is worse IMO.

Following the results/game recaps on SI as the games are in the middle of the night. Though I tend to watch a bit of the reruns on ESPN over here if they're on after work.

I want both teams to lose. I dislike Phillies, Yanks, Red Sox, Dodgers ... I could have lived with the Angels or Twins winning it, but how likely would that have been?

The Angeles have won recently.

[Valmy]

Freaking Brad Lidge.  Now ARod is going to be a World Series hero 

[Neil]

Freaking Brad Lidge.  Now ARod is going to be a World Series hero 

Insofar as such a thing is possible.  Remember:  It's baseball, and is thus not much of an achievement.  The only reason that this will be sweet is as a fuck you to the city of Boston.

[Syt]

The Angeles have won recently.

7 years ago. Which, incidentally, was also the last time they won the AL.

[Sophie Scholl]

 

[stjaba]

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