It's finally next year....BASEBALL IS BACK! - Page 18

KSigkid · #**256** 10-14-2006, 08:09 PM

I'm not a Detroit fan, but that was one of the cooler things I've seen in baseball. Congrats to the Tigers fans on getting to see your team in a World Series.

purplewindex · #**257** 10-14-2006, 09:05 PM

TIGERS!! I seriously cried when Magglio hit it out of the park to win it. Oh man. Such an amazing moment!

PM_Mama00 · #**258** 10-14-2006, 10:42 PM

I'm not really a baseball fan. I hate watching the games cuz they were always so boring, but this is so exciting! One of my co-workers said it's a Cinderella story and it really is. I can't believe how much they SUCKED before and now they are on to the World Series! It's amazing and everyone here in Detroit is so proud.

_Opi_ · #**259** 10-14-2006, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

I'm not really a baseball fan. I hate watching the games cuz they were always so boring, but this is so exciting! One of my co-workers said it's a Cinderella story and it really is. I can't believe how much they SUCKED before and now they are on to the World Series! It's amazing and everyone here in Detroit is so proud.

There's a teeny tiny bit of me that's proud of the Tigers

SSS1365 · #**260** 10-15-2006, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

I'm not really a baseball fan. I hate watching the games cuz they were always so boring, but this is so exciting! One of my co-workers said it's a Cinderella story and it really is. I can't believe how much they SUCKED before and now they are on to the World Series! It's amazing and everyone here in Detroit is so proud.

Well I know I'm being awfully pessimistic as a Mets fan, but I think the Tigers basically won the World Series last night. Actually playing the games will just be a formality.

AGDee · #**261** 10-15-2006, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

I'm not really a baseball fan. I hate watching the games cuz they were always so boring, but this is so exciting! One of my co-workers said it's a Cinderella story and it really is. I can't believe how much they SUCKED before and now they are on to the World Series! It's amazing and everyone here in Detroit is so proud.

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Well I know I'm being awfully pessimistic as a Mets fan, but I think the Tigers basically won the World Series last night. Actually playing the games will just be a formality.

I was at Alpha Gam Headquarters for a meeting this weekend and was so worried about not being able to watch the Tiger games. We went to dinner last night and the restaurant had a bar area with a TV. The game was on and it was 3-3. I kept my eye on it as long as I could, but then we had to go back to IHQ and finish up our meetings. My phone vibrated during the meeting and I peeked to see who it was and it was my mom. Since she's been so sick lately, I was really worried, so I excused myself to check the voicemail she left. It was "I just wanted to be the first to tell you that the Tigers are going to the World Series". I was really excited. They did a great job and I can't believe they swept Oakland. I am very proud of our guys.

I am concerned that we have a whole week off before the Series, because we may lose momentum in that time period. Then again, we may have some time to recoup from some injuries. I guess time will tell!

This is really fun

As a fun aside, it was an EMU student (my alma mater) who caught the winning HR ball. Also, Oct. 14th was the day Kirk Gibson hit a homer to win Game 5 of the World Series in '84. I was at the game, and a 19 year old student at EMU at the time. I didn't catch that ball, sadly, but I did sit next to the U Mich band in the bleachers and they were a riot!

I really wish I could afford to take my kids to a World Series game as my dad took me to that one...

AGDee · #**262** 10-19-2006, 10:37 PM

*bump* Because it's almost World Series time. Detroit is having a great time with this and we're excited to find out who we'll be playing. They are saying that the World Series will bring more money and business into the city than the Super Bowl did! Both in one year... in a state with an economy that really needs the boost! Cardinals or Mets? It's 1-1 in the 7th inning.. neither is giving up easily, that's for sure!

xo_kathy · #**263** 10-19-2006, 11:52 PM

Poor dear husband, a life long Mets fan who was at the game tonight.

And we will be back in MI visiting my family next weekend - we were looking forward to a Mets/Tigers series. Oh well...now I don't have to worry about a divorce when I say...

GO TIGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!

shinerbock · #**264** 10-19-2006, 11:58 PM

Thank God the mets lost. I hate the Cards too, but lesser of two evils, you know.

SSS1365 · #**265** 10-20-2006, 06:00 AM

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Thank God the mets lost. I hate the Cards too, but lesser of two evils, you know.

Yeah, the Mets are so evil

No, I think Pujols and Belliard, particularly, showed their true colors this series. Didn't see anybody on the Mets acting like such an asshole.

Anyway, I'm pissed, but then there's always next year. I hope the Tigers crush the Cards.

efcheerBB · #**266** 10-20-2006, 07:39 AM

By reading some of the last few comments, I know that people will disagree with me, but GO CARDS!!!!!!!

I am excited that it will be a Cards/Tigers World Series. My friends and I have been joking since the beginning of the season that it was going to come down to these two teams in the end so we are happy!

KSig RC · #**267** 10-20-2006, 10:33 AM

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No, I think Pujols and Belliard, particularly, showed their true colors this series. Didn't see anybody on the Mets acting like such an asshole.

Uh, so Belliard belly-flopped on Reyes . . . that's pretty standard, especially since Reyes goes into second pretty hard. Pujols definitely did not show up anyone by running Floyd's grounder - he bobbled, and it's much 'safer' than throwing.

Past that, what on Earth are you talking about? I really don't like the Cards at all, but this is back-page bullshit at its finest.

Thrillhouse · #**268** 10-20-2006, 10:40 AM

Gotta love Preston Wilson, 0-3 with three strikeouts.

The cards took the 1934 world series, the tigers took the 1968 world series, and now the rubber match.

SSS1365 · #**269** 10-20-2006, 07:44 PM

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Uh, so Belliard belly-flopped on Reyes . . . that's pretty standard, especially since Reyes goes into second pretty hard. Pujols definitely did not show up anyone by running Floyd's grounder - he bobbled, and it's much 'safer' than throwing.

Past that, what on Earth are you talking about? I really don't like the Cards at all, but this is back-page bullshit at its finest.

How about that crap that Pujols said? People say things in the heat of the moment, sure, but he didn't exactly apologize for it. Also, I didn't see the play where he raced Floyd to first, so I can't comment on that. I can only go by what my husband said, and he's a pretty objective guy. And Belliard may not have intentionally landed on Reyes, but he didn't need to stay on top of him for as long as he did. You don't have to agree with me on that, because that could be just my opinion.

But can you explain the point of this?:

From http://sports.aol.com/news/articles/...990001?cid=561

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During the champagne celebration in their clubhouse, players gathered around several times and chanted "Jo-se, Jose, Jose, Jose, " mocking the popular chant Mets fans crow when Reyes comes to the plate.

There's nothing wrong with celebrating your victory, but come on.

I'm sure you still see nothing wrong with it. Whatever, I'm done.

Go Tigers.

KSigkid · #**270** 10-21-2006, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by SSS1365

How about that crap that Pujols said? People say things in the heat of the moment, sure, but he didn't exactly apologize for it. Also, I didn't see the play where he raced Floyd to first, so I can't comment on that. I can only go by what my husband said, and he's a pretty objective guy. And Belliard may not have intentionally landed on Reyes, but he didn't need to stay on top of him for as long as he did. You don't have to agree with me on that, because that could be just my opinion.

But can you explain the point of this?:

From http://sports.aol.com/news/articles/...990001?cid=561

There's nothing wrong with celebrating your victory, but come on.

I'm sure you still see nothing wrong with it. Whatever, I'm done.

Go Tigers.

You're right, people say things in the heat of the moment - and the Cards had just lost an emotional game, so hey, if Pujols doesn't think Glavine had his stuff that night (I believe that is the comment you're referring to), then so be it. If you listened to any commentator after that game, they said the same thing: Glavine got away with a lot of hittable pitches.

As to the celebration - I assume you've never been in a locker room (high school, college, pro, whatever), because that stuff happens EVERYWHERE. I guarantee similar comments were made in the Mets locker room about the Cardinals, or after the first round series. The only difference here is someone reported it.

Be upset your team lost, root for the other team, whatever - but the Cardinals weren't acting any differently than 99% of athletes would in that situation.