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2008 MLB Season
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Me too.
Not as much as the Yankees and Red Sox though
If the world series is Cubs and Red Sox (lets face it, it won't be the Yankees) this lifelong Cardinals fan might have to root for the Cubs. But if it's Cubs and anyone else, then I'm rooting for the other team
There's no forum bias. You could have chimed in with your D'back love anytime. As IJ said, there aren't that many Dodger fans here, but we make up for it with scathing Juan Pierre hatred. Oh wait, that's only me.
Now maybe people will get off of the mets collapse of last year
Hmm, think the New York media will let the Mets off the hook because the Brewers duplicated their feat? Not likely.
It's really been quite a turn-around. During that eight-game losing streak I was starting to lose hope, but now it's just the opposite. The magic number is now 10. They held Colorado to four runs in three games at Coors Field, which is impressive even when the Rockies are terrible. Still plenty of time for things to go wrong, of course. But I really like the course that they're on now. The one thing in the schedule that concerns me is two series with the Giants, who will be in a spoiler mood.
Arizona is in such a tailspin, it looks all but impossible for them to recover anything more than their dignity. Of course the Giants will be in spoiler mode, but then they did sweep the Diamondbacks last week, which did the Dodgers a huge favor. You've always got to watch out for teams with a grudge and nothing left to lose.
I've got tickets to the final home game of the season next week. I'm hoping it's going to be all closed out by then and will be a big fan celebration of the division title. Next Monday our season ticket club draws postseason tickets...
i'm shocked they fired ned yost before the season ended. thought they would at least wait, but i'm guessing not.
wow. just wow. I'm shocked. I won't miss him but I'm thinking the players must not have been fighting for him either. I hope it helps but I don't think so.
Oy! I take offense to that!
The D-Backs don't seem like a team that could do any damage, they rely on Webb for a lot.
Webb and Haren, and now they have Dunn to add some power (but not average). Can't hurt to have two acknowledged aces in one rotation. I'm not counting the D-backs out quite yet, even though the Dodgers reduced the magic number to nine tonight with a win in Pittsburgh.
Oh, and the much maligned (by some) Juan Pierre hit a home run tonight, his first in over 1,000 at bats. Surprisingly it landed a bunch of rows back into the stands.
D'Oh! I forgot about Haren!
I wouldn't count them out yet either, but your Dodgers have been redonkulously hot as of late. 8-2 in their last 10, while the D'Backs are 2-8. If you can keep that momentum going, you shouldn't have a problem winning the division. Staying hot also helps in the playoffs, just ask the '07 Rockies.
Well to be honest, us Yankee fans have not had much to watch the past few post seasons anyways. Just pick a team jump on the wagon and enjoy.This is the first time I can remember that I won't have anything to watch in October.
Great.
In other news.
True. But still, there was always the CHANCE they might do something. What is truly sad is missing the playoffs with this being the Stadium's last year. Oh well, I'm just glad I got to watch a few games this season and say goodbye.
I wish I could find a picture of the shirt I bought across from the stadium:
"I have two favorite teams: The Yankees and whoever is playing the Red Sox"
That will be my theme this October.
As I've said to my Mets fan friend in the beginning of the season, there will be no post season baseball in NY. The Mets just keep proving me right every single day.
Go Dodgers, Cubbies and Rays.
Go Dodgers, Cubbies and Rays.
mets are still up 1/2 game on the wild card on the slumping brewers. i would rather see the mets miss again and see the local mets fans go cookoo about another 17 game collapse. one fan suggested making the season 145 games so they don't have to deal with the last games of the collapse.
There is still time for the Red Sox to choke as well.
i would love that, as they lost another heartbreaker to the surging rays, who are proving they can play with the big boys. but i think the red sox make the playoffs, the rays and red sox magic number for a playoff spot is 5.
I think the thing that is hurting the brewers so much is that they just tried to make too many changes too quickly this month. They started losing, making all kinds of changes to the lineup after freaking about it, and then the final straw was to kill yost. I dont disagree so much with the yost decision, if anything the timing was off, but I think they should have kept the lineup the way it was producing and waited out the slump. I think making the big lineup changes accelerated the tension in the dugout and created a worried environment in the dugout.
Better than that -- 14 out of the last 16. Magic number, 8.
This is the first time I can remember that I won't have anything to watch in October.
Great.
Some of us have something to watch even if our team doesn't make it.
argh... it's been a horrible past few weeks to be a d'backs fan. division leader for 99% of the season, but can't close it out....