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« Reply #480 on: October 27, 2006, 09:30:25 PM »
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CARDS WIN!

I'm sure Mark will chime in shortly after he finishes a glass or 2 of bubbly :wink:

I didn't really have a rooting interest but it's nice to see the NL win a WS for a change. And the Cards have been disappointed by coming close several years in a row, so good job.  And most importantly, as I said earlier in the thread, the pundits have been wrong throughout the post seaon. They said:

Twins would beat the A's
Yanks would beat the Tigers
A's would beat the Tigers
Mets would beat the Cards

So screw 'em all, hooray for the underdog!


Woo Hoo!!

One of the ESPN writers called the Cardinals "the worst enemy of Conventional Wisdom since the '88 Dodgers."

One thing that the pundits seem to have overlooked, and which I kept waiting for someone to point out, is that anytime the Cardinals had Preston Wilson & Ronnie Belliard in the lineup with either Carpenter or Suppan pitching, that would give them 7 players on the field with All-Star Game experience.  That's a lot of talent & a lot of veteran experience. Their mediocre record and near collapse at the end was brought on by injuries and fatigue, but in the playoffs with all the extra travel days (not to mention 3 games rained out) they got healthy and could rest up a little bit.  I actually picked the Cardinals to win in 5, and for Rolen & Molina to have a great series.  I didn't pick Eckstein to be the WS MVP, especially after he went 0-9 in the 2 games in Detroit, but in the 3 wins in St. Louis he went 8-13 with 4 RBIs & 3 Runs scored.  Not bad, eh?  (and I bet he likes my sig-quote, too).

p.s. - Now maybe I can forget about Don Denkinger.
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« Reply #481 on: October 28, 2006, 11:24:38 AM »
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I didn't pick Eckstein to be the WS MVP, especially after he went 0-9 in the 2 games in Detroit, but in the 3 wins in St. Louis he went 8-13 with 4 RBIs & 3 Runs scored.  Not bad, eh?  (and I bet he likes my sig-quote, too).


He'll need a few phone books under his butt to drive that 'vette! (per ESPN he's the shortest WS MVP in history.) :wink:
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« Reply #482 on: November 02, 2006, 03:54:44 PM »
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« Reply #483 on: November 04, 2006, 10:48:13 AM »
Don't have a link, but Omar Vizquel won another Gold Glove yesterday.

And hey Gaz, one rumor floating around is: Pat Burrell as a Giant next year.
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« Reply #484 on: November 04, 2006, 05:10:34 PM »
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Don't have a link, but Omar Vizquel won another Gold Glove yesterday.

And hey Gaz, one rumor floating around is: Pat Burrell as a Giant next year.

Omar is awesome. He's still going to be a Giant, yes?
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« Reply #485 on: November 04, 2006, 10:08:24 PM »
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Don't have a link, but Omar Vizquel won another Gold Glove yesterday.

And hey Gaz, one rumor floating around is: Pat Burrell as a Giant next year.

Omar is awesome. He's still going to be a Giant, yes?


I think he has one more year.
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« Reply #486 on: November 06, 2006, 09:24:17 AM »
The A's let Ron Washington get away -- the Rangers have hired him :cry:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/06/SPG58M6SIS1.DTL

Mr Beane's gonna be sorry, methinks.
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« Reply #487 on: November 06, 2006, 10:01:40 AM »
Pujols wins his 1st Gold Glove, one more reason to think he'll repeat as MVP, although I doubt he'll care much if he doesn't, what with the World Series ring he's gonna get.

How does Brad Ausmus win over Yadier Molina?  According to ESPN Molina threw out 44% of attempted steals, compared to Ausmus 22%.  And how often does anyone other than Yadi pick a guy off of 1st?

That being said, Rolen earned his on past reputation, and I can't complain that Edmonds didn't do likewise.
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« Reply #488 on: November 06, 2006, 03:46:18 PM »
Looks like the A's move to the south is a reality:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/06/BAGEQM75B15.DTL

So... The Fremont A's? the Silicon Valley A's?  The South Bay A's?
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« Reply #489 on: November 06, 2006, 04:48:17 PM »
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Looks like the A's move to the south is a reality:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/06/BAGEQM75B15.DTL

So... The Fremont A's? the Silicon Valley A's?  The South Bay A's?


Well, Oakland had their chance. Will the new ballpark be close to a BART station? That's one of the best things about their Oakland location--you can get there sans car, and sans traffic!
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« Reply #490 on: November 06, 2006, 09:03:59 PM »
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Looks like the A's move to the south is a reality:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/06/BAGEQM75B15.DTL

So... The Fremont A's? the Silicon Valley A's?  The South Bay A's?


Well, Oakland had their chance. Will the new ballpark be close to a BART station? That's one of the best things about their Oakland location--you can get there sans car, and sans traffic!


The new location doesn't appear to be near BART. I'll still watch them on TV but I won't go to many games -- an hour BART + whatever trip (as opposed to the 25 min it takes me now) is not do-able on a weeknite, that's for sure. And tix will be scarce anyway, it'll be like the Sharks with Silicon Valley fat cats buying up season passes. :cry:
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« Reply #491 on: November 06, 2006, 09:32:47 PM »
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Looks like the A's move to the south is a reality:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/06/BAGEQM75B15.DTL

So... The Fremont A's? the Silicon Valley A's?  The South Bay A's?


Well, Oakland had their chance. Will the new ballpark be close to a BART station? That's one of the best things about their Oakland location--you can get there sans car, and sans traffic!


The new location doesn't appear to be near BART. I'll still watch them on TV but I won't go to many games -- an hour BART + whatever trip (as opposed to the 25 min it takes me now) is not do-able on a weeknite, that's for sure. And tix will be scarce anyway, it'll be like the Sharks with Silicon Valley fat cats buying up season passes. :cry:

I tell ya...
It amazes me every time I'm there to see the tank filled up.
BTW, great Saturday night game. Good action and a win! I wish Cheechoo didn't get cited for misconduct.
I was checking out the fans with binoculars in between action and spied Neil Youngs seats directly across from me. Look to be in 128. Fun was had by all.
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« Reply #492 on: November 07, 2006, 09:40:53 AM »
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I was checking out the fans with binoculars in between action and spied Neil Youngs seats directly across from me. Look to be in 128. Fun was had by all.


Like the good Canuck that he is....
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« Reply #493 on: November 08, 2006, 02:56:59 PM »
Zito says he wasn't thinking about playing in Texas... but now that Ron Washington is there, well...

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061108&content_id=1737082&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
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« Reply #494 on: November 10, 2006, 01:05:02 AM »
What do you folks think of the proposed move of the 49ers to Santa Clara??
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