bob_barron Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 The Cardinals of the Braves of the new millenium. If they lose, now I will understand why people hate the Braves
devo Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 Struck out looking to end the series. I guess that sums up the whole NLCS. Â I thought we were in the midst of another magical Mets comeback, but I guess some things can't be overcome by luck alone. Injuries be damned; the Mets were outplayed tonight and over most of the series. There's really no execuse for how poorly they hit in every game but 2 and 4, and even if they had made it to the World Series, they would have been eaten alive if they maintained that level of play. Â I can't think of any word more appropriate than heartbreaking to see such a wonderful season end like that. This is going to sound melodramatic, but baseball's dead to me until Spring Training starts up again. If I watch any of the World Series, it'll be incidental glimpses made while channel surfing. Â Well done, Cardinals. Best of luck against the Tigers.
Richard Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 The Cardinals of the Braves of the new millenium. If they lose, now I will understand why people hate the Braves Jane Fonda?
Brett Favre Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 The Cards are classy and a nice bunch of guys and all, but this does suck.
jwest27 Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 I can't believe this team is going to the World Series. Just....wow.
naiwf Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 That was just about the most painful way to go down as is possible. Yay. It's looking less and less likely that I'll ever see any team I like win another championship in my lifetime. Now you know how Cubs fans feel. AW SHUCKS Â No no, Cubs fans get to root for other teams. Between the Knicks (never), Mets (1986), Giants (1991) and Rangers, 1994 was the last chance I got to see a title run by one of the teams I support. The Knicks are a lost cause, the Mets will never get another opportunity like this, the Giants aren't capable of winning a SB, and I really don't give a shit about hockey. It's 4 times as bad when you have a team to root for year round and you've had to watch them lose 4 world championships since the last victory all while the Yankees have recently won as many titles in a 5 year stretch as the four of them in my entire life. Add in the fact that the Knicks and Rangers have been leading the world in payroll, and the Mets have been top 5 for a long time and we can't even buy a damned ring. At least if I lived in a small market I could say that we just can't compete financially. As it is, there's really nothing that can be done to improve any of those teams enough to win a title.
Gert T Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 That was one hell of a baseball game. Great game Perez, great game Suppan. I don't think I've ever been as quiet and not fuming after a catch or great play that goes against my team, but it was just that great of a catch by Chavez. Â About the strikeouts in the 9th, Cliff Floyd watched the whole game right? The home plate ump was calling strikes all night on both teams.
NYU Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 Uh, naiwf...  I don't think you fully understand the Cubs  Consider it a way to cope. It helps.
bob_barron Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 Three titles in your lifetime? I'd take that in a second
NYU Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 "So Willie Randolph, what did you think of the Cardinals?" Â "THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE!!"
naiwf Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 Uh, naiwf... I don't think you fully understand the Cubs  Consider it a way to cope. It helps.  When you've never seen a championship it's easier to adjust to not having any. It's kind of like sex that way. It's far worse not to get any when you've had some and know how good it feels, especially when your scumbag neighbor gets to bang models year after year and brags about it all the time.  If I'd known October 1986 - January 1987 was going to be the highlight of my career as a fan I probably wouldn't have gotten hooked on sports. It's depressing to suck annually but it's even worse when you get your hopes up in isolated years and get embarassed like the '99 Knicks, the 2000 Mets and the Giants team that made the Ravens look like da greatest of all time, or even worse when you shit the bed and lose a winnable series like the 1994 Knicks or become the 1 team out of 100 to lose Game 7 at home after winning Game 6 like the 2006 Mets.
iggymcfly Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 Just a great all-around series there capped by a tremendous Game 7. From Chavez's catch to Suppan getting out of the bases loaded jam with one out to Wainright finally striking out Beltran, it was just tremendously exciting baseball. Honestly, the last time I felt this way about watching a baseball series was when the D-Backs beat the Yankees in 2001. Â (iggymcfly: On the Cards bandwagon since about a month ago)
NYU Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 Hey buddy, I was six months old when the Mets won the 1986 World Series. And the Jets? Haha, let's not even get started on that. So you've seen more as a fan than I have. Let's not turn this into a "Woe is me, my life is trash, let me slash my wrists, here comes the blood" thing. It's a heartbreaker, yes, but life will go on.
Richard Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 At least you aren't from San Diego. The only things we've ever won titles in are indoor soccer and bush league hockey.
bob_barron Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 I await iggy's post when the Cards are in an elimination game about how Pujols will hit 4 HRs
Star Ocean 3 Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 At least you aren't from San Diego. The only things we've ever won titles in are indoor soccer and bush league hockey. Â but San Diego's a cool city and doesn't need sports to be validated.
iggymcfly Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 I await iggy's post when the Cards are in an elimination game about how Pujols will hit 4 HRs  No dice on that one. I was very careful not to post anything that might jinx the Cardinals before the game. I said that I thought it was weird that Perez was starting and just left it at that. Not that I really believe in such things, but it has seemed to blow up some of my larger wagers in the past. (Yeah, I was on the Cards. Won $600 on the NLDS and another $1150 tonight, although I did lose $450 on Games 4 and 6.)
USC Wuz Robbed! Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 At least you aren't from San Diego. The only things we've ever won titles in are indoor soccer and bush league hockey. Â When your only real pro teams are the Chargers and Padres, you're not going to see much. Though the Chargers seem to be on their way to success.
Precious Roy Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 I feel bad for the Mets. A team that dominates it's league like they did deserves to represent them in the World Series. Â Chalk it up to losing Pedro and El Duque right before the playoffs. Maine and Perez stepped up, but it killed their depth and took away some of their swagger. Â I feel bad for the diehard Mets fans, so many of them were convinced that this was the year. WFAN is going to be so depressing tonight. Â The Cardinals pitching, bullpen especially, was impressive. I give them a punchers chance against the Tigers, and I wouldn't be surprised at all to see them win or at least take it to 6 or 7 games. One thing working in their favor is the long layoff for Detroit, they have a great opportunity to steal game 1. LaRussa/Leyland is such a great matchup. Â There's definitely more pressure on STL though. 2nd trip to the series in 3 years, always in the NLCS, some of their key guys are getting up there agewise...
Slayer Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 Heard the result on the radio as I was driving out of the concert... Goddammit. Â You know what you need to do, Detroit
NYU Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 Oh my God. You have got to be kidding me. This isn't happening.  OH MY FUCKING GOD! DIE YOU FUCKING FAN  Oh my god...FUCK YOU.  I hope that fucker dies tonight, I honestly mean that.  *covers ears* SHUT UP!! SHUT UP!!!! THERE IS NO CURSE, NO CURSE!!!  OH MY GOD WE GETTING FUCKING SHELLED, PLEASE GOD STOP THIS!!!!  I don't think I can a fan anymore. My heart hurts and I need to vomit.  Ah, the Cubbies. The only fans that can cheer me up right now.
cabbageboy Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 To label the Cardinals as the Braves of the 21st century is a bit silly. I mean really, how many times did they actually come up short with the best team? 2004 is the only time in the WS, and last year was the only time in the NLCS. I don't think anyone thought the Cardinals had the best team in 2000, 2002, etc. They were a division winner that made the playoffs, that was about it. Â I didn't think they'd make it this far, but once the Yankees went down the Mets' continued playoff existence didn't thrill me. The Mets only had that Subway Series to offer. Mets/Tigers would have been a bleh matchup, whereas Cardinals/Tigers has some actual history and drama. Â I now eagerly await the looks back at the 1934 WS with the Detroit fans practically trying to lynch Ducky Medwick.
naiwf Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 Yeah, I mean who wanted to see the best team in each league for the vast majority of the season emerge from nowhere to play each other when we could have Tigers/Cards and their illustrious history instead. I'm gonna guess the answer will be very few people outside of those two cities will watch the WS because Tigers/Cards is the definition of BLEH especially when no one expects the Cards to do anything.
Precious Roy Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 OH MY GOD WE GETTING FUCKING SHELLED, PLEASE GOD STOP THIS!!!! Â HAHAHAHAHAHA
Guest Felonies! Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 very few people outside of those two cities will watch the WS because Tigers/Cards is the definition of BLEH especially when no one expects the Cards to do anything. The Cardinals have one of the more substantial national fanbases, if you acknowledge that the rest of the United States exist.
Slayer Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 Just saw the game footage on SC. Â Awesome catch by Chavez, for sure, but it looks like "Struck out looking" is the new "Walked in the winning run"
naiwf Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 Those same Cards fans didn't really set the NLCS numbers on fire this year. Detroit's not bringing Red Sox type eyes with them, WS or not. Not to say that Mets/Tigers was on par with Yankees/Dodgers but St. Louis/Detroit isn't the kind of matchup that casual fans will devote all of their free time to watching either. There's no team to root against and with the expection of Pujols there's no one to watch if you don't root for either of the two teams playing. I hope Detroit wins, but I certainly won't watch them do it or fail trying.
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