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I'm glad the phillies won, not only because I detest the Rays, but because I thought the rain delay gave the Rays an advantage they didn't deserve.

I'm happy for Jamie Moyer, but not Bret Meyer.

Ironically, the rain delay got this pathetically rated series more attention than anything else, and the talking heads on ESPN actually seemed to enjoy it.

The footballification of baseball continues. In 10 years the World Series will consist of 1 game of 3 innings with a sudden death contest of home run derby in case of a tie played at a neutral location with a 5 hour pregame and an umpiring crew of robots. /grumpy traditionalist

posted at 01:51 AM on October 30

You can't cancel the game before it's played. What do you tell the fans who have made all the arrangements to be in Philadelphia on this day at this time? You play the game and hope for the best. It didn't work out. Are we going to blame Bud Selig for the weather?

Of course you can cancel the game. What do you tell the fans? Tell them the truth. I don't think the commissioner should be making decisions on the fear of what the fans might think. You do what's best for the game, popularity be damned.

You can't blame Selig for the weather, you blame him for starting the game when a number of meteorologists were saying it wouldn't be finished.

Embarrassing for baseball, and a gift to the Rays.

posted at 04:28 AM on October 29

I personally am looking forward to watching this series... I can honestly say I haven't watch the past couple of years... Boring!!! Same teams in there

Starting with the 2002 World Series, including this one, there's been a total of 12 different teams in those 7 years. Two teams went twice.

In the past 4 years there's been 8 different teams in the World Series, No team has made it twice.

Again, 4 years, all different teams. So I guess I have to believe you when you say you haven't watched.

posted at 12:41 AM on October 23

I normally pull for the American League team if the sox get beaten, unless it's the Yankees.

But at least the Phillies had a fan base that supported them, unlike the Rays whose attendance was at the bottom of the league until the playoffs started (I apologize for all 12 long time rays' fans).

Then there's the awful cow bells, the joke that is tropicana field, and it reminds me more of the WWE than baseball. Add to that Tampa had the freaking Back Street Boys open the game with the national anthem and I have no choice to pull for the Phillies.

I hate seeing the same guys there year after year that take it for granted and dont show the excitement.

All in your head. Please show me examples of the Red Sox not being excited during the ALCS. I'd love to know where you got that they take it for granted. From listening to actual players quotes it seems like most want to get back more after getting a taste of it.

You know we pull for you...

I'm betting that when the ratings come out you'll find a lot less of "we" than you think.

posted at 12:24 AM on October 23

Change doesn't scare me. Bad changes do.

posted at 07:47 PM on September 04

The home run came after a strike on the inside corner that was called a ball. During the replay of the home run and discussion about fair or foul the Rays' announcer wouldn't shut up about 'where we really need this replay is on the pitch before the home run'.

That's what scares me. A slippery slop indeed.

posted at 12:50 PM on September 04

Ohh, thanks bo knows.

posted at 02:48 PM on August 31

Copying a part of the article can be effective when done well. However it should be put in quotes or italicized.

posted at 06:08 PM on August 21

Yeah, the link isn't meaty enough no matter what the topic. I'd delete it if I could.

posted at 04:59 AM on August 20

Hansen and Moss were a steep price Well, we don't really know at this point. Hansen has a load of talent but hasn't proven anything yet. He could go on to be great, he could be out of the league in 3 years. Moss, who knows. There's certainly no room for him right now in the lineup. Look at it this way. Manny was probably gone after this year anyway. So they basically traded Hansen and Moss for Bay. No way would that trade happen under normal circumstances. The only thing that sucks (the sox have the money, not worried about the 8 million) is the sox won't get the draft picks they would have if Manny had stayed for the rest of the year before leaving. He crossed the line when he began to "dog" it on the field and take himself out of games when he didn't feel like playing. What would happen to any of us who decided to skip his part of a project at work because he thought next year's raise would not be what he wanted? I've warmed up to the trade. Bay looks great, and Manny definitely crossed a line and wasn't worth the risk. He brought a lot of it on himself, but he was also held to a different standard. Only Pedroia had played more games than Manny at the point of the trade. Loafing to first? I've seen lowell do it. Ortiz jogs to first daily. Josh Beckett didn't back up home plate his last game allowing a run to score. If that had been Manny it would have been talked about for a week; he's a space cadet. But it was Beckett, hardly even mentioned. Don't get me wrong. The end was ugly, and he deserved to be shipped out, but for most of his career the problems were greatly exaggerated. And now that he's left town the boston writers are tearing him up. Pathetic. I had not heard of the Boras response to the Red Sox about dropping the options. Here's what Boras said. I don't believe him however. Here's a great manny quote. After realizing that Boston could either keep him and pay him 20 million dollars or become a free agent Manny said: How did I get in that situation?

posted at 12:46 AM on August 03

Unless I'm wrong Boras would not have gotten any money from Boston picking up the options since that contract was signed under a different agent. Now that manny will become a free agent after this season the new contract will be signed under Boras giving him another pay day.

posted at 10:53 PM on July 31

Bay vs. Manny analysis.

posted at 05:48 PM on July 31

Pudge for Farnsworth was a good deal. That's dead on. I don't get the negativity towards detroit. And Pudges batting average, not the best way to judge a hitter, was pretty empty. He might be rejuvenated in NY and put up good numbers, but it wasn't going to happen in detroit. I consider myself a huge Manny Apologist, but if they could have moved him for Jason Bay + the rest of Manny's salary without giving up prospects, that would have been ok by me. Jason Bay has almost the same OPS+ this year. Bay's a good player and his stats are close to mannys. And he's a safer future bet. But he's not manny, though manny isn't quite manny any longer. If manny was focused, I'd rather have him down the stretch run. He's proven he can handle pressure when he wants to. He kills the Yankees. Hopefully Bay will adjust and prosper quickly. If he can, I'm ok with the trade. But how he'll deal with the pressure will be interesting. But I only see this making the sox better if manny was going to be a pain the rest of the way, and maybe that was the case. And it still seems to me the sox are giving up a lot for one player.

posted at 04:08 PM on July 31

What exactly are the Tigers thinking? I realize Pudge's best days are behind him, but even if he had a broken leg, he ought to be worth more than just Kyle Farnsworth. I don't get the 'what were the tigers thinking' angle at all. Pudge is a 36 year old catcher who was not a big contributer any longer. He didn't appear to be happy. They NEED bullpen help, and while farnsworth may not work out, they're giving it a shot. Since Pudge had to approve a trade, the tigers were limited to who they could trade with. The yankees were an obvious choice. I think I crossed over into the trade-Manny camp when, against the Angels a few days ago, he grounded into a double play with two men on, one out, and a 7-3 deficit. That killed a blossoming Sox rally, and they went on to lose, 7-5; one of those runs was scored in the 8th, and the second was a meaningless Manny solo homerun in the bottom of the 9th, on the very first pitch from the best closer in the game this year Francisco Rodriguez. The wags at Sons of Sam Horn called it after he GIDP, saying "Well, I guess that sets up the meaningless Manny homerun in the 9th." Oh come on Hal. This reminds me of yankee fans complaints against arod. And the wags at SoS always call for shit like that. One time they're right and you're putting importance on it? I mean, honestly, he grounded into a double play and hit a home run by guessing curveball in the ninth and you're using that as a turning point? I'm not saying Manny should be able to hit at will That's exactly what you're saying. Don't back down now. but there's something odd about how he sits against great pitchers, seems to get some great swings but GIDP when it's most inconvenient So you'd rather have someone else up with a runner on second? You gave one example. Manny is an RBI machine. and overall doesn't seem to show the passion to win. Yet some how still produces. I heard this same crap last year with his infamous 'if we don't win it's not the end of the world'. It may be time for Manny to go. But he's been a huge part of two world series victories. Other teams will celebrate when manny is gone from boston's lineup. Yankee fans more than anyone else. If Manny tanks, fine, he'd be better elsewhere. But anyone that claims boston is a better team without manny, anyone who points to manny as an offensive problem, is crazy. Besides, listening to WFAN we can stop playing baseball now. The Yankees with their recent moves have it locked up.

posted at 12:04 PM on July 31

Put me in the creepy category. History is great, but there are better ways to remember him than this. Besides, nothing wrong with making new history.

posted at 02:47 PM on July 24