Satisfying to have a Dodgers playoff victory of some kind. However, that champagne bath video from after the game is kind of embarassing.
dyams, I don't know where you're at, but here in the South Bend area, Cubs fans are all under a mass suicide watch. They talked so much shit last week, leading up to this series; how they were going to win the Subway Series against the White Sox, 100 years, Sweet Lou, our pitching is the greatest in the world, blah blah blah.
Now, if the Rays can get rid of the White Sox, it'll be quiet around here until next year.
Bliss!
As a homer, but realistic, Dodger fan I would like to think the Cub's really didn't choke ... but rather the Dodgers just made them look pretty bad. I think game 1, that was pretty much the case.
But in game 2 ... watching in real time, I honestly thought the Cubs were blowing the game on purpose. Those three errors should not have happened. They looked as if they didn't care. While I really doubt they threw the series, they played like something is going on, and it isn't pretty. I actually felt bad for Zambrano.
Game 3 ... aside from maybe two players, the Cubs looked like they didn't care.
Coming back to win game 3 on the road after losing 2 at home takes a lot of character and Chutzpah. It seems that the Cubs ran out of both.
I was seven years old when I saw Kirk Gibson win Game 1 of the world series with his memorable home run. It's hard to believe that was the last time we had a competitve team. I have never been the biggest baseball fan (I prefer hoops)which allows me to root for the Angels and Dodgers. I was hoping to see a real free-way series, but the Angels are going to have to pull something out of their butts to make that happen.
It's a little strange that the Dodgers, with the worst record of any playoff team, sweep the Cubs, and the Angels, with the best record in baseball, are down 2-1 after winning in the 12th last night?
I'm old enough to feel like the Dodgers being in the playoffs is an annual event. I can't watch them without looking for Tommy Lasorda in the dugout, though.
I feel for the Cubs - and am not an especially big fan of the National League - but applaud an excellent performance by the 2008 Dodgers!
Now, if the Rays can get rid of the White Sox, it'll be quiet around here until next year.
Done. I was bummed that the Red Sox won their series on the same day since that means the Rays get no love for what they did.
Good for the Dodgers. I like this team. The Cubs did not show up for this series at all.
the Rays get no love for what they did
Actually, they have a great write-up in this quarter's Scientific American on how they replaced a bullpen full of journeyman relievers with robotic clones of themselves.
