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IAmGhostDog wrote:The fired the coach after he lost his coordinators, giving themselves no shot at 2 of the top candidates available (and others too).I watched that game last night.
That's what baseball is all about.
Every pitch means something.
They brought in Julio and he almost blew it.
What a rally in bottom of 13th.
As to the Chargers.
When a team goes 14-2 and you fire the coach.
And from what I understand they lost 2 coordinators.
I don't see them going anywhere.
Scorpiuscat wrote:The <i>greatest</i>? Uh, no. <a href="http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/mlb/baseballs_best/mlb_bb_gamepage.jsp?story_page=bb_51reg_100351_bknnyg">Five words for you</a> (repeated three times) "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrI7dVj90zs&mode=related&search=">The Giants win the pennant!</a>"Do you think they are making the greatest run a team has ever made in Baseball history right now?
Or do you think the Rockies have used up all their karma/fate/voodoo whatever you want to call it and its going to come to an end in the first round?
Do they have anything left in the tank after these last 2 weeks of amazing baseball they have been playing?
UberGerbil wrote:Scorpiuscat wrote:The <i>greatest</i>? Uh, no. <a href="http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/mlb/baseballs_best/mlb_bb_gamepage.jsp?story_page=bb_51reg_100351_bknnyg">Five words for you</a> (repeated three times) "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrI7dVj90zs&mode=related&search=">The Giants win the pennant!</a>"Do you think they are making the greatest run a team has ever made in Baseball history right now?
But one of the greatest? Sure. Though I'd actually argue that what the Diamondbacks have accomplished this year is actually more remarkable: winning their division (not just the wildcard) while being outscored 20 runs on the season.
That said, I always pick a team in each league to cheer for, and a team that's never been to the WS (or has never won) is always my first choice. So this year in the NL, it's the Rockies for me (and the Indians in the AL).Or do you think the Rockies have used up all their karma/fate/voodoo whatever you want to call it and its going to come to an end in the first round?
Do they have anything left in the tank after these last 2 weeks of amazing baseball they have been playing?
Actually, the history of wild card teams (the '04 Red Sox, the '03 and '97 Marlins, the '02 Angels, even the 2000 Mets, the '02 Giants and last year's Tigers) argues in their favor. There have been 12 championships since the introduction of the wild card, and a wild card teams have played in 8 of them (counting both teams in the '02 series) and won four of them. It's a small sample, but that's more than you would expect just from chance -- especially considering the wild card is guaranteed to have a worse record than at least one other team in its league. A tem that gets hot in late September seems to be able to carry that into the postseason, going far deeper than their overall record suggests they have any right to. And that's not just wild cards -- the Cardinals last year demonstrated that.
JustAnEngineer wrote:You did notice that the Phillies were 7 games out of first place just two weeks ago, didn't you? .
JustAnEngineer wrote:You did notice that the Phillies were 7 games out of first place just two weeks ago, didn't you? I'd say that there's a good deal of karma on both sides of this series.
JJCDAD wrote:5150 wrote:Well, that makes it official. All of my favorite teams won their respective championships this year.
Colts
Spurs
Red Sox
Do I win a cookie?
I'll give you a cookie if you can explain why Manny Ramirez wears a giant helmet covered in pinetar.
derFunkenstein wrote:I'd like to **** on the floor and rub Manny's face in it. I hate him the same way alot of people hate A-Rod, but it's because he doesn't hustle; he's dogging everything (especially in the field) and any play he makes is luck. I hate that **** and I'd appreciate if he'd go away.
Turkina wrote:Ironically, the Red Sox have tried numerous times to get rid of Manny, even placing him once on "irrevocable waivers." Basically any team could have placed a waiver claim for him, picked up the rest of his salary, and gotten Manny. No one placed a claim. That says a lot about a guy.