Cubs have good young middle infield, Soriano, and Veteren Power in the middle of the line up. Good young pitching that has seen no major Peaks and valleys, probably fresher arms, and they all seem like tough gamers, dont overthink, just pitch.

AL is tough, I think Cleveland.

A goat slaying?



I remember when the Pack won it in '96, the packers were a religious following. They had the power of a 100's and 100's of thousands of prayers being hurled at them by the Catholic Packer community.

Field goals were willed into the uprites with God's broad hand and some prayers from my grandma.

God was on our side.

CUBS

Germ War wrote:

Hexpane wrote:oops yeah I didnt mean luck I meant GOD!
silly me

wait I thought St Louis Rams were gods team under born again Kurt Warner

but the Red Sox have the pompous christian Curt Schilling.. then again the Patriots have the uber born again Rodney Harrison

so confusing

which team does god really root for???

Someday you'll pay attention.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball ... over_x.htm

Well. Now I know who my new least favorite sports franchise is.

Hexpane wrote:Uh oh. Wakefield has a bad back and is out vs. the Angels. Wake has been the BoSox unsung hero for years. W/o him the sox never would have made it past the yanks in 2004 simply because he gave up a start to save the bullpen.

I appreciate Wakefield's contributions over the years, but he wasn't going to start and hopefully we won't need any long relief.

STF wrote:In all fairness, you could probably find athletes on any pro team who believe all that religious bullshit.

Ozzie and the White Sox don't believe in all that religious bullshit. They go with Santeria.

Much of the misunderstand regarding Santeria stems from some of the religion's worship rituals. Each orisha, besides having distinct personality traits, also has a favorite number, color and food to which devotees must pay special attention during worship.

For example, Chango, the lord of thunder and Santeria's most popular orisha, likes the numbers four and six, the colors red and white and prefers roosters. When offering a sacrifice to him, the animal's blood is sprinkled on sacred stones.

But offerings aren't limited to animals and can include vegetables, cakes or candy.

***

"People call me a criminal because we do stuff with blood and animals. I don't blame these people. They believe what they believe and I believe what I believe. Have I ever killed an animal in the States to do my religion? No. I did in my country."

Daffodil Column wrote:More position players are always preferable to more pitchers, especially in a short series. What if the Red Sox wanted to pinch-run for Varitek and then pinch-hit for Mirabelli? If you use a lot pitchers, it means you're being blown out and you're not gonna win the series anyway

I understand that rationale, I just don't agree w/ it.

Since Wake isn't going to pitch, the sox have no use for Mirabelli, even less so in a short series. Mirabeli isnt even fully healthy. I am basically lamenting the fact that all reasonable back up catchers for the red sox were traded away for pennies on the dollar and Mirabelli was never that good, and is basically Wake's knuckleball catcher. He is a RHB w/ poor OPS, poor speed, and mediocre defense.

In fact i'd be shocked if Mirabelli plays in the series unless it goes 5 games or has a crazy 13 inning deal. He can occasionally hit a random HR but overall is not feared for his offense, his matchups against lefties, nor his defense. IMO its a waste of a bench player if you are going to bring Cash along as well.

I guess in a 4th game you give Tek the night off, then pinch run for Mirabelli *if* he gets on base? I'd rather start Tek 4 games then again i havent managed a world series winning team yet.


in short Mirabelli offers you nothing w/o Wake on the roster, but I guess the Sox really have no choice considering the problem w/ depth at catcher.

Hexpane wrote:

Daffodil Column wrote:More position players are always preferable to more pitchers, especially in a short series. What if the Red Sox wanted to pinch-run for Varitek and then pinch-hit for Mirabelli? If you use a lot pitchers, it means you're being blown out and you're not gonna win the series anyway

I understand that rationale, I just don't agree w/ it.

Since Wake isn't going to pitch, the sox have no use for Mirabelli, even less so in a short series. Mirabeli isnt even fully healthy. I am basically lamenting the fact that all reasonable back up catchers for the red sox were traded away for pennies on the dollar and Mirabelli was never that good, and is basically Wake's knuckleball catcher. He is a RHB w/ poor OPS, poor speed, and mediocre defense.

In fact i'd be shocked if Mirabelli plays in the series unless it goes 5 games or has a crazy 13 inning deal. He can occasionally hit a random HR but overall is not feared for his offense, his matchups against lefties, nor his defense. IMO its a waste of a bench player if you are going to bring Cash along as well.

I guess in a 4th game you give Tek the night off, then pinch run for Mirabelli *if* he gets on base? I'd rather start Tek 4 games then again i havent managed a world series winning team yet.


in short Mirabelli offers you nothing w/o Wake on the roster, but I guess the Sox really have no choice considering the problem w/ depth at catcher.

I don't disagree with any of that, and i'm sure Varitek will start every game. I just think it's good to be three deep at every position, regardless of what the position is or who those three are. Think of close games, extra innings, and/or injuries. Say the Red Sox are a run behind in the 8th or 9th, and Varitek is the tying run. Etc. . . .

Jeese Louise, that game last night.

WTF:

1. Turned off the game after Hairston homered to make it 8-6 Padres. D'oh!

2. What the hell is wrong in Colorado? I see a stadium full of "fans" but it's like they're in a library or something. You could have heard a pin drop.

3. And my god, such excitement from that team in the TBS booth, huh? What a coupla live wires. I'm so happy they're calling the Cubs series! Not! I think Santo and Hughes are calling it on the radio, at least.

cesb wrote:3. And my god, such excitement from that team in the TBS booth, huh? What a coupla live wires.

One of those guys is Don Orsillo from New England Sports Network. He does Red Sox games. It was weird hearing him calling a Rockies game.

STF wrote:

cesb wrote:3. And my god, such excitement from that team in the TBS booth, huh? What a coupla live wires.

One of those guys is Don Orsillo from New England Sports Network. He does Red Sox games. It was weird hearing him calling a Rockies game.

He didn't sound too excited to be there.

STF wrote:

cesb wrote:3. And my god, such excitement from that team in the TBS booth, huh? What a coupla live wires.

One of those guys is Don Orsillo from New England Sports Network. He does Red Sox games. It was weird hearing him calling a Rockies game.

Don Orsillo has the most terrifying fake tan i've ever seen. There's a commercial out here for the Red Sox team shop with him and wakefield and he basically looks like a giant balding pumpkin. Also the other guy from NESN is always piss drunk by like the 5th inning. The other week on the A's/Sox game he spent an entire inning talking about how he'd like to live on the moon...

Since the Mets decided to fucking blow it like a bunch of royal douchebags, I think a Red Sox/Phillies series would be the best out of any option. Indians are good but they're from Ohio, so who cares. Angels have that stupid "Los angeles of anahiem" name which irritates me to no end, and the Yankees are boring cunts.