Baseball

shadows · #1 10-22-2010

BOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!

The Texas Rangers are now going to the 2010 World Series! They defeated the Yankees 6-1. A-Roid struck out to end the game. It couldn't have happened to a bigger jerk.

What a good game!

transjen · #2 10-22-2010

Well so far i have one correct pick in the world series, rember before the end of the season i picked Phillies vs Rangers

Philliefan Jen

dauls · #3 10-23-2010

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I love watching the Yankees squirm.

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A-Roid struck out to end the game. It couldn't have happened to a bigger jerk.

Fortunately the missed Swisher HBP didn't affect the final result. It's great to see the Rangers beat those damn Yankees.

At the start of the season I wonder how many baseball fans picked Texas as their 2010 AL Champs?

Now for Roy Oswalt in Game 6. Has Manuel's odd midweek decision to use Oswalt from the bullpen taken too much out of him?

Lord.Steve · #4 10-23-2010

Although I'm not a Rangers fan.. I do like seeing the NYY lose

smc · #5 10-23-2010

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A-Roid struck out to end the game. It couldn't have happened to a bigger jerk.

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It's great to see the Rangers beat those damn Yankees.

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Although I'm not a Rangers fan.. I do like seeing the NYY lose

It warms my heart, sitting here in Boston, to log on this morning and read these heartfelt words of other baseball fans.

smc · #6 10-23-2010

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At the start of the season I wonder how many baseball fans picked Texas as their 2010 AL Champs?

Now for Roy Oswalt in Game 6. Has Manuel's odd midweek decision to use Oswalt from the bullpen taken too much out of him?

Actually, dauls, three of five Boston Globe baseball writers picked Texas to win the division. It's pretty odd for anyone to go so far as to predict post-season outcomes before the start of the season.

Manuel's "odd midweek decision to use Oswalt" is only one of several highly questionable calls by Manuel. For instance, why didn't he have Jimmy Rollins bunt the runner over from second to third, with no outs late in that game?

Of course, since I'm rooting for the Giants, I would like his streak of dumbness to continue.

shadows · #7 10-23-2010

Well, it's over. The Philly offense was garbage again and good ol' Howard struck out to end the game(that guy strikes out waaaaaay too much).

San Francisco won the game 3-2 and took the series 4-2 and will now host Texas in the 2010 World Series.

I am rooting for Texas to win it all.

ila · #8 10-23-2010

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Well, it's over. The Philly offense was garbage again and good ol' Howard struck out to end the game(that guy strikes out waaaaaay too much).

San Francisco won the game 3-2 and took the series 4-2 and will now host Texas in the 2010 World Series.

I am rooting for Texas to win it all.

I'm also going for Texas. The series has the potential to be quite exciting.

shadows · #9 10-23-2010

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I'm also going for Texas. The series has the potential to be quite exciting.

It will be interesting to see if Texas can acclimate to the National League rule of no DH and whether or not it will hurt the offense that was so good against the Yankees.

dauls · #10 10-24-2010

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Well, it's over. The Philly offense was garbage again and good ol' Howard struck out to end the game(that guy strikes out waaaaaay too much).

San Francisco won the game 3-2 and took the series 4-2 and will now host Texas in the 2010 World Series.

I am rooting for Texas to win it all.

But seriously, the best team won the series.

Where was the Phillies offense in the postseason?

Ryan Howard has always struck out too often, in 2007 he set a new single season record of 199 (played only 144 games).

It was obviously a feat he enjoyed so much because in 2008 he bagged another 199 strikeouts (162 games).

But in the same season his blushes were spared by Arizona's Mark Reynolds, who totaled 204 strikeouts.

Mark Reynolds has since made this record his own with 223 (in 155 games in 2009) and 211 (2010).

Ryan Howard's 13 strikeouts in the 2009 World Series is another all-time record.

Until checking, I always thought Ryan Howard was "Mr. Goes Down Swinging", he averages 192 strikouts per 162 games, but Mark Reynolds is on another planet and averages 221 per 162 games.

The Arizona Swing-'n'-Misses
The season Mark Reynolds helped Arizona D'backs set a new single season team strikout record of 1,529 - breaking the previous record of 1,399 by the 2001 Brewers. How the hell can the D'backs break the record by 130 strikeouts? Do they have a batting coach?

smc · #11 10-24-2010

It will be a good series. I'm rooting for the Giants. I usually root for any American League team other than the Yankees, but I have a soft spot for the Giants. They were my grandpa's team from their New York days, and I have some strong connections to the Bay Area.

smc · #12 10-23-2010

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Well so far i have one correct pick in the world series, rember before the end of the season i picked Phillies vs Rangers

Philliefan Jen

I remember, Jen. I hope your record stays at 1-1, though.