The Official 2013 MLB Thread - Page 54

ISiddiqui · 10-18-2013, 05:44 PM

I'm rooting for the Tigers because Detroit really needs something happy.

Vince, Pt. II · 10-18-2013, 05:55 PM

As far as rooting interests go, there's only one team I want to see win and that's the Tigers. As a Giants fan, the Dodgers are a no go, and the Cardinals are one of three teams with more World Series wins than the Giants. Boston is currently tied with the Giants, so they're no good either.

Go Tigers!

MrBug708 · 10-18-2013, 06:24 PM

There surely has to be more than 3 teams with more than one ring and Boston has won two, so I'm not sure how you came to the conclusion tjhat you are tied to them

SackAttack · 10-18-2013, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by MrBug708

There surely has to be more than 3 teams with more than one ring and Boston has won two, so I'm not sure how you came to the conclusion tjhat you are tied to them

what is this i dont even

MrBug708 · 10-18-2013, 06:32 PM

I can only recall one San Francisco Giants title. I'm not sure how said Giants fan only counted three teams with more than one WS title.

SackAttack · 10-18-2013, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by MrBug708

I can only recall one San Francisco Giants title. I'm not sure how said Giants fan only counted three teams with more than one WS title.

You are bad at math, apparently.

Would you like to go visit baseball-reference and then try again?

MrBug708 · 10-18-2013, 06:49 PM

Oops..two

MrBug708 · 10-18-2013, 07:02 PM

Hanley is no longer out for tonight

MrBug708 · 10-18-2013, 07:38 PM

What the heck are SVS and Kelly doing?

MizzouRah · 10-18-2013, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MrBug708

What the heck are SVS and Kelly doing?

Seeing which one would head to the dugout last... it was quite funny.

Puig and Gonzalez autograph signs a fan made.. one had Gonzalez on dumbo and said Dumbo and Dumber.. the other one had a picture of a squirrel with a Cardinals hat and said our squirrel and a picture of Puig which said your squirrel.

Really freaking cool to see them laughing at them and signing them for the fan.

Series has been a good one.

Vince, Pt. II · 10-18-2013, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by MrBug708

There surely has to be more than 3 teams with more than one ring and Boston has won two, so I'm not sure how you came to the conclusion tjhat you are tied to them

MrBug708 · 10-18-2013, 09:42 PM

On a day when Kershaw didn't have much to his stuff, the strike zone was atrocious.

But Kershaw's curve had zero curve to it tonight

tarcone · 10-18-2013, 09:50 PM

MizzouRah · 10-18-2013, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by MrBug708

On a day when Kershaw didn't have much to his stuff, the strike zone was atrocious.

But Kershaw's curve had zero curve to it tonight

Very odd strike zone tonight for sure, no consistency whatsoever.

tarcone · 10-18-2013, 10:07 PM

Thats the theme for the series IMO.

MrBug708 · 10-18-2013, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Seeing which one would head to the dugout last... it was quite funny.

Puig and Gonzalez autograph signs a fan made.. one had Gonzalez on dumbo and said Dumbo and Dumber.. the other one had a picture of a squirrel with a Cardinals hat and said our squirrel and a picture of Puig which said your squirrel.

Really freaking cool to see them laughing at them and signing them for the fan.

Series has been a good one.

Somehow I think they were mocking the Cards

tarcone · 10-18-2013, 10:33 PM

3 more outs

JonInMiddleGA · 10-18-2013, 10:51 PM

And with that goes any real interest I might have had in another WS.

See ya next year baseball.

Arles · 10-18-2013, 10:52 PM

Great way to end the series. Looking forward to facing either great oldtime franchise of Detroit or Boston. Should be a good series!

tarcone · 10-18-2013, 10:54 PM

20 of 25 players are homegrown. 3 rookie pitchers to clinch the WS. 22 year old pitcher is MVP. Good stuff. Go Cardinals.

panerd · 10-18-2013, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

And with that goes any real interest I might have had in another WS.

See ya next year baseball.

Always welcome to become a citizen of Cardinal nation.

cuervo72 · 10-18-2013, 10:58 PM

Ok, I guess I did like Andy Van Slyke, but probably more from his exploits with the Pirates than the Cardinals.

Arles · 10-18-2013, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by cuervo72

Ok, I guess I did like Andy Van Slyke, but probably more from his exploits with the Pirates than the Cardinals.

He was one of my favs growing up. I got to meat him at an appliance store in Belleville, IL in 1985. He was a great guy and signed a photo and baseball for me. The Tony Pena trade was a tough one for me at the time. Spanky LaValliere was another fan favorite and losing both those guys hurt. The fact that Pena never did much made it even worse over time.

MizzouRah · 10-18-2013, 11:26 PM

Well done Cardinals!!!

Matthean · 10-19-2013, 07:52 AM

If the Tigers get beat, I might have to cheer for the Cards just because a guy who goes to my church is from there. Until then...

BishopMVP · 10-19-2013, 09:09 AM

Not sure how many Parks & Rec fans we have here, but Michael Schur a.k.a. Ken Tremendous is the showrunner.

Still from Thursday's episode

Thomkal · 10-19-2013, 09:36 AM

woohoo Cards! Congrats to the Dodgers for making it as far as they did after it looked like it was going to be a horrible season where their manager was going to be fired any day.

Given our recent World Series history with Bos/Det, I'd much prefer Detroit as our opponent, just saying

sterlingice · 10-19-2013, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by BishopMVP

Not sure how many Parks & Rec fans we have here, but Michael Schur a.k.a. Ken Tremendous is the showrunner.

Still from Thursday's episode

Awesome

SI

Buccaneer · 10-19-2013, 10:24 AM

Love it. The hated Dodgers are out! St. Louis, which its rich baseball history and fantastic baseball city and fans, is always a great representative for the National League. They will be going up against Red Sox or Tigers, either matchups have great World Series histories.

cuervo72 · 10-19-2013, 12:56 PM

So here's a question - how long does it take to raise fantastic, knowledgeable fans? One generation? Two, three? Does a certain proportion of them need to be over 50? How do fans in some cities stay ignorant despite having teams for 40*, 50, 130 years? Is winning necessary to teach these fans good, correct baseball?

Does failing to support a team make them better? worse? Or does eschewing other franchises or sports to put their full efforts into baseball show their superiority?

* not to mention the Braves years

tarcone · 10-19-2013, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by cuervo72

So here's a question - how long does it take to raise fantastic, knowledgeable fans? One generation? Two, three? Does a certain proportion of them need to be over 50? How do fans in some cities stay ignorant despite having teams for 40*, 50, 130 years? Is winning necessary to teach these fans good, correct baseball?

Does failing to support a team make them better? worse? Or does eschewing other franchises or sports to put their full efforts into baseball show their superiority?

* not to mention the Braves years

All I can say is compare Cardinal fans to Cubs fans. And you have your answer.

SirFozzie · 10-19-2013, 09:06 PM

Never mind Vin Diesel as Triple X, Game 6 of the ALCS? It's Xander Time!

Lathum · 10-19-2013, 09:30 PM

Prince Fielder, oh my.

sterlingice · 10-19-2013, 10:21 PM

Looked like strike three to me (and FoxTrax)

SI

SirFozzie · 10-19-2013, 10:28 PM

GRAAAAAANNNNDDDD SLAM!

sterlingice · 10-19-2013, 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

And with that goes any real interest I might have had in another WS.

See ya next year baseball.

I can now safely say this

SI

Matthean · 10-19-2013, 10:30 PM

Such awesome starting pitching. Such incapable relievers.

RainMaker · 10-19-2013, 10:43 PM

4 and a half hour game. This is why no one watches baseball.

SirFozzie · 10-19-2013, 10:50 PM

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SirFozzie · 10-19-2013, 11:02 PM

Koji with the NAAASSSTY pitch to end it.

Thomkal · 10-20-2013, 07:03 AM

Congrats to the Sox and their fans. I can only hope my Cards fare a lot better than they did the last time it was a BOS/STL World Series.

Ronnie Dobbs3 · 10-20-2013, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by tarcone

All I can say is compare Cardinal fans to Cubs fans. And you have your answer.

Wainwright is love, Theo is not?

Though I guess Jesus was a Carpenter.

markprior22 · 10-20-2013, 08:57 AM

Cardinal fans are no better or worse than any other fans. Just give a follow to @BestFansStLouis to see the racist, homophobic remarks.

korme · 10-20-2013, 09:26 AM

I've been to both Wrigley and Busch wearing Reds gear and I have to say that Cardinals fans are much bigger dickheads. And douchebags.

PilotMan · 10-20-2013, 09:59 AM

With Boston and Stl moving on I wonder just how much fan baiting will take place. Maybe both fan bases will join up against the rest of baseball in sort of a We Are the World, kumbaya moment of disliked teams.

Bad-example · 10-20-2013, 10:46 AM

I watched the Dodgers elimination game twice. Love the hurt puppy dog eyes wearing blue.

I love the MLB network.

Mizzou B-ball fan · 10-20-2013, 10:52 AM

lol

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NOT BUSTER OLNEY @TRIPPINGOLNEY

AMERICA WILL BE CAPTIVATED BY A WORLD SERIES THAT FEATURES TWO LONG-SUFFERING TEAMS WITH A PAIR OF HUMBLE, RESPECTFUL FANBASES.

molson · 10-20-2013, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

lol

The next week and a half of discussions about the likability of fan-bases is sure to be exhilarating and must-read stuff, but don't forget MBBF, the most disliked teams and fanbases at FOFC have earned that status strictly due to your individual affiliation with them. That's pretty impressive, and this is a great example of that charm. I mean seriously, do you consider yourself a "humble" fan? That's your angle here? I don't even entirely understand the concept of "arrogant" and "humble" fans, I mean, most people just kind of root for certain teams to win based on where they grew up or went to school and stuff, but at an individual level, you clearly are somewhere around 11 on a 1-10 arrogance scale. If a fan or fanbase is "arrogant" because they always have inflated expectations about how well their team is going to do, and they always think their program will hire a bigger-name coach than they end up getting, or they never think any coach would ever leave their program, or if they have an inflated sense of how relevant their team is generally, or they have an exaggerated view of how much anyone wants to hear their thoughts about their team, you may actually be a 500 on a 1-10 scale. And I do find you occasionally entertaining because of your spectacular lack of self-awareness about how you come across.

Edit: It's a little surreal, again, to be lectured about arrogance (all in the context of posters proclaiming how superior their fanbases are), especially where this season, the Red Sox had a huge problem getting their fans to think they were for real. They couldn't even sell out this year. TV ratings were way down. But, it is a nice surprise to be in the World Series. My arrogance led me to believe they'd be a lot better than last year after cleaning out so much deadwood, the huge upgrade at manager, and some great role player signings, but I was thinking along the lines of 85 wins and flirting with a wild card late, if everything came together. What's happened instead has been just a great ride. I should probably enjoy and be amused by the whining about it more than I do, and I do in most cases, but when MBBF criticizes anyone for arrogance, you know, something should be said.

molson · 10-20-2013, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by PilotMan

With Boston and Stl moving on I wonder just how much fan baiting will take place. Maybe both fan bases will join up against the rest of baseball in sort of a We Are the World, kumbaya moment of disliked teams.

Of course, ideally, the best thing to do is try to enjoy your team and tune out the whiners who will try to make everything about them. It's easier said than done if you hang out on message boards, and I think I've gotten much better at it in the last 5 years, but I still can't help myself every once in a while.....I wonder if anyone acts like this in person. Like if I see someone in the coffee room tomorrow, they might say, "hey, how about those red sox," but never has anyone pulled me aside and objected to the arrogance of the general Red Sox fan base in an attempt to bait me into some tedious argument. Not in a funny busting-someones-balls way, but from a place of actual disdain and anger. That's just be a crazy-person kind of thing to do.

tarcone · 10-20-2013, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by korme

I've been to both Wrigley and Busch wearing Reds gear and I have to say that Cardinals fans are much bigger dickheads. And douchebags.

Wrigley is a big party where a baseball game happens to be going on. Decades of losing does this I think.
Busch is less of a party atmosphere, where most fans go for a baseball game. Decades of winning does this.
That is what Im comparing.
Sorry you had a bad time at Busch. Definitely a rivalry there. And no fanbase is perfect.

10-18-2013, 05:44 PM	#2651
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	I'm rooting for the Tigers because Detroit really needs something happy. __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

10-18-2013, 07:02 PM	#2658
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Hanley is no longer out for tonight Last edited by MrBug708 : 10-18-2013 at 07:02 PM.

10-18-2013, 09:50 PM	#2663
tarcone Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pacific	__________________ Excuses are for wusses- Spencer Lee Punting is Winning- Tory Taylor The word is Fight! Fight! Fight! For Iowa FOFC 30 Dollar Challenge Champion-OOTP '15

10-18-2013, 10:07 PM	#2665
tarcone Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pacific	Thats the theme for the series IMO. __________________ Excuses are for wusses- Spencer Lee Punting is Winning- Tory Taylor The word is Fight! Fight! Fight! For Iowa FOFC 30 Dollar Challenge Champion-OOTP '15

10-18-2013, 10:33 PM	#2667
tarcone Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pacific	3 more outs __________________ Excuses are for wusses- Spencer Lee Punting is Winning- Tory Taylor The word is Fight! Fight! Fight! For Iowa FOFC 30 Dollar Challenge Champion-OOTP '15

10-18-2013, 05:55 PM	#2652
Vince, Pt. II Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Somewhere More Familiar	As far as rooting interests go, there's only one team I want to see win and that's the Tigers. As a Giants fan, the Dodgers are a no go, and the Cardinals are one of three teams with more World Series wins than the Giants. Boston is currently tied with the Giants, so they're no good either. Go Tigers!

10-18-2013, 06:24 PM	#2653
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	There surely has to be more than 3 teams with more than one ring and Boston has won two, so I'm not sure how you came to the conclusion tjhat you are tied to them

10-18-2013, 06:32 PM	#2655
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	I can only recall one San Francisco Giants title. I'm not sure how said Giants fan only counted three teams with more than one WS title.

10-18-2013, 06:49 PM	#2657
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Oops..two

10-18-2013, 07:38 PM	#2659
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	What the heck are SVS and Kelly doing?

10-18-2013, 09:42 PM	#2662
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	On a day when Kershaw didn't have much to his stuff, the strike zone was atrocious. But Kershaw's curve had zero curve to it tonight

10-18-2013, 10:51 PM	#2668
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	And with that goes any real interest I might have had in another WS. See ya next year baseball. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

10-18-2013, 10:52 PM	#2669
Arles Grey Dog Software Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Phoenix, AZ by way of Belleville, IL	Great way to end the series. Looking forward to facing either great oldtime franchise of Detroit or Boston. Should be a good series! __________________ Developer of Bowl Bound College Football http://www.greydogsoftware.com

10-18-2013, 10:54 PM	#2670
tarcone Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pacific	20 of 25 players are homegrown. 3 rookie pitchers to clinch the WS. 22 year old pitcher is MVP. Good stuff. Go Cardinals. __________________ Excuses are for wusses- Spencer Lee Punting is Winning- Tory Taylor The word is Fight! Fight! Fight! For Iowa FOFC 30 Dollar Challenge Champion-OOTP '15

10-18-2013, 10:58 PM	#2672
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	Ok, I guess I did like Andy Van Slyke, but probably more from his exploits with the Pirates than the Cardinals. __________________ null

10-18-2013, 11:26 PM	#2674
MizzouRah Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Troy, Mo	Well done Cardinals!!!

10-19-2013, 07:52 AM	#2675
Matthean Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Aug 2008	If the Tigers get beat, I might have to cheer for the Cards just because a guy who goes to my church is from there. Until then... __________________ Board games: Bringing people back to the original social network, the table.

10-19-2013, 09:09 AM	#2676
BishopMVP Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Concord, MA/UMass	Not sure how many Parks & Rec fans we have here, but Michael Schur a.k.a. Ken Tremendous is the showrunner. Still from Thursday's episode Last edited by BishopMVP : 10-19-2013 at 09:09 AM.

10-19-2013, 09:36 AM	#2677
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	woohoo Cards! Congrats to the Dodgers for making it as far as they did after it looked like it was going to be a horrible season where their manager was going to be fired any day. Given our recent World Series history with Bos/Det, I'd much prefer Detroit as our opponent, just saying

10-19-2013, 10:24 AM	#2679
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	Love it. The hated Dodgers are out! St. Louis, which its rich baseball history and fantastic baseball city and fans, is always a great representative for the National League. They will be going up against Red Sox or Tigers, either matchups have great World Series histories.

10-19-2013, 12:56 PM	#2680
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	So here's a question - how long does it take to raise fantastic, knowledgeable fans? One generation? Two, three? Does a certain proportion of them need to be over 50? How do fans in some cities stay ignorant despite having teams for 40, 50, 130 years? Is winning necessary to teach these fans good, correct baseball? Does failing to support a team make them better? worse? Or does eschewing other franchises or sports to put their full efforts into baseball show their superiority? not to mention the Braves years __________________ null

10-19-2013, 09:06 PM	#2682
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Never mind Vin Diesel as Triple X, Game 6 of the ALCS? It's Xander Time! __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

10-19-2013, 09:30 PM	#2683
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	Prince Fielder, oh my.

10-19-2013, 10:21 PM	#2684
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Looked like strike three to me (and FoxTrax) SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

10-19-2013, 10:28 PM	#2685
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	GRAAAAAANNNNDDDD SLAM! __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

10-19-2013, 10:30 PM	#2687
Matthean Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Aug 2008	Such awesome starting pitching. Such incapable relievers. __________________ Board games: Bringing people back to the original social network, the table.

10-19-2013, 10:43 PM	#2688
RainMaker Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago, IL	4 and a half hour game. This is why no one watches baseball.

10-19-2013, 10:50 PM	#2689
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	MLBVerified account ‏@MLB .@ShaneVictorino with bases loaded, #postseason career: 4-for-6 with 2 HRs and 16 RBIs. Seriously. SIXTEEN. pic.twitter.com/Kq0cS2pich __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

10-19-2013, 11:02 PM	#2690
SirFozzie Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The State of Insanity	Koji with the NAAASSSTY pitch to end it. __________________ Check out Foz's New Video Game Site, An 8-bit Mind in an 8GB world! http://an8bitmind.com

10-20-2013, 07:03 AM	#2691
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	Congrats to the Sox and their fans. I can only hope my Cards fare a lot better than they did the last time it was a BOS/STL World Series.

10-20-2013, 08:57 AM	#2693
markprior22 High School Varsity Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: springfield, il	Cardinal fans are no better or worse than any other fans. Just give a follow to @BestFansStLouis to see the racist, homophobic remarks.

10-20-2013, 09:26 AM	#2694
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	I've been to both Wrigley and Busch wearing Reds gear and I have to say that Cardinals fans are much bigger dickheads. And douchebags.

10-20-2013, 09:59 AM	#2695
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	With Boston and Stl moving on I wonder just how much fan baiting will take place. Maybe both fan bases will join up against the rest of baseball in sort of a We Are the World, kumbaya moment of disliked teams. __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

10-20-2013, 10:46 AM	#2696
Bad-example College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: san jose CA	I watched the Dodgers elimination game twice. Love the hurt puppy dog eyes wearing blue. I love the MLB network.

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