2020 World Series

[CowgirlsFan]

Dodgers or Rays?

[ExiledInIllinois]

Trolly Dodgers! All the way!

[SinceThe70s]

The Rays. It's not because I like them, it's because I don't like who they beat to get this far.

 

If the Rays win, Tampa will have a shot at winning 3 straight championships in different sports - hockey, baseball, football. Obviously I don't want the last one to happen, but I wonder if it's been done before. Closest I can come up with is Jets (1968/1969), Mets (1969) and Knicks (1969/1970). 

[LabattBlue]

I'm going to be happy for either team.  I was glad to see the cheaters get knocked out, and I like Atlanta, but Acuna is a bit too much of a hot dog for my liking.  Huge payroll vs. small payroll.   Hope it goes 7 exciting games.

 

I'm going with the Dodgers!

 

 

[SinceThe70s]

Kershaw needs to finally step up and will the Dodgers to the championship that has eluded them.  He has come up small too many times in the post season for a no doubt first ballot HOFer.

[snafu]

Dodgers for sure. 

 

[Nextmanup]

I'm an AL guy so TB for me, though I normally hate TB (Red Sox fan here).

 

Dodgers up 2-0 in the top of the 5th.

 

 

[Uncle Joe]

2 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

I'm an AL guy so TB for me, though I normally hate TB (Red Sox fan here).

 

Dodgers up 2-0 in the top of the 5th.

 

 

2-1

[B-Man]

C'mon Rays !

 

 

[CIrvine]

Let’s Go Rays.

[4_kidd_4]

No rooting interest, but I’d say LA because they lost to the cheating Astros.

 

Plus TB already has two Cups and a Lombardi, and that kinda chaps my arse a bit as a Buffalo fan.

[gobilz]

Grr 

[Gugny]

Screw the Dodgers.  Filthy bastards

 

 

[LeviF]

6 minutes ago, Gugny said:

Screw the Dodgers.  Filthy bastards

 

 

 

That's just good tough baserunning right there

[Nextmanup]

10 minutes ago, LeviF91 said:

 

That's just good tough baserunning right there

Amen; good old school baseball.  

 

The best thing about baseball is you still get some bench clearing brawls every year and it's just considered part of the game.

 

No one is trying to "fix" the game  and remove it, as we have seen with hockey over the years.

 

The NHL game is now completely different to what it was in the '80s and even '90s.  

 

Baseball has done a good job of remaining "baseball".

 

The decision, made a long time ago, to only allow wooden bats, was a fantastic idea, for example.  

 

Keep the game as it was, the best you can.

 

 

 

 

 

[B-Man]

5 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

Amen; good old school baseball.  

 

The best thing about baseball is you still get some bench clearing brawls every year and it's just considered part of the game.

 

No one is trying to "fix" the game  and remove it, as we have seen with hockey over the years.

 

The NHL game is now completely different to what it was in the '80s and even '90s.  

 

Baseball has done a good job of remaining "baseball".

 

The decision, made a long time ago, to only allow wooden bats, was a fantastic idea, for example.  

 

Keep the game as it was, the best you can.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I agree with most of this.

 

But if they keep that G'damn start extra innings with a runner on second next year,

 

ALL that is out the window.

 

 

[Gugny]

1 hour ago, LeviF91 said:

 

That's just good tough baserunning right there

 

50 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

Amen; good old school baseball.  

 

 

It's neither.

 

I get made fun of, both here and in real life, for being such a baseball purist.

 

I have no problem with tough baserunning (the Buster Posey rule is for pussies), chin music, a well-timed fight, retaliation, etc.

 

But that dirty slide is comparable to a pitcher throwing at a batter's head.  NOT part of the game.  Never has been; never should be.

 

You can be tough without being dirty.  That was dirty and it ruined a player's career.

 

[ExWNYer]

20 minutes ago, Gugny said:

 

It's neither.

 

I get made fun of, both here and in real life, for being such a baseball purist.

 

I have no problem with tough baserunning (the Buster Posey rule is for pussies), chin music, a well-timed fight, retaliation, etc.

 

But that dirty slide is comparable to a pitcher throwing at a batter's head.  NOT part of the game.  Never has been; never should be.

 

You can be tough without being dirty.  That was dirty and it ruined a player's career.

 

 

Agreed. Pete Rose was a tough, hard-nosed competitor. Chase Utley was nothing but a dirty scumbag. Period.

 

Personally, I'm pulling for the Rays (my namesake 😉). The only time I have ever pulled for the Dodgers in a WS is when they were playing the Yankees. I'll pull for anyone against the Skanks. The Dodgers are nothing more than the NL version of the Yankees or Red Sox. Screw them. Plus, the Lakers just won a championship. The city of LA doesn't need another championship (yeah, yeah...I know Tampa just won the Stanley Cup) and the Rays are only appearing in their second WS and have yet to win one.

 

(LFGM!)

[Uncle Joe]

7 hours ago, Gugny said:

 

 

It's neither.

 

I get made fun of, both here and in real life, for being such a baseball purist.

 

I have no problem with tough baserunning (the Buster Posey rule is for pussies), chin music, a well-timed fight, retaliation, etc.

 

But that dirty slide is comparable to results in a pitcher throwing at a batter's head.  NOT part of the game.  Never has been; never should be part of the game.

 

You can be tough without being dirty.  That was dirty and it ruined a player's career.

 

FIFY

[Tierlifer]

8 hours ago, ExWNYer said:

 

Agreed. Pete Rose was a tough, hard-nosed competitor. Chase Utley was nothing but a dirty scumbag. Period.

 

Personally, I'm pulling for the Rays (my namesake 😉). The only time I have ever pulled for the Dodgers in a WS is when they were playing the Yankees. I'll pull for anyone against the Skanks. The Dodgers are nothing more than the NL version of the Yankees or Red Sox. Screw them. Plus, the Lakers just won a championship. The city of LA doesn't need another championship (yeah, yeah...I know Tampa just won the Stanley Cup) and the Rays are only appearing in their second WS and have yet to win one.

 

(LFGM!)

Cohen will be approved in less than a few weeks if not sooner!!!!!!

[Gugny]

1 hour ago, Uncle Joe said:

FIFY

 

The egregiously dirty slide by Utley, as well as ANYtime a pitcher throws a pitch with the intent of hitting the batter in the head (Clemens (cheater/child molester) vs. Piazza (Hall of Famer), have always been the exception and not the rule.  They have not, and should never be, part of baseball. 

[Uncle Joe]

21 minutes ago, Gugny said:

 

The egregiously dirty slide by Utley, as well as ANYtime a pitcher throws a pitch with the intent of hitting the batter in the head (Clemens (cheater/child molester) vs. Piazza (Hall of Famer), have always been the exception and not the rule.  They have not, and should never be, part of baseball. 

I remember the ill fated career of Tony Conigliaro. Head hunting by a pitcher that throws 90-105mph could be lethal and should be not a part of baseball.
However retaliation for a dirty slide like Utley's has gone on for well over a century.

Edited October 22, 2020 by Uncle Joe

[Gugny]

35 minutes ago, Uncle Joe said:

I remember the ill fated career of Tony Conigliaro. Head hunting by a pitcher that throws 90-105mph could be lethal and should be not a part of baseball.
However retaliation for a dirty slide like Utley's has gone on for well over a century.

 

I agree with retaliation for a scum move like Utley's.  He never got it, though.  Nor did pedo-Clemens for hitting Piazza on the NY of his helmet.  If either of those things happened in the 80s, it wouldn't have taken Davey Johnson to say a word.  Both would have paid and rightfully so.

[LabattBlue]

1st two games disappointing in that they weren’t close(1 run game or tie game) late in the game. 

[ExWNYer]

13 hours ago, Tierlifer said:

Cohen will be approved in less than a few weeks if not sooner!!!!!!

 

Amen! I see that dip wad Jerry Reinsdorf is doing his best to block it. He was the lone dissenting vote and is buddies with A-Fraud.

[SinceThe70s]

One thing I really like about this post-season is the limited number of off days. Prevents teams from trying to win a 7 game series with their 2 top starters.

[Nextmanup]

On 10/22/2020 at 12:12 AM, Back the Blue said:

1st two games disappointing in that they weren’t close(1 run game or tie game) late in the game. 

Throw in the empty stadiums and the fact that I really don't care who wins or loses, and I have fund the whole thing to be something similar to watching paint dry.

 

I've only been able to force myself to watch about 10 minutes of the WS so far.

 

 

[KD in CA]

On 10/21/2020 at 9:12 PM, Back the Blue said:

1st two games disappointing in that they weren’t close(1 run game or tie game) late in the game. 

 

The way baseball is played today, with every guy in the lineup capable of hitting it out (especially if it's the Dodgers), I find a 2 run game feels as close as a one run game did a generation ago.

[Tierlifer]

On 10/22/2020 at 11:49 AM, ExWNYer said:

 

Amen! I see that dip wad Jerry Reinsdorf is doing his best to block it. He was the lone dissenting vote and is buddies with A-Fraud.

He’s a f’n tool. I’ve been following the sale with a microscope and it wi t be long now. This Deblasio stuff is just crap too btw 

[Greybeard]

On 10/21/2020 at 2:35 PM, ExWNYer said:

 

Agreed. Pete Rose was a tough, hard-nosed competitor. Chase Utley was nothing but a dirty scumbag. Period.

 

(LFGM!)

    I'm not sure Ray Fosse would agree with you.

[LabattBlue]

Game 3 thoughts...

 

- Beuhler was great.  It's too bad Charlie Morton wasn't up to the challenge.

 

- Last night was a reminder to Dave Roberts that if the game is close, DO NOT bring in Kenley Jansen.

 

- I like Mookie Betts, but the announcers raving about his defense and base running while his offense has been mediocre is tiring.  $365 mil contract, postseason totals...15 games, 6 Doubles, 1 HR, and 7 RBI.

 

- Tampa has shown they don't have the offense to come back, if falling behind by more than a couple runs.

 

 

 

Game 4...

 

Dodgers win tonight this series is all but over.  Therefore, here's hoping for a Tampa win tongiht.

Edited October 24, 2020 by Back the Blue

[Uncle Joe]

1 hour ago, Back the Blue said:

Game 3 thoughts...

 

- I like Mookie Betts, but the announcers raving about his defense and base running while his offense has been mediocre is tiring.  $365 mil contract, postseason totals...15 games, 6 Doubles, 1 HR, and 7 RBI.

 

 

I think Mookie is a game changer. I'm a Yankees fan and glad he is out of the division.
The game 1 sequence when he stole 2 bases and came home on a grounder in a Dodger uniform reminded me of Maury Wills.

[SinceThe70s]

This game is epic.

[ExWNYer]

9 hours ago, Greybeard said:

    I'm not sure Ray Fosse would agree with you.

 

It's unfortunate that play at the plate effectively ended Fosse's career but there was nothing dirty about it. I never liked Pete Rose but he was within the rules during that era and he always played balls to the wall. Whether or not you think it was unnecessary in an All-Star game is a different discussion but it wasn't dirty.

[CIrvine]

Rays!  Yes!

[BADOLBILZ]

 

The Dodgers got collective tight butthole on that last play.  

 

They even caught a huge break when Arozarena's helmet fell off and tripped him up..........hilarious.😆

[SinceThe70s]

If you didn't stay up for this one, you missed a great one.

 

I would've said the same if it ended 7-6. 

 

But it didn't. 

[LabattBlue]

8 hours ago, Back the Blue said:

Game 3 thoughts...

 

- Last night was a reminder to Dave Roberts that if the game is close, DO NOT bring in Kenley Jansen.

Skip...I tried to warn you.  
 

PS Crazy ending.  Here’s hoping for a fantastic 3 game finish! 🤞

[KD in CA]

Pulling your ace in the sixth inning after giving up no runs on two hits. 
 

The idiots have ruined baseball.

 

 

Edited October 28, 2020 by KD in CA

[SinceThe70s]

39 minutes ago, KD in CA said:

Pulling your ace in the sixth inning after giving up no runs on two hits. 
 

The idiots have ruined baseball.

 

 

 

And after only throwing 73 pitches. I guess he was saving him for tomorrow night. lol