CrazyCarl40 Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 This will be the fourth time these two teams have met for the Champion ship. Sox swept them in 2004, Cardinals beat the Sox in 7 in 1946 and 1967. These were the two best teams in the regular season and I expect a great series. Both have good rotations and solid bullpens and both have top 5 offenses in the regular season. This could go either way, but I'm pulling for the Sox and think they are a team of destiny. I think they win in 6, maybe 7. Home field will have an impact, as will having to sit either Napoli or Papi in St. Louis. Should be an interesting and fun series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klecko73isGod Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Who cares about the World Series? It's football season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFSIKH Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Who cares about the World Series? It's football season! This is all gravy. I thought this would be a .500ish season. Then thought they were done in Game 2 against Detroit.....and boom! Again, this is all gravy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 You sound just like me PFSIKH . I figured at the start of the season that a .500 season would have been a great improvement and a start in the right direction. This year has been beyond my wildest dreams. They've got great chemistry with this group . This should be a good series with lots of top level pitching on both sides. Can't wait to get it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 This will be the fourth time these two teams have met for the Champion ship. Sox swept them in 2004, Cardinals beat the Sox in 7 in 1946 and 1967. These were the two best teams in the regular season and I expect a great series. Both have good rotations and solid bullpens and both have top 5 offenses in the regular season. This could go either way, but I'm pulling for the Sox and think they are a team of destiny. I think they win in 6, maybe 7. Home field will have an impact, as will having to sit either Napoli or Papi in St. Louis. Should be an interesting and fun series. I hate that aspect of the series. Have it one way or the other with the DH. Having this difference has gone on way too long IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SayNoToDMC Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Who cares about the World Series? It's football season! I agree with the baseball hater. They need to shorten the season, I stop caring when good sports start up again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl40 Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 I agree with the baseball hater. They need to shorten the season, I stop caring when good sports start up again Start in April end in August and end playoffs in September. 120 games would increase attendance and save on injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SayNoToDMC Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Start in April end in August and end playoffs in September. 120 games would increase attendance and save on injuries. It would clearly be good for the sport but they're all stubborn about tradition. It's not America's past time anymore. It's football and then everything else, they're never going to compete with it. Even the crappy Giants and Vikings MNF game with their combined 1-10 record is going to easily beat the WS in ratings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl40 Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 It would clearly be good for the sport but their all stubborn about tradition. It's not America's past time anymore. It's football and then everything else, they're never going to compete with it. Even the crappy Giants and Vikings MNF game with their combined 1-10 record is going to easily beat the WS in ratings World Series starts on Wednesday, but I'd imagine you're right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWWombat Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 No one says you have to watch every game of the season. When the Sox play the Royals or Mariners in June, I usually don't watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWWombat Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 And the "Senior Circuit" refusing to use the DH is dumb. Having an almost automatic K every time through the lineup doesn't make you purer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Like you said Carl these are the best two teams in baseball and it's fitting that they're meeting in the World Series. IMHO they're pretty evenly matched. Glad Sawx have the home field advantage. Can't wait till Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 And the "Senior Circuit" refusing to use the DH is dumb. Having an almost automatic K every time through the lineup doesn't make you purer. Agreed . One way or the other. Just plain stupid to have separate rules for each league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 This will be the fourth time these two teams have met for the Champion ship. Sox swept them in 2004, Cardinals beat the Sox in 7 in 1946 and 1967. These were the two best teams in the regular season and I expect a great series. Both have good rotations and solid bullpens and both have top 5 offenses in the regular season. This could go either way, but I'm pulling for the Sox and think they are a team of destiny. I think they win in 6, maybe 7. Home field will have an impact, as will having to sit either Napoli or Papi in St. Louis. Should be an interesting and fun series. In 1986 when the Mets won it all and in 1987 when the Twins did, I started believing in that. It just seems that some teams have these magical years and that is hard to beat. Now of course it has more to do with just being really good than anything else. So I agree with you that it does seem like it is their year (Red Sox). That said I will be rooting against them every pitch. Good luck though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 I agree with the baseball hater. They need to shorten the season, I stop caring when good sports start up again Well obviously they have done the math and the owners feel strongly that they can make more money the way things are right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt39 Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Something we can all be thankful for- this will be Tim Mccarvers last World Series and last time as a Fox broadcaster. Thank you baby Jesus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klecko73isGod Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 NO ONE CARES!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt39 Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 but I'm pulling for the Sox. You? No way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SayNoToDMC Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Well obviously they have done the math and the owners feel strongly that they can make more money the way things are right now. I don't give Bud Selig or MLB owners any credit for having foresight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 NO ONE CARES!!!!If your team is playing in the Series you will wtach it. If not, you really don't care. But everyone who is a sports fan will watch every second of the NFL playoffs and probably follow the NBA playoffs even after your team is out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFSIKH Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 NO ONE CARES!!!! The lady doth protest too much, methinks. If your team is playing in the Series you will wtach it. If not, you really don't care. But everyone who is a sports fan will watch every second of the NFL playoffs and probably follow the NBA playoffs even after your team is out. I agree upto a point. I think the only traction the NBA gets is from the stars in the playoffs and there is absolutely nothing else worth watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 The lady doth protest too much, methinks. I agree upto a point. I think the only traction the NBA gets is from the stars in the playoffs and there is absolutely nothing else worth watching. Fair to say that nationally the NBA is probably more popular than MLB.Sure you could cite statistics about attendance than would say otherwise. It may not be apparent to people in NYC or Boston, but throughout the rest of the country it's true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl40 Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 Fair to say that nationally the NBA is probably more popular than MLB.Sure you could cite statistics about attendance than would say otherwise. It may not be apparent to people in NYC or Boston, but throughout the rest of the country it's true. The NBA is borderline unwatchable. I'd rather watch college hoops. I watched a little of the NBA Finals because I was hopin LeBron would lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 The NBA is borderline unwatchable. I'd rather watch college hoops. I watched a little of the NBA Finals because I was hopin LeBron would lose. Borderline? How can anybody watch a minute of that mess? I'd rather watch the Taliban-Cardinals series any day and I only got about five innings deep in that before changing the channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl40 Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 @AP: With Red Sox back in #WorldSeries, TV ratings jump for Game 1, drawing 14.4M viewers, Nielsen says: http://t.co/zbh4RBX5QV -RJJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Borderline? How can anybody watch a minute of that mess? I'd rather watch the Taliban-Cardinals series any day and I only got about five innings deep in that before changing the channel. True of a regular season NBA game. But you can watch 2 hours of an NBA playoff game; it's a good show. 3.5 hours of postseason baseball unless your team is in it is tedious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 If this game comes down to Randy Choate vs Big Papi I will definitely be TV shopping tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 @AP: With Red Sox back in #WorldSeries, TV ratings jump for Game 1, drawing 14.4M viewers, Nielsen says: http://t.co/zbh4RBX5QV -RJJ That is good to hear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 NO ONE CARES!!!! Apparently you do enough to keep posting. How silly is that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Fair to say that nationally the NBA is probably more popular than MLB.Sure you could cite statistics about attendance than would say otherwise. It may not be apparent to people in NYC or Boston, but throughout the rest of the country it's true. Couldn't disagree more. Every place I've worked with one or two exceptions nobody will sit there and actually watch a game. With perhaps the exception of the last 3 minutes of a Laker playoff game, which will take an average of a half hour, will I even watch. It's basically unwatchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SayNoToDMC Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 @AP: With Red Sox back in #WorldSeries, TV ratings jump for Game 1, drawing 14.4M viewers, Nielsen says: http://t.co/zbh4RBX5QV -RJJ Still got beat by that trainwreck of a MNF game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl40 Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share Posted October 25, 2013 Still got beat by that trainwreck of a MNF game The Monday Night football game got more viewers on Monday than the World Series did on Wednesday? Okay. And? It's not as if they were going head to head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SayNoToDMC Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 The Monday Night football game got more viewers on Monday than the World Series did on Wednesday? Okay. And? It's not as if they were going head to head. Ok I guess we'll talk after game 5 cause who would miss the WS to watch Kellen Clemens play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFSIKH Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Couldn't disagree more. Every place I've worked with one or two exceptions nobody will sit there and actually watch a game. With perhaps the exception of the last 3 minutes of a Laker playoff game, which will take an average of a half hour, will I even watch. It's basically unwatchable. I disagree with you both. I have been to four corners of the US and it has been my experience that popularity of any sport not named football depends on the pro or college sports available. In Kansas, they rarely talked about NBA. It was Chiefs, Big 10 BB, Big 10 Football and then the Royals. Here in the greater Nashville metropolis, it is SEC football, NFL, HS Football, "yeah we have a hockey team called the Predators" and cursory attention to SEC BB, MLB and NBA. I imagine the close you get to Memphis the mor epopular the NBA gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCarl40 Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share Posted October 25, 2013 Ok I guess we'll talk after game 5 cause who would miss the WS to watch Kellen Clemens play? Or just look at the numbers from last night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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