2011 MLB Playoffs

[cybok0]

I dont think the Yankees would beat the Rangers either. The Yankees middle of the order didnt produce and the Rangers number 7 hitter was the ALCS MVP!!!

Also looks like the Brewers title hopes are fading. Too bad...they are a fun team too watch. If they do lose, what happens to Prince Fielder?

hopefully I'll never see him play again.

 

[AntAltMike]

The Cardinals starters have pitched worse in this series than the Red Sox starters did during their September swoon. How can that be?

 

[Bogy]

The Cardinals starters have pitched worse in this series than the Red Sox starters did during their September swoon. How can that be?

Almost as bad as the Brewers starter tonight.

 

[DodgerKing]

The Cardinals starters have pitched worse in this series than the Red Sox starters did during their September swoon. How can that be?

Because of whom should be their MVP, Tony LaRussa. His management is why they are winning.

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[Jimbo]

The Rangers were hot the majority of the season. They led the AL West the majority of the season, and when going head to head against the Tigers for a better record the last 2 weeks and beat them out for possible home field advantage for the ALCS like it played out.

Tigers outplayed them during the year, beating them like 7 games to 3.

 

[Ramy]

Because of whom should be their MVP, Tony LaRussa. His management is why they are winning.

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I don't like him, but he is a good manager.

I hope they lose to the Rangers though.

 

[SandraC]

It's amazing what all four LCS teams accomplished with bad pitching. Defies so many baseball axioms!


Sandra

 

[cybok0]

I don't like him, but he is a good manager.

I hope they lose to the Rangers though.

I agree on both but I'm glad the cardinals won instead of the brewers, I hate that team.

 

[Neutron]

This will be an even better World Series than last year. The Rangers and Cardinals don't have much history with each other so this will be a good series to watch. I watched some of the game last night and was impressed with how the Cardinals were hitting. Pitching not so much but then again the Rangers starters haven't been that great except for Colby Lewis.

 

[SandraC]

I actually think these occasional World Series that don't include a East/West coast 'superpower' are very interesting.


Sandra

 

[salsadancer7]

Logic dictates that the Rangers would have beaten the Yankees because the Tigers beat the Yankees and the Rangers beat the Tigers....

The Yankees are just too old of a team now. They were great 9-10 years ago, but they are just too old.

The Tigers were unfortunate with the weather and injuries, but, and I am probably biased on this, the Rangers have a potent lineup. They have 7 or 8 guys that can easily hit the ball and generate runs. The Tigers from what I could see really only had 2-3 good hitters. The Tigers had better starting pitchers but their bullpen stunk. The Rangers only have 1-2 good starters (sorry C.J.) but their bullpen has proven to be one of the best in the majors. This is something we just not have had good of over the years.

From the looks of Game 6 of the NLCS it will be the Rangers/Cardinals. I'm looking forward to it as both teams really don't have a history with each other like last year.

OK..ok...now you are going a little fanboy crazy here. Baseball has no logic. You either hit the ball or don't hit the ball....the same applies for catching and pitching... you either do it or don't. To assume that someone was going to beat someone is crazy when playoffs consists of a 7 game series. Baseball is the strangest of games when it comes to the playoffs...you can look completely unbeatable one series...and the next series you could not beat a team in the little league world series.

 

[AntAltMike]

I actually think these occasional World Series that don't include a East/West coast 'superpower' are very interesting.


Sandra

A lot of East coast and West coast bar owners disagree. I was in Massachusetts bars for games six and seven of the 1986 World Series. both were filled to maybe 50% over the fire law capacity. The next year, when St. Louis played Kansas City, I was again at one of those bars for game seven. At one end of the bar was me and my Yankee friend Doug, who has not missed an inning of a World Series game in his adult life, and his wife. At the other end, the owner and one of his friends were playing cribbage. That was it for the bar side. In the dining room, some girl from SMith College who knew one of the players had dragged enough of her freinds down to see the game that they had to pull two small squares together to accommodate them. She was buying. Fewer than a dozen, total. That was it for the entire evening.

 

[cosmo_kramer]

I actually think these occasional World Series that don't include a East/West coast 'superpower' are very interesting.


Sandra

We'll have to see if the national ratings agree with you...

 

[Ramy]

A lot of East coast and West coast bar owners disagree. I was in Massachusetts bars for games six and seven of the 1986 World Series. both were filled to maybe 50% over the fire law capacity. The next year, when St. Louis played Kansas City, I was again at one of those bars for game seven. At one end of the bar was me and my Yankee friend Doug, who has not missed an inning of a World Series game in his adult life, and his wife. At the other end, the owner and one of his friends were playing cribbage. That was it for the bar side. In the dining room, some girl from SMith College who knew one of the players had dragged enough of her freinds down to see the game that they had to pull two small squares together to accommodate them. She was buying. Fewer than a dozen, total. That was it for the entire evening.

Uh, in 1986 Boston was in the World Series, of course it was packed in a Massachusetts bar.

 

[SandraC]

We'll have to see if the national ratings agree with you...

I agree with this statement, cosmo, this World Series may not be highly rated...but, quite honestly, I don't care. It's not like the sport is going to disappear if ratings are low.

I'LL be watching, and that's the only rating that matters to me.


Sandra

 

[SabresRule]

There's a picture that Bill used to put up a few years ago to describe the resilient Red Sox of years past.

I think it seems fitting to describe how resilient these Cardinals have become:

 

[DodgerKing]

I actually think these occasional World Series that don't include a East/West coast 'superpower' are very interesting.


Sandra

Last year's did not include any superpowers.

 

[SandraC]

Last year's did not include any superpowers.

I include the Giants as a West Coast Superpower. YMMV.


Sandra

 

[televisionarchives]

If the ratings aren't good this year then it's really more about the problems in baseball. The NFL always gets good ratings during the playoffs , not matter who is playing.

 

[DodgerKing]

I include the Giants as a West Coast Superpower. YMMV.


Sandra

Why? They are a medium market teams whom have no prior championships in SF and even last year's teams was made up of a bunch of scrub players whom overachieved