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caveman
10-06-2003, 03:13 PM
I made the road trip to Atlanta and back for game 5 last night. Aside from (a) there being no alcohol sale in Georgia on Sundays and (b) having to work this morning after getting home at 5 AM it was awesome. I had such a great time, and not the least of it was seeing the Cubs win their first post-season series since 1908!

Come on Prior,
Put the Fish in the Fryer!
Turbulence
10-06-2003, 03:17 PM
Boooo! The Braves could have won it this year!
But aside from the Braves, Chicaahgo is my favorite franchise. I have a feeling that this could be their year, with Kerry Wood playing like he did. He's unstoppable. Go Cubbies!
Jillsdad
10-07-2003, 12:45 PM
Yea Cubbies!!! Yea the Braves could have won it this year, and last year, and the year before that etc. The problem is that they didn't, because other than the A's (0-9 in series clinchers) they are the biggest choke artists in baseball.!!!!! Once again, Yea Cubbies!!!!
caveman
10-09-2003, 10:48 AM
Come on Prior,
Put the Fish in the Fryer!

Man that kid is good!
Jeff O Rocks
10-09-2003, 03:08 PM
I like the Marlins too...since they haven't been a dominating team either..but Sammy is a good guy so I won't mind either of these teams winning.. :spin:
tommy
10-15-2003, 08:54 AM
Wow. What on God's green earth went on last night? That was ridiculous. I think that the Marlins will win now, that's GOTTA be a HUGE momentum booster. We'll see who wins game 7. To be up 3-1 and blow it, especially after all this time, that would, unfortunately, be about par for the course for the Cubs.
Shell
10-15-2003, 04:54 PM
good shot of the infamous play

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20031015/capt.cxc12110150240.nlcs_marlins_cubs_cxc121.jpg
moonstomper
10-15-2003, 05:09 PM
IMHO the idea that the foul ball guffaw cost the Cubs the game is garbage. The fan didn’t boot an inning ending double play , the fan didn’t give up a three run double, the fan didn’t break a rule, he merely reached out for a foul ball. The gutless fans and players that are accusing that dude of anything are delusional and not holding the true culprits of the collapse, the players, accountable. Garbage :)
Caniac
10-15-2003, 05:11 PM
No, but he changed the mood of the entire game. Stuff like that gets in their heads, and causes plays like the error on Rodriguez...

Things like that happen, and you have to battle through.

Hopefully the Cubs can clinch it tonight. GO CUBBIES!
Turbulence
10-15-2003, 10:30 PM
7-5 Fish in the 7th....
I had thought this to be the Cubs' year to go to the big series...why break a 100 year drought just to get beaten out in the NLDS? I still hold hope that Sammy & the boys can pull through...

Root, root root for the Cuuuuubies, if they don't win it's a shame....
tommy
10-15-2003, 11:05 PM
Oh come on, you didn't actually think the streak was going to end, did you? It's Chicago for crying out loud! :beatup:
Turbulence
10-15-2003, 11:31 PM
:sad:
9-6 Fish.

Go Sox! Anybody but the Yankees!
SouthernHockeyChick
10-15-2003, 11:32 PM
:cry: Hope it won't be another 100 years. :cry:

Let's go RED SOX!!!
Guyute
10-16-2003, 11:00 AM
poooor Cubbies. :(

well... Wood didn't have nearly the game he normally throws.... and they needed him.

oh well... let's go bosox!
talkingcanes
10-16-2003, 04:16 PM
No, but he changed the mood of the entire game. Stuff like that gets in their heads, and causes plays like the error on Rodriguez...

Things like that happen, and you have to battle through.

Hopefully the Cubs can clinch it tonight. GO CUBBIES!

I don't doubt that it got into their heads, but IMO if you can't work through it and you lose the series, then look in the mirror for the answer. Don't look at some fan who touched a foul ball. He didn't score a run and he didn't pitch like a little league player in the bigs. He touched a ball in the stands.

I wanted the Cubs to win, but this whining is killing me.

Go Red Sox.
folgersnyourcup
10-17-2003, 12:46 AM
Well.....I've got a name for this year's world series: THE SERIES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN. We had the possibility of a Red Sox/Cubs series that would have captivated the nation and end up with a Yankees/Marlins series. I won't be watching.
Turbulence
10-17-2003, 07:17 AM
end up with a Yankees/Marlins series. I won't be watching.

That makes two of us. These are two teams that nobody outside of Miami or New York wanted to see in the World Series. They kind of killed the drama already....
Mookie
10-17-2003, 08:26 AM
end up with a Yankees/Marlins series. I won't be watching.

That makes two of us. These are two teams that nobody outside of Miami or New York wanted to see in the World Series. They kind of killed the drama already....

Count me in on that, too. Bosox/Cubs would have made for wonderful viewing. Most of America will obviously root for the Fish, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Baseball really blew it by not implementing a salary cap. I know, I know, I've heard all the "you can't buy chemistry" and "other teams spend money, too" lame excuses. But you can't cover up the fact that there's only one team that can afford to keep spending so much AFTER they already made some bad deals. No one else can. And now MLB expects us to get sick losing sleep watching this crap. Forget it! The boycott is on. It's a crying shame for young kids to not be able to watch a World Series, but any Series with the Yankees in it ain't worth the time anyway.

Let's Go 'Canes!!!
talkingcanes
10-17-2003, 08:35 AM
I'm not watching either. I just hate the Yankees and Clemens is the worst. Thank goodness for Center Ice :D
tommy
10-17-2003, 09:02 AM
Exactly. They got the exact opposite of what the nation wanted to see. Yankees/Marlins? Who Cares?
Jillsdad
10-17-2003, 09:08 AM
I CARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!
Guyute
10-17-2003, 09:46 AM
viewership for the CS games was around 70%. that is Unbelievable.

they'll be lucky to get Half that for the WS. I probably won't watch much of it. Not like I did the CS.
StormShaman
10-17-2003, 11:31 AM
As far as I'm concerned, beisbol season is now over and I can now get back to devoting my full attentions to hockey.
PennsylvaniaCanesFan
10-17-2003, 11:35 AM
I'll watch the WS. The Marlins are my favorite baseball team. The only problem is, I am not a active baseball fan. I did watch the playoffs to see the Marlins, but other then that I read ESPN.com or CNNSI.com.
Shell
10-17-2003, 03:01 PM
BASEBALL BLOWOUT: FOX SCORES 81 SHARE MAX IN BOSTON, 68 SHARE PEAK IN NYC FOR PLAYOFF FINALE...

In a historic media moment: Nearly every television in use in Boston was tuned to Game 7 during final innings of American League Baseball Playoffs... Thursday's record in Boston marks high-water mark of audience share in season's sports primetime rampage...