Rays fans representing!!

[JoeMagrane]

Yeah' date=' just like we had trouble with the Angels. The fact is, the Red Sox, by objective measures, are a better baseball team than the Rays, just like they were better than the Angels. You can point to your overall record, and your head to head record, and I'll point to the more predictive measures of team batting line, team pitching line, and run differential. The Sox should win this series, although it should be closer than the LDS against LAA.[/quote']

 

I would hope you guys have a better team on paper/stats with the payroll you have.., but that doesn't always mean you will win. It's a fact we have more heart then your team will ever have.

[ORS]

"Should" not "will". Baseball has too many variables for the better team to win every time, which is why it so often doesn't.

[ToddKalas]

sure...just happened to join a Sox forum while trying to sell tix at 12:40 a.m. BTW, why would you have 4 extra tix, and have to seek buyers for them...I mean this is supposedly the hottest ticket in town, no? s***, Cowbell said there's no way one could get tickets to a playoff game there.

 

 

 

And it begins....or should I say continues. You're transparency further supports the fact that Florida's public school system consistenly ranks in the bottom 1/4 of average state educational performance.

 

How does the saying go? You can fool ALL of the people in Tampa All of the time, but you're a cockmuncher.

 

Yea, that's what I thought about the tickets too... so I bought them through that lottery-style system through the Rays/MLB site. They gave us another chance yesterday to buy, so, of course I snatched up as many as I could thinking I'd sell them in no time.

 

So far, no good.

[ORS]

I would hope you guys have a better team on paper/stats with the payroll you have..' date=' but that doesn't always mean you will win. It's a fact we have more heart then your team will ever have.[/quote']

One, heart is an intagible, read immeasurable. Since it can't be measured, there can't be a fact about who has more of it. Put down "Joe Morgan's Baseball Book" and start thinking about this objectively.

[riverside sluggers]

Ill say it to CowbellKid, Ill say it again. The Angels were 8-1 against Boston in the regular season, 8 game winning streak until the ALDS!! And yes while the Rays won the season series, pretty much even at a 10-8 advantage. Rays batters in the season series held just a .233 avg

[riverside sluggers]

I would hope you guys have a better team on paper/stats with the payroll you have..' date=' but that doesn't always mean you will win. It's a fact we have more heart then your team will ever have.[/quote']

 

More heart? WTF? This team has won 2 world series since 04, the players have the mental toughness and experience to grind it out into the late & chilly October nights

[JoeMagrane]

Ill say it to CowbellKid' date=' Ill say it again. The Angels were 8-1 against Boston in the regular season, 8 game winning streak until the ALDS!! And yes while the Rays won the season series, pretty much even at a 10-8 advantage. Rays batters in the season series held just a .233 avg[/quote']

 

so 10-8 is pretty much average? So when we beat you guys in the ALCS 4-3 and you guys are sitting at home watching the WS on the big screen, you'll consider that pretty much even as well...who was it that was talking about Florida's educational system??

[ToddKalas]

Who cares about the Angles though...

 

I mean I see you're just making a point, but we're comparing completely different teams -- The Rays aren't going to change a thing in this series, as they hadn't in the last series... and we saw how well that ended.

[riverside sluggers]

Who cares about the Angles though...

 

I mean I see you're just making a point, but we're comparing completely different teams -- The Rays aren't going to change a thing in this series, as they hadn't in the last series... and we saw how well that ended.

 

The Angels were the favorites over the "banged up" Sox, best record in baseball with 100 wins plus they had homefield advantage

[JoeMagrane]

More heart? WTF? This team has won 2 world series since 04' date=' the players have the mental toughness and experience to grind it out into the late & chilly October nights[/quote']

 

dude.... yes more heart....your expected to compete for the WS each yr.. why? b/c you have the $$$ to do so....correct? If you weren't there in the end it would be a bust.. correct? We weren't expected to do squat this year except maybe .500 ball...its MUCH easier to win 2 WS rings in 4 years when you have the money...btw.. mental toughness and experience doesnt have anything to do with heart... once again.. Mass. educational system????

[JoeMagrane]

why do you guys keep talking about the Angels... living in the past once again??? still talking about your WS's.. sigh....

[riverside sluggers]

so 10-8 is pretty much average? So when we beat you guys in the ALCS 4-3 and you guys are sitting at home watching the WS on the big screen' date=' you'll consider that pretty much even as well...who was it that was talking about Florida's educational system??[/quote']

 

Careful to not get too optimistic, or youll find yourself eating crow. Everyone knows it will be a long seres, but there is no clear cut winner

[ToddKalas]

Who's favored to win this series?

[riverside sluggers]

dude.... yes more heart....your expected to compete for the WS each yr.. why? b/c you have the $$$ to do so....correct? If you weren't there in the end it would be a bust.. correct? We weren't expected to do squat this year except maybe .500 ball...its MUCH easier to win 2 WS rings in 4 years when you have the money...btw.. mental toughness and experience doesnt have anything to do with heart... once again.. Mass. educational system????

 

******** this team has no heart

 

Papelbon, Lester, Pedroia, Ellsbury, Lowrie, Delcarmen.... those kids are doing it big for Boston on chump change

 

3 money players-- Manny, Lugo and Schilling arent even with the team ($38 million)

[JoeMagrane]

Careful to not get too optimistic' date=' or youll find yourself eating crow. Everyone knows it will be a long seres, but there is no clear cut winner[/quote']

 

i know.. and i agree.... thats why i went with 4-3, heh...

[JoeMagrane]

$$$$$$$$$$$ = no heart....next.....

[ORS]

why do you guys keep talking about the Angels... living in the past once again??? still talking about your WS's.. sigh....

If the past doesn't matter, why is your 10-8 this year relevant? The 8-1 for the Angels certainly wasn't in their series, which is why they were brought up.

 

Way to live up to your username.

[Dojji]

CK, if you want to keep this up, stick to one account and stop alternating posting within 2-3 minutes of each other, seriously.

 

You might think we're stupid, but it's really hard to be THAT stupid.

[Mr Crunchy]

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

(BEST OF SEVEN 2-3-2)

Oct 10 943 RED SOX SERIES -130

5:35 PM 944 RAYS SERIES EV

 

this says the sox are favored sonny jim.

didnt vince coleman and willie mcgee knock up joe magranes wife?

[YAZMAN]

didnt vince coleman and willie mcgee knock up joe magranes wife?

 

I believe so. Wasn't it Sheffield's wife who became her protege?

[rician blast]

Who's favored to win this series?

 

IMO, regardless of what the analysts say and what the line is, TB should be favored...I believe that right here and now they look better than the Sox. That can change quickly though.

[ToddKalas]

Just wondering... since "The Angels were the favorites..." was stated earlier.

 

Obviously can't predict the future, but I don't expect a Sox win this series. But that's no surprise.

 

On similar note, Dojji, I'm sure neither Joe or I can convince you that we are NOT the CowBell kid... mostly because you think he's the only vocal fan down here, but he WAS just on our local radio station talking about he's been on 3 or 4 Red Sox forums and got kicked off each one. It's actually really funny.

 

Plus the CK looks way older than I thought... after someone here posted that we might be him or whatever, we looked at his old posts and then got caught up checking out his youtube stuff.

[Mr Crunchy]

exactly.

they did that chick flick....The Golden Stream,

another R Kelley product thats making its way around Europe after so much success at the Caans film festival...

I think the Germans are going to add a little twist to the final product before it comes state side.

[ToddKalas]

I don't know what any of the buzz is up there, but where I am, it's the feeling that the Rays team isn't changing anything - they aren't getting worked up because they have to play you all, or trying to figure out how they're going to win... they're just going to play like they have been for the last several months. And open a can a whoopass.

 

Close games? I think so. Close series? Rays take it in 5.

[riverside sluggers]

If the past doesn't matter' date=' why is your 10-8 this year relevant? [/b'] The 8-1 for the Angels certainly wasn't in their series, which is why they were brought up.

 

Way to live up to your username.

 

Zing!

 

I don't know what any of the buzz is up there, but where I am, it's the feeling that the Rays team isn't changing anything - they aren't getting worked up because they have to play you all, or trying to figure out how they're going to win... they're just going to play like they have been for the last several months. And open a can a whoopass.

 

Close games? I think so. Close series? Rays take it in 5.

 

Huh, that just so happens to be what CBK said in every post

[ToddKalas]

Hmmm... maybe because it's true?

[riverside sluggers]

Hmmm... maybe because it's true?

 

Hmmm... its only true if its already happened

[ToddKalas]

I'm guessing you're responding to my opinion on the outcome of this series?

 

Not that the Rays are playing like they have? Like in the White Sox series... that we won. Handily.

[riverside sluggers]

I knew the Rays were going to take it easily, the White Sox were the weakest playoff team in the AL

[ToddKalas]

Now comes "the bigger they are the harder they fall".

 

I'm just glad I get to see it in person