2011 World Series: Rangers @ Cardinals

[jung]

As much as I admire what Cards have done...Rangers sure seem to have been snake bit. That darned rainout really has hurt them. First thing I posted after the rainout was announced was a hope that it would not create some pitching changes that would really have an impact on the series.

 

Still and all Carp had to go out and do the job. He certainly did.

 

 

Feliz actually did throw the 3rd out that should have ended the game last night. Cruz neither positioned himself were he should have been (was playing way too shallow for that situation in the game) and still should have gotten to it in any event. If the series does end like this Cruz dues in fact become Buckner.

[a700hitter]

This world series isnt on him. He put the ball into Feliz' hand with a 2 run lead in the 9th of the clinching game and he blew it

And Feliz had the game put away if Nelson Cruz could play defense. Then he took the ball out of Feliz's hands wirth a 2-run lead and he handed it to Darren Oliver. It's on the crackhead.

[Divinity]

As much as I admire what Cards have done...Rangers sure seem to have been snake bit. That darned rainout really has hurt them. First thing I posted after the rainout was announced was a hope that it would not create some pitching changes that would really have an impact on the series.

 

s*** happens, rainouts really hurt the Yankees in the playoffs this year too.

[Palodios]

The team that beats the Phillies wins the World Series? Sounds about right.

[Palodios]

CARDINALS CARDINALS WIN!!!!

[Reck]

Cardinals 2011 champs. Absolutely love it for Pujols.

[User Name]

Congratulations to the Cards.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Made it just in time to watch the last 3 outs. The Rangers should be very disappointed in themselves. Congrats to the Cards. Baseball season is now officially ovah.

[jung]

In fact they beat the Philllies AND the Rangers...who'd have thunk it?

 

Amazing what you can do rotating guys in around a core of three truly special players.

 

Congratulations to the Cards and thanks really to both teams for a really special treat.

[jacksonianmarch]

And the offseason is here. Just in time for us to get creamed by a nor'easter. Really, pre-November and we're gonna get 6-12 inches? f*** this weather

[SoxSport]

Congrats to the Cardinals. I guess Freese gets the MVP, but Berkman was also huge in this series.

 

Pujols had a strange year. Slow start. finished well. Didn't do much this series, except for 3HRs one game.

I wonder what the Cardinals will do if he wants more than $25M.

[jacksonianmarch]

The Cardinals have no choice but to pay him. They have to. Tonight is the most depressing night of the year aside from the last game of my beloved Yanks. When baseball season is over, I go into a level of depression until the hot stove comes about.

[Reck]

Congrats to the Cardinals. I guess Freese gets the MVP, but Berkman was also huge in this series.

 

Pujols had a strange year. Slow start. finished well. Didn't do much this series, except for 3HRs one game.

I wonder what the Cardinals will do if he wants more than $25M.

 

They either give it to him or some other team will. That's the only certainly about the Pujols deal.

[jung]

I wonder what the Cardinals will do if he wants more than $25M.

 

Not sure. Cards have planned for this for a long time. I have a strong feeling that Albert will stay with the Cards as long as Carp and Yadi are there with Larussa. I sorta' think he is something like the Tom Brady of baseball. As long as this group stays together and has an opportunity to win WS rings I think Albert will decide that what the Cards can pay will be good enough.

[Reck]

The Cardinals have no choice but to pay him. They have to. Tonight is the most depressing night of the year aside from the last game of my beloved Yanks. When baseball season is over' date=' I go into a level of depression until the hot stove comes about.[/quote']

 

Arent you a doctor?

 

Working pro-bono?

 

Get yourself entertained.

[jacksonianmarch]

Albert will get a 10 yr contract. I think he'll take a slightly lower AAV to stay for 10 yrs. I think a 10 yr $240 mil contract is pretty likely. He's the best player since ARod to hit the open market.

[jacksonianmarch]

Arent you a doctor?

 

Working pro-bono?

 

Get yourself entertained.

 

I can get entertained all I want, but I love baseball. The fact that I wont see another pitch until March sucks.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Sadly I agree with Jacko.

 

I need my baseball. March is a long ass wait.

[jung]

Geez can't wait for the day when they no longer have to cart Selig out there to do anything.

[SoxSport]

Freese won a black Corvette for MVP.

[Palodios]

I couldn't tell if Freese was overwhelmed out of his mind, or on something. But congrats MVP!

[jacksonianmarch]

Ron Washington "I just told them they champions." Yep, Ron's on the crack again. You need to win it all to be champs

[Divinity]

They're still the AL Champs for the second straight year

[a700hitter]

Good by baseball untill 2012.

[jacksonianmarch]

Goodbye baseball. We shall see you again in the spring

[The Village Idiot]

I've never felt so conflicted at the end of a sporting event in my life. Difficult situation.

 

Anything George W. Bush has ever touched HAS to be something you root against. Yet, Ryan Nolan's a class act, as are most of the players on the Rangers squad. But then, you take a step back. And you have Ron Washington, coke user. And Nelson Cruz who fails to crash into a wall and go all out for all the marbles, for the WORLD SERIES TITLE. And the state of Texas, for God's sakes, and even worse, the Dallas Fort Worth area. Which didn't know until about 2 years ago that the game of baseball even exists.

 

On the other side of the coin, you've got St. Louis. Great fan base. A strong tradition. That sappy sweet, wholesome, simple, blonde, corn-fed Midwestern disposition and mentality. The city and fanbase that actually really took the high road when the Red Sox, thank Christ, swept the snot out of their birds to win our first World Series in 86 years. With hometown kid Freese, and Albert the Great, and the ace and NH native, Chris Carpeneter.

 

Yet then, THEN, you've got Tony LaRussa. Tony LaRussa. Tony LaRussa. The overrated King of the Baseball Universe. It's really tough to get beyond LaRussa, and it's definitely not worth getting into all the things he does flat-out wrong. And his team still manages to win.

 

I can tip my cap and congratulate the Cards, sure. But nothing is more inspiring for the next season than to feel like the team you root for -- when it's at its best -- could kick the s*** out of the current World Series Champs.

 

That's how I feel tonight after Game 7. I'll take it.

 

Go Sox.

[a700hitter]

I've never felt so conflicted at the end of a sporting event in my life. Difficult situation.

 

Anything George W. Bush has ever touched HAS to be something you root against. Yet, Ryan Nolan's a class act, as are most of the players on the Rangers squad. But then, you take a step back. And you have Ron Washington, coke user. And Nelson Cruz who fails to crash into a wall and go all out for all the marbles, for the WORLD SERIES TITLE. And the state of Texas, for God's sakes, and even worse, the Dallas Fort Worth area. Which didn't know until about 2 years ago that the game of baseball even exists.

 

On the other side of the coin, you've got St. Louis. Great fan base. A strong tradition. That sappy sweet, wholesome, simple, blonde, corn-fed Midwestern disposition and mentality. The city and fanbase that actually really took the high road when the Red Sox, thank Christ, swept the snot out of their birds to win our first World Series in 86 years. With hometown kid Freese, and Albert the Great, and the ace and NH native, Chris Carpeneter.

 

Yet then, THEN, you've got Tony LaRussa. Tony LaRussa. Tony LaRussa. The overrated King of the Baseball Universe. It's really tough to get beyond LaRussa, and it's definitely not worth getting into all the things he does flat-out wrong. And his team still manages to win.

 

I can tip my cap and congratulate the Cards, sure. But nothing is more inspiring for the next season than to feel like the team you root for -- when it's at its best -- could kick the s*** out of the current World Series Champs.

 

That's how I feel tonight after Game 7. I'll take it.

 

Go Sox.

There's nothing sappy sweet or simple about the midwest disposition.

[The Village Idiot]

Did you see the fake blonde hair and fireworks and prompts to the crowd to remember to make some noise in that stadium tonight?

 

Sure there is.

[a700hitter]

Did you see the fake blonde hair and fireworks and prompts to the crowd to remember to make some noise in that stadium tonight?

 

Sure there is.

Almost every stadium has noise prompts. Your opinion is ignorant and bigoted.

[The Village Idiot]

Bigoted? Ignorant?

 

I wouldn't be offended in the least if Midwesterners or Southerners or West coasters or Sunbelters or Pacific NWesterners lightly referred to New Englanders or New Yorkers with one of the following blanket generalizations: that we're rude, stubborn, cold, unfriendly, arrogant, liberal, pompous, or any other stereotypes you want to throw out there. What makes this country great is that there actually are regional stereotypes/tendencies, and they ALL have their upsides, downsides, truths, exagerrations, character and all the rest of it. This country enjoys poking fun about itself, and we can celebrate the things that differentiate us.

 

My mother's from Ireland, and my uncles all say the same thing: "What differentiates Americans from the rest of the world is that they can laugh at each other and criticize each other and themselves without going to war over it. They love each other. They love their differences."

 

It's one thing to jokingly refer to a region as sappy and simple in a playful way. It's another to call another individual you've never met bigoted and ignorant.

 

It's Cards baseball. Lighten up, king. We don't live in a monarchy!