I have to give Nolan Ryan lots of credit for turning around the franchise of the Texas Rangers. For the longest time, they couldn't even dream of making the playoffs much less win a postseason game (1-9 before 2010) and now they are going to the world series in back-to-back years. Good for them.

sextonseven said:

I have to give Nolan Ryan lots of credit for turning around the franchise of the Texas Rangers. For the longest time, they couldn't even dream of making the playoffs much less win a postseason game (1-9 before 2010) and now they are going to the world series in back-to-back years. Good for them.

they were bankrupt a few years ago!

728huey said:

ZombieKitten said:

gosh this thread is boring

Guess you're not a big baseball fan. I know they play baseball down under, but it's probably as popular as field hockey is here in the USA, which is not very.

When it comes to GD, seems like most people are primarily interested in sex talk.

I don't think it matters what sport is being discussed

ZombieKitten said:

728huey said:

Guess you're not a big baseball fan. I know they play baseball down under, but it's probably as popular as field hockey is here in the USA, which is not very.

it wouldn't matter which sport it's about

As I was saying ...

JerseyKRS said:

sextonseven said:

I have to give Nolan Ryan lots of credit for turning around the franchise of the Texas Rangers. For the longest time, they couldn't even dream of making the playoffs much less win a postseason game (1-9 before 2010) and now they are going to the world series in back-to-back years. Good for them.

they were bankrupt a few years ago!

I respect Nolan Ryan a lot, what he's doing with the Rangers is good for the game. He's showing you can win without a team full of former All-Stars, without a huge payroll, and without ridiculous pitch counts.

I hope the Rangers go all the way, especially if the Brewers make the World Series. Nyjer Morgan is the biggest in baseball.

But I think it will be the Cardinals in the World Series.

Pokeno4Money said:

JerseyKRS said:

they were bankrupt a few years ago!

I respect Nolan Ryan a lot, what he's doing with the Rangers is good for the game. He's showing you can win without a team full of former All-Stars, without a huge payroll, and without ridiculous pitch counts.

I hope the Rangers go all the way, especially if the Brewers make the World Series. Nyjer Morgan is the biggest in baseball.

But I think it will be the Cardinals in the World Series.

If the Rangers win the world series, that makes Cliff Lee look like an even bigger loser.

And I agree with you about Nyjer Morgan. Dude is a thug.

Today's game and starting pitchers:

NL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES:

MILWAUKEE BREWERS VS. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

Game 6: St. Louis (Edwin Jackson, 0-0) at Milwaukee (Shaun Marcum, 0-1), 8:05 p.m.

Pokeno4Money said:

sextonseven said:

Pokeno4Money said:

I respect Nolan Ryan a lot, what he's doing with the Rangers is good for the game. He's showing you can win without a team full of former All-Stars, without a huge payroll, and without ridiculous pitch counts.

I hope the Rangers go all the way, especially if the Brewers make the World Series. Nyjer Morgan is the biggest in baseball.

But I think it will be the Cardinals in the World Series.

If the Rangers win the world series, that makes Cliff Lee look like an even bigger loser.

And I agree with you about Nyjer Morgan. Dude is a thug.

how is he not already a loser? he lost with the phillies, lost with texas and lost again with the phillies

ZombieKitten said:

L4OATheOriginal said:

sextonseven said:

If the Rangers win the world series, that makes Cliff Lee look like an even bigger loser.

And I agree with you about Nyjer Morgan. Dude is a thug.

how is he not already a loser? he lost with the phillies, lost with texas and lost again with the phillies

I didn't say Cliff Lee wasn't already a loser. I said he'd be an even bigger one if his former team that he spurned went on to win the world series without him.

NLCS Game 6: STL 12, MIL 6

W: Marc Rzepczynski (1-0, 1.93 ERA)

L: Shaun Marcum (0-2, 16.20 ERA)

What a tremendous story the Cardinals have been this year.

8 1/2 games behind the Braves for the wildcard on September 5th, and now they're in the World Series.

And how ironic the only reason the Cardinals made the playoffs was because the Phillies swept the Braves in what was for Philly a meaningless final series of the season ... and then the Cards beat the Phillies in the NLDS.

It couldn't have been scripted any better.

Starting pitching has been terrible for all four teams in the championship series.

sextonseven said:

ZombieKitten said:

I'm just trying to get attention from the OP

ouch!

ZombieKitten said:

sextonseven said:

ouch!

You wanted some attention, right?

So the wild card team has home field advantage throughout the world series. That doesn't seem right to me.

sextonseven said:

ZombieKitten said:

sextonseven said:

You wanted some attention, right?

I'm not like my kid who thinks ANY kind of attention is better than none

What kind of attention did you want?

sextonseven said:

I have to give Nolan Ryan lots of credit for turning around the franchise of the Texas Rangers. For the longest time, they couldn't even dream of making the playoffs much less win a postseason game (1-9 before 2010) and now they are going to the world series in back-to-back years. Good for them.

sextonseven said:

So the wild card team has home field advantage throughout the world series. That doesn't seem right to me.

ever since bud did that stupid all star game it counts mantra one leagues gets homefield advantage. i don't know what's worse, how it used 2 be alternating years of the leagues getting home advantage of the all star game.

baseball needs a ranking on who should get home fireld based on records in the regular season

NDRU said:

sextonseven said:

I have to give Nolan Ryan lots of credit for turning around the franchise of the Texas Rangers. For the longest time, they couldn't even dream of making the playoffs much less win a postseason game (1-9 before 2010) and now they are going to the world series in back-to-back years. Good for them.

I'm sure it's just a delayed payoff from GWB's fine work!

L4OATheOriginal said:

sextonseven said:

So the wild card team has home field advantage throughout the world series. That doesn't seem right to me.

ever since bud did that stupid all star game it counts mantra one leagues gets homefield advantage. i don't know what's worse, how it used 2 be alternating years of the leagues getting home advantage of the all star game.

baseball needs a ranking on who should get home fireld based on records in the regular season

I heard Selig say it isn't feasible to have the team with the better record get home field advantage. What I didn't hear him say is why. What difference does it make knowing three months in advance that the world series will open in a national league ballpark or an american league ballpark?

sextonseven said:

L4OATheOriginal said:

ever since bud did that stupid all star game it counts mantra one leagues gets homefield advantage. i don't know what's worse, how it used 2 be alternating years of the leagues getting home advantage of the all star game.

baseball needs a ranking on who should get home fireld based on records in the regular season

I heard Selig say it isn't feasible to have the team with the better record get home field advantage. What I didn't hear him say is why. What difference does it make knowing three months in advance that the world series will open in a national league ballpark or an american league ballpark?

well it goes with what ur saying about the wild card team in this case having home field advantage

selig's reasonings make no sense since in other professional sports, the one with the winning record has no problems shifting the home field advantage

sextonseven said:

L4OATheOriginal said:

ever since bud did that stupid all star game it counts mantra one leagues gets homefield advantage. i don't know what's worse, how it used 2 be alternating years of the leagues getting home advantage of the all star game.

baseball needs a ranking on who should get home fireld based on records in the regular season

I heard Selig say it isn't feasible to have the team with the better record get home field advantage. What I didn't hear him say is why. What difference does it make knowing three months in advance that the world series will open in a national league ballpark or an american league ballpark?

There's no point in comparing records of World Series participants because they play completely different schedules. For example, it's a lot easier for a team like Milwaukee to win 96 games than it is for a team like Tampa to win 91 games. Why? Because Tampa plays in the toughest division in baseball, where three out of five teams won 90 games and only one of the five teams had a losing record. Milwaukee on the other hand plays in a division where four out of six teams had losing records, and one of the teams lost an amazing 106 games. There's no chance the Brewers would have won 96 games this year if they were in the AL East, absolutely none.

Overall during the past eight years the American League has been dominant against the National League. The AL has won 1,106 of the past 2,016 interleague games, in fact the NL hasn't had a winning record against the AL since all the way back in 2003. Probably the fairest way to award homefield in the World Series is to award it to the league that wins the majority of the interleague games.

I'm no fan of Selig, but having the All-Star Game determine home field advantage in the World Series has been one of his better ideas. At least the players are playing for something, rather than a completely meaningless exhibition game.

Pokeno4Money said:

sextonseven said:

I heard Selig say it isn't feasible to have the team with the better record get home field advantage. What I didn't hear him say is why. What difference does it make knowing three months in advance that the world series will open in a national league ballpark or an american league ballpark?

There's no point in comparing records of World Series participants because they play completely different schedules. For example, it's a lot easier for a team like Milwaukee to win 96 games than it is for a team like Tampa to win 91 games. Why? Because Tampa plays in the toughest division in baseball, where three out of five teams won 90 games and only one of the five teams had a losing record. Milwaukee on the other hand plays in a division where four out of six teams had losing records, and one of the teams lost an amazing 106 games. There's no chance the Brewers would have won 96 games this year if they were in the AL East, absolutely none.

Overall during the past eight years the American League has been dominant against the National League. The AL has won 1,106 of the past 2,016 interleague games, in fact the NL hasn't had a winning record against the AL since all the way back in 2003. Probably the fairest way to award homefield in the World Series is to award it to the league that wins the majority of the interleague games.

I'm no fan of Selig, but having the All-Star Game determine home field advantage in the World Series has been one of his better ideas. At least the players are playing for something, rather than a completely meaningless exhibition game.

The Brewers are a better team than the Rays in my opinion. Tampa Bay has almost no offense. And offense is what is winning games this postseason.

As for divisions being easier in different leagues, I don't think that's true either. The NL East is much tougher than the AL central.

Today's game and starting pitchers:

WORLD SERIES:

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS VS. TEXAS RANGERS

Game 1: Texas (C.J. Wilson, 2011 postseason: 0-2, 8.04 ERA) at St. Louis (Chris Carpenter, 2011 postseason: 2-0, 3.71 ERA), 8:05 p.m.

World Series Game 1: STL 3, TEX 2

W: Chris Carpenter (1-0, 3.00 ERA)

L: C.J. Wilson (0-1, 4.76 ERA)

Today's game and starting pitchers:

WORLD SERIES:

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS VS. TEXAS RANGERS

Game 2: Texas (Colby Lewis, 2011 postseason: 1-1, 3.86 ERA) at St. Louis (Jaime Garcia, 2011 postseason: 0-2, 5.74 ERA), 8:05 p.m.

World Series Game 2: TEX 2, STL 1

W: Mike Adams (1-0, 0.00 ERA)

L: Jason Motte (0-1, 18.00 ERA)