2011 World Series Texas Rangers vs St. Louis Cardinals

[Sir M]

Game one is Wednesday night at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, most pundits are calling for it to go at least 6, probably 7. Staff aces Chris Carpenter from the Cardinals and C.J. Wilson from the Rangers in game one, first pitch 505 PM PST. Both teams are coming into this one with red hot bats, hot bull pens, and iffy starting pitching.

Predictions?

I am going to say Texas in 7.

 

[girth]

May watch my first game of the entire year in this series? That is if I don't have to watch paint dry or the grass grow.

 

[Sir M]

Alternatively, you could always try this popular Fraser Valley pass time...

Don't Give A Hillbilly A Golf Club - YouTube

 

[The Franchise]

texas in 6 to much fire power

 

[Sir M]

Any squeeze plays?

 

[hard ballz]

I'm going with Lurussa and the Cardinals in 7.

 

[Sir M]

Cardinals are slight (1.84 to 1.00) favourites in game one, and the over under is 7.5. An over bet may be a good one based on the way these two teams have been lighting it up lately, despite the two staff aces...

 

[hard ballz]

I'm pretty confident it'll be over 7.5 also.

 

[trece verde]

I'm pretty confident that I will be able to avoid having to watch any of this dreck.

 

[gilly]

Unreal.............unbelieveable.........Rangers lead 7-4 into the eight, 7-5 with one strike left, 9-7 in the 10th, yet the Cardinals find a way to tie and eventually win.

Ballz, you might be right Cardinals in 7.

What a season 10 1/2 back in September, and possible World Series Champs.

Wow!!!

 

[hard ballz]

It came down to one strike until the Cardinals fought back "Again". Great game...game of the ages! Big game 7.....Let's go Cards!!


p.s...Gilly....Sir M can also be right with his prediction of Texas in 7!

 

[akslop]

c/p


Vegas loves long shots. When statistics and history scream against the possibility of a miracle, Vegas can always count on the dreamers and the fools to put down cash in the hope of a once-in-a-lifetime payout. It's free money for the house, 999 times out of 1,000.

Not 1,000 times out of 1,000 though. That's why there are dreamers and fools.

At 8:16 PDT on September 12th, the Cardinals had lost 6-5 in Pittsburgh, and the Braves were in the 12th inning of their game against Florida—a game they would lose, but hadn't yet at the moment a man walked up to a sports book teller at the MGM Grand. St. Louis was five games back of the wild card with 15 games yet to play, and at least one oddsmaker decided the Cardinals' chances of winning a World Series were a thousand to one against.

One unidentified St. Louisan put down $250 on the Cardinals making the World Series at 500/1, and another $250 on them winning the whole thing at 999/1. An unlikely late September run, an unlikelier Braves collapse, upsets of the hyped Phillies and Brewers, and he's $125,000 richer. If the Cards can win three games before they lose four, he'll pocket another $250,000. It wouldn't make him any less of a dreamer or a fool, but luckier and wealthier for it.

 

[bergamascho]

2011 World Series -- Texas Rangers Josh Hamilton says God called HR - ESPN Dallas

Ya and God told me I'd bed Nicole Scherzinger and Monica Bellucci...at the same time...

I love hearing this stuff out of top athletes. God told you? Really? You sure it isn't the fact that your arms resemble boa constrictors and you've been a consistent home run hitter for some years now? Whatever helps you do what you do I suppose...

 

[dutch13]

Hey, if some teams have angels in the outfield, opponents are going to need god to help them hit a few dingers past them. Only fair.

 

[johnnybluenose]

berg, have you read Josh Hamilton's story? His religion helped him get his life back on the rails and such. Good for him.

 

[bergamascho]

JBN,
I have read it and it's wonderful he turned his life around, it really is; but please keep your beliefs to yourself, particularly religious ones. If I start telling my teammates Santa told me I'd score a bicycle kick in my game Sunday, or my co-workers that the Easter Bunny told me I'd land a huge deal that would net me 100K... people would wonder about my sanity no matter how fervently I believed in the aforementioned dynamic duo. God is in the same category, if you believe in him great but please keep it to yourself and just play the goddamned game (pun intended) you get paid millions to play.

 

[akslop]

Josh Hamilton's story? get his life back on the rails

did he relapse?

 

[johnnybluenose]

JBN,
I have read it and it's wonderful he turned his life around, it really is; but please keep your beliefs to yourself, particularly religious ones. If I start telling my teammates Santa told me I'd score a bicycle kick in my game Sunday, or my co-workers that the Easter Bunny told me I'd land a huge deal that would net me 100K... people would wonder about my sanity no matter how fervently I believed in the aforementioned dynamic duo. God is in the same category, if you believe in him great but please keep it to yourself and just play the goddamned game (pun intended) you get paid millions to play.

Difference is that of the ~7Billion peeps on earth, the vast majority believe in a "God" whether they are Christian, Muslim, Sikh etc. I don't think many people believe that Santa Clause or the Easter Bunny actually exist in adult life, save the regular guests on the Howard Stern Show and Insane Asylums. Some are fervent in their faith, others aren't. If the reporters didn't want to hear about it, they shouldn't have asked him.

The news reports should be talking about, today, how Nelson Cruz is a goat for taking, what should have been, the last out of the game off and letting that ball go over his head and off the wall to tie it in the bottom of the 9th.

 

[bandcamp]

JBN,
Santa told me I'd score a bicycle kick in my game Sunday

NOTHING could help you score from a bike kick...not even Santa...who definitely exists!

 

[bergamascho]

NOTHING could help you score from a bike kick...not even Santa...who definitely exists!

Already been done bandcamp, believe it or not