<p>Hooray! Indians creamed the Yankees!</p>
<p>I thought the SI curse applied to the player…not the team. Rollins had a homer and a triple yesterday…pretty good…but not good enough when the other bats are quiet and the pitchers are throwing the ball like it’s batting practice.
The Phils are tough though…I gave up on them a few times this year and they just kept coming back. It’s not impossible…especially with the old guy Moyer pitching on Saturday. He’s got a great record in playoffs. Phillies fans, let’s all keep the faith!</p>
<p>Good point, toneranger. And no giving up on them here either; my s particularly never would. “Rollins is the man!”</p>
<p>The Cubs aren’t looking great but the Red Sox winning and the Yankees losing provide a bit of comfort. I don’t have a dog in the Phillies-Rockies match-up.</p>
<p>yes…seeing the Yankees lose always warms my heart.</p>
<p>. . . at the risk of sounding delusionally hopeful, I must say that with them returning to Wrigley Field for a game Saturday and then (if they win the first) a second Sunday, I remain confident that they could turn this thing around.</p>
<p>They’ve blown very hot and cold all season. The last couple days in the desert, they were obviously cold. But if they can come back here, get hot again, and win two in a row, then, hey, it’s back to the desert for what will then be a 1-game series - right?</p>
<p>Getting ready for the Sox/Angels game tonight. Hopefully Dice K will be as good as last Friday night when they clinched the Division. In the meantime, we’re cheering for the Indians. </p>
<p>I’m curious as to what everyone thinks about the TBS coverage. Not impressed with the announcers or the camera work. Of course, after watching NESN for the season, it’s hard not to have Don and Jerry calling the game. Maybe I’ll listen to WEEI…</p>
<p>Epis: o/~ You got to have delusions, miles and miles of delusions… o/~</p>
<p>I figure the same way you do but being a Cubs fan for 45 years has taught me various measures of optimism, stoicism, fatalism, and the good thing about being resilient.</p>
<p>Haha baseball dead…</p>
<p>The number of baseball teams in this country from select to little league is astouding.</p>
<p>One MLB game does not show baseball’s decline.</p>
<p>Yeah Indians!</p>
<p>Well, it was sure great being out at Wrigley Field this evening - until, that is, the first Diamondbacks batter came up . . . and promptly proceeded to hit a home run. </p>
<p>Things went downhill from there.</p>
<p>Oh, well. Wait 'til next century.</p>
<p>Yeah, baseball may not be dead, but the Cubs’ season is.</p>
<p>Well, at least they made if further than the Padres did.</p>
<p>But the Padres lost to the HOTTEST team in baseball–the Colorado Rockies. The team is on a tear, winning n/n+1 of its last games (n=some integer in the teens). </p>
<p>And the Rockies have won the first two games in its series. Maybe the Series will go to the team who is peaking at the right moment.</p>
<p>ellemenope,</p>
<p>The Rockies swept the Phillies by winning their third game last night.</p>
<p>Epis, I think there are things to look for in the Cubs for next year. I think Geovony Soto (gah…I can come up only with dumb and dumber explanations of how his parents spelled his first name that way) may be the best catcher the Cubs have had since Randy Hundley. I think they may need one more bat but their pitching looked pretty good this year.</p>
<p>So word is Torre will be fired if the Yankees lose the series (only one game away). This is a brutal business. Maybe we can pick him up in Philly?</p>
<p>Pearliceparent, Don Orsillo had the play by play for the Phillies series. Nice to hear a familiar voice, and he’s really good. I miss Jerry, though.</p>
<p>Sox have moved on! Come on Indians - take out the Yankees, please!</p>
<p>So sad about the Phillies and Cubs. Their fans have suffered… we Sox fans understand only too well.</p>
<p>I saw Don Orsillo doing the Phillies third game. Perhaps I’m so use to him, but I think he was the best of any of the announcers…at least he had some life in him. </p>
<p>We’re rooting for the Indians to beat the Evil Empire!</p>
<p>Go Red Sox! Wahoo!</p>
<p>For those of us of a certain age (as the expression goes), hating the Yankees is an essential part of our baseball DNA.</p>
<p>Sure, taken individually, there’s much to admire. (Does anyone do world-weariness better than Joe Torre?)</p>
<p>But rooting for the Yankees is kind of like rooting for Goliath.</p>