Lyric
24-10-2005, 07:50
without cross-talk and cross-posts about game one in the big honking mega-thread. May I please have such discussion WITH INTERESTED PARTIES ONLY??
Non-interested parties, please do not post here, just ignore the damn thread. The World Series is over October 30, anyway, can you just indulge me for about a week, tops??
Now, that said, let me try this again...
Damn, I'm loving this!
I'll admit to being a bit disappointed Houston didn't win this one, because, though I want to see the Sox win in the end, I still want to see this Series go seven games, so was hpoing for a Houston win tonight, just to keep the Series tied. Since I am a 20-year fan of the Astros...and a 34-year fan of the White Sox, this is, of course, a very tough Series for me.
But, damn, neither team gives in when they are down....they keep battling back, and the games have all been close so far, so I'm getting good show, here. I just want seven games because I want MORE good show!!
Hell, 'Stros up 4-2...ok, it was a shit call by the ump on the hit-batsman on Dye...it hit his bat, not him...but, again, you should not be getting yourself into situations where one bad call can screw you. At least, this time, it wasn't Pierszynski in the middle of the controversy!
Crap call that it was, without that, we wouldn't have the awesome Konerko grand slam to talk about...and he golfed the CRAP outta that ball, totally awesome...and so then it's 6-4 White Sox...still cool by me, because it's within 2 runs.
So then, Vizcaino comes up with the clutch hit for the 'Stros, and ties it up 6-6 in the ninth inning. The 'Stros did not just lay down and die, they battled back yet again!
Then, the moon shot off Lidge, once again...sheesh, that guy is having NO luck in the postseason...I kinda feel sorry for him, because he's a lot better than that. But, again, there go the White Sox...and Podsednik comes thru with that shot to win it in the bottom of the ninth, 7-6. Another close game, a lot of back and forth battling, both teams REFUSING to just give up...this is fucking GREAT baseball!!
So now we got the Konerko and Podsednik homers to talk about...the great effort of Houston to come back to tie it in the ninth, the great clutch hit by Vizcaino...this is fucking exciting baseball!!
Damn, I want seven games of this!!
Like I said, being a longer term fan of the Sox than of the Astros, I still wanna see the Sox win it all, but damn, can we please go seven games?? This is baseball at it's best!!
For anyone confused about my position, you need to understand that I was born on the South Side of Chicago, so native Chicagoan, and White Sox fan from birth, I practically grew up in the old Comiskey Park. I was there in 1977...1983...I remember the shower in the outfield...Disco Demolition...all of it, the good, the bad, and the ugly. I remember "Winning Ugly" back in 1983.
So, I have been a White Sox fan for all my 34 years.
BUT, when I was a teenager, my family up and moved to Texas. I needed a hometown team to root for, because the Internet wasn't really around then, and you couldn't get good media coverage on out-of-town teams...not like you can now. So, I retained my love of the White Sox, always wanted to see them do well...and the Astros became my hometown team...because I could NOT root for the Rangers (they were in direct competition with the White Sox at that time, both being in the Western Division, back in the days when there were only two divisions in each league.)
So, I became an Astro fan, and have been one for 20 years now.
By the time we left Texas, one was able, thru the Internet, to follow out-of town teams, and so, even with a move to Pennsylvania, I never gave a shit for the Phillies and never will. My two teams are the White Sox and the Astros.
I have waited ALL MY LIFE to see either of those two, my beloved teams...win a pennant. So they both go and do it in the same year, making me want to root for a tie! In the end, my longer term allegiance to the White Sox wins out, but I still want to see seven games...especially seven games as exciting as the first two have been!!
All the games close, no blowouts...niether team giving up and dying...always battling back...damn, this has been, for me, a postseason of dreams! I don't want this to EVER end!!
I still say the 'Stros are gonna win Tuesday. No way do the Sox beat Oswalt, and especially not in Minute Maid Park, either. After that, well, who can say for sure, but I feel reasonably sure the 'Stros win it on Tuesday to make the Series 2-1. I just hope Game 3 is every bit as exciting!
Non-interested parties, please do not post here, just ignore the damn thread. The World Series is over October 30, anyway, can you just indulge me for about a week, tops??
Now, that said, let me try this again...
Damn, I'm loving this!
I'll admit to being a bit disappointed Houston didn't win this one, because, though I want to see the Sox win in the end, I still want to see this Series go seven games, so was hpoing for a Houston win tonight, just to keep the Series tied. Since I am a 20-year fan of the Astros...and a 34-year fan of the White Sox, this is, of course, a very tough Series for me.
But, damn, neither team gives in when they are down....they keep battling back, and the games have all been close so far, so I'm getting good show, here. I just want seven games because I want MORE good show!!
Hell, 'Stros up 4-2...ok, it was a shit call by the ump on the hit-batsman on Dye...it hit his bat, not him...but, again, you should not be getting yourself into situations where one bad call can screw you. At least, this time, it wasn't Pierszynski in the middle of the controversy!
Crap call that it was, without that, we wouldn't have the awesome Konerko grand slam to talk about...and he golfed the CRAP outta that ball, totally awesome...and so then it's 6-4 White Sox...still cool by me, because it's within 2 runs.
So then, Vizcaino comes up with the clutch hit for the 'Stros, and ties it up 6-6 in the ninth inning. The 'Stros did not just lay down and die, they battled back yet again!
Then, the moon shot off Lidge, once again...sheesh, that guy is having NO luck in the postseason...I kinda feel sorry for him, because he's a lot better than that. But, again, there go the White Sox...and Podsednik comes thru with that shot to win it in the bottom of the ninth, 7-6. Another close game, a lot of back and forth battling, both teams REFUSING to just give up...this is fucking GREAT baseball!!
So now we got the Konerko and Podsednik homers to talk about...the great effort of Houston to come back to tie it in the ninth, the great clutch hit by Vizcaino...this is fucking exciting baseball!!
Damn, I want seven games of this!!
Like I said, being a longer term fan of the Sox than of the Astros, I still wanna see the Sox win it all, but damn, can we please go seven games?? This is baseball at it's best!!
For anyone confused about my position, you need to understand that I was born on the South Side of Chicago, so native Chicagoan, and White Sox fan from birth, I practically grew up in the old Comiskey Park. I was there in 1977...1983...I remember the shower in the outfield...Disco Demolition...all of it, the good, the bad, and the ugly. I remember "Winning Ugly" back in 1983.
So, I have been a White Sox fan for all my 34 years.
BUT, when I was a teenager, my family up and moved to Texas. I needed a hometown team to root for, because the Internet wasn't really around then, and you couldn't get good media coverage on out-of-town teams...not like you can now. So, I retained my love of the White Sox, always wanted to see them do well...and the Astros became my hometown team...because I could NOT root for the Rangers (they were in direct competition with the White Sox at that time, both being in the Western Division, back in the days when there were only two divisions in each league.)
So, I became an Astro fan, and have been one for 20 years now.
By the time we left Texas, one was able, thru the Internet, to follow out-of town teams, and so, even with a move to Pennsylvania, I never gave a shit for the Phillies and never will. My two teams are the White Sox and the Astros.
I have waited ALL MY LIFE to see either of those two, my beloved teams...win a pennant. So they both go and do it in the same year, making me want to root for a tie! In the end, my longer term allegiance to the White Sox wins out, but I still want to see seven games...especially seven games as exciting as the first two have been!!
All the games close, no blowouts...niether team giving up and dying...always battling back...damn, this has been, for me, a postseason of dreams! I don't want this to EVER end!!
I still say the 'Stros are gonna win Tuesday. No way do the Sox beat Oswalt, and especially not in Minute Maid Park, either. After that, well, who can say for sure, but I feel reasonably sure the 'Stros win it on Tuesday to make the Series 2-1. I just hope Game 3 is every bit as exciting!