2006 World Series: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Detroit Tigers

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Tigers in six.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 20 October 2006 04:02 (nineteen years ago)

tigers in 4

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 20 October 2006 04:04 (nineteen years ago)

tigers in 5

― gear (gear), Friday, 20 October 2006 04:06 (nineteen years ago)

tigers, but at this point it's a push for me in terms of caring; I might even say I'd rather see the cards win coz I like the Poo-hole, but whatever.

― Jimmy Mod is COMPLETELY MISERABLE SAN DIEGO (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Friday, 20 October 2006 04:10 (nineteen years ago)

Tigers in 7.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 20 October 2006 04:11 (nineteen years ago)

Tigers in shoving it up Tony LaRussa's point-loving overrated dipshitty ass.

― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 20 October 2006 04:28 (nineteen years ago)

I strongly dislike Pujols at this point.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 20 October 2006 04:32 (nineteen years ago)

Cardinals in 4

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 20 October 2006 04:33 (nineteen years ago)

j/k beane-lovers and ILB red-facers ...

Tigers in 5

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 20 October 2006 04:33 (nineteen years ago)

Cards in 3.

― bnw (bnw), Friday, 20 October 2006 04:39 (nineteen years ago)

Neither team in six.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Friday, 20 October 2006 05:22 (nineteen years ago)

Tigers in 4

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 20 October 2006 07:35 (nineteen years ago)

tigers in 5 (cards rotation totally out o' wack, and it ain't that good to begin with)

― timmy tannin (pompous), Friday, 20 October 2006 08:35 (nineteen years ago)

Since I'm 1 for 6 in my predictions I'll stick with the team that got me the 1 ... CARDS in 6.

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Friday, 20 October 2006 11:14 (nineteen years ago)

who the fuck cares

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 October 2006 11:52 (nineteen years ago)

REAL TALK

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Friday, 20 October 2006 12:00 (nineteen years ago)

Tigers in 5, with Rogers taking only loss. Only cuz I'd rather see two Leyland books next spring than 6 more about "Points" LaRussa.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 October 2006 12:08 (nineteen years ago)

I should scan this article from a late '80s (I think) issue of Vegetarian Times that depicts LaRussa in his very shiny Styx tour jacket.

Leyland has already told the press to STFU re: the great Leyland-LaRussa lovefest.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Friday, 20 October 2006 12:23 (nineteen years ago)

Oh yeah: Weaver vs. Bonderman at some POINT, please.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Friday, 20 October 2006 12:25 (nineteen years ago)

bcz...?

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 October 2006 12:34 (nineteen years ago)

Yes! Weaver vs. Bonderman!

― peepee (peepee), Friday, 20 October 2006 12:59 (nineteen years ago)

Oh ya, Dr., Weaver traded for Bonderman, 2002 or so.

― peepee (peepee), Friday, 20 October 2006 13:01 (nineteen years ago)

See top of 2006 Dumbass-A-Go-Go Thread

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Friday, 20 October 2006 13:02 (nineteen years ago)

While looking up the Tigers-Cardinals Encarnacion trade, I discovered that my best friend from grade school is now working for Canada's Sportstnet.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Friday, 20 October 2006 13:09 (nineteen years ago)

Make that Tigers-REDS.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Friday, 20 October 2006 13:11 (nineteen years ago)

I don't understand how someone could randomly hate on pujols. the expression plastered on his face when he bats alone is high octane classic!

That aside, Tigers in 5.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 20 October 2006 13:12 (nineteen years ago)

how low will the national ratings for this go? (not that I care -- come, come, the day when MLB is banished to specialty outlets and we get commentators who use WARP3 and no pointless in-game dugout interviews)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 October 2006 13:13 (nineteen years ago)

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2006/writers/gennaro_filice/05/18/FiveUp.FiveDown/t1_SpiezioBeardProgression.jpg

― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Friday, 20 October 2006 13:19 (nineteen years ago)

HI I JUST WENT DOWN ON STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Friday, 20 October 2006 13:25 (nineteen years ago)

Tiggers in 5

― ▒█▄█ ▄▄▄ ▒█▄█ , Friday, 20 October 2006 14:19 (nineteen years ago)

Tigers in 5.

― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Friday, 20 October 2006 14:31 (nineteen years ago)

Tigers in 5.

― The Bearnaise-Stain Bears (Rock Hardy), Friday, 20 October 2006 14:40 (nineteen years ago)

Tigers in 0. not mathematically possible, but that's JUST HOW GOOD THE TIGERS ARE.

― (9ò_ó)-o Q(^.^Q) (Adrian Langston), Friday, 20 October 2006 15:15 (nineteen years ago)

Could someone please tell me who can be on the World Series roster? Could Leyland bring in Maroth or Sheldon or Miller at this point? Does there have to be an injury? I though that the rosters were set. Was that just for the individual league playoffs? Can Neifi and the batboy switch places?

― peepee (peepee), Friday, 20 October 2006 15:21 (nineteen years ago)

There is a new roster for each "round."

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 October 2006 15:27 (nineteen years ago)

Considering all the upsets we've seen in the playoffs, I'm not ready to drink the Tigers' Kool-Aid yet. Verlander has made two underwhelming starts in the postseason. Remember, two weeks ago everybody was saying that he was worn down because he wasn't even remotely the same pitcher in the first half as he was in the second. Robertson got hammered once by the Yanks, and was brilliant once against Oakland. What will he do vs the Cards? Kenny Rogers could turn into a pumpkin any day now, which wouldn't be a huge shock considering his many years of awful playoff performances.

The Cards might have played a seven-game NLCS, but it's not like they burned through their bullpen and extended their starters. In fact, they barely used their bullpen at all in Games 6 and 7, and we didn't see any of the usual "pull out all the stops" stuff, i.e. Chris Carpenter pitching in relief in Game 7 or anything like that. They'll be well-rested. I'll take Wainwright over Todd Jones as my closer right now, hands down. ALBERT PUJOLS. I can easily see Suppan and Carpenter winning three games, an if the rest of the pitching staff can cobble together a win between them then the Cards are champs.

There are a million reasons to take the Cards, so fuckit, Cards in 6 even though I'd rather see an AL team win again.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Friday, 20 October 2006 16:09 (nineteen years ago)

Welcome to the board, Joe.

(Again, I am not the least bit relaxed.)

Check http://www.mlive.com/tigers/weblog/

For some reason I cannot get the permalinks. Check the posts titled Why Miller can be added to the World Series roster and
Miller back in town, could be added to WS roster

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Friday, 20 October 2006 16:22 (nineteen years ago)

i really didn't want to see any more of scott spiezio's soul patch, that was really the only reason i wanted the mets to win (gun to my head)

― gear (gear), Friday, 20 October 2006 16:24 (nineteen years ago)

From the espn superscientific poll:

Which team will win the World Series?

29.6% Detroit in six games
26.4% Detroit in five games
15.5% St. Louis in six games
12.1% St. Louis in seven games
9.0% Detroit in four games
3.5% Detroit in seven games
2.7% St. Louis in five games
1.1% St. Louis in four games

Total Votes: 51,110

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 20 October 2006 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

rudd48 (lexington, ky): The Cards can't have Jason Marquis pitching Game 1, can they? Haven't the Tigers been practicing against pitchers just like him in batting practice all week? I think they should start Reyes.

Nate Silver: I'd go with Reyes, but both of those guys are soft-tossers. One of the more important factors in this series is that the Tigers have absolutely CRUSHED finesse pitchers this year, and after Carpenter and Wainwright, that's pretty much all the Cardinals have.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 October 2006 16:28 (nineteen years ago)

Leyland sez:

Game 1 Justin Verlander
Game 2 Kenny Rogers
Game 3 Nate Robertson
Game 4 Jeremy Bonderman

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Friday, 20 October 2006 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

espn "expert" pre-playoff picks: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2006/news/story?id=2610409

Keith Law: "The one sure thing for this series is that the ratings will be terrible. The 11th- and 21st-largest media markets, only one or two really recognizable stars, and a widely held belief that at least one of these teams isn't World Series-worthy are adding up to a major pre-Series buzz kill."

― bnw (bnw), Friday, 20 October 2006 20:44 (nineteen years ago)

"ESPN Insider" is free through the 22nd, btw.

"Only one or two really recognizable stars"... and why would that be the case?

Neither team is worthy! One team won 83 games and the other stumbled into the playoffs, only to have the Yankees and A's mysteriously collapse right before their eyes. Almost everything about the playoffs thus far has been completely unexpected and yet they've been entirely boring (save for a play or two).

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Friday, 20 October 2006 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

"Neither team is worthy! One team won 83 games and the other stumbled into the playoffs, only to have the Yankees and A's mysteriously collapse right before their eyes."

You seem stupid.

― (9ò_ó)-o Q(^.^Q) (Adrian Langston), Friday, 20 October 2006 21:04 (nineteen years ago)

Anthony "iron my hat" Reyes starts game 1 for the Cards. That means 5 good innings if we are lucky :/

― bnw (bnw), Friday, 20 October 2006 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

You seem stupid.

Or maybe sarcastic.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Friday, 20 October 2006 21:17 (nineteen years ago)

no still stupid lol

― (9ò_ó)-o Q(^.^Q) (Adrian Langston), Friday, 20 October 2006 22:25 (nineteen years ago)

Does any of y'all give a shit and a half what the ratings will be???

― peepee (peepee), Friday, 20 October 2006 23:18 (nineteen years ago)

naw

tigers in 5

― jergins (jergins), Friday, 20 October 2006 23:38 (nineteen years ago)

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/dayart/20050818/450speizio_tattoo.jpg

― gear (gear), Friday, 20 October 2006 23:43 (nineteen years ago)

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"i won't be a spoil sport."

but i will! FUK U FUK U FUK U ST LOUIS

― (9ò_ó)-o Q(^.^Q) (Adrian Langston), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:30 (nineteen years ago)

I WILL ENJOY ALL THESE UP AND COMING ERROR-FREE WINTER DAYS

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:31 (nineteen years ago)

i luv u, ade.

the idea of jeff weaver and braden looper with world series rings completely disgusts me.

― hstencil (hstencil), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:31 (nineteen years ago)

ah well, my dream "WHAT IF" comic is that St Lou sweeps the BoSox and D-Town is crowned this year.

but congrats to Tony La Russa, ALWAYS liked that guy even as Cards fans hated him, and I've rooted for the Cards in prior playoff scenarios. and one of my best friend's dad, Richard Holmes of Lake Forest Illinois, a die-hard lifelong Cards fan -- Dick Holmes, enjoy the bubbly

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:31 (nineteen years ago)

Congrats to the Cardinals for throwing it in the collective faces of all the baseball experts around (including me).

― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:33 (nineteen years ago)

also kinda nice to see the best player in baseball get a ring so soon

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:33 (nineteen years ago)

Congrats to the Cardinals for throwing it in the collective faces of all the baseball experts around (including me).

this is true. dudes are going to be going off on ilbb for the next 6 months about the cardinals only having 83 wins, that's for sure.

― hstencil (hstencil), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:34 (nineteen years ago)

DEAR FOX: A HEARTY 'FUCK YOU' FROM THE MIDWEST

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:34 (nineteen years ago)

JEFF WEAVER BOWLED A PERFECT GAME ON HIS 16TH BIRTHDAY GUYS. HE IS A TRUE SPORTS VISIONARY

― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:35 (nineteen years ago)

"also kinda nice to see the best player in baseball get a ring so soon

-- Stormy Davis (electrifyingmoj...) (webmail), October 27th, 2006 11:33 PM. (diamond) (later) (link)"

this was my thinking as well. I need never be happy for the Cardinals again now!

― (9ò_ó)-o Q(^.^Q) (Adrian Langston), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:35 (nineteen years ago)

Jeanne said "break it in."

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:35 (nineteen years ago)

"again now"? god wtf

― (9ò_ó)-o Q(^.^Q) (Adrian Langston), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:36 (nineteen years ago)

foreshadowing:

Weaver goes to St. Louis!
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Auzy7QtMkc4Ce75yEt_FlgwRvLYF?slug=ap-cardinals-angelstrade&prov=ap&type=lgns

But more importantly, I got some more news from my friend who lives not far from the site of the original taco eatery.

He says that Jered Weaver brought BRETT TOMKO in with him one evening, and that same night LIZ PHAIR(!?!?!?!) showed up.

This place is pretty much a dive, I had no idea it would be such a scene.

-- Steve Shasta (steveshast...), July 6th, 2006 12:26 AM. (Steve Shasta)

― hstencil (hstencil), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:39 (nineteen years ago)

also, tony la russa, yes! there is a bad world series! we all just watched it! all 2 of us, nation-wide.

― hstencil (hstencil), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:39 (nineteen years ago)

eckstein with the mvp.

― hstencil (hstencil), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:41 (nineteen years ago)

AND SO IT IS ECKSTEIN

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:41 (nineteen years ago)

can he reach the pedals?

― hstencil (hstencil), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:41 (nineteen years ago)

"OH SWEET I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SAVE UP FOR A USED SAAB AND NOW I CAN STOP"

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:42 (nineteen years ago)

They can have the seat taken out so he can just stand up.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:42 (nineteen years ago)

at least drunks with guns are from st. louis. that's one good thing.

go pistons!

― hstencil (hstencil), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:43 (nineteen years ago)

How did they play baseball with all of those FINE CHEVROLET PRODUCTS on the field?

― Mr. Que (Mr.Que), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:44 (nineteen years ago)

well actally, Michigan collectively goes back to rooting for Big Blue ... tough Northwestern / Ball State / Indiana stretch coming up!!

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:44 (nineteen years ago)

tough Northwestern / Ball State / Indiana stretch coming up!!

that is some world-class sarcasm! luv u stormy.

― hstencil (hstencil), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:49 (nineteen years ago)

also nba season starts next wednesday!

― hstencil (hstencil), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:49 (nineteen years ago)

WOOOOO BEN WALLACE IS MY BOYFRIEND

― (9ò_ó)-o Q(^.^Q) (Adrian Langston), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:50 (nineteen years ago)

http://mimouni.marc.free.fr/ben%20wallace%20asg.jpg

― (9ò_ó)-o Q(^.^Q) (Adrian Langston), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:50 (nineteen years ago)

ben wallace is on the bulls now. ;_;

― hstencil (hstencil), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:51 (nineteen years ago)

and that's why I am now a bulls fan :(

― (9ò_ó)-o Q(^.^Q) (Adrian Langston), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:54 (nineteen years ago)

U2 "One" = Luther "One Shining Moment" : interchangable at will

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:57 (nineteen years ago)

ben sold us out yo over a flip

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:57 (nineteen years ago)

I've never posted on I Love Baseball, but now I have arrived with the ultimate post:

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Sorry. I was born in 1983 and I've been waiting my entire life for the Cardinals to win one. It figures that they'd win during the year when they actually weren't very good. oh well.

Ahem - WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

― Zachary Scott (Zach S), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:58 (nineteen years ago)

or is it : yo i heard flip got sonned in a ben wallace beef

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 28 October 2006 02:58 (nineteen years ago)

the talk in d is that whenever Ben visits, instead of sounding the gong when he gets a rebound they will sound it when he clanks a FT

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 28 October 2006 03:00 (nineteen years ago)

Positives:

I can start doing stuff during evenings now.
My wife gets her television back.
Tigers shouldn't have another losing season for at least 10 years.
I don't have to hear John Watermeloncougarcamp for a while...
(......a long while)

Negatives:

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― peepee (peepee), Saturday, 28 October 2006 03:00 (nineteen years ago)

I really hate baseball sometimes.

The Cardinals > Neifi

Cubs fans lose big yet again.

― mattbot (mattbot), Saturday, 28 October 2006 03:27 (nineteen years ago)

at least drunks with guns are from st. louis.

Screamin' Mee-Mees, dude.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 28 October 2006 03:27 (nineteen years ago)

Don't forget Strangulated Beatoffs and Fruitcake, too.

― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Saturday, 28 October 2006 03:58 (nineteen years ago)

hmm .. two years in a row, and the Cubs' two most HATED RIVALS .. win the World Series. serious pain in Cubdom

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 28 October 2006 04:00 (nineteen years ago)

i will always thank Baked Bean Teeth for exposing me -- Mark Foley style -- to the wonders of Drunks With Guns

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Saturday, 28 October 2006 04:01 (nineteen years ago)

"Lep-ro-seeeeeeee, lep-ro-seeeeeeee"...

― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Saturday, 28 October 2006 05:14 (nineteen years ago)

Who was the last guy to win WS MVP for the losing team? I'm asking because it really should have been Casey this year. Although you could certainly argue that a team doesn't deserve to have one of its players named MVP when the series isn't remotely close.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 28 October 2006 08:26 (nineteen years ago)

And why Eckstein over Rolen? (yeah, I know why)

Or even Molina, who hit very well and did a great job handling the pitchers (who were the real stars for STL).

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 28 October 2006 08:29 (nineteen years ago)

Molina should have gotten it, I think. Eckstein made no sense. He did great in those last few games, but at the beginning of the series he wasn't getting on base at all. Even during the last few games, a few of his big hits were really just big errors by the Tigers.

― Zachary Scott (Zach S), Saturday, 28 October 2006 15:40 (nineteen years ago)

It should've been given to the starting rotation. The Tigers scored 11 runs the whole series -- though I can't recall how many off them came off relievers. Regardless...

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Saturday, 28 October 2006 16:24 (nineteen years ago)

They had like, ten minutes to chose after the game was over.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Saturday, 28 October 2006 17:56 (nineteen years ago)

Who is playing today????

HELP

SERIOUS BASEBALL WITHDRAWAL

HELP

That's it

Everyone to my place for whiffleball and hot cocoa

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Saturday, 28 October 2006 18:09 (nineteen years ago)

Eck: Most Valuable Munchkin

Sports over until mid-February.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 28 October 2006 18:35 (nineteen years ago)

I'm sorry, I didn't realize we had a bonafide Cards fan. Congrats bnw.

Can't say I'm relishing next July's SABR game at Busch tho.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 28 October 2006 18:56 (nineteen years ago)

and I woke up just in time to see Wainwright jump, after the out.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 28 October 2006 18:57 (nineteen years ago)

I was in a Chicago hotel room after meeting my new nephew (who already has cubs outfits, ohnoez). But yeah, there was crying in baseball last night :)

― bnw (bnw), Saturday, 28 October 2006 21:40 (nineteen years ago)

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