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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    YOUR 2008 NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES CHAMPIONS!!
  • PJamGrunge10
    PJamGrunge10 California Posts: 596
    Wow! That was actually the thing I least expected... the Dodgers SWEEPING the Cubs!

    I heard it on the radio on the way back from the USC game and it was such a relief...
    Stone Gossard...riffmeister extraordinaire!

    I am a man, I am advanced.....I am the first man to borrow Stone's leather pants!
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,238
    As they like to say on PTI - "I believe I had that." :D

    Game 1:
    imalive wrote:

    Derek Lowe really needs to pitch his ass off tonight. From what I hear, D Lowe's sinker is really working....he needs to keep it working. Game One is HUGE. If "we" can get Game One, I like "our" chances.

    Torre will out-manage Pinella. Lou is over-rated. He won a WS 18 years ago. BFD! His 116 win team in Seattle flamed out in the first round. He didn't do shit in Tampa. I hope he has those Cubbies "ready" like they were ready for AZ last year :D.

    What's up with Furcal? Is he ready to go? We need him.

    Fukodome is pedestrian, at best. You can't let Soriano go off.
    Only thing I missed here was overrating Fukodome as "pedestrian." He's not that good. Pinella was a mess. Now, maybe he understands "do or die"! :D

    Game 2:
    imalive wrote:



    23 of 28 teams winning Game One of the NLDS have gone on to win the thing. I like those odds. Zambrano may be shaky tonight. Let's hope so.
    Zambrano wasn't too shaky, but the defense sure was!
    imalive wrote:
    Let me spoil it for you.....Dodgers win; Biden wins. :p

    check and check.

    Game 3:
    imalive wrote:
    Let's say "SWEEP!!"

    Done! Looks like my week a Dodger fan is over (I think) :p. It's been bittersweet. Stay tuned.

    NICE JOB, MEN!!!!
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    good for them. as a yankees fan, i am so happy for joe torre. i also think it would be cool to see manny light up the sox in the world series. maybe a walkoff or something nice like that.
  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    [size=+2]Woo-Hoo!!!!!!!!

    YES!!!!!!!!!!

    That was FUN!!!
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    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • petrocs
    petrocs Posts: 4,342
    Gonna be a great series! Phils vs Dodgers...lets do it!
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • meistereder
    meistereder Posts: 1,577
    Hell yeah!

    How great was that? They played about as well as a team can play. Defense, pitching, timely hitting. Everything.

    Let's keep it going against the Phillies!
    San Diego 10/25/00, Mountain View 6/1/03, Santa Barbara 10/28/03, Northwest School 3/18/05, San Diego 7/7/06, Los Angeles 7/9/06, 7/10/06, Honolulu (U2) 12/9/06, Santa Barbara (EV) 4/10/08, Los Angeles (EV) 4/12/08, Hartford 6/27/08, Mansfield 6/28/08, VH1 Rock Honors The Who 7/12/08, Seattle 9/21/09, Universal City 9/30/09, 10/1/09, 10/6/09, 10/7/09, San Diego 10/9/09, Los Angeles (EV) 7/8/11, Santa Barbara (EV) 7/9/11, Chicago 7/19/13, San Diego 11/21/13, Los Angeles 11/23/13, 11/24/13, Oakland 11/26/13, Chicago 8/22/16, Missoula 8/13/18, Boston 9/2/18, Los Angeles 2/25/22 (EV), San Diego 5/3/22, Los Angeles 5/6/22, 5/7/22, Imola 6/25/22, Los Angeles 5/21/24, [London 6/29/24], [Boston 9/15/24]
  • ucsbledbetter
    ucsbledbetter Posts: 173
    Ok fair weather fans, time to bring out those Dodger flags! (sarcasm)

    I think the Dodgers are going to do what the Rockies did last year, smoke everyone until the Series and then get smoked! :) Lets just hope ESPN picks the Dodgers, O GOOD they did!
  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    ucsbledbetter wrote:
    Ok fair weather fans, time to bring out those Dodger flags! (sarcasm)

    I think the Dodgers are going to do what the Rockies did last year, smoke everyone until the Series and then get smoked! :)
    bite your tongue!!!
    My husband put down a bet in Vegas for the Dodgers to win back in July!
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • ucsbledbetter
    ucsbledbetter Posts: 173
    Lizard wrote:
    bite your tongue!!!
    My husband put down a bet in Vegas for the Dodgers to win back in July!

    maybe I am, but I do not see the AL losing the WS this year!
  • meistereder
    meistereder Posts: 1,577
    ucsbledbetter wrote:
    Ok fair weather fans, time to bring out those Dodger flags! (sarcasm)

    I think the Dodgers are going to do what the Rockies did last year, smoke everyone until the Series and then get smoked! :) Lets just hope ESPN picks the Dodgers, O GOOD they did!

    One thing Dodger fans are not -- is fair weather. Haven't won a series in 20 years and we still top the attendance records. And yeah, I know... We show up late for games. Well, I don't, but others do. I hate that too. But the truth is the freeways are dismal. You can't just take a subway to the game like you can in Chicago.
    San Diego 10/25/00, Mountain View 6/1/03, Santa Barbara 10/28/03, Northwest School 3/18/05, San Diego 7/7/06, Los Angeles 7/9/06, 7/10/06, Honolulu (U2) 12/9/06, Santa Barbara (EV) 4/10/08, Los Angeles (EV) 4/12/08, Hartford 6/27/08, Mansfield 6/28/08, VH1 Rock Honors The Who 7/12/08, Seattle 9/21/09, Universal City 9/30/09, 10/1/09, 10/6/09, 10/7/09, San Diego 10/9/09, Los Angeles (EV) 7/8/11, Santa Barbara (EV) 7/9/11, Chicago 7/19/13, San Diego 11/21/13, Los Angeles 11/23/13, 11/24/13, Oakland 11/26/13, Chicago 8/22/16, Missoula 8/13/18, Boston 9/2/18, Los Angeles 2/25/22 (EV), San Diego 5/3/22, Los Angeles 5/6/22, 5/7/22, Imola 6/25/22, Los Angeles 5/21/24, [London 6/29/24], [Boston 9/15/24]
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    i'm speechless.....:eek:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtaafSTzcDA

    :D:D:D
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,516
    meistereder wrote:
    One thing Dodger fans are not -- is fair weather. Haven't won a series in 20 years and we still top the attendance records. And yeah, I know... We show up late for games. Well, I don't, but others do. I hate that too. But the truth is the freeways are dismal. You can't just take a subway to the game like you can in Chicago.

    You live in an area where it's beautiful all the time, and is populated with over 8 million people. You better be in the tops in attendance. If tickets were so demanding they should easily be double what they are here in. Especially since the cost of living in LA is higher as well.
  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    cutback wrote:
    i'm speechless.....:eek:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtaafSTzcDA

    :D:D:D

    :eek: is right!! WTH? I could only get through 2-1/2 min. of it!!
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,821
    Anyone interested in my pair of tix for Game 5 (home game 3) at Dodger Stadium on Weds 10/15 at 5:30pm?
  • SoapMakesUTaller
    SoapMakesUTaller Posts: 230
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:
    Anyone interested in my pair of tix for Game 5 (home game 3) at Dodger Stadium on Weds 10/15 at 5:30pm?

    Where and how much?
  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    You live in an area where it's beautiful all the time, and is populated with over 8 million people. You better be in the tops in attendance. If tickets were so demanding they should easily be double what they are here in. Especially since the cost of living in LA is higher as well.

    It's not beautiful all the time in San Diego, Anaheim? By your logic those places should be tops in Attendance.

    Dodger fans are not fairweather and are loyal.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,821
    SoapMakesUTaller wrote:
    Where and how much?

    Loge 161 Row U I paid $160 for the pair.
  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,516
    rrivers wrote:
    It's not beautiful all the time in San Diego, Anaheim? By your logic those places should be tops in Attendance.

    Dodger fans are not fairweather and are loyal.

    Last time I checked Anaheim is.
  • walkunafraid
    walkunafraid Posts: 2,655
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    Last time I checked Anaheim is.

    Anaheim fans are the most fairweather fans in baseball. They were a laughingstock for years (decades?) until they won the World Series in 2002. Since then loads of "fans" have jumped on the bandwagon.

    Check out their attendance figures before/after 2002:

    1997: 1,767,330
    1998: 2,519,280
    1999: 2,253,040
    2000: 2,066,982
    2001: 2,001,319
    2002: 2,305,565

    2003: 3,061,094
    2004: 3,375,677
    2005: 3,404,686
    2006: 3,406,790
    2007 :3,365,632

    By contrast, the Dodgers hadn't won a playoff SERIES since 1988 (until this year), and have suffered through many terrible seasons, but their attendance has stayed high and consistent nonetheless:

    1997: 3,319,504
    1998: 3,089,222
    1999: 3,098,042
    2000: 2,880,242
    2001: 3,017,143
    2002: 3,131,077
    2003: 3,138,626
    2004: 3,488,283
    2005: 3,603,680
    2006: 3,758,421
    2007: 3,856,753

    Drawing 3 million+ fans in 10 out of 11 years despite a consistently unsuccessful team? That alone proves that Dodgers fans are NOT fairweather.

    And don't give me that "the weather is beautiful" business to explain why the Dodgers draw so many fans. Sit for an hour on any SoCal freeway and you'll know what an absolute sacrifice it is to even get to the stadium for a game.
    Everything has chains...Absolutely nothing's changed. - PJ

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