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A Few Fall Classics You Could Fall For

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edited September 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
There are only 20 days left in the baseball season and teams are jockeying for position. Or is that just Dustin Pedroia? Anyway, we thought it would be a good time to look ahead to the Fall Classic and ask: What matchup would you like to see in the World Series?


A Few Fall Classics You Can Fall For

#1 Cubs-White Sox


This list is all about wishful thinking, so it's only appropriate that those lovable-loser Cubbies make multiple appearances. Of course, not everyone is hoping the team actually goes all the way -- one member of our crack staff said this matchup would present "a chance to see Cubs fans crushed in a really painful way." Spoken like somebody who might not hail from the north side of the Windy City. And, indeed, losing to the White Sox in the World Series would put Cubs fans in a deep, deep dish of hurt, for a number of reasons. For one thing, the Cubs haven't so much as been to a World Series since 1945, and it was so long ago when they last won it, the plague of injuries they suffered the next season really was the plague. So losing to anyone and extending their jinx to more than a hundred years would be hard to take for Cubs fans. But losing to their hated cross-town rival would just about make them want to commit hara-kiri (which, trust us, is a lot worse than committing Harry Caray). There's no doubt that Chicago is the site of baseball's most intense interleague rivalry -- Mets-Yankees lost its juice ages ago, and anyway, those teams already had it out in a not-so-thrilling Fall Classic. Just think back to former Cub Michael Barrett slugging the White Sox' A.J. Pierzynski a couple of years ago. (That sighing sound you just heard was legions of Pierzynski-haters in happy reminiscence.) And there's no reason to think the bad blood would just be on the field; mouthy Sox Manager Ozzie Guillén would surely treat Cubs counterpart Lou Piniella like Lou Piñata, with Piniella offering bleep-heavy barbs right back. Yup, what an enjoyable World Series that would be. Too bad the Cubs' accursed luck will inevitably get in the way. Hey, don't take our word for it -- ask Carlos Zambrano's shoulder.


#2 Cubs-Red Sox I'd love see this match up


Did anyone say "curse"? Much like their Chicagoan partners in hosiery, the Red Sox recently ended an epic stretch of championship deprivation. Think Bostonians would feel bad if their team had to be the one to continue the Cubs' misery? We don't think so, either. Commissioner Bud Selig could even add extra spice to this affair by declaring that the winning organization would be able to officially lay claim to the "coolest stadium in baseball."

#3 Brewers-Rays


All right, let's take a break from Chicago, and indeed all the major markets, and throw some love toward the little guys. Certainly, plenty of folks are looking forward to seeing the Rays inject some new blood into the postseason, and who better to battle for the title than the newly resurgent Brew Crew? Plus, playing at the Trop will be the closest Milwaukee's Prince Fielder ever comes to a catwalk.

#4 Dodgers-Red Sox This one too


The intrigue would be endless: You'd have Joe Torre managing a high-stakes series against Boston, minus the pinstripes but accompanied by former Sox luminaries Nomar Garciaparra, Derek Lowe and, oh yes, one Manuel Aristides Ramírez. Manny being Manny being the enemy would make for great theater, not to mention prompting thought-provoking questions such as this from our crack staff: "Do you think they would let Manny into the Green Monster to use the restroom . . . or would they strategically lock him out and make him hold it?"

#5 Cubs-Rays


A loss to the White Sox would be more painful, but a loss to Tampa Bay might be more appropriate. After all, the Cubs' last two flirtations with glory ended with defeats at the less-than-storied hands of the Padres (1984) and the Marlins (2003). The Rays would have won it all in Year 11, while Cubs fans would be bravely shouting, "Wait till Year 101!"

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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    It'll be some underdog and a powerhouse. After last nights game the RAYS are looking tougher as we go here.

    We shall see by the 17th how far the RAYS will go.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • pjsteelerfanpjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,903
    I really hope its the brewers vs. the rays. MLB, ESPN, and FOX( Ithink they have the World Series this year) would all be so pissed off.
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    It won't the usual suspects this year.

    Peace
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    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • xavier mcdanielxavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,308
    I could fall for any World Series. Regardless of who plays it's the World Series.

    FOX would like all those matchups except for the Brewers-Rays. They'd love the Mets-Red Sox series also.
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    I could fall for any World Series. Regardless of who plays it's the World Series.

    FOX would like all those matchups except for the Brewers-Rays. They'd love the Mets-Red Sox series also.

    A major maket will certainly help their ratings.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • bryn_cmbsbryn_cmbs Posts: 407
    I'd love see Red Sox-Cubs or Red Sox-Dodgers.
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  • IgivesuchgoodparadymIgivesuchgoodparadym Posts: 924
    g under p wrote:
    It'll be some underdog and a powerhouse. After last nights game the RAYS are looking tougher as we go here.

    We shall see by the 17th how far the RAYS will go.

    Peace

    Hahaha. I read your response and then realized you're also the OP of this thread. It's like you responded to yourself. That was funny.
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    freeway series!!! :D
  • Fighting HellfishFighting Hellfish Posts: 3,170
    well, with my team pushing daisies up out of the ground, I'm intrigued by this. I agree with Xavier Mcdaniel though...whoever is in it, I'll be watching. Just to see how Arod can upstage the WS this year. maybe he'll reveal he's been having an affair with Elton John.....

    I'd say anything with the Rays wold be interesting. It would have the entire country riveted, except of course for Tampa Bay. It'd be the first ever WS game played in front of crickets and tumbleweed. Imagine TB/Cubs, with Lou back in Tampa. you'd either have the end of the billygoat hex, or a team that was largely considered a joke for it's entire history win the WS

    Chicago/Chicago would be fun, like you mentioned. I wonder how that would do in the ratings. Obviously, it would get a 98 share in Chicago. Are there enough people that are Cubs fans/baseball historians/hex watchers that woudl tune in to watch outside of Chicago?

    Boston/LA would be fascinating, as much as I do not want to see Boston or any team with that disgrace Manny ramirez on it in the WS. There would be so many storylines, not just Manny. Torre vs Boston, for the first time against each other in the WS. All the ex-Sox currently on the Dodgers, esp. the 2004 guys, plus Nomar.

    LA vs. LAA---again, a nightmare for Fox. Except here, they'd probably get a 20% share in LA, and a 2% outside of LA. maybe they could make it so that only the winner gets to bill themselves as a LA team.

    Mets/Sox---1986 rematch

    Mets/Twins---Santana vs The Twins, and Liriano
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,454
    cutback wrote:
    freeway series!!! :D
    For sure!! The I-294 Freeway! :D:D
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    imalive wrote:
    For sure!! The I-294 Freeway! :D:D

    :p


    anyone ever see the movie 'taking care of business'? jim belushi wins tickets to the world series and breaks out of prison to go to the game....the teams?

    cubs vs angels

    :D
  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    xavier mcdaniel wrote:
    I could fall for any World Series. Regardless of who plays it's the World Series.

    FOX would like all those matchups except for the Brewers-Rays. They'd love the Mets-Red Sox series also.

    Ahhh 1986 Redux

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