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  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    Solat13 wrote:
    I would doubt that. St. Louis is a tremendous baseball town. They love the Cardinals there. They have a big homefield advantage. Denver is more of a football and after the success of the Avalanche a hockey town than a baseball town.

    If they're anything like the Broncos fans of yore they're gonna be a factor. I suspect, this being the rare moment that it is there's gonna be a lot of extra-loudness.
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  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    gue_barium wrote:
    If they're anything like the Broncos fans of yore they're gonna be a factor. I suspect, this being the rare moment that it is there's gonna be a lot of extra-loudness.

    I agree they'll be loud, but being down 2-0 will take a good bit of life out of them. I'm more worried about the thin air and the huge outfield than the crowd.
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    Solat13 wrote:
    I agree they'll be loud, but being down 2-0 will take a good bit of life out of them. I'm more worried about the thin air and the huge outfield than the crowd.

    I think it's a clean slate for the home team. It should be interesting.

    Rootin' for the Sox, and a good Series overall.
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  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,434
    The home team winning the first two games of the World Series has resulted in them winning the series in the last 12 instances and 28 of 35 instances. the following is the breakdown:

    2005 Chicago White Sox (4)
    2004 Boston Red Sox (4)
    2001 Arizona Diamondbacks (7)
    2000 New York Yankees (5)
    1999 Yankees (4)
    1998 Yankees (4)
    1995 Braves (6)
    1991 Minnesota (7)
    1990 Cincinnati (4)
    1989 Oakland (4)
    1988 Dodgers (5)
    1987 Twins (7)
    1980 Phillies (6)
    1976 Reds (4)
    1954 Giants (4)
    1953 Yankees (6)
    1947 Yankees (7)
    1939 Yankees (4)
    1937 Yankees (5)
    1932 Yankees (4)
    1930 Athletics (6)
    1928 Yankees (4)
    1923 Giants (4)
    1919 Reds (8)
    1917 White Sox (6)
    1916 Red Sox (5)
    1910 Athletics (5)
    1907 Cubs (4)

    note 1911-1913, 1908, 1906, 1905 road team alternated


    winning the first two at home but lost the series

    1981 - Yankees three straight 1-run losses in Los Angeles lost in six
    1978 - Dodgers lost in six to Yankees
    1971 - Orioles lost in seven to Pirates
    1965 - Twins lost in seven to Dodgers
    1958 - Braves lost in seven to Yankees
    1956 - Dodgers lost in seven to Yankees
    1955 - Yankees lost in seven to Dodgers

    road team winning the first 2

    1996 - braves lost in six to Yankees
    1986 - red sox lost in seven to Mets
    1985 - cardinals lost in seven to Royals
    1972 Oakland won in seven over Reds
    1970 Orioles swept Reds
    1966 Orioles swept Dodgers
    1963 Dodgers swept Dodgers
    1950 Yankees swept Phillies
    1938 Yankees swept Cubs
    1929 Athletics won in five over Cubs
    1927 Yankees swept Pirates
    1914 Braves swept Athletics
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • NOCODE#1
    NOCODE#1 Posts: 1,477
    can we please designate the NL as triple a

    its a joke

    it took a mistake riddled tigers team to give the cards a title last year.
    Let's not be negative now. Thumper has spoken
  • Indifference
    Indifference Posts: 2,759
    good morning read:

    http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=ApsLowasxjAwQME_hma9W145nYcB?slug=dw-fenway102507&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

    SHOW COUNT: (170) 1990's=3, 2000's=53, 2010/20's=114, US=124, CAN=15, Europe=20 ,New Zealand=4, Australia=5
    Mexico=1, Colombia=1 



  • gvn2fly12
    gvn2fly12 Posts: 795
    SOX in 5, they are playing great ball, I would sit Ortiz in Denver and keep Yuke in he brings great D and his bat is just as strong as pappys at the moment.


    Lets Go Red Sox
    Arms wide open with the sea as my floor.
  • THC
    THC Posts: 525
    Okajima has been filthy....
    i say..."Okajima should get MVP of that game"...two seconds later...they announced that he was...lol
    “Kept in a small bowl, the goldfish will remain small. With more space, the fish can grow double, triple, or quadruple its size.”
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,230
    The Red Sox held their homecourt now let's see what they'll do in the thin air. Also what they'll do with the designated hitter desisions. Let's hope they make the right ones with Youk, Ortiz and who plays 3rd.

    With that said, Now Let's Go Sox one game at a time. :)

    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)


  • Flannel Shirt
    Flannel Shirt Posts: 1,021
    g under p wrote:
    The Red Sox held their homecourt now let's see what they'll do in the thin air.

    I have a feeling a few baseballs will be orbiting the earth by Monday.

    I would never sit Ortiz. Never. The only time Yuk beats out Ortiz is if a lefty starts. Then, maybe.
    All that's sacred, comes from youth....dedications, naive and true.
  • NOCODE#1
    NOCODE#1 Posts: 1,477
    only team to ever win the series with over a 100 million dollar payroll?

    sox


    not the the yankees

    and were about to do it again
    Let's not be negative now. Thumper has spoken
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,230
    NOCODE#1 wrote:
    only team to ever win the series with over a 100 million dollar payroll?

    sox


    not the the yankees

    and were about to do it again

    Cool but let's not count our eggs before they're hatched, remember the 2004 ACLS Yankees.

    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)


  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,434
    Indifference wrote:
    good morning read:

    http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=ApsLowasxjAwQME_hma9W145nYcB?slug=dw-fenway102507&prov=yhoo&type=lgns


    I read that and it was interesting. Not that I'm necessarily going to a stadium to eat but it is a nice when the food options are not just the standard hot dog, pretzel and peanuts. It's nice to see that variety in an older place like Fenway as that's something you tend to see in some of the newer parks (San Francisco and Baltimore from my experience)
    Reading 2004
    Albany 2006 Camden 2006 E. Rutherford 2, 2006 Inglewood 2006,
    Chicago 2007
    Camden 2008 MSG 2008 MSG 2008 Hartford 2008.
    Seattle 2009 Seattle 2009 Philadelphia 2009,Philadelphia 2009 Philadelphia 2009
    Hartford 2010 MSG 2010 MSG 2010
    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
    Wrigley Field 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Brooklyn 2013 Philadelphia 2, 2013
    Philadelphia 1, 2016 Philadelphia 2 2016 New York 2016 New York 2016 Fenway 1, 2016
    Fenway 2, 2018
    MSG 2022
    St. Paul, 1, St. Paul 2 2023
    MSG 2024, MSG 2024
    Philadelphia 2024
    "I play good, hard-nosed basketball.
    Things happen in the game. Nothing you
    can do. I don't go and say,
    "I'm gonna beat this guy up."
  • NOCODE#1
    NOCODE#1 Posts: 1,477
    “We honestly as a team believe that we do feel we belong here,” shortstop Troy Tulowitzki said Friday before the Rockies’ workout. “They’ve played better than us these first two games and that’s why they’re up, 2-0. But we belong here and now it’s time to go out and show some people.


    :rolleyes:
    Let's not be negative now. Thumper has spoken
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,230
    Indifference wrote:
    good morning read:

    http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=ApsLowasxjAwQME_hma9W145nYcB?slug=dw-fenway102507&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
    But the seats were – and still are – small, the bathrooms inadequate and there was always a chance you might sit behind a pole or something.

    I can recall in the 80's-90's when used to buy standing room only to watch a game or behind a pole just to see the Sox play. I even sat near some people who sat under a toilet or restroom above that dripped down everytime someone flushed upstairs.

    It was hideous, I wished they could add more seats so when I come to town I can get a ticket without having to give up a arm and a leg.

    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)


  • ryan198
    ryan198 Posts: 1,015
    g under p wrote:
    I can recall in the 80's-90's when used to buy standing room only to watch a game or behind a pole just to see the Sox play. I even sat near some people who sat under a toilet or restroom above that dripped down everytime someone flushed upstairs.

    It was hideous, I wished they could add more seats so when I come to town I can get a ticket without having to give up a arm and a leg.

    Peace
    Dude the raise in ticket prices is the sox management's response to the republic of Mass not subsidizing a new stadium for them...you could look it up. So essentially management is saying "fuck you your paying" to the fans who said "fuck you we're not paying". Anyway the whole thing comes down to economics and how Ronald Regan, the World Bank, and the IMF have ruined everything in our lives including baseball.
  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    And for a little humor before tonight's game:

    http://www.theonion.com/content/news/red_sox_attempt_to_break_fabled
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • Solat13
    Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    Well, the rout is on already. Even Dice K getting 2 rbis!!!

    Wow!!!
    - Busted down the pretext
    - 8/28/98
    - 9/2/00
    - 4/28/03, 5/3/03, 7/3/03, 7/5/03, 7/6/03, 7/9/03, 7/11/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03
    - 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04
    - 9/11/05, 9/12/05, 9/13/05, 9/30/05, 10/1/05, 10/3/05
    - 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 5/30/06, 6/1/06, 6/3/06, 6/23/06, 7/22/06, 7/23/06, 12/2/06, 12/9/06
    - 8/2/07, 8/5/07
    - 6/19/08, 6/20/08, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 7/1/08
    - 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 9/21/09, 9/22/09, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    - 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 10/23/10, 10/24/10
    - 9/11/11, 9/12/11
    - 10/18/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 11/30/13, 12/4/13
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,230
    Dice K helps himself with a HUGE hit. Manny was out and slowed himself with that flip of his hat and a misstep rounding 3rd.

    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)


  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,230
    Big inning, now D-K needs to shut em down right away.


    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)


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