Now I can't wait to see what else this series might bring. Embarrassing blowouts? I'd love to see Cliff Lee or Andy Pettitte go up in flames. Horribly blown calls at critical moments? Even better. An anticlimactic Game 7? I'll take it. Whatever happens, that knife's got to twist. That's the only way my satisfaction at watching one team burn can overcome my disgust at watching the other team advance. From now on, I'm not cheering for anything but catastrophe.
I mentioned that the distinction between "aggressive" and "stupid" baserunning, in the language of Ron Darling, depends on whether it worked on not. Strange how the Rangers' baserunning turned from "aggressive" into "stupid" in just a few days. Ron and Buck credited baserunning for their ALDS-clinching win, but when the breaks didn't go their way (Nelson Cruz bailing a wild pitcher out of a bases-loaded jam, Ian Kinsler getting picked off as the tying run with nobody out in the ninth), Darling and Smoltz were all over those "bad decisions." Without context, which they never bother to consider, it's a total ex post facto judgment. But Angels fans wouldn't know anything about bad baserunning.
On the other hand, OMG!! BRETTGARDNER SLIDEINTO1B PLAYER-OF-THE-GAME!!1! Craig Sager grabbed the little rodent just to applaud him for his dirty jersey in the postgame interview. Sure, congratulate the guy on grounding out weakly to the left side and benefiting from the pitcher being late to cover the bag. He improved the Yankees' chances by 3% on that play. The things this broadcast crew choose to admire just seem random to me. They were applauding A-Rod for nearly committing an error earlier in the game, as if he were somehow responsible for the ball landing within reach after missing it with his glove. At least their dismay when CC purged the contents of his second stomach on the mound was enjoyable. John and Ron might be puzzling over that one for awhile, if puzzling didn't require thought, that is.
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Here is Missus Halofan's description of the game:
The whole time she kept thinking two things:
1. If any team can come back, it’s these Yankees.
2. We used to be like that but it’s been a long time.
Rev Halofan - October 16, 2010
Surely the craziest thing about this game (and I didn't watch it)
is that Dustin freaking Moseley got the W!
Matt UK - October 16, 2010
I am so conflicted about this series
On the one hand, I despise Fox Sports and I would wish a Giants-Rangers World Series upon them, just so when they try to promote their upcoming show “Celebrity Pap Smear” by showing a trio of disinterested stars perched in some of the best seats in the house, the only folks watching will be the fans in SF and Dallas.
Then again, it gave me untold pleasure to watch the Rangers absolutely implode, in front of the home fans, no less.
I suppose my plan will be to root for the Yankees to win—a soul-crushing defeat in the ALCS can really mess with the Rangers’ collective head in 2011—and then root for the Phillies to take the Yankees to school—Halladay, Oswalt and Hamels mowing down the Yankees.
George Kaplan - October 16, 2010
Damn
I stopped watching when I figured the Rangers had the game wrapped up…
ryanfea - October 16, 2010
Moseley
FTW, literally.
ttsec - October 16, 2010
I'm with you all in being conflicted
It was also highly entertaining to watch the shit hit the fan for Texas in the 8th. I will definitely be cheering for catastrophe in all of its glorious forms for the rest of this series…
Big Easy Halofan - October 16, 2010
Jeremy Moore is 4 for 6 with a HR and 3 RBI in today's AFL game.
Everyone got a lot of hits (BWood, 2, including one 3B).
Moore is playing CF, he has hit in every AFL game so far, he bats left handed, and leads the league in stolen bases (6).
You know he’s gonna be in AAA in 2011, potentially one year away from MLB.
One has to pause, just for a moment, to wonder if it’s the wisest thing in the world to pay CCrawford (probably) 5/$90MM to play LF for the Angels, possibly blocking forever what might be a decent major league baseball outfielder.
wumbug - October 26, 2010
Somehow...........wrong thread.
wumbug - October 26, 2010
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