phipark

You should be scared. I know that Mueller and Cabrera have such accurate arms that Oritz will never have to dig any out of the dirt.

This is also with the assumption that Mueller can actually get a ball in his glove.

Always Dirty

As a sox fan I completely understand. Next three games are going to be tough. Hopefully we'll take one of them and be able to close it out at home. Hopefully.

EdgarFanCLS

In case any of you nuts or your friends are looking to hit up a world series game, I heard about this on WAAF this morning.

http://www.targetsport.com/redsox/index.html
$1699/person for roundtrip airfare to St. Louis. 1 ticket to game 4. 1 night's lodging. WAAF-hosted pre-party.

More than I would ever pay, even considering what is included, but I know how crazy some of the Red Sox fans are. Didn't know if any of you guys or your friends were looking to find a way to a game.

Hobo

im going tomarrow night, and we will win

phipark

bastard, all these people going, did you get them through the lottery thing online?

Always Dirty

That's actually the cheapest I've seen tickets anywhere, EdgarFanCLS. Unfortunately, anything over $200 is out of my price range.

phipark

my price range tops out at about $200 too. Even tickets here aren't going for less than $500.

Always Dirty

I could actually talk the gf into it if the game was in Hawaii or something, but St. Louis isn't going to fly. No offense of course. I wouldn't pay that to go to Boston if I lived out there either.

esCarbonie

you guys shouldnt worry too much. Ortiz IS a 1st baseman after all, people are talking as though he's playing the position for the first time. we still have Mienkavewitzchkezen (sp?) for the late innnings, and Ortiz can MORE than make up for an error or two with one swing of the stick

big Papi pwmnZ jew

Hobo

my dad's office has season tickets, and i happened to be in his good graces so i get a seat !! im so excited my first WS

tmk70

Big to that. I'm so tired of hearing it on ALL the sports shows too...as if Ortiz is in a cram class right now learning what a "glove" is. He's actually not bad either...no worse than Millar.

GreenMonster

A little... He wasn't that bad last year and at the beginning of this year. He can play the position, just don't look for any Mientkiewicz type plays...

tmk70

But...again, is he REALLY any worse than Millar? I don't think so.

GreenMonster

Probably about equal... I have as much confindance in Ortiz as Millar...

The problem with Ortiz is that with his walk off hits and homeruns, Francona isn't gonna pull Ortiz for Mientkiewicz for defense in the late innings (like he would with Millar). Ortiz is gonna play the whole game at 1st just in case his bat is needed in extra innings...

I'm more worried about the Cards having home field advantage. The Cards are like 6-0 at home during the playoffs. Maybe they just like homecooked meals

I wonder if Pedro gets pitched inside tonight... (high and tight, and say goodnight)...

tmk70

Pedro pitches a 6 inning one run game tonight. Bank on it.

Bulldog01

You couldn't pay me to hang out with those AAF dorks.

Always Dirty

I don't think he has pissed off too many people in the NL, at least not in years. Umps would (hopefully) be all over it. He doesn't even take it seriously when he bats, just kind of laughs it off. Hope he's been working on his bunts.

Supposedly there's an 80% chance of rain tonight. Any of you MOs have any info?

phipark

how much bank?

tmk70

Supposed to completely stop by 9 pm.

phipark

yeah, 80% chance of thunderstorms tonight.

Scrib

yeh... looks like rain throughout the day and into the evening...

phipark

Scattered storms through midnight I beleive.

tmk70

They will play unless it's torrential...they have a schedule to keep.

phipark

the Cards have already played in the rain here against the Astros.

Always Dirty

But all bets are off with t-storms. A delay would benefit the Cards too - get Williams another day of rest.

Bulldog01

Cuz he pitched so well in Game 1.

Always Dirty

None of the Cardinal pitching staff makes me nervous, which is a good thing.

Bulldog01

I wouldn't be particularly nervous if I were a Sox fan, either.

phipark

yeah yeah yeah

Some of the guys will pull something out of their ass once in awhile, like Suppan. Morris better be gone next year. Woody just needs to retire. Carpenter needs to get his ass on the mound asap.

phipark

FYI...it's raining pretty good here right now.

esCarbonie

Carpenter cant bitch he's a bum

phipark

bitch or pitch?

tmk70

He's a bitch who can't pitch.

phipark

DANG!!

I don't know about the bitch part, but he proved this season that he can pitch. Numbers don't lie.

15-5
3.46 ERA

Bulldog01

He pitched well in Toronto for a year or two, then fell apart. Of course, many people expected him to be dominant for years.

phipark

Good article: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/fallcl...jim&id=1909695

phipark

ST. LOUIS -- And now the World Series shifts to St. Louis and Busch Stadium. The Red Sox will find it an odd site for baseball in that no one will be yelling "You Suck!'' at them.


It's a different atmosphere in St. Louis. Boston and St. Louis both are two of the best baseball cities and their fans are well known for their passion. Cardinals fans, however, are different from Red Sox fans, famous for being the most polite and supportive in the game. You'll hear Cardinals fans booing anyone at Busch Stadium about as often as you'll hear Red Sox fans praising Derek Jeter at Fenway Park.


That's not the only way the two fans are different. Here's how they stack up:




St. Louis fans wouldn't think of attending a game without wearing a bright red t-shirt emblazoned with the familiar Cardinals logo across the chest. Red Sox fans wouldn't think of attending a game without wearing a beer-stained white t-shirt cheaply silk-screened with the familiar words, "Jeter Sucks!'' across the chest.


Cardinals fans ease their tensions before big games by toppling the pins at the Bowling Hall of Fame across the street from Busch Stadium, Red Sox fans ease their tensions after big games by turning over cars and setting them ablaze in nearby Kenmore Square.


During World Series games, Cardinals fans eagerly look forward to seeing the majestic Budweiser Clydesdales parade around the outfield. During World Series games, Red Sox fans dread seeing Manny Ramirez stumble across the outfield.


Red Sox fans join together between innings late in the game to sing and sway along to that well-known, long-established baseball anthem, Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline.'' Cardinals fans join together during the seventh inning to enjoy that inspiring American anthem, the Budweiser jungle.


Red Sox fans can look at their beautiful 92-year-old ballpark, a registered national historic landmark, and reflect on how it is where Babe Ruth pitched, where Ted Williams hit .406 and where Yaz patrolled the wall. Cardinals fans can look at their stadium that is scheduled for demolition and reflect on how it is where the tarp machine attacked Vince Coleman.


When a St. Louis batter homers, Cardinals fans demand that he come out for a curtain call. When a Red Sox pitcher allows a homer in a crucial situation, Boston fans demand that he move out of the state.


Cardinals fans hear the name Jack Buck and sigh with cherished memories of the man who broadcast so many of the greatest moments in team history. Red Sox fans hear the name Bucky Dent and break into hives.


Cardinals fans can sit in a tram and see the field from the top of one of America's most famous landmarks -- the Gateway Arch. Red Sox fans can sit in seats and see the field from the top of America's most beloved landmark -- the Green Monster.


St. Louis fans fondly recall the days when their shortstop took the field by performing a back flip. Boston fans fondly recall flipping New York shortstops the bird.


Red Sox fans get to listen to Steven Tyler and James Taylor play the national anthem before World Series games. Cardinals fans get to listen to Stan Musial playing the harmonica.


And the biggest difference between Red Sox and Cardinals fans ...


When Red Sox fans don't like an opposing player, they chant, "You suck!'' On the few occasions when an opponent irritates St. Louis fans, they chant, "You're not very nice!''

Always Dirty

F23A4

good one!!

Always Dirty

This doesn't have anything to do with the WS, other than it's about Mirabelli (and Nomar - a bit dated), but I got it in an email the other day and found it highly amusing for some reason. No idea where it came from.

A Day in the Life of Doug Mirabelli

9:00 Shakes off the cobwebs and gets out of bed
9:01 lets out blistering fart and takes 90 second
piss on his hands- farts 5 more times
9:03 drinks 3 raw eggs Rocky Balboa style and opens the fridge
9:05 take out leftovers from the Kowloon pupu platter for 3 he picked up last night
9:15 grunts at his wife and gives his kids 20 bucks each to leave him alone
9:17 takes a dump
9:22 sings Van Halen in the shower
9:25 shaves and leaves his goatee
9:30 takes 35 vicious cuts with his bat naked in front of the
mirror-screams out loud "Dougie is going deep tonight"
9:45 puts on his cowboy boots and tight jeans and tanktop and gets
ready to leave

9:50 grunts at his wife and kids and tells them he'll see them tomorrow
9:57 pulls onto Rt 1 with Led Zeppelin blaring- cuts three people
off-gives the finger to all three people
10:15 pulls into Fenway park-tells clubhouse parking attendant to make sure he blocks Nomar in
10:16 puts the kid in a headlock and threatens the kid and his families' life
if there is one scratch on his truck
10:22 walks into clubhouse and calls Nomar a ho-mo for the the first time time today and 350th time this month- asks Nomar if he misses his boyfriend Lou
Merloni
10:27 takes a shiit- leaves door open and yells at anyone who walks by
10:30 gives Nomar a deadleg and calls him a homo
10:33 stuffs Derek Lowe in a locker and pisses on him
10:37 goes through a 10 minute hand shake with his boy Tim Wakefield
10:45 takes Pokey's headphones off and steps on them- says until he is hitting .250-no music.

10:50 Francona walks by and Dougie cuts him off and says "Is Dougie
DHing the first game "
10:51 Francona runs and hides behind Schilling
10:55 Dougie tells Trot if he played 162 Games his numbers would look
like this : 375 72 Hr's 52 Doubles 9 Singles 6 Walks 220 K'S
11:17 writes back response to to fan's Letter "Hey P* ssy, I don't wear
batting gloves because they are for p* ssies like your boyfriend Nomar "
11:30 Walks out to batting pratice with a tantkop on

11:45 after no stretching steps into the cage- ignores the 5 bunts
standard procedure
11:47 takes 25 cuts- hits 17 over the monster and misses the other 8
11:48 calls the batting practice pitcher a homo and tells him to go bang Nomar for mixing in a curveball after Dougie hit one onto the pike
11:55 Tackles Nomar and gives him wedgie- calls him a pickle smoker
12:00 Dougie's daily order of Double Chicken Parm from Joe Tecci's arrives

12:07 Dougie finishes Chicken Parm and pours the rest of his sauce into
Nomar's locker
12:15 Tito posts lineup- Dougie sees he is not the DH-Calls Francona a
pussy. Francona runs behind Schilling
12:25 Dougie gets naked and takes 25 swings in front of the clubhouse
mirror- announcing "Dougie is going deep tonight "
12:45 Takes a shit- uses Nomar's 350 dollar silk shirt to wipe his ass
1:05 game starts - Dougie tells Francona he is not going to the bullpen to warm up pitchers. Francona hides behind Schilling

1:25 Dougie annouces he is ready to pinch hit in the bottom of the first
for Nomar.
1:45 Abe Alvarez comes in- Dougie tells him he sucks and will back at Trenton (minor league) by 7 tonight
1:55 Dougies 4 fenway franks arrive- pays with Nomar's credit card
2:15 finishes shopping with Nomars credit card- maxed it out at Auto Zone 2:30 dozes off

3:30 sees they are losing and goes back to the dugout and tells whole
team they suck except for him and Wakefield
3:33 annouces himself ready to pinch hit
4:30 sox lose game- Dougie tells Francona he should have DH'ed him-Francona runs away
5:00 Dougie tells Nomar singles are for pussies
5:30 Dougie takes Batting Practice again- refuses to bunt
5:33 Dougie hit 22 pitches over the wall 11 fair- 11 foul- all pulled-
he missed 15 pitches
6:00 Dougie see name in lineup- calls Fancona a pussy for batting him 9th - Francona hides behind Schilling
6:05 Dougie demands to bat cleanup
6:25 announces that Dougie is going deep tonight
6:30 dinner arrives- 2 steaks from the Capital Grille- Dougie pours steak juice into Nomar's locker- makes Derek Lowe eat the fat

6:35 Dougie gives D Lowe an atomic wedgie
7:00 tells Wakefield the show some balls tonight and don't throw anything in the dirt
7:10 scoreless first- Dougie tells Francona it must be the catching
7:25 Dougie tells fans in on deck circle he is going deep
7:27 Dougie screams at pitcher- tells him he is a pussy and he is taking him deep

7:30 Dougie hits bomb off the wall- coasts into second. almost gets thrown out
7:31 tells pitcher his fastball sucks- tells shortstop and second baseman that he didn't get all of it-
8:15 Dougie ropes a rocket to third- third baseman takes all day and still turns
a double play on Dougie-
8:16 fans boo Dougie
8:17 Dougie tells family of 4 to fuck off and steals some kids hot dog on way to dugout

8:18 Dougie is tired and is happy he it into a doubleplay- he did not
want to run the bases anymore
9:10 Dougie strikes out on inside pitch after crushing 4 foul home runs- calls pitcher, catcher and ump all pussies
9:30 9th inning - Dougie is exhausted- walks out to the mound and calls Embree a pussy and tells him to just bring the heat- Dougie wants
to get home
9:50 Dougie showers- and walks around the clubhouse naked- tells the Globe's Dan Shaugnessy and Gordon Edes to blow him-
9:55 Dougie shaves - and leaves a goatee
10:00 Knocks Nomar off his exercise bike- calls him a homo singles hitter and leaves clubhouse
10:10 cuts off 4 redsox fans- gives the bird to everyone near him
10:25 arrives at Kowloon Chinese Restaurant on Rt 1
10:45 sits down at bar and digs into his pupu platter for 3
12:00 stumbles home and parks truck on the front lawn- goes for a dip in his
above ground pool

12:10 leaves tighty whitey's on his neighboor's windshield
12:15 walks into house naked and screams "who saw my bomb I hit tonite???" 12:30 wakes up whole neighborhood
12:45 takes 35 swings naked and orders porn
12:55 pulls out bucket of KFC and gets ready for movie
1:15 Dougie passes out on couch