World Series Picks 4 teh Win!

[HaemishM]

Red Sox vs Cardinals

Results from Round 2

Shannow - 6-0 - (0-2 on # of games played)
Rasix - 5-1 - (2-0 on # of games played)
HaemishM - 5-1 - (1-1 on # of games played)
WayAbvPar - 5-1 - (1-1 on # of games played)
SirBruce - 5-1 - (0-2 on # of games played)
Zaphkiel - 5-1 - (0-2 on # of games played)
Shaftoe - 5-1 - (0-2 on # of games played)
Ardent - 4-2 - (0-2 on # of games played)
DarkDryad - 4-2 - (0-2 on # of games played)
Kenrick - 4-2 - (0-2 on # of games played)
Nebu - 4-2 - (0-2 on # of games played)
Paelos - 3-3 - (0-2 on # of games played)

I'm ranking the ties based on # of games picked correctly. In order to count the number of games correctly, you must have picked the correct team as well. By this tally, only the top 4 could realistically win, and only if they all pick the correct team AND number of games. Shannow is the favorite, and Rasix is the challenger, with myself or Way being an outside shot.

Let the picking begin!

[HaemishM]

Red Sox in 7

Yes, I predict the Sawks will break the curse, just to spit on the grave of this year's Yankee team. Suppan surprised me last night, but I don't think he'll be able to take down a tough Boston offense.

[Rasix]

Hmm.. should I wait and see what Shannow picks? Heh.

[Paelos]

I would like a grief title for being the worst at this ever.

Cards in 5.

[Shannow]

Sox in 6. Just so we can win it all at home.

[WayAbvPar]

Cardinals in 7.

I am rooting for the Sox, but I need to make up ground on Shannow the Greek over here.

[Zaphkiel]

Red Sox vs Cardinals

   Cards in 5

[schild]

I would like a grief title for being the worst at this ever.

Your wish is granted.

[Paelos]

Ah excellent, and so very true.

[Shannow]

Shannow the Greek

If I win I want that. heh.

'Who do you think you are?!'

'Im Nick the Greek'

[Joe]

Son of a bitch. I'm not picking. Every team I've picked/rooted for has lost up to this point, so fuck it.

Go Cards.

[Shaftoe]

Home field advantage = Sawks in 7!

The power of the curse weakens as Barry "Roid" Bonds approaches the Babe's HR total.  And so my goat-hating Cubs can live on in baseball infamy, alone.

[SirBruce]

Umm, I picked the right number of games for Yankees - Red Sox, just the wrong team.  Or does the number of games not count unless you get the team right as well?

Anyway, Cards in 7.  Also, I think the World Series winner should be worth double points.

Bruce

[Ardent]

Well, since I'm 4-2, I might as well go with what the universe is telling me and predict that's how the Series will go.

Cardinals in 6.

[Rasix]

My heart says Sox in 6, but my desire to perhaps win and prevent Bruce from having a chance to win says Cards in 7.  So, Cards in 7 it is.

[HaemishM]

Umm, I picked the right number of games for Yankees - Red Sox, just the wrong team.  Or does the number of games not count unless you get the team right as well?

I figured you gotta get the team and number of games right for credit.

I'll think about double points for the World Series winner if he picks the right team AND right number of games.

[Moroni]

Complete farting in the wind, but this is going to be a sweep. I do not know who, though.

Cards/Sox in 4.

[Ubiq]

It's so clearly going to be the Sox in six.  I don't even know why you guys are debating it.

[pack1112]

I wouldnt be suprised to see the sox win in 7 since they had lost 2 times to the yanks in the playoffs and beat them the third time round.  They were also two other examples that i cant think of atm, but this would be time number 3..

[Biobanger]

Sox in 5

[jonnytx]

Oh well, it would have been nice to watch Clemens help sweep the Red Sox. I guess the Cards in 4 will do.

maybe next year

[SirBruce]

Cards pitching has sucked major ass so far.  They should have won game 1... they had plenty of offense, but they gave the Sox too many chances.  (One could argue the Sox gave the Cards too many chances too, only the Sox were still lucky enough to come out on top.)

Sox defense has been atrocious.  Unfortunately, the Cards still didn't win those games, so they may have missed an opportunity.

At this point I think we'll see a 3 game sweep at home for the Cards to make the series 3-2.

Bruce

[Shannow]

The Soup and Marquis aren't exactly 'stoppers' ya know. If the Sox offence stays hot in Busch then the Cards are in serious trouble.

[DarkDryad]

Cards in 6

[Paelos]

As soon as I picked Cards in 5 you people should have been running to the Sox like rats from a sinking ship. I am the anti-picker right now. BOW DOWN TO MY AWFULNESS!

[SirBruce]

Fuckin' Jeff Suppan.  Hero to Goat in 60 seconds.

Bruce

[Margalis]

Do the Cardinals know how to play baseball at all?

I haven't been watching much of the games, so far I've seen:

Reggie Sanders miss tagging second base, turning 2nd & 3rd into 1st and 2nd.

A *pitcher* pitch-running for someone, then FALLING DOWN as he ran towards second.

Another pitcher get caught off of third base a ball in the infield.

First of all, who puts in a pitcher to pinch run? Second, aren't these NL pitchers supposed to, you know, have PLAYED in the NL and know how to run a bit.

The Cards have also suffered from a lack of clutch hitting, but watching them play reminds me of watching the As play in the post-season the last few years: they find a way to lose, in increasingly crappy fashion. With the A's it is always something retarded like who's shoe is going to fall off as they hit third and barrel into a dugout...

I guess when you hit home runs all day you don't have time to learn stuff like touching base when not on your home run trot?

Every time I turn on the TV it's just awful...I have no idea how the Cards played during the regular season (don't follow the NL much) but this is just terrible...

[SirBruce]

It's pretty much not like the Cardinals at all.  They've totally fallen apart.

Ahh well, let me wish the Red Sox congratulations in finally shaking off the curse.  The upside is we won't have to listen to Boston's whining anymore.

Bruce

[Margalis]

Is having a pitcher pinch-run something the cardinals or other NL teams do often? I mean, usually when a pitcher is on base the commentators are like "oh no, hopefully he won't get hurt running the bases!"

Didn't they have a speedy back-up infielder or something?

[Shannow]

Funnily enough everyones still in it, Cards could pull a RedSox '04 and come back.:)

[SirBruce]

Is having a pitcher pinch-run something the cardinals or other NL teams do often? I mean, usually when a pitcher is on base the commentators are like "oh no, hopefully he won't get hurt running the bases!"

Didn't they have a speedy back-up infielder or something?

It's not common.  Cardinals are unique in that they have a couple of pitchers who can actually HIT, and yes, they do pinch run with the one frequently.  It's literally never been a problem in the past; they just fucked up.  Sorta like how the Red Sox got 8 errors in the first two games, except they managed to pull out a win anyway.

Bruce

[Ubiq]

Funnily enough everyones still in it, Cards could pull a RedSox '04 and come back.:)

While I'm rooting for the Red Sox, I have to admit that it certainly would be one hell of an interesting story if the Red Sox managed to top the Yankees for biggest choke ever.

[Shannow]

Funnily enough everyones still in it, Cards could pull a RedSox '04 and come back.:)

While I'm rooting for the Red Sox, I have to admit that it certainly would be one hell of an interesting story if the Red Sox managed to top the Yankees for biggest choke ever.

Well we are talking about the Red Sox.
Thats why Im hpoing they wrap it up tonight.

[Ardent]

The upside is we won't have to listen to Boston's whining anymore.

Now if only we can get the Cubs to win next year, all these crybabies can finally shut their pie holes once and for all.

[Kenrick]

Moroni appears poised to be a half-assed winner.