tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post846529218778074625..comments2024-03-28T19:45:50.194-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: Royals and Mets Could Win Pennants Todayallanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-54230186036188082082015-10-22T07:53:10.446-07:002015-10-22T07:53:10.446-07:00Go Jays. Kinda.
Actually don't care either w...Go Jays. Kinda. <br /><br />Actually don't care either way, but it will be fun around here if the Jays are in the WS. I will root for any team to beat the Mets, any time, any day, any way. laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-85939201504504195062015-10-22T05:16:57.331-07:002015-10-22T05:16:57.331-07:00That's really the only clunky note in Gammons&...That's really the only clunky note in Gammons's opening.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-3150039759293650652015-10-21T15:38:54.511-07:002015-10-21T15:38:54.511-07:00In the Gammons article, it should be noted (okay, ...In the Gammons article, it should be noted (okay, I just WANT to note it) that his choice of future year in the phrase "in the year 2525" is not random--that was the name of a #1 song from six years earlier. (I still would have used 2727!)Jerehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13448619048422750447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-51814655433568243802015-10-21T12:57:11.137-07:002015-10-21T12:57:11.137-07:00Since the 2004 ALCS, there have been eight instanc...Since the 2004 ALCS, there have been eight instances in a best-of-seven series in which a team assumed a 3-0 lead.<br /><br />2004 Red Sox vs. Cardinals<br />2005 White Sox vs. Astros<br />2006 Tigers vs. A’s<br />2007 Rockies vs. Diamondbacks<br />2007 Red Sox vs. Rockies<br />2012 Tigers vs. Yankees<br />2012 Giants vs. Tigers<br />2014 Royals vs. Orioles<br /><br />In all eight instances, the series ended in a sweep.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-62473574093334973852015-10-21T11:45:55.161-07:002015-10-21T11:45:55.161-07:00As you pointed out in one of the game threads yest...As you pointed out in one of the game threads yesterday: if Toronto loses the series, then there will be no one remaining in your postseason contest.<br /><br />At the very least, I'm rooting for both series to go seven games, if for no other reason than the fact that the World Series is not scheduled to begin until next Tuesday, which means almost a week with no baseball should KC and NY win tonight.FenFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07093124081174881768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-40039192751838472272015-10-21T09:58:43.528-07:002015-10-21T09:58:43.528-07:00Rangers pitcher Derek Holland? Not a Jose Bautista...Rangers pitcher Derek Holland? <a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2015/10/21/rangers-pitcher-holland-blasts-bautista-calls-him-a-whiner" rel="nofollow">Not a Jose Bautista fan</a>.allanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.com