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Post by timholycross on Oct 20, 2018 23:44:00 GMT -5
Will Spike Lee give it another go, this time wearing Dodger regalia? Tutti front runner di front runners.
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Post by lou on Oct 21, 2018 6:33:21 GMT -5
Saw Spike Lee and Alec Baldwin speak at the Tribeca film festival this Summer. Jokingly called out a guy in the audience with a Red Sox hat
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Post by sader1970 on Oct 21, 2018 12:35:01 GMT -5
Thank you mm67 for creating this thread. Hopefully we have seen the end of the βOpening Dayβ thread.π
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Post by hc87 on Oct 21, 2018 21:52:49 GMT -5
Baseball is a funny animal....Sox look to be prohibitive favorites but ya nevah know.
It's really been the secondary guys that have shined in the post-season so far...Pearce, Devers, Holt, JBJ et al offensively and the dreaded bullpen has held up pretty well so far save for some heart attack saves from Kimbrel.
Should be fun.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Oct 22, 2018 8:12:46 GMT -5
Sagarin has the Red Sox finishing the regular season as the second best team in MLB and the Dodgers as #3. Astros were best according to his methodology.
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Post by Tom on Oct 22, 2018 9:44:51 GMT -5
Dodgers haven't been this big an underdog in a World Series since 1988. Most experts thought the Astros would beat the Sox. I get nervous when anyone at this stage of the season is a big favorite
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Post by deep Purple on Oct 22, 2018 12:54:59 GMT -5
Don't take the dodgers lightly. Three outstanding starters, Kershaw of course being one of the best in MLB. The #4 and #5 are no slouches either.
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Post by hchoops on Oct 22, 2018 12:58:54 GMT -5
5th starter will probably relieve, maybe the 4th also, as well as the 3rd, 2nd and, as he did in the NLCS, even Kershaw
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Oct 22, 2018 13:36:50 GMT -5
Don't take the dodgers lightly. Three outstanding starters, Kershaw of course being one of the best in MLB. The #4 and #5 are no slouches either. Kershaw is one of the best of all time
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Oct 22, 2018 14:08:56 GMT -5
Dodgers haven't been this big an underdog in a World Series since 1988. Most experts thought the Astros would beat the Sox. I get nervous when anyone at this stage of the season is a big favorite Last yr is only WS they have been in since '88 prior to now.
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Post by hchoops on Oct 22, 2018 14:33:26 GMT -5
Don't take the dodgers lightly. Three outstanding starters, Kershaw of course being one of the best in MLB. The #4 and #5 are no slouches either. Kershaw is one of the best of all time Only in the regular season
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Post by WorcesterGray on Oct 22, 2018 14:42:22 GMT -5
Kershaw is one of the best of all time At age thirty, he's already racked up 62+ WAR and 65 JAWS - already within spitting distance of HOFers like Hubbell and Palmer, and has surpassed a couple dozen others already enshrined. Currently 5th all-time in winning percentage. He's a lock for Cooperstown if he never throws another pitch. That said, he hasn't been all that great in the post-season.
Was surprised, though, looking into this, that he's only 2nd among active pitchers in WAR.
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Post by Tom on Oct 22, 2018 15:39:38 GMT -5
Dodgers haven't been this big an underdog in a World Series since 1988. Most experts thought the Astros would beat the Sox. I get nervous when anyone at this stage of the season is a big favorite Last yr is only WS they have been in since '88 prior to now. I did know that. Doesn't change the fact that back in 1988, the Athletics were so awesome that the World Series was only a formality before awarding them the championship. Somehow the Dodgers wound up winning 4-1. At the beginning of this year, there was zero chance Nick Foles could lead the Eagles past the Patriots. In the 1985 NCAA tournament, there was no way Worcester's Dwayne McClain and Villanova could compete with the juggernaut called Georgetown. There are way too many instances of big underdogs pulling a championship upset to rest easy when all the so called experts say Sox in 5. Like NAD, I am just an inherently nervous fan In a total non-sequitur, although I couldn't answer one question of any importance, I could probably come up with all the World Series participants for the last 50 years off the top of my head, including (without looking) the Dodgers in 17, 88, 81, 78, 77, 74, 66, and 65
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Post by WCHC Sports on Oct 22, 2018 16:16:41 GMT -5
Kershaw is one of the best of all time
Was surprised, though, looking into this, that he's only 2nd among active pitchers in WAR.
Greinke has five years on Kershaw. Probably accounts for the difference.
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Post by hchoops on Oct 22, 2018 16:20:38 GMT -5
Last yr is only WS they have been in since '88 prior to now. I did know that. Doesn't change the fact that back in 1988, the Athletics were so awesome that the World Series was only a formality before awarding them the championship. Somehow the Dodgers wound up winning 4-1. At the beginning of this year, there was zero chance Nick Foles could lead the Eagles past the Patriots. In the 1985 NCAA tournament, there was no way Worcester's Dwayne McClain and Villanova could compete with the juggernaut called Georgetown. There are way too many instances of big underdogs pulling a championship upset to rest easy when all the so called experts say Sox in 5. Like NAD, I am just an inherently nervous fan In a total non-sequitur, although I couldn't answer one question of any importance, I could probably come up with all the World Series participants for the last 50 years off the top of my head, including (without looking) the Dodgers in 17, 88, 81, 78, 77, 74, 66, and 65 Beyond the 50 years Champion Brooklyn Dodgers in 1955 NL champs, WC participant in β41, β47, β49, β52, β53, β56 LA Dodgers-βchampsββ59, β63
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Post by timholycross on Oct 23, 2018 8:54:40 GMT -5
I did know that. Doesn't change the fact that back in 1988, the Athletics were so awesome that the World Series was only a formality before awarding them the championship. Somehow the Dodgers wound up winning 4-1. At the beginning of this year, there was zero chance Nick Foles could lead the Eagles past the Patriots. In the 1985 NCAA tournament, there was no way Worcester's Dwayne McClain and Villanova could compete with the juggernaut called Georgetown. There are way too many instances of big underdogs pulling a championship upset to rest easy when all the so called experts say Sox in 5. Like NAD, I am just an inherently nervous fan In a total non-sequitur, although I couldn't answer one question of any importance, I could probably come up with all the World Series participants for the last 50 years off the top of my head, including (without looking) the Dodgers in 17, 88, 81, 78, 77, 74, 66, and 65 Beyond the 50 years Champion Brooklyn Dodgers in 1955 NL champs, WC participant in β41, β47, β49, β52, β53, β56 LA Dodgers-βchampsββ59, β63 I could give you about 60 years' worth...from 1946 (before I was born) to when the Sox won it in 2004. After that, very spotty.
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Post by timholycross on Oct 23, 2018 9:06:32 GMT -5
Here's something I wouldn't have guessed: there are only 8 franchises that have been in the WS 10 times or more. Given that there have been around 115 World Series that seems like a small number.
And consistency-wise the only 4 franchises that qualify are the Yanks, Dodgers, Giants and Cardinals; that is, you can look at just about any era and they were a participant. The other double-digit ones (Cubs, As, Red Sox, Tigers) get on that list because of feats that were accomplished mostly pre-ww2.
The Mariners and the Nationals (Expos) are the only two never to have gone.
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Post by hchoops on Oct 23, 2018 9:11:50 GMT -5
and we Brooklynites do not recognize the appearances of those thieves from Los Angeles
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Oct 23, 2018 9:25:59 GMT -5
and we Brooklynites do not recognize the appearances of those thieves from Los Angeles My Bensonhurst-born grandfather felt the same. Oh how he missed dem bums when they left.
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Post by hchoops on Oct 23, 2018 9:33:55 GMT -5
i went to HS 2 blocks from Ebbets Field. My bus stopped there. I had to watch Ebbets Field be torn down during my freshman year. Still in therapy
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Post by Tom on Oct 23, 2018 11:03:12 GMT -5
Here's something I wouldn't have guessed: there are only 8 franchises that have been in the WS 10 times or more. Given that there have been around 115 World Series that seems like a small number. And consistency-wise the only 4 franchises that qualify are the Yanks, Dodgers, Giants and Cardinals; that is, you can look at just about any era and they were a participant. The other double-digit ones (Cubs, As, Red Sox, Tigers) get on that list because of feats that were accomplished mostly pre-ww2. The Mariners and the Nationals (Expos) are the only two never to have gone. This will be the 8th post war for the Sox (46, 67, 75, 86, 03, 07, 13, and 18) A little research says the same number for the Giants (51, 54, 62, 89, 02, 10, 12, 14)
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Post by timholycross on Oct 24, 2018 7:47:40 GMT -5
I messed the Red Sox history up for sure. 8 out of 13 post war. They did manage to win the WS the other 5 times, only the Yanks have going-and-winning streaks of 5 or more.
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Post by purplehaze on Oct 24, 2018 9:11:38 GMT -5
I yearn for the days when I'd watch the WS games in the afternoon (after school) when it would be chilly but at least played in daylight. I am not sure conditions such as tonight will bring out the best in all of these athletes. temps in the low 40's - 'feel-like' temps in the mid 30's - 17 mph winds from the nw. i admit it will be enjoyable to watch from the comfort of a cozy man-cave
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Post by Tom on Oct 24, 2018 9:50:58 GMT -5
The Sox could have had another World Series appearance. After Boston of the upstart American League won the first World Series between the two leagues, Boston repeated as pennant winners in 1904, but the NL champion NY Giants weren't interested in playing the champion of the junior circuit.
Even though this is the 13th World Series for the Sox, it's their 14th pennant. Just a useless piece of info that is common knowledge in New England, but possibly forgotten elsewhere.
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Post by sader1970 on Oct 24, 2018 10:51:33 GMT -5
Well haze, my nuns were all from Brooklyn and if the Dodgers were playing, they would put the game on the radio in class.
Raced home from the bus to watch the rest of the game on black and white TV
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