World Series Game 5 Discussion

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Originally Posted by rockiesfan4ever

It's a must win game for the Rays

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lol ya think?!?!?! :p

(not being snotty just funny sounding) :p

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Originally Posted by TheNamelessPoet

lol ya think?!?!?! :p

(not being snotty just funny sounding) :p

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Heh, he's referring to the what are you thinking thread where he commented about how ESPN was saying that, and I replied with exactly that, "Ya think?" lol

I picked the Phils all the way, so I won't be wrong

Some pre-game notes, particularly regarding the Tampa Bay bullpen usage and Ryan Howard's platoon split.

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Originally Posted by HoustonGM

I'm 95% sure it's now Moyer.

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Moyer didn't win a World Series game. He was set up for the win before th bullpen blew the lead so he got a no-decision.

Buck just said "If your the Rays, how do you turn this thing around?" WELL, YOU WIN, DUHH!

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Originally Posted by RedsoxRockies

Buck just said "If your the Rays, how do you turn this thing around?" WELL, YOU WIN, DUHH!

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I hate it when people criticize every single thing announcers make a mistake on.

If you were up there, you'd probably make even more mistakes. And he didn't even make a mistake, he obviously meant... what do the Rays have to work on to beat the Phillies and turn this thing around?...

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Originally Posted by eggson27

Moyer didn't win a World Series game. He was set up for the win before th bullpen blew the lead so he got a no-decision.

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Yeah, I was corrected. I didn't check. Thanks though :)

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Originally Posted by metsguy234

I hate it when people criticize every single thing announcers make a mistake on.

If you were up there, you'd probably make even more mistakes. And he didn't even make a mistake... what do the Rays have to work on to beat the Phillies and turn this thing around...

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Yeah, that was a pretty odd thing to "pick a fight" with.

That being said, Buck and McCarver say some dumb and flat-out wrong things rather often.

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Originally Posted by HoustonGM

Yeah, that was a pretty odd thing to "pick a fight" with.

That being said, Buck and McCarver say some dumb and flat-out wrong things rather often.

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Example: McCarver Once said "A sinker and a slider are two different pitches". He did not explain how they are different, merely stated the obvious

I particularly love Fox's "Keys to the Game" that they do every game.

For Tampa Bay -
Rise from the ashes, need a big hit early

For Philadelphia-
Finish the deal, not let Tampa Bay up


This is par for the course for the "Keys to the Game" segment - just different ways of saying "Win." The only thing there that isn't a synonym for "Win" is "Need a big hit early."

Fox should just drop the Keys to the Game thing, or fix it. I think everybody understand that a "key to the game" is to win. :rolleyes:

Ryan Howard can't hit lefties. He didn't "rediscover the home run ball." He's been given an inordinate amount of left-handed pitchers in the playoffs because teams know that he sucks against lefties, and that he ran into a pitch by a lefty last night doesn't change that. Howard wasn't "slumping" in the postseason. His weakness was being exploited.

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Originally Posted by HoustonGM

Ryan Howard can't hit lefties. He didn't "rediscover the home run ball." He's been given an inordinate amount of left-handed pitchers in the playoffs because teams know that he sucks against lefties, and that he ran into a pitch by a lefty last night doesn't change that. Howard wasn't "slumping" in the postseason. His weakness was being exploited.

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I don't think Buckarver knows what a lefty is, Houston....

DAMMIT.

Now I'm going out. Hopefully the Rays keep this close and come back...:(

Scott Kazmir needs to calm down. Buck/McCarver says Kazmir starts out wild and then calms down but who knows.