2005 Baseball Thread*

tequilatom · Post by **tequilatom** » October 27, 2005 8:54 am

Wino you know wrote:
tequilatom wrote:Congrats to the White Sox..........they are 1 of i think 5 teams to go wire to wire in 1st place........The last was Lou Pinell's Reds in 1990 i believe
Right you are.
And the last team before that was the 1984 Detroit Tigers.

the only other i can remember is the 27 yankees......that'84 Detroit game were fast out of the gate that year!!

UAHparrothead · Post by **UAHparrothead** » October 27, 2005 9:31 am

Wino you know wrote:
TheSecretsInTheCrust wrote:AAAHHHHeeemmmm
I believe I had the Chi-Sox winning their division
HOLY CRAP!
You picked all the division winners. I have to say, I AM impressed.
WTG!

I think the Yankees won the East and Boston was the Wild Card
But still very impressive

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » October 27, 2005 9:34 am

Any of you statistician types know how common it is for a team to "get er done" so effectively in the post season? Have any modern day teams swept all the way through? Didn't the White Sox only lose one game - does that happen much?

I don't normally pay much attention, but I really enjoyed the run - they really seem like a great group of down to earth guys, with a very comfortable chemistry!

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » October 27, 2005 11:10 am

Tiki Bar wrote:Any of you statistician types know how common it is for a team to "get er done" so effectively in the post season? Have any modern day teams swept all the way through? Didn't the White Sox only lose one game - does that happen much?

I don't normally pay much attention, but I really enjoyed the run - they really seem like a great group of down to earth guys, with a very comfortable chemistry!

From ESPN:

The White Sox went 11-1 in their 12 postseason games -- tying the '99 Yankees for the best postseason record of the 11-season wild-card era.

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » October 27, 2005 11:11 am

Wino you know wrote:
tequilatom wrote:Congrats to the White Sox..........they are 1 of i think 5 teams to go wire to wire in 1st place........The last was Lou Pinell's Reds in 1990 i believe
Right you are.
And the last team before that was the 1984 Detroit Tigers.

ESPN says otherwise:

The White Sox became just the third team in history to sweep a World Series after a season in which they were in first place every day of the season. Those other two teams were the 1990 Reds and the fabled '27 Yankees.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » October 27, 2005 11:58 am

iuparrothead wrote:
Wino you know wrote:
tequilatom wrote:Congrats to the White Sox..........they are 1 of i think 5 teams to go wire to wire in 1st place........The last was Lou Pinell's Reds in 1990 i believe
Right you are.
And the last team before that was the 1984 Detroit Tigers.
ESPN says otherwise:

The White Sox became just the third team in history to sweep a World Series after a season in which they were in first place every day of the season. Those other two teams were the 1990 Reds and the fabled '27 Yankees.

Ann....read it again....
Both your post and Toms post are correct.

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » October 27, 2005 12:06 pm

CaptainP wrote:
iuparrothead wrote:
Wino you know wrote:
tequilatom wrote:Congrats to the White Sox..........they are 1 of i think 5 teams to go wire to wire in 1st place........The last was Lou Pinell's Reds in 1990 i believe
Right you are.
And the last team before that was the 1984 Detroit Tigers.
ESPN says otherwise:

The White Sox became just the third team in history to sweep a World Series after a season in which they were in first place every day of the season. Those other two teams were the 1990 Reds and the fabled '27 Yankees.
Ann....read it again....
Both your post and Toms post are correct.

I stand corrected.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » October 27, 2005 12:08 pm

Does anyone want to read anything into Ozzie's post-game comments? Did he say he's going to quit?

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » October 27, 2005 12:10 pm

How many days until pitchers and catchers report??

BadHabitsAcctnt · Post by **BadHabitsAcctnt** » October 27, 2005 12:13 pm

CaptainP wrote:Does anyone want to read anything into Ozzie's post-game comments? Did he say he's going to quit?

I was watching one of the Chicago local morning shows and that was brought up. Apparently, Ozzie now wants to be the first Latin manager to win an All-star game. He'll be back for 2006.

BadHabitsAcctnt · Post by **BadHabitsAcctnt** » October 27, 2005 12:14 pm

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:How many days until pitchers and catchers report??

Can't we enjoy this for a couple days? Please.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » October 27, 2005 12:14 pm

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:How many days until pitchers and catchers report??

111 days.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » October 27, 2005 12:15 pm

Let's Go Mets

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » October 27, 2005 12:40 pm

CaptainP wrote:Does anyone want to read anything into Ozzie's post-game comments? Did he say he's going to quit?

I'm guessing it was a translation error. Does anyone really understand anything Ozzie says?

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » October 27, 2005 12:43 pm

iuparrothead wrote:
CaptainP wrote:Does anyone want to read anything into Ozzie's post-game comments? Did he say he's going to quit?
I'm guessing it was a translation error. Does anyone really understand anything Ozzie says?

I love his interviews. You never know what he'll say.

BottleofRum · Post by **BottleofRum** » October 27, 2005 3:05 pm

Great spoof about the Fox announcers. i don't care for the writer who wrote it but this was funny.

http://www.boston.com/sports/nesn/wilbu ... _from_fox/

111 days until pitchers and catchers report.

by then the Red Sox will probably have a new GM, third-baseman, second-baseman, first-baseman, center-fielder and left-fielder to go along with their new 3rdbase coach and another Fenway Park renovation http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Glob ... 3_7168.jpg

Another words, the hot stove will be working OT.

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » October 27, 2005 3:08 pm

BottleofRum wrote:111 days until pitchers and catchers report. by then the Red Sox will probably have a new GM, third-baseman, second-baseman, first-baseman, center-fielder and left-fielder to go along with their new 3rdbase coach and another Fenway Park renovation http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Glob ... 3_7168.jpg.

Another words, the hot stove will be working OT.

Yay! Can't wait until spring training!

Until then, GO BEARS!

aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » October 27, 2005 4:13 pm

Congrats White Sox fans.

BadHabitsAcctnt · Post by **BadHabitsAcctnt** » October 27, 2005 4:17 pm

The news this morning also reported zero arrests for world series related celebrating. So far, so good.

CaptainP · Post by **CaptainP** » October 27, 2005 4:25 pm

BadHabitsAcctnt wrote:The news this morning also reported zero arrests for world series related celebrating. So far, so good.

Amateurs.