World Series Game 3 Open Thread

by lboros on Oct 27, 2007 5:49 PM EDT in St. Louis Cardinals News


matsuzaka	fogg
15-12, 4.40	10-9, 4.94

on my way back from an errand at about 2 p.m. local time, i drove past the ballpark to soak up a little of the buzz. wound up boxed in by an ungodly snarl of car and foot traffic --- tried bailing out into an alley, eventually had to run a few people over to get back to the street. all this, 4+ hours before the first pitch; 0-2 hole or no, this town has gone nuts. mostly purple shirts / black hats out there, although i did see one unattended sox-logoed individual.

too bad they didn't play in the sunshine. gorgeous day for a baseball game.

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The Red Sox will roll the Dice...

can the Rocks find their way through the Fogg?

there's only one way to find out...

there's one postseason... one fall classic...

there's only one....OCTOBER!!!

by Petkovsek on Oct 27, 2007 5:55 PM EDT reply actions

ahahahah

awesome....for those who haven't seen it here's the link to the SNL parody of that dbag Dane Cook.

"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"

by rocKStark5 on Oct 27, 2007 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions

whoops

fastposted by erik

"How depressing is it being you? Would you equate it to being a lifelong Cubs fan?"

by rocKStark5 on Oct 27, 2007 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions

btw

I don't like those commercials either...

by Petkovsek on Oct 27, 2007 5:56 PM EDT reply actions

death to dane cook

oh ruiner of fall classic snl does a good job of poking fun at him, though http://tinyurl.com/224hyf

Future Redbirds

by erik on Oct 27, 2007 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Really why no day game

Everyone points to the NFL as how to run things. They have day games and somehow fans can find a tv that works during the day.

by Harknights on Oct 27, 2007 6:32 PM EDT reply actions

Prime time madness

1st game of the WS should always be a day game, especially with a mid week start. I have fond memories of sneaking the transistor radio into grade school classrooms, only to be caught by the teacher that wanted to follow the game as well. Are they worried about students watching on their iphones?

3rd game, and 1st at visitors park should also be a day game. They waste the fall sunshine for a cold night instead, just to keep us up past midnight. Why, because we need to watch more commercials to watch the series on FOX (like we had a choice) and they think we'll pay more attention to those commercials when its dark?

the marketing wizards that forced nothing but night games on us should be put on HGH and told to grow up.

Watching the Playoffs as Reigning Champs is not a bad thing.

by Birds on the Bat on Oct 27, 2007 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Glad to hear it

Antonetti announcement or no, I'd like to see the series go as long as possible. We can wait on Chris a few more days.

by chuckb on Oct 27, 2007 6:39 PM EDT reply actions

good to hear there's no sox fans

in denver. i was afraid they'd take over Coors like every other visiting team.

go Rockies. and erik said it best, death to cook.

I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson And That's A Winner!

by gdm426 on Oct 27, 2007 6:55 PM EDT reply actions

1996

This ain't over. I've seen this script before. Maybe needs a few revisions here or there but I know how it ends.

"Well, you wait for a strike. Then you knock the shit out of it. - Musial to Flood on how to hit a curveball

by Hardcore Legend on Oct 27, 2007 7:07 PM EDT reply actions

Here's a question

IF Josh Fogg goes out tonight and puts up a W, how much more $$$ does that translate to for him this off-season?

If Jeff Suppan didn't do what he did last October, would he have gotten the payday he did? Probably not.

I would guess that Fogg has figured this out for himself by now, not that he needs any extra incentive.

by SethWestern on Oct 27, 2007 8:00 PM EDT reply actions

1 year anniversary

A year ago today, the Cardinals were crowned World Champions.

Enjoy it while it lasts, because we're only guaranteed 1 more day of wearing that crown.

by Fitz on Oct 27, 2007 8:06 PM EDT reply actions

I'm having anniversary

champagne.

Well, let's go to the old mill anyway -- get some cider!

by Alxfritz on Oct 27, 2007 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Kelvin Jimenez's b-day

get off my nuts

by kyle man on Oct 27, 2007 8:18 PM EDT reply actions

i really really have grown to

dislike the red sox. it would be nice if this series were halfway competitive. this is like 2004, all over again.

Future Redbirds

by erik on Oct 27, 2007 9:32 PM EDT reply actions

the ump took forever

to call that play at the plate with Manny..

by Petkovsek on Oct 27, 2007 9:34 PM EDT reply actions

Looks like Josh Fogg

just remembered that he's Josh Fogg.

McCarver is an idiot.

Well, let's go to the old mill anyway -- get some cider!

by Alxfritz on Oct 27, 2007 9:35 PM EDT reply actions

Dice-K with a 2-run single

5-0

by Petkovsek on Oct 27, 2007 9:36 PM EDT reply actions

Good move not playing Tavarez

his defense is not needed.

"Well, you wait for a strike. Then you knock the shit out of it. - Musial to Flood on how to hit a curveball

by Hardcore Legend on Oct 27, 2007 9:37 PM EDT reply actions

Good god

That's gotta be the weakest 6 run inning I've ever seen.

Cheeseburger in paradise.

by joker24 on Oct 27, 2007 9:39 PM EDT reply actions

Bloop, bloop, bloop

Joe Buck will tell us it is good hitters willing the ball to where the fielders aren't.

Clint does know he can remove the pitcher BEFORE the other team bats around, correct?

Why not use a reliever from the pen to get the 1 out, PH in the bottom of the 3rd and then bring in Morales in the 4th.

"Well, you wait for a strike. Then you knock the shit out of it. - Musial to Flood on how to hit a curveball

by Hardcore Legend on Oct 27, 2007 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Just for fun

And crazy small sample size warning, the Sawx BABIP so far in the series is .395.

Cheeseburger in paradise.

by joker24 on Oct 27, 2007 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions

well, i'm done

on to watch a movie, or something else. i was really hoping to catch an actual competitive baseball game before the season is over. i guess the sooner the season is over, he sooner antonetti can be announced. *fingers crossed*

Future Redbirds

by erik on Oct 27, 2007 9:42 PM EDT reply actions

I'm really starting to dislike

the Junior Yankees.

by ArkansasTravs on Oct 27, 2007 9:46 PM EDT reply actions

ugh

this has been an awful world series so far...feels just like 2004.

by DKelly28 on Oct 27, 2007 9:50 PM EDT reply actions

this sucks

i really hate the sox

I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson And That's A Winner!

by gdm426 on Oct 27, 2007 9:51 PM EDT reply actions

Game 4 1996

Braves up 6-0 after 5. Lose 8-6 in 10.

"Well, you wait for a strike. Then you knock the shit out of it. - Musial to Flood on how to hit a curveball

by Hardcore Legend on Oct 27, 2007 9:56 PM EDT reply actions

Nice pose, Manny

we call those 'outs' in the NL.

"Well, you wait for a strike. Then you knock the shit out of it. - Musial to Flood on how to hit a curveball

by Hardcore Legend on Oct 27, 2007 10:00 PM EDT reply actions

Is this first I'm noticing

that Joe Buck is apt to overstate EVERYTHING?

"Well, you wait for a strike. Then you knock the shit out of it. - Musial to Flood on how to hit a curveball

by Hardcore Legend on Oct 27, 2007 10:18 PM EDT reply actions

Wait

You asking if you are the only one to notice this or "how did I miss this"?

McCarver ruined him awhile ago by simple diffusion of stupidity.

Cheeseburger in paradise.

by joker24 on Oct 27, 2007 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions

"Lugo goes back a MILE!!!!"

Actually, Joe...he took 4 steps backwards, then 2 to the right and then 3 back to his left. I'd say maybe 10 feet at most.

Dice-K is being very effective but a pitcher that runs the count to 3-2 to almost every batter isn't 'dealing'.

"Well, you wait for a strike. Then you knock the shit out of it. - Musial to Flood on how to hit a curveball

by Hardcore Legend on Oct 27, 2007 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions

That might be the NFL effect on him

Cheeseburger in paradise.

by joker24 on Oct 27, 2007 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm glad they could take those 3 minutes

and insert their PSA for Hall of Very Good member Craig Biggio to be inducted into Cooperstown.

"Well, you wait for a strike. Then you knock the shit out of it. - Musial to Flood on how to hit a curveball

by Hardcore Legend on Oct 27, 2007 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm more glad

That McCarver thinks both a standard changeup and a forkball are gyroballs.

Cheeseburger in paradise.

by joker24 on Oct 27, 2007 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm a big fan of the sliders

that are screwballs.

And to think, McCarver used to be thought of as one of the more intelligent players in baseball. Or atleast one of the most self-aware.

"Well, you wait for a strike. Then you knock the shit out of it. - Musial to Flood on how to hit a curveball

by Hardcore Legend on Oct 27, 2007 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions

I'd think

I dunno, I would just think that an entity as large and as rich as Fox would be able to have SOMEONE that has done any research at all that could tell Timmy how wrong he is.

Cheeseburger in paradise.

by joker24 on Oct 27, 2007 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Can the Rockies please get some hits

strung together here?

"Well, you wait for a strike. Then you knock the shit out of it. - Musial to Flood on how to hit a curveball

by Hardcore Legend on Oct 27, 2007 10:40 PM EDT reply actions

Unbelievable

Can Tulo get a clutch hit for this team?

"Well, you wait for a strike. Then you knock the shit out of it. - Musial to Flood on how to hit a curveball

by Hardcore Legend on Oct 27, 2007 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Guess not

everything Colorado had going FOR them the last 2 months is now going the opposite way.

"Well, you wait for a strike. Then you knock the shit out of it. - Musial to Flood on how to hit a curveball

by Hardcore Legend on Oct 27, 2007 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Everyone seal your doors and windows

A giant cloud of smug is scheduled to be headed this way from the northeast within the next couple of days. Probably tomorrow, the way this is going so far.

"A great catch is like watching girls go by; the last one you see is always the prettiest." - Bob Gibson

by stl tyler on Oct 27, 2007 10:55 PM EDT reply actions

sometimes you're the windshield

and sometimes you're the bug!

The Rockies, twice, were very close to being the windshield there. Instead, twice, they came up the bug!

by chuckb on Oct 27, 2007 11:21 PM EDT reply actions

Dice-K

Dice-K doesn't get his hit, this game is likely tied or atleast a 1 run affair.

"Well, you wait for a strike. Then you knock the shit out of it. - Musial to Flood on how to hit a curveball

by Hardcore Legend on Oct 27, 2007 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions

That ball was absolutely mashed!

by chuckb on Oct 27, 2007 11:44 PM EDT reply actions

That's more like it!

Keep scoring, Rox.

by liam on Oct 27, 2007 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Matt Holliday

attempting to take a crap on the collective hopes of Northeast assholes.

Thank you, Matt. This almost makes up for the fact that my hand still hurts when I punched a wall after watching you get picked off first last night.

by azruavatar on Oct 27, 2007 11:45 PM EDT reply actions

and he did the man-ram trot

going around the bases, too. 0 to 60 in a week and a half. Rolen could've gone around twice (if he ever homered) in the time it took Holliday to touch the plate.

by chuckb on Oct 27, 2007 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions

They've been riding Okajima

hard throughout the postseason. I wonder if he isn't just a little burnt out.

by azruavatar on Oct 27, 2007 11:48 PM EDT reply actions

Where is Tavarez in all of this?

He should have hit for either Atkins or Hawpe.

"Well, you wait for a strike. Then you knock the shit out of it. - Musial to Flood on how to hit a curveball

by Hardcore Legend on Oct 27, 2007 11:54 PM EDT reply actions

The Okie Dok is Okay with me...

Okajima is a pimp... and you know this man!Holliday took him for a ride but you have to like the bulldog tenacity he showed by finishing off the inning with 2 K's and a ground out. I would take him on my team any day of the week.

The Red Blazer

by Red Blazer on Oct 28, 2007 12:04 AM EDT reply actions

Hawpe

Keep your eye on the ball on the way, buddy! He took his eye off of it at the very last second.

by lightbulb on Oct 28, 2007 12:13 AM EDT reply actions

Brad Hawpe should quite baseball

he may be the worst player I've ever seen. He makes Aaron Miles look like Sandberg.

"Well, you wait for a strike. Then you knock the shit out of it. - Musial to Flood on how to hit a curveball

by Hardcore Legend on Oct 28, 2007 12:13 AM EDT reply actions

quite=quit.

"Well, you wait for a strike. Then you knock the shit out of it. - Musial to Flood on how to hit a curveball

by Hardcore Legend on Oct 28, 2007 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions

you do realize

he hit .291/.387/.539 with 29HR this season, right?

Future Redbirds

by erik on Oct 28, 2007 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions

Does he realize it?

He was terrible on both sides of the ball this series.

"Well, you wait for a strike. Then you knock the shit out of it. - Musial to Flood on how to hit a curveball

by Hardcore Legend on Oct 28, 2007 1:10 AM EDT up reply actions

very true

he's been dreadful. he's better then anyone on our team this past season, other then that albert guy

Future Redbirds

by erik on Oct 28, 2007 3:22 AM EDT up reply actions

and he's a very good

defensive RF w/ an absolute hose. He can't hit lefties but I'd take him in a heartbeat. Oh yeah, he makes almost nothing as well ($403,000).

by chuckb on Oct 28, 2007 1:21 AM EDT up reply actions

Give the Okie Dok Credit...

That guy can pitch. He didn't give in after he got taken deep. Okijima is a warrior.

The Red Blazer

by Red Blazer on Oct 28, 2007 12:19 AM EDT reply actions

So...

You're up 6-2 going into the bottom of the seventh. Why not give Gagne a shot? Will he only throw in this series if it's a blowout?

by lightbulb on Oct 28, 2007 12:22 AM EDT reply actions

Hmmm.

This game is done. Bottom of the ninth with a five run lead and Paplebaun on the mound. I would give this to the sox if it were only a one run lead with papelbaun coming in...he is crazy money. That kid is dialed in like wagonmaker style.

The Red Blazer

by Red Blazer on Oct 28, 2007 12:48 AM EDT reply actions

well that just knocked

all the thin air out of denver.

crap.

I'm going to go try to find a puppy and kick it. - Brad Thompson And That's A Winner!

by gdm426 on Oct 28, 2007 1:01 AM EDT reply actions

Not Wanting To Be Too Pessimistic, But...

Turn out the lights
The party's over
They say that
All good things must end
Call it tonight
The party's over
And tomorrow starts
The same old thing again...

Rockies, thanks for an incredible run.

"Requiescat In Pace - 2007 Zombie Cardinals"

by AustinBOB on Oct 28, 2007 1:24 AM EDT reply actions