What do you think the ratings for this years World Series will be like? Better or worse than last year's? Weren't last year's ratings pretty bad?
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Jagger69
Three lullabies in an ancient tongue
Last year's ratings were tied for the worst ratings in history for a World Series. This year's has a similar potential. Ratings will be high in St. Louis and Dallas and that's about it.
What a shame. I remember when I was a kid (yeah, yeah I know.....that was a long time ago) when the whole nation stood still when the World Series was on TV no matter who was playing. Again, I'm a Cardinal fan but I was captivated by the '69 Miracle Mets, Dick Williams' Oakland A's of the early '70s, the Big Red Machine and the awesome (maybe best ever) '75 World Series, Reggie "Mr. October" Jackson and all those great Yankee teams that you either loved or hated but you sure as hell watched them. Nowadays, Dancing with the Stars will undoubtedly kill the World Series in the ratings. Sad....another testimony to the "see no evil" attitude that has been pervasive throughout the tenure of Bud Selig. The guy has been asleep at the wheel for almost 20 years!!!
:1orglaugh Let's both chill out, dude. I never said Young wasn't all-star quality....I said Pujols was better. And when I look at all-star quality, I'm talking career, not just this season (Pujols didn't make the all-star team this year....do you think that makes him less than all-star quality? Who has the most all-star selections?). Besides, the all-star teams are a popularity contest anyway so who cares? You're using all-star selection this season as your criterion ("more fair"
I'm chill. I always am with the message board stuff. But OMG!!! You're full of hot air here, man. I INCLUDED Pujols in my list of All-Star calibre players. I didn't base it on selections this season whatsoever. How did you not see that in my post? Here, I'll highlight it again:
So I clearly just stated the All-Star calibre names of both sides regardless of whether or not they were selected this year. And I didn't say or even come close to implying that Pujols isn't All-Star calibre because he wasn't selected this year (in fact, I said the exact opposite).
You're entitled to think that St. Louis is going to win. I was just making points as to why I thought the Rangers had the edge.
If you're going to take issue with something I write on here, then take issue with something that I actually did say. Why insinuate that I was saying something that I literally said the exact opposite of?
You know what really sucks? I get the game on three different channels. Two of the three have Buck and McCarver calling the game, but they fail to show the full score display on the screen (I know it's 0-0, but it's still annoying). The other channel has the worst commentator EVER (Rick Sutcliffe), but it does show the full score display. I refuse to watch the game with that moron calling it. I guess it's not too big a deal, but still.
This has happened all year. I thought it was the tvs at work that were fucked up. But after adjusting the picture, I realize the actual broadcast is a failure.
maildude
Postal Paranoiac
L'il Ron chooses the Rangers!!
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/bi...=Ak7z_Ell8EjemCjYBwkqzhERvLYF?urn=mlb-wp24595
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/bi...=Ak7z_Ell8EjemCjYBwkqzhERvLYF?urn=mlb-wp24595
What makes it even worse if that the All Star Game still isn't taken seriously. They should just admit it's an exhibition game or they should play it seriously even if that means doing everything practical to win and not caring about hurting some players feelings. No matter what they shouldn't half ass it and do the dumb things they have done with it now and add some ridiculous award to it that won't even effect most of the people that play.
Jagger69
Three lullabies in an ancient tongue
That's one.
The only list that matters now is won/lost. Give it a rest man. I held out the olive branch to you....if you don't want it....:dunno:
The only list that matters now is won/lost. Give it a rest man. I held out the olive branch to you....if you don't want it....:dunno:
Jagger69
Three lullabies in an ancient tongue
Congrats to the Rangers for coming back to win last night. It's always about the pitching. Questionable whether LaRussa should have let Motte pitch to Hamilton but hey he's been pulling all the right strings so far so it's hard to second guess him. This has all the signs of being a close and hard fought battle down to the end. Now it's on to Arlington. Redbirds need to take at least one and preferably two to set the stage for a return to St. Louis next week.
Lohse will not get you a W. I watched him many times in MN and I know him. He is alright, but not World Series caliber. :2 cents:
Jagger69
Three lullabies in an ancient tongue
Lohse has not been named the starter yet according to the Cardinals website but he will likely get the nod. Lohse against Harrison is actually an even matchup from my perspective. He's been a real steady starter for us the past few years, nothwithstanding what he did or did not do for you in MN. Duncan has him keeping the ball down and he can be very effective when he does that. Problem is, Lohse is notorious for giving you 4 or 5 really good innings and then falling apart. With the quick hook LaRussa has shown in the playoffs, all Lohse has to do is keep it close and he'll be long out of there when the game is decided by the bullpens. Looking forward to it.
Don't get me wrong, Lohse is a good pitcher, but I've seen him meltdown before. Then again, I've seen many Twins pitchers meltdown. :o
Jagger69
Three lullabies in an ancient tongue
No offense taken. I've seen him meltdown too. Just depends how deep he can go tomorrow night.
