Warning!! Danger!! Annual Off-topic Baseball Thread '07!! Beware!!

[dblref]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Just curious how you East Coast guys like staying up until 1:00 am to see the end of the games?

Some of us aren't even interested in the beginning of the game, much less the end. IMHO, this has been a very boring, predictable world series.

BTW, congrats to the Red Sux (as much as it pains me to say so).

[mbyron]

The World Series was so dull that there is, I think, just one thread on the baseball side (what if Ellsbury dropped the ball after flipping it out of his glove during a catch?). Zzzzzz...

Congrats, Chuck. I knew the ALCS was the real series.

[mick]

Originally Posted by mbyron

The World Series was so dull that there is, I think, just one thread on the baseball side (what if Ellsbury dropped the ball after flipping it out of his glove during a catch?). Zzzzzz...

Congrats, Chuck. I knew the ALCS was the real series.

That would be a voluntary release, not a drop.

[BLydic]

Originally Posted by mbyron

Congrats, Chuck. I knew the ALCS was the real series.

Ditto, congrats.

[ChuckElias]

Originally Posted by dblref

Some of us aren't even interested in the beginning of the game, much less the end. IMHO, this has been a very boring, predictable world series.

Originally Posted by mbyron

The World Series was so dull that there is, I think, just one thread on the baseball side (what if Ellsbury dropped the ball after flipping it out of his glove during a catch?). Zzzzzz...

Really? Boring? Obviously, I'm biased, but I thought the games themselves were pretty darn good, except for Game 1. Game 2 was a 2-1 pitching duel. Game 3 was a 1-run game in the 7th inning after a terrific comeback by the Rockies. And last night was a 1-run game with a deep fly out in the 9th that would've been a game-tying HR in a lot of other ballparks. And even in Game 1, there was a great pitching performance by Beckett to appreciate.

From a ratings perspective, I know that it's better to have a longer series, but I thought the games were not boring.