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The weather effectively wiped out a Hamels start. (The game is tied, and he can't be used tonight.) I actually feel better about Tampa's chances now than I did after Game 4.
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Actually, I was watching the game with a young lady who knows nothing about baseball, and she called it. ("They'll call the game the second Tampa ties it.")
Later of course, we find out that Selig and the two teams had an agreement not to let weather settle the Series. ?!?!?!?!
Why didn't the public or the players know this last night? Bumblin' Bud strikes again. Even when he does something right, he manages to it up. Sigh....
The weather effectively wiped out a Hamels start. (The game is tied, and he can't be used tonight.) I actually feel better about Tampa's chances now than I did after Game 4.
Bud's judgment is notoriously tone-deaf and this is still another example of that. At least the teams knew that he was changing the rules for this game -- when I originally heard that the game would be completed no matter what, I thought that the teams hadn't been advised of that decision. I'm actually quite surprised that Bud had the wherewithal to tell Maddon and Manuel what was up.
That occurred to me, too. Tampa can, if Maddon so chooses, run Price out to "start" the resumption of Game 5 and match him up with Philly's middle of the pen or maybe a starter like Happ. Tampa has all of its pen other than Balfour -- although Maddon could also save Price and "start" Balfour tonight (or tomorrow night) to get maximum use from his pen.
I thought Tampa would win this series fairly easily, and I've been proven wrong -- particularly by the ineffectiveness of Pena and Longoria (though both managed to get hits before intermission). I think that the Phillies have earned the benefit of the doubt and are likely to win the Series. But Tampa has to be pleased that it essentially negated Hamels' second start and gave itself a chance to get Game 5 and head back home with Shields and Garza ready to go.
Is anyone gonna watch this with NBA basketball on, though?
Wow.
What a mistake by Tampa
Damn I was right
Congrats Phillies !!!!
Congratz to the Phillies.
Next year it'll be the Dodgers!!!!
Props to the Phillies. They earned it.
As for Tampa:
Yes they turned their franchise around. Yes they eliminated the White and Red Sox. Problem is they didnt finish the job which means it was all for nothing since they didnt close the season with a championship. They have a nice young team that should be back in the mix, but there are no promises they will be back in the world series.
BTW The last 2 teams to beat Boston in the ALCS lost in the world series. The 2004 Curse of the Yankees and now the 2003/2008 ALCS curse.
I don't know why you keep reiterating this, I haven't heard the Rays or anyone else say "Well at least they beat Boston."
There's no promises an team will be in the world series, that's a gven. You just gotta go out and compete next season and see how it goes.
You forgot about the 2005 White Sox, who rolled over the Red Sox in three straight in the ALDS and won the World Series. Apparently, beating the juggernaut didn't wear them out...
Yep. I don't think Tampa considered this such an end-all, be-all like the typical NE fan. Tampa isn't exactly overwhelmed by Boston. They had a 10-8 record against them in the 2008 regular season.
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