giants vs rangers world series thread

[Spurminator]

God, that suuuuucked. Especially having to sit in front of the Giants' family section. No excuses, the Giants are owning this series.

Not that it would have made a huge difference, but isn't it time to move Moreland up in the order, like 7th?

[GuerillaBlack]

Go Cowboys?

[Chris]

Not that it would have made a huge difference, but isn't it time to move Moreland up in the order, like 7th?

Yeah that, and move Vlad down.
Elvis
Young
Ham
Cruz
Kinsler
Vlad
Moreland
Murphy
Molina/Treanor

I wouldn't mind swapping Kinsler with Young either, but I doubt that's going to happen.

[Texas Chili Dog]

Washington makes sure that Molina doesn't bat 9th in the order so he is not just before a speedy guy like Andrus. I too would like to see Moreland move up a bit in the lineup, however.

[lefty]

CROFL Ducks

[lefty]

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks

[monosylab1k]

Go Cowboys?

http://espn.go.com/mlb/team/_/name/hou/houston-astros

76-86

http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=301101011

30-17

http://espn.go.com/nba/team/_/name/hou/houston-rockets

0-3

So Houston fan really wants to try and talk ?

[monosylab1k]

Inconsistency has plagued the Rangers all season. They had stretches where they'd go 9-1 against Boston/NY/Minnesota, then immediately follow that up by getting swept by Baltimore or KC. Looks like they peaked against the Yankees and followed that up with a valley against SF.

Meanwhile they Giants slowly picked up steam all season long, and they were at the top of their game at the perfect time. Congratulations, Giants.

[ducks]

funny
everyone thought the nl west was the worse divsion in baseball
guess what that division won it all

guess what the giants last day of season finally clitched playoff birth

their manager made all kinds of moves throughtout the playoffs and 99 of the 100 moves worked

[Jacob1983]

What about Pat Burrell? That guy sucked ass in the World Series. The only reason why he will be getting a ring is because he wears a jersey that says Giants on it.

[ace3g]

funny that Molina was going to get a ring no matter which team won or lost

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=sh-molina102410

[ducks]

What about Pat Burrell? That guy sucked ass in the World Series. The only reason why he will be getting a ring is because he wears a jersey that says Giants on it.

he was a man reason they got there though
he had clutch hits during the regular season
he sucked in world series but other then that he was nto bad

[Jose Canseco]

I liked the comparison they used last night on BBTN with the 2004 Red Sox. Giants weren't nearly as loaded in the batting order, but there were similarities as far as having the top end pitching rotation and having a bunch of misfits and castoffs to round out the everyday players.

The Giants line-up really shouldn't scare any team. But their pitching was so good that all it took was a few clutch hits and they'd be in a very good position to win. It's not very easy to predict if a player can be a clutch hitter, and sometimes it's just a matter of luck, getting a hitter hot at the right time, having a favorable match-up against certain pitchers. But, seems like the Giants pushed all the right buttons along the way.

Also notable about Pat Burrell they mentioned last night is that he was college teammates with Aubrey Huff. And that in itself was valuable to keep Huff relaxed since this was his first experience in the post season in his tenured MLB career. Huff had some important hits along the way as well. Burrell had a strong half season with the Giants, but his value could have been just important for his relationship with Huff.