October 3, 2005

"The hunt...is on."

Posted by pete at October 3, 2005 9:07 AM

MLB playoffs start tomorrow. The AL matchups are:

Boston Red Sox vs. Chicago White Sox - AKA The War of the Hoses

New York Yankees vs. the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - AKA the Most Hated Team in Sports vs. the Team With The Most Awkward Name Since the Stanford Cardinal

The NL comes down to:

St. Louis vs. San Diego - AKA Please Don't Let the Redbirds Look Past This to the NLCS

Atlanta vs. Houston - AKA Even Braves Fans Are Sick of Atlanta in the Playoffs

Astros fans are a hardy bunch, considering this is the second straight year in which Houston clinched the Wild Card on the last day of the season. Congrats to them, but if I may, I have to take issue with one aspect of yesterday's celebration:

A tarp? I realize these things are hardly spontaneous, and that playoff hats and shirts have been waiting in boxes since the end of last month, if not longer, but is splashing a little bubbly on Bagwell's Ben-Gay or Clemens' Mike Piazza voodoo doll really all that bad? It looks like you're partying in Roger Murtaugh's unfinished hobby room, fer chrissakes.

And I see Craig Biggio has signed a one-year estension to play for the 2006 season. This means we get another season of Plunk Biggio, which is a good thing.

Play ball.

Point one: Should anyone really celebrate with champagne for just getting to the playoffs?
Point two: If the Astros lose in a Game 7 to the Cards again, I'm going to come over to your house and punch you in the nuts.

--Posted by basshole on October 3, 2005 2:12 PM

Most boring playoffs EVER. The only 2 teams I remotely give a shit about are the Red Sox and Angels...and both have won a World Series recently.I'd like to see someone new win it. I hate the Yankees and Cardinals (ever since Ozzie Smith tried to cheap shot Will CLark) and could care less about the White Sox or Padres.

I'm also not a big Houston fan ever since Lance Berkman decided to pop off about San Francisco. Why not just say, "well, I'm a homophobe so you figure out if I like SF" and be done with it.

--Posted by don on October 3, 2005 4:12 PM

Surely Stanford Cardinal isn't as bad as 'Alabama Crimson Tide'. Why would they name a sports team after a lady's time of the month? Either that or UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs...

--Posted by drew on October 3, 2005 7:29 PM

Pete I think it's going to be Yanks vs. Cards in the World Series this year. If it turns out that way, we should make a little side bet or something.

--Posted by on October 3, 2005 9:01 PM

Woops, forgot to fill in my name on that last one!

--Posted by Brandon on October 3, 2005 9:02 PM

"Murtaugh's unfinished hobby room."
Beauty.

--Posted by Blynch on October 4, 2005 5:51 PM

Okay, Cardinals fan, it's officially on. The Astros will once again meet the Cardinals to determine who will represent for the NL. I can think of no place better than your blog to lay the smack forth.

All season I've been hearing nothing but talk about how the Cardinals are going to repeat. Best ERA in baseball this. Best offense that. Blah blah blah.

Fuck that noise. The Astros have something the Cardinals don't have, and that's the ability to cheat death. Whether it's making the playoffs on the last regular season game, or defeating the Braves in a history-shattering 18 innings of play[1], the Astros have shown that they have what it takes to go to the wire and come back victorious.

To the Cardinals, I say: tee it up, chump-ass bitches. This is the year that the Astros go to the World Series and show St. Louis how it's done.

[1] which, if you think about it, was like playing a regular game and then a whole additional game of no-hitter baseball.

--Posted by HWRNMNBSOL on October 9, 2005 9:17 PM



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