Monday, October 20, 2008

Now that it's all said and done...











Would you rather have just lost 7-0 in Game 5?
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6 comments:

  1. The NaturalOctober 20, 2008 at 10:37 AM

    Are you serious?

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  2. The NaturalOctober 20, 2008 at 10:40 AM

    I'll answer the question if everyone is prepared for a dissertation about the 2008 baseball season.

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  3. Mattie-OOctober 20, 2008 at 12:03 PM

    I *do* want to read Joe's dissertation, but a couple of thoughts:

    -If it were my team, of course I'd rather lose in 7 than 7-0 in 5. That was a ridiculous comeback, and it's gotta make you proud of your team regardless.

    -The Rays are really fucking good, and will be for some time if they keep this core together. I would say it took balls to have a kid who made his major league debut a month ago closing game 7, but the guy's a beast already.

    -The sad (for Joe)/delightful (for me) side effect of the Sox finally winning twice in 3 years is that now the "please god ANYONE but them" stuff that was exclusive Yankee property for so many years is now being directed at both sides. To paraphrase a young JMF, drowning his '97 sorrows in Freshens, get used to people cheering for the hunter who just shot your dog. It's lonely at the top.

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  4. pb01October 20, 2008 at 1:15 PM

    no way. As mattie-o say, the Rays were really good, and it took a herculean effort for them to win. Their man-child pitcher had the game of his life and they made plays when they needed them. The red sox gave us an all-time memory in the comeback game. Yes I wish they won. But getting abused in 5? not a chance.

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  5. schwizzaOctober 21, 2008 at 5:40 AM

    i'm sure it's better to lose in seven than five, but geez. game 5's miraculous comeback feels a lot like endy chavez's spectacular series' saving catch in 2006. it's all a bit empty and mets fans know that any feelings of elation over what happened in game 5 will be accompanied by feelings of sorrow that the team, more or less, wasted the effort.

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  6. ChaucerOctober 21, 2008 at 11:37 AM

    I admit, my question was largely motivated by a desire to tweak Red Sox fans. It wasn't very nice, but it pains me to see giant pictures of celebrating Red Sox on the blog, so, I felt it was in bounds.

    Having said all that, I am sincerely curious to read Joe's dissertation on the season.

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