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Dihard

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #180 on: August 17, 2015, 10:45:32 pm »
Couldn't bring myself to actually root for it, but yes, probably for the best.

JBN

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #181 on: August 18, 2015, 04:15:12 am »
The only way to look at it is don't hope for a Cardinals win, hope for  a Giants loss.

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #182 on: August 18, 2015, 04:49:04 am »
There's a Yogi Berra-ism if there ever was one.

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #183 on: August 18, 2015, 08:33:38 am »
Or as Tommy LaSorda says "If we don't win, I hope you guys do".

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #184 on: August 18, 2015, 08:45:16 am »

The only way to look at it is don't hope for a Cardinals win, hope for  a Giants loss.
Exactly! I'll never root for the Cardinals under any circumstances, but I've been a big fan of Giants losses for 25 years or so as well...

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #185 on: August 18, 2015, 09:13:39 am »
Matchups like that, I root for long extra-inning games with excessive wear and tear on both teams' bullpens (with bonus points for fights leading to key player injuries and league suspensions).

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #186 on: August 18, 2015, 11:41:30 am »
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Exactly! I'll never root for the Cardinals under any circumstances

Amen.

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #187 on: August 18, 2015, 02:43:19 pm »
Exactly! I'll never root for the Cardinals under any circumstances, but I've been a big fan of Giants losses for 25 years or so as well...

What if it was the last day of the season, and the Cardinals had to win in order to get the cubs into the playoffs?

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #188 on: August 18, 2015, 02:48:48 pm »
Rooting for the Giants to lose in the present series is in fact rooting for the Cardinals.  With tempered enthusiasm, of course. 

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #189 on: August 18, 2015, 03:05:57 pm »
What if it was the last day of the season, and the Cardinals had to win in order to get the cubs into the playoffs?
I would hope the other team choked horribly. I would expect the Cardinals to roll over and let their opponent have their way with them.

Rooting for the Giants to lose in the present series is in fact rooting for the Cardinals.  With tempered enthusiasm, of course. 
I'm not rooting for the Giants to lose to the Cardinals. I'm not rooting for the Cardinals to beat the Giants. I'm simply taking satisfaction in the Giants losses...which I have been doing regularly since the fall of 1989.

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #190 on: August 18, 2015, 03:07:24 pm »
It's kinda like when Tennessee plays Mississippi State in football.

There are no winners.

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #191 on: August 18, 2015, 03:18:21 pm »
It's kinda like when Tennessee plays Mississippi State in football.

There are no winners.

If you werent a Cub fan.

And the owner of the board...

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #192 on: August 18, 2015, 05:01:07 pm »
I like the Cubs more than I dislike the Cardinals.  And I despise the Cardinals.

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #193 on: August 18, 2015, 05:49:39 pm »
It's kinda like when Tennessee plays Mississippi State in football.

There are no winners.


If you werent a Cub fan.

And the owner of the board...


That's gold there.

brjones

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Re: Around Baseball
« Reply #194 on: August 18, 2015, 07:41:29 pm »
Will Venable traded to the Rangers.