World Series
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@AndyD said in World Series:
This WORLD Series, what is it you speak of? Don't think we've sent anyone from England
Well for the first time in decades it is a team from USA vs a team from another country, not really sure where Toronto is. Anyway, the best player on the field is Japanese (like... needs translator during interviews). So we're getting close! Either way, you can join me on my lack-of-sympathy parade watching these Dodgers fan "stress".
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@AndyD said in World Series:
This WORLD Series, what is it you speak of? Don't think we've sent anyone from England
Well for the first time in decades it is a team from USA vs a team from another country, not really sure where Toronto is. Anyway, the best player on the field is Japanese (like... needs translator during interviews). So we're getting close! Either way, you can join me on my lack-of-sympathy parade watching these Dodgers fan "stress".
@89th said in World Series:
not really sure where Toronto is.
It's funny, when we lived in Canada you could just show up at the SkyDome, buy a ticket for about $25, and join the 200 or so other people who wanted to watch the Blue Jays play. This approach doesn't really work in Boston.
I dare say it will be a bit busier next year.
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This year the American League was won by Canadians. Isn't that like Australia winning the Eurovision song contest?
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God forbid we open it up further, the quality and length is already intolerable. We let the Aussies sing, but know that they, like the UK, will never win in the future cos we let the E. bloc in.
I long for the days when proper-Europe took just over an hour and we all sang along to classics like Ding a dong, Aba nibi, Diggi loo diggi lay.
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@jon-nyc said in World Series:
Except with Eurovision, everybody loses.
Have you tried watching baseball? They take amphetamines just to stay awake.
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The most important play in game 7 illustrates baseball's extraordinarily elegant set of rules. A game of inches where the bases are the correct distance from one another, the ball travels the correct range of speeds, the fielders can modify the percentages by shifting forward or back. In this case, the fact that the infielders were playing in, gave them the split second necessary for the force out at home. It helped that the runner was told to stay close to the bag, to account for other possibilities.
I guess this world series had the international thing going for it, so I'm supposed to be pleased for the American team. But the MVP was Japanese and he wasn't even the most famous Japanese player on the team.
It was neat when the MVP, the japanese pitcher, tipped his hat to Vlad Guererro, the other team's biggest star, when Guererro came to the plate late in the game and the game was very much in doubt. Culture matters. Japanese sportsmanship has won a lot of respect from the American fans.
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Agreed. The play that @Horace mentioned above... this is a pitch runner, with a horrendously short lead, the 3rd baseman isn't covering the base, and a run at home wins the championship. Not only was his lead bad, but he slid at home on a force out...should've run through it like 1st base.
For those not following, the catchers foot came off home plate but got it back on with the runner's foot less than 1 inch from the plate. That would've been game over. Even more of a tease, the collision in left field where the guy caught the ball.... most of the time that type of collision results in a dropped ball (and again, Toronto would've immediately won the game).
Anyway...it was a fun series, but what a heartbreak from blue jay fans.
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