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WORLD SERIES 2006.

CARDINALS VS. TIGERS.

Discuss.
>> Anonymous
I vote Tigers. Make your vote count.
>> Anonymous
Cardinals in 7.
>> Anonymous
ill be nice and ill give the cards one game...tigers in 5
>> Hyper Man
>>20743
Thank you. I was gonna say this exact statement. No way in hell are the Cards gonna win the World Series.
>> Anonymous
Tiggers in 6
>> I HATE VALKYRIE PROFILE 2 LOL
WHOEVER WINS

NASCAR STILL LOSES
>> Timeran
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Cards in 6

Go Cardinals!!!!
>> Anonymous
tigers are gay. the cards work so much better as a team.
>> Anonymous
>>20755
except pitching...
and clutch hitting
and defense
>> Anonymous
>>20748

fail.
>> Anonymous
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Chris Logan Hanssen fully supports the Detroit Tigers in their endeavor against these Cardinals.

Tigers in six.
>> Anonymous
>>20760

No pitching? You mean Suppan's 16 innings and only 1 run? Or the ridiculously stingy bullpen?

Hitting? Right Molina didn't hit a homerun to win the game that was just a media conspiracy.

Defence? Sorry we have Edmonds in center field, enough said.
>> Anonymous
Go Tigers (by default)
>> Anonymous
in that tiggers outfeild you gonna need so taguchi encarnacion and wilson out there because that feild is immense
>> Anonymous
>>20786

3/4ths of the world is covered by water.

The other 1/3rd is covered by Jim Edmonds.
>> Sponge
Tigers in 4.

my reason, the AL >>>> NL.

my sauce for that?

Mariners 14-4 in interleague
>> Anonymous
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I predict Tigers to roll all over the Cardnials. I've said before these tigers are hungry and I ask you. Would you get in the way of a hungry tiger?

Tigers in 5. Like the State Theatre said on the marquee "Lets party like its 1984" (please I urge to do that WITHOUT burning half the city down)
>> Anonymous
>>20789
So the earth is now 13/12? It must have put on weight.
>> Anonymous
>>20797
Your Mariners blew in non-interleague.
>> Anonymous
>>20817
Way to prove his point, you fucking retard.
>> Sponge
>>20797

Except against the Yankees and Red Sox, yes they blew it against the AL. mostly Oakland. they lost 16 in a row against oakland.
>> Anonymous
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Tigers in 4.

Pic very related.
>> Dr. Swordopolis
Eh, Pujols will manage to win the Cards one of the games.

Tigers in 5.
>> Anonymous
>>20827
FAIL
>> Anonymous
>>20827
did you see that awesome game where the tigers swept us in the first wold series game?? oh shi....
>>20781
and thank you for that amazing comment
and thank you very much for supporting my point.
>>20789
>> Anonymous
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whats an earned run
>> Anonymous
>>20781
Meet
>>20854Closing in on a Post-season record is he not?
>> I'm in your game denying you runs Anonymous
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>>20854
That's not mud (on his hand in the first)
>> Anonymous
Record is 34 1/3 innings, Mariano Rivera>>20856
>> Anonymous
>>20805

Id actually rather they DO burn half the city down. Get rid of some nigras, and the abandoned shithole buildings that they live in. Detroit needs a fresh start. Preferably without the urban sprawl.
>> Anonymous
HAY GUYS hows it feel that you need pine tar and the help of the umpires to advance in the playoffs?
>> Anonymous
>>20862
Stop finding excuses. IIRC the only hit he allowed was in the first inning, then he cleaned his hand before the 2nd.
>> Anonymous
>>20862
and thats why the tigers are still a failure just like theyve been all these years.
>> Anonymous
>>20866
lol seriously, stop finding excuses as to why your team lost. EVEN IF IT WAS AN ISSUE, he cleaned his hand off...then STILL dominated the rest of the time he was in play till the 8th.


Listen to your own manager, both teams were good but the tigers outplayed them this time.
>> Anonymous
>>20866
>>20862
ffs you guys are like the 13 year olds in counter strike who scream HAX every time someone kills them.
>> Anonymous
>>20865
>>20868

Doesn't change the fact he still fucking CHEATED. Cheating at any point in time should result in a suspension or some form of punishment.

He didn't even say he washed it off, his fingertips could have been sticky LONG AFTER he "wiped" the pine tar off his hand.

Me playing baseball for 8 years, I know what pine tar is like when it gets on your hands. It stays there for a while.
>> Anonymous
>>20865
>>20867
>>20868
number one i dont even play counter strike
number two even if he wiped it off he STILL attempted to use it.
>>20869
exactly, ive been playing for about 6 years now and pine tar is very hard to remove without a soap that really cuts grease. cheating espically in the world series shouldnt be tolerated.
>> Anonymous
>>20873
>>20869
SORRY MR INTERNET EXPERT. I DIDNT KNOW THAT YOU WERE KING OF BASEBALL.
>> Anonymous
I was the one who joked about "ITS NOT MUD" on his hand in the first.

I saw a local Tv cananel show before and after pics of his hand and that stuff on his hand was too light to be pine tar. His explanation was that it was a mix of mound dirt water and rosin that her picked up from the rozin bag on the mound. There was a light mist of rain that had fallen early on in the game.

I simply stated it as a play on the "ITS NOT MUD" joke from /b/
>> Anonymous
>>20877

Any moron with any experience in upper levels of baseball will know what Pine tar does.
>> Anonymous
>>20878

Funny thing, nobody saw him using a rosin bag before the first inning or during warm ups :(((
>> Anonymous
>>20881
They dont show everything on TV during pregame.
>> Anonymous
>>20877
you fucking retard. wow just because i know what pine tar is means nothing. you could have learned that from the fucking game if you watched it.
>> Anonymous
>>20883

Either way, Rosin + Water + dirt =/= sticky substance that stays on your hand despite a ball flying out of it 90+ mph.
>> Anonymous
lol at all the pitiful Cardinals fans in this thread

Nobody knows what was on his hand, but you just assume he is cheating. MAYBE he was, but it seems unlikely.

p.s. I don't even give a fuck about either teams, but fuck you guys are a pitiful bunch. You're just as pathetic as Rams fans, and that is really saying something.
>> Dr. Swordopolis
I love the way the whole stadium of Cards fams goes wild every time a ball leaves the infield, even if it's going to be caught a second later.

I also love how Jim Edmonds tries to turn every routine catch into a clip for the highlight reel.

Cards never should have made it this far, but did anyways because the NL was a joke this year. That ends now.
>> Anonymous
St. Louis= NO bullpen (5.67 ERA)
Detroit= Good bullpen (3.41 ERA)
Detroit in 6 games
>> Anonymous
>>20890

Stfu Seahawks fan. Enjoy losing.

>>20896

No bullpen? St. Louis' bullpen has been amazing this postseason. Johnson setting things up, Wainwright raping everyone with his devistating curve.

>>20893

That's pretty much every stadium kid. Any fan sees a ball go up into the air, their inital reaction is to cheer.
>> Anonymous
>>20797
better example
Tigers 13-1 interleague

>>20904
The Cardinals bullpen is nowhere near as powerful as the tigers bullpen. end of story
>> Anonymous
>>20905

Regular season means nothing in the postseason, you can throw away that regular season crap.

Molina, a .210 hitter in the reg. season is all the sudden batting .350 in the post season.

Reg-season stats mean NOTHING.
>> Anonymous
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He has pinetar all over his thumb. Dirt isn't that sticky. What a fucking cheater.
>> Anonymous
>>20911

have you ever played baseball? maybe in little league, like me? now i'm no expert, but that looks like dirt from the mound, some material from a rosin bag, mixed probably with the hot air he was blowing into his hand.

anyway, whatever the shit was he washed it off and shut the cardinals out for seven more innings. bottom line
>> Anonymous
>>20909
Works in reverse too. Tell that to Fail-rod .071 avg in the division series.
>> Anonymous
>>20920
no it dosnt. it looks glossy and sticky. and the shit from the rosin bag is white. plus when did he ever even touch the rosin bag.
>> redmachined !h1LZxECEVA
If that's pine tar then I'm a black man with a giant cock.

STFU and GTFO with your conspiracy theories, assholes.
>> Anonymous
Tigers in 6.

That's not mud.
>> Anonymous
Who gives a crap if he used pine tar for one inning. St Louis still would've tied it in the 9th if they have anyone up but Molina, who totally lucked into his game 7 homerun and is definately not a good hitter.
>> Anonymous
What a cocksucker, they found the EXACT SAME SPOT on his hand throughout the A's series.

KENNY ROGERS IS A FUCKING CHEATER.
>> Anonymous
>>20955
and in the yankees series, and at a few games in the regular season.
>> Anonymous
All I know is half the cardinals players look like the type of fathers who would rape their 5 year old daughters.
>> Anonymous
Why watch this borefest?
>> Anonymous
>>20980
The entire postseason Scott Rolen has looked like he's about one more word from just going insane and beating the shit outta somebody.
>> Dr. Swordopolis
I don't think it was pine tar, but I do think the whole thing got brushed off a little too quickly by all parties involved.

Just one more thing for LaRussa to scream about when the Cards lose the WS.
>> Dr. Swordopolis
BTW, they're already calling this whole incident "Smudge-gate"

lol
>> Anonymous
What is this "WORLD" series you speak of? I put it to you that only teams from North America compete in this, and it can therefore not be deserving of being named the "WORLD" series.
>> Anonymous
It's not the concept of what teams play, but who plays the teams. We have athletes from all parts of the world competing in teams that are based in North America.
>> Anonymous
>>20992
At the time it was invented, the USA was the only place in the world with professional leagues, so the winner would have been the best professional in the world. They just never changed the name once teams in Japan and Central/South America started popping up.
>> Anonymous
LaRussa isn't even complaining about it.
Watching Baseball Tonight they don't even make that huge of a deal about it. If it was pine tar all it does it give some extra grip, grip lost cuz of the cold weather. Now if he had sandpaper and was putting cuts into the ball..then the ball would of done funny stuff and that would of made a difference..but pine tar really wouldnt have given Rogers a cheating advantage anyways
>> Anonymous
Regardless what pine tar does to your pitching, ITS STILL FUCKING ILLEGAL.

He broke the rules and should be suspended asap.
>> Anonymous
Do I think Kenny has some sort of substance on his hand that helped him? Yes

Do I think he did this knowingly? Of course.

Had it lasted throughout the whole game, it would have been a problem. However, it was only on his hand for one inning.

And Cardinals fans need to stfu. Pujols is obviously taking steroids, so take your high and mighty bs somewhere else.
>> Anonymous
You guys forget that Rogers has evidently used pine tar on his fingers for a lot of games during this playoffs. He just learned to conceal it a bit better I suppose.
>> Anonymous
>>21028

Except Pujols has never failed a steroids test, stfu.

Go put some pine tar on your hand and then "wipe it off."

I guarantee it'll still be sticky as shit in the same area.

ITS AGAINST THE RULES, REGARDLESS, HELPED HIM OR NOT, HE SHOULD BE SUSPENDED.
>> Anonymous
>>21033
SOMETHING SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE DURING THE GAME
IT DIDN'T
SO STFU AND STOP CRYING
>> Anonymous
>>21033
According to Jeff Brantley(ESPN analyst and former MLB pitcher), Pine tar is used usually during hot weather games to prevent the ball from slipping if your hand is sweaty. It is commonly used in the bullpen to speed up the warmup process(IE:Kenny Rogers warming up before the first inning). It doesn't affect pitching aside from helping grip.

And if you look at the placement of it, and then his throwing style, it wouldn't have done anything. He pitches with his fingers, not the base of his thumb.
>> Anonymous
Hitting coach Hal McRay said Rogers was also scuffing balls.
>> Anonymous
>>21028
your a fucking idiot, pujols has deliberately taken tests to prove his innocence. plus he dosnt even look like he uses steroids. look at mcguire and bonds, they havee hugr upper bodies and small lower, pujols is a big guy all around. thats not very consistent to steroid use
>> Anonymous
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Well anyway...

Dear Cinderella,

The clock is fast approaching Midnight.

-St Louis
>> Anonymous
just cuz detroit axes the whole team basically and gets a new one dosnt make em good. cards win even if they loose.
>> Anonymous
Detroit is in an uphill battle as of now.

Tomorrow is a must win for them, and it won't be easy, with Suppan who shut down a more potent Mets' offence.
>> Anonymous
suppan will shut detroit down. if cards win tomorrow detroit is fucked for sure.
>> Anonymous
>>21125

If Suppan wins tomorrow, Detroit can't beat Reyes, Weaver, and Carpenter all in a row.

Game 4 decides where this series is going.
>> Anonymous
the world series is boring now anyways, the cardinals shouldn't even have been there, if the mets didnt have their best 2 pitchers fucking hurt it would be mets vs tigers and a much better series.
>> Anonymous
>>21130

If Carpenter piched 3 games and Mulder was healthy Mets would have still lost.

Baseball isn't about "what ifs"
>> Anonymous
Chris Carpenter - - eight shutout innings against the vaunted Tiger hitting lineup.

And he did it without pine tar.
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
>>21157

Seconded
>> Anonymous
>>21130yes they should have been there and they are there. the tigers shouldnt be there,they are only in cuz of wildcard.
>> Anonymous
>>21147
PINE TAR IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL
>> Anonymous
Cardinals in 6

I'm a Detroiter, but I can't believe that they even made it this far.

If the Tigers do win, the Lions are obviously going to make it to the Super Bowl, and that shit doesn't happen.
>> Mr. Ricer !hspBFHR8xw
Albert Pujols...Worst last name ever or what?

(poo holes)
>> Anonymous
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How does I play baseball in the rains?
>> Anonymous
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lol i dunno
>> Anonymous
I snuck in through the fucking media gate for the game to be rained out? FUCK.
>> Anonymous
In games when Rogers doesn't use pine tar, St. Louis is 2 and 0.
>> Anonymous
>>21220
In posts which you fail, you are 9213565675675123765213765123456124317298378912637125465316128319283719283712361253712641298489318287
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>> Anonymous
If it's raining tonight, Kenny Rogers will start. Pine Tar doesn't wash off.
>> Anonymous
Another error by the Tiggers, and it's tied at 3. WTF is going on, kids?
>> Anonymous
its official the cardinals are trash, shouldn't even be here and now there piece piece of shit outfield is winning the game. Hooray for baseball on a wet fucking field.
>> Anonymous
>>21280
wow what an angry noob. yeah blame it on a wet field. how come the cards didnt screw up, but detroits did at least twice? yeah their outfield is shit, thats why detroit is gonna loose the world seires because they cant win three in a row.
>> Anonymous
>>21280

Busch stadium is one of the best, if not THE best field at holding water. It's not our fault niggers can't run straight, or dive to catch a ball. (see: Edmonds game 7 NLCS 2004)
>> Dr. Swordopolis
The Cardinals didn't win this game:

The Tigers flat-out lost it.
>> Dr. Swordopolis
>>21283

Don't put much stock into anything Edmonds does. He makes every routine fly-ball look hard.
>> Anonymous
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>>21285

Yep. Routine fly ball here.
>> Anonymous
>>21285
cuz hes that damn good, it takes skill to do>>21286that. still an amazing catch. took the whole damn field in his pants.
>> Anonymous
Well since the Cards managed to not suck and lose the game that means they won correct? I know Detroit is a lousy place to live, and they suck at everything but are you guys even trying?
>> Anonymous
Fuck the Tigers; not that I like the Cards, I just hate the Tigers more.
>> Anonymous
Baseball is a joke, the cardinals had the 13th best record in all of baseball and they are gonna win the world series what a fucking joke. 5 teams that didnt make the playoffs that had a better record than them, they shouldnt even count this championship. Fucking fix the postseason structure.
>> Anonymous
>>21291
Hay guys, they should determine the champion by calculating stats at the end of every season instead of playing games. It'd be more funner that way!
>> Anonymous
>>21291
>>21292
sore loosers are the best thing in baseball
>> Anonymous
or maybe at least the 8 teams with the best records should play, not a team that made it to the playoffs when 5 teams had a better record than they did. The cardinals barely won more agmes than they lost. Wonder why the world series ratings are down this year.
>> Anonymous
>>21294

It's called divisions, moron. It's not one massive pool of teams. You know nothing about baseball, stop posting.
>> Anonymous
and they should fix it fuckface, so that at least the best teams make it to the postseason.
>> Anonymous
>>21298

And give fans of lesser teams no reason to follow baseball? No thx.
>> Anonymous
WORLD SERIES.... lol
>> Anonymous
If it's such a crime that the Cardinals are in the World Series, why can't the vaunted Tigers beat them?
>> Anonymous
In west clownadelphia, born and raised, on the playground is where i spent my clowing days. chillin out, maxing, laughin all cool, and all spraying water on the guys outside the school, when a couple of mimes who were up to no good, started making trouble in my neighborhood. i tripped on one little pie and my mom got scared and said "you're movin with your uncle and auntie in clown air." i whisted for a cab and when it came near it was the size of a mouse and had a horn in the mirror. if anything i could say that this cab was rare, but i thought nah, forget it, yo clowns, to clown air! i arrived at the circus about 7 or 8 and i yelled to the cabbie, yo clowns, spray ya later! i looked at my tent, i was finally there, to jump through the hoop as the clown of clown air
>> Anonymous
so what happens to all those people who were sure that detroit was going to win the WS?
>> Anonymous
they probably melt........or go on an average detroit crime spree or outright riot.
>> Anonymous
>>21351
Ehh not all of them.

This Tiger fan tips his cap to St. Louis, and celebrates his team advancing to the "Base Camp" of baseball's "Everest". Considering most "experts" picked Detroit to LOSE 90+ games this year not WIN 95 games.

I was 5 months old when they last won it all and 3 years old when they last played in the post season before this year. Spent most of my years too embarassed to say I'm a Tiger fan. I AM proud of my team finally showing up the experts for once. Sure they may not have reached the top of the mountain but given what the media (and even myself afriad to say) was expecting to see I was more than proud to finally see post season baseball in the "D" (I live outside of Windsor Ontario just to prove I'm not a true Detroiter) I even shelled out the big bucks for 4 games during the season.

P.S. Sean Casey if you read this (and I doubt you will) I want another ball. The fatfuck season ticket holder next to me on sept 17th stole the ball you tossed me!!