2002 Baseball Playoffs thread

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in General Discussion edited January 2014
It's October, and you know what that means ... playoffs baby! :cool:



The Twins committed three errors while handing the A's a 5-1 lead but hung tough and stormed back for a 7-5 win in Oakland. Now the A's have their backs against the wall; if they lose again tomorrow they know they won't get out of the Metrodome alive.



Then the Yankees nipped the Angels 8-5 in a great game from what I saw. Bernie's 3-run homer clinched it. But the Angels played a great game.



Now for the shocker: The Cardinals are pounding Randy Johnson and the D-backs 12-2 in the 8th! :eek:



Giants-Braves kicks off tomorrow.



GO TWINS!
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  • Reply 1 of 161
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    The As aren't done yet. Wait till the Twins say hello to Zito and Mulder.



    Go Giants...they're going to need it. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
  • Reply 2 of 161
    That Angels-Yankees game pissed me off. Ugh. I can't handle the back and forth, especially when the forth is in the bottom of the eigth inning by a team that is NOT the Angels.

    I will kill Giambi for tying it up. Then I will make Williams eat Giambi, then I will kill him too. Bastards.



    [ 10-02-2002: Message edited by: Mikey Offender ]</p>
  • Reply 3 of 161
    **** the Angels and **** the A's.



    Oh and **** the Yankees too.
  • Reply 4 of 161
    [quote]Originally posted by Eugene:

    Go Giants...they're going to need it. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> [/QB]<hr></blockquote>



    Barry is due. He'll get it done this time. And Russ Ortiz is pitching great right now. I like they're chances tonight.
  • Reply 5 of 161
    fran441fran441 Posts: 3,715member
    I don't really care that the Yankees won because Roger Clemens pitched a horrible game.



    Once again, he chokes in the playoffs!



    Congrats to the Cards and the Twins for good victories yesterday. I just like seeing the Twins win because Bud Selig wanted to contract them so badly, just so people from Minnesota would root for his Brewers instead.



    I'm also glad that the Brewers had such a horrible record. Maybe they should be contracted, eh Bud?



    Even Randy Johnson could stop the Cardinals. This will be an interesting series I think. Can St. Louis really knock out the defending World Champions?



    Imagine- none of this would have been possible had there been a strike.
  • Reply 6 of 161
    [quote]Originally posted by Fran441:

    <strong>I don't really care that the Yankees won because Roger Clemens pitched a horrible game.



    Once again, he chokes in the playoffs!

    </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Problem is, with the Yanks he hasn't choked the way he did when he was with the Sox - up until last night, that is.



    Want a depressing stat? Roger's worst postseason ERA with the Yankees is almost a full run better than his best postseason ERA with the Sox.



    [ 10-02-2002: Message edited by: spaceman_spiff ]</p>
  • Reply 7 of 161
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    I like the Twins, but I like Oakland more and really hope they take the next three games, or at least win the series.



    Yanks and Angels I'd rather see Anaheim take the series, but I've got a lot of respect for the Yanks so I wouldn't mind them winning.



    Giants and Braves I want the Giants to kick Atlanta's asses, which they're doing right now.



    And with the Cards and Diamonbacks I want St. Louis to win
  • Reply 8 of 161
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    Yeah, amazing, 8-2 Giants in the 8th, Glavine out after 5 innings. The kicker, Maddux has a blister on his hand and won't pitch tomorrow at Turner Field. This could get interesting.
  • Reply 9 of 161
    kick ass! go Gs!!!



    i see an As-Gs world series... <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
  • Reply 10 of 161
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    All I have to say about the 8th and the 9th is...WHEW!



    Benito Santiago and Robb Nen nearly gave me a heart attack.
  • Reply 10 of 161
    Giants 8 - Braves 5



    man, what a game!!! damn, that last inning was too suspenseful. i stopped breathing during that last atbat. great game! <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
  • Reply 12 of 161
    fran441fran441 Posts: 3,715member
    [quote]i see an As-Gs world series... <hr></blockquote>



    Wasn't there an Earthquake the last time that happened?
  • Reply 13 of 161
    [quote]Originally posted by Fran441:

    <strong>



    Wasn't there an Earthquake the last time that happened?</strong><hr></blockquote>





    hellz yeah!!! but i missed it...

    visiting my grandparents in LA during the best quake of my generation...
  • Reply 14 of 161
    moogsmoogs Posts: 4,296member
    [quote]Originally posted by ColanderOfDeath:

    <strong>**** the Angels and **** the A's.



    Oh and **** the Yankees too.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Fear not. The NHL season begins a week from today.



  • Reply 15 of 161
    NHL? Is that sport even still around? I thought they shut that league down cause they couldn't get anyone below the 47th parallel to watch a game on TV.
  • Reply 16 of 161
    moogsmoogs Posts: 4,296member
    Curling...you're thinking of Curling.



  • Reply 17 of 161
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    The Angels have heart...The Yankees have heart...and 2x the cash.



    The series is tied 1-1. Woooot!



    Plus, the Angels bullpen has a bit of the Wild Thing look to them.
  • Reply 18 of 161
    casecomcasecom Posts: 314member
    Alas my Twins were trounced by Mulder and the A's, 9-1. But they'll bounce back in the Dome, Zito or no Zito.



    One thing you won't see in the Dome that you saw a lot of in Oakland: empty seats.
  • Reply 19 of 161
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    Yeah, I used to be a big Twins fan back in '91 when they won the world series (a great series too, not one of those dime-a-dozen Yankees ones). I wasn't too interested in baseball after '92, especially when there was the strike. Now it's cool, the Twins are good again. I think they'll beat the A's. True, the A's are a great team, and there was just some terrible pitching in today's game that they exploited, but the Twins have one of the best home crowds in all of MLB. They usually do really well at the dome (the fact that there are gigantic crowds helps, and they're used to looking for the ball against the top of the dome), and they only have to win two of the three games there to move on.



    Of course, once they beat the A's, they'll just get pummeled by the Yankees. As usual. Yawn.
  • Reply 20 of 161
    casecomcasecom Posts: 314member
    Only games 3 and 4 will be in Minneapolis, Friday and Saturday. Game 5 (if necessary ) would be back in Oakland.



    The Twins are expecting <a href="http://www.startribune.com/stories/509/3342230.html"; target="_blank">55,000 plus</a> both games. And I've got tickets: I can't go Friday so I gave them to my parents, but I'll be there Saturday.



    I remember watching the '87 Series on TV: I was a freshman in college, my first autumn away at school. I watched in my dorm's TV lounge with three Cardinals fans and about 20 ambivalent Cubs/White Sox fans. It still rocked. <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
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