Slightly O.T.: Cubs or Indians?

[Neutral 0bserver]

Can the Tribe's Corey Kluber pull off a trifecta and mystify one of the best hitting line-ups in baseball three times in a row? Or will the Cubs tee off again tonite and finally turn the table on Mr. Kluber.

Side note: How passionate are Chicago Cubs fans?

Nu'Trelle met a lady yesterday who said that she and her husband have had Cubs season-tickets (4 of them) for 36 years. She said they were offered $15,000 apiece for the three games in Chicago. That's $60,000 in total to sell all 4 seats and not attend, or keep two seats for themselves and pick-up $30,000 on the extras.

She said it wasn't hard to make a decision. They've dreamed all their lives that this would someday happen (i.e., Cubs make it to the Series). So they each attended all three games and took along close family members with the extra tickets.

 

[Silver King]

Cubs, that big woosh was the sound of momentum leaving the yard with that Grand Salami.

 

[Neutral 0bserver]

Can the Tribe's Corey Kluber pull off a trifecta and mystify one of the best hitting line-ups in baseball three times in a row? Or will the Cubs tee off again tonite and finally turn the table on Mr. Kluber.

The mystery is officially over. The Cubs knocked Kluber out of Game 7 in the top of the fifth. Kluber didn't record a single strikeout. Maybe on another night, but not tonite.

 

[The Prep Fan]

RIGGED!

 

[Neutral 0bserver]

What a Series,

Cleveland: Great team that could have easily won.

The Cubs: Erased 108 years of heartache for the Northsiders with one of the most heroic comebacks in Series history.

Quote of the Series: Joe Maddon - "What we need to do is put together 3 one game winning streaks."

CUB FANS: Maybe the most loyal fans in the history of American sports. None of them were alive the last time the Cubs managed to win all the marbles. They were taught to love the Cubs by parents, grandparents, etc. who never saw the Cubs win a damn thing either. That's loyalty!

 

[Silver King]

Can the Tribe's Corey Kluber pull off a trifecta and mystify one of the best hitting line-ups in baseball three times in a row?

Funny, SK not no sexist, but he's not real fond of Wimmens sports reporters (Now Choc, don't get on me too bad, SK loved the feminists in Grad school in the late 70s when he wrote in Socialist Labor Party candidate, Peter Camejo for President when Ronnie ran - dated a feminist nurse for a while, and married a pretty strong willed lass), but damn if some baseball gal said the most profound thing SK heard before the game: "The Cubs don't deserve to win; if after seeing a pitcher three times they can't rock him."

 

[Dan in Daytona]

Funny, SK not no sexist, but he's not real fond of Wimmens sports reporters (Now Choc, don't get on me too bad, SK loved the feminists in Grad school in the late 70s when he wrote in Socialist Labor Party candidate, Peter Camejo for President when Ronnie ran - dated a feminist nurse for a while, and married a pretty strong willed lass), but damn if some baseball gal said the most profound thing SK heard before the game: "The Cubs don't deserve to win; if after seeing a pitcher three times they can't rock him."

I got two words for that ignorant statement: BOB GIBSON. This clueless TV personality needs some perspective on the 135+ yr game. I only named one dominator, but many more have come before. So much for history.... anything goes, anything can be said....oh well

 

[Silver King]

Yeah but she happened to be right for this world series. Of course here's two more words: Ernie Harrell, there are maybe two or three guys today that could call a game like he could. That, like the )so called) news is not as important as packaging anymore.

 

[Neutral 0bserver]

Expanding a bit on Bob Gibson:

In the opinion of many, St. Louis ace Bob Gibson was the fiercest competitor of his generation, maybe even the fiercest of all-time. A perennial All-Star selection, during the summer classic Gibson even went so far as to refuse to associate with fellow all-stars from opposing teams.

Long after Gibson retired, Nu'Trelle was watching a game on TV one night when a batter launched a tape-measure shot that damn near left the entire stadium. As the home crowd roared it's approval, the batter held out both arms in airplane-like fashion and openly mocked the pitcher as he slowly circled the bases.

The play-by-play announcer asked the color analyst - a former player - "What do you think would have happened at his next at bat if a hitter dared to show-up Bob Gibson like that?"

Forget who the analyst was, but he said without hesitation, "If they were smart, they'd call an ambulance for the guy while he was still in the on deck circle."