Consider this a catch all news/game thread. Talk about the Series here.

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Not a fan of the Cubs really but god I hope they send Manny home.

Lurkers allowed! Wonderful. Many thanks. Dodgers go three strong righties, putting Jim Edmonds in a big spot this series, his play will make or break the Cubs. He hits with power as a Cub but that number is an outlier:

05: .533 SLG
06: .471
07: .403
08 (as a Padre): .233
08 (as a Cub): .568

He's posted a whopping .937 OPS as a Cub too, touching near his career highs where he was one of the Top 3 CFs in the NL. He had a .498 OPS as a Padre and .728 in 2007.

Weather gets a little colder, swing gets a little longer, he gets a little older?

This series could be a lot closer than people think. Yeah the Cubs won the series 5-2, but that was back in May/June

Total combined scoring in those games was 19-18, and in the 3 games at Wrigley, the Dodgers lost by 2, 2, and 1 run. At LA, the Dodgers lost by 1 and 2 runs.

Add in the fact that Lowe and Kuroda seem to own the Cubs, if Lowe wins game 1, this series could get very interesting soon.

Big question marks from Zambrano and Harden right now make the seeming Cubs starting pitching advantage a little off

I like the Dodgers because of the Sox ties(Lowe, Nomar, Manny), and the characters(Manny, Maddux, Kent, Torre)..not really a Lou Piniella fan, or Ted Lilly, so I'm pulling for the Dodgers.

I hope the Cubs walk Manny intentionally every single time he comes to the plate. I hope James Loney hits into so many double-plays as a result of manny being on 1st that he cries himself to sleep every night this week.

Didn't you hear? Manny's baserunning, speed, and fielding miraculously became + tools when he went to the NL.

It just scrolled across the bottom of ESPN that Furcal is expected to bat leadoff in the ALDS series - this is a definite improvement for the Dodgers, even if he is at 80% of what he was producing before his injury. This has the makings of an interesting series, to say the least.

Edit: Linky Goodness

Personally I wouldn't mind if Manny was trying to beat out a double play ball and landed akwardly on the bag. Torn ACL. NO 4 year contract.

Holy crap. They brought in a priest to bless the dugout!

A Priest is blessing the Cubs dugout... awesome

I wonder if it was actually an exorcism

Whatever works

Loved Torre's reaction to the question of whether he thought the Cubs were cursed.

"You're dealing with a former yankee manager who had a three nothing lead against the red sox who went on to win the world series...sorry wrong stop"

You have to give TBS credit. Their studio show is much more entertaining than that horrible Fox studio show.

Yup.
October 21, 2004 (the game ended after midnight!) the gift that keeps on giving!

Frat, the Sox brought in a priest, a rabbi, a minister, and all sorts of others religious figures to do the same in 03 (or 04, can't remember).

Christ, before his injury this year he was like 1908 Honus Wagner. He was better than he's ever been in his career.

What is this, some kind of joke?

TBS coverage is night and day better than Fox. It's not even close.

Game time baby

I am all set to be profoundly amused if a bunt by a pitcher sets up the big inning in this game.

Dick Stockton in the opening: To say there is a lot at stake would be an understudy.

Amen, FR. I reserve the right to change my mind, however, with the "#1 team" of Chip Caray and friends.

Does Tony Gwynn take up the whole screen in standard def TV? He does in HD.

dempster's glove twitch bothers me

Why is everybody booing right now?

The glove waggle annoys the shit out of me.

Edit: Omg SoxScout said the same thing.

I haven't seen Gwynn in ages, but he looks gigantic. Time to lay off the donuts buddy.

Fuckin Millar

Poetry in motion

That's not the guy I remember

Manny with the clutch GIDP.

Classic Manny GIDP.

This is who Gwynn sounds like...

I'm going to take a shot of bourbon every time I see that ass clown Frank Caliendo on my TV screen.

Let's see if I can last the entire game.

But his teammates had fun with the gidp, so it's all good.

Frank Caliendo should try impersonating a comedian with talent.

Dlowe remembers the 2003 ALCS.

I could have sworn when I first saw him, Rerun was doing the play by play.

How is Soriano's BA .289? His batting eye is horrible

Fuck, no Nomar? Bummed.

It's .280

BTW, it doesn't get talked about much here, but what DLowe did in 2004 was absolutely legendary. Dude can bonk all the newscasters he wants and he'll still be on my A list.

The Yankees are rumored to be interested in him.

Except for a few rough patches he had a great career here. Shutting down Oakland in 03 is another fond memory I have of him

Alright, I'm going to start rooting for the D-Lowe no hitter right now. I agree though, it sucks without Nosemar in the lineup. Hope he makes it in during a double-switch.


Side Note, I had enough of the Frank TV commercials last year, did he get funny and I missed it?

Depending on the cost, I'd add DLowe to my short list of "interests" in the off season. Doubt he'd come back though

Ahh yes, what a satisfying final pitch, capped off with the D-Lowe "crotch chop" that sent Tejada into tears. I will always have fond memories of that night.

Prince Fielder is bigger than him now. Can you imagine what Prince is going to look like 10 years after retirement?

Everyone here in LA correctly assumes that Manny is the reason they won the division, but I think some of the credit has to go to Torre.
Torre in LA playoffs..no Torre in NY...golf.

No rooting interest really other than I guess I wouldn't mind seeing a Wrigley / Fenway series.