15-10-2003 07:50									#121
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Please.. if the cubs has struck out the next batter, no one would care about the kid anymore. NO runs were scored do to that act (unlike in Baltimore) Runs scored cause the Cubbies could not just end the damned inning wiuthout letting Florida score 7 runs!

	15-10-2003 07:51									#122
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I disagree... That would be second out, and one less baserunner... BIG DIFFERENCE!

But do I agree that any moron that doesn't know the game would do the same thing

	15-10-2003 07:56									#123
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And then the next Florida hitter hits a double, and then a homerun gets hits, and then someone lese hits a single, then a double, maybe another home run...and the cubbies stay in the hole again....

blame the kid all you want..it was the Cubbies that left Florida score 7...its them on the field.

	15-10-2003 07:58									#124
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Oh... don't get me wrong. The fault lays with the Cubs. But it would have been a WHOLE different game situation with 2 outs and a runner on third.

	15-10-2003 08:03									#125
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Sorry Cubs fans. Get 'em tommorow.

	15-10-2003 08:03									#126
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This blows chunks. :barf:

	15-10-2003 08:04									#127
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Go Kerry... sigh...

	15-10-2003 08:06									#128
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Not the kid's fault. A ball is coming to him; what do you expect him to do?

No, I'd point the finger at an error and TWO intentional walks... lord almighty, unless the batter is the reincarnation of Babe Ruth, it just doesn't make statistical sense to give someone a free pass. And certainly not with two outs.


Pressure's on Wood now. Up against Redman, a former Tiger. Former Tigers thrive in the playoffs. Much as I hate to say it, I wouldn't bet on the Cubbies...

	15-10-2003 08:06									#129
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CUBS LOSE!!!!


CUBS LOSE!!!!


CUBS LOSE!!!!

Sorry about that, are the Cubs going to ACK! ???


ACK!

	15-10-2003 08:25									#130
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I would have said that the Cubs beat the Marlins for 8 innings, and only lost the one. If they can play solid for 9 innings tommorrow, they will win. But listening to Dusty in the post-game, he seems as demoralized as anyone. I hope he snaps out of it soon, or we won't win.

	15-10-2003 08:32									#131
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"Ask not what the Cubbies can do for you...ask what you can do for your Cubbies."

	15-10-2003 08:48									#132
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH MY GODDDDDDDDD.

8-3 Marlins Final. Game 7 should be very interesting.... and intense.

	15-10-2003 09:06									#133
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Nah, game 7s after a come from behind, demoralizing win are often dull by contrast and won by the team who won game 6. See the 2002 world series, the 1985 world series...

	15-10-2003 09:12									#134
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Wow... and the Miracle Marlins strike again! If they can pull it off in Game 7, they are definetly a team of destiny, and the Yanks or Red Sox better watch out!

	15-10-2003 09:29									#135
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Marlins don't deserve to win.

	15-10-2003 09:39									#136
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After tonight's comeback, they sure as **** do .

	15-10-2003 10:02									#137
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Has a team ever come back from being down 3 games to 1 to win a league championship series? If not, how fitting would it be for the Cubs to set yet another record for futility?

	15-10-2003 10:05									#138
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Not too many, thankfully.

quote: ... the Marlins now hope to become the fourth team since the LCS went to a best-of-seven format in 1985, to battle back from a 3-1 deficit and win the pennant.

	15-10-2003 10:45									#139
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From AP

quote: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 An Unlucky Inning Unravels Cubs Associated Press CHICAGO -- Add a meddling fan and a shortstop's error to the Chicago Cubs' long history of misery and dashed hopes. The Cubs were five outs from their first World Series in 58 years Tuesday night when one of their own fans got in the way. It started a series of ugly plays that resulted in Florida's eight-run inning and an 8-3 victory for the Marlins in Game 6 of the NL championship series. "It has nothing to do with a curse," Cubs manager Dusty Baker said. "It has to do with fan interference and a very uncharacteristic error. ... History has nothing to do with this game, nothing." ... Luis Castillo hit what appeared to be a very playable foul fly down the left-field line, and Moises Alou was in position to make the catch. Alou jumped and reached into the stands, but just before the ball dropped into his glove, a male fan who appeared to be in his 20s deflected the ball away as he tried to make the catch. "He said he had it perfectly timed," Baker said. The ball dropped into the stands as Alou screamed. Despite vigorous protests from the Cubs and their fans for interference, it was simply ruled a foul ball, and Castillo went back to the plate. "The ball was in the stands," McKeon said. "Whether Alou could have caught it or not is questionable, but the ball was in the stands. And when the ball is in the stands, the fans have a right to catch it." One pitch later, he drew a walk. Other fans tossed beer at the fan and shouted profanities and threats at him. A handful of security guards quickly escorted him from his seat, his face covered with a sweater as he walked to a security room. Some fans were yelling, "Kill him!" and "You cost us the World Series!" as he was being led away. "He possibly cost us the pennant, and I want to know if it was worth a $20 ball? What a loser," said Sean Henning, who was sitting about five rows back. ... As for that fan, Cubs security chief Mike Hill refused to give out any details about him. But Hill did say the team gave him a new coat and led him out a different exit after the game so no one could recognize him. "He was scared to death more than anything," Hill said. "He just wanted to get out of here."

I would be scared too if I was that fan.

	15-10-2003 12:47									#140
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Just out of curiosity, is anyone else here flashing back to 1984 and the ill-fated playoff with the Padres?

	15-10-2003 18:00									#141
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	15-10-2003 18:24									#142
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What would be it's special use? To pick fights and then cry about it afterwards?

	15-10-2003 18:28									#143
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All I know is that the same thing happened to Dusty's team last year in the World Series, and the next day there seemed to be an inevitability about the Giants' collapse. I do think things will be different this time: Dusty has both the home crowd and the advantage in starting pitching, two things he did not have in Anaheim a year ago. Nevertheless, we're finally gonna see what the Cubs are made of.

My prediction: Both series end tonight, and we start building up hype for probably the greatest World Series since '75: Yankees v. Cubs (or more accurately, New York v. The Rest of the Entire ****ing World).

	15-10-2003 18:36									#144
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quote: Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly Just out of curiosity, is anyone else here flashing back to 1984 and the ill-fated playoff with the Padres?

Hey, I've been flashing back since, errrr, 1984!!!

Sad thing is, as I was watching the game with my family, I turned to my son right after the play and said that I hope the game didn't hinge on that one play.

	15-10-2003 19:07									#145
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There is an evil part of me hoping for a Yanks-Marlins WS, just to piss everyone else off.

But nawww, Cubs-Yanks would be cooler, so Go Cubs! I'm just pissed because when I went to bed last night, I was sure the Yankee game would be @ 8pm. But noooooo-oh, the Cubs had to blow the game and push Yanks/Sox forward to 4pm.

-Arrian

	15-10-2003 23:39									#146
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quote: Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly Just out of curiosity, is anyone else here flashing back to 1984 and the ill-fated playoff with the Padres?

Ahhhh, 1984, I remember it well... bless you, boys...

	15-10-2003 23:44									#147
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I still think the Cubbies will pull it off, it's just that they can't win w/o having the rest of us age 10 years in 7 games...

	15-10-2003 23:48									#148
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If the guy lets Alou catch and everything else happens the same, the score is 3-3 and extra innings with who knows who wins. If Gonzalez makes the catch and double play, and the guy still gets the ball, it's 3-1 in the 9th and we still win.

Cubs lost the game, not the fan.

	16-10-2003 00:05									#149
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That's utter BS...you can't make that guy the goat. I think ANYONE would have reflexed to catch that ball...come on...everyone around him was going for it too...no restraining hands or anything on him...poor guy...he looked like a Grad A nerd, just having a good time and all of a sudden a ball is coming at him. Sheesh...that is some weird **** right there.
And as a former baseball player (not a pro, mind you ) I feel confident in saying that if you have somebody put an 8 run rally on you, one out wouldn't make a difference, unless it was the out to end the rally.

	16-10-2003 01:25									#150
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