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Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

Are you watching those Marlins? [Big Grin]

[ October 25, 2003, 11:09 PM: Message edited by: Ela ]

Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :

Please tell me they are losing.

Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

Nope.

They scored 8 runs in the top of the 8th. [Big Grin]

Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :

Frack.

Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

And the Marlins come back to tie the series, and we are going to game 7!!!!

GO FISH!!!!!!!!! [Big Grin]

Posted by Megachirops (Member # 4325) on :

[Wave]

-Icarus

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Icarus,
I have been waiting for days for a retort for my retort(a re-retort?) in the Baseball thread, which I can't even REMEMBER now, it has been so long.

Posted by Megachirops (Member # 4325) on :

I can't remember it either, it was so memorable.

[Razz]

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Now, THAT"S what I'm talkin' about!

Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

Hmmm, so where is Icky? Anyone seen him lately?

Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :

shhhh! nobody tell her!

Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

[Taunt]

Posted by Megachirops (Member # 4325) on :

*pat pat*

Poor Ela!

Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

Poor? Why would you say that? [Wink]

Posted by Megachirops (Member # 4325) on :

Because you evidently don't have AIM.

[Razz]

Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

I don't? [Confused]

::checks::

Yes, I do, there it is... [Laugh]

Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

How about those Marlins?

They went all the way to make it to the World Series!!!! [Big Grin]

What a great team!!!!!!!!!

GO MARLINS!!!!!!

[The Wave]

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

The upside of living in Chicago when the Marlins won, was that the past two days going to work there has been no traffic on the roads. Everyone has been sleeping off crying in their beer for two days in a row.

AJ

Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

I am sorry for the Cubs fans, but not that sorry. [Wink]

I wanted the Marlins to win. [Big Grin]

I have been trying to obtain World Series tickets since we won last night, both online and heading over to the stadium, but no luck so far. [Frown]

I will keep trying, but I may just have to root on my team from the comfort of my living room, and spend my money on World Series memorabilia.

**Ela**

Posted by Megachirops (Member # 4325) on :

[Party]

Go Yankees!

(What will I do if the Yankees and the Marlins are both in it?

[Angst]

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

Just wait till you see what I do to YOU.

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

[Taunt]

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

I think it's safe to say that a Yankees/Marlins match will be watched by virtually no one outside of New York or Florida. [Smile]

Posted by Megachirops (Member # 4325) on :

I wonder how the ratings of this year's playoffs compare to those of previous years. I'd bet these are the most watched playoffs in years. Ditto for the last month or so of the season.

Posted by Megachirops (Member # 4325) on :

Here's an interesting angle.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2003/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=1634561

It does confirm that at least the first round of the playoffs this year were the highest rated ever.

It also has an interesting comparison of baseball's postseason versus those of other sports.

Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

WOOHOO!!!!!

MARLINS WIN THE WORLD SERIES!!!!

Icky, if you were rooting for the Yahkees, sorry, you rooted for the wrong team. [Wink]

GO MARLINS!!!!!!!!!

[The Wave]

Posted by JenniK (Member # 3939) on :

woohoo someone beat the Spankmees!! [The Wave]

Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :

AHEM!

If you RECALL, the DIAMONDBACKS(!) also BEAT the Yankees. This is NOT such a BIG DEAL!

Posted by Wetchik (Member # 3609) on :

I don't root for teams, I just like seeing them compete. So...
Go whoever is winning! [Smile]

Posted by Kasie H (Member # 2120) on :

Da_Goat,

Frankly, beating the Yankees in the World Series is a much bigger deal than beating them in one lousy regular season game. The Yankees have a bunch of guys who really shine under pressure (Derek Jeter, for one). They really do some of their best work during the post-season, and I think they make the Yankees a much harder team to beat.

The Marlins are a scrappy team, and they deserved this win! Actually...I think Ivan Rodriguez said it best:

quote:
The Yankees...they a good team....but we play better.

GO MARLINS!!
[Party]

[ October 26, 2003, 12:48 AM: Message edited by: Kasie H ]

Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :

I was TALKING about the 2001 (<--pretend that's capitalized) World SERIES! DUH!

http://phoenix.about.com/library/weekly/aa110501a.htm

Of course, everybody hated the D-backs for winning that year, since "New York needed encouragement" or something like that "after 9/11". PSH!

Posted by JaneX (Member # 2026) on :

WE SHOCKED THE WORLD! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

[The Wave]

Posted by newfoundlogic (Member # 3907) on :

The D-Backs had Schilling and Johnson and I assume a payroll twice as large as the Fish. The Marlins are also the first team since the 1914 Boston Braves to come back from 10 games under .500 to win the series. The Marlins also switched managers midway through the year. How many teams have done that. The Marlins came back in all three series by winning three games in a row. At least 4 of the Marlins playoff wins were comeback wins.

Go Marlins!!! [The Wave]

Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

The Marlins totally rock!

And Beckett is one helluva pitcher.

We just came back from welcoming the Marlins home at the airport...along with 700-800 other fans. [Wink]

YAY MARLINS!!!!!! [Big Grin]

Posted by JaneX (Member # 2026) on :

Yeah, we went to the airport to welcome home our returning champions! [Big Grin]

We saw a whole bunch of players. We only caught glimpses of most of them, but glimpses count! We saw Looper and Pierre and Dontrelle and Conine and Castillo and Gonzo and Lowell and Derrek Lee and Cabrera and Redman and Redmond and Chad Fox and Lenny Harris and Tony Perez. We saw Jack McKeon, who was driving his new Mercedes and smoking a cigar. [Big Grin]

We saw Jeffery Loria and got his autograph (he was the only one giving them!). We did not see Penny or Encarnacion, and our two MVPs (Pudge and Beckett) were MIA. But it was still really cool to come within ten feet of almost our whole starting lineup. And we screamed a whole hell of a lot. [Big Grin]

GO MARLINS!! [The Wave]

~Jane~

Posted by Ron Lambert (Member # 2872) on :

While rooting for the Marlins, I was always the most nervous when Hideki Matsui came to bat. He was almost impossible to get out. Next to him was Derek Jeeter. Sometimes I worried about Williams because of his power, but the Marlin pitching pretty well kept him handcuffed.

The goat of the series for the Yankees would probably be Boone, because of his errors, though Jeeter made a critical one in game six. The pitcher David Wells deserves a dishonorable mention, after laughing it up and boasting in pre-game interviews how he does not believe in conditioning, and then he strained his lower back and had to come out of the game after only one inning.

[ October 27, 2003, 10:32 AM: Message edited by: Ron Lambert ]

Posted by Megachirops (Member # 4325) on :

Congratulations, Marlins fans! You have a heck of a team . . . hope they continue to do well. (But I hope the Yankees do better!)

[Hat]