Which is how it should be. If you don't win the Series the season is a failure. At least that's what I was told after the 03 season when the team got within 5 outs of the WSsportdan30 wrote:Such a shame after a great great season. Unfortunately, Cubs fans will only remember how this one ended. .
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I agree...Adding two possible games is nothing...Best of 5 is bullshit.Jared wrote:I can never understand why the LDS is a 5-game series. It makes the playoffs that much more of a crapshoot, and would adding two more games to the postseason make it that much longer?RobVarak wrote:It's not an excuse. Nobody. Nobody is madder than I am and more upset that they lost. But this is the nature of post-season baseball, especially in these God-forsaken shitty, 5-game series.
It still wouldnt have helped the Cubs. This series was such total domination that a seven game series would have made it a 4 game sweep.
BUT....I can see where it would help the White Sox
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I have to agree. I think the Dodgers in 5 or 6. They are a totally different team since the addition of Manny and the subtraction of the other big $$$ slugs.dbdynsty25 wrote:Now you can enjoy the beatdown the Phils are going to take at the hands of the Dodgers.Diablo25 wrote:5-0 good guys!!! Looking good...gotta stay focused!!!
You guys are funny. Phils have the most dominating pen in the league, the rotation just dominated the Brewers and our offense is no joke. Best road record in the NL. Kicked the Dodgers asses up and down the field last time they saw them (and yes Manny was there) 4 game sweep...yet you say Dodgers in 5 or 6XXXIV wrote:I have to agree. I think the Dodgers in 5 or 6. They are a totally different team since the addition of Manny and the subtraction of the other big $$$ slugs.dbdynsty25 wrote:Now you can enjoy the beatdown the Phils are going to take at the hands of the Dodgers.Diablo25 wrote:5-0 good guys!!! Looking good...gotta stay focused!!!
That NL west was awesome this year too. Are you guys here all week? Wow. At least apply SOME logic to your statement. Can the Dodgers win? Absolutely...it's the playoffs. Are they an unbeatable juggernaut? Absolutely not. Christ, they just beat a team that couldn't hit with a Fat Albert bat. They weren't even challenged. Phils have won 16 of their last 19 against teams that were fighting for their lives (Well maybe not the Nats). Call me crazy but I like my team's chances.XBLive Gamertag - Diablo25
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Touche sir... touche.Diablo25 wrote:You guys are funny. Phils have the most dominating pen in the league, the rotation just dominated the Brewers and our offense is no joke. Best road record in the NL. Kicked the Dodgers asses up and down the field last time they saw them (and yes Manny was there) 4 game sweep...yet you say Dodgers in 5 or 6XXXIV wrote:I have to agree. I think the Dodgers in 5 or 6. They are a totally different team since the addition of Manny and the subtraction of the other big $$$ slugs.dbdynsty25 wrote: Now you can enjoy the beatdown the Phils are going to take at the hands of the Dodgers.
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Vegas has the dodgers favored as well. That's gotta count for something(esp with philly having home field). I doubt they're just trying to be 'funny'.Diablo25 wrote:You guys are funny. Phils have the most dominating pen in the league, the rotation just dominated the Brewers and our offense is no joke. Best road record in the NL. Kicked the Dodgers asses up and down the field last time they saw them (and yes Manny was there) 4 game sweep...yet you say Dodgers in 5 or 6XXXIV wrote:I have to agree. I think the Dodgers in 5 or 6. They are a totally different team since the addition of Manny and the subtraction of the other big $$$ slugs.dbdynsty25 wrote: Now you can enjoy the beatdown the Phils are going to take at the hands of the Dodgers.
If the dodgers win game 1, the philly fans will turn on their team, & the series is over. I do like how u simply wrote off the cubs as a team that can't hit. that could have something to do with the dodgers pitching. it's not like they just set the ball on a tee...
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Classic response. That is simply an untrue statement...you know it and I know it.greggsand wrote: If the dodgers win game 1, the philly fans will turn on their team, & the series is over.
As far as my reply above, maybe "funny" was the wrong way of putting it...but so was the "breakdown" by those who I was responding too. I'm not angry or anything...I like the discussion but give me something that I can say, "you know what, you have a point." Both teams are hot right now and anything could happen. Both rotations and pens are pitching very good right now. Like I said before, I like my team's chances.
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Good point, but you gotta admit, the Cubbies looked like s*** though.I do like how u simply wrote off the cubs as a team that can't hit. that could have something to do with the dodgers pitching. it's not like they just set the ball on a tee...
As far as the Dodgers/Phils series, I can't imagine it being shorter than 6 games. One thing is for sure, whoever wins the series will be the better team. 7 games will determine a true winner.
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I agree. It's not like he made some kind of strategic mistake. He had the Cubs playing well all year, and they simply choked. The Dodgers pitching was really impressive and shut the Cubs down. Even without the walks and fielding errors of games 1 or 2, the Cubs would have lost with the way they hit.RobVarak wrote:Blame the players who didn't hit, pitched poorly and didn't field. Don't blame the poor old bastard who had to sit there and watch it from the top step! LOL
Soriano looked like he needed to sacrifice a bucket of KFC before the series. I don't think I've ever seen worse plate discipline from a batter. Rich Harden looked more comfortable swinging than Soriano did.
Phils will be fine. Remember, DB said the Lakers would roll the Celtics too.Diablo25 wrote:You guys are funny. Phils have the most dominating pen in the league, the rotation just dominated the Brewers and our offense is no joke. Best road record in the NL. Kicked the Dodgers asses up and down the field last time they saw them (and yes Manny was there) 4 game sweep...yet you say Dodgers in 5 or 6XXXIV wrote:I have to agree. I think the Dodgers in 5 or 6. They are a totally different team since the addition of Manny and the subtraction of the other big $$$ slugs.dbdynsty25 wrote: Now you can enjoy the beatdown the Phils are going to take at the hands of the Dodgers.
And you know what? Everyone thought that they would crumble when they had 4-5 keys guys out of the lineup including E. Longoria and they still won the AL Eastern division. The problem is, no one including TPA fans knew how good they were during the regular season and most are finding out just now.Diablo25 wrote:Man, the Rays just won't go away. All the experts seem to think that the winner of the LA/BOS series will win the AL - The Rays are legit. Longoria is a rookie and he has the look of a guy that has been in the league for years. Hell of a player.
Since you keep mentioning it, the Dodgers swept the Phillies in LA in a four game series just a week or so prior to the sweep in Philly. Also, those 4 losses were during the Dodgers 8 game losing streak, right before they went on an 8 game winning streak. Once again, i'm hardly confident in this team winning the NL, but that sweep you mention doesn't mean much.Diablo25 wrote:You guys are funny. Phils have the most dominating pen in the league, the rotation just dominated the Brewers and our offense is no joke. Best road record in the NL. Kicked the Dodgers asses up and down the field last time they saw them (and yes Manny was there) 4 game sweep...yet you say Dodgers in 5 or 6XXXIV wrote:I have to agree. I think the Dodgers in 5 or 6. They are a totally different team since the addition of Manny and the subtraction of the other big $$$ slugs.dbdynsty25 wrote: Now you can enjoy the beatdown the Phils are going to take at the hands of the Dodgers.
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Very true. A sweep by the Dodgers and then a sweep by the Phils. I think its a fairly even series...6 or 7 games. Some one has gotta win it!LAking wrote:Since you keep mentioning it, the Dodgers swept the Phillies in LA in a four game series just a week or so prior to the sweep in Philly. Also, those 4 losses were during the Dodgers 8 game losing streak, right before they went on an 8 game winning streak. Once again, i'm hardly confident in this team winning the NL, but that sweep you mention doesn't mean much.Diablo25 wrote:You guys are funny. Phils have the most dominating pen in the league, the rotation just dominated the Brewers and our offense is no joke. Best road record in the NL. Kicked the Dodgers asses up and down the field last time they saw them (and yes Manny was there) 4 game sweep...yet you say Dodgers in 5 or 6XXXIV wrote: I have to agree. I think the Dodgers in 5 or 6. They are a totally different team since the addition of Manny and the subtraction of the other big $$$ slugs.
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Longoria AND Crawford. I mean seriously...they beat the Red Sox for the division so why wouldn't they be favored?10spro wrote:And you know what? Everyone thought that they would crumble when they had 4-5 keys guys out of the lineup including E. Longoria and they still won the AL Eastern division. The problem is, no one including TPA fans knew how good they were during the regular season and most are finding out just now.Diablo25 wrote:Man, the Rays just won't go away. All the experts seem to think that the winner of the LA/BOS series will win the AL - The Rays are legit. Longoria is a rookie and he has the look of a guy that has been in the league for years. Hell of a player.
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