"Now, about those Series predictions..." --Mike Lopresti, ..

in article q3G_g.13274$Y24.3477@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net, TJ-BF at
r4 DeleteThis @att.net wrote on 10/22/06 4:35 AM:

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> "Now, about those Series predictions..."
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> Updated 10/21/2006 11:43 PM ET
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> DETROIT - About the World Series assurances regarding American League
> dominance, Detroit Tiger momentum, St. Louis Cardinal fatigue ...
>
> Never mind.
>
> [said "sweetly" in the apologetic 'Emily Litella' voice, portrayed by the
> late great Gilda Radner, 'Saturday Night Live']
>
> ...
>
> Yes, the Tigers can be beaten this October. Their hitters can be hushed by
> an utterly unfazed rookie. Their starting flamethrower can be knocked out in
> the sixth inning. Their third baseman can make two errors on one ground
> ball.
>
> ...
>
> The Tigers are the team to beat. Saturday night, the Cardinals beat them.
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> Mike Lopresti writes for Gannett News Service
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>
Last night was the the third time in four games this year that the Cards
have scored six or more runs against the Tigers. This could easily happen
again.
It's the Tiger bats that let them down, with a lot of help from Reyes.
He retired 17 in a row, at least, which reminded me of Gibson fanning 17 in
the first game in 68. Strike outs are different, of course.
Btw, Pujols got a homer the first time they faced Verlander, although he did
it that time against Todd Jones.

jodelli
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"Bill Kawalec" wrote in message

> yet another reason I'm convinced sportswriters are morons. two losses in
> nine games, and it's the end of the world! the sky is falling?!??!?!?!
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>
>
Exactly, my friend, They are going to write off the Tigers, because they
didn't win 8 playoff games in a row?
What morons they are.

the rick
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Bill Kawalec wrote:

> yet another reason I'm convinced sportswriters are morons.
> two losses in nine games, and it's the end of the world!
> the sky is falling?!??!?!?!

I think I was nine years old when I came to that conclusion.
There are very few very good and unbiased sports writers.
The worst was Jerome Holtzman who Commissioner Kevorkian
appointed the Official Historian of Major League Baseball
in 1999. He is as much an historian as is my 15 year old
son.

Gene "Two Finger" Carney does a beautiful job of slicing
and dicing Holtzman in his terrific book "Burying the
Black Sox: How Baseball's Cover-Up of the 1919 World
Series Fix Almost Succeeded." I particularly like the
part where Holtzman discredits a book after acknowledging
that he hadn't read it.

Dick
 >> Stay informed about: ""Now, about those Series predictions..."" --Mike Lopresti, ..