# Live World Series Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 27, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590 "2010-10-27T23:10:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/1 "2010-10-27T23:10:50Z")
This is going to be an epic match-up between Lincecum and Lee. Can’t wait. Let’s go Rangers!! ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/2 "2010-10-27T23:25:46Z")
I saw Cliff Lee around town in Dallas the other day. He was taking his dog for a strikeout ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/3 "2010-10-27T23:47:44Z")
😃 Glad Bengie got a good reception. ---
**Author:** ![Shadez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shadez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadez)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/4 "2010-10-27T23:55:12Z")
Living in the New York area has me saying: _punt Cablevision/Fox_ I’ll be in the corner if you need me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/5 "2010-10-28T00:07:41Z")
First blood, Texas! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/6 "2010-10-28T00:20:29Z")
Nice play, Kinsler. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/7 "2010-10-28T00:21:51Z")
Good double plays all around. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/8 "2010-10-28T00:33:14Z")
Well, the Giants have made some headscratchingly dumb plays already (someone needs to remind Lincecum about the concept of a “run down”), but I am feeling surprisingly calm thus far. Maybe because my dad got called to an emergency work thing and is not here to freak out all over the place. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/9 "2010-10-28T00:36:34Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Well, the Giants have made some headscratchingly dumb plays already (someone needs to remind Lincecum about the concept of a “run down”), but I am feeling surprisingly calm thus far. Maybe because my dad got called to an emergency work thing and is not here to freak out all over the place. Who you’re watching with makes a huge difference, I find. Some people are so tense they make my teeth hurt. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/10 "2010-10-28T00:49:37Z")
Who knew that Cliff Lee could hit too? ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/11 "2010-10-28T01:00:59Z")
Who knew he’d then forget how to pitch? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/12 "2010-10-28T01:05:24Z")
True. Wonder what the hell happened? ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/13 "2010-10-28T01:18:09Z")
He seems to have shaken it off, though. Whew! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/14 "2010-10-28T01:23:15Z")
I’m a Red Sox fan, so I don’t really have a dog in the fight. I’m rooting for San Fran, because I used to live there, and I like Lincecum. He looks like such a kid having fun … except when he’s making stupid plays in the field … but I digress. I do think it’s important to note: Tim McCarver should be dragged out of the booth and beaten with a rubber hose until he promises to never speak into a microphone again. ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/15 "2010-10-28T01:28:34Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I’m a Red Sox fan, so I don’t really have a dog in the fight. I’m rooting for\*\* San Fran\*\*, because I used to live there, and I like Lincecum. He looks like such a kid having fun … except when he’s making stupid plays in the field … but I digress. \ As an ex-resident, you should KNOW how much we _hate_ that abbreviation. We live in San FranCISCO; not San Fran, not Frisco. Only non-residents refer to it thus… \ ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/16 "2010-10-28T01:32:45Z")
Don’t saddle me with the “Frisco”. I’ve never uttered that in my life. I never got grief for _San Fran_. But while I was there, I would just refer to it as, “The City.” So I believe I can claim a little honor back. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/17 "2010-10-28T01:38:33Z")
And the Giants go ahead as Cliff Lee falters. \< sigh \> ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/18 "2010-10-28T01:47:42Z")
For the record, I’ve decided to root for the Giants because they were my first favorite team, and the first major league game I attended in person was in Candlestick in 1969. And Willie McCovey hit a home run! I can still name at least 2/3 of the Giants starting lineup that year. I only remember Frank Howard from my third major league game in Washington. So the Giants win the sentimental matchup. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/19 "2010-10-28T01:49:18Z")
> [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](#): > > \ > As an ex-resident, you should KNOW how much we _hate_ that abbreviation. We live in San FranCISCO; not San Fran, not Frisco. Only non-residents refer to it thus… > \ “Frisco” worked pretty well written on the side of a cardboard box while hitch-hiking there. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/20 "2010-10-28T01:52:33Z")
> [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](#): > > \ > As an ex-resident, you should KNOW how much we _hate_ that abbreviation. We live in San FranCISCO; not San Fran, not Frisco. Only non-residents refer to it thus… > \ I’ve never heard anyone complain about that. I just did an informal poll of the people in the living room (my mom and my sister) and got a divided result. My sister thinks it sounds bad, my mom doesn’t care and says she’s never heard anyone complain about it. So I’m :dubious: that this is something “we” all hate. But let’s talk about what’s actually important: THE GIANTS ARE AWESOME. 8-2. WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! eta: re: “San Fran”. “Frisco”, of course, is totally unacceptable. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590.md?page=2)