# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/241 "2010-11-02T02:48:49Z")
What a capper for Edgar Renteria, World Series MVP, and deservedly so. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/242 "2010-11-02T02:49:45Z")
Someone said if you live long enough in sports you will see everything. I guess that’s true for me now. Only had to wait 45 years for this. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/243 "2010-11-02T02:49:50Z")
I have to give props to Fox for one cool thing they do (every year, IIRC) – they have a camera on every position player for the final out, and show a montage of each player’s reaction. that was awesome. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/244 "2010-11-02T02:51:04Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Someone said if you live long enough in sports you will see everything. I guess that’s true for me now. Only had to wait 45 years for this. Now…Cal in the Rose Bowl. It’s gotta happen eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/245 "2010-11-02T02:52:27Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > What a capper for Edgar Renteria, World Series MVP, and deservedly so. I’d say so. .412 average and single-handedly won 2 of the 4 games. Think he’ll retire now and end on the highest possible note? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/246 "2010-11-02T02:53:28Z")
Renteria had the winning hit in 2 world series 13 years apart. Can’t imagine that has been done before. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/247 "2010-11-02T02:54:19Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I have to give props to Fox for one cool thing they do (every year, IIRC) – they have a camera on every position player for the final out, and show a montage of each player’s reaction. that was awesome. That was a nice touch. I’d never noticed it in past years…probably because my team hadn’t made it in a while… ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/248 "2010-11-02T02:54:40Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Someone said if you live long enough in sports you will see everything. I guess that’s true for me now. Only had to wait 45 years for this. I am a Detroit Lion fan. Are you telling me there is hope? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/249 "2010-11-02T02:56:46Z")
There is always hope, ask Red Sox fans. Or Saints fans. Nobody ever thought we’d see the Stanley Cup champs here in North Carolina but we did. Only took us 9 years to win it after getting the team. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/250 "2010-11-02T03:00:45Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > I am a Detroit Lion fan. Are you telling me there is hope? For six wins? Sure. Well, maybe. If that happens, we’ll call it your Super Bowl. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/251 "2010-11-02T03:02:58Z")
Sweet! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/252 "2010-11-02T03:05:08Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Renteria had the winning hit in 2 world series 13 years apart. Can’t imagine that has been done before. He also made the last out of another one. The guy gets around. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/253 "2010-11-02T03:05:58Z")
Cliff Lee the new Marion Hossa? ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/254 "2010-11-02T03:06:08Z")
The Rangers ended the series with 29 hits. The Giants ended the series with 29 runs. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/255 "2010-11-02T03:21:44Z")
Funny how fast Wikipedia is updated. They even updated all the stats on the page on droughts for winning a title. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/256 "2010-11-02T03:28:40Z")
I’m in my centrally-located apartment with the windows open, the city is ALIVE. There are fireworks, horns blaring, people screaming “Renteria!” “Giants!” and “Fear the Beard!” There are also police sirens so there is some havoc, but who knows to what extent. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/257 "2010-11-02T03:29:59Z")
And the page of our local newspaper is now [orange](http://www.sfgate.com/). I should also note that the major landmarks in the city (Coit Tower, City Hall) have all been night-lit in a gorgeous orange glow for the past week or so. I should get out there with my camera… ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/258 "2010-11-02T03:45:49Z")
Rangers fan of 31 years checking in to say congrats to the Giants fans. Your boys earned it. But what a season for the Rangers and for Rangers fans. I’m having a hard time adjusting to the fact that the end of the Rangers season is also the end of the baseball season. It’s a very strange feeling. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/259 "2010-11-02T03:49:56Z")
> [@Pashnish\_Ewing](#): > > Rangers fan of 31 years checking in to say congrats to the Giants fans. Your boys earned it. > > But what a season for the Rangers and for Rangers fans. I’m having a hard time adjusting to the fact that the end of the Rangers season is also the end of the baseball season. It’s a very strange feeling. The ALDS was the first post-season series you guys ever won, right? Just a great run for the Rangers, and must have been crazy in Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590/260 "2010-11-02T04:00:50Z")
> [@Pashnish\_Ewing](#): > > Rangers fan of 31 years checking in to say congrats to the Giants fans. Your boys earned it. Just want to add, great job by the Rangers, especially in those last couple games. A good series, classy play, and congrats to the Rangers for making it this far. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-world-series-thread/558590.md?page=14)