# Major League Baseball: League Championship Serieses Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2006, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-league-championship-serieses-thread/375877 "2006-10-10T01:13:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-league-championship-serieses-thread/375877/41 "2006-10-19T14:34:58Z")
_(reverse jinx)_ I’ve totally given up on the Cards. Suppan just isn’t pitching well on the road, Rolen and Edmonds look like shit at the plate making it easy to pitch around Albert, Duncan can’t hit lefties and Perez is channeling Tom Seaver. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-league-championship-serieses-thread/375877/42 "2006-10-19T16:41:04Z")
[QUOTE=RealityChuck] Simply a function of there being more postseason games. [/QUOTE] Well, no. Prior to the first of the current string of series-ending homers (Pratt in 1999, not 2000 as I incorrectly typed) there were 153 playoff series played, 3 or 4 of which ended on a home run (Mazeroski, Carter and Chambliss, plus Bobby Thomson’s homer ended a best-of-3 playoff.) From 1999 to today, including the 5 series ended this year as of just before NLCS Game 7, there have been 54 playoff serieses completed, with Pratt, Ortiz, Burke, Ordonez and Boone, at least. So clearly, there’s a dramatic rise in series-ending homers. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-league-championship-serieses-thread/375877/43 "2006-10-19T19:31:03Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] It’s funny how there have been so many series-ending homers in recent years. From 1903 to 1993 there were three; Mazeroski in 1960, Chambliss in 1976, and Carter in 1993. Recently we’ve had Pratt in 2000, Ortiz in 2004, Burke last year, Aaron Boone in 2003, now Ordonez, and I think I’m missing one or two more. [/QUOTE] What, no love for Bobby “The Giants win the Pennant!! The Giants win the Pennant” Thomson’s Shot Heard Round the World in the 1951 NL playoff? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-league-championship-serieses-thread/375877/44 "2006-10-19T20:04:01Z")
[QUOTE=AndyPolley] Of course, Mr. Wagner is getting on my nerves. [/QUOTE] Drayton, is that you? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-league-championship-serieses-thread/375877/45 "2006-10-19T21:54:07Z")
I’m a loyal Cardinals fan, through thick and lots of thin. I am also a terrible sports picker, so I’ve clammed up until now. It’s down to tonight, win or go home. I really hope the Cards win, but I also believe the Tigers will slice up the NL winner. I always liked that song from _The Twelve Chairs,_ “Hope For The Best, Expect The Worst.” Oy. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-league-championship-serieses-thread/375877/46 "2006-10-20T00:25:29Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] I really hope the Cards win, but I also believe the Tigers will slice up the NL winner. [/QUOTE] I’m afraid you’re right: they’ll have about as much chance as Roy Horn. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-league-championship-serieses-thread/375877/47 "2006-10-20T02:10:24Z")
Holy Crap, what a great play. It looked like Willie screw up big time and a few seconds later Endy Chavez comes up with a nearly impossible catch to not only steal the homer run but turns it into an inning ending double play. Wow, Wow, Wow. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-league-championship-serieses-thread/375877/48 "2006-10-20T02:10:58Z")
Now \*\*that \*\* was a catch! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-league-championship-serieses-thread/375877/49 "2006-10-20T02:17:26Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Now \*\*that \*\* was a catch! [/QUOTE] Had to be great when a Yankee Fanatic and Dodger Fanatic simul post on it about a Met. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-league-championship-serieses-thread/375877/50 "2006-10-20T02:48:34Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Holy Crap, what a great play. [/QUOTE] I didn’t really have a favorite in this series until that happened. The teams seem reasonably well matched, both solid but ravaged by injury, yet still scrapping. And of course they’re just fighting to see who gets their ass kicked by Detroit. But when Chavez made that catch, I decided I wanted the Mets to win, and get into the World Series. If the Cards win, that catch (and subsequent play) will fade in memory somewhat. It deserves to be immortalized as a galvanizing moment that kept the game in check and made a win possible. That was one **hell** of a play. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-league-championship-serieses-thread/375877/51 "2006-10-20T02:52:46Z")
That was probably the most spectacular play I’ve ever seen made in a playoff game, even beating Devon White’s catch in the 1992 Series. That was just astounding. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-league-championship-serieses-thread/375877/52 "2006-10-20T03:14:24Z")
Man, is this a nailbiter or what? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-league-championship-serieses-thread/375877/53 "2006-10-20T03:23:46Z")
Yadier Molina, of all people! Didn’t Bengie Molina provide some key, unexpected offense for the Angels a few postseasons back? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-league-championship-serieses-thread/375877/54 "2006-10-20T03:26:09Z")
Well, balls. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-league-championship-serieses-thread/375877/55 "2006-10-20T03:29:04Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Yadier Molina, of all people! Didn’t Bengie Molina provide some key, unexpected offense for the Angels a few postseasons back? [/QUOTE] Let’s see what happens, bottom of the 9th, down by 2, game 7. Can the Mets do it? Can Wainwright save the game? Damn we got a good one tonight. BTW: Marley, are you a Mets fan or a Yanks fan. I thought you were a Yankee fan, but I am not positive. Valentin makes it very interesting. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-league-championship-serieses-thread/375877/56 "2006-10-20T03:31:46Z")
Tying runs on, nobody out. God, I love this game! ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-league-championship-serieses-thread/375877/57 "2006-10-20T03:34:02Z")
^ Cardinals fan. I literally cannot watch the bottom of the ninth. I am so on edge. 2 Mets on, no outs. Gah! And damn Edmonds was ROBBED of that home run…but what a beautiful catch. And we got our run. ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-league-championship-serieses-thread/375877/58 "2006-10-20T03:34:09Z")
This one game embodies everything I love about baseball. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-league-championship-serieses-thread/375877/59 "2006-10-20T03:37:04Z")
Oh Floyd! Floyd struck out looking. Come on Reyes make this interesting! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-baseball-league-championship-serieses-thread/375877/60 "2006-10-20T03:41:23Z")
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