MLB - 2008 All Star Break and Beyond!

[-Jrabbit]

It's not that he doesn't make sense. We just don't get to see all the stuff that happens inside his head to get to what he posts.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Well, we don't have access to the same voices .

[Stuie]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Both teams are looking pretty nice, but it remains to be seen if Tampa's starting pitching depth will make a difference, compared to Phily's super-ace (the other 3 are good, but not as good as the Ray's 2, 3, and 4).

Really?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Objectively speaking they aren't.

In the small sample size of the WS they have been.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Wow... bad weather means that that the rest of Game 5 will have be played another day, as Pena ties the game up right before they rain delayed it.

[-Jrabbit]

I couldn't believe they were playing in that crap. Good thing for the Rays that the new rule suspends the game instead of reverting to the last complete inning.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Could you imagine the outcry if the World Series ended on a rain called game?!

It'd make the All Star tie look tame by comparison!

[-Jrabbit]

The whining would go on for decades...

[Imran Siddiqui]

Hamels says it best:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/sports/baseball/28series.html?hp

“I truly think that would have been the worst World Series win in the face of baseball,” said Phillies starter Cole Hamels, who threw just 75 pitches over six innings. “I would not pride myself on being a world champion with a called game.”

[Imran Siddiqui]

And it seems like its snowing in Phily today, so the rest of Game 5 is scheduled to resume at ~8:30 PM tomorrow.

[snoopy369]

So the Tampa games just get pushed back, I guess?

Also, I wonder if after nearly 2 days off, Hamels can just come back and be lights out for another six innings... I know a lot of pitchers can pitch on 2 days' rest fine, so ...

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yep, Tampa games get pushed back (if needed)... two days now it seems (because a day off for travel).

I don't think Philly will try to have Hamels come back in Game 5. But now, if it gets back to a Game 7, he will be more than ready.

[snoopy369]

Scary thought for tampa (though they've stayed in both games with Hamels so far).

[Stuie]

They aren't getting a day for travel - the Tampa games would be Thursday and Friday if necessary.

[reismark]

Those games won't be needed.

Philly, I'll never be able to stomach your football team, but tonight, I'll congratulate your baseball team on a job well done. Enjoy this night like it's the last one you'll get for another 25 years...