Astros starting Munro in game 6.

Clarkmeister · #1 10-19-2004, 01:23 AM

Inside scoop from the Cardinals beat writer on a St. Louis message board. Dude is like never wrong.

I think it's a big mistake for Houston. If it works, it's genius, as it sets them up for the Series, but if it doesn't, you really don't want to go down without your best two guys pitching both games.

All I know is that as a Cardinal fan, I'm glad to see Munro in game 6 and that alone makes me think it must be the wrong move.

GuyOnTilt · #2 10-19-2004, 01:26 AM

I have a hard time believing anything you post anymore. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

GoT

Sooga · #3 10-19-2004, 01:29 AM

Yea Clarky was an Angels fan in 2002, and a Cards fan this year... and he'll be frontrunning again next season. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

Clarkmeister · #4 10-19-2004, 01:31 AM

So if your team doesn't make the World Series, you just watch and don't root for anyone?

Sooga · #5 10-19-2004, 01:33 AM

Eh, basically. Unless the Dodgers are in the World Series, then I'll be rooting for whatever team they're playing against. My Halos didn't make it, so baseball doesn't really all mean that much to me for 2004. I mean, I watched tonight's games (which were fantastic), but I didn't really have an interest in either team.

Clarkmeister · #6 10-19-2004, 01:36 AM

Wow, that sucks. Why not read a book or something? I can't remember ever watching a sporting event where I didn't root for one of the two teams, even if I hated them both.

Sooga · #7 10-19-2004, 01:38 AM

Will you back a team enough to put an exorbitant wager of say, $100 on it? Cuz I heard you don't have those kinda balls.

ThaSaltCracka · #8 10-19-2004, 01:38 AM

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Wow, that sucks. Why not read a book or something? I can't remember ever watching a sporting event where I didn't root for one of the two teams, even if I hated them both.

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Me too, that is the essence of being a fan of the sport.

Sooga · #9 10-19-2004, 01:40 AM

You're saying that I can't watch a good game simply to watch a good game? I have to be behind a team to enjoy it? Like, tonight's Astros game was just a fantastic game, I really wouldn't have cared who won, but either way it would have been a great game, and I would have greatly enjoyed it.

Nate tha' Great · #10 10-19-2004, 01:52 AM

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So if your team doesn't make the World Series, you just watch and don't root for anyone?

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This is just a silly semantic question. "Rooting for" does not equal "being a fan of".

What's funny though is that sometimes I won't even know who I'm rooting for until the series starts. I keenly remember *thinking* that I'd be rooting for the Jazz in the 1998 finals (I live in Chicago now, but grew up a Pistons fan) but could not help but pull for Jordan & Co by the end.

I *think* that my rooting heirarchy for the WS is as follows
1. Astros
2. Red Sox
3. Cardinals
4. Yankees

The Red Sox are the real wild card here, and can wind up anywhere from #1 to #3 on a given night. Being a Cubs fan and all, I also can't completely discount the possibility of rooting for the Yankees over the Cardinals.