Cardinals Red Sox Poll - Who wins?
iamthegreatcornholio
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I'm voting for the Cardinals. While I'm liking the evil empire slaying Red Sox, the Cardinals are the best team in baseball. It's funny how the Cards beat Clemens to go to the WS, but Clemens had the last laugh as he single-handedly blew the AS game which gave Boston home field.
Brian
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I was thinking the exact same thing and just mentioned it to my wife.
Hey, let's see if the hypothesis works.
Curt Schilling hurt - Cardinals
The thing that urks me is all of the attention that Boston is getting. I look on ESPN (Classic especially), and it's all Boston talk. I mean, come on, they keep rerunning a show called "Red Sox - Why Not Us?". I think they have ran it non stop since yesterday.
I know - it's because of the curse, but give the Cards a little respect. By the way, THE ONLY WAY TO END THE CURSE FOR BOSTON IS TO WIN THE WORLD SERIES. Beating the Yankees isn't good enough.
Oh by the way, Cards in 7!
Shane
The curse is actually broken, or neutralized.
Even though the curse of Babe Ruth is
a world series curse, the fact that the Sox
did what no team has ever done in baseball history
in "the House that Ruth Built", has ended the curse, or neutralized it.
Also, the Cardinals are a great team with a great following for sure.
However, if you would have spent the first weekend of October in
Baltimore when the Red Sox were already in the playoffs and just
playing out the remainder of their schedule, and see 20,000
Red Sox fans from all over the east coast cheering their team
on in a suburb of Boston called Baltimore, then you would understand
all the attention the Red Sox get from the networks. These fans are
absolutely nuts for their team. No one would understand the passion
these people have for this losing, "cursed" franchise.
Anyway, I'll be interested to listen to Tim McCarver this series.
He is a Yankee broadcaster and ex-Cardinal.
He was very pro-Yankee during the Yankee series, and I
expect him to jump on the Cardinal bandwagon now.
Bring back Curt Gowdy.
I see what you are saying. But, let's move ahead a week after the World Series ends IF the Red Sox lose. The curse WILL still be there. They have not won a world series since 1918. The ALCS against the Yankees did not change that fact.
Shane
And I agree, Marc: Schilling's physical health may be the key to the series.
You're right. The official "curse" will not be broken
unless the Red Sox win the series.
The curse of the Bambino is that the Red Sox traded
the greatest player of all time to the Yankees and
haven't won the world series since.
However, winning the ALCS brings 1,000 times more
satisfaction to a Red Sox fan then beating the Cardinals
in the world series. That is an undisputible fact.
Beating the Yankees in the House that Ruth Built
will taste good for generations to come.
The class of 2104 will be hearing about this on
ESPN 7 someday. It will never go away.
Also, understand that the Red Sox are the only
team New England has to cheer for. Plus, parts
of eastern Canada gets the Sox games on TV.
Did you see after game 7, there were thousands
of Red Sox fans behind the dugout going nuts.
It's not called the "Red Sox Nation" for nothing.
Also, Keith Foulke is the son of an Air Force pilot.
He is tough as nails. He didn't let up a run against
the Yankees. He did the same thing to the Yankees
that Lidge did to the Cardinals. He even pitched more innings then Lidge. If not for Ortiz, he
WAS THE MVP of the series. This guy throws only 88,
but his screwball is Sutter and Valenzuela like.
He is as lights out as Lidge.
Anyway, enjoy the series. The Cardinals are an
awesome team. My dad was at the 67 series
when the Cardinals beat the Red Sox. He's still
alive to see this one.
Don't forget Pedro's got his grandpapi with him (David Ortiz was the Yankee's daddy in the ALCS)
I'm votin' Red Sox all the way
Steve