If ESPN's Chris Fowler can be forgiven for repeatedly referring to the U.Va. grounds as a, "campus" (my fingers rebel at typing the word), U.Va. itself can't be for replacing the pep band with this banal marching monstrosity. Still, it was good to see the U again, even if only on TV.
This was one of those games that ESPN dreads having to show. A 1-5 team vs. a 2-5 team, on opposite Game 7 of the NLCS. Sure, they dredge up this "Oldest Rivalry in the South," thing, the loser of the first game being left to scrawl "Roanoke" on a tree,
As for baseball: looking? He struck out looking? Maybe it's because they didn't have that crazy woman sitting behind home plate endlessly signalling "illegal motion" like in '86. More likely it's because Wainwright started mixing in curve balls that the Mets haven't seen since Doc Gooden.
So now it's a rematch of 1934 and 1968, both 7-gamers themselves. You can count on it, every 35 years or so, the Cards and the Tigers both make it to the Series. Everyone's ready to hand this thing to Detroit, but they're obviously demented. These are the same people who were holding betting stubs for a Subway Series. There's no reason this can't go 7 games again, and it's just a shame it's not being played in old Tiger Stadium.
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Speaking as the most diehard of Detroit Tigers fans, I am not taking the Cardinals lightly & I am extremely confident that Jim Leyland, his staff, and the Tigers players are not taking them lightly, either.
That being said, the Tigers are focused, confident, and rested. While I don't foresee a sweep, I'm going to say Detroit in 6. Dominant pitching is where it's at in the postseason, and the Tigers have the edge.
Posted by: Ben | October 20, 2006 8:15 AM