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^ Well the team and their fans will have lots of time to discuss and contemplate it. :sweat:

Somewhat off topic, but 10 of these are baseball....

Worst sports collapses of all time

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/g/a/2011/09/29/worst_sports_collapses.DTL&object=

....and for the Red Sox fans (or former ones....)

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7034858/f@#-guys

niknik wrote:Somewhat off topic, but 10 of these are baseball....

Worst sports collapses of all time

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/g/a/2011/09/29/worst_sports_collapses.DTL&object=

Ah, I figured the '51 Dodgers would be on that list... But they only made the list once... And it was 60 years ago. :mrgreen:

Apparently Terry Francona will be made the scapegoat for the BoSox's late season collapse: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AixMMPZV4p93VThaFYm1zQYRvLYF?slug=ti-brown_red_sox_terry_francona_093011

Sad... He wasn't the one who gave up two doubles and a single to lose the game to the O's: it was Papelbon, huh? :headscratch:

Tampa Bay is riding their end of season momentum: they lead Texas, 6-0, in the 4th inning.

bmwracer wrote:Apparently Terry Francona will be made the scapegoat for the BoSox's late season collapse: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AixMMPZV4p93VThaFYm1zQYRvLYF?slug=ti-brown_red_sox_terry_francona_093011

Sad... He wasn't the one who gave up two doubles and a single to lose the game to the O's: it was Papelbon, huh? :headscratch:

Not surprising, like I said, these past few days the talk was: who is leaving Tito or Theo. Yeah, the players also share the blame, but two years of not making the playoffs probably had the owners angry.

Rays trounce the Rangers in the opening game of the playoffs, 9-0.

Jav_sol wrote: but two years of not making the playoffs probably had the owners angry.

Maybe it "the curse of Takashi Saito". The Sox cut him loose after the 2009 season and haven't made the playoff since. He went to Atlanta last year, they made the playoffs but folded down the stretch this season. Meanwhile, Saito is back in the postseason with Milwaukee. :woot:

gaijinmark wrote:Maybe it "the curse of Takashi Saito". The Sox cut him loose after the 2009 season and haven't made the playoff since. He went to Atlanta last year, they made the playoffs but folded down the stretch this season. Meanwhile, Saito is back in the postseason with Milwaukee. :woot:

LOL. :hehe:

Now how did he play into the Dodgers' fortunes or misfortunes? :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Now how did he play into the Dodgers' fortunes or misfortunes? :beaten:

After the '08 season Torre let him go and made Broxton the closer. The Dodgers' bullpen has been a mess ever since.

gaijinmark wrote:After the '08 season Torre let him go and made Broxton the closer. The Dodgers' bullpen has been a mess ever since.

That's right! :doh:

Joe Torre's dubious legacy. :bleh:

Milwaukee beats Arizona, 4-1.

Philly routs St. Louis, 11-6.

Texas evens up their series with Tampa Bay with a 8-6 win.

Tigers beat the Evil Empire 5-3 and Verlander goes tomorrow!! :woot:

Edit: Brew crew beats up the D-backs 9-4, Saito gets the win!! :victory:

gaijinmark wrote:Edit: Brew crew beats up the D-backs 9-4, Saito gets the win!! :victory:

Yay! :woot: :applaud:


Cards even up the series with the Phils with a 5-4 win.

Rangers beat the Rays, 4-3, to take a 2-1 series lead in the best of five.

Tigers beat the Yanks, 5-4, to take a 2-1 lead in the best of five series. :victory:

Rangers lead the Rays, 4-2, in the 7th.

Adrian Beltre has homered in three consecutive at-bats for Texas. :shocked:

Rangers lead the Rays, 4-2, in the 7th.

Adrian Beltre has homered in three consecutive at-bats for Texas. :shocked:

EDIT: Rangers eliminate the Rays with a 4-3 win.

Great run by the Rays to get into the playoffs. :applaud: :applaud: :applaud: