bmwracer wrote:
Just like in the other game.
I guess the Series starts on Saturday, ne?
Yup, from US Cellular Field. Makes you wonder what Cubs fans are thinking.
Yup, from US Cellular Field. Makes you wonder what Cubs fans are thinking.
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Started by bmwracer · 27 Sep 2004 · 5,578 replies
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Yup, from US Cellular Field. Makes you wonder what Cubs fans are thinking.
dochira wrote:Yup, from US Cellular Field. Makes you wonder what Cubs fans are thinking.
You can't print that here. ;)
bmwracer wrote:
You can't print that here. ;)
Torn, I tell you. It's Chicago, but that's not the right team...oh they must be loving Steve Bartman right now. :hehe:
Tomorrow's headline: "Rocket implodes on launching pad" :victory:
Chisox take game two, 7-6, on a walk-off homerun by Scott Posednick. :woot: :dancing: :thumbsup: :applaud: :woot:
Go Sox!!!!! :D
Go Sox!!!!! :D
Whew!! :sweat: Sox pull it out!!! :dancing:
Looks like another Sox championship
Akasaka Hiker wrote:Looks like another Sox championship
Another???
Thay haven't won a World Series in something like 80 years... :headscratch:
bmwracer wrote:
Another???
Thay haven't won a World Series in something like 80 years... :headscratch:
I think it was a reference to the Red Sox win last year....it has to be.
dochira wrote:
I think it was a reference to the Red Sox win last year....it has to be.
hai. sou desu. :sweat:
dochira wrote:I think it was a reference to the Red Sox win last year....it has to be.
I'm sure.
But that's a different Sox team. :headscratch:
So much for all the noise in the "dome":
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Baseball orders roof open for Game 3
October 25, 2005
HOUSTON (AP) -- Major League Baseball pulled the roof out from over the Houston Astros' heads.
Over the objections of the Astros, the commissioner's office ordered the roof open at Minute Maid Park for Game 3 of the World Series on Tuesday night and said all games in Houston this week are likely to be played outdoors.
"It is a gorgeous day,'' baseball commissioner Bud Selig said. "In Milwaukee, you don't get a day like this until July Fourth.''
Jimmie Lee Solomon, executive vice president of baseball operations in the commissioner's office, made the announcement on the field about four hours before the scheduled first pitch. It was 71 degrees and the sky was cloudless when Solomon spoke.
The forecast called for a game time temperature in the low 60s, and Solomon said it would not get too cold for fans.
"This is not unprecedented. It happened in 2001 down in Arizona. The roof was open all four games there,'' Solomon said. "We looked at everything. We looked at wind. We looked at humidity. We looked at the temperature.''
The Astros like playing with the roof closed because, among other things, it increases the noise. They were not thrilled with the decision.
"They had the opportunity to close it in the division series, they had the chance in the championship series, they didn't say anything then,'' shortstop Adam Everett said. "It surprises me they're saying something now.''
"This is our home field. If we want to close it, we should be able to close it. That being said, they are Major League Baseball and they have their rule.''
Solomon said the commissioner's office followed the Astros' regular-season guidelines, which he said call for the roof to be open when the temperature is under 80 degrees and there is no rain. Astros spokeswoman Lisa Ramsperger said there are no specific guidelines.
"I think it's a disregard to our fans, the comfort of our fans,'' Astros manager Phil Garner said.
Solomon said that the forecast is favorable for the rest of the week and that the roof is likely to be open for all games in Houston. The Astros played their first five postseason games this year with the roof closed. Solomon said the temperature was over 80 degrees for all except Game 3 of the first-round series against Atlanta.
"By the time we got here to look at the roof it was already there and we could not change it in time,'' he said.
During the regular season, the Astros were 36-17 at home when the roof was closed, 15-11 when it was rolled back and 2-0 in games that began indoors and finished in fresh air. It was open just twice after May -- for a pair of games against the Chicago Cubs during the final series of the regular season.
"If we say anything, it's going to be critical, so I have no comment,'' Astros president for baseball operations Tal Smith said.
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I'm almost certain Phil Garner has been in Candlestick Park on a cold night, when the wind chill can bring temps down to the 40s. Don't tell me about fan comfort. :shakehead:
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Baseball orders roof open for Game 3
October 25, 2005
HOUSTON (AP) -- Major League Baseball pulled the roof out from over the Houston Astros' heads.
Over the objections of the Astros, the commissioner's office ordered the roof open at Minute Maid Park for Game 3 of the World Series on Tuesday night and said all games in Houston this week are likely to be played outdoors.
"It is a gorgeous day,'' baseball commissioner Bud Selig said. "In Milwaukee, you don't get a day like this until July Fourth.''
Jimmie Lee Solomon, executive vice president of baseball operations in the commissioner's office, made the announcement on the field about four hours before the scheduled first pitch. It was 71 degrees and the sky was cloudless when Solomon spoke.
The forecast called for a game time temperature in the low 60s, and Solomon said it would not get too cold for fans.
"This is not unprecedented. It happened in 2001 down in Arizona. The roof was open all four games there,'' Solomon said. "We looked at everything. We looked at wind. We looked at humidity. We looked at the temperature.''
The Astros like playing with the roof closed because, among other things, it increases the noise. They were not thrilled with the decision.
"They had the opportunity to close it in the division series, they had the chance in the championship series, they didn't say anything then,'' shortstop Adam Everett said. "It surprises me they're saying something now.''
"This is our home field. If we want to close it, we should be able to close it. That being said, they are Major League Baseball and they have their rule.''
Solomon said the commissioner's office followed the Astros' regular-season guidelines, which he said call for the roof to be open when the temperature is under 80 degrees and there is no rain. Astros spokeswoman Lisa Ramsperger said there are no specific guidelines.
"I think it's a disregard to our fans, the comfort of our fans,'' Astros manager Phil Garner said.
Solomon said that the forecast is favorable for the rest of the week and that the roof is likely to be open for all games in Houston. The Astros played their first five postseason games this year with the roof closed. Solomon said the temperature was over 80 degrees for all except Game 3 of the first-round series against Atlanta.
"By the time we got here to look at the roof it was already there and we could not change it in time,'' he said.
During the regular season, the Astros were 36-17 at home when the roof was closed, 15-11 when it was rolled back and 2-0 in games that began indoors and finished in fresh air. It was open just twice after May -- for a pair of games against the Chicago Cubs during the final series of the regular season.
"If we say anything, it's going to be critical, so I have no comment,'' Astros president for baseball operations Tal Smith said.
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I'm almost certain Phil Garner has been in Candlestick Park on a cold night, when the wind chill can bring temps down to the 40s. Don't tell me about fan comfort. :shakehead:
Hmm, White Sox up 5-4 middle of the 7th.
Up to the second update:
WS defeats the Astros, 7-5 in 14 innings to take a 3-nil lead in the Series.
WS defeats the Astros, 7-5 in 14 innings to take a 3-nil lead in the Series.
BLUM(who?) HOMERS, WHITE SOX WIN!!! :woot: :victory: :woot:
Houston, you have a problem. tsk, tsk. :sweat:
Woo Hoo!
Sox one game away....! :woot: :woot: :dancing:
That home run by Blum had the same effect as Pujlos did in the NLCS: stuffed the cheers back down the Astro fans' throats. :hehe:
It was awful quiet in that big ol' stadium.
Regardless if the cover was open or closed. :hehe:
Sox one game away....! :woot: :woot: :dancing:
That home run by Blum had the same effect as Pujlos did in the NLCS: stuffed the cheers back down the Astro fans' throats. :hehe:
It was awful quiet in that big ol' stadium.
Regardless if the cover was open or closed. :hehe:
bmwracer wrote:
Another???
Thay haven't won a World Series in something like 80 years... :headscratch:
wouldn't that be great, a special year for them, if they take it.
after so so long. :hehe:
:woot: :dancing: :applaud: White Sox are World Champs!! :woot: :dancing: :applaud:
:woot: :dancing: :applaud: White Sox are World Champs!! :woot: :dancing: :applaud:
:woot: :dancing: :applaud: White Sox are World Champs!! :woot: :dancing: :applaud:
:woot: :dancing: :applaud: White Sox are World Champs!! :woot: :dancing: :applaud:
:woot: :dancing: :applaud: White Sox are World Champs!! :woot: :dancing: :applaud:
:woot: :dancing: :applaud: White Sox are World Champs!! :woot: :dancing: :applaud:
:woot: :dancing: :applaud: White Sox are World Champs!! :woot: :dancing: :applaud:
:victory: :applaud: SOX WIN! SOX WIN!! SOX WIN!!! :applaud: :victory:
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