MLB Playoffs 2007

[ggw]

Imagine the Red Sox payroll after they sign A-Rod this off-season.

[shemptiness]

If the Rox
 Lose to the Sox
 Blame Fox

[vansmack]

By the way, if anybody bets the -220, I will punch them in the face.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by vansmack:
  By the way, if anybody bets the -220, I will punch them in the face.

lol. i didnt bet the -220 cause i only bet $100 maximums, but i did but $50 on Sox -1 1/2.
 
 
   and i thought to myself, 14 of their last 15 to finish 18 games over .500?  
 
   this team was 76-71 after Labor Day?
 
   they looked 76-71 tonight...at best.

[HoyaSaxa03]

the fox music guys were really on tonight ... elvis costello's "(angels want to wear my) red shoes" going to a break was a great touch

[vansmack]

Originally posted by le sonick:
  lol. i didnt bet the -220 cause i only bet $100 maximums, but i did but $50 on Sox -1 1/2.  

Well, the ratio would be the same no matter how much you bet, but if anybody thought risking $2.20 to win a $1 was a good idea, I really would have to punch them.  I feel the same way about betting them to the series - you're better off betting the Sox -1.5 every game (as you did), losing one game at most, and taking home 3 times as much cash.

[Mobius]

Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:
  the fox music guys were really on tonight ... elvis costello's "(angels want to wear my) red shoes" going to a break was a great touch

They played Pixies (Boston) He Comes Your Man after another dominating inning from Beckett (I think the 2nd).  That was incredibly strong.
 
 But it still doesn't make up for the fact that I can't stand Tim McCarver and Joe Buck and Fox sports generally.  McCarver has a good insight every once in a while but its not worth the inanity in between lucid thoughts.  And what does Buck contribute? An occasional play on words?  Fox broadcasts of major sporting events is a bane on our society.

[sonickteam2]

yea, we need more announcing geniuses like Tony Kornheiser...
 
   :roll:

[Mobius]

Originally posted by le sonick:
  yea, we need more announcing geniuses like Tony Kornheiser...
 
    :roll:  

Kornheiser is the worst.
 
 At least you can turn the sound off MNF (although Jaws is arguably the best).  Fox distracts from the game in every way - e.g. w/ graphics unrelated to the action like putting up a picture of Manny w/ his latest quote right in the middle of an at bat.  They make it very difficult to stay into a game.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Mobius:
   

Originally posted by le sonick:
  yea, we need more announcing geniuses like Tony Kornheiser...
 
     :roll:  

Kornheiser is the worst.
 
 At least you can turn the sound off MNF (although Jaws is arguably the best).  Fox distracts from the game in every way - e.g. w/ graphics unrelated to the action like putting up a picture of Manny w/ his latest quote right in the middle of an at bat.  They make it very difficult to stay into a game. [/b]

yeah.  i do hate Fox.   and i HATE their graphics...sometimes they even have sound effects...ugh!

[amnesiac]

I can't believe Joe Buck already said  "Jub Jub" and I missed it! That was the main reason I was gonna watch this World Series...

[vansmack]

ESPN Radio (Jonny Miller and Joe Morgan) over the air with the mute on the TV.  The only way to watch Fox baseball.

[shemptiness]

Originally posted by vansmack:
  ESPN Radio (Johnny Miller and Joe Morgan) over the air with the mute on the TV.  The only way to watch Fox baseball.

I thought he only did golf.
 
  <img src="http://www.travelgolf.com/images/features/johnny-miller-golf.jpg" alt=" - " />

[K8teebug]

I love John Miller.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by Shemp:
 I thought he only did golf.

Sorry, there's no H.
 
 But in SF, he's affectionately known as Jonny Miller, the voice fo the Giants.