What's the lamest Fall Classic you remember? One where you said, "These are the two best teams. Wow." Just curious.
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What's the lamest Fall Classic you remember? One where you said, "These are the two best teams. Wow." Just curious.
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I'd rather listen to Kelch read the phone book than suffer through Thom Brennaman's attempt to make every instance on the field the most important event since the discovery of manned space flight. -westofyou
I don't think I've ever felt that way about any series, as I know it's not about being the best teams sometimes.
But the White Sox - Astros came the closest for me.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
The Cardinals making their appearance in 2006 boasting 83 wins in the regular season didn't sit very well with me.
And then they won it, proving anything can happen in the postseason.
Phil Castellini puts the FUN in Trust Fund.Originally Posted by BCubb2003
I believe it was 1973 when the Mets made the World Series against Oakland with a record just over .500. They had beaten the Reds in the NLCS when Dan Driessen proved he was definitely not a third baseman.
"I am your child from the future. I'm sorry I didn't tell you this earlier." - Dylan Easton
The '82 series comes to mind for me. I wasn't impressed with the Brewers. Harvey's Wallbangers seemed like a bunch of slobs with too much facial hair and too few unheralded starters. They were a real contrast to the Cards, who had better pitching and loads of speed.
Good question. I have no facts to back this up, but I remember thinking, "What are the Angels and Giants doing in the World Series?"
Much like Kal above mentioned, I have no real basis, but I recall the 87 series and thinking to myself....these aren't very exciting teams. Twins vs Cards.
Championships for MY teams in my lifetime:
Cincinnati Reds - 75, 76, 90
Chicago Blackhawks - 10, 13, 15
University of Kentucky - 78, 96, 98, 12
Chicago Bulls - 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98
“Everything that happens before Death is what counts.”
― Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes
1987 Cardinals vs Twins - Twins really?
1973 Mets vs A's - Both beat better teams in the playoffs.
That was a great Series IMO.
For me, I have a hard time even accepting Tampa bay as a real team.
School's out. What did you expect?
The lamest was 1994.
As for the lamest matchup, I vote for the ChiSox/Houston yawner.
That was actually a pretty good series.
"I prefer books and movies where the conflict isn't of the extreme cannibal apocalypse variety I guess." Redsfaithful
Yeah great series but I guess I was answering it as to the matchup itself, not the series.
Oh I disagree with this. The 82' Brewers had 3 HOF'ers (Yount, Molitor and Fingers). 3 guys that hit 30 plus HR's when that number actually meant something (Thomas, Oglivie and Cooper). They also had Ted Simmons behind the plate.
The pitching staff with Pete Vuckovich and Mike Caldwell as the two top starters was ok at best. But all in all I thought they were very worthy of playing in the WS.
"Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it." Cal Hubbard
For me it was 1973 Mets vs A's for obvious reasons.
I'm with you. The 1987 Series was a pretty good one. That Twins team was solid, with Puckett, Hrbek, Gaetti, Brunansky, Viola, Blyleven, Rearden.
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
1973 - That year still hurts.
We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost effective ~ Kurt Vonnegut
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