Bill The Boy

Don't intend to stir the pot here, but I think I might've missed something. Did Tommy get a little riled up during a post-game news conference, or what exactly happened?

Pretty good point, Southsider, that seems to be the way it tends to go.

I tend to agree, Harkness (although I've been a Cards fan all my life until this season), but I will be catching the Rays vs. Guardians games when I can, on the theory that "whatever happens now to the Guardians is probably what would've happened to the Sox." Is that theory reasonable, or misguided?

"Only the beginning... only just the start..." -Robert Lamm // Chicago

Key words: "for the time being." Gonna be grateful to wake up tomorrow morning, head over to Casey's for a large coffee and a couple of donuts, and start looking forward to next season!

Bob, I'm just gonna say this....... Doyle is my pick-to-click today! 🙂

You're right, AntMan. Seems like the radio is about 30 seconds ahead of the TV video, so hearing the action before you see it becomes kind of a spoiler.

Naw, Milkman, I think it's just a feeling of mental exhaustion from the last two days, and that'll soon pass as we gear up for the big game tomorrow!

Dang it, Chi, I hope I haven't been guilty of any of that. I don't have Facebook, or Instagram, or X, or any social media stuff whatsoever, but I hope I haven't been considered a "chirper" on this forum this season! 🫣

Mistakes happen, Fathom.

Maybe Sammy will get in later and do something profound (i.e., profoundly good)!! Hoping ALL the guys can shine tonight!!

Points well-taken.

Shallow perspective on my part here, but... winning the ALDS means at least 4 more games to look forward to, regardless of how it all turns out!

Not too simplistic at all, Wegner! It's a shame that more people can't have a nice friendship or acquaintance despite political differences.

Eddy, the fact that I'm Sam's great-uncle admittedly makes me both partial to him and defensive of him. But with that acknowledged and understood-- and in view of the pretty harsh nature of some of this evening's comments regarding his play in left field-- I think it's fair to point out that Darrin Jackson, on the radio broadcast I was listening to, said that 1) Sam made the correct decision not to attempt a diving catch on DeLauter's hit, given the specific game situation; and 2) Sam's presence of mind in realizing that Doyle, on Adell's hit, was getting too close to the wall to be able to play the carom, and Sam getting over there to grab it and quickly get it back to the cutoff man, may have saved a game-tying inside-the-park Adell home run. I know Sam's certainly not perfect, and I know that negative comments often get put out there in the heat of the moment, about pretty much every player, so I'm not complaining. But I think the point of view of a former major league outfielder ought to carry at least some weight.

Agreed, JTB, it's an awesome thing! It's been such a kick following these guys throughout this season, and really kind of hard to grasp the fact that the "regular" part is done, and that the team now gets to participate in the "gravy" part. A couple of our fellow posters have referenced the concept of "playing with house money" at this stage. I don't know if everyone necessarily holds that point of view, but I think I probably lean that way. Nobody (except them) thought these guys would come this far, and they got here by playing loose, hungry, and aggressive. I hope they can just keep doing that. They've also had the benefit of truly loving one another as brothers, rising or falling as a team. No matter how things go from here, I would also observe that I've had a TON of fun following this forum this season, had many good laughs, and been truly impressed at all of you guys'/gals' ability to bounce opinions around "vigorously", but always emerge as friends. It's been a real pleasure.

35th, it appears that I have NBCSN in my YouTube TV basic plan's channels (somewhat to my surprise). I don't have a traditional TV, so I just watch things on my little laptop, via YouTube TV, and it does the job just fine. Here in Springfield we have an AM radio station called Sports Radio 1450, which will be broadcasting the games (featuring Len Kasper and Darrin Jackson). I know this sounds nuts, but sometimes I think I enjoy catching a game on the radio more than I do watching it on TV. As an old Cards fan, I kind of grew up carrying my "transistor" around listening to Harry, Jack, and Mike doing the broadcasts.

I tend to agree, chw42. The body language, the turning of his back on his catcher who is waiting to throw the ball back to him, it's just kind of not a good look.

Didn't he mention last night that a close friend had died? Maybe he's attending services?

I could do without 'em...

He did seem at least mildly annoyed.

Am I the only one who thought that Sam was trying to tell the ump that he WASN'T challenging, but just pressing his helmet down? (If so, we all know why, I guess.) ☺️

Hard to argue with that, Pale!

Hahahaha! Green Line, sometimes if I'm watching on CHSN, I'll mute the volume completely and just watch in silence, as the commentary and side-stories can get to be a little much at times. Once in a while the games will be broadcast on the local AM sports radio station, and I'll opt to just catch a game that way, like I used to do with my transistor radio in the old days, and just leave the TV off. Both options seem less stressful.

I think as fans we'd all do well to stop occasionally and remember that, with all their high-level skills, our guys are only human.