World Series Game 1 - Great Show!!

[mermaid]

I love it...both my favorite teams in the World Series...Though I have been a fan of the Sox longer, so I gotta root for them to win out in the end, but I'd like to see a seven-game Series...and all close games like tonight...no blowouts for either side.

I want both teams to be able to go away with their heads held high.

so far, both teams can do this, after game one. Great defense, good pitching, a little pop in the bats from each side...great show.

Now that the Sox have won Game One, I gotta root for the 'Stros to get Game 2. And then of course, either one for Game 3, then the other for game 4...I would like to see this go 1-1, then 2-2, then 3-3...and then, the seventh game into extra inings, close game, and the Sox win.

Damn, it is hard for me to root AGAINST my beloved Astros...but, damn it all, I love the White Sox, too...and I have been a fan of them longer, so, for me, it has to be the White Sox.

Either way, one team I love will be World Champs. I just want both teams to be able, in the end, to hold their heads high and proud.

I gotta start looking around for a souvenier mug or something with BOTH team names on it, as a memento of a most awesome baseball year for me.

Anyone know if such an item exists, and where I might look to find one?

It seems like I oughta be able to get something with both teams names on it!!

[Doctor_J]

1. GREAT baseball

TV ratings be damned. It had everything. Tomorrow should be even better, with Buerhle vs. Pettitte. Just wish it wasn't so !@#$%! cold here.

[mermaid]

2. Absolutely!!

Absolutely it had everything, and that is why I want to see more games just like it!

Crede was awesome on defense, saving a couple of runs, and with that pop in his bat...if he wasn't the Sox's MVP tonight, I don't know who else you'd nominate.

Certainly Cotts and Jenks did great off the bench in late relief, but Crede just kept coming thru...both at the plate, and on defense.

And the 'Stros got nothing to be ashamed of this game, they played their hearts out, kept coming back, made some great defensive plays themselves, including getting out of the jam in the sixth inning with bases loaded, they kept that game close, and it was all-around a fabulous game!

This is baseball as it was meant to be...from the purists' point of view! It had everything! Some damned good pitching on both sides, great defense, and a little pop in the bat on both sides, a nice, close contest, no blowouts...just excellent!!

Now, the fact that the two teams in the Series this years are both teams of which I have been a fan for over 20 years...well, I might be a bit biased, but damn, that was a game to remember!

Born in the south Side of Chicago, I'm a 34-year long White Sox fan. Transplanted to Texas as a teenager, I'm a 20-year fan of the Astros. So, in the end, I gotta hope the Sox win it all, but, as I said, I still want a seven-game Series, and all of them close, I want both teams to be able to walk away proud, with their heads held high, whichever team winds up World Champs!

Either way, it'll be a team I love!!