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DeclinetoState

10-19-2005, 11:31 PM

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<TABLE class=bdy cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=770 border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD width=10></TD><TD width=440><SCRIPT> if(fanid.length > 0 && typeof(nflDefaultLeague)!= "undefined") { leagueId = nflDefaultLeague; //find teamId of default league (if exists) for(var i=0; i < teamsInfo.length; i++){ if(teamsInfo[i][4] == leagueId){ defaultTeamId = teamsInfo[i][0]; } } var fantasyLeaguePlayerJsPath = 'http://msnfantasy.foxsports.com' + '/nugget/200002_' + leagueId + '|||' + fanid; } </SCRIPT>ST. LOUIS (AP) - On this wild night of celebration, the Houston Astros (http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/team/71604) owed it all to Roy Oswalt (http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/player/85544).

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He took their dreams, hopes and gritty resolve and pitched his teammates into their first World Series, beating the St. Louis Cardinals (http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/team/71610) 5-1 Wednesday night with help from Craig Biggio (http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/player/85556).

Coming off a crushing loss in Game 5 of the NL championship series at home on Albert Pujols (http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/player/85809)' stunning homer, the stubborn Astros (http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/team/71604) refused to be shaken. They jumped to an early lead behind Biggio and Jason Lane (http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/player/104116), got perhaps a little help from the umpires and watched Oswalt shut down St. Louis for seven innings in earning the series MVP award.

Now that this wild-card team has its first NL pennant, the Astros (http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/team/71604) will travel to Chicago to take on the AL champion White Sox (http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/team/71590) in the World Series, which begins Saturday night.

More at http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5005146

Beowulf

10-20-2005, 06:07 AM

Congrats, Astros. I really don't care who wins. I think it's a good matchup. Watching Oswalt pitch is awesome. Never seen anyone command a fastball the way he does, except the ol' Express himself.

Conservababe

10-20-2005, 06:43 AM

HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PENNANT!!!!

For the first time (http://209.200.10.92/cgi-bin/t50/ezlclk.fcgi?id=1170)in franchise history!!!

Last's night game (http://209.200.10.92/cgi-bin/t50/ezlclk.fcgi?id=1190)was awesome and yes Oswalt MVP, was at his best. Sorry Sox fans for that bad call at 2nd base, that could have turned things around.

Both White Sox and Astros have fought long and hard to get here and either team deserves to win. I'm proud of both.

This is going to be the best WS of my lifetime to watch as were the playoffs.

BEST45CAL

10-20-2005, 09:02 AM

DeclinetoState

10-20-2005, 10:55 AM

I don't really care who wins, but so long as George Steinbrenner and Ted Turner are not involved, I'm still satisfied.

DesertFox

10-20-2005, 12:28 PM

This is going to be the best WS of my lifetime to watch as were the playoffs. The standard for "best WS game of all time" will prolly always be Game 6 of the 75 series between Boston and whomever (the Fisk game-winning homer in the bottom of the 12th).

The standard for "best WS of a lifetime" was prolly set in 2001 when the Dbacks took the Yanks out in seven. That was the greatest WS of all time.

To date, of course.

BEST45CAL

10-20-2005, 12:52 PM

The standard for "best WS game of all time" will prolly always be Game 6 of the 75 series between Boston and whomever (the Fisk game-winning homer in the bottom of the 12th).

The standard for "best WS of a lifetime" was prolly set in 2001 when the Dbacks took the Yanks out in seven. That was the greatest WS of all time.

To date, of course.

Boston and Cincinnati (at Fenway). I saw that game. Broke my damn heart.

I think you're right about the D'backs and Yanks, too. That was the best Series ever.

As the Series shifted back to Boston, it ran into a drenching New England rain that postponed the contest for an excruciating seventy-two hours. Despite the setback, Game 6 proved worth waiting for and has been heralded as one of the greatest games ever. Boston charged to an early 3-0 lead in the first when Lynn sent one into the right field seats at Fenway scoring Carl Yastrzemski and Fisk. The blast came as no surprise to Red Sox fans as the rookie had knocked twenty-one during the regular season while batting .331 with one-hundred five runs batted in. Tiant held the Reds for a tense four innings, but Griffey's two run triple and Bench's run-scoring single evened it up in the fifth. George Foster followed suite adding a two run double of his own in the seventh and Geronimo finished the rally with a lead-off blast over the wall in the eighth. Now up 6-3, "The Big Red Machine" shifted into high-gear and was six outs away from a World Series title. Pedro Borbon, Cincinnati's fifth pitcher started his third inning by surrendering a single to Lynn and a walk to Rico Petrocelli in the bottom of the eighth. Anticipating a disaster, Anderson called for Eastwick as Dwight Evans stepped up to the plate for the potential tying-run. The Reds' reliever came up big striking out Evans and getting Rick Burleson on a liner to shallow left, but Bernie Carbo stepped in for reliever Roger Moret and became only the second man in World Series history to hit two pinch-homers. After Dick Drago sat down Cinci's line-up 1-2-3 to start the ninth, Boston went to work extending the Series.

First, Denny Doyle forced an opening walk. Then Yastrzemski singled him to third as Will McEnaney came in to replace Eastwick. After intentionally walking Fisk to load the bases, Lynn fouled out and Doyle was caught at the plate trying to score. Finally Rico Petrocelli grounded out and the opportunity was gone. With one out in the eleventh, Griffey was on with Joe Morgan at the plate. The All-Star infielder nailed a long drive toward the right-field seats, but Evans made a spectacular, one-handed catch and caught the Reds' base runner off of first. As the Sox took their turn, Pat Darcy (a record tying eighth pitcher) retired his side for the second consecutive inning. Rick Wise (a nineteen game winner) entered the twelfth as both bullpens continued to empty. Boston's top winner found himself in a two on situation with one out, but managed to get Concepcion on a fly ball and Geronimo on a strikeout. Both teams were starting to show fatigue as Fisk and Darcy squared off in the bottom of the inning for another one of baseball's most photographic moments. After launching a rocket toward left-field, Fisk started to run toward first, but stuttered as the ball appeared to be heading foul. The Boston catcher jumped up-and-down waving his arms fair as if to "will" the ball. As it came down it glanced fair off of the foul pole for the 7-6 game-winner.

DesertFox

10-20-2005, 03:27 PM

Best, what's your "greatest play of all time"? Mine is Jeter's running backhand toss to Posada in the AL East championship series to catch the runner at the plate.

BEST45CAL

10-20-2005, 04:57 PM

Best, what's your "greatest play of all time"? Mine is Jeter's running backhand toss to Posada in the AL East championship series to catch the runner at the plate.

Goodness...there are so many of them. I've been watching baseball since the 1970s, back when they used to have Monday Night Baseball on ABC with Al Michaels calling the play-by-play. Kurt Gowdy, Joe Garagiola and Tony Kubek on NBC's Game of the Week.

Greaest play ever...man that's tough. I'll start with my first choice.

Brooks Robinson's diving backhanded grabs at third base. Orioles. 1970 World Series MVP.
Fast Facts

Brooks Robinson (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=robinbr01) won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_mvpw.shtml) because he hit .429, broke the record for total bases with seventeen (17), tied the record for most hits in one (1) game with four (4), and tied teammate Paul Blair (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=blairpa01)for most hits in a five-game Series with nine (9). Not to mention that Total Baseball described his fielding with, "other-wordly defense at third (which) gave Reds righthanded hitters nightmares through the Series."

Did you know that Game 1 (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=197010100CN5) of the 1970 World Series, played on October 10, 1970 (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=197010100CN5) in Riverfront Stadium, was the first Fall Classic game played on artificial grass?

Prior to Game 1 (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=197010100CN5) a reporter asked Brooks "The Hoover" Robinson (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=robinbr01) if he thought he would be able to play defense on the artifical grass. Robinson cooly replied, "I'm a Major League third baseman. If you want to go play in a parking lot, I'm supposed to stop the ball."

DesertFox

10-20-2005, 07:16 PM

I been watching since the late Fifties. Robinson was unbelievable that Series. Anything hit down the line that wasn't 15 feet high, he vacuumed it up. He made about five diving backhand stabs. The guys who played with Brooks said he routinely did something unbelievable and they quit being stunned.

Robinson in that Series woulda been my second choice. My third would be Pete Rose's all-the-way-in-the-air peg to the plate in the 75 Series to nip the winning run. I think that was also in the Greatest Game Ever Played.

BEST45CAL

10-22-2005, 12:01 AM

Rose was a great player. "Charlie Hustle." Sliding into the bases head first. Plowing into catchers at home plate. Not afraid to get his uniform dirty. His 44 game hitting streak in '78. All just memories now. Good memories for sure.

Beowulf

10-22-2005, 02:00 AM

I will always be one who believes that Pete Rose should be in the Hall of Fame. So he gambled on his team. At least he didn't dope it up, beat or cheat on his wife or have off field behavioral issues like DUI and other arrests.