World Series Thread....San Francisco Giants vs Detroit Tigers

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Oct 22, 2012 11:48pm
Someone in 6....Giants?
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Oct 23, 2012 1:59am
Tigers in 5. They've been unbeatable at home and IMO they have a better lineup and starting pitching is set up perfect for this series. Verlander his last 7 starts is 7-0 with 0.69 ERA and opponents are 1-29 with runners in scoring position. I am beyond thrilled for this series. Go Tigers!
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sportswizuhrd
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Oct 23, 2012 2:32am
The Giants have won more road games than the Tigers and if the Tigers are unbeatable at home, that will only win them 3 games.

It is pretty ironic that the Giants have the home field advantage in the WS because of Melky Cabrera.
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Oct 23, 2012 5:45am
sportswizuhrd;1302482 wrote:The Giants have won more road games than the Tigers and if the Tigers are unbeatable at home, that will only win them 3 games.

It is pretty ironic that the Giants have the home field advantage in the WS because of Melky Cabrera.

He's been eligible since the NLDS ended....they're moving on without him.
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Oct 23, 2012 7:07am
^ That's what makes it ironic.
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Oct 23, 2012 8:21am
Tigers in 6. They have a distinct advantage over many AL teams in that their two best hitters are position players, not DH, so playing in SF shouldn't shake things up too much.
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thavoice
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Oct 23, 2012 4:03pm
Will be interested in watching Verlander pitch, and that is about it. Probably will flip through peridocally to see the score,and if it is close late then watch the ending. Just cannot invest 3.5+ hours of my night to watch a game when my team isnt in it!
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Oct 23, 2012 4:07pm
If the tigers are smart, they let the giants win game one and maybe game two. Then turn it on, don't wanna have these guys on the brink of elimination.
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Oct 23, 2012 4:08pm
Giants sweep.
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Oct 23, 2012 5:25pm
Midstate01;1302930 wrote:If the tigers are smart, they let the giants win game one and maybe game two. Then turn it on, don't wanna have these guys on the brink of elimination.
lol. Giants will be f*cked if they win game 1.
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Oct 23, 2012 7:03pm
Midstate01;1302930 wrote:If the tigers are smart, they let the giants win game one and maybe game two. Then turn it on, don't wanna have these guys on the brink of elimination.
Thing is AL lineups are a whole other animal as long as your best hitters are not DH's. I mean the Reds and Cards were good, but a lineup of Jackson-Berry-Cabrera-Fielder-Young is much better than Jay-Beltran-Holliday-Craig-Molina. It should be a fun series though
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Oct 23, 2012 7:18pm
It makes me sick the reds are not playing.

It just seems like there's something special about the giants this season. I know the tigers are e better team with better pitching but I'll take the ginats in 6.
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Oct 23, 2012 8:31pm
Classyposter58;1303012 wrote:Thing is AL lineups are a whole other animal as long as your best hitters are not DH's. I mean the Reds and Cards were good, but a lineup of Jackson-Berry-Cabrera-Fielder-Young is much better than Jay-Beltran-Holliday-Craig-Molina. It should be a fun series though
Lol at saying that the tigers lineup is much better than the cards. Cards scored 40 more runs this year without a DH. Stop being a homer.
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Oct 23, 2012 8:38pm
Rotinaj;1303076 wrote:Lol at saying that the tigers lineup is much better than the cards. Cards scored 40 more runs this year without a DH. Stop being a homer.

Lol agreed.
Jay> Jackson
Beltran> berry
Holiday< Cabrera
Craig< fielder
Molina> young

I'd take the cards line up in a second especially if Berkman was healthy
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Oct 23, 2012 8:55pm
Crimson streak;1303080 wrote:Lol agreed.
Jay> Jackson
Beltran> berry
Holiday< Cabrera
Craig< fielder
Molina> young

I'd take the cards line up in a second especially if Berkman was healthy

I'd call Jay and Jackson even....could see Jackson above

Young is killer in the postseason...would call them even offensively
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Oct 23, 2012 9:11pm
I'd still take the cards. Outside of fielder and Cabrera they are very inconsistent
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Oct 23, 2012 10:38pm
Scutaro has been amazing in the post-season. The guy just can't miss. If he's swinging the bat he's making some sort of contact.

I'm going with the Giants in 6. If Posey shows up they will be hard to beat. Scutaro (see above), Pence is starting to get hot, Panda, and they have some great fielders in Pagan and Crawford.
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Oct 24, 2012 10:15am
Classyposter58;1303012 wrote:Thing is AL lineups are a whole other animal as long as your best hitters are not DH's. I mean the Reds and Cards were good, but a lineup of Jackson-Berry-Cabrera-Fielder-Young is much better than Jay-Beltran-Holliday-Craig-Molina. It should be a fun series though
This post made me LOL

AL lineups are a whole other animal, eh?
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Oct 24, 2012 10:36am
SportsAndLady;1303359 wrote:This post made me LOL

AL lineups are a whole other animal, eh?
Quintin Berry. 2 HR 29 RBI in 94 games. BEAST!!!!!
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Oct 24, 2012 12:42pm
SportsAndLady;1303359 wrote:This post made me LOL

AL lineups are a whole other animal, eh?
That's why when I think of teams with high-octane offenses, I immediately think Seattle! FUCKING AL BABY!!!!!
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Oct 24, 2012 4:40pm
It doesn't matter how loaded a lineup is....pitching is what it is all about in the playoffs.

I wanna say that the Giants will win, but the fact that Verlander could possibly throw three times makes me wonder....
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Oct 24, 2012 7:51pm
Heretic;1303496 wrote:That's why when I think of teams with high-octane offenses, I immediately think Seattle! ****ING AL BABY!!!!!
Oh you can't deny the AL is a better league. They've had a better record against the NL every year since 2003
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Oct 24, 2012 8:09pm
Classyposter58;1303776 wrote:Oh you can't deny the AL is a better league. They've had a better record against the NL every year since 2003

Nl has been winning the ws tho.
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Oct 24, 2012 8:12pm
Classyposter58;1303776 wrote:Oh you can't deny the AL is a better league. They've had a better record against the NL every year since 2003
I'll take the NL this year
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Oct 24, 2012 8:20pm
Sandavol is a dinger 1-0 giants