Friday, October 7, 2005
"Not So, Boston" *
Nice performance by the old man El Duque in escaping a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the 6th inning to keep a 4-3 lead for the White Sox. The Pale Hose just wrapped up a sweep of the Red Sox and they are on their way to their first ALCS since 1993 by virtue of their first playoff series win since 1917. Two Sox jinxes broken in two years?
It is E.K. Nation tradition to accurately predict three of four Divisional Series results. Question is, which of the Braves or the Angels will be the one we get wrong? (We won't get wrong the Cardinals.) Angels go in a few minutes and will face Randy Johnson. By gum, we believe the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim close to Mission Viejo And Near Dana Point But Nowhere Near Tuscaloosa will get to Randy Johnson tonight and take a 2-1 series lead over the New York Yankees of New York, while tomorrow afternoon Houston will take care of the Braves behind Roy Oswalt.
Common Opponents: Heard the fact on ESPN2's telecast today...The last three times the White Sox have made the postseason, John Olerud has been on the other team. The current Red Sox first baseman was with Seattle in 2000 when the Mariners swept the league-best Sox in the Divisional Series, and Olerud was also with Toronto when Chicago last won the A.L. West in 1993 and faced the Blue Jays in the ALCS.
A Strange Turn-On: Anyone else find it really sexy when TV cameras spot a really cute girl visibly upset when her baseball team gets eliminated from the postseason?
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It is E.K. Nation tradition to accurately predict three of four Divisional Series results. Question is, which of the Braves or the Angels will be the one we get wrong? (We won't get wrong the Cardinals.) Angels go in a few minutes and will face Randy Johnson. By gum, we believe the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim close to Mission Viejo And Near Dana Point But Nowhere Near Tuscaloosa will get to Randy Johnson tonight and take a 2-1 series lead over the New York Yankees of New York, while tomorrow afternoon Houston will take care of the Braves behind Roy Oswalt.
Common Opponents: Heard the fact on ESPN2's telecast today...The last three times the White Sox have made the postseason, John Olerud has been on the other team. The current Red Sox first baseman was with Seattle in 2000 when the Mariners swept the league-best Sox in the Divisional Series, and Olerud was also with Toronto when Chicago last won the A.L. West in 1993 and faced the Blue Jays in the ALCS.
A Strange Turn-On: Anyone else find it really sexy when TV cameras spot a really cute girl visibly upset when her baseball team gets eliminated from the postseason?
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