World Series starts tonight

MrJoeSoap

Chicago White Sox - Houston Astros (live on Setanta at 12.30am GMT)

Have to say I'm looking forward to the series. First time the Sox have made a World Series since 1959, and the Astros first ever time at this stage.

Tonight see's Clemens against Contreras on the mound. For those of you without Setanta, mlb.com has a great in-game facility. Plenty of stats and pitch-by-pitch updates.

ro2

Good job by Setanta, they'll probably give full Fox coverage. It's also on Channel 5 and repeated on NASN tomorrow. Unforunately the Yankees didn't make it this year, but at least it's not Boston

MrJoeSoap

Well I managed to stay up for the whole game. Great occasion and the teams didn't disappoint, ended up 5-3 Sox, after a great start it kinda faded out towards the end but Clemens started poorly and it cost Houston. He only lasted 2 innings with a hamstring injury.

Zombrex

Saw the first game but missed the second last night, which is a shame cause I am reading it was supposed to be one of the best World Series games ever .... d'oh!!

Getting the high-lights of www.mlb.com, but still not the same ... damn work! my stupid boss won't accept the WS as an excuse not to come in the next day!

MrJoeSoap

Same as yourself wicknight! I watched the whole first night and the first few innings of the second and it didn't look like being a classic so I went to sleep! Only saw the highlights just there, it looked unbelievable! I really hope it goes to game 7 so I can have an all-nighter party next Sunday, bank holiday Monday, wahoo!

Green_Martian

so whta is the score now 1-1 or 2-0 Sox

Please keep this post going incase i miss any of the remaining games.

Would be cool to see it go to the 7th game and bottom of the 9th just to add extra spice lol...........:D

Zombrex

Gkelly2002 wrote:

so whta is the score now 1-1 or 2-0 Sox

Please keep this post going incase i miss any of the remaining games.

Would be cool to see it go to the 7th game and bottom of the 9th just to add extra spice lol...........:D

2-0 Sox ... read somewhere that it has only happened once in the last 12 World Series games that a team behind 2-0 has won the series (or something like that), so looks like bad news for Houston ... but suppose Boston last year taught everyone that there are is nothing certain in baseball

Green_Martian

Well its only another hour and 20 mins to go before tonights game............

Bring it on........ hope i don't fall asleep lol:D

MrJoeSoap

I'm in the same boat here. Will probably last two innings or so!

Green_Martian

im knackered already............ plus im in work at 7.30 in the morning :eek:

RuggieBear

bloody hell....longest game in world series history

watched it all.....:eek:

i wanna sleep

score:

14th inning 7-5 sox

Washout

i thought the astros had it won by the end of the 4th so went sleep only to wake up at 6:30 and it still being played...unbeliveable

RuggieBear

5th inning....sox went crazy and got 5 runs...lol

Green_Martian

What score did it finish???

I was a lightweight and fell asleep before the start...............

Coverage was delayed and i just coundn't stay awake

Green_Martian

Just re-read RuggieBear's Post................Oh my God :eek: 14 Innings sounds like io missed one hell of a game..............

RuggieBear

sudden death....very tense. very exciting


sox kept failing to score in the top of the innings and then it was all tense seeing if houston could get a run

Green_Martian

Im going mad i missed it now..................
It is great when it goes to sudden death it really gets you excited and you can see the tension in the teams

Zombrex

I am so pissed off .. this is turning into a great World Series and I am missing all the fecking games!!!

Should have called in sick for the rest of the week

I really hope Houston win the next 2 games so this continues into the weekend .. if it went to game 7, now that would brilliant

MrJoeSoap

Wicknight wrote:

Should have called in sick for the rest of the week

Could be all over tonight. I'm going out on a mad one tonight so when I come in it'll probably be the 6th inning or so.

Then I can experience what the Americans do when they get drunk at baseball games!

(I really should stick some hot dogs in the fridge)

Zombrex

Well its all over, the White Sox win the WS after nearly 90 years ... 1-0, solid defense by the Sox stopped Houston even getting a run ... wanted it to go to the weekend, but the Sox deserved the win

LegacyUser

Yup 4 game sweep, second WS sweep in a row...

Green_Martian

Well its all over now for another year.......... Well doen to the White Sox

MrJoeSoap

Fair play Sox. They won the crucial first two games and it was always going to be them after that.