I really don't get baseball, but one of my best mates is Chicago born and bred and is a big Cubs fan. He is in a state of shock as for the first time in 108 years the Cubs won the World Series last night, coming back from 3-1 down to win 4-3. As my mate says, if the Cubs can do it, why not QPR.....gives us all some vague hope. Provided of course we switch from football to baseball.
Baseball is such a boring sport to watch live. Well done the Cubs. If Leicester can win the PL, anybody can win it. If QPR can win at Wembley, anybody can
In support of baseball, it is a great beer drinking opportunity. There is certainly little distraction to worry about.
The Foxes could win the Champions League this season and Foxes also have cubs .. so there is some alignment from the black lodge which is currently headed by our old friend Ted Rogers from 321
The Cubs won in great style 3-1 down in the world series and having to win the last two games in Cleveland, brilliant stuff, unfortunately I follow the Mets New Yorks smaller, less well supported and known team, I wonder where I got the idea of supporting them
I'm a Mets fan too. The Cubs had a ten game lead in the standings late in the 1969 season and lost the NL East title to the Mets, on their way to their 1969 championship.
Does this make them world champions or champs of America? baseball is played in Asia and Cuba, I think. maybe they are missing an opportunity to have a champions league type of tournament? My favourite American sport is American football. I also like basketball. Would love to go to an NFL game or even a college game. anybody been???
I've been to an Indianapolis Colts v Jacksonville Jaguars game. The stadium is superb, the beer and food outlets excellent, the game was dire. It was a poor game according to experts but I think Strolls is right, it's better on TV. Many of the locals seemed to watch the big screen rather than the game. Glad I've done it though, and I do like the game.
Only in the insular USA do their Championships get called the 'World Series', the standards in the few other countries that play it are the equivalent of non-league in football. The same applies to American Football, still, for the 300+ million yanks it's their religion... I remember when I was in Orlando 20 years ago we watched baseball every night when we got back to our motel, I tried to fathom it out but it was seriously boring. I was half-cut one night and the match being shown featured the San Diego Padres, for God's sake who calls a team carrying baseball bats the Padres? Surreal...
Most Bbaseball players are Hispanic. baseball, American Football and Basketball are boring to watch and the only reason to go is to have a pissup with your mates. ice Hockey is the best watching at home because if you go you also have a pissup with your mates but the puck disappears about 10 Minutes into the gams.
I attended my one and only CFL game (only 3 downs to make 10 yards in CFL versus 4 in NFL) in Ottawa in 2002 whilst there for a weekend conference - Ottawa v Edmonton. Decided on the spur of the moment joined by a work colleague, we had a nice walk beside the Rideau Canal to the stadium on Sun for an early 11:00am kick-off, with no tickets, but queued up to purchase at ticket office, an eldery couple approached us (hardly scalpers - just couldn't attend game) and sold us a great pair of seats for C$50.00 - midway behind the benches. It was certainly a quite long early October sunny afternoon played over 4 x 15 min quarters of play with a half-time break (a CFL game is 60 minutes of playing time and takes about three hours to complete), lots of beer, scantily dressed gyrating pom pom girls, seemingly continual interruptions in play for TV commercial breaks (can you imagine watching a soccer match like that?), followed by a long walk back to our hotel downtown. Close game too I see looking back on the scoreline stats. All in all, I'm glad I experienced this sporting event, since I was there, and no CFL teams (or any other major sports) in Atlantic Canada where I live. Regretted, given I went 12 years straight to the F1 Grand Prix race in Montreal (Damon Hill era, Jacques Villeneuve) that I didn't take the opportunity on a Fri/Sat night after F1 practice/qualifying to watch a Montreal Expos baseball game at Olympic Stadium. Almost went once, but the group I was with, decided on go-kart racing instead, which was fun and quite competitive as the other two guys actually raced cars in events.. Sun. Oct. 6 11:00 AM EDM 37 @ OTT 34 W 20,576 TSN Edmonton Eskimos 37 @ Ottawa Renegades 34 Game Details Week 15 73rd Game of the Season Sunday, Oct. 6, 2002 1 PM EDT ( ) at Frank Clair Stadium at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, ON Attendance: 20,576 (Cap. 29,862) Broadcaster: TSN Boxscore 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Edmonton 6 14 14 3 37 Ottawa 10 10 0 14 34 Edmonton coach: Tom Higgins, Jr. (Win) Ottawa coach: Joe Paopao (Loss) Edmonton (12-3-0) Next vs Montreal Oct 14 Ottawa (3-12-0) Next @ Toronto Oct 20 Game Links No game links are available. Game Time Weather in Ottawa October 6th Hourly Weather Summary for Ottawa Local Time Condition Temp. Wind Humidity Pressure 1:00 PM NA 16.3°C SE (130°) at 15 km/h 49% 2:00 PM NA 16.5°C SSE (150°) at 15 km/h 46% 3:00 PM NA 16.5°C SE (130°) at 15 km/h 50% 4:00 PM NA 16.4°C ESE (120°) at 17 km/h 51% Conditions at Ottawa CDA RCS (3.11 km away). Weather courtesy of Environment Canada Data.
It's called "the World Series" because the first few finals were sponsored by a now defunked newspaper called "the world" nothing to do with the rest of the world, and like most things how can you appreciate something you don't understand. The leagues in Dominican rep, Japan and Cuba are pretty good. How do you reply to someone who says football is just 22 idiots running around chasing a pigs bladder
We need that billy goat included on our free coach trip up to Forest. please log in to view this image http://www.history.com/topics/chicago/videos/billy-goat-curse-haunts-cub-fans
I have told the story before on here of how I travelled to Toronto for a holiday and I was thrilled to discover that Toronto FC were playing at home that same weekend. I was so enthusiastic to see the game, I forked out for a top of the range seat. Best part of 100 euros equivalent in Canadian Dollars. I was a bit jetlagged so I forgot to check the K.O. time. Walking around the city before the game I could see all the supporters dressed in red and white and I thought what a nice buzz around the town. Took the bus to the ground and on the way I thought, why are there so few supporters on the bus? Got to the stadium and the place was almost deserted. I went to one of the stewards and asked why there were so few supporters around for the game and he told me it was over a few hours ago. I had gotten GMT and Canadian time mixed up. Before I left for the trip, somebody asked me what time the game was on and I said 9pm GMT which was 4pm Toronto time. All day I had it in my head that the game kicked off at 9pm which I thought was a little late. When I got back, I wrote to Toronto FC explaining what happened and asked if they could refund the money. They politely told me to take a run and jump. That was my only experience with Canadian sport.
There is a wall at Wrigley Field, home of the Cubs, where fans write the names of deceased relatives who never saw the Cubs win a World Series - all of them who were born after 1908 and died earlier than 2 days ago. Not sure there are any walls at LR big enough for the names of those who have died waiting for a top flight League championship or an FA Cup. But if we ever get a new stadium perhaps a tradition will be started. I'll get my Dads name up, and trust my son to add mine when the time comes. At the moment he's against having kids (phew) but may realise the need to hand on the baton at some stage..... Perhaps we should set the bar lower, a top ten PL finish or something. Or simply surviving 3 years in the PL.
Here's a great article on it and probably one of the best sporting write-ups for 2016 ... http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...ans-celebrate-game-7-victory-mourn-missed-out
