Yankees...

Ok we\'ll see.  Sheff won a world series.. so has chipper and everyone else on the team.. and no the cards lineup is not better than the Braves.  I am sorry I am not saying that just cause they are my favorite.  I did nto say it last here but with Franco DeRosa Chipper the Braves are just better.  The Braves are not arrogant at all.  Bobby Cox cheers his team on no matter what.  He has a nice word to every player no matter what happens.  He cheers them on at every at bad.  You can hear him.  The Braves are the best team this year IMO.

The Cards do have a better lineup.  Almost all the experts out there say so.  They were 2nd in total offense in the NL this year, behind only Arizona, a team that was crippled by the losses of people like Gonzo and Counsell.  Where were the Braves?  10th.  Out of 16 teams.  They weren\'t even in the top 50%.  Better lineup?  Give me a break.

The Braves team, and their fans are cocky.  I don\'t care what you say.  They aren\'t the only team like that, but they sure are cocky.  There\'s no way around it.

Besides, the Braves never live up to their potential in the playoffs.

And the chop is still a disgrace.

Remind me what the season series record was with these two?

I\'m sorry.  I guess I forgot, it is a fair comparison when one of these teams went on an extended slump after the death of one of their most beloved players, and happened to play the Braves during that time.  The fact is, the Cards pulled it together, finished the season stronger than the Braves, and have a lot more to play for.  They are a different team from the one that began the season.  THey have been hotter lately, they finished the season on a stronger note, and they swept their first round series.  I just can\'t wait until they finish with the Braves, if they even play them, so I can say "I told you so".

heh let me remind you.. Braves won 5 of 6

Noooooooooooo........mah Dbacks!

I boycott baseball.

Originally posted by Jerchel
heh let me remind you.. Braves won 5 of 6

Yes, I know that.  And like I said, 3 of those games came in the aftermath of the Darryl Kile incident, while the other 3 were early in the season.  It means nothing at all.  This is the playoffs, not the regular season.

Besides, you didn\'t win your regular season series against the Giants either.

yeah!!!!

The yankees WON\'T be going to the world series this year!

also, it will be an entirely new World Series this year, that rocks, I just hope Atlanta loses!

let me just say, now that the yankees are eliminated, I am a very happy person.

It makes the world a better place.

Ok I\'ll be sure to come w00t! in ya face when the Braves win... Actually though when it comes to Baseball the better team can get beat by the worst team.. i mean it just happens.  So we\'ll see what happens.

I wake up and see my thread got merged.............atleast put my results at the top as a sticky or something so they know how the World series is going.....



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Originally posted by shockwaves


Yes, I know that.  And like I said, 3 of those games came in the aftermath of the Darryl Kile incident, while the other 3 were early in the season.  It means nothing at all.  This is the playoffs, not the regular season.

Besides, you didn\'t win your regular season series against the Giants either.

*wants to see Tony break out and cry about Darryl Kile*

No way in hell the Braves are "cocky". If you\'re calling the Braves fans cocky, and you\'re a Mets/Yankees fan...you have no room to talk. So shut up.

You\'re damn right the Braves were 10th of 16 teams in runs produced. It\'s not like the Braves didn\'t have their slump, either. Want to know how many Home Runs Chipper had by the All Star Break? 8. 8 home runs. Want to know how many days Vinny Castilla went without a home run? Oh, about 120.

Oh, but the problem, my friend, is the superior pitching. The Braves pitching is in fact better than the D-backs, because 2 players don\'t make an entire pitching staff, as we witnessed in the World Series last year (Byng Hung Kim is my hero). One of the best bullpens of all time -- Darell Hammond had an ERA of 0.95, only the 3rd pitcher ever to have an era under 1 after pitching over 70 innings. Yes, the Cardinals are potent, sure, but hey, it\'s not like they\'ve proved it in teh postseason, either. Scott Rolen still has a bad hand, so they settle in Miguel Cairo. Though, I personally think that Miguel Cairo is a better clutch hitter than Rolen, so that might negate that.

Either way, The Braves had a better regular season, they have home field advantage, and they owned the Cardinals during the season, tragedy or not. If you\'re going to blame half the losses the Cardinals had to "tragedy", then why don\'t they win 120 games every year?

Braves in 6. See Yuz.

whoever made it as a sticky thnx!



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All I can say is thank god the Yankees are out.

Originally posted by ROL Jamas


*wants to see Tony break out and cry about Darryl Kile*

No way in hell the Braves are "cocky". If you\'re calling the Braves fans cocky, and you\'re a Mets/Yankees fan...you have no room to talk. So shut up.

You\'re damn right the Braves were 10th of 16 teams in runs produced. It\'s not like the Braves didn\'t have their slump, either. Want to know how many Home Runs Chipper had by the All Star Break? 8. 8 home runs. Want to know how many days Vinny Castilla went without a home run? Oh, about 120.

Oh, but the problem, my friend, is the superior pitching. The Braves pitching is in fact better than the D-backs, because 2 players don\'t make an entire pitching staff, as we witnessed in the World Series last year (Byng Hung Kim is my hero). One of the best bullpens of all time -- Darell Hammond had an ERA of 0.95, only the 3rd pitcher ever to have an era under 1 after pitching over 70 innings. Yes, the Cardinals are potent, sure, but hey, it\'s not like they\'ve proved it in teh postseason, either. Scott Rolen still has a bad hand, so they settle in Miguel Cairo. Though, I personally think that Miguel Cairo is a better clutch hitter than Rolen, so that might negate that.

Either way, The Braves had a better regular season, they have home field advantage, and they owned the Cardinals during the season, tragedy or not. If you\'re going to blame half the losses the Cardinals had to "tragedy", then why don\'t they win 120 games every year?

Braves in 6. See Yuz.

First of all, yeah, I know that the NY teams are cocky, especially the Yankees.  I never said they weren\'t, I just said that the Braves are.

Another fact, if you want to talk about the superior pitching staff, is that the Cards never showed the Braves their best staff during those games.  During the games against the Braves, only half the time did the Braves face a Cards pitcher who will start in the post season.  In addition to losing a member of the pitching staff, they also had injury after injury this season.  

As for the Braves having a better season, we both know that the tragedy did play a role in that.  We also both know that the Braves, whether I like it or not, are in an easier division.  The Astros are a better team than anyone in the NL East, and the Reds sure did play better than anyone in the NL East for most of the season.  Besides, it isn\'t exactly like the Cards pitching is trash.  It was 4th in the NL, and it improved part of the way through the season with additions like Finley and (James, you\'ll like this) Fassero.  Hey, Fassero is 2-0 in the post season so far this year