Not what TV wanted

[ChickenMan]

I'm sure the network TV guys were dreaming of another Yankees/Red Sox AL championship series... but with the Sox already gone and the Yankees on the brink... they're looking at a White Sox/Angles matchup... :eek:. Can you say... bye bye ratings... :p

[blackfordpu]

I'm sure the network TV guys were dreaming of another Yankees/Red Sox AL championship series... but with the Sox already gone and the Yankees on the brink... they're looking at a White Sox/Angles matchup... :eek:. Can you say... bye bye ratings... :p

Can you say "kick ass?" :) :p

[Hansel]

Can you say "kick ass?" :) :p
Agreed, I'm very sick of the Red Sox/Yankees rivalry worship conducted by the media.

[ngineer]

I would think a White Sox/Cardinals world series would generate a lot of interest in the midwest. Chicago certainly is not a small market. THe true baseball fan will watch such a series between some the "old orignal" teams--with the added historic possibility of the White Sox winning, which it hasn't done for who knows how long. Yes, some of the northeast casuals won't bother, but it could be better than expected. Of course, maybe it's just wishful thinking.

[AppGuy04]

I would much rather watch the ChiSox and Angels than the Dead Sox and Pukees

Also, someone please put SD out of their misery and change the playoff format where the 4 best records get in, not this division crap

[putter]

I was thinking the same thing. While they are very good teams, the WhiteSox and Angel series won't have the ratings. The Angels don't have a great following in their own city and the WhiteSox are the second favorite team in their city.

[89Hen]

I would think a White Sox/Cardinals world series would generate a lot of interest in the midwest.
None of the prospects thrill me. How about Angels/Astros? :(

[AppGuy04]

Unless you are a fan, why do you guys like watching the same damn teams every year?

[BlackSaturday]

I wouldn't mind seeing Houston. It would be a great way to send off the Rocket (hopefully). He is one of the greatest pitchers of all time, and it would be great to see him snag one more.

[ISUMatt]

The Sox may be the 2nd choice in Chicago baseball, but let me tell you, the city is BEHIND THE SOX 100% They are the beloved child in CHicago right now!!! The White Sox are the talk of the town, after they beat Boston Friday, ALL the network broke out of their programming for locker room celebration. Chicago and LA are #2 and #3 markets and the rating wont suffer that bad, the east coaster wont watch but thats because of the potential of no Sawx and Yanks!!

[TheValleyRaider]

Let's not write off the Yanks just yet. Certainly needing to win 2 games in 2 days against the Angels is no easy task, but then again, how many times were the Yankees left for dead this year? And while Anaheim/LA may be a huge market, MLB would be crazy to want them over NY and the legions of Yankee fans that will turn out to watch the games. Not that the games are fixed or anything. What does this look like, the NBA? :p

[bulldog10jw]

Not that the games are fixed or anything. What does this look like, the NBA? :p

Why would they need to fix the games. The Yankees payroll is already 2 to 4 times more than most of the other teams in baseball. Isn't not having revenue sharing almost fixing the games anyway.

[TheValleyRaider]

Why would they need to fix the games. The Yankees payroll is already 2 to 4 times more than most of the other teams in baseball. Isn't not having revenue sharing almost fixing the games anyway.

You mean like the poor Angels/Marlins who both won World Series while beating the much higher budget Yankees along the way? :rolleyes:

This argument about revenue-sharing is nonsense. The teams that win are the teams that spend. Half of these owners crying for revenue sharing already have plenty of money to make their teams competitive, but have decided they'd rather do something nice for themselves rather than reinvesting in their teams for some good players.

Besides, money is no guarantee of anything. If it was, the Yankees and Red Sox would be getting ready for another LCS for the right to play the Mets (talk about poorly spent money) in the World Series.

[JoltinJoe]

As a Yankees fan, the silver lining in the Red Sox 2004 WS title has been the public revelation that those Red Sox fans, those "lovable losers" as you all had them pegged, aren't so lovable after all -- and never were.

Now the rest of baseball knows what Yankee fans have known all along: that Red Sox fans tend to be obsessed, overbearing and obnoxious. Of course, not all Red Sox fans are like that, but those who are remain a vocal, clearly present and identifiable minority in the Red Sox Nation.

The last few days have been fun reading as sports columnists across the nation have celebrated the demise of the Red Sox and their loud-mouthed fans.

Sure, I know that you guys don't like the Yankees too, but that's only because the Yankees have won so much. So that's easily explained. On a personal level, it's hard to dislike guys like Jeter, Rivera, Bernie Williams, and Posada (the remaining core of 4 World Championship teams).

The Sox have won the World Series once in the last 87 years, so you can't blame too much success as the reason.

The Red Sox fans are like that puny, loud-mouthed punk in high school who is jealous of the bigger, stronger kids. He keeps jumping the stronger kids, and when he loses, everyone always says look at that poor little guy. He just got beat up by some bigger kid.

[Ivytalk]

My sister, a former Houstonian who now lives in Chicago, is ecstatic about the prospect of an Astros-White Sox World Series. I don't care what the "coastal sophisticates" think: that sounds good to me! :)