schneider@2littl.DEC (10/30/85)
>>Perhaps the moguls realize that the American, or inferior, League's only >>purpose for existence is for the N.L. to have somebody to beat in the >>World Series. 8-) :-) %-) :-} Ouch! >In the All-star game also! >Roy Double Ouch! [Roy explains that the Royals pitching staff may be as inexperienced as the Blue Jays team when the Royals won that series.] >...I think the series just pointed out the unpredictability of >minor league ball. >Roy Triple Ouch! [Kansas City wins World Series] Up yours, Roy! For three years in a row the best team resides in the so-called minor leagues. Myself, I thought that the Blue Jays were the best team, and I still do, but I've learned never to bet against George Brett. Minor League? Feh! The anemic hitting of the Cardinals could well have been predicted following a year of anemic hitting by the whole NL. Three or four AL teams would have handed the Cards a similar defeat. Speed? Bah! Pitching, defense and the three run homer for me. And you can read about it in the sports pages, not just the biased insinuation of the Usenet. Sorry Roy. Perhaps you can call up a few "minor leaguers". Daniel Schneider {decvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-2littl!schneider
kenf@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU (10/31/85)
Toot a root, Dan. The Royals would have finished 3rd in the NL east. The minor league can thank the tarp at Busch Memorial and a blind umpire for game seven. If this sounds like sour grapes, BINGO!!. I've got the world class definition of a sour grape attitude about an inferior team from an inferior league stealing the Series from my Redbirds. I'll go to my grave KNOWING that the Cards had, have and will continue to have a better team than any in the minor league. Well for all that, congratulations to the team from Kansas City, they never,ever gave up and battled from behind like champions. Brett is just awesome in the clutch. When he's hot he's unstoppable and when he's not he bats .300!! A word about the demented Dominican (Andujar). Personally, I think Whitey fired him up and put him in just to create a scene so Whitey could have a few choice words with that idiot Denkinger. Anyway, time to root for the Illini football team but as always there are only two seasons: the baseball season and the off-season. Till April... ken fortenberry