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[thesightless]

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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/jon_heyman/10/25/heyman.series/index.html?cnn=yes

ouch. he is wrong though, a good pitching performance is better than a 7-5 game. keeps the tension high, and leaves you waiting and waiting..and frankly, it is the best pitched series in a long time. since the david cone yanks IMO

[Jenks]

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930 PM gametime.

[thesightless]

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930 PM gametime.

[toasty]

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weather update:

As for the rainy St. Louis weather prior Game 4, Associated Press reporter Jim Salter had this mid-afternoon update:

Fans attending Game 4 of the World Series at Busch Stadium can expect to get wet, but the game may go on.

In a postseason that has already seen its share of foul weather, rain was forecast for Wednesday night in St. Louis, where the Cardinals host the Detroit Tigers. But contrary to projections from a day earlier that called for a potential downpour, the updated forecast sounded like something the teams could play through.

"We're expecting a fairly persistent, light rain or drizzle throughout the game," said Mark Britt, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in suburban St. Louis. "There could be some brief moderate rain.

"Overall, it looks like kind of an ugly night -- nothing severe." He projected total rainfall during the game of one-tenth to one-quarter of an inch.

It looks like shit out, but we may get this done after all...

[thesightless]

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using that comparision i hope every city outside of LA beats us. we have about 11 million people living in a 50 mile circumference of the stadiums.

[toasty]

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yo, NY is a baseball town. it takes over. its the biggest and best baseball market.

Well, it is certainly the biggest, no argument from me on that, but I'm not just talking about raw numbers. I'd bet that on a per capita basis, i.e., fans as a ratio of the population, St. Louis has you beat cold.

For the record, I basically lived in Manhattan for the entire 2002 season, so I'm not just talking purely out of my ass here -- I actually have a basis for comparing the two.

[toasty]

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whats the weather looking like?

shit.

right now, it's cold and kinda misty, but if the game were to start right at this moment, I suspect they'd play because it isn't really raining per se.

It is supposed to be raining harder as the evening progresses, though. Thing is, though, it is supposed to be coming from a band of weather from Oklahoma and Arkansas. I'm no meteorologist, but that band of weather seems to be moving due east rather than northeast towards st. louis, so maybe we'll get lucky and it will miss us. This, however, is just the ramblings of a guy that would like to see a game tonight, so it should be discounted almost entirely.

The weather folks here are not optimistic about the game being played, but I haven't heard an update on this point for a few hours. I know they want to get this game in, so if it can be done, I suspect they'll try to do it...

[thesightless]

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whats the weather looking like?

[thesightless]

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yo, NY is a baseball town. it takes over. its the biggest and best baseball market. its just in SL, there isnt anything else outside watching jenks try to beatmatch. thats what i think you are leaning to. shit we had almost 8 million people go to a game this year. yanks at 4 mil, mets above 3.4

[toasty]

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i hear ya, NY is the same way. mets and yanks hats everywhere during the season. cars with shit on the windows, you cant walk into a bar and not hear a baseball debate.

Yeah, but the thing is, with all due respect to St. Louis, NYC has so much going on besides baseball, it doesn't permeate the culture the same way it does here. If you don't care for baseball, there is plenty to keep you entertained in NYC. Being in St. Louis during baseball season, however, is an immersive experience. Whether you like it or not, come baseball season, it's on.

And check this out -- I just went to grab a sandwich at the place across the street. Who should be in line a couple folks behind me but Chris Carpenter. He was wearing a shirt that said, "I pitched an absurd game in Game 3 of the World Series and all I got was this lousy t-shirt." OK, I made the last part up, but how cool is that?

[thesightless]

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so.........does it look like we are gonna get a game tonight?

[thesightless]

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i hear ya, NY is the same way. mets and yanks hats everywhere during the season. cars with shit on the windows, you cant walk into a bar and not hear a baseball debate.

[toasty]

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I think I'll pull through. Seriously, though, I just spent the weekend at Mizzou watching a football game in the pouring rain. Wasn't eager to repeat that experience, esp. with people willing to pay exorbitant amounts of money for my seat and me still having tickets for Game 5.

Besides, St. Louis is such a baseball town, you don't have to be in the stadium to get the world series vibe. The whole city is glowing red right now. Know how when you watch a Cardinals game on TV, the entire stadium is red? That's what the whole city is like...

[thesightless]

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you know that look from your parents that clearly states ''im not mad, just disappointed"?

i have that look right now.

[toasty]

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you sold world series tickets?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

wtf were you thinking?

I was thinking:

1. It's going to be rainy and colder than a witch's tit out there,
2. It can't be the final game, and,

perhaps most importantly

3. I can pay for the all of my playoff tickets by selling this one game.