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View Poll Results: What Series Matchup would you like to see?
Rays-Philles 12 26.67%
Bosox-Phillies 3 6.67%
Rays-Dodgers 12 26.67%
Bosox-Dodgers 18 40.00%
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Old 10-08-2008, 12:08 PM
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I agree about the Dodgers but don't you think that they might be kinda wishing for the Rays given the 'new' angle and the 'underdog' angle.

I can tell you that I would almost guarantee that MLB is rooting for the Rays to win it outright. Rays win it all and it buys the MLB about 10 years before they have to fix the bad payroll issues that exist.
MLB never roots for the Rays of the world.. just like MLB conspired to ensure that the Expos would have to leave Montreal. MLB wants the Red Sox, Yankees, Mets, Cubs, LA Angels, Dodgers, et al, in the Series or as Champions every year, and they go out of their way to encourage it. (Not that anything can help the Cubs..). It KILLS them when teams like the Twins or Rays go on runs. The major sports always want the high profile 'forever dominant' types to be in the limelight for obvious reasons.
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Old 10-08-2008, 04:01 PM
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MLB never roots for the Rays of the world.. just like MLB conspired to ensure that the Expos would have to leave Montreal. MLB wants the Red Sox, Yankees, Mets, Cubs, LA Angels, Dodgers, et al, in the Series or as Champions every year, and they go out of their way to encourage it. (Not that anything can help the Cubs..). It KILLS them when teams like the Twins or Rays go on runs. The major sports always want the high profile 'forever dominant' types to be in the limelight for obvious reasons.
the thursday night college football game will still get higher ratings doesn't matter who is in the WS. saturday night college games will probably double whatever ratings baseball gets.
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the thursday night college football game will still get higher ratings doesn't matter who is in the WS. saturday night college games will probably double whatever ratings baseball gets.
ok i was wrong . last night CF got a 1.8 but it was only wake-clemson. baseball got a 6.1.
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Big Matty Stairs took the skin off of Broxton's fastball!!!!!

Clean up yet another Durbin disaster..
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