Red Sox Sweden
Hello,
Baseball fan from Sweden here.
I wanted to purchase a few of the best games from the last season. Which games do you consider the best and most exciting games from 2005. Please name the date and also why you think that och those games were the best. It doesn´t hurt if it involves the Red Sox since I´m a fan of the Sox but it doesnt have to be.
Louisville Cardinals
Not sure of the date (October 9th I think), but the Astros-Braves NLDS game 4 that went 18 innings and lasted 5 hours and 50 minutes
Longest game in playoff history, very dramatic
Blessing
Opening Day at Dodger Stadium. April 12th.
Using a stolen chant from Boston Celtics fans whenever an L.A. team is playing up there just reeks of inferiority complex.
If hitting a baseball is the toughest thing to do in sports, then pitching must be the easiest thing to do in sports.
Out in LF (Bartman of BBF
May 6th was the Cubs losing their THIRD STRAIGHT game with two outs in the 9th
Mythical SF Chronicle scouting report: "That Jeff runs like a deer. Unfortunately, he also hits AND throws like one." I am Venus DeMilo - NO ARM! I can play like a big leaguer, I can field like Luzinski, run like Lombardi. The secret to managing is keeping the ones who hate you away from the undecided ones. I am a triumph of quantity over quality. I'm almost useful, every village needs an idiot.
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Out in LF (Bartman of BBF
September 2, Astros.
They trailed in the ninth . . .
. . . and trailed in the tenth . . .
. . . and trailed in the thirteenth . . .
. . . and beat the Cards
Mythical SF Chronicle scouting report: "That Jeff runs like a deer. Unfortunately, he also hits AND throws like one." I am Venus DeMilo - NO ARM! I can play like a big leaguer, I can field like Luzinski, run like Lombardi. The secret to managing is keeping the ones who hate you away from the undecided ones. I am a triumph of quantity over quality. I'm almost useful, every village needs an idiot.
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Nationals @ Padres 9/17
Padres losing 5-0 in the 9th, Randa hits and RBI single, Khalil hits a game-tying grandslam in the 9th. All of this with 2 outs. Then Ramon Hernandez hits a game-winning 3 run homer in the 12th inning to give the Padres a win. This win also marked the possible wrap up for the division.
Matt Kemp MVP
Opening Day at Dodger Staduim I though it was over in the 8th for us when Kent grounded in a DP and Drew stuck out. The first 2 weeks of the season gave way to a pitiful showing by the Blue
I enjoyed Jose Gullien after being booed by Angel fans hitting a HR to give Washington a lead in the 8th after Donnelly was kicked out of the game for cheating, Classy Angel fans punching Ryan Church on the left field wall.
Just a terrible game for the Angels
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June 21, NYY vs TB
Yanks come back from a 10-2 deficit and go on to win 20-11 thanks to a 13-run 8th inning.
Keep Spraying Maine
Red Sox Sweden
Thanks for the replies so far. Keep em coming
Any one remember any really good pitching duels ?
21st Century Schizoid Fan
8-14-05
Mets/Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.
Pedro Martinez went 7 1/3 innings without allowing any hits, and in the bottom of the 8th inning with the Dodgers trailing 1-0, Antonio Perez tripled to break up the no-hit bid and Jayson Werth followed with a 2-run shot to left-center. In the 9th, Brad Penny allowed a double to Marlon Anderson, who was thrown out at the plate trying to tie the game, and the Dodgers won 2-1.
The Chris Burke solo shot to knock out the Braves was also a good game, followed by the Angels/A's game where Jason Kendall scored the winning run off a boneheaded mistake by Francisco Rodriguez (the A's were trailing 5-2 with 2 outs in the 7th, I think).
SOUVENEZ-VOUS LES EXPOS!!!
"The future's uncertain and the end is always near" - Jim Morrison
Matt Kemp MVP
Game 2 of the ALCS another bonehead Angel mistake when Josh Paul threw the ball back to the mound putting the winning run on
Cardinals fan
I remember some game: Braves at Cardinals on a sunday (mid-august), Hudson vs Carpenter...Atlanta up in the 9th inning, bottom of the ninth and Cards win thanks to a walk off Grand Slam by Eckstein! Unforgettable!
Another great game (not a pitching duel) was Angels and Yankees (july 31, I was at yankee stadium, 1 week holiday in New York); two days after, Shea Stadium, Brewers at Mets, another wonderful game with a Mets win thanks to Piazza in the 11th inning.
Matt Kemp MVP
july 31st when caberea let the final out roll bewteen his legs.
Is he at 2B,SS,3B,RF,CF
How about Angels winning 5 out of 6 from the Dodgers
Or the ANgels making the playoffs while the Dodgers won what 70 games
Angels 2002 World Champions 1979 1982 1986 2004 2005 AL West Champs
Southern California is covered in Red now
5 Straight Series Win
The saviors
Jered Weaver 3-0 with a 1.86 ERA and a Sub 1 WHIP with 17K to 3Walk ratio
Kendry Morales 279 AVG 3 HR'S 11 RBI
Mike Napoli 323 AVG 4HR'S 11 RBI
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June 2 Red sox/orioles. I was there, it was the best game i've ever gone to.
Last edited by Patsfan; 01-04-2006 at 04:10 PM.
loudmouth crackpot
Originally Posted by LetsGoMurphys
Thanks for the replies so far. Keep em coming
Any one remember any really good pitching duels ?
July 22, 2005 - STL 2, Cubs 1 in 11 innings
Zambrano Vs. Carpenter. both throw 9 innings of 1 run ball, with Zambrano turning in the better of the two great performances.
but, as has been the case for years now, the bullpen lets a great outing go to waste
Jerseys hanging in my den : Santo, Jenkins, Williams, Banks, Grace, Sandberg, Dawson, Eckersley, Sutcliffe, Wood, Prior, Zambrano, Lee
Oddly enough, I never bought a Sosa jersey, even during his best years.
Think Blue
I dont remember the date. But the Dodgers came back and beat the Braves after a Braves hitter hit a grand slam I think, then Bradley came right back with a grandslam of his own.
Matt Kemp MVP
A friday in May date not sure
loudmouth crackpot
another couple real good duels in the past year
August 12, 2005 - MIN 1, OAK 0
Santana Vs. Haren
April 29, 2005 - TOR 2, NYY 0
Halladay Vs. Johnson
Jerseys hanging in my den : Santo, Jenkins, Williams, Banks, Grace, Sandberg, Dawson, Eckersley, Sutcliffe, Wood, Prior, Zambrano, Lee
Oddly enough, I never bought a Sosa jersey, even during his best years.
Matt Kemp MVP
Santana v Colon Santana win's streak was broken April I believe
I love this game
The best game for me was The Cardinals comeback in the top of the ninth againt The Reds. They were down 6 runs ... 9-3 in the ninth, came back to score 7 runs in the top of the ninth to win 10-9.
Great half an inning.
Here's a link to the game:
http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/NAS...=.jsp&c_id=mlb
21st Century Schizoid Fan
We're talking about specific games here, not the season overall.
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"The future's uncertain and the end is always near" - Jim Morrison
Cardinals fan
I also remember a ten inning shutout...I believe Carpenter against the Astros in a pitching duel vs Clemens (don't remember the exact date, maybe someone can help)
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Opening Day: Reds come back in the bottom of the ninth with 3 runs with a walk-off homer from Joe Randa in his first game as a Red. Then the season kinda got worse and worse for me.
Unlike most other team sports, in which teams usually have an equivalent number of players on the field at any given time, in baseball the hitting team is at a numerical disadvantage, with a maximum of 5 players and 2 base coaches on the field at any time, compared to the fielding team's 9 players. For this reason, leaving the dugout to join a fight is generally considered acceptable in that it results in numerical equivalence on the field, and a fairer fight.
21st Century Schizoid Fan
Wasn't it Mulder?
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