2016 MLB Playoffs Thread

[IceMan]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

I call the Stanley Cup champs the World Champs

I'm sure some fans do but it's not something I hear from the players.

[Roof-Daddy]

Boy are there some long ugly championship droughts in baseball.

[Roast Beef]

Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy

Boy are there some long ugly championship droughts in baseball.

Maple Leafs?

[corporatejay]

Originally Posted by IceMan

It's also funny to hear them say "World Champs" all the time. They do this in the NBA and NFL too. You're not competing against the world. You're NBA Champs and Super Bowl Champs. You think they care about the NFL in Japan or India?

In hockey you never hear that. It's always Stanley Cup Champions.

I get that it's the best players in the world but this isn't the World Cup. Always found that amusing for every championship celebration.

Name me a better baseball team or football team in the world then

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Roast Beef

Maple Leafs?

Indians, Rangers, and Astros are all longer.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by corporatejay

Name me a better baseball team or football team in the world then

Tokyo Dragons.

[IceMan]

Originally Posted by corporatejay

Name me a better baseball team or football team in the world then

Like I said, I get that it's the best players playing in the best league in the world so technically yes, the Cubs are the best team in the world. Don't you have to compete against other countries to call yourself World Champions though?

It's just always been a little gear grinder for me. I don't hear the players on the Penguins going around saying World Champions or Leicester City winning the EPL and shouting World Champs.That's what the World Cup is for and the Olympics/World Cup in hockey.

It's an American thing for sure as it's said in the NFL and NBA as well. It's not something that keeps me up at night. Just find it somewhat amusing anytime I watch a championship celebration in MLB/NFL/NBA.

[Frequitude]

World Series > Stanley Cup, Grey Cup, Super Bowl and NBA Championship combined.

[TheScorpion]

Originally Posted by Frequitude

World Series > Stanley Cup, Grey Cup, Super Bowl and NBA Championship combined.

Uhhh...

Let's not get too carried away here.

[sharkov]

You can add this to the things what happened before the Oilers make the playoffs

[Inferno]

I'm not sure if anyone posted this already but this wasn't very smart.

[Bagor]

Is that it?

Are there no decent sports curses left?

[nik-]

Well .... I woke up and the world is still here this morning. 2016 craziness hasn't killed us yet!

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Bagor

Is that it?

Are there no decent sports curses left?

Leafs!!!

[Senator Clay Davis]

Did we suddenly forget the Indians are now on 68 straight years without a title? Yeah the Cavs "broke" the Cleveland curse, but if the World Series was any indication it may be more of a temporary reprieve from the curse and not it being broken.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Video is in the link

A North Carolina man drove back home to Indiana to keep a decades-old promise to his father.

Wayne Williams drove in for the Game 7 of the World Series.

"The gate was open," he says as he drives in.

He's not at the ballpark. He's watching it with his dad.

"Got a W flag. Not supposed to fly until after the actual win," Williams said, going over his supplies.

His dad, also named Wayne Williams, was waiting for him.

"I talked it out with my boys forever. I let them know that I told my dad - we had a pact. When the Cubs - not if, when - the Cubs got into the World Series, we would make sure we listen to the games together," Williams said.

Look, dad, here's your son, keeping his part of the bargain.

Williams set up camp in the military section of Greenwood Forest Lawn Cemetery after an all-day drive from North Carolina.

His dad died at age 53 in 1980. A Navy veteran.

"World War II, he was a signalman," Williams said. "He was at Normandy, D-Day +8. He had not turned 18 yet."

It may have been the Navy that made his dad a Cubs fan.

"I think it was because when he was at boot camp at Great Lakes. He probably went to some games, because Wrigley's brought the guys out there for these things and it was the closest thing to big-time baseball he'd ever seen," Williams said.

http://www.wthr.com/article/cubs-fan...nwood-cemetery

[kevman]

Ah man, if baseball doesn't have ridiculous curses what's the point?

As for Bartman, Cubs fans treatment of Bartman - the ruining his life thing - was another reason not to cheer for them. Bummer.

Good for the team, the city, Bartman and some of the fans. What a game!

[troutman]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

John Cusack is still alive?

Can someone photoshop him holding World Series trophy?

[Since1984]

Originally Posted by Frequitude

World Series > Stanley Cup, Grey Cup, Super Bowl and NBA Championship combined.

I have to agree, especially after watching all of the major sports championships this year. I hardly ever find myself saying "did you see that game last night??!?!?!" to anyone in regards to the other 3 major sports + CFL.

Anyways...WOW What a game, it had everything you could ask for! Extra innings, a rain delay at midnight, home runs, controversy, everything! and the Cubs end the 108 year WS drought!

Go Cubs Go! Go Cubs Go! Hey Chicago what do you say the Cubs are World Champs Today!

[Robbob]

I have to admit that I don't watch baseball often, but the story with the cubs potentially winning the first championship since 1908 made this an event. Probably the first baseball game I have sat through since the series Boston came back to beat NY after being down 3-0. If I am not mistaken that was also the year they broke their curse. The 1908 story made this game exponentially better.