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ndugan1	Post subject: I have no words... Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 5:38 pm
Joined: Thu Jul 15, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 968 Location: Champaign, Ill.	...just numbers.<p>Rolen: 0 for 15 Edmonds: 1 for 14 Pujols: 0 for something in double digits (I forgot and don't want to see it on record)<p>2-5 hitters: 0 for 30,000,000,000<p>Innings where Cardinals lead in World Series: 0 of 36 Outs where Cardinals lead in World Series: 0 of 108<p>Last Cardinals World Series game win: 1987<p>Sigh. Was just one win out of the question?<p>[ October 28, 2004: Message edited by: Niko Dugan ]</p>
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jjmoney62	Post subject: Re: I have no words... Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:47 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 3135 Location: Albuquerque, N.M. USA	86 years from now, Niko, you'll have forgotten all about it.
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Oeditpus Rex	Post subject: Re: I have no words... Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 9:51 am
Joined: Mon Nov 17, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 1324 Location: N 36° 57' 9", W 121° 24' 2"	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Niko Dugan: Sigh. Was just one win out of the question? <hr></blockquote>That's pretty much the same thing I think about the 1966 Series.<p>(Yeah, I'm still embarrassed about it. You never really get over scoring two runs in four games. And then Sandy Koufax retires. Christ, why didn't they just shoot my dog, too?)
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Bumfketeer	Post subject: Re: I have no words... Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:37 am
Joined: Fri Nov 15, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 3557 Location: Cusp of retirement, grave or both	I feel your pain....from the start of the World Series in 1903 until 1980, the Phillies won a grand total of one Series game. I think they won the opener in 1915, and then the Whiz Kids got swept by the hated Yankees in 1950. Those were the only Phillies appearances in the series until their win in 1980.
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wordygurdy	Post subject: Re: I have no words... Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 12:15 pm
Joined: Sat Nov 01, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 741 Location: The Empire State	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Bumfketeer: I feel your pain....from the start of the World Series in 1903 until 1980, the Phillies won a grand total of one Series game. I think they won the opener in 1915, and then the Whiz Kids got swept by the hated Yankees in 1950. Those were the only Phillies appearances in the series until their win in 1980.<hr></blockquote><p>Tug McGraw struck out Willie Wilson swinging for the final out, right, Bumf? Or was Wilson rung up with the bat on his shoulder?
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