2008 Woodie Awards
Tony's Time Out: World Series slump
Tony Patrico
Issue date: 10/18/07 Section: Sports
All of the regular readers of this column know exactly what I think fans of baseball will be doing on the night of Wednesday, Oct. 24 when the Colorado Rockies take the field to go head to head, against either the Cleveland Indians or the Boston Red Sox, to crown the best team in baseball, all can be sure of one thing:
No one will be watching.
To say "no one" is a very bold statement, but even the Major League Baseball officials have to be cringing at the thought that the states of Colorado and Ohio will probably be drawing in the biggest viewer turnout.
Though history was made Wednesday night when three Red Sox players went back-to-back-to-back, the heroics weren't good enough, allowing Cleveland to be one game away from heading to the World Series.
While there may not be a very interesting baseball game being played, there are some very entertaining facts that come along with these teams making it to the series.
First, lets talk Rockies baseball. The hottest team in baseball has made a clean sweep of every opponent they have faced in the post-season. Winning 21 out of the last 22 games they have played, the Rockies are proving that they deserve to be here.
But, now for the bad news: they have to wait eight days to play baseball again. One can only hope that the high altitude in Colorado can preserve "uncle mo" for just a little bit longer.
How about Cleveland? Since 1995, the Indians have played in 65 post-season games. Zero of those games have been played without Kenny Lofton.
As mentioned before, the first time in post-season history has a trio of players, Boston's Kevin Youkilis, David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez, hit back-to-back-to-back homeruns. Unfortunately, the Red Sox only scored on those three homeruns and lost the game by a final of 7-3.
During the early 1980s the television ratings for the World Series were at an all time high. In 1980 there were 32.8 million viewers tuning in to watch Philadelphia defeat Kansas City in six games to become the kings of baseball.
No one will be watching.
To say "no one" is a very bold statement, but even the Major League Baseball officials have to be cringing at the thought that the states of Colorado and Ohio will probably be drawing in the biggest viewer turnout.
Though history was made Wednesday night when three Red Sox players went back-to-back-to-back, the heroics weren't good enough, allowing Cleveland to be one game away from heading to the World Series.
While there may not be a very interesting baseball game being played, there are some very entertaining facts that come along with these teams making it to the series.
First, lets talk Rockies baseball. The hottest team in baseball has made a clean sweep of every opponent they have faced in the post-season. Winning 21 out of the last 22 games they have played, the Rockies are proving that they deserve to be here.
But, now for the bad news: they have to wait eight days to play baseball again. One can only hope that the high altitude in Colorado can preserve "uncle mo" for just a little bit longer.
How about Cleveland? Since 1995, the Indians have played in 65 post-season games. Zero of those games have been played without Kenny Lofton.
As mentioned before, the first time in post-season history has a trio of players, Boston's Kevin Youkilis, David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez, hit back-to-back-to-back homeruns. Unfortunately, the Red Sox only scored on those three homeruns and lost the game by a final of 7-3.
During the early 1980s the television ratings for the World Series were at an all time high. In 1980 there were 32.8 million viewers tuning in to watch Philadelphia defeat Kansas City in six games to become the kings of baseball.
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