In the conclusion to perhaps the greatest championship series in league history, the Quebec Capitales defeated the Brockton Rox 5-4 in possibly the greatest game in league history to nail down the title 3 games to 2.
I can only imagine the atmosphere and emotion at Campanelli as this game took its many wild swings: After the game was scoreless into the bottom of the 6th, the Rox jumped out to a 3-0 lead for John Kelly- seemingly insurmountable, surely. But Quebec was far from dead, roaring back to take a 4-3 lead in the very next inning. The Rox evened it with a sac fly in the bottom of the 8th, but the Caps scored in the top of the 9th to take back the lead for good. Cristian Mendoza closed the door for Quebec, ending the season.
Quebec now has its first ever championship and they certainly earned it- but this postseason will probably spur some rule changes in the offseason. Quebec was riding the wave from 5 straight home games, and unfairly got to host games 1 and 2 against a Rox team with a better record. This obviously was a vital difference maker. I take nothing away from how hard Quebec worked to win this title, but it's still wrong for the #4 seed to have 5 straight home games in the playoffs.
Anyways, who was there? How amazing was it?
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It's the offseason now and as that wonderful NFL Network commercial once said, "we're all undefeated again." Let's get this disgusting taste out of our mouths and get ready for '07, eh?
This offseason I will undertake a project: the 100 greatest games in Spirit history. Any games you wish to nominate? Email me @ gravellj@bc.edu.
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Elliott Sadler blew as usual. The race was fun, but I can barely remember it because the post-race traffic jam was easily the worst EVER. I got back to BC at like 1230 AM
HAHHAHAHAH at ur comments to Miles.. HAHAHAHA
explain the wolff comment?
What a fun (is good) game!.
Too bad it was decidec basically by an error by Scanzano.
Bustin' Miles was a BLAST!.
SOMEONE GET THE LIGHTS.
LMAO!!! GREAT LINE! I wish I was there to say something to...:'-[
and maybe give Miles a sign I made a few years ago.... :-p
ANYWAYS....Joe,isn't 100 a little much? Maybe Top 50 or 30....but I myself would like a copy of the list when it's done and I'll go through my acrchives and look at some of the games I think should make the list. Maybe I can make a show out of the top 20-15 games with us talking about them,that'd be cool.
Thanks Benny, the feeling is mutual.One of the most enjoyable games all year; hard to believe isn't it?.
Long winter ahead. Soon we can start the "hot stove" talk.
Last person: please turn off the lights.
I'd always suspected that to be fairly true, but it's nice to see it in real numbers.
And don't ditch out yet Sparky, we still have to talk about the 100 best games in Spirit history
Yes, Game 5 was back-and-forth. Both teams seemed to have shot their wad. Viera came in despite having pitched two days earlier, and Koch failed to get his third save in three days.
Did the light-failure game occur in the first or the second half?
At the end of the first half, the lights failed in Nashua and this (and a double rainout the next day) (and Miles' rule on make-ups) denied Quebec a chance to take 7th place away from the Pride who so richly deserved it. If you're going to accuse Wolff of treachery, I'd like to know if he got the idea for the ploy from the City of Nashua.
My man Francisco Lebron--whom I've watched as a Pride and in Bayamon, P.R. (Arriba, Vaqueros!)--was not moving fast in the entire series, except to the mound, and then only to get some rosin.
"Benoit" was right that it was inexcusable to see none of the other teams represented. If the other teams' management was in the house, they stayed on the luxury level. Sparky should have worn a Spirit jersey, not a Rox. I was yelling for the Rox, but flying my Pride flag. After 70 Can-Am games this year, I *do* want to see how it all comes out! Don't any Worcester fans? For the record, the president of the Pride Booster Club and her husband attended, with Pride caps; they say the club's treasurer was at Game 3.
Benoit, on the sacrifice bunt, your stats do argue that one should NEVER bunt, unless the batter simply can't hit. More often in this league, batters simply can't bunt (fair) (Sabino). Quibbles: (1) When you bunt, you are playing for one run; so rather than average number of runs scored, I'd want to see the odds of scoring any runs. (2) Stats omit the psychological; when the defense is SURE you're not going to bunt (Ortiz), bunting is a very good idea.
Oops! the above anonymous post is by Spike.
Still here Joe, jus' thinkin'
That shit happens all the time.
Rick Polardo was traded to Toledo for Lick Nopardo to complete an earlier trade to themselves.
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