the World Series as well had the N.Y Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals in the final game in the N.L.C.S.?
Did the Detroit Tigers live up to your expectations and was it a fair, good or great World Series...?
2006-10-27 16:48:59 · 13 answers · asked by marnefirstinfantry 5 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Congratulations To the SLC ..It was a fair game and the best team playing won...Now, being a Mets fan myself, If the Mets Had played the Cardinals it would have been a very intense game.Of course,Mets would have been the victor...!
The Detroit did a fine job. Just getting to the World Series is an accomplishment.There can be only one winner.It was the Cardinals time to shine.
2006-10-27 17:28:58 · answer #1 · answered by prettycoolchick38 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Mets did not have the pitching to take the Tigers. So I think the Tigers would have won, but it'd been a closer series. With Pedro and El Duke out the Mets were down to Glavine and Maine. In other words a guy about to retire and one who just entered the majors. Just to make matters worse Wagner continued his postseason woes.
Offensively the Mets have big names but if you look at season production most of those big names didn't do much. The Tigers have a deeper bench and deeper relief core. After a long series with the Cards and deep into the World series with the Tigers this would become a noticable advantage.
In short big names don't win ball games. Team chemistry and the little guys are often the ones who make or break a World Series team. In the case of the Mets it wasn't even the big names that got them to the series to start with. Except for Beltran, Wagner and Glavine it was the little guys doing it all year long. Delgado and Pedro suffered through horible years. Loduca had an off year. El Duke hasn't had a good year in a few years. The Tigers had a better team spirit. The Cards were vets of the postseason and a much better team than thier reguler season record showed. So the Tigers were just overmatched in the WS. Against the Mets the Tigers would not have been overmatched.
2, The Tigers greatly exceeded anybodie's wildest dreams this season. They did it with sheer grit and determination. They have a good young core. Some good post season moves to shore up holes and dump unproductive vets and they will see the postseason again. If they make some dumb moves in the off season or stand pat the Tigers will have a hard time getting back into the playoffs next year. The Whitesox played like little leaguers all year long. The Indians despite a load of talent couldn't win a game to save thier manager's life. The Twins did the roller coaster thing all year long. Great then horrible then great then horrible. Poor Twins fans need a good long off season just to unwind. The Yankees were hobbled by injuries the first half. The Redsox fell apart the second half. The Bluejays started out the gate like a dead horse. Didn't find thier stride till late in the second half. The entire AL West stunk it up all year long. Next year many of those teams are going to be noticably better. The Tigers have to improve even more to stay competitive.
3. Even though you didn't ask. The Mets are not likely to be back in the post season without revamping the pitching staff. Pedro is questionable. His arm might have fallen apart finally and 07 is almost certain to be a bad year for him if he pitches at all. El Duke is almost certainly washed up and Glavine who will be 41 next year has probably had his last hurrah. 300 wins are in his sights but thats probably all the gas he has left in that arm. Delgado's declining numbers are a concern. Once one of the more feared hitters in baseball Delgado has sunk to solid numbers. He is a bit young to fade as fast and as hard as he has. 3 years of declining numbers is something to be concerned about however.
Trachsel is 36, Lo Duca 34 which is old for a catcher. Going to be hard to count on a full season from either at thier age. The Mets need to do some serious retooling this offseason or face a pretty ho hum year next year.
2006-10-27 18:49:11 · answer #2 · answered by draciron 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was a good World Series and would have been great had Detroit not made so many errors and if several Detroit members had not had hitting slumps.
Had Detroit made similar errors against the Mets the results would have been the same; however I cannot conclude that they would have had the same opportunites to mess up; that would depend on unkown circumstances - but being a National League fan, I would like to think that the Mets would have won.
And as for Mr. Rodgers - HE NEEDS ANGER MANAGEMENT IMO.
2006-10-27 17:20:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Doesn't matter - could the Twins have won if they were in our place? It's all hypothetical and irrelevant.
As for the Tigers, they couldn't have played worse in the W.S.
If I had the money, I would buy every Tiger player the Tom Emansky Defensive Drills video. Atrocious defense that cost the Tigers at least one game and probably more.
2006-10-27 16:53:47 · answer #4 · answered by Mike Oxmahl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The mets would have raised more of a fuss over Kenny Rogers in game 2 and thrown the Tigers clubhouse into a frenzy
2006-10-28 11:26:53 · answer #5 · answered by chezmoi 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Any World Series that doesn't go to 7 games isn't that great to me -
Tigers were a big disappointment. Grrrr
2006-10-27 16:54:13 · answer #6 · answered by just visiting 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dont think Detroit was in thise series at all. The way they were playing i think any team in the MLB could have beaten them. They had too much times between the ALCS and the World Series, in which thye became cocky. They came into the series with huge egos, thinking they would sweep another series. Overconfidence lead to their demise.
2006-10-27 16:51:54 · answer #7 · answered by yanks4ever3 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think that the Mets would have won. Why did Beltrana have to strike out!?!?!?
2006-10-29 00:37:39 · answer #8 · answered by Gigi & Tino 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Yes..the Mets would have won
2. The Tigers surpassed all expectations this season
3. The series was very boring
2006-10-27 16:52:37 · answer #9 · answered by Fantasy Sports Icon 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
No. the ny muts suck. real bad.
2006-10-28 20:37:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋