Cotton McKnight: Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to witness the greatest happening in sport: Extra inning 7th game of the World Series baseball.
Pepper Brooks: Pepper needs new shorts!
Pepper Brooks: Pepper needs new shorts!
They were each at the HOF turn style, standing on opposite sides of the wheel. Fate, history and extra innings.
I agree, Joe did over manage a bit and he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar mor than once and fortunately he still came out on top. The differance between this game and the 1-0 Twins/Braves game where Morris went all 10 inning could be a case study sometime in the future.... and about 50% more talent on the Cubs active roster. The Cubs team is absolutely stacked with young talent (thanks to Theo), the Indians lost two of their three best starting pitchers and their best player, Michael Brantley... but that's baseball. Terry Francona managed a masterpiece getting the Tribe to game 7, there is no loss of HOF cred with what he achieved, he built on his legacy. (Maddon on the other hand? He had a brutal WS)
Of course he didn't hurt his cred...but he did he get his ticket punched.? A win would have done that. That's just the way it works with wins and losses. Francona has for sure been brilliant. If Whitey Herzog and Bobby Cox made it Francona is probably in as well. But probably not definitely..Terry Francona managed a masterpiece getting the Tribe to game 7, there is no loss of HOF cred with what he achieved, he built on his legacy. (Maddon on the other hand? He had a brutal WS)