Brandon Inge is the ALCS MVP

At the end of the 2006 season, the Kansas City Royals (you knew they’d be involved in this post somehow) were trying to complete an improbable sweep in Detroit, a sweep which would not only knock the Tigers out of first place, but just as importantly (since the Tigers and Twins were both going to the playoffs), would move the Royals a game ahead of the Devil Rays for the worst record in the majors.

The final game of the year went into extra innings. In the bottom of the 11th against Joe Nelson, with one out the Tigers got back to back singles from Ordonez and Guillen, with Guillen taking second base after an error. The Royals intentionally walked Ivan Rodriguez to pitch to Inge, who could have driven in the winning run without benefit of a hit. Instead, Inge struck out on a 2-2 count. Jimmy Gobble came in to retire Curtis Granderson, the Royals scored in the 12th, and held on to win.

Eight months later, the clear #1 player in the draft, David Price, was selected #1 overall - and because of the outcome of the game the previous October 1st, that #1 pick was the property of Tampa Bay.

Elsewhere: Mike Alstott Annihilates ALCS Ticket Market

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Good work, Cheat.

No one else has picked up on this. I’d be shocked if you were not given credit when someone finally figures it out.

And it’s “Alstott”. Purdue alumnus and all. Who’da thunk Tampa would be the center of the sports universe tonight?

I think i did this wrong. Oh well…..delete my votes as they all suck anyway.
Kenwo4life=ratings
by KenWo4LiFe on Oct 10, 2008 2:02 AM EDT

by winningugly on Oct 19, 2008 11:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

same grade school as big mike

The movement was so devastating that television announcer Hawk Harrelson called it "the Doomerang," saying that if Day had enough distance to work with, the pitch would eventually come back to him.

by U-God on Oct 19, 2008 11:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ditka?

I think i did this wrong. Oh well…..delete my votes as they all suck anyway.
Kenwo4life=ratings
by KenWo4LiFe on Oct 10, 2008 2:02 AM EDT

by winningugly on Oct 19, 2008 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

not iron mike you opos

The movement was so devastating that television announcer Hawk Harrelson called it "the Doomerang," saying that if Day had enough distance to work with, the pitch would eventually come back to him.

by U-God on Oct 20, 2008 8:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

So who is Big Mike, YPOS?

I think i did this wrong. Oh well…..delete my votes as they all suck anyway.
Kenwo4life=ratings
by KenWo4LiFe on Oct 10, 2008 2:02 AM EDT

by winningugly on Oct 20, 2008 7:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

r u serious? big mike is alstott. u-god means he went to the same grade school as mike alstott.

the only issue now is whether i make it out of hampton alive.

by Toonderstrook on Oct 20, 2008 7:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

OK, got it.

“The A-Train” was the nickname I had heard. “Big Mike” is horseshit.

I think i did this wrong. Oh well…..delete my votes as they all suck anyway.
Kenwo4life=ratings
by KenWo4LiFe on Oct 10, 2008 2:02 AM EDT

by winningugly on Oct 20, 2008 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

answer my question!

the only issue now is whether i make it out of hampton alive.

by Toonderstrook on Oct 20, 2008 7:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey, I just registered the wife and I for the first half of

SF Marathon in July. Picked 1:30-1:44 EFT for me, 1:45-1:59 for her. Man up.

There’s your answer, DB. I can keep up in some areas of life.

I think i did this wrong. Oh well…..delete my votes as they all suck anyway.
Kenwo4life=ratings
by KenWo4LiFe on Oct 10, 2008 2:02 AM EDT

by winningugly on Oct 20, 2008 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

5:30 a.m.? you are such a d-bag.

the only issue now is whether i make it out of hampton alive.

by Toonderstrook on Oct 20, 2008 7:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Don't fucking drink for ONE night, DB.

I haven’t seen the Gate up close since 1982. (After the last 2 weeks I may want to visit the “Leapers” area.)

What, are you YELLOW?

I think i did this wrong. Oh well…..delete my votes as they all suck anyway.
Kenwo4life=ratings
by KenWo4LiFe on Oct 10, 2008 2:02 AM EDT

by winningugly on Oct 20, 2008 7:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

registered. see you in july, opos.

the only issue now is whether i make it out of hampton alive.

by Toonderstrook on Oct 20, 2008 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If you need a training schedule, let me know.

How hilly is this sucker? Are we running Lombard Street?

I think i did this wrong. Oh well…..delete my votes as they all suck anyway.
Kenwo4life=ratings
by KenWo4LiFe on Oct 10, 2008 2:02 AM EDT

by winningugly on Oct 20, 2008 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

umm...

i don’t know. i was going to run the flatter half, but noooooooo, the wu wifey needs to run across the gg bridge. i’ll scout the route this weekend.

the only issue now is whether i make it out of hampton alive.

by Toonderstrook on Oct 20, 2008 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

in the end, at least the first half ends a lot closer to my place than the second half does.

a lot shorter distance to crawl.

the only issue now is whether i make it out of hampton alive.

by Toonderstrook on Oct 20, 2008 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Your knees have calluses on them

from your numerous pub crawls (and I’ll leave it there).

I think i did this wrong. Oh well…..delete my votes as they all suck anyway.
Kenwo4life=ratings
by KenWo4LiFe on Oct 10, 2008 2:02 AM EDT

by winningugly on Oct 20, 2008 8:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

way to keep it un-gay.

...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.

by homesickalien on Oct 20, 2008 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

get a room, you two!

...and then some depressed fucked-cake eating.

by homesickalien on Oct 20, 2008 8:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I always knew we'd end up together.

I think i did this wrong. Oh well…..delete my votes as they all suck anyway.
Kenwo4life=ratings
by KenWo4LiFe on Oct 10, 2008 2:02 AM EDT

by winningugly on Oct 20, 2008 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

a-train was anthony thomas

The movement was so devastating that television announcer Hawk Harrelson called it "the Doomerang," saying that if Day had enough distance to work with, the pitch would eventually come back to him.

by U-God on Oct 21, 2008 9:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

albeit much later than alstott

The movement was so devastating that television announcer Hawk Harrelson called it "the Doomerang," saying that if Day had enough distance to work with, the pitch would eventually come back to him.

by U-God on Oct 21, 2008 9:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thank you.

I think i did this wrong. Oh well…..delete my votes as they all suck anyway.
Kenwo4life=ratings
by KenWo4LiFe on Oct 10, 2008 2:02 AM EDT

by winningugly on Oct 21, 2008 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

no problem

i wanna say his rookie year i was in second grade, and my teacher had had him back then. lady remembers every student she ever had. walls were plastered with articles and posters of the guy

The movement was so devastating that television announcer Hawk Harrelson called it "the Doomerang," saying that if Day had enough distance to work with, the pitch would eventually come back to him.

by U-God on Oct 21, 2008 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

same high school

I wish he was in my fantasy league. id bury that cocksucker- KenWo4Life

by Hawk is God on Oct 20, 2008 1:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

you're from the will county area?

The movement was so devastating that television announcer Hawk Harrelson called it "the Doomerang," saying that if Day had enough distance to work with, the pitch would eventually come back to him.

by U-God on Oct 20, 2008 8:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

by "no one else" you meant "rany jazayerli", right?

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/unfiltered/?p=1071

Kenny on the Phones - my favorite GM

by larry on Oct 20, 2008 9:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

royals fans don't count.

the only issue now is whether i make it out of hampton alive.

by Toonderstrook on Oct 20, 2008 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

um, ya'll realize this is a fanpost, meaning that cheat didn't actually write the above?

Kenny on the Phones - my favorite GM

by larry on Oct 20, 2008 9:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

* fanshot

Kenny on the Phones - my favorite GM

by larry on Oct 20, 2008 9:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

yes, i understand the import of the shaded box. i was trying to save a little of wu's dignity.

the only issue now is whether i make it out of hampton alive.

by Toonderstrook on Oct 20, 2008 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

why

Kenny on the Phones - my favorite GM

by larry on Oct 20, 2008 9:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

senility might affect all of us at some point.

the only issue now is whether i make it out of hampton alive.

by Toonderstrook on Oct 20, 2008 10:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

boosh

takes some real stones for the one certifiable cocksucker on here to jump into this convo.-mm

by furby2056 on Oct 19, 2008 11:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

+1 for me taking the Rays as underdogs tonight and throwing $40 on them. Actually, + about 90...

by CWSKeith on Oct 20, 2008 1:07 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Interesting...but

I don’t like when NFL or NBA teams lose on purpose so they get a better draft pick. Hopefully this stays out of baseball. Quit promoting these ideas.

Kenwo4life=ratings

by KenWo4LiFe on Oct 20, 2008 7:28 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

the rays fate wasn't in their hands in the above article kenwo

and the royals won, which gave them the second pick instead of the first

The movement was so devastating that television announcer Hawk Harrelson called it "the Doomerang," saying that if Day had enough distance to work with, the pitch would eventually come back to him.

by U-God on Oct 20, 2008 8:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Considering how the Royals are run, they were probably happy to avoid having to pay the number draft pick slot money anyways.

by Grinder in Training on Oct 20, 2008 9:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

um, what?

yeah. the royals totally avoid paying for draft picks. i’m guessing that’s why they spent more money on the draft this year than any other team in baseball. and paid moustakas over slot last year with the pick in question here.

Kenny on the Phones - my favorite GM

by larry on Oct 20, 2008 9:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey look -- it's the reality police

Larry, if you insist on taking down our ill-founded knee-jerk assertions, you’re going to be eliminating a lot of blog content. And let’s keep in mind: content = ratings.

by hitlesswonder on Oct 20, 2008 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

it was a comical statement...throwing a game so they can pay a wide-open #2 slot money rather than paying the consensus #1 slot money.

the only issue now is whether i make it out of hampton alive.

by Toonderstrook on Oct 20, 2008 10:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

cabrera and wise for longoria.

"winning tacos for America was pretty cool too."

by larry on Oct 20, 2008 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

if we offer crede and griffey as well, maybe the rays will include kazmir and some cowbells.

the only issue now is whether i make it out of hampton alive.

by Toonderstrook on Oct 20, 2008 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wasn't serious...

Even if they did care about the draft money the first pick and second pick aren’t a big enough difference to matter.

by Grinder in Training on Oct 20, 2008 11:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

tell that to the pirates.

"winning tacos for America was pretty cool too."

by larry on Oct 20, 2008 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

or the Cubs/Twins?

Weren’t Mauer and Prior 1 and 2?

The party's over
It's time to call it a day
They've burst your pretty balloon
And taken the moon away
It's time to wind up the masquerade
Just make your mind up the piper must be paid

by Chiburb on Oct 20, 2008 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Best of both worlds

While I opted for The Amazing Race and a lot of channel surfing last night, I did catch the end of the game and greatly enjoyed:

1. The Rays and their cowbell-ringing fans squirming in their seats
2. Red Sox Nation collapsing in a heap

Kudos to the Rays and their miniscule payroll in getting to the WS. I’m not sure how all their contracts are structured, but I wonder how long they’ll be able to keep their core players together…and how soon KW can snatch up one or two of them.

"There will be surgery. It will heal. It will heal fast."- Carlos Quentin on NBC 5 News Chicago (9/5/08)

by tailgater on Oct 20, 2008 11:15 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs