Reasons why Houston must, and will lose tonight

[enigami]

Lets face it, Houston must and will lose tonight because:

1. History. They are down by three, it just doesn't happen that often

2. They are pretenders to the crown, a wild card team, they don't deserve it. They were never closer than 11 games back of the Cards all season long.

3. They have a stupid stadium, that hill out in center field is ridiculous, cheap home run Crawford Box seats, and goofy yellow lines all over the place.

But the main reason they must lose tonight is because:

4. To avoid sending the game back to Chicago where there are always enough drunken south side idiots willing to embarrass Chicago, and baseball fans nationwide by slapping players wives, attacking coaches and umpires and the like.

STOP THE MADNESS, Go Go Soxs

[KamaAina]

1. 5. The stupid stadium was originally named Enron Field

and true to form, it looked like the repuke version of the Oscars last night.

[KamaAina]

3. 6. 'Stros owner Drayton McLane is a Bush** Pioneer

http://slate.msn.com/id/2128729/

Famed Texas partisan Paul Begala, a zealous convert from New Jersey, will be quick to offer a more compelling explanation—that the source of the Astros-Rove curse is Bush, not Texas. Karl Rove is a Bush creation (and vice versa). Astros owner Drayton McLane raised more than $100,000 as a Bush Pioneer in the 2004 campaign. He credits President (sic) Bush for encouraging him to buy the team.

edit: italics

[JVS]

2. But if it goes back to Chicago there will be multiple stabbings+riots!

Who could resist such a spectacle?

[Duer 157099]

4. I was rooting for the Astros until last night...

...when I realized that the World Series represented the struggle between Bush and Fitzgerald, and so naturally I had to switch over to supporting Chicago.

Who was sitting with Babs last night, was that GHWB?

[enigami]

5. I like to keep politics out of baseball

But the bottom line is the Lucky Losers need to lose tonight.

[Gemini Cat]

8. That was nasty Neil with his nasty mommie.

It made several nasty camera shots across my TV.

GO SOX!!!!!!!!!

[MaineDem]

6. Last two World Series have been won by Wild Card teams, IIRC

But I want to see Chicago win in Texas. There's some sort of poetic justice there.

Go Sox!!!

[enigami]

7. I know. It really isn't fair.

[DelawareValleyDem]

9. Last Three

The Angels were a WC, too.

[HuckleB]

10. Actually, I don't mind the hill in center field.

However contrived it may be.