Return to Transcripts main page

CNN Live Sunday

Game 7 of World Series Gets Under Way in 2 Hours

Aired October 27, 2002 - 18:24   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Game 7 of the World Series gets under way in less than two hours, and one team, the San Francisco Giants or the Anaheim Angels is going to go home very happy tonight. The winner gets the title. CNN's Josie Karp joins us from the ballpark in Anaheim with a preview of the excitement -- Josie.
JOSIE KARP, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Anderson. Behind me, the San Francisco Giants are going through what we know is their final pre game warm-up of the season. There aren't going to be any more games after tonight but there are still a lot of unknowns because this series has been very unpredictable.

There's one guy who was actually involved in a Game 7 last year who's involved in this one too and that's the Giant's outfielder Reggie Sanders and he came up with a simple but appropriate word to describe this World Series and that's "weird." We've had four one-run games. We've had two blowouts.

We've seen two teams combine for a World Series record 21 home runs and then we had that dramatic turn of events last night when the Giants were so close to winning the franchises first World Series since 1954 that they were actually in the Giants clubhouse and they set up the podium where the Giants were supposed to get that world championship trophy. Obviously, that didn't happen. In less than 24 hours, San Francisco has had now to try to find some way to regroup.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DUSTY BAKER, GIANTS MANAGER: The one thing about this club, we always come back after tough losses and we've been doing it over and over and over, and one thing about this club just seems like it never comes easy and we never do it easy.

MIKE SCIOSCIA, ANGELS MANAGER: I think when you have two teams that have such a passion to strive for something, you now, as any two teams in a World Series would and particularly, you know, our club and the Giants are, you know, we're both going after it hard. I think when you have those two teams like that, there's always special things that can happen.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KARP: It seems like almost a foregone conclusion that if the Giants do win that Barry Bonds will be named the World Series MVP. He's batting 500. He has four home runs and that's all, you know, when he actually gets to hit the ball because the Angels have really tried to avoid him and put him on base with all those walks and those intentional walks. It's almost hard to remember that going into this post season Barry Bonds had a reputation as an October underachiever.

He has really put bat behind him. But what we still don't know and what we will find out tonight is whether the game's current best player and arguably one of the best ever will be able to after 17 as a major leaguer, Anderson, grab the one thing that has eluded him and that's a championship, back to you.

COOPER: We're talking baseball. I just want to talk football for just a second. Emmitt Smith, you know, new career rushing leader, I understand you talked to him pretty recently. How big was this for him? I mean how bad did he want this?

KARP: Oh, he wanted it very badly. You could see it when I spoke to him. I went down there a couple of weeks ago and he's a very team-oriented individual but he also understands the history and that was the thing that really seemed to move him, Anderson, when I spoke to him. The victory of that rushing record just how significant it is and the fact that he was going to break Walter Payton's record and he's really gotten to know the Payton family and that's one other reason that made it even more special to him, Anderson.

COOPER: No doubt, all right Josie Karp thanks very much. Have fun at the game tonight.

KARP: Thanks.

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com






Aired October 27, 2002 - 18:24   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Game 7 of the World Series gets under way in less than two hours, and one team, the San Francisco Giants or the Anaheim Angels is going to go home very happy tonight. The winner gets the title. CNN's Josie Karp joins us from the ballpark in Anaheim with a preview of the excitement -- Josie.
JOSIE KARP, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Anderson. Behind me, the San Francisco Giants are going through what we know is their final pre game warm-up of the season. There aren't going to be any more games after tonight but there are still a lot of unknowns because this series has been very unpredictable.

There's one guy who was actually involved in a Game 7 last year who's involved in this one too and that's the Giant's outfielder Reggie Sanders and he came up with a simple but appropriate word to describe this World Series and that's "weird." We've had four one-run games. We've had two blowouts.

We've seen two teams combine for a World Series record 21 home runs and then we had that dramatic turn of events last night when the Giants were so close to winning the franchises first World Series since 1954 that they were actually in the Giants clubhouse and they set up the podium where the Giants were supposed to get that world championship trophy. Obviously, that didn't happen. In less than 24 hours, San Francisco has had now to try to find some way to regroup.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DUSTY BAKER, GIANTS MANAGER: The one thing about this club, we always come back after tough losses and we've been doing it over and over and over, and one thing about this club just seems like it never comes easy and we never do it easy.

MIKE SCIOSCIA, ANGELS MANAGER: I think when you have two teams that have such a passion to strive for something, you now, as any two teams in a World Series would and particularly, you know, our club and the Giants are, you know, we're both going after it hard. I think when you have those two teams like that, there's always special things that can happen.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KARP: It seems like almost a foregone conclusion that if the Giants do win that Barry Bonds will be named the World Series MVP. He's batting 500. He has four home runs and that's all, you know, when he actually gets to hit the ball because the Angels have really tried to avoid him and put him on base with all those walks and those intentional walks. It's almost hard to remember that going into this post season Barry Bonds had a reputation as an October underachiever.

He has really put bat behind him. But what we still don't know and what we will find out tonight is whether the game's current best player and arguably one of the best ever will be able to after 17 as a major leaguer, Anderson, grab the one thing that has eluded him and that's a championship, back to you.

COOPER: We're talking baseball. I just want to talk football for just a second. Emmitt Smith, you know, new career rushing leader, I understand you talked to him pretty recently. How big was this for him? I mean how bad did he want this?

KARP: Oh, he wanted it very badly. You could see it when I spoke to him. I went down there a couple of weeks ago and he's a very team-oriented individual but he also understands the history and that was the thing that really seemed to move him, Anderson, when I spoke to him. The victory of that rushing record just how significant it is and the fact that he was going to break Walter Payton's record and he's really gotten to know the Payton family and that's one other reason that made it even more special to him, Anderson.

COOPER: No doubt, all right Josie Karp thanks very much. Have fun at the game tonight.

KARP: Thanks.

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com