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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: snapple on February 15, 2014, 06:52:15 AM
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! BASEBALL!
Offseason in a nutshell:
Yankees spend 500m
Braves do some pretty awesome extensions
Orioles practically do nothing
A's make some ridic trades
Boston signs Aj Puuetijowegtiojwi
LAD gets a lot of pitching depth, sign Cuban SS/2B
Selig to retire following the end of the seasons (TYBG)
Jeter is a man of the people and retires at the end of this season so people forget about Selig's retirement
A-Rod suspended for the season.
Rangers trade Kinsler to the Tigers for Prince and cash.
Jimenez and Santana still remain unsigned. Same with Drew. #bizarroworld
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Yes they like totally did.
;)
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Yeah, locking up Freeman for all of his prime years was really good, hopefully they can come with a same kind of extension for Heyward (they need to lock them up so they can stay competitive, if not, this team has a 2 year window to win it all). If Kimbrel wins arbitration then he won't be a Brave for long :/
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i thought Selig was retiring the following season?
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i thought Selig was retiring the following season?
That would be nice :D
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I like baseball and all but getting excited for pitchers and catchers is like getting excited by the "Turn your cellphone off" ads before the movie previews.
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Can we get 10 people and play fantasy??
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I like baseball and all but getting excited for pitchers and catchers is like getting excited by the "Turn your cellphone off" ads before the movie previews.
/mets fan joke/
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Can we get 10 people and play fantasy??
I wish. I'd love to have another league this year
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Yankees spend 500m
I really hate this error because what they did was guarantee contracts worth that amount, not actually spend the money. It only bugs me because it's so wildly used in publications that should know better, especially when it's used to slant articles about team finances in certain ways.
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Well if we follow recent history, the Giants are totally gonna be Champs.
:GiantsMetal:
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Yankees spend 500m
I really hate this error because what they did was guarantee contracts worth that amount, not actually spend the money. It only bugs me because it's so wildly used in publications that should know better, especially when it's used to slant articles about team finances in certain ways.
500m in guaranteed contracts that, if the player isn't traded, will cost the Yankees 500m. Or, Yankees spend 500m.
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Braves reach an agreement with Craig Kimbrel for a 4-year contract with an option for 2018.
Wow! I didn't think that was going to happen!
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I like baseball and all but getting excited for pitchers and catchers is like getting excited by the "Turn your cellphone off" ads before the movie previews.
So...I'm the only one that gets excited by that then? I mean, come on. It's a sign that you're one step closer to the thing you came for (movie, baseball, prostitutes, whatever).
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Yankees spend 500m
I really hate this error because what they did was guarantee contracts worth that amount, not actually spend the money. It only bugs me because it's so wildly used in publications that should know better, especially when it's used to slant articles about team finances in certain ways.
500m in guaranteed contracts that, if the player isn't traded, will cost the Yankees 500m. Or, Yankees spend 500m.
No, spending means you actually spent that money. They didn't cut $500MM worth of checks.
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I like baseball and all but getting excited for pitchers and catchers is like getting excited by the "Turn your cellphone off" ads before the movie previews.
A few seconds after the Niners lost to Seattle, I received a text from a friend, "21 days till pitchers and catchers report" :lol
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Can we get 10 people and play fantasy??
I've been meaning to try fantasy baseball. So, if we're not paying or anything (paying for fantasy sports is dumb), I'm in.
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I like baseball and all but getting excited for pitchers and catchers is like getting excited by the "Turn your cellphone off" ads before the movie previews.
Agreed. I have several friends who always talk up the "this many days till pitchers and catchers report" thing, and I am always like, who cares. :lol :lol
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Apparently, a lot of people do care since they keep on doing it every year.
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It just finally means we will get "real" baseball news and something nearly everyday for every team. It's a sign that winter is almost over and that hey, BASEBALL
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Good for the Orioles signing Jimenez. But, also good for the rest of the AL Beast
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i'm down for a fantasy league
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It just finally means we will get "real" baseball news and something nearly everyday for every team. It's a sign that winter is almost over and that hey, BASEBALL
Plus, I think its a sign that Spring is coming.
It gives the non Hockey/Basketball people something to grasp onto after Football ends.
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And the Braves extend Simmons to 7 years, $58 million.
Frank Wren this winter: "EXTEND ERRYBODY!"
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I was having a convo with some friends about who would on baseball's Mount Rushmore.
My picks were Babe Ruth (the most obvious no-brainer), Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and Stan Musial.
You can say me taking Musial over Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, etc. is a homer pick, and maybe it is, but to me, the Cardinals are easily the 2nd most storied franchise in the history of the sport, and since Stan the Man is the greatest and most iconic Cardinal ever, he should be on there.
Feel free to agree or disagree. :)
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I was having a convo with some friends about who would on baseball's Mount Rushmore.
My picks were Babe Ruth (the most obvious no-brainer), Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and Stan Musial.
You can say me taking Musial over Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, etc. is a homer pick, and maybe it is, but to me, the Cardinals are easily the 2nd most storied franchise in the history of the sport, and since Stan the Man is the greatest and most iconic Cardinal ever, he should be on there.
Feel free to agree or disagree. :)
Can't go wrong with any of those guys. Mantle wasn't as great a hitter as those 4. Mantle was fucking great though. Williams not being on the list is kind of shocking, but yeah, nothing wrong with being a homer.
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No pitchers?
EDIT:
Barry Bonds
Roger Clemens
Jose Canseco
John "7 Train" Rocker
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Yankees extend Gardner for 4 years :)
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I was having a convo with some friends about who would on baseball's Mount Rushmore.
My picks were Babe Ruth (the most obvious no-brainer), Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and Stan Musial.
You can say me taking Musial over Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, etc. is a homer pick, and maybe it is, but to me, the Cardinals are easily the 2nd most storied franchise in the history of the sport, and since Stan the Man is the greatest and most iconic Cardinal ever, he should be on there.
Feel free to agree or disagree. :)
Cy Young over Musial.
Ty Cobb over Mays.
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Ty Cobb over Mays.
this would make lots and lots of people very happy.
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Yankees extend Gardner for 4 years :)
They should have just re-signed Cano.
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My Mt. Rushmore would be Cobb, Ruth, Williams & Mays.
Nice to see the the Orioles are spending some money. Hopefully Cruz can stay off the juice and still be a decent player.
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Can I say, Larry Lucchino is an ass? The shots he took at the Yankees is asinine. Every time we win a WS he bangs his chest. What randy Levine said after was priceless and 100% true. Larry you suck.
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Yankees extend Gardner for 4 years :)
They should have just re-signed Cano.
With all the money they've spend they could've easily resign the "cost-prohibitive" Cano.
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clearly.
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Can I say, Larry Lucchino is an ass? The shots he took at the Yankees is asinine. Every time we win a WS he bangs his chest. What randy Levine said after was priceless and 100% true. Larry you suck.
Yup, that was embarrassing. The guy is as icky as it gets.
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Got to love Buck. A young player didn't know who Frank Robinson is, so Buck made him write a report on Robinson.
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Today!
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Yes, so excited. Unfortunately the new Dodgers TV channel is only available on Time Warner and it's affiliates making for a lot of angry Dodger fans today.
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Caught a little bit of the first real Tigers game on local radio today. Yay baseball.
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lol
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I have a draft tomorrow night. In the league you get to keep 4 players and I'm already keeping Mike Trout, Miguel Cabrera and Paul Goldschmidt (yes, I'm stacked as fuck) but I'm hotly debating whether to keep Wil Myers or Yu Darvish with the last pic.
H-2-H, standard scoring league.
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I have a draft tomorrow night. In the league you get to keep 4 players and I'm already keeping Mike Trout, Miguel Cabrera and Paul Goldschmidt (yes, I'm stacked as fuck) but I'm hotly debating whether to keep Wil Myers or Yu Darvish with the last pic.
H-2-H, standard scoring league.
Fuck that's tough. I'd get Darvish though...plenty of quality OF'ers.
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I ended up keeping Myers, love me some Yu but pitching comes into the league with more regularity than bats.
Also, so stacked!
(https://puu.sh/7AGCK.png)
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16 team H2H
Batters:
(https://i.imgur.com/TAYrUJM.png)
Pitchers
(https://i.imgur.com/S9dhkG6.png)
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This is the only argument anyone will ever need against the DH rule!
https://instagram.com/p/l2wL3Rh-9x
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While I love the idea of everyone playing at all times, I honestly can't figure out why anyone would want to purposefully castrate a batting order with the pitcher. And the advantages of the DH rule speak for themselves: Higher scoring games, tougher assignments for pitchers, more fun to watch.\
Anyway, were we still thinking about doing a fantasy league? I've never done one before, but I've always wanted to give it a shot.
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This is the only argument anyone will ever need against the DH rule!
https://instagram.com/p/l2wL3Rh-9x
:lol
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What a horrible contract.
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/03/tigers-to-extend-miguel-cabrera.html
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Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with these GMs?!?!
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Prediction time!!
AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Tigers
AL West: Athletics
WC1: Angels
WC2: Tampa Bay
NL East: Nationals
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Dodgers
WC1: Braves
WC2: Pirates
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AL East - Baltimore
AL Central - Detroit
AL West - Texas
WC 1 - Tampa Bay
WC 2 - Oakland
NL East - Washington
NL Central - Pittsburgh
NL West - L.A.
WC 1 - St. Louis
WC 2 - San Francisco
World Series - Detroit over L.A.
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AL East - Baltimore
AL Central - Detroit
AL West - Texas
WC 1 - Tampa Bay
WC 2 - Oakland
NL East - Washington
NL Central - Pittsburgh
NL West - L.A.
WC 1 - St. Louis
WC 2 - San Francisco
World Series - Detroit over L.A.
That would be my preferred outcome, for sure. I'd swap Pittsburgh to the wild card in favor of St. Louis though.
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Yankees
Tigers
Rangers
Red Sox
Angels
Nationals
Cardinals
Giants
Dodgers
Braves
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https://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/story/_/id/10692095/los-angeles-angels-mike-trout-agree-six-year-extension
Trout gets 6 years, $144.5 Million.
Hope that the O's and Nats are watching. Not that Machado or Harper have been quite as good as Trout thus far, but they've been close, especially Machado.
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Just.......no. Trout is the best position player in baseball right now. Machado is good, but he is not "close".
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This is going to be a tough season this year for the Yankees for sure. Of course I'm rooting for them to win the division, but I'm thinking more wild card for them. We shall see though
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Just.......no. Trout is the best position player in baseball right now. Machado is good, but he is not "close".
Wish I could find a more recent article, but this will do for now. It demonstrates how close Manny was to Trout in their first 84 games. Keep in mind that Manny has yet to play a full season in the big leagues. Also, while these are offensive categories, I don't think anyone would argue about Machado being close, just as good, or better than Trout defensively.
Did you know that through the first 84 big league games for each player, that Machado tops both Trout and Harper in batting average, homers, RBIs and doubles?
Well, he does, as found by Duquette, who is also heard on MLB Network Radio on Sirius-XM Radio. Here is the comparison:
Machado - .284 average, 12 homers, 47 RBIs, 20 doubles.
Harper - .258 average, nine homers, 29 RBIs, 16 doubles.
Trout - .282 average, 11 homers, 42 RBIs, 16 doubles.
Machado tops the dynamic duo in all four categories. Is there anyone out there that still doesn't think he belongs in the conversation with Trout and Harper for best young player in baseball? He clearly stacks up with the other two.
https://www.masnsports.com/steve-melewski/2013/05/a-stat-comparison-that-shows-manny-machado-ahead-of-harper-and-trout.html
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that is some serious cherry picking.
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84 games is an awful small sample size.
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What if we talk about Machado's 99 OPS+ (league avg is 100). Or the fact that trout has an OBP higher than Machado's by .100? Or that Trout's BA is higher than Machado's OBP?
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I'm currently going through Machado's and Trout's first 162 games (this includes Trout's 40 2011 games) will report back with the comparison.
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I'm currently going through Machado's and Trout's first 162 games (this includes Trout's 40 2011 games) will report back with the comparison.
I'll be waiting patiently.
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(https://puu.sh/7O56S.png)
For OPS+ I used the lgOBP/lgSLG of the year they played the most games. So 2012's for Trout and 2013's for Machado.
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It's amazing to remember just how bad Trout was in those 2011 games and how great he's been since.
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What if we talk about Machado's 99 OPS+ (league avg is 100). Or the fact that trout has an OBP higher than Machado's by .100? Or that Trout's BA is higher than Machado's OBP?
Or that Trout can steal bases and can actually take a walk.
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(https://puu.sh/7O56S.png)
For OPS+ I used the lgOBP/lgSLG of the year they played the most games. So 2012's for Trout and 2013's for Machado.
Wow.. thanks for doing that. I can't see how anyone can look at those stats and still say that Machado isn't close.
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Yeah, looking at their first 162 games they're pretty close. But it also makes you realize how much Trout improved by miles and miles from those first 40 games he played in the MLB.
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You mean Orioles fans. Everyone else that looks at that can clearly see that Trout is the better player.
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Yeah, looking at their first 162 games they're pretty close. But it also makes you realize how much Trout improved by miles and miles from those first 40 games he played in the MLB.
Absolutely... he went from a struggling rookie to the best all around player in baseball practically overnight.
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You mean Orioles fans. Everyone else that looks at that can clearly see that Trout is the better player.
Well yes, whee you look at their wOBA, OBP and OPS+. Even know the numbers aren't that far apart, it's a humongous difference!
Since I've had a very boring Saturday I've added ISO, BABIP and Runs Created and I'm seriously considering adding pitching categories and using that spreadsheet to track one of my fantasy teams in a mega nerdy way. :lol
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You mean Orioles fans. Everyone else that looks at that can clearly see that Trout is the better player.
Did I miss when an Orioles fan said that Trout wasn't the better player?
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For OPS+ I used the lgOBP/lgSLG of the year they played the most games. So 2012's for Trout and 2013's for Machado.
Wow.. thanks for doing that. I can't see how anyone can look at those stats and still say that Machado isn't close.
because he isn't.
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For OPS+ I used the lgOBP/lgSLG of the year they played the most games. So 2012's for Trout and 2013's for Machado.
Wow.. thanks for doing that. I can't see how anyone can look at those stats and still say that Machado isn't close.
because he isn't.
Okay.......
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In fantasy someone just offered me Miggy/Choo/Verlander for Trout/Aramis Ramirez/Kershaw. Couldn't hit reject trade fast enough.
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:lol :lol
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Happy Opening Day today for some teams!
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Opening day should be one day for all teams. That's it. None of this fly across the ocean for two days a week in advance bullshit or having one Sunday night game before everyone else.
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I so agree
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Good morning! Let's all enjoy baseball today!
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Go Brewers! :tup
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As I say every year, THIS IS THE YEAR. Go Tigers! :metal
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Opening day should be one day for all teams. That's it. None of this fly across the ocean for two days a week in advance bullshit or having one Sunday night game before everyone else.
Agreed. Let's go Mets!
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Not a great way for harper to start the season
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Jimmy Rollins just hit a grand slam.
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Orioles win! Hell of a start!
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Orioles win! Hell of a start!
tybo's
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What is Fredi Goonzalez doing batting BJ Upton 2nd and Chris Johnson cleanup?!?!
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Buster goes yard in the ninth, Giants 1-0.
Buster :hearts:
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Not for the squeamish
https://deadspin.com/angels-hitting-coach-don-baylor-injures-leg-on-ceremoni-1555821257?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_facebook&utm_source=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
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That Mike Trout kid, I think he has a bright future!
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Not a great way for harper to start the season
(https://i.imgur.com/XWOxWW3.gif)
I fear Harper is going to be one of those guys with otherworldly talent that never gets realized because of constant stupid injuries. I'm rooting for the kid though.
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Good luck on the season all of MLB
"Break a leg!"
lol
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I'm surprised the world didn't explode when this happen.
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Not for the squeamish
https://deadspin.com/angels-hitting-coach-don-baylor-injures-leg-on-ceremoni-1555821257?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_facebook&utm_source=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
That's just crazy!
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As a Braves fan let me get my Mets jokes in... *clears throat* THE METS HAVE VALVERDE AS THEIR CLOSER!!!
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As a Braves fan let me get my Mets jokes in... *clears throat* THE METS HAVE VALVERDE AS THEIR CLOSER!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc3cGTU3C0s
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Well Yankees, that was certainly embarrasing
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Aaron Harang went 6.2 innings of 2 hit ball...
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Aaron Harang went 6.2 innings of 2 hit ball...
(https://www.legalproductivity.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/whoa-300x223.jpg)
Hey, we gotta have some of these backups, journeyman, and rooks step up at the mound, or our season is gonna be screwed real quick! Hell of a start, though -- only, what, 4 runs allowed in the first three games?
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Yes, of course, I just never expected it to be Harang.
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Yes, of course, I just never expected it to be Harang.
Last paragraph of this article (https://grantland.com/the-triangle/about-last-night-the-unstoppable-spurs/) expresses same sentiment:
"On a night full of walk-offs and low-scoring affairs, the best duel came early as Matt Garza and Aaron Harang both had no-hitters through six innings, with Chris Johnson’s home run proving the difference as Harang’s Braves grabbed a 1-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go see what the deal with this “iPhone” thing is because Aaron Harang won the day’s best pitching duel. I mean we used to have Cash, Hope, and Jobs, but we still have Jobs because Aaron Harang just won the day’s best pitching duel. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have high hopes for this Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third double-feature I’m going to go see because Aaron Harang just won the day’s best pitching duel. Also, what is Grantland? GUYS? WHERE AM I WRITING? AARON HARANG JUST WON THE DAY’S BEST PITCHING DUEL???"
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Well, yeah! That's exactly how I felt seeing that game! :lol
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It's only 3 games. Patience young grasshopper
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Astros being the Astros
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Anybody who criticizes Daniel Murphy for missing two games, because he wanted to be there for the birth of his child and then the next few days, is an asshole. And that definitely includes Boomer Esiason, who we all knew was already an asshole anyway. Seriously.
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Apparently real life is not important.
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SPORTS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD
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Looks like Dodgers fans who do not have Time Warner are going to miss a lot of games for a while, unless TWC gives in to this stalemate and lowers their price or conditions. Only 30% of local fans will be able to watch the games on TV, and a lot of bars don't have TWC either, so they will be hurting too.
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Good thing I'm not a Dodger's fan
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Looks like Dodgers fans who do not have Time Warner are going to miss a lot of games for a while, unless TWC gives in to this stalemate and lowers their price or conditions. Only 30% of local fans will be able to watch the games on TV, and a lot of bars don't have TWC either, so they will be hurting too.
This happened last year before NFL season. I kind of had to side with TWC since CBS doubled their rates although they kept running ad campaigns saying TWC was in the wrong.
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First two innings were rough, but then Tanaka locked it the fuck down.
My favorite gifs:
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Also, ONE WEEK IN THE BOOKS, BOYS! Now everything won't be as magnified. I'm just so happy baseball is back!
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Success!
Just linked up w/ Panda's dad's MLB TV account. We can finally watch our Red Sox (and Angels) games :metal
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:)
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The meek shall inherit the Earth.
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:)
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Walk off for the Dodgers!!! Gotta give it up to Joba though, all they got was one foul off him. He was totally fooling them.
EDIT: heh...nevermind, he lost it. Didn't see that before.
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:lol Yeah.
And another Braves pitcher went down with a injury... great
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I'm liking the Tigers a hell of a lot so far this year. We're winning some one-run games (last night not withstanding), still playing with enough power to drive them over walls, and the rookies/unproven talent are really stepping up.
One problem, the bullpen. Again. I can't handle any more heartbreaks at the behest of shitty relief pitching. :(
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Anyone who is up late night, there is a great show on MLB Network called Quick Pitch. Highlights for every game crammed into one hour. Straight to the point, no in-depth analysis. Great show. I love watching the great plays.
I also just saw that because of instant replay, a ball that is dropped while transferring from glove to hand is no longer ruled a catch??? :omg: WTF? If the ball goes into the glove and stays there, it's clearly a catch. If it falls out during transfer, that has nothing to do with the catch itself. It's happened a lot this week.
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What?!?! Holy shit is that retarded!
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"I have to manage him with a focus of winning games and keeping him healthy, not being a farewell tour," said Girardi, who has Dean Anna at shortstop against the Red Sox. "I wasn't hired to put on a farewell tour."
https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/joe-girardi-resting-derek-jeter-wasn-t-hired-160826685--mlb.html
Well said coach. I must still be the only baseball fan to dislike this planned retirement stuff.
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It's a little obnoxious I guess but I'm sure Yankees fans appreciate being able to go see him play one last time. It's really not a big deal.
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Justin Upton has been scoooorching since Thursday!
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2 weeks and the Tigers are leading the ALC even though Chicago has one more win. I'll take it. These next few weeks should be fun since it's a massive home stand facing mostly Central-ites.
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Today, Andrelton Simmons stuck out... for the first time in the season!!
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Spoiler alert: It's not Opening Day any more.
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LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL:
Braves listed as Nationals Owner on Wikipedia (https://msn.foxsports.com/south/story/braves-listed-as-nationals-owner-on-wikipedia-page-041414)
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That's how I feel every time Granderson comes up to bat.
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OMG...I know he's the fastest guy in baseball, but this is crazy.
This is like saying, "Okay, lets race 90 feet and I'll give you an 80 foot head start, and still beat you!"
Already this year he's beat out two balls hit to second, but directly to first?!?! Damn! I know the pitchers gotta be there to cover, but with Hamiltons speed, if he's not heading there immediately, it's over. It been fun so far to see how these guys underestimate his speed. Now if he can hit consistently.
Speed kills.
https://m.mlb.com/video/v32234949
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Yeah, his speed is scary, but he is a terrible hitter. Despite those sure outs he turned into hits, he is still batting only .213, and he strikes out a lot, especially for where he bats in the lineup. He'll be a much scarier weapon if he ever learns how to hit the ball.
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Yeah, his speed is scary, but he is a terrible hitter. Despite those sure outs he turned into hits, he is still batting only .213, and he strikes out a lot, especially for where he bats in the lineup. He'll be a much scarier weapon if he ever learns how to hit the ball.
It's hard to say if he will, too. Scouts aren't too big on his hitting ability.
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It doesn't help that he can't take a walk either. A 4.5 BB% and .250 OBP is just plain bad!
And for the lols
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that is hilariously bad
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Oh my
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEj6r9LxAEA
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That gives me hope when we face them this weekend
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I didn't realize Andrus had fallen this far :lol
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Hey, whatever works. The guy was safe :lol
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Wow. Tanaka continues to dazzle.
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Yup : /
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Great game by our boys last night. Let's keep it up Yanks!
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Congrats to Albert Pujols on his 500th home run last night! I know that kind of milestone has been devalued because of the steroid era, but it's still an impressive accomplishment, and it just adds to the legacy of the best (non-pitching) player of the 21st century. :coolio
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I know he's slowing down a bit... but I hope that Pujols gets higher on the list than a lot of these asterisk guys.
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Kev, what does Pujols hitting his 500th home run have anything to do with adding to Trout's legacy ???
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You would have thought that he would have learned....
https://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/10830038/michael-pineda-new-york-yankees-ejected-foreign-substance-neck
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lolPineda
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I know he's slowing down a bit... but I hope that Pujols gets higher on the list than a lot of these asterisk guys.
Honestly, I don't care about the HR list. I just want him to return to form, as he is already one of the best hitters ever, and I don't want a slow fade to his career to taint that.
Kev, what does Pujols hitting his 500th home run have anything to do with adding to Trout's legacy ???
Haha, good one. :lol :lol
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lolPineda
It's frustrating because every pitcher does it. But, he's the only one who can't seem to find a good place to hide it.
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Tazawa's wrist from last night.
(https://i.imgur.com/ZrNZPSE.png) (https://i.imgur.com/TtrYlme.png)
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I've given up on the Tigers bullpen ever being able to hold a lead of less than 5 runs.
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Tazawa's wrist from last night.
(https://i.imgur.com/ZrNZPSE.png) (https://i.imgur.com/TtrYlme.png)
Snapple, you and I know most pitchers use something. Problem is, Pineda was warned quietly the last game to not be so blatant. Red Sox did nothing. If Farrell does not do anything that was so obvious on TV, the fan base would call him out. I wish the league wouls just allow it like rosen bags.
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Oh, I just thought it was funny that a pitcher would do it on the same night someone got ejected.
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So, how about them Yankees anyway? Should've saved some of those runs for the Angels this weekend though. They might need them
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All Star voting has ALREADY begun. This shit has got to stop so early I mean we're not even four weeks into the season. Balloting should begin very late June.
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Brewers. :hat
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ANOTHER off day for the Tigers. And they're off tomorrow too which means no baseball until TUESDAY. :(
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Who would've thunk that after the bad spring, health-wise, the Braves had with their starting pitchers that after (basically) one month of play they'd have the best staff in the Majors?!
I don't know when Aaron Harang will disintegrate but he's been an ace so far!
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Think they'll give Minor a spot in the rotation after how Hale has been pitching?
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The choice of who to bumped to the bullpen will probably come down to Hale or Wood, though going by their stats I wouldn't bump either. Teherán, Santana and Harang aren't losing their spots for sure! (Unless Harang gets pummeled and they skip his next one in favor of Minor)
A 6-man rotation isn't unheard of is it? :lol
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Harang vs Lackey in an ugly match. Who wins (loses)?
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Well, that series isn't played until mid-May, Harang could very well fall apart before it. All things being equal right now... I'd have to give the nod to Harang though it would probably be a no-decision for both. Braves ain't hitting for shit, except homers.
By the way, I just remember Gavin Floyd should be back mid-May... all of the sudden Atlanta would have a surplus of SPs, wtf!
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I meant an ugly mug matchup.
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Oh :lol :lol
There are no winners there!
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(https://i.imgur.com/pezgM.gif)
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I give you John Lackey as you've never heard him before....... :lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6mhmL6GEJw
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brutal :lol
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I saw Lackey at The Baseball Tavern in Boston during one of his rehab stints. Just as doofy in person.
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Tanaka had no command last night....
Still had 11 K's
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My unofficial count has the strike 3 in his K's like this
Cowgill - Splitter (swinging)
Pujols - Fastball (checked swing)
Aybar - Splitter (swinging)
Stewart - Splitter (swinging)
Trout - Slider? (looking)
Freese - Splitter (swinging)
Cowgill - Splitter (swinging)
Trout - Splitter (swinging)
Aybar - Splitter (swinging)
Stewart - Splitter (swinging)
Cowgill - Splitter (swinging)
The damn pitch barely even goes across the plate. On the Trout splitter, it looked like it hit the dirt right infront of the plate. 0 chance.
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At what point do we start calling Bryce Harper injury prone?
And are Harper and Puig basically the same player?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b9rOji_PWY
That was pretty funny, but seriously a Yankees fan complaining that he left because of the money is incredibly hilarious!
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Dodgers at Twins is rained out. Just as well, 37 is too cold for baseball anyway. An uncovered stadium in Minnesota.... ::)
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Holy fucking jesus this was INSANE. https://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6479266/v32483969/must-c-clutch-holaday-delivers-goahead-bunt-single
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(https://fotos.fotoflexer.com/9adeadf35048f1c54146c8016570b72f.jpg)
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Truly a sight for sore eyes!
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Last night/this morning was an embarrassment. Yankees had so many opportunities and couildn't get the job done
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"Retaliation" two games later? Lost a lost of respect for Detroit and Verlander today.
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That Tanaka guy
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Dat splitter
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Dat splitter
I mean, I know he was pitching against your team, but what'd you think?
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"Retaliation" two games later? Lost a lost of respect for Detroit and Verlander today.
Jesus christ. Pitches slip sometimes. I don't even think Bud Norris' hit to Torii Hunter was intentional, but it got him in the ribs right after a home run. Ejection. JV's pitch didn't hit Cruz, and both teams got warned. What else needed to happen?
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I miss the days when retaliations were ok. You took liberties, you'd expect to get planked and just get your damn ass to 1st base.
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When Tin Knocker is Tin Knocker, he's Tin Knocker, ok. Shut out. bing bing bing. Got em.
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"Retaliation" two games later? Lost a lost of respect for Detroit and Verlander today.
Jesus christ. Pitches slip sometimes. I don't even think Bud Norris' hit to Torii Hunter was intentional, but it got him in the ribs right after a home run. Ejection. JV's pitch didn't hit Cruz, and both teams got warned. What else needed to happen?
Consistency. Warn 'em both or toss 'em both.
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On a serious note, I'm going to Citi Field for the first time this year tonight. Should be a good one. Hopefully deGrom does okay.
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I miss the days when retaliations were ok. You took liberties, you'd expect to get planked and just get your damn ass to 1st base.
Its like football. Players are just worth too much to let those stupid injures happen.
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I miss the days when retaliations were ok. You took liberties, you'd expect to get planked and just get your damn ass to 1st base.
Its like football. Players are just worth too much to let those stupid injures happen.
I understand but the old days they'd hit you in the thigh or ass and that was that. Not today's head hunting. There's a right way to plunk someone.
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game last night was a fine display of talent from two rookies. I was very impressed
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"Retaliation" two games later? Lost a lost of respect for Detroit and Verlander today.
Jesus christ. Pitches slip sometimes. I don't even think Bud Norris' hit to Torii Hunter was intentional, but it got him in the ribs right after a home run. Ejection. JV's pitch didn't hit Cruz, and both teams got warned. What else needed to happen?
Consistency. Warn 'em both or toss 'em both.
How is that not consistent? Batter got hit in ribs: Ejected. Pitch came in close but didn't hit anybody: Warned. What's the problem?
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"Retaliation" two games later? Lost a lost of respect for Detroit and Verlander today.
Jesus christ. Pitches slip sometimes. I don't even think Bud Norris' hit to Torii Hunter was intentional, but it got him in the ribs right after a home run. Ejection. JV's pitch didn't hit Cruz, and both teams got warned. What else needed to happen?
Consistency. Warn 'em both or toss 'em both.
How is that not consistent? Batter got hit in ribs: Ejected. Pitch came in close but didn't hit anybody: Warned. What's the problem?
Both pitches were considered "retaliation pitches". They were handled differently. That's how it's not consistent.
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Dat splitter
I mean, I know he was pitching against your team, but what'd you think?
Very impressive. Yankees have got something good on their hands.
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Paul Goldschmidt and the whole D-Backs bats were in beast mode tonight!
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Detroit @ Cleveland today is absolutely insane. Home runs all over the place, tons of fielding errors, Miguel Cabrera AND Brad Ausmus (!!!) ejected, and currently 9-7 in the bottom of the 8th.
Scherzer got destroyed for 5 runs in the 2nd and will be credited with all 7 earned runs the Tribe has scored, but still stands to get the win. Baseball is funny.
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Jesus Rasmus Jefferson Christ!! My Reds are killlllllllling me!!! Here's one for you...What do you get when you cross the Reds 40 Man Roster with 40 Lesbians?
80 people who don't do dick!!
Fawwwwk!!
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No-hitter for Dodgers Josh Beckett. Too bad only 30% of LA got to watch it on TV.
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I gotta say that yesterday had the worst. uniforms. ever. Beige camo on white or grey jerseys? And hardly any teams had a dark outline around the logo or numbers. From a distance it all blended together.
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I'm kind of suprised that was Beckett's first one with all his years in.
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George Springer has been KILLING it the past 6 games!
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So let's see; Rays 2 hit batters no ejections - Sox 0 hit batters 4 ejections. How much did that ump have on the Rays to win? :tdwn
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All that and the sox still took it :metal
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So let's see; Rays 2 hit batters no ejections - Sox 0 hit batters 4 ejections.
Because a) the Red Sox threw at a Rays hitter after the warning had been issued*, and b) the Red Sox coaches acted like children when arguing with the umpires.
*If you throw BEHIND a hitter after a warning has been issued, you are getting tossed, without question.
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Yeah, the Red Sox coaches were stupid. Also, no surprise to see Ortiz be the first guy all up in other people's faces and cursing all the way.
If he wasn't well-liked then he would be a thug, but since he is he's just passionate!
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Yeah, the Red Sox coaches were stupid. Also, no surprise to see Ortiz be the first guy all up in other people's faces and cursing all the way.
If he wasn't well-liked then he would be a thug, but since he is he's just passionate!
upvote
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There's been a thing going on with the Sox and the Ray for a long time but this time the Sox should have not cried about the stolen base when down 5 when the night before they came back from 5 down. you play to win. Everybody is too touchy in Baseball these days.
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Between McCann's antics late last year and all that's happened so far, this "unwritten rules" shit is retarded.
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Yeah, the Red Sox coaches were stupid. Also, no surprise to see Ortiz be the first guy all up in other people's faces and cursing all the way.
If he wasn't well-liked then he would be a thug, but since he is he's just passionate!
Ortiz is an asshole, plain and simple. Has been for years, and it's hilarious how many fall for his great guy with a big smile "Big Papi" fake persona. He acts like a child.
Everybody is too touchy in Baseball these days.
Amen to this. I have said for years that pitchers are the most gutless athletes in sports, especially ones in the AL. Yeah, it takes real guts to throw a fastball at a hitter in general, and it's even worse when you don't have to bat and face the music (in the AL). Gutless. This whole idea of "I am gonna bean a guy because he admired his HR two seconds longer than he should have" is total crap and just makes pitchers look like whiny vaginas.
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What happen to the days of plunking a guy in the ass or thigh? We all know pictures have the control to do that so what's with the head hunting the last few decades? Don Baylor would lean into a fastball and say,"Thank you" and take first. Now you throw a little inside and the batter stares down the picture like he owns the plate. Crazy man, just crazy.
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My favorite is when a pitch is right down the middle and Derek Jeter throws his ass backwards like he is dodging a bullet. :lol :lol It's gamesmanship; I get it. But it borders on ridiculous more often than not.
And plunking a guy at all is lame, if you ask me. I know it's part of the game, but I just think it's gutless.
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They should call out batters who crouch over the plate and twist their elbow more into the strike zone so they purposely get hit by a pitch more often. Even though it's so blatant they usually get the base every time.
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ma-kun :heart :heart :heart :heart :heart :heart :heart :heart :heart :heart :heart :heart :heart :heart :heart
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So let's see; Rays 2 hit batters no ejections - Sox 0 hit batters 4 ejections.
Because a) the Red Sox threw at a Rays hitter after the warning had been issued*, and b) the Red Sox coaches acted like children when arguing with the umpires.
*If you throw BEHIND a hitter after a warning has been issued, you are getting tossed, without question.
Why wasn't Price tossed when he hit a batter after the warning? I get you don't like the Sox, but c'mon. "Intent" cannot be discerned by a third party.
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Price was not tossed and should have. There's a story about Ortiz calling him last year to work things out and then the first at bat....WHAM!! :lol
https://fullcount.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/2014/05/30/david-ortiz-on-david-price-i-have-no-respect-for-him-no-more/
But even funnier is the umps reasons for not throwing Price out!
https://fullcount.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/2014/05/31/umpiring-crew-chief-jeff-kellogg-explains-why-david-price-was-allowed-to-stick-around/
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Hot damn it get juicier!! :lol
https://fullcount.weei.com/sports/boston/baseball/red-sox/2014/05/31/rays-pitcher-david-price-on-david-ortiz-we-dont-have-anything-to-talk-about/
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That's hilarious that Price called Ortiz for using the war analogy. Perhaps Ortiz can think of a rebuttal while sitting on the bench the whole game waiting to bat. :lol :lol
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David Ortiz is an asshole. I thought everyone knew that.
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That's hilarious that Price called Ortiz for using the war analogy. Perhaps Ortiz can think of a rebuttal while sitting on the bench the whole game waiting to bat. :lol :lol
They were all good last night but bet on it the hate between these 2 teams will erupt again this season. :lol
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It's humorous how much a baseball team can get some people all twisted up in knots. :lol It's just a game :lol
Anyway, I'll be at today's game at Fenway with my Mom. We've got a pair of Mike Barnicle's season tickets. Two rows up from the fence right in front of the Red Sox on deck circle, about 8 feet away. My wife usually gets a few pairs of tickets each season. Her boss is Mike Barnicle's attorney. He's a season ticket holder but he only goes to the games when they're playing the Yankees at home.
Oddly enough, the Rays are quickly becoming the team with the biggest rivalry against the Sox.
Should be a fun time today. I'll try to post a few pictures to show where our seats are.
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Neat pic
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Kirk, we were at the same game! Seemed more like the Pawtucket Red Sox if you ask me.
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RIP Don Zimmer.
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>yankees
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.....meanwhile in Toronto.
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RIP Don Zimmer.
Neat pic
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Awesome pic!
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After watching the first 3 picks of the MLB draft being pitchers and the long list of TJ surgeries already this year: do you guys think teams need to change this "grow the arms, buy the bats" mentality? (Especially prevalent in AL teams)
Seriously, the Marlins picked a high-schooler who throws 100+, because they don't already have a young kid with a high velocity fastball in the DL with a TJ!!
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Well, as the famous quote goes, "there's no such thing as a pitching prospect". 99% suffer career-ending arm injuries at some point.
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This season is crushing my soul.
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Rest in peace, Tony Gwynn...the greatest pure hitter of all time! :sad:
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Rest in peace, Tony Gwynn...the greatest pure hitter of all time! :sad:
Eh, Ted Williams might have that. But certainly one of the best to ever live. What a sad, sad day :(
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Rest in peace, Tony Gwynn...the greatest pure hitter of all time! :sad:
Eh, Ted Williams might have that. But certainly one of the best to ever live. What a sad, sad day :(
I'll rephrase it to best of my baseball era from the 70's to the present. and in the conversation at least for any era.
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I'll rephrase it to best of my baseball era from the 70's to the present. and in the conversation at least for any era.
Definitely! :tup
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Tony Gwynn had the best laugh in sports ever. In a business full of individuals that can be hard to root for, he was one of the few it would be hard to root against.
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I just stumbled across this
#Padres Tony Gwynn faced Greg Maddux 107 times in his career, more than any other pitcher; Gwynn batted .415, Maddux never struck him out.
:o :o :o :o :o :o :o
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Tony Gwynn had the best laugh in sports ever. In a business full of individuals that can be hard to root for, he was one of the few it would be hard to root against.
I agree. It was pretty much impossible to not like Tony Gwynn. Humble student of the game. All around statesmen.
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Clayton Kershaw throws a no-hitter!!!!! He's been my favorite player since his first spring training with the Dodgers. He lost his perfect game because the shortstop made a throwing error??? It's not the pitcher's fault! Stupid rule. He was perfect.
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Clayton Kershaw throws a no-hitter!!!!! He's been my favorite player since his first spring training with the Dodgers. He lost his perfect game because the shortstop made a throwing error??? It's not the pitcher's fault! Stupid rule. He was perfect.
But those are the rules :-\
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Clayton Kershaw throws a no-hitter!!!!! He's been my favorite player since his first spring training with the Dodgers. He lost his perfect game because the shortstop made a throwing error??? It's not the pitcher's fault! Stupid rule. He was perfect.
Whatever dude, the Kings won the cup so I don't want to hear about it! >:(
Seriously though I heard it was one of the most dominant pitching performances of all time.
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Jonathan Sánchez had the exact same thing happened to him in '09. It's a shitty way to not have a perfect game.
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SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
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Clayton Kershaw throws a no-hitter!!!!! He's been my favorite player since his first spring training with the Dodgers. He lost his perfect game because the shortstop made a throwing error??? It's not the pitcher's fault! Stupid rule. He was perfect.
No-hitters and perfect games are often saved by fielders making spectacular plays in the field. And sometimes, a perfect game is lost because of an error. It happens.
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Yankees, please stop giving plaques to and retiring the numbers of very good, not legendary players. You're embarrassing yourself.
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Tino Martinez, lol
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Next years it'll probably be Scott Brosius just to continue their milking of those 15+ year old teams.
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And perhaps Edward Charles Knoblauch after that.
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Should we also point out how absurd this whole Derek Jeter farewell tour thing is? I mean, giving him gifts at cities he barely played in like Houston? Really? Don't get me wrong, the guy is a Hall of Famer, and a Yankee legend, but this red carpet treatment he is getting in practically every city is way over the top.
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I guess it's kinda silly, but I don't really mind.
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Yeah, I really don't mind. No one said anything when Chipper did it 2 years ago or Mariano last year.
Both of them got this same treatment and I find nothing wrong with it.
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I'm kind of with Kev on this one. I actually didn't mind it when Chipper and Mo did it but for some reason the Jeter one seems like way more of a "me too" than anything.
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No one is asking them to do it, but if they didn't the media would crucify every team that didn't give him a gift and would discuss their lack of class for about 2 weeks.
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Should we also point out how absurd this whole Derek Jeter farewell tour thing is? I mean, giving him gifts at cities he barely played in like Houston? Really? Don't get me wrong, the guy is a Hall of Famer, and a Yankee legend, but this red carpet treatment he is getting in practically every city is way over the top.
I agree. I think Jeter announced his retirement before the season so he wouldn't be bombarded all season by questions, however. He doesn't come off as the kind of guy who would really care about the sendoffs from teams, but certainly enjoy it if it did.
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TIMMY!!!!!!!!!!!
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TIMMY!!!!!!!!!!!
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TIMMY!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TloqFIEZJ6E
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TIMMY!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes?
Oh wait..you mean that Lincecum guy.
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So I guess once a year he reminds us how elite he was.
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does anyone want any of the blue jay pitchers or pitching "prospects"
we have old SkyDome signs, and a SkyDome mascot outfit to trade along with them.
we'll take anyone who can make it to the fifth inning or beyond better than once every 5 starts.
Boston....we have a knuckle baller......(dangle's the knuckly cheeze)
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Wow. Unbelievable. I can understand missing it live, but on replay as well??? https://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/news/article/tor/toronto-blue-jays-jose-bautista-makes-his-feelings-known-about-replay-call-that-went-against-toronto?ymd=20140706&content_id=83297322&vkey=news_tor
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Adrian Beltre calls time at the plate and steps out of the box. The opposing pitcher throws the ball and the umpire calls him out on strike 3. WTF is up with these umps this year??? How can you miss the batter not being in the box???
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The ump has to award him time before it is official. Sounds like it was Beltre's own fault for stepping out of the box before time was awarded.
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So I'm a Cubs fan...
Hopefully this will the be the last year we will be sellers at the trade deadline... I think next year we will start to contend... but this year I just hope we get to 70 wins.
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So I'm a Cubs fan...
Hopefully this will the be the last year we will be sellers at the trade deadline... I think next year we will start to contend... but this year I just hope we get to 70 wins.
That's cute. :lol :biggrin:
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The ump has to award him time before it is official. Sounds like it was Beltre's own fault for stepping out of the box before time was awarded.
Ahh, didn't know that. Yea he just put his hand up and walked out.
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snapple, c'mon bud. You probably need a hug.
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snapple, c'mon bud. You probably need a hug.
:'(
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We're in trouble without a doubt, but who knows? Maybe the baseball gods will smile on us
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snapple. have a seat. grab a warm beer. take your hope off when you walk in the door. welcome to sucking
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The Mets are multiple games under .500 but have a +19 run differential.
Is that normal?
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They've won several blowouts but have lost a bunch of close games.
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Speaking of the Mets, I was in Citi Field on Wednesday for the Braves/Mets... and I should've gone the next day! :lol
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They have more infirmed than than the North during the Civil War, yet despite their decimated ranks, my beloved Reds keep finding ways to win. Used our seats today and cheered Johnny Baseball to win #10, and saw the Cuban Missle touch 103mph as he struck out the side in the 9th. Despite sweltering heat and an hour rain delay during a downpour, it was a great day for beisbol. Bring on the All-Star break baby!! And Go Frazier! in the HR Derby!
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So I'm a Cubs fan...
Hopefully this will the be the last year we will be sellers at the trade deadline... I think next year we will start to contend... but this year I just hope we get to 70 wins.
That's cute. :lol :biggrin:
You'll eat your words when Bryant and Baez are called up
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Hey Splent, how does Chicago feel about the job Theo has done?
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Lol @ Puig at the derby last night. Such a disappointment.
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I have no doubt Puig will be a perennial all-star and all-around phenomenal player for years to come, but my god he can be flat-out embarrassing sometimes.
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I've so much about him. People ranting about how amazing he is on Facebook and what not (very common living within The Dodgers' market). Yesterday would have been my first time watching him hit. Apparently I still have to wait. Lol.
You won't catch me watching a Dodgers game.
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The Dodgers have such amazing pitching. It's such a shame they have next to no offensive presence to show for it. They'd have a legit run at the world series if they had even 2 more remotely remarkable bats. But, as they say, pitching wins championships, and I'd love to see them make a run for it. I've been dreaming of a Tigers/Dodgers WS matchup for a long time. Both teams (aside from the Tigers this year) have had elite pitching for a while.
Seriously though, watching a Dodgers game would be worth it to see Kershaw and listen to the incredible Vin Scully commentating.
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:millahhhh
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I know Vin Scully is revered but I'd take the SNY crew over just him any day.
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I know Vin Scully is revered but I'd take the SNY crew over just him any day.
https://keithsfundies.com/
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Why can't I give it cocaine?
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Dodgers ratings are down 70% this year due to their new RSN. It must be nice to be able to lose money and not care. This is a huge payroll team that fought themselves back into first place, and still only 30% of L.A. gets to watch them on a regular basis. Freakin stupid.
And yes the Giants tumble helped that, I know.
Hopefully the Dodgers can make some moves to really pull it together. I heard they were looking at Papelbon.
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Holy shit does the MLB has to start doing something about umpires!!
Here I am just casually watching MLB Now and they are showing the Angels game with Trout batting and then one of the most horribles calls I've ever seen for strike two: a curveball inside that barely missed the ground! A fucking ump show, I can't believe how Trout didn't blow a gasket! (gif to follow once I find one)
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Yeah, I saw that game live, and the call was interesting, to say the least (awesome because Smyly got him to strikeout right after). Evidently the Angels broadcast was saying that it was actually a strike. But in all honesty, I've been watching baseball all season and this has been the only call so bad that it caused an uproar. One in just over half the season isn't bad at all.
Also Trout has struck out 5 times in the series against the Tigers so far (2 games) lolololol
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GOAT
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Trout's striking out a lot more this year than before, he's also been a ridiculous power hitter (.295 ISO) and has basically given up on stealing bases (though he's 10-10 this year).
I don't like this, you can't teach speed! I would love to see him use it while he still has it! Once the legs starts going out he can bulk up and hit homers left and right/morph into Miguel Cabrera.
EDIT: Here's the gif
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WTF
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If we had a dead on shot they ball may have actually crossed the plate in the middle before tailing off AFTER heading over the plate. The location where the catcher caught it makes it look like a clear ball but with its trajectory it could very well have been close. People seem to think where the catcher catches it is where the call is. It isn't. It's where the ball crosses the plate, which is a couple feet in front of the catcher.
Was there a top down view of that same pitch?
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I was thinking that, the only it could be was if it crossed the plate, but the framing from the catcher is horrible so it doesn't help.
I haven't found one a top view of it. Here's a plot of the at bat (pitch #5 is the one in question):
(https://www.brooksbaseball.net/pfxVB/numlocation.php?pitchSel=592767&game=gid_2014_07_25_detmlb_anamlb_1/&batterX=44&innings=yyyyyyyyy&sp_type=1&s_type=3&league=mlb)
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That graph makes it look a hell of a lot closer than the GIF makes it look. The thing about Drew Smyly is he has a breaking ball that just falls out of the air. It's got TREMENDOUS late-breaking action, on top of some already impressive immediate break. It's some legitimate swing-and-miss stuff. Because of that, I'd imagine it's damn near impossible to tell where it actually is when it crosses the plate. Fortunately, most of Smyly's 11 K's that night were swinging.
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How the hell is that a strike? Did they interview the ump later? That's almost as worse as that one guy denying that pitcher a perfect game
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Calm down, it wasn't that bad of a call. What made everyone question it was where the catcher caught it due to the break of pitch, but where a catcher catches the ball is not that the umpire is supposed to base the call on, just where the ball crosses the plate. I don't get what is so hard to understand about that.
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As is technically Sunday, I'd like to take this quick little time to congratulate the HoF members. Congratulations Tony La Russa, Bobby Cox, Frank Thomas and Joe Torre. And congratulations especially to Greg Maddux, who I consider the greatest pitcher ever.
Quick facts about Greg Maddux (which I shamelessly ripped off from an article):
-Dale Murphy was 2-for-34 against Maddux in his career. Both hits came in the same game, a loss to Maddux and the Cubs.
-Maddux started 740 games. In 236 of them, he didn't allow a walk.
-He went to a 3-0 count to five batters in 1997. He faced 893 batters that season.
-He walked the leadoff hitter of an inning in 0.3 percent of the time
-Maddux had 24 quality starts in 25 attempts in 1994.
-He gave up as many home runs in his first five seasons with the Braves (1156 innings) as Bronson Arroyo did in 2011.
And then there's the pitching lines like this July 22, 1997 game against the Cubs (https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN199707221.shtml): 9 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 6 K's, 0 BB on 79 PITCHES THROWN WITH 63 THROWN FOR STRIKES
Or if you're like Bill James' game score metric, this one from 2001 (https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL200105020.shtml): 9 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 14 K's on 109 pitches, 76 for strikes.
This on top of all of the stories you hear about how he predicted (to a tee!) batted balls, at bats and foul balls and how he let guys hit one ball out of the park so he can make them expect that pitch on a future at bat and get them to swing and miss because of that!
I love you Greg Maddux, please have my babies!
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-Dale Murphy was 2-for-34 against Maddux in his career. Both hits came in the same game, a loss to Maddux and the Cubs.
in fairness to Murph (of whom I am an unashamed apologist of the highest order), almost all of those AB's were on the backside of his career in which he had basically fallen off a cliff with regard to his hitting capabilities.
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As is technically Sunday, I'd like to take this quick little time to congratulate the HoF members. Congratulations Tony La Russa, Bobby Cox, Frank Thomas and Joe Torre. And congratulations especially to Greg Maddux, who I consider the greatest pitcher ever.
Quick facts about Greg Maddux (which I shamelessly ripped off from an article):
-Dale Murphy was 2-for-34 against Maddux in his career. Both hits came in the same game, a loss to Maddux and the Cubs.
-Maddux started 740 games. In 236 of them, he didn't allow a walk.
-He went to a 3-0 count to five batters in 1997. He faced 893 batters that season.
-He walked the leadoff hitter of an inning in 0.3 percent of the time
-Maddux had 24 quality starts in 25 attempts in 1994.
-He gave up as many home runs in his first five seasons with the Braves (1156 innings) as Bronson Arroyo did in 2011.
And then there's the pitching lines like this July 22, 1997 game against the Cubs (https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN199707221.shtml): 9 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 6 K's, 0 BB on 79 PITCHES THROWN WITH 63 THROWN FOR STRIKES
Or if you're like Bill James' game score metric, this one from 2001 (https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL200105020.shtml): 9 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 14 K's on 109 pitches, 76 for strikes.
This on top of all of the stories you hear about how he predicted (to a tee!) batted balls, at bats and foul balls and how he let guys hit one ball out of the park so he can make them expect that pitch on a future at bat and get them to swing and miss because of that!
I love you Greg Maddux, please have my babies!
Pretty much all of my childhood sports memories involve Greg Maddux terrorizing the Mets. Amazing pitcher.
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Yeah, it really sucks to be a baseball fan today if you don't get the MLB network. :(
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Yeah, it really sucks to be a baseball fan today if you don't get the MLB network. :(
I'm confused. Even the home teams in the 70's never had every game on TV. Now there is a game on every night on TV even without the MLB Network.
I remember the local TV station cutting in for every Carl Yastrzemski at bat when he was going for home run #400 then they went right back to the local show.
You kids have it made now. Hell! Download an app on your smartphone to watch!
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Yeah, it really sucks to be a baseball fan today if you don't get the MLB network. :(
I'm confused. Even the home teams in the 70's never had every game on TV. Now there is a game on every night on TV even without the MLB Network.
I remember the local TV station cutting in for every Carl Yastrzemski at bat when he was going for home run #400 then they went right back to the local show.
You kids have it made now. Hell! Download an app on your smartphone to watch!
Hey! I pay $130/year to watch baseball on the device of my choosing!
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Yeah, it really sucks to be a baseball fan today if you don't get the MLB network. :(
It really sucks to be a Dodgers fan if you don't have Time Warner! >:(
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Yeah, it really sucks to be a baseball fan today if you don't get the MLB network. :(
I'm confused. Even the home teams in the 70's never had every game on TV. Now there is a game on every night on TV even without the MLB Network.
I remember the local TV station cutting in for every Carl Yastrzemski at bat when he was going for home run #400 then they went right back to the local show.
You kids have it made now. Hell! Download an app on your smartphone to watch!
Uh, I was referring to the induction ceremonies.
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HEY!
WE GOT CY YOUNG WINNERS OVER HERE!
Watching Braves games in the Mid-90s were glorious. Strike outs are cool, but there is something fun about watching a whole line-up just look bad at the plate for 9 innings.
More fun stories:
* Braves catcher Eddie Pérez tells the story of Maddux intentionally allowing a home run to the Astros's Jeff Bagwell, in anticipation of facing Bagwell in the playoffs months later. Maddux felt Bagwell would instinctively be looking for the same pitch again, which Maddux would then refuse to throw.
* On another occasion while sitting on the bench, Maddux once told his teammates, "Watch this, we might need to call an ambulance for the first base coach." The batter, Los Angeles' José Hernández, drove the next pitch into the chest of the Dodgers' first base coach. Maddux had noticed that Hernandez, who'd been pitched inside by Braves pitching during the series, had shifted his batting stance slightly.
* On another occasion, a former teammate, outfielder Marquis Grissom, recalled a game in 1996 when Maddux was having trouble spotting his fastball. Between innings, Greg told Marquis, "Gary Sheffield is coming up next inning. I am going to throw him a slider and make him just miss it so he hits it to the warning track." The at-bat went as Maddux had predicted.
Congratulations Greg and Tom on two stellar careers.
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Greg Maddux :metal
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It's quite remarkable how we beat them in 96. That was an unbelievable team. Respect to those guys!
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A's earlier traded for Jeff Sarmarzjia and now it looks like they'll acquired Jon Lester and Jonny Gomes for Yoenis Cespedes.
Billy Beane ain't fucking around this year!
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Lester is GONE!
Bummer.
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Yeah. Sad day for sports fans in Boston. Lester is a class act and one hell of a playoff picture. It's madding why the Sox would not sign him. I don't care if he's 30. When you're a top 5 market team you take on those 6 year contracts where maybe the last one or two years are not the layers best. though Lester besides the cancer early on is a war horse.
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Staring down the ump when you don't get a pitch called your way is being a class act?
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Tommy Milone traded to the Twins for Sam Fuld.
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That Lackey for Kelly and Craig trade seems, to me, like St. Louis gave up too quickly on those two or Boston just pulled a fast one on them.
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Staring down the ump when you don't get a pitch called your way is being a class act?
Are you fucking kidding me snapple?! Take you Yankee bullshit somewhere else. You know shit about Lester.
Fucking unreal. Like any Yankee players never do that. Get your fucking pinstripe blinders off.
Why don't you have some class.
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Yeah, most pitchers are knobs about that kind of stuff. It's not exclusive to Boston.
As for the trade, I don't watch much baseball anymore, but Craig has been awful this year and a shake-up was needed. The Cards are obviously hoping Tavares comes around, and they still might trade for a hitter today supposedly.
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Kev, Lackey's first 2 years were a disaster, a lot attributed to a poor attitude and injuries. When he came back from the surgery he was a different pitcher. Back to his old self from the Angels. Lost weight and in the last year and 1/2, he's been fantastic.
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The Red Sox had 6 starting pitching on the roster at the start of the season. They've now traded 4 of those 6 and another retired with a $12 on the table still! That's crazy.
Ryan Dempster -- Retired
Jake Peavy -- Traded
Felix Doubront -- Traded
John Lackey -- Traded
Jon Lester -- Traded
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Marlon Byrd to the Yanks, Steinbrenner can stop rolling in his grave now that they've traded for a somewhat mediocre over 30 player.
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Yeah. Sad day for sports fans in Boston. Lester is a class act and one hell of a playoff picture. It's madding why the Sox would not sign him. I don't care if he's 30. When you're a top 5 market team you take on those 6 year contracts where maybe the last one or two years are not the layers best. though Lester besides the cancer early on is a war horse.
I keep hearing Lester is most likely to resign with the Red Sox in the offseason again so you pretty much are giving him a chance of winning somewhere else and seeing if Yoenis works for you guys and if he does, can ever sign a new contract. Not bad imo. Win-win scenario.
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If the Sox low balled him for 4 years $70 mil and never really came back with an honest price to him, it seems more likely for some reason they do not want him back. The Sox have this weird thing now about paying long contracts to players in their 30's after getting burning a few years ago.
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Kev, Lackey's first 2 years were a disaster, a lot attributed to a poor attitude and injuries. When he came back from the surgery he was a different pitcher. Back to his old self from the Angels. Lost weight and in the last year and 1/2, he's been fantastic.
I'll take your word for it. Like I said, I hardly ever watch baseball anymore. I sort of pay attention to what's going on with it all, but I generally don't care much for watching until late September.
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The Red Sox traded a lefty reliever for the O's third-best prospect! Holy lol!
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Must be Miller. Wholesale!! Come n' get your pictures from the Red Sox while they last!
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Rumor on local radio from a beat writer is that Steven Drew to the Yankees. Wow!
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Ken Rosenthal now saying Price to the Tigers. Hot Damn! UMH will be very happy!
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Ken Rosenthal now saying Price to the Tigers. Hot Damn! UMH will be very happy!
Oh god no please.
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Yeah, Price to the Tigers for Smyly, Nick Franklin and, now apparently, Taijan Walker!!! M's get Austin Jackson
So the Tigers rotation going forward is Scherzer, Verlander, Price, Sanchéz and Porcello... holy shit!!
A's vs Tigers for the ALCS or bust!!!
EDIT: No Walker involved, good for the M's.
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That Lackey for Kelly and Craig trade seems, to me, like St. Louis gave up too quickly on those two or Boston just pulled a fast one on them.
Ehh....Kelly is a 'dime a dozen' pitcher. He may win you 10-12 games a year and lose you just as many. Craig however....sure he's had a bad year but he's a proven hitter and I think he will thrive in Boston if they keep him around. The thing is.. the Cards are putting thier eggs in the Taveras basket. We shall see if he's the hitter they think he is but it's a bummer to lose Craig.
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https://deadspin.com/jim-bowden-caught-stealing-from-fake-twitter-account-d-1614081824/all
:lol :lol :lol
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Staring down the ump when you don't get a pitch called your way is being a class act?
Are you fucking kidding me snapple?! Take you Yankee bullshit somewhere else. You know shit about Lester.
Fucking unreal. Like any Yankee players never do that. Get your fucking pinstripe blinders off.
Why don't you have some class.
Just because I disagree that Lester is a classy guy, my class is in question? Get real.
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CLASS CLASS CLASS CLASS CLASSY CLASS CLASSERSON CLASS CLASS SO CLASSY CLASS CLASSY CLASS CLASS CLASS
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I am snapple. Maybe for one day you should stop being an ass. You don't hide your pinstripe and again you look like a jerk. Grow up.
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My Dad called me in the middle of coffee with a friend to let me know about the Price trade. I think I shat myself through the chair. This is awesome.
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My Dad called me in the middle of coffee with a friend to let me know about the Price trade. I think I shat myself through the chair. This is awesome.
I knew it! :lol
What a 4 man rotation you'll have during the playoffs.
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Obviously, the Tigers won that trade by a landslide (I'm biased obviously, but the world seems to agree). I was bummed at first because I love Jackson and Smyly. They're both class acts, if not a little inconsistent with their excellent play, but they always play hard. I won't say no to having the previous 3 Cy Young's in our rotation though. That shit's crazy. The inevitable Oakland vs. Detroit ALCS is going to be the most ridiculous pitching matchup in the history of baseball. Gray, Kazmir, Lester, and Smardzija vs. Verlander, Scherzer, Price, and Sanchez.
It still doesn't feel real...somebody hold me.
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Obviously, the Tigers won that trade by a landslide (I'm biased obviously, but the world seems to agree). I was bummed at first because I love Jackson and Smyly. They're both class acts, if not a little inconsistent with their excellent play, but they always play hard. I won't say no to having the previous 3 Cy Young's in our rotation though. That shit's crazy. The inevitable Oakland vs. Detroit ALCS is going to be the most ridiculous pitching matchup in the history of baseball. Gray, Kazmir, Lester, and Smardzija vs. Verlander, Scherzer, Price, and Sanchez.
It still doesn't feel real...somebody hold me.
Talking about feeling real, how do you think Jackson felt during this? https://m.mlb.com/video/v34965799/cwsdet-jackson-exits-to-ovation-after-trade-news
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I'll hold you when one of those teams gets knocked out in the ALDS because the MLB playoffs are a total crapshoot.
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I'll hold you when one of those teams gets knocked out in the ALDS because the MLB playoffs are a total crapshoot.
Yeah, unfortunately this has a 98% of happening!
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I'll hold you when one of those teams gets knocked out in the ALDS because the MLB playoffs are a total crapshoot.
You're right. Oakland can't make it past the ALDS anyway. ;D
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hurr durr
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Anyone else catch this Pirates-Diamondbacks nonsense? Gibson and Delgado should be suspended for quite awhile. In addition, these unwritten rules of baseball have got to go as most of them are completely outdated, useless, and dangerous.
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Anyone else catch this Pirates-Diamondbacks nonsense? Gibson and Delgado should be suspended for quite awhile. In addition, these unwritten rules of baseball have got to go as most of them are completely outdated, useless, and dangerous.
Agreed. This whole eye for an eye thing when it comes to hitting batters, especially when the first one was not intentional, is ridiculous. They need to start handing out much longer suspensions to pitchers AND managers for that nonsense.
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Honestly, i really want to watch the A's in the playoffs.
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I have started following the sport just the last few weeks (mostly learning the rules and watching some highlights and a couple of full games) but I really would like to see the A's win it all. I admire small market teams that manage to stay competitive (hello Spurs) and from what I gather Beane seems to command a lot of respect.
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Tulowitzki's out for the rest of the season because he's Troy Tulowitzki!
Also, UMH, how worried are you about the Tigers' lack of production (today's score notwithstanding)?
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Tulowitzki's out for the rest of the season because he's Troy Tulowitzki!
Also, UMH, how worried are you about the Tigers' lack of production (today's score notwithstanding)?
I thought it was only a matter of time before Miggy got hot again, but that injury really seems to be hampering him.
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Also, UMH, how worried are you about the Tigers' lack of production (today's score notwithstanding)?
Not at all, really. Detroit's offense has been notoriously streaky over the past couple years, and there were oddly similar slumps around this time in 06 and 12 (made it to WS both years). I know our pitching will get us into the postseason. Even though Miggy isn't being Miggy right now, we have Victor and JD Martinez who have been picking up the power numbers this season, and Nick Castellanos is going to be a BIG fucking deal someday, probably when he learns to stop swinging through pitches in the dirt. Honestly, the offense has been frustrating the last week or so, but I'm not worried at all about the offense. All of my concerns this year have been over the bullpen, and those fears are nowhere near quelled. Right now my current issue is that Justin Verlander (even though he's sucked balls this year, honestly) is hurt, and Anibal Sanchez (consistent number 3 starter behind Price and Scherzer), and Joakim Soria (the only reliever other than Joba that we can even halfway depend on to go into a game without shitting all over the field) are out for a few weeks. If JV and Miggy stop being hampered by injuries, and we get Sanchez and Soria back for the postseason, and the shriveled remains of Joe Nathan stop blowing saves, we'll win the whole damn thing.
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Baseball fans are pretty up in arms over the Giants/Cubs game getting called last night. I get being a bit put out. The Giants are in a pretty tight pennant race, and every game is important right now. The Cubs' ground crew straight up mishandled covering the field, and that is the only reason the game could not continue. But on the other hand, even as a Giants fan, I don't get the complete outrage over the situation. The Giants were getting shut out 2-0 and not really showing any signs of life. And the rule is pretty clear. Sure, they got hosed by unfortunate circumstances. But they were getting beat! It's not like it was 2-0 with a runner or two in scoring position and the heart of the order coming up. It was 2-0 and they had not done anything much the whole game. Sure, that's a close enough game where anything can happen. But at that point in the game, nothing was happening for them.
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Blow. It. Up.
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Absolutely thrilled that the Orioles are doing so well.
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The Orioles just got swept by one of the worst teams in baseball. Two of our very best players are out for the year. The potential for collapsing and missing the playoffs is still there. Nothing is a assured, and a large lead in the standings can quickly evaporate. Regardless, I am proud of this ball-club and too cognizant of all of the struggles since '97 to even think about bashing this team if they do in fact collapse.
Orioles fan for life!
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The Orioles just got swept by one of the worst teams in baseball.
But The Red Sox weren't playing the Orioles...
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You know, I'll give Detroit credit. They've been playing some shitty baseball for a while now, but it seems like they're getting back on track with some more dominant offensive performances and the AL Central is actually a pennant race for the first time since like...2010? I still fully expect a 4th straight postseason trip for my kitties, but at least the games through September will still be interesting to watch.
And how about the A's and the Angels! Who would have thought anyone would catch up to them?
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The Orioles better not blow it to the Yankees and force us to have to endure the playoffs being all about Derek Jeter because it's his last postseason ever. :facepalm:
I find it humorous that the A's and Tigers both made those huge deals at the deadline, yet if the playoffs started today, the Tigers would be out and the A's would be playing in the one-game playoff.
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I have plenty of faith in the O's to get it done. I'd rather not see the Yankees in the postseason, but I'll be rooting for them tonight to pound the Royals. The situation in the West pretty much guarantees that the Wild Card will be between Oakland, Anaheim, Detroit, KC, and Seattle.
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The Orioles better not blow it to the Yankees and force us to have to endure the playoffs being all about Derek Jeter because it's his last postseason ever. :facepalm:
I find it humorous that the A's and Tigers both made those huge deals at the deadline, yet if the playoffs started today, the Tigers would be out and the A's would be playing in the one-game playoff.
last thing we need is a Yankees underdog story. Just shoot me.
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The Orioles better not blow it to the Yankees and force us to have to endure the playoffs being all about Derek Jeter because it's his last postseason ever. :facepalm:
I find it humorous that the A's and Tigers both made those huge deals at the deadline, yet if the playoffs started today, the Tigers would be out and the A's would be playing in the one-game playoff.
This Jeter stuff is out of control. Somehow his worshippers have decided he needs a postseason in his last year even though Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and a bunch of other all-time greats went out without a postseason.
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I just wanna say this: Clayton Kershaw gets all the love in the NL (and deservedly so) but Madison Bumgarner is a stud!
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So... how about them Cubbies?
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I just wanna say this: Clayton Kershaw gets all the love in the NL (and deservedly so) but Madison Bumgarner is a stud!
Well there's a million reasons why Kershaw does. For example last night in his win vs the Nats, Bryce Harper's solo HR in the 7th was the first RBI allowed all year by Kershaw all year long. That's just insane. That's why guys like Bumgarner don't get the spotlight even though they are talented pitchers as well.
So... how about them Cubbies?
I'm excited to see this team next year if they add some really good pitchers with the amazing bats they have been developing.
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I just wanna say this: Clayton Kershaw gets all the love in the NL (and deservedly so) but Madison Bumgarner is a stud!
Well there's a million reasons why Kershaw does. For example last night in his win vs the Nats, Bryce Harper's solo HR in the 7th was the first RBI allowed all year by Kershaw all year long. That's just insane. That's why guys like Bumgarner don't get the spotlight even though they are talented pitchers as well.
There is absolutely no way that is correct.
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:lol
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I think he meant by a left hander.
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I think he meant by a left hander.
Okay.. that's much more believable.
In other news.... St. Louis is doing what they always seem to do this time of the year.
I'm trying not to get too excited about the Orioles.... just enjoying the ride.
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In other news.... St. Louis is doing what they always seem to do this time of the year.
Oh yeah....it is September isn't it? :biggrin:
They could really nail it shut by whooping Milwaukee this next 4 game series.
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I think he meant by a left hander.
Okay.. that's much more believable.
In other news.... St. Louis is doing what they always seem to do this time of the year.
I'm trying not to get too excited about the Orioles.... just enjoying the ride.
Wow what a fail and yes I wrote it wrong. I meant to add first RBI allowed all year by a left-handed hitter. :blush
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Jeter is once again proving what a selfish player he is. The only chance the Yankees have of making the playoffs is for him to step down and let a better player play short. He's absolutely terrible this year, offensively and as usual defensively. Lou Gehrig quit as soon as he realized he was hurting the team, but we can't expect Jeter to have that kind of class.
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Tigers tied for first place. :metal
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after sweeping the Dodgers ending on August 17th, the Brewers have gone 4-16 and are now 1.5 games out of the Wild Card. :'(
Epic collapse.
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after sweeping the Dodgers ending on August 17th, the Brewers have gone 4-16 and are now 1.5 games out of the Wild Card. :'(
Epic collapse.
Yeah....that's been pretty brutal. Especially since they could have really buried the Cardinals and Pirates there for a few weeks had they just won a few more games. The Cards were lolly gagging around acting like they didn't want to win for a while and Pitt had thier issues as well....Milwaukee had a few weeks there in August where they could have opened a larger lead than they had and made it really difficult to overcome. But, they let the Cards and Pirates heat up and man.....If they miss the playoffs it'll certainly be one of the great collapses in recent memory. I don't see how Roenicke would keep his job?
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Ouch!
https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/A1F51E24401122031822344265728_2a8b6ad6130.5.1.7247038335415507169.mp4?versionId=uoq4dCJRXL1vawhDQ4wgE_AYOcN9Zbes
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(https://giant.gfycat.com/AbsoluteWelltodoBlackpanther.gif)
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WOW.. that was hilarious.
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Sigh, come on Dodgers. That's just one of the most broken plays I've ever seen and still can't believe they did that.
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:lol :lol
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I love the Dodgers (mostly because of their pitching staff) but that was incredibly sad.
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You've got to be shitting me! :rollin
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It actually never gets old watching the replay of that though.
I also want to say that I feel really sad about what happened to Giancarlo Stanton. Hope he has a speedy recovery and comes back playing like he left off.
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Chris Davis got popped. This really sucks.
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I also want to say that I feel really sad about what happened to Giancarlo Stanton. Hope he has a speedy recovery and comes back playing like he left off.
Me too. That was scary to watch!
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I also want to say that I feel really sad about what happened to Giancarlo Stanton. Hope he has a speedy recovery and comes back playing like he left off.
Me too. That was scary to watch!
This was on twitter about Stanton. "Tooth lodged in cheek. Hole in lip so big doc's index finger fit in it. And get this: Giancarlo Stanton still wants to return this season."
It would be crazy if he actually manages to come back this season but I doubt the team will let him.
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as a Brewers fan, I'm glad it appears Stantons injuries aren't as bad as they could have been. The pitcher who threw the ball is pretty shaken by it all.
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That whole situation was seriously fucked up. Hit Stanton, the next hit batter who swung through it, and then the "retaliation" after. Even the broadcasting crew was losing their shit.
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Double post. No fucks given. Detroit sweeps Cleveland in epic fashion, KC's down 4 runs in the bottom of the 9th against one of the worst teams in baseball. The baseball gods are good and merciful.
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Lol red sox
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Lol red sox
Taking 3 out of 4 from a contending team. Fuck the 2013 crew hard with tire irons, but the 2014 Sox have my love this weekend. :heart
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A little resentful are we? lol
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To follow up on my Jeter post, he is now 0 for his last 24 and gutless Girardi continued to bat him at the top of the lineup while their playoff hopes die . . . who cares if you're trying to make the playoffs, giving your retiring idol a proper send-off is much more important to your fanbase . . .
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It is actually more important really no point in us trying to make the playoffs.
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Jeter this year reminds me that it's better to retire too soon rather than too late. I may not like the Yankees, but there is something kind of sad about seeing Jeter go out being this awful.
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Lol red sox
Taking 3 out of 4 from a contending team. Fuck the 2013 crew hard with tire irons, but the 2014 Sox have my love this weekend. :heart
It's sure been a crazy tale of two years.
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IT'S BEEN 17 LONG YEARS, BUT THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES ARE ONCE AGAIN DIVISION CHAMPIONS!!!
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I think Jeter started out the year fairly well, but yeah
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IT'S BEEN 17 LONG YEARS, BUT THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES ARE ONCE AGAIN DIVISION CHAMPIONS!!!
Congrats to the O's.
Nick Markakis is the most underrated player in the league.
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*whatever the suicide emoticon is*
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IT'S BEEN 17 LONG YEARS, BUT THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES ARE ONCE AGAIN DIVISION CHAMPIONS!!!
Congrats to the O's.
Nick Markakis is the most underrated player in the league.
:metal
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Braves officially out of the race. They've fired GM Fran Wren, which needed to happen. I hope they clean house and fired everyone on the coaching staff except for the pitching coach.
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WTF even happened to the braves this year
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I ask the same of the Yankees this year. It happens unfortunately
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I really wonder when Ned Yost (Royals) is getting fired. Dude is completely incompetent as a manager.
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WTF even happened to the braves this year
Whoever the hitting coach is MUST be fired because except for Justin Upton and Evan Gattis EVERYONE regressed at the plate. He made them approach at-bats with contact swings, not power swings and you can look at the results. They were fishing for balls that they should not be fishing (because they were hitting for contact) that resulted in a shitton of ground balls.
Worse than that, Fredi González happened! He mismanaged the bullpen and he has horrible lineup constructions: BJ Upton is shit, yet he batted him lead-off more than anyone else on the year, he started the year with Chris Johnson hitting 4th!!!! Chris Johnson... hitting clean-up!!!
It's hilarious that what people thought would be their downfall, pitching (because of all the injuries to the starters to start the year), was their strength!
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God hates the Brewers. :'(
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I know stats aren't "everything" but I tend to agree with the Jeter is overrated, and the year long victory lap is BS crowds.
KO nailed it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__UJ9VZB508
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Also.... how ironic would it be if Jeter's year long farewell is ruined by the fact that weather and circumstance could dictate that today's afternoon game was actually Jeter's last at home?
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Jeter's been overrated for a good decade now.
EDIT: Also, for some reason, I find it hilarious that of the last 3 people to have a retirement victory lap (Chipper, Mo and he), he's been the most horrible, not even above replacement-level. It's probably because of all the circle-jerking he has.
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Also.... how ironic would it be if Jeter's year long farewell is ruined by the fact that weather and circumstance could dictate that today's afternoon game was actually Jeter's last at home?
Some have suggested playing the makeup game on Monday, to which I just laugh about. :lol :lol :lol
I know stats aren't "everything" but I tend to agree with the Jeter is overrated, and the year long victory lap is BS crowds.
KO nailed it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__UJ9VZB508
Well, Olbermann (who is a major douchenozzle) kind of exaggerated there, as I don't think anybody really thinks he is the greatest ever, even though this season-long victory lap treats him like he is, but I fundamentally agree that a) Jeter is overrated, and b) Jeter really hurt the team this year by playing every day and batting 2nd, and never once asking to be benched or put lower in the lineup even though he was clearly hurting the team.
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Eh, I think Jeter's defensive problems are overblown. While he was never really good, he was at least serviceable, and his bat more than made up for for his defensive shortcomings in his prime years. He's been one of the best hitting short-stops of all time (not best, one of). The reason he is getting so much praise is more because he's literally been the face of baseball for 20 years. MLB has made SHIT loads of money off of Jeter and so have other teams (merchandise profits are split between teams). They have ever reason to thank him in the way they are.
That said, I'm glad it's finally over. It was neat watching with Mo, the bits and pieces of Chippers were cool to see. Jeter's feels completely forced. I just feel that hate now is because he's having a bad season, and it's now cool to rip on Jeter (which is totally stupid).
And Olbermann is completely cherry picking. Jeter was 2nd in WAR in 1999 to Pedro Martinez (that's first in position players). Jeter also played during the steroid era, which would explain why he never lead categories (remember arod and nomar? They played shortstop as well.). Olbermanns prism for evaluating Jeter is antiquated at best. "He never lead anything! He must suck! His defense is bad, he was horrible at everything!" It's a weak argument. Stats without context are meaningless.
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Yes, there is a middle ground that people have difficulty finding. As a HITTER, his WAR is 95 - way above Hall of Fame level. His D drags that way down, but he's still one of the 5 best shortstops ever. That's somehow not good enough for some people, and they have to invent mysterious superhuman qualities to add to his legacy.
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Some more great points by KO..... though he did gloss over that two of the 3 Shortstops to win MVPs during Jeter's career were implicated with steroids.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xafiSZO_r2g&list=UUdJtV6wXT6lnrvldU_urowQ
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That New York crowd sounds great tonight. That leadoff Home Run won't dampen their spirits.
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That New York crowd sounds great tonight. That leadoff Home Run won't dampen their spirits.
Or back to back shots....
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Hell of a way to go out "Cap"...... tip your cap O's fans and take that party to Toronto, then the Postseason.
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That was absolutely insane! Way to end your career in pinstripes Jeter!
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Some more great points by KO..... though he did gloss over that two of the 3 Shortstops to win MVPs during Jeter's career were implicated with steroids.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xafiSZO_r2g&list=UUdJtV6wXT6lnrvldU_urowQ
He still cherry picked the shiiiiit out of those stats and took the easy to answer rebuttals. Not the ones I posed him (higher career wRC+ than Cal Ripken Jr., 2nd in MVP voting in 1999 first in bWAR among position players).
But, glad to see him do what he did tonight. Please don't play in Boston.
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Jeter said he wasn't going to play in Boston since he wants his last memory to be playing in Yankee Stadium.
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Some more great points by KO..... though he did gloss over that two of the 3 Shortstops to win MVPs during Jeter's career were implicated with steroids.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xafiSZO_r2g&list=UUdJtV6wXT6lnrvldU_urowQ
He still cherry picked the shiiiiit out of those stats
That's basically what you do in an argument, though. You pick the ones that are gonna help your case the most.
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Jeter said he wasn't going to play in Boston since he wants his last memory to be playing in Yankee Stadium.
No he didn't. He said he'll play as a DH, out of respect to Boston and the rivalry. He said he wasn't going to play shortstop in Boston.
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Some more great points by KO..... though he did gloss over that two of the 3 Shortstops to win MVPs during Jeter's career were implicated with steroids.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xafiSZO_r2g&list=UUdJtV6wXT6lnrvldU_urowQ
He still cherry picked the shiiiiit out of those stats
That's basically what you do in an argument, though. You pick the ones that are gonna help your case the most.
Yeah, but Olbermann takes it further and uses the stats out of context or uses meaningless stats.
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Some more great points by KO..... though he did gloss over that two of the 3 Shortstops to win MVPs during Jeter's career were implicated with steroids.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xafiSZO_r2g&list=UUdJtV6wXT6lnrvldU_urowQ
He still cherry picked the shiiiiit out of those stats and took the easy to answer rebuttals. Not the ones I posed him (higher career wRC+ than Cal Ripken Jr., 2nd in MVP voting in 1999 first in bWAR among position players).
But, glad to see him do what he did tonight. Please don't play in Boston.
I do find it fascinating that the sportswriters who worshiped him still would not give him the MVP even in 1999 when he probably was the best player in the league with apologies to Pedro.
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Tigers playing some very solid baseball this month. I just hope they don't blow their wad too soon like every other year and keep the momentum going through October.
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Season's over! Can't wait for Tuesday's Lester/Shields matchup!
Also, here's who I think should win the awards
AL
MVP: Mike Trout
Cy Young: Félix Hernández
ROY: José Abreu
NL
MVP: Giancarlo Stanton
Cy Young: Clayton Kershaw
ROY: Billy Hamilton, almost by default although if deGrom wins it will be only because of that recent start of his.
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Lol. deGrom should definitely win NL ROY. Hamilton, aside from the steals, was pretty bad
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Indeed, but those steals man!!! Them voters know that they really count!!
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AL MVP: Victor Martinez (stats are higher than Trout in a bunch of important categories, including nearly 50 points higher in the batting average department)
AL Cy Young: Felix
AL ROY: Abreu
Kershaw really should win Cy Young and MVP for the NL. I know there's that whole thing about pitchers not deserving MVP but if anyone does, it's him.
Also, too early for brackets?
(https://i.imgur.com/aOfo2Af.jpg?1)
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Victor Martinez won't win because he played the majority of his games as a DH.
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ROY: Billy Hamilton, almost by default although if deGrom wins it will be only because of that recent start of his.
Uh, deGrom has been nasty all year and Hamilton has been pitiful for nearly the entire second half.
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OK, I'm not saying deGrom does not deserve it. Only that if he does, his recent September starts would help him the most. Historically, being very good September has helped people win awards.
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Victor Martinez won't win because he played the majority of his games as a DH.
And because Trout is actually the better player. Tied in wRC+ with VMart, actually plays defense.
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Have we discussed whether or not the one-game Wild Card games are actual playoff games? To me they're simply a playoff qualifier and a glorified game 163 so saying that the Royals have made their first playoff appearance in nearly 30 years isn't really true at all because they haven't actually made it in yet.
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In a way, I think it's the very definition of a playoff. :lol
The MLB is very particular about that, they never call it "the playoffs" but rather "the postseason" and reserve that word for a game 163 to decide the last team in. So, I think it is the most playoff game there is.
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Have we discussed whether or not the one-game Wild Card games are actual playoff games? To me they're simply a playoff qualifier and a glorified game 163 so saying that the Royals have made their first playoff appearance in nearly 30 years isn't really true at all because they haven't actually made it in yet.
I agree with this. To have a 1 game playoff after a 162 game season is absurd. In my opinion, a playoff worthy team deserves the benefit of an actual series. Hell, NBA and NHL playoff teams are guaranteed at least 4 games, and they play half of the regular season games that baseball teams play.
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Have we discussed whether or not the one-game Wild Card games are actual playoff games? To me they're simply a playoff qualifier and a glorified game 163 so saying that the Royals have made their first playoff appearance in nearly 30 years isn't really true at all because they haven't actually made it in yet.
I agree with this. To have a 1 game playoff after a 162 game season is absurd. In my opinion, a playoff worthy team deserves the benefit of an actual series. Hell, NBA and NHL playoff teams are guaranteed at least 4 games, and they play half of the regular season games that baseball teams play.
Ever since they announced a second WC I've been thinking about that. They should really shortened the season and have those teams play a series (3, 5 games at the most).
Besides that. the season is seriously too fucking long! But, those juicy, juicy TV contracts will make sure that never happens.
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Players don't want shorter seasons, either.
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Ran across a couple articles online where the Cardinals are now beginning to get the Yankee treatment for consistently being in the playoffs.....it appears folk are starting to get sick of the Birds on the Bat seemingly 'always' playing baseball in October.
It'd be great to make it to the World Series again just to drive those folks crazy....but LA is going to be tough this year the way they have all gears clicking right now. Not really too concerned about the Nationals should we (the Cards) and them make it past the first round.
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Do or die game and Ned Yost takes out his best pitcher after just 88 pitches, the entire FUCKING reason they traded their best prospect for Shields was for this game. Wouldn't you know it the very next batter hits a 3-run HR.
MLB managers everybody!
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Oh those poor Oakland fans. :lol
Edit: :rollin
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This game is amazing.
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This game was insane!!
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Royals!!!! :hearts:
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I'm almost afraid to go to work tomorrow, gonna be a shit ton of bitter A's fans to deal with. I will surely be keeping my mouth shut until after the Giant's game :lol
And yes, it was an insane and amazing game, especially watching the torture my A's fan roommate was going through.
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The thread title should be "KC lays pipe on the A's."
Crazy amazing game, glad they won.
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There was a fan in KC holding up a sign saying "We've LITERALLY been waiting our whole lives for this!" haha
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Man what a game. It was looking super competitive until they took Shields out, and I can't believe they came back from a 7-3 deficit to tie it. That was not the Royals I knew all season. Once you put up a big number against them, they were done. I don't know if they can stomach LAA, but it should be a fun series seeing if the KC pitching can shutdown the Angels offense.
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Ok, my turn tonight. Go Giants!!!
:GiantsMetal:
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Ran across a couple articles online where the Cardinals are now beginning to get the Yankee treatment for consistently being in the playoffs.....it appears folk are starting to get sick of the Birds on the Bat seemingly 'always' playing baseball in October.
It'd be great to make it to the World Series again just to drive those folks crazy....but LA is going to be tough this year the way they have all gears clicking right now. Not really too concerned about the Nationals should we (the Cards) and them make it past the first round.
I think the comparison some make to the Yankees is poor, cause it's not like the Cardinals try to outspend everyone to essentially buy championships; they simply make the playoffs almost every year, because they are an extremely well-run organization, and people get sick of seeing the same team win (a lot of games, not necessarily tons of championships) all the time. It's why so many dislike Duke in college basketball, or the Lakers in pro basketball, for example.
I don't expect the Cardinals to get past the Dodgers this year; their offense isn't very good. Should be a fun series nonetheless. :coolio
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Ran across a couple articles online where the Cardinals are now beginning to get the Yankee treatment for consistently being in the playoffs.....it appears folk are starting to get sick of the Birds on the Bat seemingly 'always' playing baseball in October.
It'd be great to make it to the World Series again just to drive those folks crazy....but LA is going to be tough this year the way they have all gears clicking right now. Not really too concerned about the Nationals should we (the Cards) and them make it past the first round.
I think the comparison some make to the Yankees is poor, cause it's not like the Cardinals try to outspend everyone to essentially buy championships; they simply make the playoffs almost every year, because they are an extremely well-run organization, and people get sick of seeing the same team win (a lot of games, not necessarily tons of championships) all the time. It's why so many dislike Duke in college basketball, or the Lakers in pro basketball, for example.
I don't expect the Cardinals to get past the Dodgers this year; their offense isn't very good. Should be a fun series nonetheless. :coolio
Yep. They are two different organizations for sure. It's a bit 'unfair' to hate on an organization that for all intents and purposes does it the "right" way. And, I don't expect the Cardinals to beat LA either. LA is just too hot and even though the Cardinals won a pretty competitive division they haven't played consistent baseball at all this year. It'd be great to upset LA two years in a row though :lol Just to prove to them also that you can't 'buy' a championship and that all the stats in the world don't mean jack dookie drawers in the playoffs. cough...cough...Kershaw....cough...cough....
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There's something to be said about the Cardinals consistency with small market values. They bring up guys from their system that just get the job done at the major league level.
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I don't have anything against the Cardinals.... but in most cases, if they're in a series with a team who hasn't gone to or won a world series in a while, I'm pulling for the other team.
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I know I'm getting sick of the Cardinals every October. The Tigers will soon be the next October team to be annoyed with...4 in a row.
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The Tigers haven't won a world series since 1984 though. The Cards have won it twice in the last 8 years. You can't get sick of a team in the postseason until they actually, you know, win it. :p
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Jack Morris, Gibson, Trammell, Whitaker. That was one hell of a team/
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Holy fuck that game last night.
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Madbum fucking killed it tonight. What a beast.
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Congrats to the Royals and Giants. By the way, did anyone notice that in the A's-Royals game, every time they showed a left-handed batter you could see some brainless blonde in the seats staring at her cell phone? First playoff game in 29 years and she spends the entire game on her phone :facepalm:
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Predictions for the Divisional Round.
Dodgers over Cardinals in 5
Giants over Nationals in 4
Angels over Royals in 4
Tigers over Orioles in 4
I have a lot of respect for Detroit, their lineup, and their starters. Baltimore clearly has the better bullpen, so our only chance is to get Detroit's starters out of the game, and keep it close. I expect Buck to out-coach Brad in every facet in the game, but at the end, I feel that the better team will win....HOPE I'M WRONG.
So pumped to have the Orioles back in the postseason!
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If only the whole series could be like that first inning :metal
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Well that was awesome!
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1-0 MOTHER FUCKERS!!
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Let me just say: lol Tigers bullpen
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Well that Detroit game sucked ass. But how bout them Royals!
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Game. Fucking. On. Kick some ass Giants!!!!!!!!!
:GiantsMetal:
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Quadruple header today!! Not like I planned on doing anything else!
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The Tigers bullpen is pitiful!
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BALTIMORE WINS! WE WON'T STOP!!!!!
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BALTIMORE WINS! WE WON'T STOP!!!!!
Wow, weren't they down by 3 runs late?
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Fuck this bullpen to the fucking stratosphere. All last year it was about games the Tigers should have won if it wasn't for the god damn pen. Same fucking story this year. Fuck.
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BALTIMORE WINS! WE WON'T STOP!!!!!
Wow, weren't they down by 3 runs late?
This team never gives up. I'm really proud of them.
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BALTIMORE WINS! WE WON'T STOP!!!!!
Wow, weren't they down by 3 runs late?
This team never gives up. I'm really proud of them.
I wish I could say that about the Giants, but I have such mixed feelings about them this season. At times, they fight to the end and either squeak out some really gritty, tough wins, or at least give it their best shot. Other times, they just fold so easily and don't even look like they showed up to play. I just can't decide which team they are this year. I want them to win, but I am also so frustrated with them that part of me feels like they deserve to lose. That being said, I really want them to make it to the NLCS and knock out the Dodgers. Then they can go on to the World Series and lose, and it's fine. Except that I don't like AL teams, so I hope they win. And if the Angels end up being the AL team, I REALLY hope they win as redemption for 2002.
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Imagine that...Gonzalez gets his panties in a bunch over the Cardinals pitching inside and hitting Puig.
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That's cause the Dodgers are a bunch of crybabies. Unfortunately, they are also the better team tonight.
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That's cause the Dodgers are a bunch of crybabies. Unfortunately, they are also the better team tonight.
This is (3) playoff games in a row that Wainright has not 'lived up' to his 'persona' and been pretty much a regular pitcher. He has had some great playoff performances but for as bad as he (and the St. Louis Media) wants him to be the next incarnation of Chris Carpenter....it ain't there. Even if Carp' had nothing in the tank he'd not have been embarrassed like tonight like the way Waino has been. I'd have never thought that the bench clearing incident would have favored the Dodgers....I'd have swore that'd have fueled the Cards more. Oh well....I was hoping for an upset this series and a Cards series win but it may just be LA's year.
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I think those bench-clearing things usually tend to favor the home team as far as momentum and whatnot.
I don't know, to me, this is like the least exciting Cardinals playoff team ever. Their offense being so pedestrian and not having a guy you are excited to see hit (like Pujols in the past, Beltran the last two years, etc.) is probably a big reason why.
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That's cause the Dodgers are a bunch of crybabies. Unfortunately, they are also the better team tonight.
This is (3) playoff games in a row that Wainright has not 'lived up' to his 'persona' and been pretty much a regular pitcher. He has had some great playoff performances but for as bad as he (and the St. Louis Media) wants him to be the next incarnation of Chris Carpenter....it ain't there. Even if Carp' had nothing in the tank he'd not have been embarrassed like tonight like the way Waino has been. I'd have never thought that the bench clearing incident would have favored the Dodgers....I'd have swore that'd have fueled the Cards more. Oh well....I was hoping for an upset this series and a Cards series win but it may just be LA's year.
Nothing embarrassing about struggling against a lineup like this. If you're unhappy with Wainwright, send him on over... we'd love to have him in Baltimore.
And look at that the Cards are fighting back. I guess that makes Kershaw embarrassing too....... ::)
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Well, that was a dramatic turn of events. :biggrin:
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Well, that was a dramatic turn of events. :biggrin:
I see what you did there.
St. Louis Cardinals..... ever resilient.
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On another note, I think that Joe Buck does a fantastic job calling it down the middle. We all know where he grew up and where his rooting interests must lie (we interrupt this to say HOLY SHIT at Matt's 3 Run HR!), but he calls it down the middle. Even last year when St. Louis fell to Boston, Buck did his job and did it well.
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Holy crap, that was a bomb by Holliday.
As for Buck, he has gotten a lot better at calling Cardinals games. He used to go out of his way to show that he wasn't showing a bias, and that often resulted in some boring calls of pivotal Cardinals playoff moments. His call of Yadi's HR in the 9th inning of Game 7 of the '06 NLCS against the Mets was so lackluster.
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Well, that was a dramatic turn of events. :biggrin:
I see what you did there.
St. Louis Cardinals..... ever resilient.
Just unreal. I'd have never thought they'd come back on Kershaw like that.
On another note, I think that Joe Buck does a fantastic job calling it down the middle. We all know where he grew up and where his rooting interests must lie (we interrupt this to say HOLY SHIT at Matt's 3 Run HR!), but he calls it down the middle. Even last year when St. Louis fell to Boston, Buck did his job and did it well.
He catches flak here in the local St. Louis media for not 'rooting' for the Cards enough. You're right though....he is down the middle on any Cards game he announces.
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What the hell happened here? :lol
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What the hell happened here? :lol
The same thing that happened in Baltimore this afternoon.... but instead of doing it against a horrible bullpen, the Cards just did it to possibly the best pitcher alive.
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On another note, I think that Joe Buck does a fantastic job calling it down the middle. We all know where he grew up and where his rooting interests must lie (we interrupt this to say HOLY SHIT at Matt's 3 Run HR!), but he calls it down the middle. Even last year when St. Louis fell to Boston, Buck did his job and did it well.
He catches flak here in the local St. Louis media for not 'rooting' for the Cards enough. You're right though....he is down the middle on any Cards game he announces.
I may be in the minority on this one, but I will just go ahead and say that I don't mind when an announcer wears their fandom on their sleeve and gets more excited for their team--as long as it doesn't cross over to where they are criticizing the other team and alienating those fans. In fact, I will go even farther and say that I want to hear an announcer unabashedly showing his fandom. If you are in sports media, you are likely a fan. Embrace it and show it. I don't care if that means I may get guys calling games for my teams that openly root for the other team during broadcasts if that is their thing.
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On another note, I think that Joe Buck does a fantastic job calling it down the middle. We all know where he grew up and where his rooting interests must lie (we interrupt this to say HOLY SHIT at Matt's 3 Run HR!), but he calls it down the middle. Even last year when St. Louis fell to Boston, Buck did his job and did it well.
He catches flak here in the local St. Louis media for not 'rooting' for the Cards enough. You're right though....he is down the middle on any Cards game he announces.
I may be in the minority on this one, but I will just go ahead and say that I don't mind when an announcer wears their fandom on their sleeve and gets more excited for their team--as long as it doesn't cross over to where they are criticizing the other team and alienating those fans. In fact, I will go even farther and say that I want to hear an announcer unabashedly showing his fandom. If you are in sports media, you are likely a fan. Embrace it and show it. I don't care if that means I may get guys calling games for my teams that openly root for the other team during broadcasts if that is their thing.
Nothing annoys me more than listening to a guy who obviously doesn't like your team. It's just backhanded compliments and being openly super critical for 2.5 hours. Would much rather just have somebody call it down the middle, I'd rather have that than have announcers openly call for the teams they like, even if some would call it in favor of my favorite teams.
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This Royals/Angels game is pretty intense. I'm rotting for the Royals, but man do I hate to see Trout not being Trout.
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Pujols with a big hit in a playoff game. Same as it ever was. He's not a Cardinal anymore, but I still love rooting for the guy. :tup :tup
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This Royals/Angels game is pretty intense. I'm rotting for the Royals, but man do I hate to see Trout not being Trout.
Best typo ever :)
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This Royals/Angels game is pretty intense. I'm rotting for the Royals, but man do I hate to see Trout not being Trout.
Best typo ever :)
Haha. That's hilarious. I'm just gonna leave that there.
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WHAT A PLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY. DAMN.
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The best part was the shot of the two kids in the crowd, one of which was a Royals fan giving an Angels fan trouble about the play, and then the Angels fan turning and bashing him over the head with his big foam finger. :rollin :rollin :rollin
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Found it on twitter:
https://vine.co/v/Om3HA13nMdd
:rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin
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Found it on twitter:
https://vine.co/v/Om3HA13nMdd
:rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin
That's amazing.
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I about fell off the couch laughing when I saw that in real time. Swear to God. :lol :lol
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It's now in gif form:
(https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--3CcmYogt--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/h8ijfz7ejgnj5e8cogte.gif)
Still :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin
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That was a "should have" win for the Dodgers. Now they're in trouble.
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I can't wait until that kid sees that that was on TV.
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KC just made history. Third straight extra inning game to start a postseason.
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KC just made history. Third straight extra inning game to start a postseason.
That's crazy. KC are fighting so much for everything. I really hope they can pull this one out.
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WHAT IS KANSAS CITY'S DEFENSE? THIS IS NUTS.
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KABOOM! hahahaha
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If I recall correctly, I remember people saying that KC's inability to hit for power was one of the reasons they wouldn't get far this post season. SO FAR, SO GOOD.
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I'm not a fan of any AL teams, so I'm hoping for BAL/KC just because of the ALCS drought of them both. Looks like it might happen.
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That's what I'm hoping. It'd be a crazy mismatch, but the way things are going, who knows what's going to happen.
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I know that was a bad throw, but come on Cosmer, try a little harder! He just took a wave at it.
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I know that was a bad throw, but come on Cosmer, try a little harder! He just took a wave at it.
Yeah. That was pretty bad, but no harm no foul. KC UP 2-0. LET'S GO KANSAS CITY!
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Wow, what great games yesterday.
Sit down Adrian Gonzalez you fraud!
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Go Royals!
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Six games played in the divisional round, and Baltimore is the only home team that has won thus far. Crazy October thus far!
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Six games played in the divisional round, and Baltimore is the only home team that has won thus far. Crazy October thus far!
You used thus far too many times.
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As much as I love the sport, if my team is not in it I really can not get into any of the games. I maybe watch half an inning before I'm bored because I personally don't have anything invested into any team, which is what makes the games interesting in the first place. I found the A's-Royals game engaging just for the Royals not having made it in in almost 30 years but that was about it.
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:GiantsMetal:
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F'n Dodgers. Might as well just give it to STL now. All this money and still not a championship level team.
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F'n Dodgers. Might as well just give it to STL now. All this money and still not a championship level team.
After a win?
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Seems like odd timing, for sure.
But "all this money?" Perhaps the Dodgers should try building a great team from within instead of trying to buy their way to a championship. That's what the Cardinals do, and their success this century cannot be argued with (two titles and countless other playoff appearances).
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F'n Dodgers. Might as well just give it to STL now. All this money and still not a championship level team.
After a win?
If it wasn't for that home run, they would have probably lost it in extra innings. LA has a pitcher in game 3 who has been on the DL for weeks, and game 4 is a very inconsistent pitcher. It's not hopeless, but it doesn't look good.
And with the way Carpenter's playing, LA will surely be stung again.
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Ok
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F'n Dodgers. Might as well just give it to STL now. All this money and still not a championship level team.
After a win?
If it wasn't for that home run, they would have probably lost it in extra innings. LA has a pitcher in game 3 who has been on the DL for weeks, and game 4 is a very inconsistent pitcher. It's not hopeless, but it doesn't look good.
And with the way Carpenter's playing, LA will surely be stung again.
Sounds like you are ready to move them aside and jump on another team's bandwagon. Unless they win this series of course, right?
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F'n Dodgers. Might as well just give it to STL now. All this money and still not a championship level team.
After a win?
If it wasn't for that home run, they would have probably lost it in extra innings. LA has a pitcher in game 3 who has been on the DL for weeks, and game 4 is a very inconsistent pitcher. It's not hopeless, but it doesn't look good.
And with the way Carpenter's playing, LA will surely be stung again.
Sounds like you are ready to move them aside and jump on another team's bandwagon. Unless they win this series of course, right?
::)
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Heh no I'm not doing that. Just pissed off that they can get to the playoffs but are still not a WS team.
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GOING BACK TO THE ALCS!!!!!!!! HELL YEAH!!!!!
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BASES CLEARING TRIPLE. LOVE IT. LET'S GO ROYALS!
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Kansas City isn't playing around </captainobvious>
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KANSAS CITY. I want this team to win it all.
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It's feeling so good to see the team I used to go see all the time as a kid doing so well :metal
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I'll be rooting for KC, even though it's likely that Buck Showalter will show Ned Yost how one manages a team and eliminate him.
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Heh no I'm not doing that. Just pissed off that they can get to the playoffs but are still not a WS team.
That remains to be seen.
Also, MLB scheduling sucks ass. The game at SF tomorrow is at 4 p.m. CT, but the game here in St. Louis is at 8 p.m. CT? That is really, really stupid. The game on the west coast should be the latest game of the day. And yes, I am saying this in large part cause my brother and his wife are taking their kids (my 9-year old nephew and 7-year old niece) to their first playoff game and now they will have to deal with kids that will probably be sleepy by the 5th inning, but even still, it's just stupid.
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Heh no I'm not doing that. Just pissed off that they can get to the playoffs but are still not a WS team.
That remains to be seen.
Kev, don't be such an ass.
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Heh no I'm not doing that. Just pissed off that they can get to the playoffs but are still not a WS team.
That remains to be seen.
Also, MLB scheduling sucks ass. The game at SF tomorrow is at 4 p.m. CT, but the game here in St. Louis is at 8 p.m. CT? That is really, really stupid. The game on the west coast should be the latest game of the day. And yes, I am saying this in large part cause my brother and his wife are taking their kids (my 9-year old nephew and 7-year old niece) to their first playoff game and now they will have to deal with kids that will probably be sleepy by the 5th inning, but even still, it's just stupid.
I agree with both of those points.
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Heh no I'm not doing that. Just pissed off that they can get to the playoffs but are still not a WS team.
That remains to be seen.
Kev, don't be such an ass.
No need for that.
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That game last night was amazing
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I found it hard to believe two of the best teams in baseball pretty much deflated yesterday, couldn't even manage one victory
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What's funny is that when Detroit and Oakland made those trades, many thought the AL would come down to them, and of course the Angels were surging, so those three were THE teams in the AL, while the O's and Royals were totally overlooked, and the Tigers, A's and Angels won a combined 0 playoff games. Crazy. :lol :lol
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What's funny is that when Detroit and Oakland made those trades, many thought the AL would come down to them, and of course the Angels were surging, so those three were THE teams in the AL, while the O's and Royals were totally overlooked, and the Tigers, A's and Angels won a combined 0 playoff games. Crazy. :lol :lol
Yeah, proving once again that in baseball more than any other sport, it's a team game where even having a superstar (like Jordan or Manning level) cannot guarantee success.
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MLB postseason: where everything you think should happen, doesn't.
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:lol
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MLB postseason: where everything you think should happen, doesn't.
Haha, that's great! You can't script October!
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Like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=K8XkzEJsKe4#t=15720
:coolio :hat
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Also, MLB scheduling sucks ass. The game at SF tomorrow is at 4 p.m. CT, but the game here in St. Louis is at 8 p.m. CT? That is really, really stupid. The game on the west coast should be the latest game of the day. And yes, I am saying this in large part cause my brother and his wife are taking their kids (my 9-year old nephew and 7-year old niece) to their first playoff game and now they will have to deal with kids that will probably be sleepy by the 5th inning, but even still, it's just stupid.
heh...and the way this postseason has gone, the STL game will go extra innings....
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Like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=K8XkzEJsKe4#t=15720
:coolio :hat
what a game
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good golly....it's going to be a long night if this home plate ump Dale Scott at the Cards/LA game is going to be this bipolar with the strike zone. He's already made horrid calls on both sides....gonna suck having an ump like that decide a big at bat (for either team)
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Man, Rosenthal is shitty, but they held on. Wong!!!!!!!
And yeah, the home plate ump sucked.
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Man, Rosenthal is shitty, but they held on. Wong!!!!!!!
And yeah, the home plate ump sucked.
So glad that I picked up 'superstition' when it comes to baseball from the ol' playin' days. I popped in the new DVD at the start of the game on my CPU and threw the headphones and listened to it all again while I watched the game. Now....it appears I will be doing the same thing tomorrow night....same spot....probably same clothes.....all to do something that I am fully aware has absolutely nothing to do with the outcome of the game...but I'll do it anyway.
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That works if for no other reason than not having to listen to Harold Reynolds, who is really awful.
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That works if for no other reason than not having to listen to Harold Reynolds, who is really awful.
He was the inspiration behind the choice. I walked in to the living room after reading night time stories to the kiddos to watch the game and he was on spurting something.....and I just thought to myself....I can't do this tonight. Three minutes later I was listening to the opening of 'The Mirror' on disc two.....shortly there after I texted you just so someone knew... :lol
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Haha, makes sense. I'll admit to watching a lot of the football game, too - it helps that whenever guys get on base after the 6th inning of a playoff game, there are 88 seconds in between pitches :lol - so I didn't have to suffer too much.
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Baltimore and KC, I like it. Finally get some new blood in there to (hopefully) play the Giants. :biggrin:
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It's gonna take 2 freakin miracles now. Even then, with this weak ass bullpen L.A's not getting much farther.
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That works if for no other reason than not having to listen to Harold Reynolds, who is really awful.
I like Harold.
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Puig not getting the start tonight. Good on Donny for doing what he thinks is best.
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AGAIN!!! >:( :censored >:( :censored :censored I love Clay but awards and all that don't mean anything if you can't win playoff games!!!
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Clayton has got that Peyton Manning vibe going for him for sure.
But you've got to give the Cardinals all the credit. Easily the 2nd best team in the majors over the past 15 years.
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand bye bye Dodgers :biggrin:
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Meh.
I've lost interest in the post season now.
What... am I supposed to root for San Fran now?
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Meh.
I've lost interest in the post season now.
What... am I supposed to root for San Fran now?
Root for the Royals :3
We'd lov eto have the support!
And the Sharks play tomorrow!
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Meh.
I've lost interest in the post season now.
What... am I supposed to root for San Fran now?
Or you could root for your local NFL team.......
:neverusethis:
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I'll take a San Fran / Kansas City world serious.
I have no interest in the O's nor the Cardinals.
So there we go. Lol
Or you could root for your local NFL team.......
I have no interest in football.
The only thing I feel is an extreme annoyance towards the Niners.
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Man Jay, you're taking all the fun out of bagging on Lesser-Cali. ;)
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I'd love a Nats/Royals Series, but I have a feeling it's going to be all birds.
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Baseball is really the only sport I enjoy.
Is it April yet? Not sure what I'm going to do for the next 6 months till the I can watch my Red sox.
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Baseball is really the only sport I enjoy.
Is it April yet? Not sure what I'm going to do for the next 6 months till the I can watch my Red sox.
Take up knitting?
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2-1, bottom of the sixth.
Fucking pucker time man, god I hate this shit :lol
Edit: Harper went yard, tie game. Fuck.
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Baseball is really the only sport I enjoy.
Is it April yet? Not sure what I'm going to do for the next 6 months till the I can watch my Red sox.
Take up knitting?
I'm more of a crochet type of fella
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Looking forward to watching the Cards avenge the NLCS loss to the Giants a couple years ago........ :hat
We're coming for you RJ!!!!!
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Awesome win by the Cardinals, and congratulations, Matt Adams. You now join a long list of Cardinals with iconic playoff dingers, a list that includes Ozzie Smith, Jack Clark, Jim Edmonds, Scott Rolen, Albert Pujols, Yadier Molina, David Freese and Allen Craig. Well done. :coolio :hat
And I actually felt bad for Kershaw. The guy is, by all accounts, a class act, and now everyone will call him a choker, overrated, etc., which he is not. The guy is the best pitcher in baseball; the Cardinals just seem to have his number, for whatever reason.
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Agreed on Kershaw, though I'm fucking stoked we don't have to face him. I swear he turns the whole Giants lineup into little leaguers.
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Yep, it's officially Kings and Lakers seasons now. At least we still have one championship team.
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Baseball is really the only sport I enjoy.
Is it April yet? Not sure what I'm going to do for the next 6 months till the I can watch my Red sox.
Take up knitting?
I'm more of a crochet type of fella
Maybe needlepoint?
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Baseball is really the only sport I enjoy.
Is it April yet? Not sure what I'm going to do for the next 6 months till the I can watch my Red sox.
November-February is the longest four months of the year for me. I call the other sports "fill in sports" until baseball starts again.
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Awesome win by the Cardinals, and congratulations, Matt Adams. You now join a long list of Cardinals with iconic playoff dingers, a list that includes Ozzie Smith, Jack Clark, Jim Edmonds, Scott Rolen, Albert Pujols, Yadier Molina, David Freese and Allen Craig. Well done. :coolio :hat
And I actually felt bad for Kershaw. The guy is, by all accounts, a class act, and now everyone will call him a choker, overrated, etc., which he is not. The guy is the best pitcher in baseball; the Cardinals just seem to have his number, for whatever reason.
Well it's a game of inches; the 2 hits prior to Adams' homer just barely scraped by/off the fielders' gloves.
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Awesome win by the Cardinals, and congratulations, Matt Adams. You now join a long list of Cardinals with iconic playoff dingers, a list that includes Ozzie Smith, Jack Clark, Jim Edmonds, Scott Rolen, Albert Pujols, Yadier Molina, David Freese and Allen Craig. Well done. :coolio :hat
And I actually felt bad for Kershaw. The guy is, by all accounts, a class act, and now everyone will call him a choker, overrated, etc., which he is not. The guy is the best pitcher in baseball; the Cardinals just seem to have his number, for whatever reason.
Well it's a game of inches; the 2 hits prior to Adams' homer just barely scraped by/off the fielders' gloves.
Much like the pop fly out in any other park HR that Kemp hit to give them the game 2 victory....or the ding and dunk hits that Puig and Uribe got the night before on 0-2 pitches that led to some runs. It is a game of inches...but you can't lament those inches on either side when they don't go your way. That's just the way it is.....it's baseball.
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Through much negotiation and meetings of personal handlers and lawyers.....a gentlemen's agreement has been reached between the highly esteemed 'lonestar' and myself....being that our beloved home teams now face off in a battle to determine who's October Magic is greater....
The wager is simple.....loser wears the AVATAR of the winners choice until the World Series Champion is crowned.
May every Giant's player recieve a two week bout of food poisoning and glaucoma...... :biggrin:
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There's baseball in Baltimore tonight. So excited! (edit weather permitting >:( )
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And I actually felt bad for Kershaw. The guy is, by all accounts, a class act, and now everyone will call him a choker, overrated, etc., which he is not. The guy is the best pitcher in baseball; the Cardinals just seem to have his number, for whatever reason.
I actually heard this from a radio host: "I don't care how many runs he gives up, I just care if he wins". There are some people out there that truly believe that if a player is great they have this switch they can hit for a 100% guaranteed win. I'd like to think that line of thinking will eventually die out but it probably won't.
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Hmmm, my interpretation of that quote was that the host probably wanted the Dodgers to win somehow, someway, and if Kershaw gave up runs in the process, so be it. In other words, if Kershaw gave up 6 runs and they won 7-6, that would have been better than him pitching great and losing 1-0.
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I just got handed (2) tickets to Game 1 between the Cards and Giants Saturday night!!!!! :metal
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I just got handed (2) tickets to Game 1 between the Cards and Giants Saturday night!!!!! :metal
:metal
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I just got handed (2) tickets to Game 1 between the Cards and Giants Saturday night!!!!! :metal
:metal
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I just got handed (2) tickets to Game 1 between the Cards and Giants Saturday night!!!!! :metal
:metal
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That is awesome. Have a blast.
Hasn't been raining in Baltimore for a couple of hours now. Wish they would have gotten this game started already, but the game revolves around the network. Funny, they had no problem having the Orioles play at noon last Friday, but then again, they had twice the series' going on.
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Oh yeah.... Baltimore in 6 and.... holy shit..... Giants vs. Cardinals? St. Louis in 7.....
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Royals picking up right where they left off against L.A.. Hopefully the Orioles can get this turned around.
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Bases loaded with nobody out and the Orioles somehow get out of it without yielding a run.
5-5....heading to the bottom of the 9th!
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No joke, when I saw the O's brought in Matusz I said "here comes a homer!"
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No joke, when I saw the O's brought in Matusz I said "here comes a homer!"
Yeah, no kidding.....
Hell of a game. Looks like this could be an incredible series.
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WHAT A GAME. The Royals are on another level in extra innings. And so much for not hitting home runs.
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Royals in 5 and Giants in 7
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This is (4) playoff games in a row that Wainright has not 'lived up' to his 'persona' and been pretty much a regular pitcher. He has had some great playoff performances but for as bad as he (and the St. Louis Media) wants him to be the next incarnation of Chris Carpenter....it ain't there.
That's all I have to say about Waino. Big time pitchers show up and pitch lights out in big time games.....like Baumgartner did to the Cards. Now I'll have to sit and read the StL media make excuse after excuse for Wainright and why he lost yet another playoff game. Other than the BS strike zone that led to the 3rd Giant run and that blatantly obvious balk that for whatever reason wasn't called....there was nothing the Cardinals did in that game that showed me they were interested in winning it. All they did last night was turn game 2 into a 'must win' game.
I had great seats though......10 rows up in the centerfield bleachers....
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Waino has been too great in too many big games for me to not call him a big game pitcher, and besides, he is definitely not 100%. There was concern all week that he might not pitch at all in the LCS. The Cardinals acting like the Bad News Bears in the field in that 2nd inning sure didn't help his cause.
Sadly, I think last night was an omen of things to come. Despite their success against Kershaw, the Cards offense is below average this year, and the Giants pitching is too good. I hope I'm wrong.
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Waino has been too great in too many big games for me to not call him a big game pitcher, and besides, he is definitely not 100%. There was concern all week that he might not pitch at all in the LCS. The Cardinals acting like the Bad News Bears in the field in that 2nd inning sure didn't help his cause.
Ehh...I get what you're saying about Waino....but striking out Beltran 10 years ago does nothing for me at this point. Thanks for the cool memory Waino but what have you done for me lately? That sounds a bit harsh but that's baseball and I'm not as forgiving when it comes to what you're paid to do. He's paid to show up and win Game 1's in whichever series...plain and simple. To shut down the other team and give us a 1-0 advantage. He's treated with that type of respect and given that aura in the media and abroad so to me it's his job to keep earning it. That's four consecutive playoff games he's not been up to snuff. If he's hurt....then stop trying to be 'tough' and let Matheny move up the rotation and then throw the tag team tandom of Wacha and Gonzalez for the 4th game. The defense cost him 1 run....Carpenters error. Even though Gruchek made it to the ball only to have it pop loose after he hit the wall the fact remains that the ball was crushed. I'm still ticked about the 3rd run because the sac fly that brought it in that batter was given 4 strikes....two of them called balls that were breaking balls that fooled the ump.....and that balk....well....baseball owes the Cards an apology at the least for (6) Umpires missing that clear balk. None of that matters though because if you don't score you ain't gonna win.
Sadly, I think last night was an omen of things to come. Despite their success against Kershaw, the Cards offense is below average this year, and the Giants pitching is too good. I hope I'm wrong.
When walking back to our vehicle my buddy and I were talking....and essentially our conversation was that the Cards are lucky to be where they are. The Pirates (IMO) were the better team in the Central the last month of play and the Cards just by playing above average baseball made it in due to one factor....and that was sweeping the Pirates a few weeks before the seaon was over. They've been jekyl and hyde all season with the offense and it appears that offense has went back into 'hyde' mode. But for a couple timely swings against LA....it'd be a different story. They've only scored 8 runs in the past 4 games....anyway, it was frustrating watching that game. Baumgartner pitched a great game and the Giants acted like they wanted to win. Oh well, all they have to do is bounce back tonight and even it up and then it's back to square one.
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That's one bro :GiantsMetal:
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I don't think that's fair to say he hasn't been up to his snuff in each of his last four postseason starts. 3 runs in 7 innings against Boston in Game 5 isn't bad by any means. I don't expect an ace to allow 1 run per start in the playoffs to be up to snuff, especially since they are going against tougher competition. And besides, if we extend this to his last 7 postseason starts, he was lights out in his first three last October. And he was great in two of this three starts in the 2012 playoffs. Waino has allowed only 0 or 1 run in five of his 11 career postseason starts. That is pretty damn good, if you ask me. His postseason career ERA is still just over 3, which is great by just about any measure. :biggrin:
As for the 2nd inning, Carpenter's play was the only error technically, but holiday could have caught that bloop hit that loaded the bases, but he decided to slow down and pull up short instead of laying out for the big catch. And on that bloop hit to short left that was just fair, even though it was not catchable, the way Carpenter missed it and then had it get past him just looked Bad News Bears-ish. :lol
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I get what you're saying about Wainright Kev.....he is a top tier pitcher. But the fact remains his team is losing his starts.....other than that ridiculous comeback on LA....he's lost 3 of his last 4 playoff starts when he's paid big $$ to win those. Last night sucked....only giving up 3 runs isn't that bad but he wasn't near as sharp as an ace should be for a game 1 like that. For me there are no excuses for him not to have command of his pitches in a playoff game because of who he is and what is expected of him.
The Cards defense was bad....hard to believe Carpenter booted that easy grounder. The play you're talking about with Holiday wasn't as clear cut. We were in center field and that was a play that he didn't commit to making right off the bat which made it near impossible to get to and he took the conservative approach. But that didn't lose the game for them nor did that dink hit that no one could get to.
You gotta hit and they aren't. Hopefully it was just a dominating performance by Baumgartner issue and not the dissapearing offense issue they had all season.
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Just watched the replay again of that Balk. That was a pretty obvious and blatant balk and the fact that it wasn't called is ridiculous. It theoretically still only makes it a 3-1 game but it COULD have changed the remainder of that inning....it at least makes it a 2 run game.....
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Pretty hard to deny that Kansas City doesn't have that team of destiny vibe going for them. Harder to expect this series to get back to Baltimore.
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Don't worry, Jeremy Guthrie is pitching game 3, it's getting back to Baltimore.
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Don't worry, Jeremy Guthrie is pitching game 3, it's getting back to Baltimore.
Even if we get game 3, we'd have to win either game 4 or 5 to get it back to Baltimore.
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Yeah, you're right! I forgot it's 2-3-2.
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I've always been against the 2-3-2 format, especially when it was used in the NBA finals. At no point in a series should the lower ranked team play one more home game than the higher one.
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I've always been against the 2-3-2 format, especially when it was used in the NBA finals. At no point in a series should the lower ranked team play one more home game than the higher one.
Yeah.....not a fan either. I like the 2-2-1-1-1 format
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Wong!!! :coolio :hat
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That's one bro
Back at ya' :metal
(I don't have a cool Cardinal Metal Hands :'( )
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Wong!!! :coolio :hat
Rosethal and Martinez would swap roles if I were a manager. Rosenthal has no moxi or confidence and is of no use without either. Martinez does....and he's nasty. I'm done with Matheny's loyalty in this case. Rosenthal is not scary to anyone anymore.
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(I don't have a cool Cardinal Metal Hands :'( )
Sucks to be you man... :GiantsMetal:
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I've always been against the 2-3-2 format, especially when it was used in the NBA finals. At no point in a series should the lower ranked team play one more home game than the higher one.
Yeah.....not a fan either. I like the 2-2-1-1-1 format
Thirded!
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I think in our time it is completely stupid to use the 2-3-2 (I'm always a fan of 2-2-1-1-1). I guess I can see how it would've been better in the 80's and before especially if you had to go from the East to the West coast, but there's no use for it now.
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I think in our time it is completely stupid to use the 2-3-2 (I'm always a fan of 2-2-1-1-1). I guess I can see how it would've been better in the 80's and before especially if you had to go from the East to the West coast, but there's no use for it now.
That's exactly how I feel. Back in the day, travelling would have been a pain.
And yeah.... no baseball tonight..
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I hate 2-2-1-1-1. It makes a series that should last maybe just over a week last two weeks or more.
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Two weeks or more? Sorry but that's an exaggeration.
A 2-3-2 that goes seven with travel off days = 9 Days
A 2-2-1-1-1 that goes seven with travel off days = 11 Days
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Come on, Giants!
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Come on, Giants!
Yeah Giants...Come on....blow that 4 run lead....lose this game....Come on!!!!
;) :tup
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Matheny deserves to be blamed directly for that loss specifically for keeping that old, suck a$$ man Randy Choate on the team in lieu of Sam Freeman....a younger...better left handed relief pitcher who DOESN"T have walk issues or issues simply throwing a ball to first base. It's utterly ridiculous to lose a game in that fashion....just about as ridiculous as keeping an over aged....no good....left handed soft toss pitcher on your roster. That 'L' is well deserved and should keep Matheny up tonight with the thoughts of how his loyalty to players who aren't performing continues to cost him victories.
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Matheny deserves to be blamed directly for that loss specifically for keeping that old, suck a$$ man Randy Choate on the team in lieu of Sam Freeman....a younger...better left handed relief pitcher who DOESN"T have walk issues or issues simply throwing a ball to first base. It's utterly ridiculous to lose a game in that fashion....just about as ridiculous as keeping an over aged....no good....left handed soft toss pitcher on your roster. That 'L' is well deserved and should keep Matheny up tonight with the thoughts of how his loyalty to players who aren't performing continues to cost him victories.
And in addition, let me just add: :GiantsMetal:
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Hopefully, the Orioles can get this thing turned around.
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Hey DOC, where is Weiters?
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Hey DOC, where is Weiters?
He's been out since May. Had him that "Tommy John" surgery that's all the rage with pitchers.
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Wow, has it really been that long? Too bad he's missing out on this.
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Wow, has it really been that long? Too bad he's missing out on this.
It is too bad. Also amazing to have seen them get this far without him, Machado and Davis. We've had all three on the field at the same time for exactly 0 games this year.
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This Royals team just won't die!! Wow!
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Wow. Kansas City.
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Lets
Go
Royals!!!
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I wouldn't be surprised to see the Royals sweep the whole postseason at this rate. They're just flat-out refusing to lose.
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I wouldn't be surprised to see the Royals sweep the whole postseason at this rate. They're just flat-out refusing to lose.
This is what I want to happen. I like their style of play, and like the Pirates it had been a long time since they had tasted success.
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I wouldn't be surprised to see the Royals sweep the whole postseason at this rate. They're just flat-out refusing to lose.
This is what I want to happen. I like their style of play, and like the Pirates it had been a long time since they had tasted success.
I have a feeling that the Royals are going to end up screwing themselves for flying through the AL teams. The Cards and Giants (I believe) are going to go at least 6 games, most likely 7 and they will be hard fought games and the winner of that series will not have any 'down' time. If the Royals sweep.....they are sitting for at least 5 days.....it's tough to maintain momentum when you're not playing.
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Oh and by the way: Randy Choate, more like Randy Choke AM I RIGHT?!?!
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I wouldn't be surprised to see the Royals sweep the whole postseason at this rate. They're just flat-out refusing to lose.
This is what I want to happen. I like their style of play, and like the Pirates it had been a long time since they had tasted success.
I have a feeling that the Royals are going to end up screwing themselves for flying through the AL teams. The Cards and Giants (I believe) are going to go at least 6 games, most likely 7 and they will be hard fought games and the winner of that series will not have any 'down' time. If the Royals sweep.....they are sitting for at least 5 days.....it's tough to maintain momentum when you're not playing.
Didn't stop them for the ALCS...
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Proud of the Orioles. No Wieters. No Machado. No Davis, but they still had a hell of a season. Swept the Tigers in 3 tight games and swept by the Royals in 4 even tighter games. I've never, ever seen a sweep victim look so good. The Orioles played great, the Royals were just out of this world. They did all of the little things right and had some terrific plays. So congrats to Kansas City! As for the Orioles.... we'll be back!
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Good lord. If the Royals aren't the favorites to win it all yet, I don't even know.
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Good lord. If the Royals aren't the favorites to win it all yet, I don't even know.
They haven't run into team with recent World Series experience. They will next week, and as great as Kansas City has looked, I wouldn't be surprised if SF or St.L are favored in the WS.
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Not the team wearing blue that I was hoping for. At least the Dodgers are finally making moves at the top.
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I have so many issues with the way Mike Matheny has horribly managed the game against SF tonight that even though it's not over (yet) he fully deserves for the Cardinals to lose this game because of the ridiculous ways he's managed this game. It's embarrassing how bad it's been.....
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Wait for it..............
:GiantsMetal:
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Wait for it..............
I'll PM you my e-mail here in a bit so you can send me the Avatar.....this series is about a swing away from being over. The Cards won't beat SF tomorrow and they ain't coming back tonight.
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I'll wait to send till we got this thing. Never count the chickens till they're butchered and in the oven.
Aaaaaaaaaand one more!!!!!!!! Fuck. Yes.
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Heh yeah. After the Red Sox swept the Yanks in that ALCS, anything's possible in the playoffs.
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Proud of the Orioles. No Wieters. No Machado. No Davis, but they still had a hell of a season. Swept the Tigers in 3 tight games and swept by the Royals in 4 even tighter games. I've never, ever seen a sweep victim look so good. The Orioles played great, the Royals were just out of this world. They did all of the little things right and had some terrific plays. So congrats to Kansas City! As for the Orioles.... we'll be back!
My condolences bro. Buck deserves a ring.
But GO ROYALS!! They were my childhood favorite team.
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After a night to sleep on it I still maintain Matheny horribly managed that game....strictly concerning pitchers. Why have Wacha on the roster if you aren't going to use him in long relief stints....like he could of when he SHOULD have took Miller out after the 4th inning. Leaving Miller in to start the 5th and the subsequent cluster :censored that ensued as far as wasting Martinez with only 1 inning of work and then putting in an over used, tired....clearly butt puckered Gonzales was just retarded.
Then, in typical Giants baseball fashion they get (2) runs by hitting 2 balls that together traveled less than 60 feet because Matt Adams apparently forgot how to make a couple routing plays that he's been making since he was 12. But, that's the way the Giants have been winning so more power to them.
It'd be great to see the Cards get thier head out of thier a$$ and stop handing games away and get this series back to StL where then the pitching match ups heavily favor them....but it ain't gonna happen. Thank goodness it's hockey season.
RJ.....I anxiously await the avatar.......
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I long for the days when the Cardinals had great defense. Catching droppable fly balls, blowing routine infield plays, etc. Brutal.
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I long for the days when the Cardinals had great defense. Catching droppable fly balls, blowing routine infield plays, etc. Brutal.
I hate the fact that they haven't played a clean game yet. Like I said, the Giants are capitolizing on the Cards mistakes....as teams should....it just bugs the heck out of me that these losses have had less to do about the Giants doing things to win these games and more about the Cardinals doing things to lose them. Walks and errors....don't equal 'victories'.....and then compound that with Matheny's questionable managing the past game or two....it's been mind numbing. Speaking of Matheny's managing choices.....great article by Miklasz today that describes it perfectly.
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/bernie-miklasz/bernie-matheny-too-slow-with-the-hook-for-miller/article_1ceec0e2-4753-5790-a1a8-1195daaa0a8e.html
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Ehhh....good job SF? I guess....for taking advantage of a Cardinal team that most likely didn't deserve to be there. Anyway....seasons over....I just erased a two paragraph rant....I'll summarize it by saying Mike Matheny is a dick for what he just did to Michael Wacha. Period.
Good job RJ....I'll shoot you a PM with my e-mail so you can send me my new AVATAR I'll wear while watching the Royals kick the :censored out of the Giant ;)
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Yeah, maybe. But Randy Choate had just, in consecutive days to boot, literally thrown the game away and then barely able to throw a strike and Rosenthal has been bad all series. :/
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Fuck. Yes. :GiantsMetal:
Gary, I'll send your pic before I crash, just got off work, about to board a train full of happy Giants fans!!!
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Yeah, maybe. But Randy Choate had just, in consecutive days to boot, literally thrown the game away and then barely able to throw a strike and Rosenthal has been bad all series. :/
You still don't put a kid in to that situation who hasn't pitched in 26 days. If he's looking for consecutive innings Martinez or even Maness could do that. But the kick in the butt was Neshak allowing a guy who was up to bat to do nothing but hit a home run.....hit that home run. Anyway....whatever.....it'll be interesting to see if SF can beat at team in 7 games that doesn't make mistakes. They capitolized on Washington and StL's every mistake but KC is playing clean....inspired baseball.
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Well, that sucked. I like Matheny as a manager, but he really mismanaged last night's game, from constantly taking his starters out in the last few innings for pinch runners and defensive replacements, to leaving Wacha in to give up the walk-off when he clearly had nothing after having not pitched for three weeks. Not good.
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Well, that sucked. I like Matheny as a manager, but he really mismanaged last night's game, from constantly taking his starters out in the last few innings for pinch runners and defensive replacements, to leaving Wacha in to give up the walk-off when he clearly had nothing after having not pitched for three weeks. Not good.
"Why didn't you pitch Rosenthal in the 9th?" Matheny: "We can't bring him in then, it's a tie game and we're on the road". :facepalm: Managing for the save stat instead of to win. Why do GMs tolerate this from their managers?
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https://twitter.com/miklasz/status/522973568670638080
Baseball managers, everyone!
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Good to see our bats finally find some distance last night, gonna be a tough road in KC, they seem destined. Bochy is teh man.
Gary, Lou Seal looks good on ya bro :GiantsMetal:
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That was a great game last night and what a way to end it. I'm hoping we get a great World Series from these two teams
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I hope the Royals slaughter the Giants in 4.
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The Royals are looking like a team that will not deal with a loss right now. I wouldn't be surprised if they sweep the entire Postseason.
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I hope the Royals slaughter the Giants in 4.
Preach!
Edit: my coworker from KC missed the first game against the a's. Bless her fucking heart, she hasn't watched a game this entire post season. Thanks Andrea!
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Bochy is teh man.
I hear you on Bochy.....he may be my favorite manager. One of the largest differences in him and Matheny is that even though Bochy used to be a player.....he doesn't manage like he's still playing. Matheny hasn't learned how to do that yet....his decisions to me look like he still thinks he's a player.
Typically in a 'rivalry' the opposing team has players on it I can't even stand to look at....and other than not being able to figure out how a 300 lb man can play 3rd base and hit the ball the way Sandobol does....I don't 'hate' any player on SF. It's hard to not like a team that's managed by a good manager and has players that show up to play ball. That being said....I will be rooting for KC because of the history of not winning and the fact that they are just balling right now.
Gary, Lou Seal looks good on ya bro :GiantsMetal:
It's actually a cool Avatar....I was thinking you'd throw something at me far more embarassing so I'll take it :tup
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There was a pic I found of a cardinal splattered on the road, but I thought to have some positive fun instead :D
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Hey, at least we didn't trot out Mark McGwire for some pre-game nonsense in this series, unlike the Giants, who had the roid king Barry Bonds and his shrunken head out there representing the team. :P :biggrin:
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Casual observation: Whatever argument someone is trying to make, if it starts out with "at least we....," they probably already lost before they even started.
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Lou Seal
(https://media.tumblr.com/13311ad18de0aee516c0d79e7ec9f96d/tumblr_inline_nasottrMvN1stptvm.gif)
(https://geek-news.mtv.com//wp-content/uploads/geek/2013/05/arrested-development-lucille-2.jpg)
(https://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mboq0bd3PV1qc5xbko1_500.jpg)
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Casual observation: Whatever argument someone is trying to make, if it starts out with "at least we....," they probably already lost before they even started.
At least we won the World Series last year, Oh wait.. :facepalm:
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I do think it's great that the Giants and Cardinals have had way more success after their roided out freaks left town.
Now the Cubs.... that's another story.
Not rooting for either team in the World Series..... my team's out of it, and there are no rivals to root against. I'd be happy for long suffering Kansas City fans if they win it, that's for sure.
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:corn
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Gigantes! :GiantsMetal:
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I hope the Royals slaughter the Giants in 4.
lol
Royals..meet the Giants....
One down, three to go..... :GiantsMetal:
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I'll admit... I found that game to be very... uninteresting.
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MadBum dominated, and our bats came to life. Pretty much can take any team down.
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That was certainly a slaughter last night
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Yes. And it was fantastic.
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Shields was shellshocked. Watching him pitch in the 2nd and 3rd, he looked like he wanted to be anywhere but on the mound.
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Shields was shellshocked. Watching him pitch in the 2nd and 3rd, he looked like he wanted to be anywhere but on the mound.
Yeah, exactly. That is what made the game so one-sided. 7-1 is a good margin, but doesn't necessarily imply a one-sided blowout. In context, the game was a lot more one-sided than the score suggests, simply because of the fact that the Giants demoralized the Royals' ace so early in the game on the Royals' home field. That, IMO, may have more far-reaching consequences in the series than the simple "the Giants take game 1 7-1" might otherwise imply.
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I think even more demoralizing was when the Royals had gents on 2nd and 3rd with no outs, and MadBum shut them the fuck down, then continued to pitch brilliantly for another four innings. The silence was deafening.
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"Big Game" James and his career 5+ post-season ERA strike again :lol.
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:GiantsMetal:
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I hope the Royals slaughter the Giants in 4.
lol
Royals..meet the Giants....
One down, three to go..... :GiantsMetal:
Careful about what you say. Series is very much alive :)
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Yes it is my good man.
And what the fuck Strickland, they're already getting pumped, no need to fuel the fire. Grow the fuck up man.
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Good win tonight, this should be a fantastic series.
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Yep, I can already see the heart attack I'll be on the verge of come say 9pm Wednesday night when game seven goes into extra innings.
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Well crap.
Morning edit to avoid triple post- Raining here, gonna probably go all day, don't expect game 4 today folks.
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Guess it's just me left in this thread... oh well....
What a huge fucking comeback and win!!! Got MadBum throwing tomorrow, if we can take this back to KC up 3-2, fuck yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:GiantsMetal:
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We got series, folks!
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Boy do we ever, already feeling the game 7 anxiety.
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Guess it's just me left in this thread... oh well....
What a huge fucking comeback and win!!! Got MadBum throwing tomorrow, if we can take this back to KC up 3-2, fuck yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:GiantsMetal:
I think KC is going to get to him this 2nd time seeing him. The Cards hit him hard but let him off the hook the second time seeing him.....if anyone else but Jhonny Peralta is at bat in the three opportunities he had to drive in runs that 2nd time it'd have been a completely different game.
Boy do we ever, already feeling the game 7 anxiety.
I think at this time it's a safe bet this thing goes 7, in which case I'd lend my prediction towards KC just because of the home field deal.
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Hater.....
:p
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Hater.....
:p
Haters gonna hate yo' :hat I'm still a bit bitter I suppose...... ;)
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It's being reported that Oscar Taveras has been killed in a car crash! This is unbelievable!
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Awful news.
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I'm legitimately sad, I was really looking forward to see what he would become over the next few years! RIP
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I'm legitimately sad
This is such horrible news.... :'( He was such a talent.....and always had a smile on his face.
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So sad to read that.
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Damn, so young. Very sad news.
Guess it's just me left in this thread... oh well....
What a huge fucking comeback and win!!! Got MadBum throwing tomorrow, if we can take this back to KC up 3-2, fuck yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:GiantsMetal:
I think KC is going to get to him this 2nd time seeing him. The Cards hit him hard but let him off the hook the second time seeing him.....if anyone else but Jhonny Peralta is at bat in the three opportunities he had to drive in runs that 2nd time it'd have been a completely different game.
Hoo boy you were right man, KC really did light him up tonight. :p
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Damn, so young. Very sad news.
Guess it's just me left in this thread... oh well....
What a huge fucking comeback and win!!! Got MadBum throwing tomorrow, if we can take this back to KC up 3-2, fuck yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:GiantsMetal:
I think KC is going to get to him this 2nd time seeing him. The Cards hit him hard but let him off the hook the second time seeing him.....if anyone else but Jhonny Peralta is at bat in the three opportunities he had to drive in runs that 2nd time it'd have been a completely different game.
Hoo boy you were right man, KC really did light him up tonight. :p
The man is unreal! I mean....he's in a whole different world. What's great is that ol' boy Kershaw has to sit and watch him dominate like ol' Clayton is supposed to be doing.... :lol There's no denying that Bumgarner is the real deal...I didn't think he was gotta be honest. But the guy just goes out and pitches....
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His stuff was hitting perfectly, just an honor to watch him.
One more game man.... :GiantsMetal:
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One more game man.... :GiantsMetal:
That's gonna be a tough one to get....that one more. I don't see KC rolling over and handing it to them. I don't see how this doesn't go 7 games. Either way....at least I'll have my Avatar back this week :lol
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:lol True that man.
And you're right, it won't be an easy one. Hoping to get it in game six so as to avoid the game seven heart attack.
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:(
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So, exactly how much money has Shields cost himself this week?
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So, exactly how much money has Shields cost himself this week?
or Bamgarner earned? I don't know the details of his current contract but I can bet it isn't worth what he's done for the Giants in the playoffs. He's THE reason they are where they are. 2 Wins a series.....guaranteed.
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I agree!
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Half an hour away...... :GiantsMetal:
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Royals fans, get out a box of tissues.
:GiantsMetal:
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That was one fugly inning of baseball.
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Heart attacks, man. That's how we do it.
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1:57: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE2TZAdoaS8
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:lol
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Well, you guys got F'd in the A last night
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If KC wins the series, I think Cain has to be the MVP. He's done it all this postseason.
If SF wins, Bum has clearly earned it. But Pence has been playing at a very high level too.
-J
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Greatest 2 words in sports:
GAME SEVEN
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Greatest 2 words in sports:
GAME SEVEN
:tup
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Greatest 2 words in sports:
GAME SEVEN
:tup
:tup :tup
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Win or lose, congrats on the team making it this far, Royals fans.
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Win or lose, congrats on the team making it this far, Royals fans.
Right back atcha bubs
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What a game so far! WHAT A GAME!!!
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Just popped in to say I hope Bumgarner's bubble bursts......
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I don't. He's a good guy.
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I don't. He's a good guy.
Dang it!!! Knock off the good guy talk....no, no....he's mean I tell you.....mean!! He can't be an incredible pitcher AND a good guy!! I declare him a jerk and worthy of bubble bursting!!!
But it would suck for him to have done so much for the Giants and get tagged with the Game 7 loss.....?????
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Here. We. Go.
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One down...
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Two down...
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...congrats on the team making it this far, Royals fans.
And...
:GiantsMetal:
Just...wow. What a series. What a season.
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Congrats Bosk1 and RJ....I'd love to hate the Giants but I just can't. Although, Bumgarner should get everyone's ring because he's the single reason they won.
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Dynasty, thy name is San Francisco Giants :GiantsMetal:
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Dynasty, thy name is San Francisco Giants :GiantsMetal:
Only (3) more to go to be in 2nd place all time.....that is if the Cardinals decide not to win anymore for a few more years so you can catch up....which is doubtful ;)
Serioulsly......Bumbarger.....and Bochy......the two men who won it all for them...
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6 years ago tonight I experienced the happiest night of my life, when the Phillies won their first WS in my lifetime.
Unfortunately they haven't been able to get their shit together for several seasons...which makes me all the more bitter that SF keeps friggen winning :P
But congrats to Giants fans :)
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MadBum's Series stat line....
2-0 with a save
21 innings pitched, 9 hits, 17 K's, 1 BB, 1 run, ERA 0.43
From Twitter "The legend of MadBum will be told for decades on Halloween to scare KC kids...."
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Congrats to the Giants, Bosk, and Lonestar. Awesome series. Bumgarner was kryptonite. The Royals could not do anything with him.
MadBum's Series stat line...
2-0 with a save
21 innings pitched, 9 hits, 17 K's, 1 BB, 1 run, ERA 0.43
That is insane.
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Congrats, fuckers.
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Good series. Nice way to finish
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fuck the giants
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fuck the giants
:GiantsMetal:
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fuck the giants
Good sportsmanship is alive and well it seems, as is juvenile vocabulary.
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Unless he's a Dodger fan. That just makes it so much sweeter......
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Unless he's a Dodger fan. That just makes it so much sweeter......
Fuck the Dodgers. Lots of classy teams competing, Giants, Royals, Cards.. But the Dodgers? They score a run in like the third inning, and jump around the dugout like a bunch of baboons blowing bubbles and shit like THEY just won the World Series. Puleeze!
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Unless he's a Dodger fan. That just makes it so much sweeter......
Fuck the Dodgers. Lots of classy teams competing, Giants, Royals, Cards.. But the Dodgers? They score a run in like the third inning, and jump around the dugout like a bunch of baboons blowing bubbles and shit like THEY just won the World Series. Puleeze!
Yeah....it's VERY easy to heavily dislike....some would say..'hate'....the Dodgers.....VERY easy. I tried like heck to develop a distaste for the Giants but I just can't. They are a great team with classy players...period...paragraph...end. It'll be interesting to see if they can keep that core together to continue to win? That's one of the great things about being a Cards fan....doesn't matter who's on the team....it's a good chance they'll be playing October baseball. I don't know if that's the same for SF if Sandobol and a couple other of the players up for free agency head out.
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I like the Giants. In my heart of hearts, I was definitely pulling for the Royals, but against any other team, I would have likely been pulling for the Giants.
What an unlikely group of players to be a part of a dynasty.
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Bruce Bochy is in rare company. Only 5 managers in the hirosty of MLB have more than 3 WS championships (Stengel, Mack, Alston, Torre, and McCarthy).
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I like the Giants. In my heart of hearts, I was definitely pulling for the Royals, but against any other team, I would have likely been pulling for the Giants.
What an unlikely group of players to be a part of a dynasty.
My sentiments exactly.
Bruce Bochy is in rare company. Only 5 managers in the hirosty of MLB have more than 3 WS championships (Stengel, Mack, Alston, Torre, and McCarthy).
He seems like such a great guy. He's clearly a great Manager (made Matheny look like a toddler) Any interview I've ever watched him in he's been classy and every interview I've read where he comments he's classy. You can't be upset about his teams winning at all.
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Fuck the Dodgers. Lots of classy teams competing, Giants, Royals, Cards.. But the Dodgers? They score a run in like the third inning, and jump around the dugout like a bunch of baboons blowing bubbles and shit like THEY just won the World Series. Puleeze!
Yeah....it's VERY easy to heavily dislike....some would say..'hate'....the Dodgers.....VERY easy.
I love you guys :hearts:
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Bumgarner wins a truck with "technology and stuff"!
https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/world-series-mvp-madison-bumgarner-wins-truck-with--technology-and-stuff--during-awkward-award-ceremony-051024597.html
:rollin
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The last three years the Gnats won the WS, Taylor Swift also dropped an album. I blame her.
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Congrats to the Giants. They earned it. :tup :tup
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Kevin Youkilis retires and the Sox resign Koji.
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2 years for someone that old with decreasing effectiveness seems like a little much
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Lots happened today.
Most importantly, A-Rod has been reinstated. The Messiah is back!
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:rollin
Freaking awseome!
Joe Buck? Hell, I believe the original caption was Lonestar!
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Nah, I'd be holding it for him, rest up his arm for next season.....
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Boras' book on Scherzer is out and man is it hilarious:
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/writer/jon-heyman/24799997/max-contract-scherzer-front-quiet-but-boras-cites-maxs-stats-guts
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The tragic death of Taveres gets even more sad......his Blood Alcohol Level was FIVE times the legal limit!!! So freakin' sad......I'm avoiding the soap box about drinking and driving considering I've probably done it 1000x back when I drank, especially when I was his age. Just horrible.....
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/official-taveras-was-drunk-during-fatal-crash/article_20eeb826-00cc-5351-b9c5-7c51aa6e8bd9.html
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:(
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Indeed, but for some brighter news: all hail our lord and savior Mike Trout! Hallowed be thy name!
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The tragic death of Taveres gets even more sad......his Blood Alcohol Level was FIVE times the legal limit!!! So freakin' sad......I'm avoiding the soap box about drinking and driving considering I've probably done it 1000x back when I drank, especially when I was his age. Just horrible.....
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/official-taveras-was-drunk-during-fatal-crash/article_20eeb826-00cc-5351-b9c5-7c51aa6e8bd9.html
What would be sad would be if he killed someone else.
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The tragic death of Taveres gets even more sad......his Blood Alcohol Level was FIVE times the legal limit!!! So freakin' sad......I'm avoiding the soap box about drinking and driving considering I've probably done it 1000x back when I drank, especially when I was his age. Just horrible.....
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/official-taveras-was-drunk-during-fatal-crash/article_20eeb826-00cc-5351-b9c5-7c51aa6e8bd9.html
What would be sad would be if he killed someone else.
You know that his 18 year old girlfriend died also in that crash, right?
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Lots happened today.
Most importantly, A-Rod has been reinstated. The Messiah is back!
Don't you mean the Antichrist?
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The tragic death of Taveres gets even more sad......his Blood Alcohol Level was FIVE times the legal limit!!! So freakin' sad......I'm avoiding the soap box about drinking and driving considering I've probably done it 1000x back when I drank, especially when I was his age. Just horrible.....
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/official-taveras-was-drunk-during-fatal-crash/article_20eeb826-00cc-5351-b9c5-7c51aa6e8bd9.html
What would be sad would be if he killed someone else.
You know that his 18 year old girlfriend died also in that crash, right?
Oh I either did not know that or forgot about it from the original report.
Amend my post to say yes, that is sad.
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It is sad that his poor decisions cost her her life, and robbed multiple families of those that they loved.
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Lots of shit going on in the AL Central. We might actually be a tough division next year. ChiSox look like they're finally trying at least.
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JIMMY FREAKIN ROLLINS!!! :metal
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In the meantime, Giants are still world champs :GiantsMetal:
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JIMMY FREAKIN OLD ROLLINS!!! :metal
Fixed.
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People actually want Jimmy Rollins on their team?
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Yea he's old, but he's better than Ramirez. He fills the stolen base role left by the stupid Dee Gordon trade. And freakin Kemp to SD, all this trading better be worth it, Friedman.
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https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2296765-jon-lester-calmly-responds-to-angry-red-sox-fans-over-twitter-after-signing-with?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming
:tup
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Obviously lots of talk about Lester in these parts. I definitely loved the guy, so I wish him the best.
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Obviously lots of talk about Lester in these parts. I definitely loved the guy, so I wish him the best.
He owned the Orioles... but that didn't stop me from respecting the hell out of the man.
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Damn I wish the Giants would've landed him, he'd have looked so good with Cain and MadBum.
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People actually want Jimmy Rollins on their team?
Pardon the ignorance, but what's wrong with him?
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Well he's definitely playing better than he was a few years ago when pretty much every Philly fan was calling for his head. I just don't see why anyone would want him though (Mostly an age concern for me), but I guess it's not like there is a lot of options out there, and he would be an upgrade over Ramirez. I guess we'll have to wait and see I just don't think getting a 36 year old Jimmy Rollins is worth get excited over.
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Yeah Rollins had a good year last year but it was sort of an anomaly compared to his previous few years. Also I wouldn't say he fills Gordon's SB hole when Gordon will probably out-steal him by 50, especially with how old Rollins is.