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[Mercenary]

NEW YORK -- Yogi Berra, the Hall of Fame catcher renowned as much for his dizzying malapropisms as his record 10 World Series championships with the New York Yankees, has died. He was 90.

Berra died of natural causes Tuesday at his home in New Jersey, according to Dave Kaplan, the director of the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center.

"While we mourn the loss of our father, grandfather and great-grandfather, we know he is at peace with Mom," Berra's family said in a statement released by the museum. "We celebrate his remarkable life, and are thankful he meant so much to so many. He will truly be missed."

Matthews: The unforgettable Yogi Berra
Among the late Yogi Berra's lasting contributions to baseball and America is this: He kept a nation of fans smiling.
Berra's death came exactly 69 years after his major league debut. On Sept. 22, 1946, Berra homered in his second major league plate appearance in Game 1 of a doubleheader against the Athletics.

Short, squat and with a homely mug, Berra was a legendary Yankee who helped the team reach 14 World Series during his 18 seasons in the Bronx.

Berra played in more World Series games than any other major leaguer and was a three-time American League Most Valuable Player. A 15-time All-Star, Berra was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1972.

But his name appears almost as often in Bartlett's Famous Quotations as it does in baseball's record book.

"It ain't over 'til it's over" is among eight "Yogi-isms" included in Bartlett's.

"When I'm sittin' down to dinner with the family, stuff just pops out. And they'll say, 'Dad, you just said another one.' And I don't even know what the heck I said," Berra insisted.

http://www.baseballinwartime.com/images/berra_yogi1.jpg

:(

[ClockShot]

Yeah. Sad day for all baseball fans in general. Hits Yankee fans the hardest.

R.I.P. Yogi. You'll forever be missed. :'(

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>RIP Yogi</font> :(

http://www.sikids.com/sites/default/files/multimedia/photo_gallery/0908/iconic.mets/images/yogi-berra.jpg

https://snymets.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/yogiberragarycarterfloridamarlinsvnewgvqwra9kentl.jpg?w=465

[screech]

Well, shit :(

[Emperor Smeat]

RIP Yogi

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Just saw someone on Twitter link to a potential scenario that would see a 6-way tie for the 2nd AL Wild Card:

Teams: Astros, Twins, Angels, Indians, Orioles, Mariners
Goal: They finish 83-79

Remaining Schedule and Results:
(80-72) Astros: vs Angels (0-1), vs Rangers (2-1), @ Mariners (0-3), @ Diamondbacks (1-2)
(77-73) Twins: vs Indians (1-1), @ Tigers (1-2), @ Indians (2-2), vs Royals (2-1)
(77-74) Angels: @ Astros (1-0), vs Mariners (1-2), vs Athletics (2-1), @ Rangers (2-2)
(74-75) Indians: @ Twins (1-1), @ Royals (2-1), vs Twins (2-2), vs Red Sox (3-0), vs Tigers (1-0)
(74-76) Orioles: @ Nationals (1-1), @ Red Sox (3-0), vs Blue Jays (3-1), vs Yankees (2-1)
(74-77) Mariners: @ Royals (1-1), @ Angels (2-1), vs Astros (3-0), vs Athletics (3-0)

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Close to zero chance of it happening but fuck it would make for an entertaining October.</font>

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Only one American League team is technically eliminated right now (Oakland) as opposed to eight in the National League.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>3-6 homestand including losing a series to the fucking Braves.

The Mets are in full-on tank mode. I will be surprised if DON'T collapse at this point.</font>

[Bad News Gertner]

Marcus Stroman is fucking incredible

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

JD with a timely 3/4 performance (well mostly a nice double in the 8th to get things started) and Russel Martin continues to kill the Yankees. Awesome awesome stuff tonight. And Stroman was great tonight like Gertner said.

[Nicky Fives]

Marcus Stroman is fucking incredible

I wasn't sold on bringing him back as a starter at first and easing him back into things in the bullpen for a few weeks, but he's been on fire and may take over for Buehrle come October once he gets his 200+ innings for the 700th consecutive season....

[Ruien]

<font color=goldenrod>3-6 homestand including losing a series to the fucking Braves.

The Mets are in full-on tank mode. I will be surprised if DON'T collapse at this point.</font>

Ya but Washington sucks.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I wasn't sold on bringing him back as a starter at first and easing him back into things in the bullpen for a few weeks, but he's been on fire and may take over for Buehrle come October once he gets his 200+ innings for the 700th consecutive season....

It's not a maybe, at this point unless something dramatically changes (always possible) Stroman is a lock, as John Gibbons has stated.

[Evil Vito]

Ya but Washington sucks.

<font color=goldenrod>Washington had won 7 of 8 before running into the Orioles. They're still more than capable of beating the bad teams left on their schedule.

The Mets meanwhile are playing like a team that has already clinched and they sleepwalked through this last homestand. And if the Braves series showed anything, it's that these second division clubs aren't just going to lie down. The Reds and Phillies may suck but playing the first place team from New York is going to be their World Series.

The Mets SHOULD be able to win 5 of 7 on the road and make whatever the Nats do moot, but I don't know if it will actually play out that way. I could easily see this coming down to the last weekend where the Mets will be hosting the Nats and the Mets will have all of the pressure to avoid completing the collapse on them. Where have I heard that before?</font>

[Bad News Gertner]

It's not a maybe, at this point unless something dramatically changes (always possible) Stroman is a lock, as John Gibbons has stated.

Stroman, Price, Dickey and Buerhle are my choices. Estrada is a disaster waiting to happen.

[Droford]

Orioles are only 3.5 back with 10 to go. They have the best record of any wild card contender over last 10 games. Feels like they could pull a KC last year and sneak in.

[Evil Vito]

https://a.disquscdn.com/uploads/mediaembed/images/2574/9285/original.jpg?w=600&h

[Bad News Gertner]

Orioles are only 3.5 back with 10 to go. They have the best record of any wild card contender over last 10 games. Feels like they could pull a KC last year and sneak in.

O's are about to peak at the right time!

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Stroman, Price, Dickey and Buerhle are my choices. Estrada is a disaster waiting to happen.

Why do you say that? He kind of reminds me of Buehrle, pitch to contact, needs a good defence.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THIS JUST IN: Pete Rose met w/ commissioner Rob Manfred today. Manfred said he will render decision on status by end '15 (via <a href="https://twitter.com/TJQuinnESPN">@TJQuinnESPN</a>).</p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/647438511377907712">September 25, 2015</a></blockquote>
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According to ESPN, very unlikely the new comish will overturn the ban but its been something Pete Rose has done whenever a new comish is in charge.

[Bad News Gertner]

Jays win and Yanks about to lose! 4 games up with 9 remaining.

[Evil Vito]

https://a.disquscdn.com/uploads/mediaembed/images/2574/9285/original.jpg?w=600&h

<font color=goldenrod>Need to check with him again to see if he knows what the magic number is now</font>

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPy8jBLUwAUfTfb.jpg

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

The Jayce

[Frank Drebin]

Orioles are only 3.5 back with 10 to go. They have the best record of any wild card contender over last 10 games. Feels like they could pull a KC last year and sneak in.

Just imagine if they had Jake Arrieta

[road doggy dogg]

forgot how obnoxious sports fans are around postseason time

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale have successfully predicted the Chicago Cubs are a playoff team in 2015.

[Bad News Gertner]

Weird stat: San Fran Left Fielders have hit 9 home runs this year

San Frab pitchers have also hit 9 home runs this year

[Evil Vito]

forgot how obnoxious sports fans are around postseason time

<font color=goldenrod>I can't help it :o when the Mets eventually clinch it will be just their 8th playoff berth in 54 seasons of existence. The last time they were knocked out of the playoffs in 2006, I took solace in knowing they'd built a team that should be in October for years to come. They haven't been back since.

And that team was built on a killer lineup that included Wright, Reyes, Beltran, and Delgado. This Mets team and its long-term projections are built on pitching which is way more volatile. So while I'm optimistic that the future can be even brighter for the Mets, the past has taught me that future playoff berths are no guarantee.

Just gonna enjoy the fuck out of this while I can.</font>

[Bad News Gertner]

Jays officially clinch at least a wild card spot!

[Damian Rey]

PEAKING

[Emperor Smeat]

Tigers keeping Brad Ausmus as their manager for next season. Was rumored to get fired after this season but management had a change of mind recently.

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol he's awful

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Munenori Kawasaki DID NOT enjoy that victory cigar (via <a href="https://twitter.com/dalter">@dalter</a>) <a href="http://t.co/YbUyMRFzqR">http://t.co/YbUyMRFzqR</a> <a href="http://t.co/4uR9f2zOM7">pic.twitter.com/4uR9f2zOM7</a></p>&mdash; SB Nation (@SBNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/SBNation/status/647906416020185088">September 26, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[Bad News Gertner]

Lol Mune is the greatest

[Evil Vito]

I need a towel

[Frank Drebin]

Painful to watch the Cubs pop champagne after 2 losses and backing into a playoff spot.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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I agree but more about popping champagne about being a co-wild card winner.

[Evil Vito]

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[DaveWadding]

LOL Jason Bay.

[ClockShot]

Should Joe Girardi be worried about his job at the moment? I think so.

[Ruien]

Why? Yankees will be finishing with the first place wild card spot. WAY better than the projected finish at the beginning of the year.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

What do non jays fans think of the jays and their chances? They've had a monumental 2nd have of the season. To go from 50-51 to 89-65 is fucking ridiculous.

[ClockShot]

Why? Yankees will be finishing with the first place wild card spot. WAY better than the projected finish at the beginning of the year.

Good chance the Yankees will choke away the wild card spot.

Which would mean 3 straight years missing the playoffs.

Which is not the Yankee way.

[Bad News Gertner]

I doubt the Yankees are missing the playoffs

[Ruien]

Good chance the Yankees will choke away the wild card spot.

Which would mean 3 straight years missing the playoffs.

Which is not the Yankee way.

You sound just like Vito. Is this how all New York fans think? Have a little faith in your team. There is literally no way the Yankees will choke away both wild card spots. You are up like 3 or 4 games from the rest of the pack.

[Ruien]

What do non jays fans think of the jays and their chances? They've had a monumental 2nd have of the season. To go from 50-51 to 89-65 is fucking ridiculous.

If my team was in the playoffs I would not want to play them at all. Kansas City may beat them but I can't see anyone else from the AL. Would LOVE to see Toronto in he World Series dropping 10 a night on whoever comes from the NL though.

[Frank Drebin]

If KC can take an early lead and get the game to their pen, Toronto has nothing but right handed hitters who match up poorly. Tulo may not be 100% if he can play. Whoever has the lead after 6 innings wins.

[Bad News Gertner]

Jays tore apart the Royals bullpen in their last series. Wade Davis and Kevin Herrera both gave up home runs.

[Nicky Fives]

If KC can take an early lead and get the game to their pen, Toronto has nothing but right handed hitters who match up poorly. Tulo may not be 100% if he can play. Whoever has the lead after 6 innings wins.

The same can be said if Jays can jump all over KC starters.... bullpen doesn't need to be great when you can score 5 an inning quite easily....

[Nicky Fives]

tune into Jays game after work, first pitch I see is Donaldson's walk off HR.....

[Bad News Gertner]

Holy fuck what a game. Justin Smoak did pretty well too!

[Frank Drebin]

Bryce Harper and John Papelbon fought in the dugout. Can't wait to hear what this was about.

[Evil Vito]

Probably argued over where Bryce's ring is.

[Evil Vito]

http://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/2013/05/14/images/mlbf_27097807_th_45.jpg

Here he is, he's still looking for it.

[ClockShot]

You sound just like Vito. Is this how all New York fans think? Have a little faith in your team. There is literally no way the Yankees will choke away both wild card spots. You are up like 3 or 4 games from the rest of the pack.



I do have faith. We had a nice and healthy lead over the Blue Jays earlier in the season. Then the trade deadline happened, Toronto overtook us, and haven't looked back since.


But faith has been slowly going out the window ever since The Boss died. The Steinbrenner kids are clueless on what direction to take team. And we don't know if they're willing to open the wallet or not.

[Bad News Gertner]

I do have faith. We had a nice and healthy lead over the Blue Jays earlier in the season. Then the trade deadline happened, Toronto overtook us, and haven't looked back since.


But faith has been slowly going out the window ever since The Boss died. The Steinbrenner kids are clueless on what direction to take team. And we don't know if they're willing to open the wallet or not.

You were overtaken by a team that added David Price and Troy Tulowitzki. The Twins just got Ricky Nolasco back from the DL. Lol big difference.

[Frank Drebin]

Why does every pitch on Sunday Night Baseball sound like a foul tip?

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Gotta suck to be the Pirates right about now. I know the game still needs to be played and anybody is capable of losing on a given day...but the way Arrieta is carving them up right now they can't have too much confidence in getting past the Wild Card game.</font>

[Bad News Gertner]

Feel like Vito Cruz and I should hug

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>This is a bizarro MLB season really.

Mets, Jays, Cubs, Pirates, Royals all in the playoffs in the same year and maybe the Astros to join. I know the latter 2 were playoff teams last year but christ...imagine thinking this was possible like 3 years ago.</font>

[Bad News Gertner]

And no Boston, Detroit, Washington or San Francisco

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>The Yanks and Cards are the only 2 projected playoff teams I definitely don't want to see win the WS.

Of course the fucking Cards seem to go every odd year. Hopefully someone else can step up. Anyone from the NL but them.</font>

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Good chance the Yankees will choke away the wild card spot.

Which would mean 3 straight years missing the playoffs.

Which is not the Yankee way.

The MLB considers the play in game the playoffs.

[Damian Rey]

Blue Jays or the 'Stros if they get in for the AL, Mets, Pirates or Cubs for the NL.

[Bad News Gertner]

I feel "just happy" that the Jays got into the playoffs although my expectations should be a lot higher with the offence that the Jays have. One more home run for Jose and 5 for Edwin ( and we know how hot he can get) and the Jays will have 3 players with 40 home runs.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I feel pretty much the same way with the Mets. I had them winning the 2nd Wild Card and getting knocked out by the Bucs. I NEVER saw a division title coming at all, and I certainly didn't think they'd end up trading for 5 players who would all end up making big contributions towards a playoff push (Cespedes, Clippard, Reed, Uribe, Johnson) not to mention Michael Conforto coming up and tearing shit up from the get-go.

With all that's happened with this Met team there's no reason to not shoot for the moon and hope they can win it all. That being said whenever this playoff run ends I'll head into the offseason with my head held high. Such a fun year it's been.</font>

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I fear that there's 7 games left, because there's a story in Jays folklore about something that happened with 7 games left. And also, they're against intense rivals Baltimore. Baltimore has a crap record, but much like Boston, pose a threat to anyone particularly at home. Hopefully, the boys keep their eyes on the prize. Big sweep over the Rays though, so at least they have momentum.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>:lol: Nats suspend Papelbon for 4 games to go along with his 3 game suspension from the league, therefore ending his season. Fans are pledging money to charity in exchange for the team releasing Papelbon, meanwhile players that have been polled have indicated that they support Papelbon for going after Harper to "put him in his place".

What a trainwreck.</font>

[Bad News Gertner]

I fear that there's 7 games left, because there's a story in Jays folklore about something that happened with 7 games left. And also, they're against intense rivals Baltimore. Baltimore has a crap record, but much like Boston, pose a threat to anyone particularly at home. Hopefully, the boys keep their eyes on the prize. Big sweep over the Rays though, so at least they have momentum.

They lost the division to the Tigers with a 3.5 lead I believe with 7 games left. I remember Fran Tanana pitching a gem against Toronto in the final game.

[Evil Vito]

But faith has been slowly going out the window ever since The Boss died. The Steinbrenner kids are clueless on what direction to take team. And we don't know if they're willing to open the wallet or not.

<font color=goldenrod>I don't understand this.

2013-14 offseason:
Tanaka - 7 years, $155 million
Ellsbury - 7 years, $153 million
McCann - 5 years, $85 million
Beltran - 3 years, $45 million
Gardner - 4 years, $52 million extension

Nearly $500 million in contracts given out in a single offseason. And then this past offseason they inked Miller for 4 years, $36 million which is big time money for a closer in addition to extending Headley for 4 years, $52 million.

When you look at the projected roster for next year there's not much room to spend lavishly. You have high-priced players at 7 positions (all 3 OF, 1B, DH, 3B, C) and Gregorious at SS. What does that leave to spend at, 2B? It wouldn't shock me if they went and signed Murphy from the Mets, that guy could hit 20-25 jacks with that porch. SP? I'm sure we'll hear them in play for Jordan Zimmermann or someone like that.

I don't think there's much question that they're willing to open up the wallet. But at a certain point it's fair to question whether it makes sense with all the money they've already got tied up. Keeping Severino, Bird, and Judge was 100% the right call.</font>

[Emperor Smeat]

Probably more of a perception thing than the Yankees actually becoming cheapskate. They still give out big contracts but don't go all out like they did during the George Steinbrenner era. George's idea for fixing any problem was opening up the checkbook regardless of costs or if it was even needed since all he cared about was success.

Between them being public about lowering their luxury tax bill and other teams having no problems opening up their checkbooks, can see how Yankee fans could get worried about the future. That and their farm system being more in the middle of the pack which probably adds some more worries.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

They lost the division to the Tigers with a 3.5 lead I believe with 7 games left. I remember Fran Tanana pitching a gem against Toronto in the final game.

I think my dad still has nightmares. The one advantage is their 4 game lead on the Yanks Os realistically a 5 game league because of winning the season series, is it not?

[RaginRonic]

Probably more of a perception thing than the Yankees actually becoming cheapskate. They still give out big contracts but don't go all out like they did during the George Steinbrenner era. George's idea for fixing any problem was opening up the checkbook regardless of costs or if it was even needed since all he cared about was success.

Between them being public about lowering their luxury tax bill and other teams having no problems opening up their checkbooks, can see how Yankee fans could get worried about the future. That and their farm system being more in the middle of the pack which probably adds some more worries.

That was a MASSIVE problem with George....he felt ALL of MLB was his personal property, and likely threatened people, behind the scenes and off TV/social media, who stood up to him.

MLB would be a better league if the Steinbrenner Family had no involvement in the game at all.

[parkmania]

If the Pirates lose this game they only have themselves to blame. 5 LOB through 3 innings, including bases loaded with less than 2 outs TWICE and still ZERO runs. 0-6 with RISP through 5 innings.

[Bad News Gertner]

I think my dad still has nightmares. The one advantage is their 4 game lead on the Yanks Os realistically a 5 game league because of winning the season series, is it not?

Yuppers

[Bad News Gertner]

Another come from behind win!

Yankees division dreams just went Up in Smoak.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

So technically if they win tomorrow they clinch. If the Yankees lose tonight that is.

[Corndad]

Pirates Baseball takes years off my life, I swear.

[Emperor Smeat]

Does MLB not use a head-to-head results as an actual tiebreaker?

Trying to figure out how the Red Sox are still mathematically alive in the Wild Card race even though Astros have 82 wins and the better head-to-head record.

Most the Sox can get is 82 wins so if Astros lose all their games left (and everyone else doesn't hit 82-83 wins), shouldn't the Astros still keep the Wild Card spot.

[Bad News Gertner]

Cubs win! Jays are now first in the AL.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/59527184/playoff-tiebreaker-rules

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

answers all of our divisional tie breaking questions

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Sox are tied for 3rd in the ALE. Good job collapsing O's and Rays. :y:

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Wouldn't really call it collapsing since the 3 of them kind of just blew the whole year anyways.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Tho the Bo Sox are playing some pretty decent ball

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>3 teams with their magic # at 2. Dodgers and Cardinals will clinch their divisions with wins tonight. Jays can clinch with a win and Yankees loss.

Entirely possible that the AL West will be the only unresolved division when the night is over. Rangers have just a 1.5 game lead over the Stros and 2 game lead over the Halos. That one could very well go down to the last day of the season.</font>

[ClockShot]

Attempt #2 tonight for the Yankees to be the 7th team to join the 10,000 win club. And be the fastest to do so.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>And out of the blue it sounds like Steven Matz will be out for the rest of the season.

Well...I guess you can't be a Mets fan and expect any kind of prolonged happiness.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>LOL turns out Matz only slept awkwardly last night and will be pushed back a day or two for stiffness

man...the Mets beat writers are DREADFUL when it comes to bringing up injuries. there's a reason Sandy referred to them as the "citizens of Panic City" earlier this year</font>

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

thank you Boston

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

KC was just woeful against Chicago lastnight. Chicago didn't seem like they gave a shot and IC could not make anything happen

[Bad News Gertner]

10-0 Jays in the 7th!!!!!! Division fucking champs!

[Bad News Gertner]

Jays are peaking too early

Fuck, if the Jays didn't peak so early they would have won 100 games instead of only 95.

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol the O's are so horseshit, 13-1 Jays. Joey Bats with his 40th, Encarnacion with his 37th.

Jays could be the first team in AL history to have three 40 home run guys.

[Bad News Gertner]

DIVISION CHAMPIONS!!!!!! Holy fuck, I've waited 22 years for this!

[RaginRonic]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQMBmh0XAAE9WmM.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQMCnJfWgAA_nnY.jpg

Damn, these look good. =)

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I had to order my Mets East is Ours shirt online today because Connecticut sucks a fat cock and I couldn't find the gear ANYWHERE. No way in hell Yanks gear wouldn't have been out day one if it was them that clinched.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>And frankly that East is Ours shirt might be the best I can get this year because Cespedes just got taken out of the game with what looked to be a bad hand injury after he got hit by a pitch.

Can't really see how they get past the Dodgers without him. He's been the heart and soul of the team during this playoff run.</font>

[ClockShot]

Bob's is usually a good place to track down team gear. Found some good Yankees shirts there at good prices.


Attempt 3 for the Yanks tonight. :lol:

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Went to Bob's twice since they clinched. Not a damn thing. They even moved their Mets player shirts right to the entrance of the store but no playoff gear anywhere. Cunts.</font>

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol at the Jays line up for Game 2

Pompey
Pennington
Carrera
Colabello
Hague
Thole
Kawasaki
Barney
Diaz.

It's the Buffalo Bisons vs the Baltimore Orioles in Game Two.

Jays will probably still win.

[Nicky Fives]

Dickey & Bisons versus Baltimore more like....

[Bad News Gertner]

Bisons are out hitting the O's so far

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>jesus christ...now the Phillies threw at Cespedes' backup.

I don't even care. a Phillie needs to be fucking DRILLED this game. this is ridiculous.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Logan Verrett drills Odubel Herrera.

good. the Mets front office has basically banned Collins from calling for retaliation, about time they sacked up and did something. of course it means the news on Cespedes is probably going to end up being really bad for them to do it.</font>

[screech]

what did Herrera ever do to you

[screech]

I bet Buchanan was on the mound facing the backup. Hate that guy.

[Frank Drebin]

Got my playoff tix today. So weird to have Cubs World Series tickets in my hand.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Lol at the Jays line up for Game 2

Pompey
Pennington
Carrera
Colabello
Hague
Thole
Kawasaki
Barney
Diaz.

It's the Buffalo Bisons vs the Baltimore Orioles in Game Two.

Jays will probably still win.

Couldn't catch game 2, but nice to see Dickey went a solid 5 innings.

Lol and the Jays are not "peaking" they have had to deal with tough games along the way, during September they weren't blowing teams out of the water, they had to scratch and claw for victories, particularly once Tulo went down with that injury.

[Evil Vito]

what did Herrera ever do to you

<font color=goldenrod>Nothing, but these last few weeks it seems these basement-dwelling NL East teams have had no issues throwing up and in to Mets batters yet the Mets NEVER feel the need to do the same.

At least this time Cespedes getting hit wasn't intentional like it was during the Marlins game a couple weeks ago, but he still got hurt. Gotta protect your teammate. It's baseball.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Of course, then Robles let a 2-2 pitch get away from him and he got tossed out, leading to Terry to bring in the dregs of his bullpen to blow the game.

And they're using a guy tomorrow who has never started a game and will probably play all bench guys knowing the Phillies may well try to start another beanball war. Decent chance your team will pull off the sweep.

And with the big 3 all going to be on shortened starts this weekend the Mets sure do look like a team that gives zero fucks about holding on to the homefield advantage in the NLDS.</font>

[Nicky Fives]

https://streamable.com/o7vf

Kawasaki hammered in the locker room after Game 2

[screech]

@Vito I was joking, but I see your point. Teams that have nothing to lose tend to stop caring and start bean wars with the remaining contenders. Gotta keep it exciting, I guess? I dunno. It's shitty.

Sucks that Cespedes got hurt, though. I read last night his hand isn't broken, at least.

[Simple Fan]

Watching ESPN and talking about the curse of Taylor Swift. Nationals, Astros and Padres have all struggled since she played in their stadiums. She plays in the Toronto's next.

[Damian Rey]

The Padres are cursed due to inept ownership and front office personnel. Taylor Swift can play on my stageany day, baby.

[Emperor Smeat]

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[Frank Drebin]

Rich Hill could have been so good if he wasn't such a head case. Had it on display in 2008.

Was maddening in 2006-7. Would get called up and get lit up for 8 runs in 3 innings. Send him down. Complete game shutout with 14 k's. Bring him up and get hammered again.

Cubs should have sold high on him knowing he could lose it at any moment. Jim Hendry never wanted to trade the kids on the farm though. Always too afraid. Held on to Felix Pie for dear life too.

[Frank Drebin]

lol.....got an email from the Cubs reminding people not to post their World Series ticket pics with the barcode. I hope whoever does that gets their tickets sold out from under them.

[Emperor Smeat]

:-\ Yanks got their historic 10,00th win against the Sox.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

http://espn.go.com/espnw/athletes-life/the-buzz/article/13780292/move-drake-taylor-swift-bad-blood-latest-sports-curse&ex_cid=sportscenterfb?sf13679486=1

Cancel the Concert!!!!!!!!

[Bad News Gertner]

Haha yeah I saw that. Someone need to plant coke on her tour bus so she gets stopped at the border

[Innovator]

"Everybody's on the same page and that page is drinking."- JR Murphy

[Bad News Gertner]

Read a great quote from the Yankee locker room. Apparently the Yankees had one of the Jays games on earlier in the year. A Yankee player walked by and said "Jays are playing, is it 6-0 yet?"

This is the most enjoyable year of baseball that I have ever experienced in my 27 years as a Jays fan. I was a bit too young to really enjoy the Jays World Series years. This team is just so much fun to watch. There's not a weak link in their line up. Even Ryan Goins has been fantastic. Really hope Encarnacion gets to 40 home runs. 3 players with 40 home runs on the same team is just amazing.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>The Jays would be the team I most want to see win it all if the Mets don't. The lineup is incredible, I can never tire of watching David Price pitch, and I'll always love R.A. Dickey for what he did for the Mets, both with his amazing 2012 season and also for helping to land Syndergaard.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>In fact no matter how the West or second wild card shake up there are SO many interesting potential World Series matchups with all of these new teams in the mix.

About the only clunker would be Yankees/Cards. No way anybody who isn't a fan of one of those teams could possibly want to see that.</font>

[Damian Rey]

Apparently Brad Ausmus let prized rookie pitcher Daniel Norris throw 54 pitches in one inning, th longest one inning outing in 6years. Then he responds with "I know more than you" line in a post game presser. And they're bringing him back? Lol.

[Bad News Gertner]

It's ridiculous. He isn't an advanced stats guy and makes alot of bonehead mistakes.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

How can a former catcher let that happen?

[DaveWadding]

Rich Hill could have been so good if he wasn't such a head case. Had it on display in 2008.

Was maddening in 2006-7. Would get called up and get lit up for 8 runs in 3 innings. Send him down. Complete game shutout with 14 k's. Bring him up and get hammered again.

Cubs should have sold high on him knowing he could lose it at any moment. Jim Hendry never wanted to trade the kids on the farm though. Always too afraid. Held on to Felix Pie for dear life too.

Oh Jesus.

[Frank Drebin]

Watching the cubs/brewers at Miller Park. No Front Row Amy.

[Frank Drebin]

THERE SHE IS!

[Bad News Gertner]

Number 38 for Encarnacion!!!

[Frank Drebin]

Happy for you, Gert. Glad to see the Vernon Wells and Alex Rios contacts firmly in the rear view mirror.

[Bad News Gertner]

Alex Rios literally went from being my favourite player to my most hated in a span of a year.

[Frank Drebin]

Couple of records set tonight:

Cubs set NL record for pitching staff k's in a season (1414). MLB leader is the 2014 Indians (1429).

Chris Sale sets White Sox franchise record for k's in a season (274).

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

If Kevin Pillar keeps consistant for years to come, he could be a Devon White esque center fielder. Particularly with that glove of his, and his recent knack fo getting timely hits. But form is fleeting. Class is permanent.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I say this taking into account he can manage an eventual shift up in the order when time comes a knocking.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

And if Josh Donaldson stays half as good as he is, he could be an Ed Sprague-esque third baseman :shifty:

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Mets no longer control their destiny for homefield :-\ they've completely phoned it in this week. I know statistically homefield means dick all in baseball but you'd still like to at least try for it.

If they end the year on a 6-game losing streak and stalled at 89 wins....ugh, literally everybody in the mediawill be going on about how the Dodgers will sweep. Even though there's a 4 game layover before the series even starts and therefore momentum at the end of the regular season shouldn't mean anything.</font>

[Ruien]

Vito, stop complaining and just enjoy your teams success.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Fuck you. I'm stoked for the playoffs but that doesn't mean I need to be happy seeing them just completely coast through this last week when there's still something to play for. It ain't spring training.</font>

[Ruien]

All you do is bitch though. I don't even see how to enjoy watching them.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Gonna have to agree with Ruien, Vito

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

More to Ruiens point, guys need to rest, tho momentum is key. There's not much to play for when it's not for a spot tho.

If Cecil and Osuna remain I'm top form, the jays are in a good position. Cecil has been Fucking nasty, it's actually crazy. I expect Osuna to blow a save or 2 but there is no doubt he's got some powerful stuff. Just is a lot to expect out of a 20 year old

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>It's not like I'm yelling and screaming or anything like I would if this was for a playoff spot. In fact the only thing that legit pissed me off this week was the 2nd Phillies game when Cespedes and others started getting beaned.

But nobody in their right mind could be happy watching their team get swept to the worst team in baseball and in the process put themselves into a situation where they're now gonna have to face 2 of the best pitchers in baseball (arguably THE 2 best...certainly top 5 with Arrieta, Price, and Keuchel this year) in LA where the Dodgers have thrived.

Anything can happen in a 5 game series. I can't wait to see what happens. Doesn't make it any less frustrating to watch them treat this week like it meant nothing.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>And I've already said that anything that happens in the playoffs this year is gravy. These last 2 months have been ridiculously fun for the most part...worth the wait after 2 collapses and 6 seasons of utter shit. No matter what happens I'll be looking back on the 2015 season fondly...otherwise I wouldn't have gone ahead and ordered a division champs hat and shirt.

But the year hasn't ended yet, and I would love to see this carry on as long as possible. Mets/Jays in particular would be orgasmic seeing as myself, Newstead, and Gertner have been super active in here.</font>

[Ruien]

Granderson will have 3 home runs in the first series carrying the Mets to victory.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I'd be on board with that, especially if he does some damage against Kershaw with all of his struggles against LHP this year. Grandy is such a nice dude, always feel happy when he does well. Hope he can win the Roberto Clemente Award.</font>

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Yeah Vito.

Remember this.

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[Bad News Gertner]

Encarnacion with his 39th! One more for Encarnacion and the Jays break a record.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>lol now they're getting no hit. Jesus</font>

[Evil Vito]

There it is. Scherzer no-hits the Mets. Awful.

[Damian Rey]

Who cares? They're in the playoffs. The Nats aren't. It's meaningless. It's gonna be ok, Vito.

[Evil Vito]

I'm sitting in a crowded bar wearing my NL East champs hat and the game was on right in front of me. Entire place was Yanks fans laughing at me (probably to make themselves feel better about their own doubleheader sweep)

[Evil Vito]

In a weird way, maybe this well help them. One of their strong suits this year has been bouncing back in the face of adversity. This awful stretch of baseball to end the year is bound to leave to every talking head picking the Dodgers.

Underdog role 4tw

[Ruien]

So happy the Astros are winning. Was hoping they would not blow their playoff chances completely.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>AL West is gonna be interesting tomorrow. If the Astros and Angels both win it'll clinch a Game 163 between the Rangers and Astros for the division with the loser going to the Wild Card. An Angels win and an Astros loss means Game 163 between the Angels and Astros for the 2nd Wild Card.

Hope it shakes out one of those two ways cause I love me some Game 163 baseball.</font>

[Frank Drebin]

Gerrit Cole gonna pound the strike zone vs. Cubs. 2-0 Pirates win. It matters not where the game is played.

Cubs aren't cursed, but the Baseball Gods are not fans. The Cubs don't get to win.

[Frank Drebin]

I'm sitting in a crowded bar wearing my NL East champs hat and the game was on right in front of me. Entire place was Yanks fans laughing at me (probably to make themselves feel better about their own doubleheader sweep)

They were laughing at you because you bought Division Championship merchandise.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>eh. If I were a Yankees fan I wouldn't bother with division champs gear either.

but after 9 years of waiting, screw it. I wanted a keepsake. also the hat/shirt are pretty badass. if I need to end up buying World Series champs gear too that's a great problem to have.</font>

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Osuna blew the game, but I think it's a tough ask for any closer to come in with a one-run lead. You could tell he wanted that game, but it's hard to pitch around a lead-off double. I'm all for pre- big series ego checks though, teams need to keep down to earth. Still, never like to see your team give up a lead in the ninth.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

On the subject of blown saves;

I generally don't trust closers with a one run lead, unless they're Mariano Rivera and even then he's had epic blown saves (albeit about 1% of them).

Duane Ward blew 4 of Juan Guzman's games in 1993, and Duane Ward is a fucking badass.

Tom Henke blew the save in Game 6 of 1992 World Series and the Jays still won, and he escaped the inning without giving up the lead. Tom Henke was also a bad motherfucker.

I'm pretty much a Jays Bandwagonner right now... always have loved baseball but grew out of it over the years especially with the Jays playing 20 plus years of nothing baseball (even their very good teams weren't anywhere close to the playoffs) and especially as I fell in love with rugby and MMA. So I'm not really 100% on who the great closers are now. (I think Craig Kimbrall is one of them?) Andrew Miller looks to be a nice little find for the Yankees... and even Dionner Navaro put one out on him in a tight spot. I just think you could have the best closer in the game and a 1 run lead just isn't enough. It's essentially a 25% chance he's going to give up a run. It's up to the bats to give your closer a 2 run lead. 1 run is a fucking bitch to deal with.

Also, I don't know why, but I really like Jeff Samarzija. He's kind of a jobber, but an Iron Mike Sharpe type jobber aka a jobber I can get behind.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I like Samardzija too. Very interested in seeing the kind of deal he gets this offseason. He's got great stuff but struggles with consistency. Last year seemed to be the first year where he totally "put it all together" but then he produced a clunker of a contract year.

He'll probably still get paid handsomely I'd think. David Price and Jordan Zimmermann will land the biggest deals for pitchers this offseason, but Samardzija and Scott Kazmir are in the next tier of free agents right after them in an otherwise weak free agent market for starters.</font>

[ClockShot]

Yankees just don't wanna play anymore.


They're old, tired, wanna go home to their houses, and hit the golf course.

[Corndad]

Man I hope AJ Burnett gets to pitch at least one more game in his career.

[Frank Drebin]

Cubs sold as high as they possibly could have on Samardija. Sox were dumb to trade for an extreme fly ball pitcher to pitch at US Cellular. I still like him though. I'm guessing he takes a one year reclamation project deal and becomes a great bargain. Too many decent SP's on the market for anyone to overpay out of desperation.

[DaveWadding]

Jefe is definitely going to get signed by St. Louis or San Diego for the Dan Haren, then make 100 mill next offseason.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I like that he's a 2 sport athlete and is a big hoss, and definitely has some good stuff. His career numbers aren't great but his era is just a tad over 4 which means on average he delivers quality starts. By no means an ace, but he can eat up innings.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Just as a side note to further illustrate my point on Jeff.... One of R.A. tickets most impressive starts to me was against the angels on the road. He got banged up for 5 runs in the first, then pitched 5 more shut out innings earning himself the win. The key wasn't his era, the key was him eating innings and keeping his team in the game, and not giving up the sixth run.

[Frank Drebin]

So.....Ichiro is pitching now.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

He started his career in high school as a pitcher.

[Evil Vito]

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<font color=goldenrod>Ichiro may be able to extend his career</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Mets squeak out their 90th win after all :love: woooooo

Opening Day: October version on Friday</font>

[Emperor Smeat]

:( Don Orsillo fighting really hard to not completely break down during his final speech as Red Sox commentator.

Going to miss that guy but great pick up for the Padres assuming the reports end up being true.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Total bullshit they are letting him go. Fuck em.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Rangers win the West, Astros officially clinch a spot in the playoffs.

Only thing left to decide is who hosts the AL Wild Card game. Yanks and Stros both losing. If that holds the game will be in the Bronx.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Rooting order for playoffs:

1. Mets
2. Blue Jays
3. Cubs
4. Pirates
5. Rangers
6. Astros
7. Royals
8. Dodgers
9. Yankees
10. Cardinals

Basically outside of 1, 9, and 10 being locked in...I'd be perfectly fine with any of 2-8 winning it all.</font>

[road doggy dogg]

1-9: don't care
10: Royals

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

haha Mr. Tony Tiny Irving, you strictly a Tigers' fan?

[road doggy dogg]

yeah I give zero fucks about the NL and the rest of the AL. have sooo many obnoxious/bandwagon Jays fan friends too. probably won't even really watch any postseason tbh

[Frank Drebin]

RDD really had his heart set on AL Central Champion swag this year.

[DaveWadding]

<font color=goldenrod>Rooting order for playoffs:

1. Mets
2. Blue Jays
3. Cubs
4. Pirates
5. Rangers
6. Astros
7. Royals
8. Dodgers
9. Yankees
10. Cardinals

Basically outside of 1, 9, and 10 being locked in...I'd be perfectly fine with any of 2-8 winning it all.</font>

Cubs
Rangers
Mets
BlueJays
Astros
Royals
Pirates
Yankees
Cardinals
Dodgers

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

yeah I give zero fucks about the NL and the rest of the AL. have sooo many obnoxious/bandwagon Jays fan friends too. probably won't even really watch any postseason tbh

Toronto fans of most sports are awful. I find most of my friends aren't obnoxious we just want the team to do well, but so many people are just so dumb. If the Jays lose to Texas it'll be the end of the world and they'll all be bums after being hailed as gods 2 weeks ago.

Can't deal with all the "trends", remember the #lovethisteam from a couple of years ago when Anthopolous made those signings... I kept saying they weren't going to be good because it takes a couple of years to form a team, especially because they just picked up a bunch of question marks and a knuckleballer, new to the AL. And everyone thought they were a lock for the world series because nobody understands sports in this city. The fans and the coverage here damned near make me hate the Leafs, but thanks to Doug Gilmour, Wendell Clark, Cujo and Gary Roberts, I'm stuck for life. I just avoid a lot of it still, I refuse to watch an inferior product on the ice or the baseball field. If the team is competing and "in the mix" I'll watch them flounder in big time situations because that's what it's all about, but I'm not going to watch multi billion dollar corporation run teams put a bunch of Barry Horowitz level jobber teams on the ice or the baseball diamond. Yet every year, like battered wives, Toronto fans come out with all of their gusto and it is fucking annoying. At least with the Jays, the fans stop going to the games when they suck ass.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Also, watching Minnesota vs St Louis from 1987 game 7 on youtube, AWESOME FUCKING GAME! Frank Viola was the man.

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-edit- and any time Ozzie Smith is involved I just think of him going through the neverending pit in the Simpsons episode. He was awesome too, though.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>CC Sabathia is checking himself into an alcohol rehabilition center effective immediately and he is out for the playoffs.</font>

[ClockShot]

SO THAT'S HIS PROBLEM.

[ClockShot]

And in expected news, Matt Williams got fired as Nationals manager.

[poopfromweiner dude]

SO THAT'S HIS PROBLEM.

It never starts as the problem bro,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Bad News Gertner]

yeah I give zero fucks about the NL and the rest of the AL. have sooo many obnoxious/bandwagon Jays fan friends too. probably won't even really watch any postseason tbh

Lol oh trust me, Tigers fans aren't exactly a treat either.

[BigDaddyCool]

1-9: don't care
10: Royals

Deal with it. :cool:

[BigDaddyCool]

<font color=goldenrod>Rooting order for playoffs:

1. Mets
2. Blue Jays
3. Cubs
4. Pirates
5. Rangers
6. Astros
7. Royals
8. Dodgers
9. Yankees
10. Cardinals

Basically outside of 1, 9, and 10 being locked in...I'd be perfectly fine with any of 2-8 winning it all.</font>

1. Royal
2. Everyone else can fuck off

[weather vane]

Blue Jays/Cubs
Mets
Pirates
Royals
Dodgers
Astros
Rangers
Cardinals
Yankees

[weather vane]

Bet on the Cubs for that Wild Card game. Arrieta is not going to let up a run.

[owenbrown]

ugh.... why can't the Cardinals go 0-162 one year

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

<font color=goldenrod>Rooting order for playoffs:

1. Mets
2. Mets
3. Mets
4. Mets
5. Mets
6. Mets
7. Mets
8. Mets
9. Mets
10. Mets

Basically outside of 1, 9, and 10 being locked in...I'd be perfectly fine with any of 2-8 winning it all.</font>

Fixed. No real fan as a rooting list.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

ugh.... why can't the Cardinals go 0-162 one year

Because they have a good team, coaching, farm system and fans buying tickets and merch. They didn't sell the system out to keep Pujols.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Shutup Damo.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

First time seeing Keuchel pitch tonight... dude is dealing. Tanaka is battling, but hanging in there.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

and as I said that, Gomez just put one out.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Yanks still have some time to score some runs off of Wyatt Family member Dallas Keuchel</font>

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Archer sounds like a nice guy and I like his enthusiasm, but he is a brutal commentator haha. I want the rhythm of my Jewish Torontontian Brethren Dan Shulman. Fuck this random woman as well.

[poopfromweiner dude]

I get more excited when Bird or Gregorious comes up as opposed to Gardner or A-Rod :(

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

bird is a beast

[Innovator]

GOT A HIT!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Alot of people didn't even want him to play but now Aroid is up in a playoff game down 2 with 2 on.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

And he pops out to Center.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Haha fuck you A Rod

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

"A-Rod?... More like A-Hole"- My dad

[Frank Drebin]

Bet on the Pirates for that Wild Card game. Cole is not going to let up a run.

Fixed.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I get Keuchel was tired, but why take him out if he's been owning the Yanks all night? At least let him pitch to McCann.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

6 is all you need from a starter. Quality start against the Yankees in the "playoffs."

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

well 6 innings and 3 runs is a "quality" start. He shut them out, beyond a quality start, and their bullpen is shakey at best as has been stated. Why not eek whatever outs you can get out of your stud whom you've trusted all season.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Yeah feel like turning to the pen here is bound to backfire. Astros pen has been shit this past month.</font>

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

He's pitching on short notice. He pitched 6.0 four days ago.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Maybe Hinch was worried about bringing them in with runners on?

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

He's pitching on short notice.

That's why I said let him pitch to McCann and see where it goes. Guys have pitched 7 innings on short notice before,not at all unheard of, and he's not throwing power pitches either.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Sipp can sleep easy tonight, didn't make that easy on himself, but made a great pitch to bird to get strike 3.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Keuchel isn't going to start again until Sunday at the latest. There's plenty of time to rest. Feel like you should leave him out there until he tells you he's gassed.</font>

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

He does average 7 innings per start though so it is a bit odd.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

<font color=goldenrod>Keuchel isn't going to start again until Sunday at the latest. There's plenty of time to rest. Feel like you should leave him out there until he tells you he's gassed.</font>

The only way a pitcher tells you he is gassed is by giving up hits/runs. There's no way he's gonna say "Hey Coach I've got nothing left." Sometimes it's too late.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Like I get if you bring him out and he walks McCann or McCann drives the ball hard for extra bases you take him out, but jeez, trust your ace, particularly pitching on a shut out.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Hate the Yanks, respect the fuck out of Delan Betances and wish he was on the Jays.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

3.

[Frank Drebin]

Thats it Yankees fans. Boo them. This team was supposed to finish in the bottom half of the division. They're facing one of the best pitchers in the league. Its still a save situation. But please go ahead and boo.

[Triple A]

Thats it Yankees fans. Boo them. This team was supposed to finish in the bottom half of the division. They're facing one of the best pitchers in the league. Its still a save situation. But please go ahead and boo.

fuck u + baseball

[Droford]

I feel like the Orioles helped out by sweeping the Yankees this past weekend.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

If that was true they'd be playing in Houston.

[Frank Drebin]

fuck u + baseball

They were supposed to suck this year. Yankees fans should be happy with what this team of old creakys player have done this year.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Would CC have pitched if he didn't enter rehab?

[Droford]

Thhhhhhhèeeeeeeeeeee Yankkeeeees....looooooooose

Astros vs Cubs World Series so the Astros can lose the world series to both Chicago teams 10 years apart

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Yankees pretty much laid down for the Astros. Great stuff.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>To quote Michael Kay.....

...........SEE YA!</font>

[Emperor Smeat]

:y: Yankees eliminated

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Is Girardi in trouble? Technically they made the playoffs but not really.

[Evil Vito]

Fixed. No real fan as a rooting list.

<font color=goldenrod>lol you're a fucking retard. most people out there have backup teams in the playoffs so they can enjoy it even if their team is knocked out. doesn't mean you go buying other teams' WS merch or some shit.</font>

[Evil Vito]

Is Girardi in trouble? Technically they made the playoffs but not really.

<font color=goldenrod>Probably not. Expectations were low to begin with this season, most had them hovering right around .500</font>

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I think they proved down the stretch that they weren't too hot of a team and no where near being a competitor.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Which would be why the Red Sox and Jays towards the end of the season had their way with them. I mean... there were tight games and whatnot, but the Yanks couldn't get it done when it counted.

[Emperor Smeat]

Had the Angels gotten hot sooner, Yankees likely don't make the playoffs. They started to really struggle once the Jays started their mega rise but the cushion they had built when the rest of the AL East was terrible was just enough to let them sweak in.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Forgot to do a final review of my preseason predictions:

NL East: WAS, NYM (WC2), MIA, ATL, PHI
NL Central: STL, PIT (WC1), CHC, CIN, MIL
NL West: LAD, SD, SF, COL, ARI

MVP: Harper
CY: Kershaw
ROTY: Bryant
CPOTY: Harvey
MOTY: Maddon

Pretty excellent for the most part. 4 of 5 playoff teams and I remember trying to decide between the Mets and Cubs for the 2nd WC, turns out both made it. A couple small things like not forecasting the Padres being awful but still pretty close. And for the awards all 5 are legit candidates and with the exception of the CY (voters will give it to Arrieta), the other 4 may well end up winning.

AL East: TOR, BOS (WC2), BAL, NYY, TB
AL Central: DET, CHW, CLE, KC, MIN
AL West: LAA, SEA (WC1), OAK, HOU, TEX

MVP: Trout
CY: Price
ROTY: Norris
CPOTY: Machado
MOTY: McClendon

Oh dear god LOL me. I'm glad to have gotten the Toronto prediction right but at the expense of literally everything else. For some reason I saw KC crashing back down to earth and couldn't have been more wrong. Just so many things wrong across the board.

Trout and Price should be no worse than runner up for their awards. Machado was a total guess as I never know who will be eligible for CPOTY. Norris should be really good going forward but didn't do enough to win ROTY, besides it's clearly Correa's award. LOL McClendon.

Oh and my projected WS champion (Dodgers) are still alive but I hope they don't win for obvious reasons. And my projected AL champions (Angels) didn't even make the playoffs.</font>

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Biggest concern for the Jays is I think Osuna is going to get lit up like a christmas tree. Not because of his 3 blown saves this season because he's mostly looked quite good, but because he's 20-years-old and he's going to be playing against the big boys in big boy situations. Still think he has a good future, and he's near unhittable when he keeps his fastball low and on the corners.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>At least the Mets postseason gear I bought was to commemorate their first division title in 9 years. To think some people actually dropped $28 on this for that type of performance in a one-game playoff:</font>

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[RaginRonic]

With the New York Yankees now out of the 2015 MLB Playoffs, the only team left, from the AL East, in the playoffs is...Canada's Toronto Blue Jays.

Never saw that coming, honestly.

O.o

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol oh how sweet it is. Fuck you New York.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>There's nothing that makes 29 fanbases come together as one quite like the feeling of rejoice that occurs on the day the Yankees get eliminated from the playoffs.</font>

[Innovator]

With all due respect, you can all go fuck yourselves

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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[Innovator]

You owe 232 million to Hanley Ramirez, Fat Panda, and Porcello.

[Innovator]

Personally.

[Frank Drebin]

Damian Rey: whats your prediction for tonight's NLWC game?