MLB Thread

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Years since last World Series title for remaining playoff teams:

Cardinals: 4
Blue Jays: 22
Dodgers: 27
Mets: 29
Royals: 30
Pirates: 36
Astros: 53 (never won)
Rangers: 54 (never won)
Cubs: 107

jesus.........looking at it that way I really can't see how anybody outside of St. Louis could possibly want to see the Cardinals win another one</font>

[owenbrown]

Anybody but the Cardinals

[road doggy dogg]

probably the only decent post Owen's made in months

[ClockShot]

Yankees just don't wanna play anymore.


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

Well, I got this right.

Now just waiting for Girardi's fate.

[parkmania]

Cubs lineup:
Fowler CF
Schwarber RF
Bryant LF
Rizzo 1B
La Stella 3B
Castro 2B
Montero C
Russell SS
Arrieta P

Pirates lineup:
Polanco RF
Harrison 3B
McCutchen CF
Marte LF
Cervelli C
Walker 2B
Mercer SS
Rodriguez 1B
Cole P

[Damian Rey]

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

Think it's gonna be tight one. The pitching matchup might objectively be one of the greatest wild card matchups ever. I like the Cubs' lineup better. I like Maddon as an in game manager over Hurdle.

I'm betting on Chi town but it's a really a toss up.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Considering the cards, Pirates and Cubs have the 3 best records in the National League, it kind of blows that the Cubs and Pirates have to knock one or the other off in the Wild Card game. Nature of the beast I know, but it's still whack as fuck.

[Damian Rey]

I've always liked the idea of just taking the best records, with the bottom two getting to play the play in game, regardless of division.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Cards deserve the ring they won the most games in the season.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I've always liked the idea of just taking the best records, with the bottom two getting to play the play in game, regardless of division.

Winning your division has to mean something.

[Frank Drebin]

Maddon been hitting the pitcher 8th all year and for this game he decides to hit him 9th. Interesting.

Also not a fan of the recent benching of Chris Coghlan. I like LaStella and all, but I'm surprised that Maddon has taken a shining to LaStella after Coghlan was that guy most of the year.

[Damian Rey]

Probably a gut feeling. Something I'm completely against going with. You dance with what brung ya as Jim Ross used to say.

Hurdle went way too long with volquez last year and waited till he was gassed and the game was over to pull him. Wonder if Cole's leash is shorter. Granted they're two completely different guys, however I can see Hurdle trying to avoid being too passive with his pitching changes tonight.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Schwarber with a 2 run bomb into the river. 3-0 Cubs.

And just like that, this thing is probably over in the 3rd inning.</font>

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Too bad it won't be in Gray's Sports Almanac.

[RP]

cubbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbies

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Shit

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Throw the bum out. 2 outs and he throws at the pitcher.

[Droford]

Why the hell wasn't Melancon tossed that was blatantly intentional

Edit I don't even know who's pitching lol

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Who gets thrown out meeting.

[McLegend]

I don't know if you want to intentionally hit people in a 1 game playoff.

It's not like you're out of the game if you're the pirates.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>This'll be 2 years in a row the Pirates fell victim to a complete game shutout in their building during the Wild Card game. Ouch.

Arrieta is ridiculous. Starts practically every batter with a 0-2 count.</font>

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

GREAT SCOT!

[Nicky Fives]

Sean Rodriguez was all fired up after Arrieta was plunked, someone must have chirped that he hasn't been relevant since 2009....

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

He's only a Pirate cause he looks like Jack Sparrow.

[Frank Drebin]

I was thinking x-pac. He's certainly got x-pac heat now.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I'm sure there will be a lot of outcry about a 98 win team being bumped after one game, but I'm really not sure what the fix is.

You could conceivably do a best of 3 Wild Card series that runs from Monday through Wednesday with the regular playoffs starting Thursday, but what if there's a rainout or something? It could screw up the entire playoff schedule.

Seeding all playoff teams by best record regardless of division winners wouldn't work either as it'd make winning the division at all somewhat pointless. And MLB isn't going to get rid of divisions to go to a balance schedule because it'd cut down on rivalry games and add a ton of miles to the travel schedule.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I do think things will be a bit better once the league expands to 32 teams in the next few years as it the rumor.

2 divisions of 8 teams per league. Division winners get homefield in the first round, the top wild card team gets a "bye" to the division series and the other two play the one game playoff as they do now. Schedule will be somewhat more balanced then.</font>

[road doggy dogg]

Sounds too much like the clusterfuck that is the NHL conferences

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Yah. Don't really see any way around it if they expand though. MLB seems really gung-ho on having an equal number of teams per division, hence the Astros move to the AL.

Wouldn't really like to expand tbh, there doesn't seem to be enough legit talent out there for the 30 current teams.</font>

[RoXer]

Too bad it won't be in Gray's Sports Almanac.

What?

[Emperor Smeat]

<font color=goldenrod>Yah. Don't really see any way around it if they expand though. MLB seems really gung-ho on having an equal number of teams per division, hence the Astros move to the AL.

Wouldn't really like to expand tbh, there doesn't seem to be enough legit talent out there for the 30 current teams.</font>

Would they be expanding the amount of minor league teams as well?

That's another 2-3 smaller teams for every expansion team in MLB going by the current set up. Even more if you start counting developmental teams and other associated teams each MLB club has under their umbrella.

[Droford]

David Price isn't very good in the playoffs

[Droford]

It'll be funny seeing the Blue Jays get bounced in 3.

[Ruien]

Really excited to see Baltimore play again!

[Frank Drebin]

Gertner noticeably absent from this thread tonight.

[Frank Drebin]

Really excited to see Baltimore play again!

How did Scott Feldman do tonight?

[Damian Rey]

Gallardo is going next for the Rangers and I don't see a very good outing in his future. He doesn't miss bats and if he's relying on the Jays to hit his mediocre fastball into outs it's gonna be a long evening.

[parkmania]

<font color=goldenrod>I do think things will be a bit better once the league expands to 32 teams in the next few years as it the rumor.

2 divisions of 8 teams per league. Division winners get homefield in the first round, the top wild card team gets a "bye" to the division series and the other two play the one game playoff as they do now. Schedule will be somewhat balanced then.</font>

Why not use the NFL model? 1st round best of 3, 2nd best of 5, ALCS/NLCS and WS best of 7.

Regular season play:
- your 3 division foes 18 times each (3 3-game series home and away)(54 games)
- a 3-game series against the other 12 teams in your league, home and away (72 games)
- a 2-game series EITHER home OR away against 15 of the 16 teams in the other league (30 games)
- a 2-game series home and away against your "natural" rival as has been in place since 2013 (4 games)

54+72+30+4=160. Each team ends up losing 1 home date and 1 away date.

[road doggy dogg]

Gallardo is going next for the Rangers and I don't see a very good outing in his future. He doesn't miss bats and if he's relying on the Jays to hit his mediocre fastball into outs it's gonna be a long evening.

what

he pitched game 1 dogg

Hamels going today

[Damian Rey]

Well that's what I get for not having cable. I'd assumed Hamels would go game one and Gallardo would go 2. I should've checked the damn box score. My reputation is now lost.

[road doggy dogg]

rip

[Evil Vito]

Why not use the NFL model? 1st round best of 3, 2nd best of 5, ALCS/NLCS and WS best of 7.

Regular season play:
- your 3 division foes 18 times each (3 3-game series home and away)(54 games)
- a 3-game series against the other 12 teams in your league, home and away (72 games)
- a 2-game series EITHER home OR away against 15 of the 16 teams in the other league (30 games)
- a 2-game series home and away against your "natural" rival as has been in place since 2013 (4 games)

54+72+30+4=160. Each team ends up losing 1 home date and 1 away date.

<font color=goldenrod>It's a nice idea, but I feel like that would just add a shitload of travel to an already brutal schedule.

There probably is no "perfect solution" that will satisfy everybody or not cause a bunch of complications.</font>

[parkmania]

Why not use the NFL model? 1st round best of 3, 2nd best of 5, ALCS/NLCS and WS best of 7.

Regular season play:
- your 3 division foes 18 times each (3 3-game series home and away)(54 games)
- a 3-game series against the other 12 teams in your league, home and away (72 games)
- a 2-game series EITHER home OR away against 15 of the 16 teams in the other league (30 games)
- a 2-game series home and away against your "natural" rival as has been in place since 2013 (4 games)

54+72+30+4=160. Each team ends up losing 1 home date and 1 away date.

<font color=goldenrod>It's a nice idea, but I feel like that would just add a shitload of travel to an already brutal schedule.

There probably is no "perfect solution" that will satisfy everybody or not cause a bunch of complications.</font>

I was pondering the problematic postseason travel schedule, and just came up with something: The team WITHOUT home field in rounds 1 and 2 host first (Game 1 in round 1 and Games 1&2 in round 2) The team WITH the advantage then hosts the remaining games in the series. You end up with only one travel day per series.

The removal of 2 games would make the season end on a Friday. Any tie-breaker game would be played on Saturday, and the first round schedule would be Sunday/Tues/Wed. Round 2 then would be Fri/Sat/Mon/Tues/Wed. CS and WS would be unaffected.

[RoXer]

is it possible to find working streams anymore?

[road doggy dogg]

postseason.tv is like $10

but try something like r/mlbstreams I guess

[RoXer]

sweet

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Astros aren't fucking around</font>

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol I can't take this stress!!!!

[Bad News Gertner]

Well that's what I get for not having cable. I'd assumed Hamels would go game one and Gallardo would go 2. I should've checked the damn box score. My reputation is now lost.

Like Ubaldo, Gallardo has the Jays number

[road doggy dogg]

That call on Odor was way off. Brutal.

[Frank Drebin]

Lol I can't take this stress!!!!

Maybe you wont have to much longer

[Bad News Gertner]

Ah well

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Unfortunate start for the Jays. Gonna be tough to come back against the Rangers but anything is possible in a short series, especially heading to the Bandbox in Arlington.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>LOLiver Perez</font>

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Blue Jays relief pitcher Brett Cecil has a torn left calf muscle and will likely miss the rest of the postseason. <a href="http://t.co/vSkeOyJh96">pic.twitter.com/vSkeOyJh96</a></p>&mdash; Baseball Tonight (@BBTN) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBTN/status/652609934295744513">October 9, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[Bad News Gertner]

Ugh

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

:'(

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

tough tough stuff. But what can you do? It's playoff ball and Texas is a battle tested organization and their manager is obviously far better than Gibby, as much as I enjoy Gibby.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>lol Gomez. Tying run on first in the 9th and he manages to get picked off.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>fucking Cardinals</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>also holy motherfucking shit @ Kershaw's curveball. wow.</font>

[RoXer]

<font color=goldenrod>also holy motherfucking shit @ Kershaw's curveball. wow.</font>

are you new here?

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>nah, it was just exceptionally wicked tonight. crazy movement.

Wrighttttttttttttttt</font>

[Damian Rey]

LET'S GO METS! Love David Wright and I fucking loathe the Dodgers.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>deGrom was fucking outstanding tonight.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>FUCK YES!!!</font>

[DaveWadding]

Fuck the Dodgers.

[DaveWadding]

Vito after last night:

http://33.media.tumblr.com/a04d20b0d530f2b78a74b47603471531/tumblr_n35i9qv78y1t6cr7go1_500.gif

[Emperor Smeat]

Cal Ripken Jr. stated he'd be interested in being the manager for the Nationals if given the chance. Nationals teasing they want someone with actual MLB level experience as a manager though.

[Damian Rey]

Ripken has no business managing. What credentials other than playing career would he bring?

I think Bud Black is going to get the nod. No reason other than he's considered a "good baseball man", and is much more player friendly than hard ass Williams.

I'm going the Padres hire someone who understands and embraces analytics. Which means no thanks to arm assassin Dusty Baker or Ron Washington.

[Frank Drebin]

Find me a Hall of Fame player that made a great manager.

[Damian Rey]

Uh..........

[Frank Drebin]

Rock n roll back to Chicago. Sweet.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Chase Utley with one of the dirtiest plays I've ever seen. Fucking horseshit to not get an interference call there.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>holy hell the umpiring in this game is atrocious. they just single-handedly changed the complexion of this entire game and possibly even the series. ridiculous.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Ruben Tejada broken fibula thanks to massive cunt Chase Utley.

I'm not going to lie...I've had nothing but resentment towards Tejada ever since he replaced Reyes. He's been one of my least favorite Mets over the last 4 years and it has baffled me how he has wound up getting the lion's share of the playing time at SS every year when his fielding his overrated, his bat is weak, and his speed is non-existent.

And yet I'm not sure there's been a Met injury that I've felt worse about. He didn't deserve to have his leg shattered by a guy who decided to go 7 feet out of the baseline just to take him out.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Oh well. Realistically most Mets fans went into this series not thinking going 2-0 vs. Kershaw and Greinke was possible and that 1-1 was the most likely outcome, and that's what they got.

Frustrating to know that they could and possibly even SHOULD be 2-0 right now, but that's the hand they were dealt with that Utley crap. Hope they can rebound with a win on Monday. It's put up or shut up time for Harvey.</font>

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

What?

Gray's Sports Almanac only goes to 2000.

[Damian Rey]

The dirtiest "slide", if that's what you want to call it, I've ever seen. How in God's name Utley wasn't ejected and subsequently suspended for purposely seeking to harm or maim another player whose absolutely defenseless is beyond me.

I know Collins is known for otherwise, Vito, and I'm not for plunking guys, but I'd be stunned of Harvey didn't pump one into Utley's ribs Monday, or someone purposely creams him on the base paths.

Jesus Christ at Tejada taking that. Just brutal.

[Nicky Fives]

Jays game at 8pm ET, have to be up for work at 5 am.... not gonna be a very productive day.....

[Droford]

Find me a Hall of Fame player that made a great manager.

Ted Williams (273-364)
Paul Molitor(83-79 with twins this year)
Ryan Sandberg (119-159 with phillies)

Frank Robinson started coaching as a player/manager before in a HOF so won't count him.

Those were the only 3 ever hired as managers after they were in the Hall of Fame as players so...the bar is set pretty low..

[Frank Drebin]

Frank Robinson?

[Droford]

Also no one in Baltimore wants to see Ripen take the Nats job..

[Droford]

Frank Robinson?

He was a player/manager in Cleveland..even so .475% in 16 years isn't that great

[Evil Vito]

The dirtiest "slide", if that's what you want to call it, I've ever seen. How in God's name Utley wasn't ejected and subsequently suspended for purposely seeking to harm or maim another player whose absolutely defenseless is beyond me.

I know Collins is known for otherwise, Vito, and I'm not for plunking guys, but I'd be stunned of Harvey didn't pump one into Utley's ribs Monday, or someone purposely creams him on the base paths.

Jesus Christ at Tejada taking that. Just brutal.

<font color=goldenrod>I have my doubts about the Mets retaliating on Monday, given that Utley typically doesn't pinch hit until late in the game. Allowing a baserunner in a playoff game just doesn't seem like something Collins will do unless it was a blowout.

They might get some retribution in 2016 though. Utley would be well advised to not sign with a team that is not scheduled to play the Mets next year.</font>

[screech]

Mind boggling that Utley started his slide AT the bag. I get that you want to break up the double play, but holy shit at least make it look like you aren't trying to kill the poor guy at short.

[Frank Drebin]

He was a player/manager in Cleveland..even so .475% in 16 years isn't that great

Nationals?

[Damian Rey]

And Expos I think.

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">MLB suspends Chase Utley from Games 3 &amp; 4 of NLDS: <a href="http://t.co/MD3b8rntTh">http://t.co/MD3b8rntTh</a></p>&mdash; Deadspin (@Deadspin) <a href="https://twitter.com/Deadspin/status/653383331057410048">October 12, 2015</a></blockquote>
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[Damian Rey]

Awesome

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Good win tonight Jays. Keep the discipline at the plate up tomorrow.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Houston is one game away from a CS. Remarkable.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

lol if they beat KC I won't feel so bad about the Jays total Hash up they've mad out of this texas series.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Glad for the Jays. They deserved to win one. Hope that series goes 5, it could be quite fun.</font>

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Texas doesn't seem like they are fond of the off speed stuff, which could mean good things for Dickey. The Jays taking 3 in a row from Texas is not out of the realm of possibility with such a great team... it's just so hard in such a high pressure situation with how good the Rangers are playing. Hopefully Odor makes 7 errors and gets caught stealing 3 times.

[road doggy dogg]

Every Dale Newstead post about the Jays is so awkward.

Can't relate to you posting like a normal/boring person

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

:rant: I'm allowed to be normal and boring. Would it helped if I discussed David Price's work rate?

[screech]

That would help me, I think.

[Evil Vito]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">MLB suspends Chase Utley from Games 3 &amp; 4 of NLDS: <a href="http://t.co/MD3b8rntTh">http://t.co/MD3b8rntTh</a></p>&mdash; Deadspin (@Deadspin) <a href="https://twitter.com/Deadspin/status/653383331057410048">October 12, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<font color=goldenrod>Utley has appealed and apparently MLB isn't going to review the appeal today, so that means he will play tonight.

I'll mark out if Harvey plunks him, but knowing these umps they'll immediately eject Harvey without warning. Best to just focus on winning the game. Plunk Utley next year.</font>

[Bad News Gertner]

Jays ain't fucking dead! Be afraid Texas!

[Emperor Smeat]

<font color=goldenrod>Utley has appealed and apparently MLB isn't going to review the appeal today, so that means he will play tonight.

I'll mark out if Harvey plunks him, but knowing these umps they'll immediately eject Harvey without warning. Best to just focus on winning the game. Plunk Utley next year.</font>

Dodgers dropped Utley and Corey Seager as possible starters for today. Utley probably because they know he'd get plunked or a possible revenge slide against him first chance given. Seager's out probably in case Mets still wanted a revenge slide done.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

nice, nice win.

[Evil Vito]

Dodgers dropped Utley and Corey Seager as possible starters for today. Utley probably because they know he'd get plunked or a possible revenge slide against him first chance given. Seager's out probably in case Mets still wanted a revenge slide done.

<font color=goldenrod>Collins has already said there will be no retaliation in any form. The game is too important to give away outs. I agree with him, as much as I'd love to see Utley get drilled.

At least there was a massive UTLEY SUCKS chant as the Dodgers lined up along the third base line. And as they were going down the line introducing each player they kept the camera on him for like 10 seconds just to allow the boos to sink in.</font>

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I can't stand Toronto fans. The amount of whinging and belly aching 0-2 down and the amount of excuses cued up was just pathetic. "The Blue Jays packed it up as soon as they clinched, the umpires are cheating, this series is over wah wah wah" and then this retarded nonsense about Harold Reynolds "insulting" Canadians with like the least offensive comment ever. Seriously, they are so dumb.

Only beef I have in the series is the terrible start times, and I will never understand how Odor was safe on the VIDEO REVIEW where you clearly see his foot off the bag. That will never make sense to me. But the Jays got out duked in that game, and had plenty of chances to win. But that call will forever piss me off, particularly if the Jays go on to lose on Wednesday.

[OssMan]

Did they throw the ball at Chase Utley

[Bad News Gertner]

Fucking Stromania!

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Yoenis Cespedes. I have ejaculated violently.</font>

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Mets looking scary right now.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Going to fight and likely lose to RDD in a no dq match for his controversial comments in this thread.

[Evil Vito]

:lol: <font color=goldenrod>"We Want Utley!" chants each time the Dodgers send up a pinch hitter that isn't Utley.

At 10-3 I can't see Mattingly being dumb enough to put him in. Dodgers would need to draw close for him to do it.</font>

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

What's up with baseball players being named Chase? Particularly white boys.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Also, how many tony perez's, alex gonzalez's and alex rios's do you think have played?

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Loved seeing 42 year old Bartolo Colon strike out the side in a playoff game.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Cal Ripken is an absolutely atrocious commentator. jesus...</font>

[Frank Drebin]

Cubs.

That is all.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>lol jesus, Erik Goeddel probably pitched his way off the NLCS roster if the Mets advance. 9 run lead in the 9th, they bring in Goeddel (their "low man on the totem pole" in the bullpen) and he gives up 3 runs without getting an out. Mets don't fuck around and end up using Familia to close it out rather than getting him a night off.

Oh well. If that's the only thing that went wrong you know it was a really good night. 2-1</font> :cool:

[Droford]

Mets Cubs Blue Jays Royals

It's gonna be a blue October

[McLegend]

I didn't see anything after the 4th inning, and I'm still unsure if Chase was suspended or not last night. However if he wasn't suspended and Don Mattingly didn't play him that is a bitch move. It just shows that The Dodgers are scared should have played Utley the first chance they got.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Utley is appealing so per league rules he's allowed to play while the appeal process is going on.

I imagine the league will try to hear the appeal today. Funny thing is if the suspension is upheld and the Mets win tonight, Utley would probably then need to sit out Opening Day next year for whatever team he signs with in the offseason.</font>

[Evil Vito]

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[road doggy dogg]

wild day yesterday... 21 HRs

[Evil Vito]

Mets Cubs Blue Jays Royals

It's gonna be a blue October

<font color=goldenrod>Would be very much happy with this. None of the series are over yet though.

Royals/Astros and Jays/Rangers are essentially down to a one game play-in, where anything can happen. Mets have to face Kershaw tonight (his playoff history aside, he's clearly going to be better than Brett Anderson) and I can never rule out the damn Cardinals no matter what.

Very good playoffs so far overall.</font>

[Damian Rey]

I...I wish I had cable :(

[poopfromweiner dude]

What's up with baseball players being named Chase? Particularly white boys.

Chasen

[road doggy dogg]

Steve Chaisson

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Chasen

Chasen blows ass. Srsly killed the Yankees down the stretch. Walked about a million jays.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I want more players to be named Chance. Chance Utley has a better ring to it.

[Frank Drebin]

Before this thread get filled with Vito Mets posts:

Go Cubs Go

[Emperor Smeat]

Cubs one step closer to fulfilling the Back to the Future prophecy. Marlins just bidding their time to strike with a well timed run-in attack on some team before the World Series.

[Damian Rey]

The Marlins are going to do a run in on the deciding Dodgers Mets game, with Stanton pulling an HBK and super kicking Cespedes or Utley before signing the NLCS contract.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>really happy for the Cubs. Does my heart good to know the Cardinals are out.

Also makes the night a bit better as I can't say I see the Mets coming back giving a 3 run cushion to Kershaw of all people.</font>

[Bad News Gertner]

Sooooo happy the Rangers aren't starting Gallardo. He kills the Jays, plus the Jays absolutely murder lefties.

[DaveWadding]

The Cubs are in the NLCS. <3

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Welp.....seemed inevitable that Kershaw would shatter his "Clayton Manning" narrative one of these years. Unfortunately he was pitching against the Mets when he did it.</font> :(

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Sooooo happy the Rangers aren't starting Gallardo. He kills the Jays, plus the Jays absolutely murder lefties.

But that lefty is Cole Hamels.

[Droford]

The Cubs are only in the NLCS cause of all the former Orioles they have

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[Frank Drebin]

Wouldn't have lost a game if they held onto Scott Feldman

[Frank Drebin]

Would much rather the cubs face the Mets than the dodgers. Really don't want to have to win games on the west coast.

[road doggy dogg]

Cardinals out. Now no matter who wins is a "feel good" story

Eff the royals though

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Cubs!

[Droford]

Who feels good if the Dodgers win?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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[road doggy dogg]

Who feels good if the Dodgers win?

They haven't won it since '88, it's not the worst thing ever

[screech]

I'd be good with the Dodgers winning.

Plus, you know, eff the Mets and stuff.

[Evil Vito]

They haven't won it since '88, it's not the worst thing ever

<font color=goldenrod>Pretty much. Dodgers feel like the worst possible option left and I admit I want to see them win it all even less now after the Utley bullshit, but even still it's infinitely better than the Cardinals or Yankees.</font>

[Evil Vito]

Would much rather the cubs face the Mets than the dodgers. Really don't want to have to win games on the west coast.

<font color=goldenrod>It's a tough call on who would be a tougher matchup for the Cubs. The Mets have a more complete, potent lineup than the Dodgers but many of their hitters are also ridiculously streaky.

They also have 4 strong in the rotation whereas the Dodgers have the 1-2 punch of Kershaw and Greinke and nothing behind them. But seeing how good Kershaw looked on 3 day's rest I'd say it's now likely that a potential NLCS would involve seeing Kershaw 3 times and Greinke twice. But if you just win the 2 Brett Anderson starts all you need to do is take 2 of the remaining 5. Overall it might be a wash.

And the bullpens for both teams are pretty bad, too.

While the Mets and Cubs have sucked over the last couple of years Wadding and I would joke about the feasibility of merging the Mets' young pitching with the Cubs' young hitting to form a super team. Would be so cool to see a NLCS between those two teams after that.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I don't feel that bummed about last night's loss, really. Kershaw is the best pitcher in baseball for a reason. Beating him twice in less than a week is a tall order for any team.

Of course, going into LA to try to beat arguably the 2nd best pitcher in baseball is a big ask, too. But at least the Mets have deGrom going. Hopefully 2015 Mets baseball will continue into the weekend but a one-game playoff is basically a coin flip. No matter what happens it won't damper the kind of year it's been. I know people on here give me shit for being negative but the reality is I've had more fun watching this Mets team than I have in ages. It's been worth the wait.</font>

[Frank Drebin]

How much would you pay for Cespedes dick pics right now?

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Does he have a neon yellow bowtie wrapped around it? If so shut up and take my money.</font>

[ClockShot]

Who feels good if the Dodgers win?

Yankees fans.

[road doggy dogg]

Jays game at 4 today. Might skip outta work early, 'cause I could probably get away with it (due to coworkers all being giant bandwagoners)

[Bad News Gertner]

I have to miss the entire game due to having to stay late at work training new employees

[Shisen Kopf]

Quit

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Umpiring in this postseason has been nothing short of horrendous.</font>

[Bad News Gertner]

Jays game at 4 today. Might skip outta work early, 'cause I could probably get away with it (due to coworkers all being giant bandwagoners)

Lol yeah and every single fat hog bought an Inge jersey when the Tigers became good.

[Bad News Gertner]

<font color=goldenrod>Umpiring in this postseason has been nothing short of horrendous.</font>

No kidding

[Bad News Gertner]

Fucking seriously. I hope the umps get shot in the head after the game and their families raped.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>holy balls @ that Bautista Bomb</font>

[Bad News Gertner]

Mother fucking anger sharks were swimming in Bautista's head!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

[road doggy dogg]

that Batista bat flip was BEAST

[road doggy dogg]

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[Stickman]

This is the most bizarre game I have ever seen.

[Lock Jaw]

WHAT A MANEUVER!

[Lock Jaw]

Hope they can hold on now

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Toronto fans should throw piss cups if Hammy gets a HR>

[Stickman]

Bjs!!!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Blue Jays pull a Red Sox against the A's 0-2 to 3-2. Congrats.

[Lock Jaw]

F yeah....

[Damian Rey]

TORONTO! TORONTO! TORONTO! BAH GAWD WHAT A COMEBACK! YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT COMING BACK FROM THE DEAD!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Yankees fans.

Correct. Cause it would mean that most money spent=championship.

[Droford]

Bautista should have thst bat shoved up his ass

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

up the crooked umps ass more like it.

[Bad News Gertner]

Bautista should have thst bat shoved up his ass

Fuck, wish the Jays woulsn't have peaked so early

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol that was so fucking amazing.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Bautista should have thst bat shoved up his ass

fuck you

[Droford]

Oh come that bat flip was one of the worst I've ever seen. Joe Carter didn't do that and he won the damn World Series.

[BigDaddyCool]

Cardinals out. Now no matter who wins is a "feel good" story

Eff the royals though

eat a dick. Royals are amazing.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Oh come that bat flip was one of the worst I've ever seen. Joe Carter didn't do that and he won the damn World Series.

shutup

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

He actually apologized for it. Emotions were running high, so get over it.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>lol what the fuck was AJ Hinch thinking? down 2 in the 8th and instead of bringing in an established reliever he decides to bring in Keuchel, on 2 days rest after throwing 124 pitches in his last game.

he promptly gives up a 3-run bomb to Morales to eliminate any chance of an exciting 9th inning.

I mean yeah a 2 run lead was probably safe with Wade Davis anyway, but still. really dumb decision.</font>

[BigDaddyCool]

FOREVER FUCKING ROYAL!!!!!!!

[screech]

Oh come that bat flip was one of the worst I've ever seen. Joe Carter didn't do that and he won the damn World Series.

You would have loved it if it was Machado.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Also, Robbie Alomar styled pretty fucking hard on Dennis Eckersley in 1992. If you do it in a big moment, you earn your chance to style on a fool.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Oh man imagine if it was Darren O'Day he hit the home run off of.

[Damian Rey]

Don't mind Droford. He's the same nincompoop who tried to argue in favor of Manny Machado throwing a bat at people and not purposely knocking out a catcher in a erroneously long back swing.

[Droford]

Over under on fights in the ALCS?

[Droford]

Don't mind Droford. He's the same nincompoop who tried to argue in favor of Manny Machado throwing a bat at people and not purposely knocking out a catcher in a erroneously long back swing.

Abad threw at Machados surgically repaired knee twice though..

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Baltimore is legitimately some of the biggest bunch of pricks along with Kansas city. Always getting involved in bullshit. Note that the benches cleared multiple times in this series, but nobody ever threw at anyone. Baltimore is always up to something salty and Buck Showalter can't contain his little sourpuss fuckface.

[Droford]

Outside of Machado who has Bryce Harper syndrome I don't think that's at all the truth

[Frank Drebin]

This Royals/Jays series is gonna be fun. Interested to see if my prediction comes true.

[Lock Jaw]

Went to a Jays/Kansas game in August, and Jays won.... nice preview....

[Ruien]

Did the Jays peak yet?

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I believe they peaked a few weeks ago ruien. Isn't it obvious?

[Droford]

Gonna laugh when the Royals sweep the Jays

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Oh god, shutup.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Thé only person who had any real right to be mad at that bat flip is Sam Dyson. But how do you not let that huge rush of intensity go? It's not like he did it during a home run he hit when the jays beat the Orioles 15-2 to clinch. The "unwritten rules" of baseball are usually upheld by douchebags such as Bryan McCann.

[Stickman]

Honestly, why are people making a big deal about the bat flip, get over it. This coming from a guy who hates showboaters.

[Evil Vito]

Thé only person who had any real right to be mad at that bat flip is Sam Dyson. But how do you not let that huge rush of intensity go? It's not like he did it during a home run he hit when the jays beat the Orioles 15-2 to clinch. The "unwritten rules" of baseball are usually upheld by douchebags such as Bryan McCann.

<font color=goldenrod>Even though his comments after the game suggested he was pissed off at the bat flip, I think he really did understand it. The moment that seemed to irk him more was when EE came up next and was actively trying to get the crowd to stop throwing shit. But since it was loud as fuck there and Dyson didn't know what EE was trying to do, he thought EE was trying to play to the crowd before the at-bat even started.</font>

[road doggy dogg]

that bat flip was one of the best I've ever seen, when you factor in the context of it all

fuck off @ people who are angry about it

[screech]

I love bat flips and that one was fantastic

[road doggy dogg]

haha

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

[Droford]

He threw the bat he didn't flip it. Plus he had to work in the sly stare at the pitcher right before he did.

[road doggy dogg]

Droford channeling his best STD right now

[Damian Rey]

Lol. Droford's homerism knows no bounds. What really happened was Machado was being a puss after being tagged out too aggressively for his tastes by Josh Donaldson, who in turn was thrown at. Machado was brushed back near the knees in retaliation, who then threw the bat down the line.

Had Machado not been such a sissy he would've avoided being thrown at.

There's no comparison to Harper. You don't hear or see Harper pulling that kind of bullshit at the mlb level.

[Nicky Fives]

Bautista played 1400+ regular season games and essentially won the game for his team in their biggest game in 20+ years in his 5th ever postseason game..... give the guy a break for showing a little emotion..... The only robots I want to see on the field are those to replace the umpires, who are and always will be fucking atrocious....

Gonna be fireworks in KC/TO though... neither teams like each other coming off TO's sweep of them at home to start their climb to the top of the AL East

[Bad News Gertner]

The O's are a bunch of vaginas

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Droford channeling his best STD right now

Explain.

I love it when somebody shows emotion like that for doing something great. Why win if you can't rub it in somebody else's face?

Ortiz does it. Manny Ramirez did it. It's fine. I guess Droford is just mad cause they haven't peaked yet.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

If you're on the other team in any circumstance... Jose Bautista is easy to not like. He's a great team guy, he gets behind his teammates and his intensity and fire are near un matched. But he's salty, and he can be a bit unreasonable, not the most likeable individual, and I get how fans from rival teams with think he's a prick. But that bat flip should have nothing to do with it.

[Emperor Smeat]

The bat flip and reaction by Bautista was great. Rangers had plenty of chances to avoid that moment with better play or not throwing the ball where Baustita likes to hit his bombs.

http://m.mlb.com/images/6/3/8/154473638/101415_tor_bats_batflip_lowres_gjvlzoc9.gif

Crowd tossing stuff on the field and being too rowdy at times should be the bigger issue to complain and debate about from that game.

[weather vane]

Bautista should have thst bat shoved up his ass

You are everything that is wrong with baseball/the world.

[road doggy dogg]

I don't even like the Jays and that bat flip has easily been the best moment of this playoffs by far

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>First inning and the Dodgers have already done more damage off of deGrom than they did the whole first game</font> :-\

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>fortunately he limited the deficit to 1. Cespedes (who I love) K'ing on 3 pitches with 1 out and a man on 3rd in the 1st could loom large with Greinke on the mound.

plenty of time though.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>feel like there's no way Justin Turner isn't on steroids. might explain the beard growth.</font>

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

I'd say the oddest thing about that home run was Sam Dyson serving one up. The man had been money all series. He was also super salty in his post game interview, but one could assume he was a little sensitive about the matter.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Guy on 3rd looks like the deaf diplomat on that TNG episode.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

The redhead with long hair is being replaced by the blonde with long hair?

[Emperor Smeat]

Didn't know it was possible to steal on a walk play.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Yes, you are free to do whatever you want once you hit first base.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Yeah you can pretty much leave the base at any point unless the guy flies out.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>aaaand Justin Turner is now 10 for 18 in the series. how the fucking shit is this possible? why are they giving him anything to hit with an open base at this point?</font>

[road doggy dogg]

brutal play by that LF lol

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

<font color=goldenrod>aaaand Justin Turner is now 10 for 18 in the series. how the fucking shit is this possible? why are they giving him anything to hit with an open base at this point?</font>

Don't put people on with less than two outs.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Fuck that shit. Turner has absolutely bent the Mets over the table this series...I'm giving him nothing to hit at this point. credit to deGrom for being able to Houdini his way out of trouble each inning.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I hope Justin Turner dislocates his anus by having it rammed by Magic Johnson's diseased AIDS dick.</font>

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I think baseball is the only acceptable sport to have artificial noise to drive the crowd to do stuff.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>jesus fuck my balls just retracted into my asshole on that fly ball by Greinke</font>

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

DeGrom with a gutsy start. Impressive stuff.

[OssMan]

I hope Justin Turner dislocates his anus by having it rammed by Magic Johnson's diseased AIDS dick.
wtf

[OssMan]

Big vito talking a lot about butt holes on this page.

[OssMan]

Kerry Collins pinch hitting

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

hahaha everyone talking about how gutsy he was after I just said here he was gutsy B-) I should be a commentator.

[OssMan]

Jacob DeGrom apparently broke his finger whilst castrating a cow once

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Don Mattingly still looks in wonderful physical condition

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Jacob DeGrom apparently broke his finger whilst castrating a cow once

Was the Cow transgender?

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>YES! Fuck you Turner.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>This is gonna somehow come down to Utley coming up as the tying or maybe even go-ahead run. Fuck me my heart is not used to playoff baseball!</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>lol and it's still in line. if they don't get Pederson out to start the 9th Utley is up as the go-ahead run. fuck fuck fuckkkkkkkkkk</font>

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I don't really get putting somebody in with little to no experience as a stopper like this in a game.

[Frank Drebin]

This is cool

[Frank Drebin]

Lol....maybe the only situation where the Mets can't throw at utley

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

230 million dollars comes down to Howie Kendrick.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Peace.

[Evil Vito]

<FONT COLOR=GOLDENROD>HOLY FUCKING SHIT YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS</FONT>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I questioned leaving deGrom in with him getting in trouble each inning, he only allowed 2 runs.

I questioned pulling Syndergaard after only 1 inning and using Familia for 6 outs for the first time ever.

and I was completely wrong on both accounts. Bravo Mets. Br-fucking-vo. So happy right now.</font>

[RaginRonic]

With the Dodgers out of the playoffs now, all 10 teams, in the AL and NL West Divisions, are out of the October dance.

Only teams from the AL and NL Eastern & Central Divisions are left in contention.

XB

[Emperor Smeat]

Playoffs have been really great so far this year.

[Evil Vito]

http://dmv.barstoolsports.com/files/2013/12/randy_marsh_jizz.jpg

[OssMan]

Mets vs Cubs cool

[OssMan]

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