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[Droford]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That &quot;Right Field in Yankee Stadium&quot; type of feeling <a href="https://t.co/nCj1otsShX">pic.twitter.com/nCj1otsShX</a></p>&mdash; Cespedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) <a href="https://twitter.com/CespedesBBQ/status/773339524311224320">September 7, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Evil Vito]

The Mets had a really nice come-from-behind win tonight. Sadly though they gained no ground as the Giants and Cardinals each staged their own comebacks, the Cardinals' including a game-tying home run down to their last strike.

Glad the Mets have at least made it interesting and showed some resiliency. I wish we weren't chasing the team that makes the playoffs every year and the team that gets a magic horseshoe wedged up their ass every even year, but it's still better than pointless games in September.

[Droford]

First time since MLB went to 3 divisions that 3 teams (Sox and Jays tied, Os 1GB) were separated by 1 game for the lead in a division with 25 games to go. Which is good I guess since all the other divisions are pretty much locked up.

[Evil Vito]

Cespedes with the clutch go-ahead HR last night btw. #PayTheMan #BlankCheck

[Evil Vito]

2 runners thrown out against Thor in the same inning today. There ya fucking go :y: he listened

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Blue Jays struggling, hopefully they can get back in bizness.

[Ruien]

Jay hitting one of their bad streaks. Don't think Boston will drop out of first place in the division again.

[Emperor Smeat]

:D Red Sox in 1st place. Been a while since that last happened.

[ClockShot]

Yankees get the job done. They're keeping it interesting in the AL East and Wild Card race.

[Evil Vito]

Mets sign Tebow. Lol okay then.

[Ruien]

As much as I doubt it happens, I hope Tebow becomes a really good player.

Still don't understand how no one wanted to give him a shot but people like Mark Sanchez never go without a team for lime a week.

[Evil Vito]

Predictably the internet has erupted into full on LOLMETS but I really don't understand why.

I don't even like Tebow. But there is zero risk to signing him. It's not like they had to give him a Major League contract or put him on the 40-man roster. The guy is going to the Instructional League.

[Evil Vito]

If Tebow still has a cult-like following, his minimal contract will be paid for by the crazies buying customized Tebow jerseys and coming out to watch him play.

[Droford]

I think he could be a decent player..

[Ruien]

If Tebow still has a cult-like following, his minimal contract will be paid for by the crazies buying customized Tebow jerseys and coming out to watch him play.

It does not hurt the Mets st all. There are so many minor league spots to fill with players who have no hope of making it to the MLB. Tebow will at least bring some fans in to watch him.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

If nothing else he's going to create revenue for whatever minor league team he's assigned to. He's not gonna be any good but it'll at least create some buzz and sell some tickets.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Poor Tampa Bay every ALE team is in striking distance to a playoff spot except those losers.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

:D Red Sox in 1st place. Been a while since that last happened.

Not really. They were in first place on September 3rd and August 25th.

[Nicky Fives]

I like the expanding rosters. The crappy teams get to let their young players try to shine on the big stage.

And it gives contenders the ability to rest some of the key arms going down the stretch so that they are fully healthy come post-season.....

[Ruien]

Yankees are so making the playoffs. This is going to be amazing.

[ClockShot]

Don't jinx it dude.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Biggest game of the season so far. Porcello going for 20 and a 2 game lead. Sox pulling Drew P Sunday in favor of Bucholtz who has a lights out record against the heart of the Blue Jays lineup.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

you jinxed it dude.

Fixed :D

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Porcello 20 Game Winner! :D

Paging Dr. Young....Dr. Cy Young.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Yanks are a game out of a tie for the 2nd Wild Card Spot. Whowoulvethunkit?

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Jays... greatest team in history... actually won a game today WOOOOOO

[ClockShot]

You can try to walk Gary Sanchez.........

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[Droford]

Jordan Zimmerman should go back to the DL
1+ IP 5 ER 3 HR

[Droford]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THIS IS THE INTERVIEW OF OUR DREAMS, <a href="https://twitter.com/SimplyAJ10">@SimplyAJ10</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IBackTheBirds?src=hash">#IBackTheBirds</a> ������ <a href="https://t.co/1qL4RjstTF">pic.twitter.com/1qL4RjstTF</a></p>&mdash; Orioles on MASN (@masnOrioles) <a href="https://twitter.com/masnOrioles/status/774752132486537217">September 10, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Rally Dashiki

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Jordan Zimmerman should go back to the DL
1+ IP 5 ER 3 HR

Sounds like he'd fit right in in Baltimore.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

In fairness to Baltimore, Jimenez is pitching about a bajillion times better.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Over the last 3 starts? Meh.

Hey Dastardly, Jays are such a fun team to watch. You think they're gonna keep either Bautista, E2 or neither? I'd be stunned if they kept both.

Feel like Bautista will stay and some team will give E2 a Nelson Cruz type deal.

[Nicky Fives]

Third Jays game of the year, third victory. I may be a good luck charm.

[Droford]

Tillman comes back off the DL today. I'm assuming he's taking Wade Mileys spot as Gausman Bundy Ubaldo and to a lesser extent Gallardo have pitched well the last month.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Over the last 3 starts? Meh.

Hey Dastardly, Jays are such a fun team to watch. You think they're gonna keep either Bautista, E2 or neither? I'd be stunned if they kept both.

Feel like Bautista will stay and some team will give E2 a Nelson Cruz type deal.

They'd be stupid to keep Bautista if it was b/w keeping one or the other. They won't be keeping both though.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Oh I agree. I just feel like Bautista is more likely to sign with them them E2. The market sucks and E2 has put up another stellar year.

[Droford]

Orioles roughed up Verlander a little bit so far..2 HRs through 4 up 3-0

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Thanks for nothing Bucholtz.

[Droford]

The 97 Mariners team that has the HR record (264) had 226 home runs through 141 games. The Orioles had 224 home runs through yesterday.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Does it really matter if they don't make the playoffs?

[Droford]

Speaking of the Orioles beat the Mariners in the 97 playoffs

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

:D

Sox win.

2 Game lead in the ALE.

[Emperor Smeat]

:y: Sox take 2 out of 3 against the Jays.

[Droford]

Orioles and Red Sox play 7 times in next 11 days.

Time to make the run on the division.

[ClockShot]

Yankees vs. Dodgers opens tonight. While the rest of the AL East tries to kill each other.

Now's the time for the Yankees to gain some ground. Whatever the outcome in the end, the Baby Bombers have impressed.

[RP]

Kyle Hendricks has a no hitter through 7 innings ( almost 8 now )

[RP]

Kyle Hendricks a sicko

[RP]

Hendricks into the 9th with no hitter intact.

[Bad News Gertner]

Got him on my fantasy team. Come on Kyle!

[RP]

Kyle Hendricks is locking up the NL Cy Young right now

[RP]

lol no hitter done.

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol fucking hell

[Droford]

The Yankees are probably going to pass the Blue Jays

Lol

[Evil Vito]

Well, guess Manfred is trying to heighten the importance of April baseball. Haven't checked anybody else's 2017 schedules but the Mets open with 32 straight games against the NL East. Seems kinda ridiculous but I can only guess most teams have something similar.

[Droford]

The Orioles open with the Jays at home on Monday day off Tuesday game Wednesday off Thursday. And they only have 8 home games vs the Jays vs 10 in Toronto which is stupid

[Droford]

Guasmans line 8 innings 0 runs 4 hits 1 bb 6 i
Ks 117 pitches 82 strikes

To the 9th in a 1-0 game

[Droford]

Britton 43rd save Orioles win 1-0
Orioles 1 GB of Boston and 1 game up in the #1 wild card

[Evil Vito]

best team in history, clearly

[Evil Vito]

Mets lose 1-0. lost no ground in the Wild Card race thankfully.

[Evil Vito]

Daniel Murphy got at least one hit in all 19 games against the Mets this year. Because of fucking course he did.

[Emperor Smeat]

Padres looking at a possible punishment from MLB in regards to medical stuff. Whole thing revolves around the team having 2 sets of team medical files with MLB thinking they might have been hiding stuff from the league file to get unfair advantages with trades. Supposedly the internal file was a lot more detailed with medical info than the Padres league file every team gets access to.

Red Sox, Marlins, and White Sox made complaints to the league from this year's trades about believing something was up with the Padres.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/17554327/san-diego-padres-face-discipline-hiding-players-medical-information-mlb-database

[screech]

As a result, Padres GM suspended 30 days without pay.

[ClockShot]

Blue Jays hire Ben Cherington as VP of Baseball Operations.

Remember hearing the Yankees wanted him after his fallout with Boston, but he declined.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Really good hire for Toronto.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Boom!!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Magic Number is 15

[ClockShot]

Starting to worry about Betances. Can't hold it down like he used to.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

He's probably just tired

[Damian Rey 2.0]

There's also been some bad luck there. 356 babip. Fip is 1.71. He's fine and you have nothing to worry about.

[Droford]

Britton almost blew the save tonight

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

The dagger.

Yankees. Delete. Obsolete.

[Emperor Smeat]

:D Red Sox

[Evil Vito]

:| Jacob deGrom needs elbow surgery. This is after letting him rest for a few weeks, him throwing a few bullpen sessions with no issue, and just yesterday they announced that he'd be starting Sunday. Now he suddenly needs surgery.

What the fuck. How can the Mets' medical staff consistently get every fucking diagnosis wrong? it's insane.

[Evil Vito]

Opening Day rotation: Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom, Steven Matz, Bartolo Colon

September 2016 rotation: Noah Syndergaard, Bartolo Colon, Seth Lugo, Robert Gsellman, Gabriel Ynoa

[Evil Vito]

And on top of that, Thor has bone spurs. And toss in Wheeler who never pitched this year and has now missed two straight seasons. Colon is their only healthy starter and it now looks like they have no choice but to bring him back next year.

You can't build a perennial contender entirely on young pitching. You just can't. They're all so injury prone as fuck. Pretty soon pitchers will never go over 100 pitches in a game and we'll move to 6 man rotations.

[ClockShot]

Another day in Fenway, another game the Yankees choke away.

Lose tomorrow, might as well call it a season. Though, it was a fun 2nd half.

[RP]

Opening Day rotation: Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom, Steven Matz, Bartolo Colon

September 2016 rotation: Noah Syndergaard, Bartolo Colon, Seth Lugo, Robert Gsellman, Gabriel Ynoa

If i didnt know any better, i would guess you guys have Dusty Baker as your manager.

[Droford]

I haven't given up on the Orioles winning the Division but a win tonight puts them 4 games up on the 3rd place wild card teams (Seattle and Detroit) Baring a collapse the Jays are in the same spot.

[Evil Vito]

If i didnt know any better, i would guess you guys have Dusty Baker as your manager.

I fucking wish Dusty would have ruined the Nats pitching staff.

[Nicky Fives]

I was concerned with the Yankees, but that Hanley HR killed their chances a few nights ago....

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

O's lose Jays down big.

[Emperor Smeat]

:D Sox took all 4 games against the Yanks.

Hanley was amazing during the series.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Four away against Baltimore and 3 away against the Rays and 3 away against the Yankees in the next away series.

[Droford]

The Orioles will win 3 of 4 to cut the lead to 1 game.

[Emperor Smeat]

Wonder when the Os will realize its not a good idea to pitch to Betts when they are at home.

8 out of his 14 road HRs have been hit there.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Complete Game 4-hitter for Porcello (21-4). Sox take a 4 game lead and magic number is 9.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

The Orioles will win 3 of 4 to cut the lead to 1 game.

Don't make any Betts on that.

[Nicky Fives]

Don't make any Betts on that.

Ha!

[Evil Vito]

Freddie Freeman continues to enjoy pissing in the Mets' Cheerios, and now I bet Dansby Swanson will become a Met killer too. Something about that damn Braves uniform transforms guys into Chipper Jones against the Mets.

[Evil Vito]

If nothing else I'm glad the Mets have made things really interesting this past month, long after I had left them for dead after they got swept at home by Arizona.

I'm still pretty sure they'll fall short at the final hurdle because they're going up against two teams that just flat out turn on the jets late in the year in St. Louis and San Fran. But at least it's been a good battle.

[RP]

I like my Draft Kings lineup tonight


Standings
Lineup

Close

PIR: 90
P
J. Lester P
$12,200 swap out
P
H. Santiago P
$6,900 swap out
C
B. Posey $3,900 swap out
1B
P. Goldschmidt $4,800 swap out
2B
J. Altuve $4,200 swap out
3B
K. Bryant $4,900 swap out
SS
T. Tulowitzki $3,800 swap out
OF
B. Buxton $3,200 swap out
OF
M. Ozuna $3,000 swap out
OF
C. Rasmus $2,800 swap out

[Emperor Smeat]

Betts came really close to hitting another HR at Camdien Yards this season. Just missed it by a few inches.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

8

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I like my Draft Kings lineup tonight


Standings
Lineup

Close

PIR: 90
P
J. Lester P
$12,200 swap out
P
H. Santiago P
$6,900 swap out
C
B. Posey $3,900 swap out
1B
P. Goldschmidt $4,800 swap out
2B
J. Altuve $4,200 swap out
3B
K. Bryant $4,900 swap out
SS
T. Tulowitzki $3,800 swap out
OF
B. Buxton $3,200 swap out
OF
M. Ozuna $3,000 swap out
OF
C. Rasmus $2,800 swap out

How much did you put down?

[Evil Vito]

Yay. Mets lose a series at home to the 33-games-under-.500 Braves again.

It's gonna suck when the Mets fail to make the playoffs but keep Terry anyway just because the team finally started playing better against bad teams down the stretch.

[RP]

How much did you put down?

3 dollar tourney. Its bad. Ozuna, rasmus did nothing. Altuve hasnt done anything

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Detroit creeping up behind the Os

[Damian Rey 2.0]

They're the sleeper team. Great offense and solid rotation

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Boston really establishing dominance, though you could see it coming since August.

Jays need to do everything in their power not to eat shit for the next 11 games.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Baltimore still has the division Dale. Boston is just peaking too early.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Baltimore is the best team this league has ever seen.

[Droford]

The Orioles are still getting a wild card game probably vs Toronto

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

7

The Number and the size.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

The Orioles are still getting a wild card game probably vs Toronto

lol I have my doubts about both teams sometimes.

[Droford]

Id rather the Os play Toronto in Canada then even play Seattle in Baltimore. Seattle scares me from the "they kicked the Orioles asses this year " standpoint

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

BOOM!

[screech]

Really want Seattle to make the playoffs

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

2 teams ahead of them. So, I doubt "it's gonna be SEA"

[Evil Vito]

Terry Collins just pulled Addison Reed who has been one of the best set up men in baseball this year in order to put in a rookie lefty. He literally knows nothing about his pitchers other than what hand they throw with. Clearly doesn't look at any of the splits.

And then he brought in Familia for a 5 out save with runners on 2nd and 3rd and 1 out, which he predictably blew.

I have never seen an on-field manager this incompetent.

[screech]

2 teams ahead of them. So, I doubt "it's gonna be SEA"

I know it's a long shot. Would be cool to see a FRESH FACE though

[Evil Vito]

HOW THE FUCK DO YOU BAT ERIC ".172" CAMPBELL AND KEVIN ".189" PLAWECKI IN THE MIDDLE OF A GODDAMN PLAYOFF RACE?!?!? HOW???

Holy fucking SHIT this man is incompetent.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

6

[Evil Vito]

Ender Inciarte robs the game-winning home run. Braves sweep the Mets.

Fuck this season.

[Droford]

The Mets and Orioles are in similar spot it seems

[Evil Vito]

It'd have been nice to make the playoffs for a second year in a row for only the second time in team history...but realistically I can't see this team getting past Bumgarner or Carlos Martinez in a winner-take-all game.

Even if they did, they aren't going to be able to throw their hard-throwing pitchers at the Cubs other than Thor, because they're all hurt. Murph may have won NLCS MVP last year but they would have won nearly all of those games without him because the Cubs were one of the worst teams in the league against high heat. And now that strength is gone this year.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Terry Collins-"if you hit, you play"

Terry Collins-"we gotta give Jay Bruce time to get out of this slump"

That's all I need to know

[Evil Vito]

Pretty much. The guy is utterly clueless.

He's a nice guy who has kept the clubhouse together, but he's a dreadful in-game manager.

[Nicky Fives]

John Gibbons has had some head scratchers this season too, but at least he never hit Josh Thole out of the bottom 3..... Collins strikes me as a weird egg....

[Evil Vito]

Matz scratched from his start tomorrow, out for the season.

If that sounds familiar, it's because the SAME FUCKING THING happened to Jacob deGrom not even a week ago.

Friday: deGrom to start Sunday
Saturday: deGrom scratched from Sunday start, out for season
Wednesday: Matz to start Friday
Thursday: Matz scratched from Friday start, out for season

The Mets medical staff are nothing short of incompetent. They need to fire every single fucking one of them.

[Evil Vito]

Cool. Keep pitching to Ryan Howard. He hasn't killed you at all over the past decade.

[Droford]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Our gift to David Ortiz, the exact authenticated visiting dugout phone he smashed on July 27, 2013. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Birdland?src=hash">#Birdland</a> <a href="https://t.co/QygTYmW13m">pic.twitter.com/QygTYmW13m</a></p>&mdash; Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) <a href="https://twitter.com/Orioles/status/779092404888543233">September 22, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Haha..they did it

[Droford]

Trey Mancini has 2 hits in 2 games for the Orioles. Both homers. > Gary Sanchez

[Emperor Smeat]

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Haha..they did it

:lol:

[Ruien]

It is very possible Baltimore will be on the outside looking in after tonight.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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Haha..they did it

:lol:

Four-game sweep in six outs. Detroit wins. Who gets the last laugh? Big Papi.

[Droford]

The Tigers still have 4 games vs the Indians who they are 2-13 versus this year so..good luck with that Detroit

[Ruien]

Maaan it will be a wonderful moment if Baltimore blows it completely and does not even make the wild card game.

[Evil Vito]

Mets lose again. 4 straight losses to the Braves and Phillies. Blew it in the 8th inning two days in a row.

Fuck this.

[Evil Vito]

The game is still going on btw, but with the Mets bulllen I'm just prepping for the inevitable.

[RP]

I mean, Reyes just hit a bomb to tie it in the bottom of the 9th, but i'm sure Vito Cruz is in bed now.

[Droford]

Maaan it will be a wonderful moment if Baltimore blows it completely and does not even make the wild card game.

3 vs Arizona and 3 vs Toronto

They can beat Arizona and If They beat Toronto They knock Toronto out.

This was ugly 4 games but it's not the end of the world

[Ruien]

It may be the beginning of the end. I think Toronto has a good chance of choking their playoff spot too. Balt and Tor are both streaky. But I hope that Balt chokes so I can have a awesome moment knowing you will be done with your garbage in this thread.

[Evil Vito]

I mean, Reyes just hit a bomb to tie it in the bottom of the 9th, but i'm sure Vito Cruz is in bed now.

Oh I saw it. But I didn't get all fired up about it because this team continue to lose to bad teams despite having supposedly the easy record in baseball.

It's like when WWE was really bad. It pissed me off for weeks and weeks on end. Then eventually I just reached the point of apathy and assumed it would go back to shit again any time it showed promise.

[Evil Vito]

See: every Noid post in the past 2 months

[RP]

OMG i thought that was a walk off

[Evil Vito]

Again, didn't even move an inch. I'm watching but numb to everything.

It's preordained that they're gonna lose this.

[RP]

Again, didn't even move an inch. I'm watching but numb to everything.

It's preordained that they're gonna lose this.

You're the exact type of person i can never watch baseball with.

[Evil Vito]

Too bad. There's literally no reason for Mets fans to ever get their hopes up.

[Evil Vito]

No Met fan in the world thought they were winning this game when they couldn't push the winning run in in the 9th. None.

[Evil Vito]

The Mets have been a second rate franchise for nearly my entire life. They're good like once a decade. I've had enough.

Hope Cespedes signs elsewhere this winter so I can be put out of the fucking misery that is being a Mets fan.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

5

[RP]

HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT VITO IS IN BED ASDRUBAL WITH A 3 RUN WALK OFF HOME RUN

[RP]

And one of the great bat flips in history btw.

[RP]

LOL UNreal

[RP]

Some Met will be getting a ball in the hip tomorrow for that bat flip lol

[RP]

One of the best games of the season

[RP]

Too bad. There's literally no reason for Mets fans to ever get their hopes up.

LOL

[RP]

The Mets have been a second rate franchise for nearly my entire life. They're good like once a decade. I've had enough.

Hope Cespedes signs elsewhere this winter so I can be put out of the fucking misery that is being a Mets fan.

LMAO

[RP]

Vito cant even come back and enjoy that one.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

It's gonna be s fun stretch but I'm pulling for Baltimore to lose just so Droford gtfo of the thread with his bias nonsense until the off-season, where I'm sure he'll pitch every Baltimore move as this huge deal.

[Evil Vito]

That....was most unexpected. Jumped out of bed at the AssMan HR/bat flip lol.

It's the first game they've won all year trailing after 8 innings so nobody could have seen that coming.

[Evil Vito]

I will happily eat crow/shit/whatever and be proven wrong time and time again if they can actually win games like that with regularity.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

You should just soak it all in Vito. The excitement of it all. Your team is in the thick of a playoff hunt despite 3/4 of its infield and 3/5 of its rotation being of the shelf.

[Ruien]

Vito is the complete opposite of Droford.

[Droford]

It's gonna be s fun stretch but I'm pulling for Baltimore to lose just so Droford gtfo of the thread with his bias nonsense until the off-season, where I'm sure he'll pitch every Baltimore move as this huge deal.

Mark Trumbo won't be back
They wont sign a big name pitcher

[Ruien]

Damn. Tonight is not going well for the Os with them probably losing and Tigers/Blue Jays probably going to win.

[Droford]

You were saying. Hmmm?

[Ruien]

Os were probably going to lose. Don't get to cocky before you win. Plus, Jays/Tigers are still going to win.

[RP]

Vito, I understand your team isnt meeting expectations but you're in the thick of a playoff race and your team just played one of the best games of the year last night. How do you go to bed on that?

[Droford]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CtFZrKHUEAEz4zz.jpg

They would have won (it's now tied in extras) off the fucking idiots in New York doing replay weren't blind as bats

Not only was their catcher completely blocking the plate but he tagged him with an empty glove..he had the ball in his hand

[screech]

He had the ball before he stepped in front of the plate. Hardy had a path before the ball got there.

[RP]

I just wanna say... It's an amazing feeling not having to worry about whether my team will get in or not.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

4

[Droford]

Trumbo #44 walk off

Still just .5 back

[Damian Rey 2.0]

The greatest hitter that ever lived.

[RP]

TRUMBO IS A GREEK GOD

[Droford]

Orioles are 1.5 back of Toronto and .5 back of Detroit. Detroit has 4 with Cleveland next week and the Orioles play Toronto for 3. Houston and Seattle are right behind the Orioles but They play each other 3 games starting Monday which Will knock one or the other out.

Not the least bit worried the Os won't get the Wild Card game..

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Of course not. You were saying you thought they could take the division earlier this week.

[Ruien]

No. He knew they would take 3 of 4 from Boston. He didn't think.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

Pardon my ignorance.

[Droford]

http://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2016/09/joe_girardi_clearly_unhappy_with_orioles_david_ort.html

I think they should definitely retaliate by showing that time Ortiz walked off vs the Orioles in the ALCs and win the series MVP..oh wait..

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Baltimore won last night guys. Miracle Mets have nothing on them.

[Droford]

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Lol

[Ruien]

Isn't a huge story right now that no one is bothering to go to the O's games even though they were in 1st place and are currently in the thick of a playoff race? I guess the casual fans are scared to find themselves sitting near Droford.

[Droford]

Let's not forget the Os were predicted by all the so called experts to finish 4th with about 75 wins and here they sit 83-71 1.5 gb of Toronto for 2nd with 8 games to play 3 of which are vs the Jays.

Also it'll be cool if the Orioles win the Wild Card and play Boston because despite the asskickings in Baltimore the Orioles were 6-3 in Boston winning all 3 series in Boston.
Mookie Betts didn't hit home runs (only 1 vs 8 in Baltimore) vs Baltimore in Boston lol

[Ruien]

Isn't a huge story right now that no one is bothering to go to the O's games even though they were in 1st place and are currently in the thick of a playoff race? I guess the casual fans are scared to find themselves sitting near Droford.

What does that have to do with this?

[DaveWadding]

The new issue of ESPN the Magazine is called the Cubs Issue and has Rizzo on the cover. Going to throw up. The Curse is Real.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Maybe if it was SI. ESPN the Magazine would only give them a minor rash.

[DaveWadding]

Nothing in my life gives me more anxiety than the idea that the Cubs are "favored" to win the World Series....going to be a total disaster. Going to throw up now.......

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

PEDRIOA THE DESTROYAH!

[RP]

Someone call Vito. Make sure he's ok.

[Droford]

What does that have to do with this?

The Orioles arent drawing very well despite playing well at home. I'll contend that even though they say they have some of the most affordable tickets in baseball the fact is I tried to buy tickets directly from them for tonight's game and they tack on $10 in fees for a $30 ticket which is just silly.
I don't think there's anything to it about the riots in baltimore. The stadium complex with M&T is in a nice area...

[DaveWadding]

Someone call Vito. Make sure he's ok.

He's at a wedding today. I'm pretty sure he's balls deep in a bridesmaid right now. He'll be fine.

[DaveWadding]

The Orioles arent drawing very well despite playing well at home. I'll contend that even though they say they have some of the most affordable tickets in baseball the fact is I tried to buy tickets directly from them for tonight's game and they tack on $10 in fees for a $30 ticket which is just silly.
I don't think there's anything to it about the riots in baltimore. The stadium complex with M&T is in a nice area...

Honestly, why would you want to pay to watch the Diamondbacks play baseball? You're better off lighting that $40 on fire.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Went to a Wedding in CT once. It was in the woods full of Yankee fans. Open bar though so it wasn't all bad.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Baltimore going to get back into the .5 lead with 6-0 lead right now with the Tigers falling earlier.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

3

22-4 for Porcello.

[Emperor Smeat]

:D 10 in a row for the Sox.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uBPxlEJkNcw/VmCZNBbmmqI/AAAAAAAAp7Y/N1fhQRQWrWs/s1600/Entrance%2B4.gif

[RP]

The Mets are doing it again.

[Droford]

Honestly, why would you want to pay to watch the Diamondbacks play baseball? You're better off lighting that $40 on fire.

It was Hooded sweatshirt night..not that it would have got me though. And Wade Miley went 8 2/3 1 run 11k which would have been impressive to see as well as Trey Mancinis 3rd homer in 3 games

[Droford]

:D 10 in a row for the Sox.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uBPxlEJkNcw/VmCZNBbmmqI/AAAAAAAAp7Y/N1fhQRQWrWs/s1600/Entrance%2B4.gif

I hope they win 17 in a row then choke in the playoffs

[Droford]

Don't understand why they're advertising tomorrow as Vin Scully's last dodger stadium game when the Dodgers are in the playoffs .. He won't do radio for the playoffs?

[Droford]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/TreyMancini">@TreyMancini</a> is just the 3rd player in <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB">@MLB</a> history to homer in the first three starts of his career, according to STATS, LLC. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Birdland?src=hash">#Birdland</a> <a href="https://t.co/ghod66jA56">pic.twitter.com/ghod66jA56</a></p>&mdash; Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) <a href="https://twitter.com/Orioles/status/779847095037652992">September 25, 2016</a></blockquote>
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[Emperor Smeat]

Don't understand why they're advertising tomorrow as Vin Scully's last dodger stadium game when the Dodgers are in the playoffs .. He won't do radio for the playoffs?

Scully said he's done once the regular season is over. FOX and others have tried to persuade him to call playoff games but he declined the offers.

[Droford]

If They happen to get to the world series he almost would have to do something I'd think..

[Evil Vito]

Reports coming out that Jose Fernandez was killed in a boating accident. Holy fucking shit.

[screech]

What the fuck, that's awful

[RP]

WTF Jose Fernandez dead?

[RP]

Jose Fernandez dead in a boating accident. OMG that is horrible

[Evil Vito]

3 AM boat crash. He was scheduled to start today but the Marlins moved him to Monday.

Obviously nobody could have ever known this would happen but if they didn't move his start he never would have been out at 3 AM right before a start. So tragic. I dreaded every time the Mets would face him because he was so talented.

Terrible, terrible loss for the game of baseball.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

:(

[Droford]

3 AM boat crash. He was scheduled to start today but the Marlins moved him to Monday.

Obviously nobody could have ever known this would happen but if they didn't move his start he never would have been out at 3 AM right before a start. So tragic. I dreaded every time the Mets would face him because he was so talented.

Terrible, terrible loss for the game of baseball.

I feel bad for whoever made the decision to move him back.

[ClockShot]

That guy was the Marlins' future. Either he was gonna be either the centerpiece of their organization going forward. Or, he was gonna get traded away for a tractor trailer full of players & cash. Because his name always comes up in those discussions.

Marlins cancelled the game today.

[Droford]

How bout those Tigers?..

Eh it's 7-4 now last I saw was 7-0

[Frank Drebin]

Wow @ Jose Fernandez news.

[RP]

I keep thinking about Jose Fernandez man. I cant believe this.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I feel bad for whoever made the decision to move him back.

Maybe but he shouldn't have been out that late even if the game wasn't the next day.

Terrible. :'( :(

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

How the fuck could they put in Abad? He is the drizzling shits.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Review. Safe.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

2

Red Sox fan 23 Rays.

[Emperor Smeat]

RIP Jose Fernandez.

[Bad News Gertner]

Jays win one for Jose Fernandez

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

you jest but in their minds they probably did.

[ClockShot]

Yankees will probably just mail it in the rest of the week.

Girardi got that non-refundable vacation planned in early October.

[Droford]

Orioles swept the Diamondbacks like they should.
Detroit lost 2 of 3 to KC
Os are 1.5 back of Toronto and 1.5 up on Detroit pending their games tomorrow. So at worst 2 games back and 1 up after tomorrows day off. Technically Seattle 2.5 and Houston 3 back are still in bit but they play each other.

So obviously Tuesday is the biggest series of the year Orioles into Toronto for 3..

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Yankees will probably just mail it in the rest of the week.

Girardi got that non-refundable vacation planned in early October.

i hope so, jays could use the win streak.

[Droford]

Orioles finish with the Yankees.
Blue Jays finish with Boston who should still be competing for homefield.
Tigers face the braves.

Bold Prediction time...Tigers will pass the Jays for the 2nd wild card and itll be the Tigers vs Orioles in baltimore

I also notuced that all the games next sunday start at 3pm east..have they done thst before

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

If the Jays handle Baltimore, Baltimore is fucked.

[Bad News Gertner]

Tigers are fading. It'll be O's vs Jays

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Droford does anything he can to discredit the Jays because he is a punk bitch.

[screech]

Dee Gordon stood in the right hand batter's box wearing Jose's helmet for the first pitch. Two pitches later, he hit his first home run of the season.

Incredible. Love baseball.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

No other sport has such a romance about it. Very emotional moment.

[Ruien]

Maaan that Dee Gordon stuff is intense. So happy for him. Really awesome they are ll wearing number 16 too.

[Droford]

The yankees win..theeeeeee...yankees..win

1 GB of The Jays

Tigers lose 2 Games up on the Tigers. Best case scenario!

[screech]

Marlins are also retiring the number 16.

[RP]

Dee Gordon stood in the right hand batter's box wearing Jose's helmet for the first pitch. Two pitches later, he hit his first home run of the season.

Incredible. Love baseball.

Ya i almost had some tears about that

[Evil Vito]

Keith Hernandez, Ron Darling, and Gary Cohen were all struggling to contain themselves in the Mets booth. Made me even more choked up than I already was.

I can't complain about losing today. The Marlins needed that win.

[DaveWadding]

The thought that the Cubs have won more games in this season than they've ever won in a season in my grandmother's lifetime makes me want to projectile vomit.

[RP]

I really cant get past Jose Fernandez being dead. As a die hard fan of baseball, i'm having a really hard time with this.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

1

[screech]

Ya i almost had some tears about that

Definitely got dusty in my house during this game. Tough one to watch. No idea how they gathered the strength to even play tonight.

I'm going to miss watching Fernandez so much. Always went out of my way to watch his starts. Tremendous talent, always had fun playing the game. Hate this.

[Damian Rey 2.0]

The killer is he came from literally nothing. Nothing. And he made something of his immense talent. And now he's gone. Just a sad story.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Two of his friends were killed with him too.

He was about to be a father too. :(

[Damian Rey 2.0]

That's the part that got me. My daughter is everything. To know his child was robbed of him and vice versa was the part that hit me hardest.

[Droford]

Droford does anything he can to discredit the Jays because he is a punk bitch.

I From 1989 to 2016

Cito is long gone (though he still sucks). The stadium in which the O’s lost those games, then known as SkyDome, is still there, though it’s gone from a brand-new wonder to a corporate-branded monstrosity that these days is filled with stereotype-breaking angry Canadians who’ve taken on the aspect of mega-jerk Jose Bautista and like to express that in various ways, including throwing beer onto the field.


Of course there’s no actual reason for there to be any connection between the 1989 Orioles and the 2016 Orioles late-season trips to Toronto except in the minds of the incredibly superstitious. Everyone involved, player and manager, is long gone, unless you count pitchers Dave Johnson and Ben McDonald doing radio, or outfielder Brady Anderson being a special assistant to the GM these days.

The 2016 edition of the O’s will have plenty of their own reasons for wanting to beat the Jays now, from recent history with some bad blood to just wanting to secure their own postseason spot this year.

There’s the wild card now, two spots for them in fact, and the O’s enter their penultimate series a game and a half behind the Jays. That’ll be either a game or two by tomorrow; the Jays must finish a series with the Yankees. Let’s hope they play 18 innings and their bullpen gets trashed. With a good series, the O’s could leave Toronto tied or even ahead of the Jays.


There can only be one Why Not? Orioles. After all, what made them what they were is the way they rebounded from the 107-loss disaster of 1988 to unexpectedly contend into the final series of the season. The 2016 O’s are unexpectedly contending, defying the experts and computers who picked them to come in last in the division, but a little rebound after an 81-win season is nothing compared to the 1989 team.

A familiar story for the Orioles, sort of

Still, the similarities are there, and if you’re superstitious, it’s enough to make you a little nervous. The 1989 O’s were successful despite having one of the worst starting rotations in MLB. They spent a good chunk of the season - three full months - in first place in the division before faltering a bit in the second half.

One way those O’s were successful is that they were able to outperform their Pythagorean expected win-loss record by four games. They were very good at home, not so good on the road, and had an uncanny ability to win extra inning games. They had a good closer in Gregg Olson and even a 10-win reliever in Mark Williamson, despite the fact that it’s totally weird to have a reliever win 10 games.

These are all things you can map directly to the 2016 team. The 2016 O’s starting rotation is, relative to the rest of MLB, even worse than the 1989 team’s was. Yet despite that, they spent a whole lot of time in first place in the AL East for the year.

This year’s Orioles team entered Sunday’s play four games ahead of their Pythagorean win expectation. Their home record of 50-31 is one of the best the franchise has ever compiled. They are 6-2 in extra inning games and haven’t lost one since June.

Zach Britton is flawless on save chances for the season and sure enough, there’s a 10-win reliever sitting there in Brad Brach. It’s even more uncanny than that: Brach’s record is 10-3, exactly what Williamson brought into Toronto in 1989.

This last may be the most disturbing of the bunch, because as it worked out, Williamson was the losing pitcher in both of the games of the series that the O’s lost. There is no such thing as destiny, nor curses or any such things, but, in the unlikely event that Brach takes two losses this weekend to end the year with a 10-5 record, you might have to wonder for a second.

It was a brutal pair of games the O’s lost in the first two games of that 1989 series. The Friday night game saw unheralded 18-game winner Jeff Ballard keep the Jays off the board for 7.1 innings, but when he ran into trouble in the eighth and Olson was summoned, Olson ended up allowing the tying run to score on a wild pitch. A blown save. The game went into extra innings, where Williamson ultimately lost the game in the eleventh.

In the Saturday game, the next-to-last of the season, with the O’s needing to win to pull back within a game of the AL East, they got another unexpected strong start, this time from Johnson, who pitched seven innings. After walking the leadoff man in the eighth, Johnson was relieved by lefty Kevin Hickey, who pulled a Brian Matusz by walking the only batter he faced.

So Williamson, the eighth inning guy of his day, came in to put out the fire. A sacrifice bunt, two singles, and a sacrifice fly later and a 3-1 Orioles lead was a 4-3 deficit. The Orioles out-hit the Jays, 9-4, in this game, and lost. I was alive for this, though I do not remember experiencing it the way that I would now, because I was only five. But my goodness, this must have really been hard to take. The Jays won the East with only 89 wins that year!


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The Saturday game

[Droford]

Gonna be payback for 1989 AND for Cito not pitching Mussina in the ASG

[Bad News Gertner]

Maybe next year

[Droford]

The Os will be right back in this hell hole of a stadium 1 week from tonight when it matters

[Ruien]

Maybe. Seattle and Detroit will both be 1GB after tonight.

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol oh oh, peaked too early

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Rogers center is pretty nice, was just there lastnight.

Lol not an ideal result but a fun game with lots of shenanigans. Toronto fans are a bunch of drama queen pussies though. I do agree that Jays players are emotional and need to take their medicine.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

gonna be hilarious if the jays take the first 2 in this series and Baltimore takes the 3rd game and Droford acts as though they got a series sweep.

[Emperor Smeat]

Was inevitable the win streak was going to get broken but pretty bad sign Price is having HR problems again.

Most he's given up in his career for a single season and has at least one more start left before the playoffs.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Yankees are a nightmare in that bush league ball park, lots of cheapies. Wouldnt be too worried about Price until playoff game 1. Honestly, with him you'll know fast if he's conquered his playoff demons.

[RP]

I would be worried about Price. He looks very hittable.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

get out of here cubs fan with your stress free end of the regular season. Rat bastard.

[RP]

lol so true. I saw Bryant got the night off and gave Maddon a /golfclap

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

lol i will say we had that over here last year but the stress picks up fast come post season. Cubs could be the #realdeal though this year....

...or Baltimore, Baltimore could also be the real deal.

[Ol Dirty Dastard]

Also Droford, Jays have been in the playoffs once since 1993. You need to calm down on your hatred.

[Droford]

I would be worried about Price. He looks very hittable.

Hes just getting into his playoff form