MLB 2006 Playoffs Thread

[The Miz]

The time has come.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

New York Yankees (97-65, East Division champions) vs. Detroit Tigers (95-67, Wild Card)

G1: DET @ NYY (C. Wang vs. N. Robertson)
G2: DET @ NYY (M. Mussina vs. J. Verlander)
G3: NYY @ DET (R. Johnson vs. K. Rogers)
G4*: NYY @ DET (J. Wright vs. J. Bonderman)
G5*: DET @ NYY (TBD)

Minnesota Twins (96-66, Central Division champions) vs. Oakland Athletics (93-69, West Division champions)

G1: OAK @ MIN (J. Santana vs. B. Zito)
G2: OAK @ MIN (B. Bonser vs. E. Loaiza)
G3: MIN @ OAK (B. Radke vs. D. Haren)
G4*: MIN @ OAK (C. Silva vs. R. Harden)
G5*: OAK @ MIN (TBD)

NATIONAL LEAGUE

New York Mets (97-65, East Division champions) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (88-74, Wild Card)

G1: LAD @ NYM (O. Hernandez vs. D. Lowe)
G2: LAD @ NYM (T. Glavine vs. H. Kuo)
G3: NYM @ LAD (S. Trachsel vs. G. Maddux)
G4*: NYM @ LAD (J. Maine vs. B. Penny)
G5*: LAD @ NYM (TBD)

San Diego Padres (88-74, West Division champions) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (83-78, Central Division champions)

G1: STL @ SD (J. Peavy vs. C. Carpenter)
G2: STL @ SD (C. Young vs. J. Suppan)
G3: SD @ STL (D. Wells vs. J. Weaver)
G4*: SD @ STL (W. Williams vs. A. Reyes)
G5*: STL @ SD (TBD)

* = if necessary

[The Miz]

Predictions:

ALDS: Minnesota over Oakland 3-1
ALDS: New York over Detroit 3-0

NLDS: Los Angeles over New York 3-2
NLDS: San Diego over St. Louis 3-1

ALCS: New York over Minnesota 4-3
NLDS: San Diego over Los Angeles 4-2

WS: New York over San Diego 4-0

Repeat of '98

[The Miz]

Jays will win WS

[YOUR Hero]

I'm sorry but I can't take a guy that roots for Seattle seriously.

[YOUR Hero]

Predictions:

ALDS: Minnesota over Oakland 3-2
ALDS: New York over Detroit 3-2

NLDS: Los Angeles over New York 3-2
NLDS: San Diego over St. Louis 3-2

(all series will go the distance)

ALCS: Minnesota over NYY 4-3
NLDS: San Diego over Los Angeles 4-3

(both go the distance)

WS: Minnesota over San Diego 4-3

All playoff series will go the distance this year.
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[YOUR Hero]

Jays win WS by default because they had a better record against the Twins.

[BCWWF]

DS
Yankees over Detroit - 3-1, I think Detroit might pull off the first game
Twins over Oakland - 3-2, this might be harder than people think
Mets over Dodgers - 3-2, some growing pains, but pull it off
Padres over St. Louis - 3-1, the Cards are just awful

CS
Twins over Yankees - 4-3, I can't root against my team
Padres over Mets - 4-2, meh

World Series (Poor ratings galore)
Twins over Padres - 4-2, c'mon.

[The Miz]

My one postseason lock is that the AL sweeps the NL in the World Series. It doesn't matter who the teams are.

[RoXer]

Chicago Cubs vs. Atlanta Braves (ATL 3-2)
St. Louis Cardinals vs. San Francisco Giants (SF 3-1)

Oakland Athletics vs. Minnesota Twins (OAK 3-1)
Chicago White Sox vs. New York Yankees (CHW 3-2)


Atlanta Braves vs. San Francisco Giants (ATL 4-2) MVP: Marcus Giles
Oakland Athletics vs. Chicago White Sox (OAK 4-1) MVP: Huston Street

Oakland Athletics vs. Atlanta Braves (OAK 4-2) MVP: Bobby Crosby

[The Miz]

:shifty:

Hey at least I got the AL right, minus Detroit which nobody could've predicted. And I will be the first to admit I know aboslutely nothing about the National League.

[RoXer]

Padres and Dodgers
A's and Tigers

[YOUR Hero]

Wait. You had the Cubs in the playoffs?

Can someone pull up my predictions. thx

[Dragon]

Predictions:

ALDS: New York over Detroit 3-1
ALDS: Minnesota over Oakland 3-2

NLDS: New York over Los Angeles 3-2
NLDS: San Diego over St. Louis 3-1

ALCS: New York over Minnesota 4-3
NLCS: San Diego over New York 4-3

WS: Yankees over Padres 4-2

[Nervous Ferret]

ALDS: New York over Detroit 3-0
ALDS: Oakland over Minnesota 3-2

NLDS: LA over New York 3-0
NLDS: San Diego over St. Louis 3-1

ALCS: New York over Oakland 4-1
NLCS: Los Angeles over San Diego 4-2

WS: Yankees over Dodgers 4-1

[YOUR Hero]

LOL, no one is showing any respect to the Cards.

[FakeLaser]

ALDS: New York over Detroit (3-0)
ALDS: Minnesota over Oakland (3-2)

NLDS: New York over Los Angeles (3-2)
NLDS: San Diego over St. Louis (3-1)

ALCS: New York over Minnesota (4-2)
NLCS: New York over San Diego (4-3)

WS: NYY over NYM (4-0)

[D Mac]

You are all smoking something. No way will Padres beat the Cards.

[FakeLaser]

Suppan, Weaver and Reyes are complete garbage. Well, maybe not Reyes but he has under 100 IP in the majors for his career and has been really inconsistant all season. Still, I wouldn't want any of them starting a playoff game for me. Chris Young, David Wells and Woody Williams are far superior. Carpenter > Peavy also.

[BCWWF]

The Cardinals completely backed their way into the playoffs, couldn't even beat the goddamn Brewers. The Padres should be able to easily beat them, and right now I don't see why they aren't favorites to win the NL pennant (even though they would have finished fourth in the AL Central.

[ct2k]

Predictions:

ALDS: Minnesota over Oakland 3-1
ALDS: New York over Detroit 3-1

NLDS: Los Angeles over New York 3-1
NLDS: San Diego over St. Louis 3-2

ALCS: New York over Minnesota 4-2
NLDS: Los Angeles over San Diego 4-2

WS: New York over Los Angeles 4-1


The only other time I actually came out and predicted a win for us is back in 2001 and look what happened then, sorry in advance Razor:rant:

[Loose Cannon]

PLAYOFFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ct2k]

I hope (and assume) we'll be getting game two of the NYY/DET series on wednesday, although Twins/A's is bound to be good too.

[DominateR]

My predictions:

ALDS: Tigers over Yankees, 3-2
ALDS: Twins over A's, 3-0

NLDS: Mets over Dodgers, 3-1
NLDS: Padres over Cardinals, 3-2

ALCS: Tigers over Twins, 4-2
NLCS: Mets over Padres 4-3

WORLD SERIES: Tigers over Mets, 4-3.

...but then again, like the FoX ads say, "You can't script October...:| "

[BCWWF]

Lol, I just looked at the web site for the Detroit Free Press and the Lions loss and the Red Wings preseason win were given higher play than the Tigers.

[DaveWadding]

The Cardinals completely backed their way into the playoffs, couldn't even beat the goddamn Brewers.

Those "goddamn Brewers" you speak of happen to be a pretty good team.

[ct2k]

Brewers were not far off for most of the season, with a few offseason tweaks they're bound to be closer to the race next year, especially considering the state of the rest of the league.

[BCWWF]

The Brewers are not a "pretty good team." They finished fourth in the worst division in baseball, and finished 13/16 in the national league. I don't care how good you think they are, if St. Louis needs to beat them in order to make the playoffs, and goes 2-2 against them, how are they expected to win in the playoffs? The only reason St. Louis is in the playoffs right now is because Houston didn't start its run until too late.

[MVP]

NYY over DET 3-1
MIN over OAK 3-2
SD over STL 3-2
NYM over LAD 3-1

NYY over MIN 4-2
SD over NYM 4-3

NYY over SD 4-2

[The Miz]

David, a team in the bottom fourth of the worst league of all time is not a good team. Thanks.

[OssMan]

lets go mets :(

[Fenix122]

lets go mets :(

:y:

[BCWWF]

Kind of interesting from espn.com

Postseason stats:
Alex Rodriguez: .305 BA, .393 OBP, .534 SLG
Derek Jeter: .307 BA, .379 OBP, .463 SLG

[Cooler Tom Schuler]

My predictions:

ALDS: Tigers over Yankees, 3-2
ALDS: Twins over A's, 3-0

NLDS: Mets over Dodgers, 3-1
NLDS: Padres over Cardinals, 3-2

ALCS: Tigers over Twins, 4-2
NLCS: Mets over Padres 4-3

WORLD SERIES: Tigers over Mets, 4-3.

...but then again, like the FoX ads say, "You can't script October...:| "

Worst predictions so far.

[RoXer]

It'll probably be the Dodgers beating the Tigers

[The Miz]

Kind of interesting from espn.com

Postseason stats:
Alex Rodriguez: .305 BA, .393 OBP, .534 SLG
Derek Jeter: .307 BA, .379 OBP, .463 SLG

At-bats while playing for anything other than an AL East team do not count. AL West = France

[FakeLaser]

A-Rod is batting 6th tomorrow night.

[YOUR Hero]

If the Cards win the WS, then everyone here is going to look foolish.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

I am seeing the Twins win it all after the way they've been where playing to finish up the regular season. I also agree with the Miz and see the NL team getting swept in the World Series no matter the combination

[OssMan]

ALDS: Minnesota over Oakland 3-0
ALDS: Detroit over New York 3-1

NLDS: New York over Los Angeles 3-2
NLDS: St. Louis over San Diego 3-1

ALCS: Minnesota over Detroit 4-1
NLCS: St. Louis over New York 4-3

WS: Minnesota over St. Louis 4-1

[BCWWF]

That is because they wont

[BCWWF]

That was in refernece to YOUR Hero's comment

[D Mac]

They will AT LEAST get by Padres. If not, I'll wear a Padres av. for a week.

[ct2k]

If the Cards win the WS, then everyone here is going to look foolish.

Whats with your giant hard-on for St Louis?:rant:

[YOUR Hero]

Maybe you should look at my predictions, pumpkin.

I'm just saying, we're al ragging on StL, writting them off. If they win or even come close, we will look stupid. (except for Diesel Mac)

[ct2k]

Yeah but if the A's win we'll look even stupider, tit:mad:

[Hardkore Kidd J]

ALDS: Minnesota over Oakland 3-0


ALDS: New York over Detroit 3-1

NLDS: New York over Dodgers 3-2
NLDS: St. Louis San Diego 3-1

ALCS: Minnesota vs. Yankees: Yankees 4-3
NLCS: St. Louis vs. New York: St Louis

WS: Yankees win :4-3

[RoXer]

Hey...Hey Oakland...Hey....


STOP SWINGING AT EVERY FUCKING PITCH

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Playoffs suck without the Red Sox in them btw :(

[ct2k]

If Big Papi wins the mvp i'll probably stab someone, maybe Wee Gooner

[BCWWF]

FUCK YOU FRANK THOMAS

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

BIG WIN FOR THE OAKLAND A'S

I thought after not catching the pop fly in the 9th that they where going to end up losing the game in classic A's playoff fashion, I guess not.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Actually maybe that'll happen when they are up by 2 games

[ct2k]

Check the A's out!!!

[RoXer]

ALDS: Minnesota over Oakland 3-0

ALDS: Minnesota over Oakland 3-0

My predictions:
ALDS: Twins over A's, 3-0

So far so good

[BCWWF]

Boof vs. Loaiza, lol

[ct2k]

15-11 Min tomorrow I reckon


Also, Florida have sacked Joe Girardi:|

[RoXer]

Actually maybe that'll happen when they are up by 2 games

Exactly :(

[Loose Cannon]

Zito baby. The man. I caught some of the game today. It was going by fast when I was watching. Classic pitching matchup.

[Dragon]

El Duque might not pitch game 1 for the Mets

[OssMan]

ALDS: Minnesota over Oakland 3-0
NLDS: New York over Dodgers 3-2
NLDS: St. Louis vs. Dodgers: St Louislol what?

[Loose Cannon]

botched it

[The Miz]

Difference between 2006 A's and 2000-2003 A's--Frank Thomas. He is so good it's ridiculous.

But holy shit did the Twins give them that game. Was it not mentioned in the scouting report on Zito that he walked 99 people this year? How many 2-feet high fastballs did they pop up? How many first pitches did they swing at?

[BCWWF]

Yeah, the Twins have gotten better, but guys like Torii Hunter and SOOOO impatient, swing at first pitch etc. Tomorrow's game is just going to be funny, but I think the Twins will win the next three. Frank Thomas is the only offense on Oakland, so unless Harden/Haren whatever goes lights out like Zito did, I don't think they will have this much success.

The Twins just didn't look very comfortable today, which is why I like having Rondell White and Luis Castillo. Both veterans played well today, and I don't care what people say Rondell has been a solid player in the second half. I would kind of prefer to use Tyner instead of Nevin and then have White DH though. But Mauer clearly has some jitters right now, and for the Twins to win it will come down to Mauer-Cuddyer-Morneau-Hunter. I think that among those four they got one hit today, not positive though.

But damnit, fucking Frank Thomas. He looooves the Metrodome, he just easily cranked that shit out of the park.

[BCWWF]

Also, I can almost see the Cardinals having a really good post season now. The kind of thing where like everything is shitty, really shitty, but then they got into the playoffs and all the pressure was kind of lifted off. They still have some great offensive weapons, if Suppan and some third starter can pitch solid and the bullpen doesn't bite them in the ass, they can do something. Just watching them today, they look like a team that is going to be good in the playoffs.

[Joey Slugs]

The Big Hurt can still go. Oldest player in history to have a multi-HR game in the postseason.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

haha thats an awesome stat

[OssMan]

Albert Pujols 6 for 10, 6 RBI, St. Louis winning 0 to -1.

http://sports-ak.espn.go.com/mlb/boxscore?gameId=261003125

[BCWWF]

6 for 10? Or explain your stat because some of us (Me) are too lazy to click link

[The Miz]

Oakland needs to wrap it up in 4. There's no way they could beat Santana a second time in Game 5 @ Minn

I still think Minnesota will win, just because they will probably start walking Thomas every time now, and Chavez and Payton won't do anything.

[YOUR Hero]

Looks like the only series I'll get to watch is the Yankees VS Tigers as all the other ones are at 10 am or 1 pm my time. That's bullshit.

Yeah. 5-0 Yankees in the top of the 3rd

[Dragon]

Yankees up a quick 5-0 in the third. Six straight hits right now

[RoXer]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'm skipping class tomorrow to watch the game

[BCWWF]

That last inning by the Yankees was absolutely sick!

[Triple A]

:love:

[Dragon]

Jeter is ridiculous, 5-5 on the night

[BCWWF]

No batting title though ;)

[Dragon]

1 down, 10 to go

[FakeLaser]

Dumb ass movie by Torre taking Wang out with 2 outs in the 7th. Whatever.

[Dragon]

Yeah, that could have gone pretty bad, no idea what he was thinking.

[FakeLaser]

Torre always overuses the bullpen. Wang had just retired 6 in a row, made absolutly no sense.

[FakeLaser]

Can't believe Oakland beat Santana.

[FakeLaser]

I mean, Frank Thomas, not Oakland.

[D Mac]

LOL Cards put a whoopin on today. All you naysayers are going to eat it.

[BCWWF]

People from Kansas City are supposed to hate St. Louis, did you miss the memo?

[ct2k]

Who else but Derek Jeter and Bobby Abreu:y:

[ct2k]

LOL Cards put a whoopin on today. All you naysayers are going to eat it.

Possibly, first Jeff Weaver has to pitch a decent game tonight, which has been a pretty tall order for him this season

[D Mac]

People from Kansas City are supposed to hate St. Louis, did you miss the memo?

I've always liked the Cards. But I don't like the Rams.

[ct2k]

What chance do the Royals have with people from KC supporting the Cards:(

[Avenger]

Anybody put any money on the playoffs? I had a double on the Padres game and the Yankees games last for total runs. Nothing.

Got £10 on the Cards at 14-1 outside bet. Should be interesting I think I got good odds there after how they played in the first game.

[ct2k]

Are you doing that online or at the bookies?

[Loose Cannon]

Da Bronx. 1-0

Fucking bullpen sucks. Stupid move to take Wang out. He retired the last 6 before that.

[Loose Cannon]

The Yankees playoff lineup is the sickest lineup of all-time.

[ct2k]

Mussina is coming into this off a great performance to end the regular season so i've got fairly high hopes with him as always.

Whats the deal with Bruney? The guy has such a ridiculously low ERA its untrue, don't think I can remember seeing a run tagged to him in any boxscores. Not seen him myself, whats his stuff like? Power?

[RoXer]

Fucking Bradley is a fucking trouble maker spilling coffee all over the place. Fucking ass.

[DaveWadding]

Mussina is coming into this off a great performance to end the regular season so i've got fairly high hopes with him as always.

Whats the deal with Bruney? The guy has such a ridiculously low ERA its untrue, don't think I can remember seeing a run tagged to him in any boxscores. Not seen him myself, whats his stuff like? Power?

He throws flames. Fastball is like 96-98.

[RoXer]

I agree with these ESPN announcers, this guy is like a baseball TO. God he is such an ass. Boy, what a horrible horrible signing. Nothing but trouble. NOTHING

[BCWWF]

What did he even do? I barely saw it, I was distracted by Morneau homering into the upper deck.

[RoXer]

Loaiza was sitting down. Bradley walked by and tossed his glove onto the shelf ontop. It hit a coffee pot. The coffee spilled and HOLY SHIT INSIDE THE PARK YESSSSSSSSSSS

[RoXer]

The coffee spilled on Loaiza and Loaiza looked at his shirt and headed to the back to change his shirt. It looked like Bradley apologized as Loaiza left and it looked like Loiza didn't mind. End of story.

[The Miz]

Who gave Torii Hunter's uniform to Chone Figgins?

[BCWWF]

BAH - This is not Twins baseball at all. I can't stand it.

[RoXer]

So on Friday I'm out of town and might miss all remaining games (including Game 5 where the A's drop the ball :( ) :'(

[BCWWF]

Radke can win game 3, bring Santana back early for game 4, and it will be finished up by Boof in game 5 back home.

[The Miz]

As patternistic as it would be for the A's to lose the next three, I don't see how the Twins could beat Haren AND Harden in Oakland to force a Game 5

[BCWWF]

The thing is, if Radke can win game 3, then Santana will go game 4. So either the Twins get swept or it goes to five games, IMO. Being a Twins fan, I'd like to think 5.

[BCWWF]

Liriano in game five

[Loose Cannon]

lol @ Bradley. Classic.

have the Twins shown up yet?

[Dragon]

Nomahh just tied the game up

[FakeLaser]

Mussina is coming into this off a great performance to end the regular season so i've got fairly high hopes with him as always.

Whats the deal with Bruney? The guy has such a ridiculously low ERA its untrue, don't think I can remember seeing a run tagged to him in any boxscores. Not seen him myself, whats his stuff like? Power?
He's a pretty big guy, power pitcher, throws like 96-98.

[RoXer]

Mussina is coming into this off a great performance to end the regular season so i've got fairly high hopes with him as always.

Whats the deal with Bruney? The guy has such a ridiculously low ERA its untrue, don't think I can remember seeing a run tagged to him in any boxscores. Not seen him myself, whats his stuff like? Power?
He has the potential of throwing about 96-98

[OssMan]

gut wrencher

[OssMan]

nomaaah

[ct2k]

NOMAH GACIAPARRAH

[The Miz]

I think the A's will lose tomorrow because their aggresive swinging matches up well against Haren, but I think Harden can beat Santana.

[OssMan]

Torre takes out Wang

[OssMan]

Wang solid in game 1

[OssMan]

It's hard to beat Wang

[BCWWF]

Wang gets up for game 1

[The Miz]

Wang looks excited in his postseason debut

[RoXer]

Shiney Wang Pitches a Gem

[BCWWF]

Wang stands tall in game one

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Woooooo Mets :cool:

Nice effort by Maine, did just what was asked of him: go a few innings and keep a lead

Delgado 4-5 in his first ever postseason game</font> :cool:

[ct2k]

I sit up until fuckin 3:15am hoping for a game goddamnit:rant:

Caught the last 4 innings of the Dodgers/Met game tho

[MVP]

Big Hurt for ALDS MVP

[Loose Cannon]

jesus christ, hit the fucking ball.

[Dragon]

Ahhh, and the Tigers win 4-3.

[road doggy dogg]

Hot gameeeee

[ct2k]

Fuck fuckin fuck fuckers, a split at home is NEVER good

[Loose Cannon]

god I hate playoffs. just want to throw things

[ct2k]

I'm fuckin disgusted with that loss yknow

[Dragon]

Huge game tomorrow and good 'ol Randy Johnson on the mound for us. And they don't even know if he will be fine to go. I dunno, he needs to step up big.

[Loose Cannon]

god dam rain. fuck you mother nature. fuck you.

[ct2k]

I fuckin hate the fuckin playoffs too:mad:

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

YES saw the end of the game in the gym, seeing all the New York Yankee "fans" (I mean, its normal for a fan to be at the gym when their favorite team is in a playoff game right?) from fucking Connecticut looking all disappointed was awesome

Fuck New York fans who live in Connecticut, nobody likes you

[ct2k]

Isn't southern Connecticut essentially metro-NY though?

[Loose Cannon]

YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME.

[DominateR]

...which is the EXACT OPPOSITE of what they just got through doing against Detroit, and will continue to do for the rest of the ALDS.

So to all the Yankees fans at the games, and for the millions watching at home, "Let's get ready to CHOKE!" (said the Yanks...)

[Loose Cannon]

ok

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Isn't southern Connecticut essentially metro-NY though?
Yeah but who cares about being reasonable when Im talking about my hatred for the Yankees

[ct2k]

I bet you're a Pistons fan too Animal?

[ct2k]

Yeah but who cares about being reasonable when Im talking about my hatred for the Yankees

:p

[DominateR]

I bet you're a Pistons fan too Animal?

You damn skippy...hippie!:D

[ct2k]

Go Knicks:shifty:

[Dragon]

LOL, getting a little ahead of yourself there buddy? This is your first win in more than a week. Tomorrow should be interesting with Johnson and Rogers going though.

[ct2k]

Two old fucks who could either throw a no-hitter or give up 9 runs in 1/3 of an inning

[OssMan]

I dunno how you could think Kenny Rogers will pitch a decent game in the playoffs

[RoXer]

FUUUUUUUUUUCK Now Ellis is gone. :mad:

Might as well not even bother putting anyone in the middle infield.

[DominateR]

I dunno how you could think Kenny Rogers will pitch a decent game in the playoffs

perhaps you'd like to go in there and see how you fare against the Yanks?
Didn't think so. Now shut your damn piehole.

[RoXer]

No seriously, Assman has a point.

[YOUR Hero]

Looks like those Cards are done.

[BCWWF]

FUUUUUUUUUUCK Now Ellis is gone. :mad:

Might as well not even bother putting anyone in the middle infield.

I hate your shortstop, I swear to god the Twins are drawn to him and Kotsay.

[The Miz]

Scutaro/Jiminez are both capable of getting hot at the plate but that's a pretty terrible defensive middle infield. The downgrade from Crosby/Ellis is tremendous

[BCWWF]

Can you tell them to start making some errors then? It'd be much appreciated. Thanks,
CM

[The Miz]

Scutaro's 8 assists or whatever yesterday were shocking. He usually sucks, he has awful range but gets saved because plays in between Ellis the vaccuum and Chavez the vaccuum. I bet he will fuck up at least a few plays eventually though.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Woooooo Mets :cool: :love:

Great outing by Glavine tonight.</font> :cool:

[Splaya]

Baseball so far has been great but its especially interesting when your team is in it. I am a DIEHARD fan of Detroit but I'm not going to run around with brash comments like animal boy. This series is one for the ages. The Yankee pitching cannot keep up with the Tiger bullpen. If the Tigers take a lead into the 7th or better, and the Tigers bullpen pitch like how they did earlier in the season....they will be FUCKED.

[BCWWF]

Another thing I don't get, why in the hell does Luis Castillo try to bunt everytime he is up? Eric Chavez isn't going to falter in throwing you out Luis, just slap a single over his head instead.

[FakeLaser]

All I can say right now is that Joel Zumaya is disgusting.

[BCWWF]

Pure gas

[D Mac]

Looks like those Cards are done.

LOL

I'm looking pretty smart right now eh?




























:shifty:

[Adder]

how are my Jays doing?

[ct2k]

Still going strong, I think Gus Chacin is gonna be a Cy Young contender

[DominateR]

No seriously, Assman has a point.

And, how exactly? It's completely disproven by the fact that the singer Kenny Rogers gives Tigers pitcher Kenny Rogers a ringing endorsement in the "Who's Your Tiger?" ad featuring him by saying something to the effect of "I don't think even he's had as many hits in his career as I have!" So heed the words of Kenny Rogers the singer, or I'll have Mr. T beat some sense into you when the cameras catch you on "I PITY The Fool" (a new "Reali-T show, coming to TV Land, Wed. Oct. 11th [sorry I couldn't help the shameless plug])

[Dragon]

what

[RoXer]

And, how exactly? It's completely disproven by the fact that the singer Kenny Rogers gives Tigers pitcher Kenny Rogers a ringing endorsement in the "Who's Your Tiger?" ad featuring him by saying something to the effect of "I don't think even he's had as many hits in his career as I have!" So heed the words of Kenny Rogers the singer, or I'll have Mr. T beat some sense into you when the cameras catch you on "I PITY The Fool" (a new "Reali-T show, coming to TV Land, Wed. Oct. 11th [sorry I couldn't help the shameless plug])


Oh. Well I was just going to give you stats and stuff, but you got a point there.

[RoXer]

[QUOTE=theANIMAL]so does that mean I may be recieving some pos. rep. sometime in the near future? (I was at -245 before yesterday am up to -213, with your help, I could be less than 200pts. from finally breaking even in the rep. dept., but do whatever you want I'm not gonna force the issue, just thought i'd ask.)

For doing what exactly? Well, you did say I had a good point about the whole Kenny Rogers thing, right?:shifty: I mean it wouldn't be the end of the world if you didn't pos. rep. me, but it sure would help out in a major way, and right now I'll take all the help I can possibly get. I don't think I've ever been in the + before on here and I'd kinda like to break through the "glass ceiling" as soon as I can, but whatever you deem is appropriate is fine by me.


Okay this was my fault. I guess my sarcasm didn't really shine through on that post.

[Joey Slugs]

All I can say right now is that Joel Zumaya is disgusting.

He fucking killed us this year.

[DominateR]

[QUOTE=theANIMAL]


Okay this was my fault. I guess my sarcasm didn't really shine through on that post.

Thanx for gettin my hopes up over nothin':nono:

[BCWWF]

Twins have been hitting the ball, taking some pitches, look good so far. Morneau is waiting on third, two outs, bring him in baby.

[BCWWF]

Chavez's home run brings up another question, how can the A's not fill up those upper decks for a playoff game? The Twins have part of the Metrodome covered most of the year, but they uncover it for the playoffs because it easily sells out.

[ct2k]

If they win the DS all of the part-time 'fans' will come out of the wood work don't you worry.

[The Miz]

They can and have before, the owner says he doesn't want to take the tarps off for the playoffs for whatever reason

[The Miz]

Milton Bradley nigga. Will those morons in the booth stop talking about the coffee-spilling "incident" aka. absolutely nothing now?

[The Miz]

OMG I seriously want to kill Rick Sutcliffe. "We've heard about what's in Radke's shoulder, tonight we will see what's in Radke's HEART." Shut the fuck up

[ct2k]

Yeah this story has probably gotten more coverage than Pedro taking out a certain old age pensioner or Clemens throwing the barrel at Mike Piazza:lol:

[ct2k]

rofl @ Sutcliffe

The guy who sounds like Dave O'Brien but isn't Dave O'Brien managed to say something like "decombobulate" in reference to the Dodgers/Mets game on sunday

[BCWWF]

They just wanted to build up Radke's shoulder as much as possible so that they could exploit it like they did Curt Schillings ketchup spill.

As for Milton Bradley, him, Thomas and Chavez make up the Oakland offense. He is a good player, and he has been showing why he is good in the playoffs. There clearly aren't problems with him in the clubhouse, considering how there has been absolutely nothing this year, and the A's have a club house that is well known for being down to earth and friendly.

[BCWWF]

I thought it is Dave O'Brien?

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

They just wanted to build up Radke's shoulder as much as possible so that they could exploit it like they did Curt Schillings ketchup spill.
Everyone just wants to copy the Red Sox :shifty:

[YOUR Hero]

Twins out. Wow. I really didn't expect that. Nothing against the A's, I just can't believe they walked through this Twins team in a snap. Here another thing to consider. -YOUR Hero hasn't seen one MLB playoff game.

[OssMan]

OAK sweeps :eek:

[OssMan]

Kenny Rogers vs Randy Johnson in Battle of the Camera Men Attackers

[Dragon]

Wow, 7.2 innings of no-run ball for he of the near-9.00 postseason ERA.

Damn, Yankees look awful, can't get a hit for the life of them. People talk about the "greatest lineup ever seen" a lot (I did too) but its not the lineup that got us to the postseason, and you can tell they are pressing.

Looks like a totally different team than in the regular season, and looks awfully familiar to the past couple years postseason teams waiting on the long ball. The whole season the team had to actually fight with Sheff/Matsui getting injured and now it seems they don't think they have to with them back. Not saying having Sheff/Matsui back is bad but I kind of wonder how much it messes with the chemistry and fight the team had this whole year.

[Dragon]

Also, I would like to kill Joe Morgan. He is seriously awful, some of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard, he has said.

[Dragon]

SO, how about them Twins. I have to say that a sweep by the A's wasn't something I expected at all.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

LETS GO REDSOXXXXXXXXX

OH wait

fuck the yankees tho WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP

[Triple A]

Horrible.

[FakeLaser]

Terrible. Just terrible.

[ct2k]

Two old fucks who could either throw a no-hitter or give up 9 runs in 1/3 of an inning

Well I exaggereted a little but.....:'( :o

[BCWWF]

Not the most memorable of playoffs for the Twins, I thought we could win at least one game.

[FakeLaser]

I knew I should have stuck with the A's in my predictions.

[YOUR Hero]

Rogers had the curveball from hell going last night. You can't really fault the Yankees for anything. They were pitched to by a monster last night. The same guy who once walked in the series winning run completely owned them last night. He was simply 'on'.

Lets go Detriot.

[DominateR]

Rogers had the curveball from hell going last night. You can't really fault the Yankees for anything. They were pitched to by a monster last night. The same guy who once walked in the series winning run completely owned them last night. He was simply 'on'.

Lets go Detriot.

Yeah. I think 99% (maybe all) of the "K-Zone" replays featuring Kenny's pitches showed the amazing curveball. He showed total command of the strikezone, and our boys only allowed 2 Yankees players that got on base in their 5 hits to move up so much as one base, the rest got on base AND DID NOT MOVE AN INCH. N.Y. was 0-for-18 baserunning last night. Now I just hope the Tigers can turn in another similarly brilliant game while they still have the opportunity to win it in front of the hometown crowd.

[YOUR Hero]

Oh Man :'( My Padres had 3-2 base with no outs only to score no runs. Not a good start. One runner thrown out at the plate, another picked off @ 1st base.

[YOUR Hero]

woo, my Spanish Monks finally got some timely hits. 3-0 lead in the 3rd

[DominateR]

HOORAY! Tigers are out to a 1-0 lead in the 2nd. It's not much and yes it's still very early in the game, but I got a feeling the Yankees are gonna get PWN'D 2 games in a row IN COMERICA PARK, OF ALL PLACES! That'd be gr8! (or "G-R-R-RRREAT!" as Tony the Tiger (the Kellogg's mascot, not to be confused with Paws, the Tigers mascot) would say).

Mr. Mackey (writing on chalkboard the words "Tigers>>>Yankees"): Now, the Yankees suck, mmmkay?

Children: Mmmkay!

Cartman: You sunnuvabitch, I'll kick you in the nutz!

Kyle: Shut up, fatass!

Cartman: Ay! You shut YOUR (well we all know what religion Kyle's family believes in on South Park)mouth, you fuckin (expletive deleted once again out of respect for people's religions.)!

[ct2k]

I just sat there and predicted a Craig Monroe home-run and WHAT A SURPRIZE JARET

[The Miz]

MARCO

SCUTARO

p.s. Suck it Yankees

[DominateR]

4-zip Tigers...HA-HA! The Yankees are goin down in FLAMES, BABY! YAH!!!!

[The Miz]

Red Sox - pwned

White Sox - pwned

Twins - pwned

Yankees - about to be pwned

It's about the A's this year. A's/Tigers is the funniest CS ever, ESPN is going to have a mass suicide.

[ct2k]

I predicted Detroit would do a Seattle, right now it looks like we're gonna do it, one of the most ridiculous offenses in years and we got shutout by one of the worst post season pitchers. And hey Bonderman is blanking us so far too:)

[The Miz]

lol, this is hilarious. George is going to kill himself, or maybe just ARod. I predict he goes crazy and signs Zito, Soriano and Bonds.

[Bricktop]

Yanks in for some changes that's for sure.

bye bye Arod, Cashman and perhaps Torre too.

[Dragon]

Wow, what the fuck. Seriously. I guess getting no-hit by Jeremy Bonderman would be the perfect way to cap off this post-season. Incredible.

[Dragon]

At least the no-hitter is gone, gotta aim for something I guess

[DominateR]

Our "Kardiac Katz" (sp.?, det. fans?) as they call em are gonna win it all this year. Oakland's gonna get TROUNCED and BOUNCED when they try to go toe to toe with us, and if the Mets wanna stand in our way in the W.S., well then we'll just have to send them packing minus a trophy!

[Dragon]

LOL, I still don't see Detroit winning it all this year. Maybe I'm not giving credit where credit is due but I think this series came down to the Yankees choking more than the Tigers dominating them as bad as that sounds. Who knows though, Detroit will have a lot of momentum going into the next series. I dunno, pretty pissed right now so I really have no idea what I'm talking about haha

[DominateR]

I really have no idea what I'm talking about

Ya that much is obvious...:rofl:

[Dragon]

We shall see my man, I for one will be rooting for the A's after the Yankees are done.

[ct2k]

I won't be rooting for anyone but I think it's about time Oakland did something. I'd rate the Twins above Detroit and look what the A's did to them.

[Dragon]

Yeah, can't say I will actually be rooting or watching every game but if another team has to win it, then I'd rather it be the A's. I just think they are a lot more interesting than any of the other teams.

[ct2k]

I'm so glad i'm an Everton fan yknow, supporting a relatively piss-poor footie club kinda balances out being a Yankee fan

[Dragon]

Is there anyone that actually thought that the ALCS would be Detroit vs. Oakland? Crazy

[DaveWadding]

Our "Kardiac Katz" (sp.?, det. fans?) as they call em are gonna win it all this year. Oakland's gonna get TROUNCED and BOUNCED when they try to go toe to toe with us, and if the Mets wanna stand in our way in the W.S., well then we'll just have to send them packing minus a trophy!

The e-fed forum is over there.

[DominateR]

I knew the A's could hold their own against Minnesota and that we could do the same v. Yankees...oh, btw, did I mention only 3 more outs till the Yankees and their fans get to "REST...IN...PEACE--I MEAN, PIECES"?

Edit/Update: Make it 2 outs now!

[MVP]

WOW I am completely shocked right now. Good thing I didn't put money on the playoff games.

Pretty sweet to see the Tigers win it since they were underdogs.

[ct2k]

FUCKIN GODDAMNIT SHITTY FUCKIN WASTE OF SPACE OVERPAID PRICKS :rant::rant::rant::rant::rant::rant::rant:

[Dragon]

Still can;t believe this. WOW

[ct2k]

Nothing surprises me since 2004:n:


I'm going to bed before I destroy something expensive

[Dragon]

Yea, probably will destroy something pretty soon

[ct2k]

Ok before I go I'm gonna say this in advance:

Go to hell Stima :rant:


I mean that in the nicest way possible obviously

[dablackguy]

I think its rough for the Yankees (I'm a Met fan but I'm not gonna rub it in) there really is nothing this team can do to improve. You have every position player stater under contract. Mussina's contract is up so that's an issue, but you have Johnson, Pavano, Wright and Wang under contract for 07. If you resign Mussina that's 5, or you could go get Zito, but I personally don't think Zito is the answer. Bullpen help is so hard to find, so really, what can this team do to get better.

[dablackguy]

Also thinking A-Rod is going to get run out of town. Its also rough for him, this guy may be the greatest player of all time when his career is over and yet he's also the most hated player in baseball.

[Triple A]

fuck

[Dragon]

Yeah, kind of dreading what is gonna happen in the offseason. Something big obviously is gonna happen and I hope its not A-Rod getting traded. Most everyone wants it to happen because he choked in the playoffs but I disagree. He did choke but so did 8 other hitters and a bunch of other pitchers. Scoring 1 run over two games or whatever can't be blamed on one person no matter what, even if he is A-Rod. It would be bullshit I think if he's traded but something will happen and that seems to be the most popular choice.

They need to shore up their pitching because they really can't do much with their hitting. Wang is the only pitcher that showed up this series, everyone else was bad. Randy Johnson is like a bag of bones out there pitching and I'm not looking forward to him pitching and his already over-5.00 ERA rising every year.

[Boondock Saint]

lol Yankees.

[Fenix122]

ok now here's to hoping the Mets can actually keep the lead they just took back. :y: :shifty:

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

DADADADADA YANNKKKEES WIN DADADADAADA YANKEES WIN

[Nervous Ferret]

way to go Modern Day Murderers Row

:'(

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

http://images.sportsline.com/u/photos/baseball/mlb/img9712372.jpg

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>WOOOO Mets :love:

Between that and the Yanks collapse it only helps to solidify who the best team in NY is this season :cool:

Seriously though...one of the greatest lineups of all time and you still can't do shit. Fuck's sake :o

Anyways, I might have to kill my Computer Science teacher cause he has NLCS Game 1 tix</font> :(

[Triple A]

:mad:

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

That is seriously the greatest picture of all time

[BCWWF]

I really thought this was the Yankees year to win it again. I think Detroit and the Mets would match up well and would make for pretty good ratings. Detroit has got some cool players, or at least guys that are well known: Pudge, Magglio, Polanco, etc.

As for the argument that the A's beat the Twins and the Twins are better than the Tigers, that isn't accurate at all. The A's played a good series, but the Twins beat themselves too. The Tigers beat the best offense in baseball quite handily. Basically, the Twins played bad in the playoffs and the Tigers are playing good. Not saying that they will beat Oakland, but just saying that they aren't going to be as easy to beat as the Twins were.

I really don't give a shit about the NL playoffs. As much as I hate St. Louis, the Cards and Mets would make the best NLCS matchup. But I tried watching some of the game tonight and it just didn't interest me at all.

[Splaya]

I AM IN MY FUCKING GLORY RIGHT NOW...


FOR THOSE THAT DIDN'T THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE, WE DON'T CARE, ALL WE DID WAS BELIEVE

[BCWWF]

Honestly, before Detroit started to break down at the end of the season, I fully thought they were a legitimate contender. When they broke down I thought they might be a fluke, but I really think they have been the most complete team in the MLB this season, and they are the favorites in the playoffs right now, IMO.

[ct2k]

I never thought they were a contender purely because of their lack of post season experience, I know that's not everything but still I thought they'd win 110 games and then bomb in the DS:-\

Tbh I don't exactly want to see A-Rod go as a 3rd baseman who hits like him is pretty hard to find but meh, we'd be stacked regardless.

Much of a legend as he may be I was against us bringing Randy Johnson over from the start and thats not changed, I'd rather see him go than Mussina but meh probably won't happen like that.

[The Miz]

You can say Minnesota beat themselves as much as Oakland, which is true, but did the Yankees not do the same? Obviously that offense is capable of scoring more than 3 runs in 2 games against anybody, Rogers and Bonderman were good but not as good as the Yankees made them look. I think the A's have the advantage because they play so well at home and they have the pitching advantage in the first 2 games in Oakland (Zito/Robertson, Harden/Verlander). Kenny Rogers OWNS McAfee Coliseum, luckily for the A's he isn't going to pitch there.

As far as the Yankees, it's ridiculous that it's taken this long and Steinbrenner still hasn't figured out that his pitching sucks every year and he needs to stop signing hitters. New York won the WS from 98-00 thanks to Clemens, Pettitte, Cone and El Duque. The offense had a few sluggers but was mainly a collection of above-average hitters. He needs to sign Zito and trade some of his hitters for pitchers.

George will probably blame this on Torre though, obviously Lou Piniella could've taken this team to the championship.

[The Miz]

That is seriously the greatest picture of all time

I think this one is better

http://espn-i.starwave.com/media/apphoto/64d4376e-3d3d-44af-9e82-5e16bad1531c.jpg

[Dragon]

Wow, looks like it all will be blamed on Torre. Reports on ESPN that he will be fired and Lou Piniella will be brought in. Stupid, stupid move

[ClockShot]

^Agreed.

New Yorkers and fans across the country are going to call for a head or two. It shouldn't be Joe Torre's

[ct2k]

If anyone hears of any kind of online petition to have George Steinbrenner whacked let me know.

The Miz is right about our success 98-00, Cone, Wells, Pettitte, Clemens, El Duque all pitched great, we had Mendoza, Jeff Nelson and Rivera in the BP. And hitting we just had so many solid guys, no real sluggers just consistency in guys like O'Neill, Bernie, Jeter, Martinez et al, even Scott Brosius came through when it mattered.


But the thing is then I look at our line-up right now with Jeter, Cano, Cabrera, Giambi, Damon, Matsui, Posada, Abreu, A-Rod. I mean thats about as good a line-up as any team is ever going to get offense-wise and doesn't include Sheffield (if he comes back), Wilson or Bernie.

Pitching wise Mussina has been great for us since he came over from Baltimore, add in Pavano (unless he dies in a canoe accident or something), Wang, Lidle with Bruney, Farnsworth, Proctor and Rivera in the BP.

I mean that's pretty fucking solid, adding a guy like Zito would probably just cement what is otherwise a ridiculously stacked team.

Relying on average starting pitching was always gonna mean this series wouldn't be a walkover, the fact that nobody turned up offensively meant we handed it to Detroit:-\ If Steinbrenner goes on a rampage and cuts guys off left right and centre he'll just fuck things up even more, you can't win when you have a new team every year. Also getting rid of Torre would probably enrage our guys as much as it would the fans.

[FakeLaser]

No way Torre is getting canned. It's not his fault nobody hit this series (besides Jeter and Posada, of course). We need pitching badly.

[Bricktop]

In agreement with what was said before, the pitching needs to be overhauled so bad its a joke.

When I heard Jared Wright was pitching the critical game 4, I was pissed because I knew it was basically an automatic loss for the yanks. That was just as bad as Kevin Brown pitching against the Red Sox in game 7 of the ALCS

They need to trade some of the mega hitters (Arod) and get some decent middle relief and add a solid third/fourth pitcher, the type who ends up throwing well in critical games in the playoffs. Guys like Johnson and Jarret are like automatic losses in the playoffs now.

[BCWWF]

To be honest, Zito on the Yankees just sounds like a disaster. He is going to command a lot of money, and he is so inconsistant. If he could pitch like he did in Game 1 all year, or like he did when he won the Cy Young, he would be a great pickup, but he has those tendencies to just be bad sometimes, and that is exactly what the Yankees do not need. I think Zito will end up somewhere random, like Baltimore, to be honest.

I am goign to go get lunch and when I come back I will try to have better pitchers for the Yankees to go after.

[The Miz]

Zito is the best available FA, but you're right, he isn't the answer. He is very inconsistent and walks way too many batters. I don't think Zito will sign with them, but I think George will drive up the price for the Dodgers and Angels (and maybe Padres) to sign him.

[MVP]

If A-Rod gets traded he needs to play SS again, plain and simple.

[The Miz]

Trade him to Washington for Soriano, they need a SS :shifty:

[Loose Cannon]

well NY needs pitching. Starting and relief. And they need a center fielder.

Now the question is, who do you trade if need be?

posted 10/25 2005 pg 1 of the off season thread. Well they got one fixed.


Honestly, seemed like they did not care at all. no emotion what so ever. This was pathetic and just sad.

just terrible.

[Bricktop]

The whole not caring/no emotion bullshit showed up after the 2004 choke. They have had it ever since. Perhaps its time to let a few members of that team go.