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Division Street: Threading the LDSes

G-Fafif Oct 03 2013 11:02 PM

The big story: League Division Series! Game One! Cardinals! Beltran! Dodgers! Kershaw! Pirates? Braves? Losers! Friday? American League gets underway! National League Game Two! Four games! Starts at one! Ends late! Mets? Not playing! Still!

Gwreck Oct 03 2013 11:38 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Burnett totally crapped the bed for Pittsburgh. Two scoreless innings, and then he starts the third by walking the pitcher. Two batters later, it's Carlos Beltran. And well, we all know what Beltran does in the postseason. Holliday doubles, followed by a hit batter, and then two walks to load the bases and force in another run. One more single and it's all over; 7 runs in. Pirates relief corps did fine afterwards but that was just a terrible job, AJ.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 04 2013 04:48 AM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Was trying to listen to that Pittsburgh game on radio but Rick Sutcliffe prevented me from doing so. He's got to be the very worst.

metirish Oct 04 2013 06:34 AM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Was trying to listen to that Pittsburgh game on radio but Rick Sutcliffe prevented me from doing so. He's got to be the very worst. The worst, he whispers so low at times you can't hear him, which in itself is not a bad thing .....Ripken on the telly is useless.

Frayed Knot Oct 04 2013 06:58 AM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Sutcliffe just Never. Stops. Talking. Definitely one of those who's under the impression that he's paid by the word.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 04 2013 11:40 AM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Pirates have an early lead in Game Two! Arrrrrrr.....

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 04 2013 01:33 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Pirates have a late lead in Game Two, thanks to rookie Gerrit Cole (6 IP, 3 baserunners, 1 ER) and one particular Flushing refugee, who's 1-3 with a double, walk, and two runs scored so far. (Also, the guy with the mohawk and the misdirectedly-bitchy fanbase has a homer and a double.)

Mets – Willets Point Oct 04 2013 01:42 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Lester struck out the first 4 batters at Fenway, retired the fifth batter easily, and was working on another strikeout when Sean Rodriguez went off script and homered over the Green Monster. Tampa Bay with a one-run lead in the 2nd.

Zvon Oct 04 2013 02:14 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

So, was the Pirate game pay per view only?

Frayed Knot Oct 04 2013 02:20 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Zvon wrote: So, was the Pirate game pay per view only? MLBN

Zvon Oct 04 2013 02:21 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Frayed Knot wrote: Zvon wrote: So, was the Pirate game pay per view only? MLBN I'll take that as a yes.

Gwreck Oct 04 2013 02:26 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

All of the first round games are on cable.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 04 2013 02:29 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Pirates win their first postseason game since Tuesday, October 13, 1992.

Frayed Knot Oct 04 2013 02:39 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Zvon wrote: Zvon wrote: So, was the Pirate game pay per view only? MLBN I'll take that as a yes. MLBN is no more of a 'pay-per-view' channel than TBS or ESPN or the NFL network

Mets – Willets Point Oct 04 2013 02:51 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Red Sox score 5 runs on 6 hits after batting around in the 4th. Tampa Bay's defensive miscues (no official errors awarded) and a passed ball contributed greatly to the rally.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 04 2013 03:09 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Not sure how this doesn't get called an error.

Frayed Knot Oct 04 2013 03:13 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Not sure how this doesn't get called an error. That's on the 'nobody touched it' theory. You figure the Rays play at Fenway often enough that they wouldn't look as bad as they have on balls off the Monster. Again, no official errors but certainly some less than perfectly played balls off the LF wall have allowed the notoriously slow Sox to scamper around the bases.

Frayed Knot Oct 04 2013 03:18 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

And, in typical Sawx fashion, they're in the 5th inning despite being well past the 2 hour mark.

MFS62 Oct 04 2013 08:51 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Michael Kay sounds totally disinterested on radio broadcasting the A's/ Tigers game. And Aaron Boone who shares the radio booth with him (I'll be kind) might never get a nomination to the broadcaster's wing of the HOF. Later

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 04 2013 11:03 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Scherzer dominates for 7 innings, Tigers pitchers strike out 16... and the A's STILL almost steal one. Almost.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 04 2013 11:54 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Because he can be so shrill and terrible when left to his own devices, it's easy to forget how excellent Olbermann can be when focused and sharp, like he is on the TBS studio show. Heck, the whole crew-- including Pedro, of course -- has been solid to superlative (although Hayhurst maybe needs to decaffeinate a little).

Mets – Willets Point Oct 05 2013 11:34 AM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Why on a Saturday afternoon in October are there no MLB playoff games being played? There were afternoon games yesterday when fans were at work. There will be afternoon baseball games tomorrow so they can go head to head with the NFL. But the most opportune time to play October baseball is shunned and we have to wait for two night games tonight. I'm going to blame this scheduling guffaw on the after-effects of holding the stupid Bud Selig Coinflip Classics earlier in the week.

Zvon Oct 05 2013 01:08 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Why on a Saturday afternoon in October are there no MLB playoff games being played? There were afternoon games yesterday when fans were at work. There will be afternoon baseball games tomorrow so they can go head to head with the NFL. But the most opportune time to play October baseball is shunned and we have to wait for two night games tonight. I'm going to blame this scheduling guffaw on the after-effects of holding the stupid Bud Selig Coinflip Classics earlier in the week. I agree W.P. 6 and 9. Bullshit. These games should be 2 and 4. Or one mid afternoon and the other at night. But two games in the sun would be preferable. Someday in the future baseballs gonna look around and wonder where all their fans went.

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2013 02:55 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

There were games Thursday and Friday afternoon because they had three or four games to get in and they want as little overlap as possible. With only two games on tap for the weekend days, today's are at 5:30 and 9:00 while Sunday's are at 4:30 & 8:00 so there's not a ton of difference between the two. The answer as to why they're not even earlier has nothing to do with the either the scheduled play-in games or the TX/TB tie-breaker; this format is all quite intentional and has everything to do with television. TV execs know that more eyeballs are tuned in later in the day than earlier so they insist on later start times. If MLB wants the games played during the afternoon they'd have to be willing to take checks with fewer zeros in them from the networks in order to do so. The only sporting event I know of that takes less money in order to dictate their terms to TV instead of the other way around in The Masters.

Zvon Oct 05 2013 03:41 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Frayed Knot wrote: There were games Thursday and Friday afternoon because they had three or four games to get in and they want as little overlap as possible. With only two games on tap for the weekend days, today's are at 5:30 and 9:00 while Sunday's are at 4:30 & 8:00 so there's not a ton of difference between the two. The answer as to why they're not even earlier has nothing to do with the either the scheduled play-in games or the TX/TB tie-breaker; this format is all quite intentional and has everything to do with television. TV execs know that more eyeballs are tuned in later in the day than earlier so they insist on later start times. If MLB wants the games played during the afternoon they'd have to be willing to take checks with fewer zeros in them from the networks in order to do so. The only sporting event I know of that takes less money in order to dictate their terms to TV instead of the other way around in The Masters. Well, duh. Of course it's TV. Maybe in the future they won't even need stands. We'll all pay to sit and watch em from home.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 05 2013 03:51 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

If the play-in games didn't exist, the real playoffs would start earlier and then a four-game day could coincide with a Saturday.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 05 2013 04:06 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

I did goof because I thought tomorrow was a four game day but its actually Monday. So there's afternoon baseball on Friday and Monday but not on the weekend. And don't give me your patented Frayed Knot condescending asshole attitude. Do you seriously think there's more money in having 4 games on Friday or Monday rather than on a weekend?

Mets – Willets Point Oct 05 2013 05:17 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

It's not like Tampa Bay never plays in Fenway Park, but more defensive miscues have contributed to Boston's 5-1 lead in the 5th.

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2013 05:20 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Y'know Willets, I was going to answer your first response with an explanation about how the multiple weekday games still would have existed had the play-in games not been a factor (just would have been on a different day) and about how the networks prefer the lesser competition of weekday day games to the greater competition of college or pro football on the weekends. But after reading your second response I'm just going to go with 'Fuck Off! There was nothing in my answer that was in any way condescending nor deserving of the junior high school insults. And if this were the first time or if I were the only target here of such unwarranted rants whenever you get into a mood I'd likely be more likely to attempt to talk it out. But I'm not, and it's not, so Fuck Off.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 05 2013 05:34 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Yes, if the division series started on Tuesday instead of the Coin Flip games, there would be day games on Wednesday afternoon and Saturday afternoon instead of Friday and Monday. Since most people work on weekdays and have weekends off it would be logical to adjust the schedule to have as large a potential audience as possible. I know I certainly would have liked to watch four games today instead of yesterday. That was all I was saying. In real game news, the Rays get two runs back against a shaky-looking Lackey. 5-3 Boston in the fifth.

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2013 07:26 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Zvon wrote: Well, duh. Of course it's TV. Maybe in the future they won't even need stands. We'll all pay to sit and watch em from home. It's not a fear that the sport should ignore, and in some ways I think the NFL is already partly over that edge. They cater so heavily to their TV audience (where a MUCH BIGGER portion of their TV dollars come from as compared to baseball) that it's often at the expense of their paying customers to the point where, in some cities, tickets in previously sold-out stadiums are starting to go unsold.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 05 2013 07:41 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

It seemed like both sides had runners on base every inning, but Boston was better at bringing those runners home (including two solo homers by David Ortiz) and win 7-4. David Price stayed in the game until the eighth inning (removed after Ortiz's second homer). Koji Uehara set down the side in order on like 11 pitches in the ninth. No score from Oakland yet.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 05 2013 08:44 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Pitching duel in Oakland. Scoreless in the 5th.

d'Kong76 Oct 05 2013 09:17 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Mets – Willets Point wrote: And don't give me your patented Frayed Knot condescending asshole attitude Wow! Eck's haircut has me in stitches.

Zvon Oct 05 2013 09:29 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

The Mets aren't in the post season. We're all grouchy. Good game goin on here. Wow. Nice wierd catch by Hunter.

metirish Oct 05 2013 09:31 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

I like this crew , the pby guy is better than EJ, I have always liked Buck Martinez and Eck in the booth is better than when he was in the studio with David Wells. This pbp guy with Buck Martinez and Darling would be excellent . Darling as is his want defers too much to the other great player in the booth weather it be Mex or Ripken.

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2013 09:45 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

If I have one complaint about Darling it's that he plays the 'I wasn't a very good player' card too much. That's either false humility or maybe he really does feel inferior in the presence of HoFers like Ripken or just plain guys with superior careers like Hernandez. Either way, it's not a good trait for announcers. Paul O'Neill does the same thing. The guy was a lifetime .288 hitter who swears that he was like 1-for-30 against every pitcher from his era whose name happens to come up. In the meantime, that one Toriiiii Hunter caught then dropped in the transfer last inning. Didn't we have a game like that, either earlier this year or maybe last, where the ruling was that an OFer has to have a "clean transfer" in order for it to be called a catch? That seems to be a very arbitrarily applied rule.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 05 2013 09:53 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Always nice to see a rookie who can match zeroes with Justin Verlander.

metirish Oct 05 2013 09:56 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Always nice to see a rookie who can match zeroes with Justin Verlander. and a whole lot of fun to watch.

Zvon Oct 05 2013 09:57 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Frayed Knot wrote: If I have one complaint about Darling it's that he plays the 'I wasn't a very good player' card too much. That's either false humility or maybe he really does feel inferior in the presence of HoFers like Ripken or just plain guys with superior careers like Hernandez. Either way, it's not a good trait for announcers. Paul O'Neill does the same thing. The guy was a lifetime .288 hitter who swears that he was like 1-for-30 against every pitcher from his era whose name happens to come up. In the meantime, that one Toriiiii Hunter caught then dropped in the transfer last inning. Didn't we have a game like that, either earlier this year or maybe last, where the ruling was that an OFer has to have a "clean transfer" in order for it to be called a catch? That seems to be a very arbitrarily applied rule. Darling says: ",.......right?" too much. We did but Hunter seemed to have had control of the ball, it was in his glove, for a long period, as these things go. And I coun't see the tranfer, he may have dropped it from his bare hand. The view I saw was almost behind him. How about how he adjusted at the last second to make that catch. He stuck his arm out and snagged that, and he was in that position cuz it was ripped and he misjudged it, lil bit, but that last adjustment. Phew. That's why he is one of the best glove men out there.

metirish Oct 05 2013 10:02 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

"I'm hanging up, there's not player named Alburquerque, ya think I'm stoopid?"

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2013 10:04 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

metirish wrote: "I'm hanging up, there's not player named Alburquerque, ya think I'm stoopid?" I was just about to ask if the Tigers were allowed to use a player who doesn't exist.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 05 2013 10:09 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Mets – Willets Point Oct 05 2013 10:28 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Not looking good for Les Tigres.

Zvon Oct 05 2013 10:28 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

This game looks like its as good as over, but the Mets probably wouldn't score here, with bases loaded no out in the 9th at home.

metirish Oct 05 2013 10:31 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

A's win in a walk off, great game.

Zvon Oct 05 2013 10:32 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Well, that's why they are there and the Mets are home watching. Good game. Great pitching.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 05 2013 10:33 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

I'm amazed that ended in 9 innings. Great game!

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2013 10:34 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Vote for Vogt!!

Zvon Oct 05 2013 10:46 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Just saw a clear replay on that transfer. I don't understand this game sometimes. Yea, he dropped it during the transfer, looked like.

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2013 10:53 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

My only question is that I've seen cases in the past where umps seem to treat the 'transfer' rule differently for outfielders than for infielders, but yet they didn't do so tonight. I'm honestly confused as to what the real rule is supposed to be in these cases. The list of players I expected NOT to see in sanctioned post-game shows was headed by Gary Sheffield ... and yet there he is.

Zvon Oct 05 2013 11:07 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Frayed Knot wrote: The list of players I expected NOT to see in sanctioned post-game shows was headed by Gary Sheffield ... and yet there he is. Hah, me too. He didn't suck. His gangsta voice sounds out of place with those other guys but I could get used to it if he says intelligent, informative things. I like the 63 Beatles group photo jacket he's wearing.

Ceetar Oct 06 2013 04:23 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Beltran.

metirish Oct 06 2013 05:05 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Beltran

Zvon Oct 06 2013 05:13 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Wow, this is a great game. OH CUTCH! Damn. And yea, Beltran.

Zvon Oct 06 2013 05:39 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Great game. Go Buccos! This was a big game. They had to win this one at home. Great crowd.

cooby Oct 06 2013 06:02 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Beltran and his little buddy can go jump in the lake. Go Bucs!

Frayed Knot Oct 06 2013 07:39 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 06 2013 07:40 PM

Yo Ryu: Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son. (I'm watching about 15 minutes behind real time)

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 06 2013 07:40 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Lotta Action in this Dodgers-Braves game already. Geez. Only the 3rd inning still.

d'Kong76 Oct 06 2013 07:43 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

This game is gonna go on well past midnight at this pace.

Zvon Oct 06 2013 07:47 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Lotta Action in this Dodgers-Braves game already. Geez. Only the 3rd inning still. Watching and its nice that I don't care who wins this one. Seeing Puig in the big show would be interesting, but the Pirates are gonna be the NL team. Oh yea baby, I said it. Bucs all the way. Dodgers would be second choice. That Puig guy, he's like a wild stallion who may never be broken. He is exciting tho, cuz anytime he may do something stupid and be talented enough to get away with it. Or lucky. Can you imagine how it would have played if they picked him off going back to first on that single earlier?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 06 2013 08:01 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

There's definitely something artificial about this Dodgers group, and I disapprove of all the murders their fans have been involved with lately. I also got depressed thinking about how that franchise endured Metlike levels of embarrassment only recently, but still never finished with fewer than 80 wins and been to the playoffs twice since we last saw 'em in '06. I really don't have much against the Braves anymore. They certainly deserve to be there and done pretty much everything the way you'd hope your team would wrt developing good players, making good trades, etc etc.

Zvon Oct 06 2013 08:08 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

The Braves have overcome some adversity to get here and I respect em for that, but I could never root for them. In a Skankee/Braves WS I'd root for the Skanks.

d'Kong76 Oct 06 2013 08:11 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

I don't have much 'hat' for any NL team in the last couple of years. If I ever root for the Yanks, put the jacket on me and please cart me away.

Zvon Oct 06 2013 08:11 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Wow. That kinda breaks it open. Upton had time to be sittin up on that wall. I'd have ran real fast straight to the wall and started climbin. Id'a just sat there and caught it.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 06 2013 08:13 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Zvon wrote: The Braves have overcome some adversity to get here and I respect em for that, but I could never root for them. In a Skankee/Braves WS I'd root for the Skanks. That's nice for you, Zeter.

Zvon Oct 06 2013 08:14 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Kong76 wrote: I don't have much 'hat' for any NL team in the last couple of years. If I ever root for the Yanks, put the jacket on me and please cart me away. To me, at times, the fact that they represent the city of New York will get them the nod from me. Like when they face the Braves. NY trumps.

Zvon Oct 06 2013 08:15 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Zvon wrote: The Braves have overcome some adversity to get here and I respect em for that, but I could never root for them. In a Skankee/Braves WS I'd root for the Skanks. That's nice for you, Zeter. ha!

Mets – Willets Point Oct 07 2013 08:16 AM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Hey Frayed Knot, I apologize for my rude behavior and insults a couple of days ago. I deserved all those F-bombs. Have a good day.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 07 2013 12:42 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

3-3 in the fourth between Oakland and Detroit, with three lead changes already. I'm enjoying this A's-Tigers series FAR more than I ever remember enjoying any other ALDS series.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 07 2013 12:44 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Forgot that game was happening. GO A'S. How great would an Oakland-Pittsburgh WS be?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 07 2013 01:22 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Oh, yes. Crank the Sister Sledge and Foghat, and give me some of that super '70s action. With the power, and the Inge-iness, and the hair/classes, I think I'm falling for Josh Donaldson, the player. (I already had for Josh Donaldson, the C-eligible fantasy commodity.)

Mets – Willets Point Oct 07 2013 01:36 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Kind of feels like Oakland-Pittsburgh should've happened in the 1970s, but they were two ships passing in the night. The Pirates need to bring back the pillbox hats.

Zvon Oct 07 2013 01:37 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: How great would an Oakland-Pittsburgh WS be? I'd enjoy that. No score in Cards/Bucs game in the second.

Zvon Oct 07 2013 01:38 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Mets – Willets Point wrote: The Pirates need to bring back the pillbox hats. NO! Actually, the Pirates are the only team they looked kool on.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 07 2013 02:41 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

A's WIN!!!!!!! 3 run 5th key.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 07 2013 02:49 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

The Pirates need to start hitting (and then scoring) if the Pittsburgh/Oakland matchup is going to happen. They are hitless in the 6th inning with St. Louis up 2-0. Have I mentioned that St. Louis pitcher Michael Wacha is pitching a no-hitter. Because he is. A no-hitter, that is.

Frayed Knot Oct 07 2013 02:52 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: A's WIN!!!!!!! But not without some near fireworks in the 9th. Oakland closer Grant Balfour was pitching to Victor Martinez with one out in the 9th when suddenly the two were walking toward each other and there were quite audible "FUCK YOU"s flying in both directions and in various accents (Balfour is Australian, Martinez Venezuelan). Still not clear what caused it, possibly each felt the other was stepping out/off too much. Martinez eventually flied out. Pirates getting no-hit thru 6 by StL rookie Michael Wacha 2-0 Cards

Mets – Willets Point Oct 07 2013 02:59 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Michael Wacha still has a no-hitter going into the bottom of the 7th. Did you hear that, a no-hitter?

Mets – Willets Point Oct 07 2013 03:16 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Pedro Alvarez breaks the no-hitter and shutout with one swing of the bat. 2-1 Cards in the 8th.

Zvon Oct 07 2013 03:27 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

That caught stealing was HUGE! Jeeze, the guy started sliding half way between 1st and 2nd.

Zvon Oct 07 2013 03:34 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Pirates last licks. Come on Buccos, end it now!

Zvon Oct 07 2013 03:47 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Damn. Bucs lose. Get em next time guys. I'm sick of the Cardinals and their awesome team in the post season.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 07 2013 07:40 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Tense game in Tampa Bay tonight. 3-3 in the 8th.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 07 2013 07:56 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Not the most fast-paced game, mind you. Hard to believe this started at 6 pm.

Zvon Oct 07 2013 08:17 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Not the most fast-paced game, mind you. Hard to believe this started at 6 pm. Wow, yea. Tampa Bay pulls ahead in the 8th on a RBI ground out by D. Young. 4-3 in the 9th.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 07 2013 08:23 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Red Sox tie it up in the 9th. This could go extras. Egads!

Mets – Willets Point Oct 07 2013 08:27 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Koji time.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 07 2013 08:30 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Fuck! Walk off home run by Jose Lobaton.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 07 2013 08:31 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

LOBATRON 2084

Zvon Oct 07 2013 08:33 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Wow. I'm not used to seeing teams that do things to win games.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 07 2013 08:34 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Guy who doesn't hit many homeruns homers off guy who doesn't allow many homeruns. I guess that makes a nice story of you're not a fan of the latter team.

Zvon Oct 07 2013 08:54 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Crawfords smacked two boomers over in the Dodger game. Tied 2-2. Is Rachel Nickles going with that look cause Halloween is coming up? She looks like a witch tonight.

Gwreck Oct 07 2013 08:55 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

I can sort of understand rooting for Boston if you live there. Which I think you do. But who else would want to root for the Red Sox? Particularly given all the other choices in the AL. -- Amazing facts learned tonight watching the Braves-Dodgers: 1. Freddy Garcia turned 37 years old yesterday. Yes, he's only 37! 2. Freddy Garcia is still in the major leagues! 3. Freddy Garcia is starting a must-win playoff game!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 07 2013 08:56 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Braves with the triple Fred attack tonight (Gonzalez, Freeman, Garcia). Must trade them Wilpon.

Frayed Knot Oct 07 2013 08:58 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

I was starting to take the over on 'Sometime Wednesday' for when that Tampa/Boston game was going to end .. IF it ended. It was an interesting game with a bunch of strategy going on but the Fischer-Spasky match had less down time between action. In the meantime, the Braves seemed to have pitching all year and now suddenly they're down to starting Freddie Garcia in the 4th game of the playoffs. I know part of that was caused by Eric Young going all WWF on Tim Hudson's ankle, but Paul Maholm went south late in the year and they decided that some of their young pitchers (like Alex Wood) would be better off in the pen. On the other hand they just tied it up 2-2 although much of that was courtesy of bad LA defense. Carl Crawford has two solo HRs for the Dodgers. Mattingly went with Kershaw on short rest rather than start a slumping Ricky Nolasco.

Zvon Oct 07 2013 08:59 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Fkn Frdy Frmn is 'amazin. And he looks like a nerd.

Zvon Oct 07 2013 10:09 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

They're stretching, I'm falling asleep.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 07 2013 10:41 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Frayed Knot wrote: On the other hand they just tied it up 2-2 although much of that was courtesy of bad LA defense. Carl Crawford has two solo HRs for the Dodgers. Mattingly went with Kershaw on short rest rather than start a slumping Ricky Nolasco. And now they're down, 3-2, and it's late, and the Braves bullpen is looking strong. Good thing you haven't shot your wad for Game 5, eh, Donnie Baseball-Decision-Making-Fills-Me-With-Panic?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 07 2013 10:44 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Man, these words are savory!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 07 2013 10:45 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Filled with Uribe Umami.

Zvon Oct 07 2013 10:48 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Filled with Uribe Umami. I'm about to hit the hay and they pull me back in. That was a blast. Most of these games have been fun to watch.

Zvon Oct 07 2013 10:55 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

They don't get to use Kimbrel because OMG, he's never pitched two innings. Ha! Back in 73 Tug woulda gone 3.

Zvon Oct 07 2013 10:57 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Cya Atlanta! Have a nice long cold winter of discontent.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 07 2013 10:58 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Zimmo! Dodgers win!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 07 2013 11:04 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Captain Vertical-Hold-Sports-Jacket Craig Sager looks genuinely upset about the Gatorade splashback from Puig/Uribe. Good on these guys. I hope they get their expensive asses handed to them in the next round.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 07 2013 11:20 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Good on these guys. I hope they get their expensive asses handed to them in the next round. By the Pirates. I don't know if I can handle all the seething hatred I'd have for a Cardinals-Dodgers series.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 07 2013 11:24 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Oh, I'd be rooting for a the meteor/locusts/bands of roving, postapocalyptic marauding thugs in that case, to be sure. (Also, there's always the A's.)

G-Fafif Oct 07 2013 11:31 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Baseball 4 Monday 0

Mets – Willets Point Oct 08 2013 12:29 AM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Emo Red Sox fan, faithful to the end.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 08 2013 09:23 AM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Gwreck wrote: I can sort of understand rooting for Boston if you live there. Which I think you do. But who else would want to root for the Red Sox? Particularly given all the other choices in the AL. Reasons to root for the Red Sox: * They're a good team with a long, colorful history. * The current squad are all good guys with no oversized egos or ridonculous contracts. * Team turned around from a miserable last place season last year to notch the top record in baseball this year. * Finished with the top record despite arguably being in the toughest division (only division in which four of the five teams had winning records). * If they win the World Series, your Yankees fan friends will be peeved that the Red Sox have three times as many championships as the Yankees this century. * Remember how the Red Sox dispatched the Yankees in 2004? That should still earn them some good will. * Were 13-6 head-to-head against the Yankees this season, a major reason that the Yankees are not in the 2013 postseason. * Fenway Park would be a better backdrop to the World Series than Tropicana Field or the Oakland Coliseum. * The A's historically have more World Series wins and appearances than any team in the AL except the Yankees. * David Price's rant on Twitter. * The Tigers and the Rays actually have won pennants more recently than the Red Sox. * The A's beat the Mets in the 1973 World Series. I'm still bitter. * The Tigers barely put up a fight in the 2006 World Series, allowing the hated Cardinals to win a championship. * The Rays barely put up a fight in the 2008 World Series, allowing the hated Phillies to win a championship. * Most seriously, Boston suffered a terrorist attack this year on its major civic holiday. A Red Sox victory would be a nice distraction for people still grieving and recovering from serious injuries and mental anguish.

G-Fafif Oct 08 2013 10:00 AM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Reasons to root for the Red Sox: * The current squad are all good guys with no oversized egos or ridonculous contracts. Exception that proves the rule?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 08 2013 11:01 AM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

* They're a good team with a long, colorful history. So are the Lakers, Steelers, Canadiens, and Manchester Fuggin' United. (Well, maybe not the latter, these days.) * The current squad are all good guys with no oversized egos or ridonculous contracts. I believe my distinguished colleague has handled this one. (Also: Jonny Gomes. Also also: John Lackey.) * Team turned around from a miserable last place season last year to notch the top record in baseball this year. ["Ahem"ing so much it seems like a tic] -Pittsburgh, Los Angeles * Finished with the top record despite arguably being in the toughest division (only division in which four of the five teams had winning records). [Sarcastic clap] * If they win the World Series, your Yankees fan friends will be peeved that the Red Sox have three times as many championships as the Yankees this century. My passive-aggressively in-your-face Red Sox-fan friends, though... they'll be okay with it. * Remember how the Red Sox dispatched the Yankees in 2004? That should still earn them some good will. Remember how that nice young man Usama and his friends helped out against the Soviets in Afghanistan? I wonder what happened to that guy. * Were 13-6 head-to-head against the Yankees this season, a major reason that the Yankees are not in the 2013 postseason. Point, Willets. (Although the biggest reason the Yankees are not in the postseason is the Yankees.) * Fenway Park would be a better backdrop to the World Series than Tropicana Field or the Oakland Coliseum. So would virtually anything you can green-screen in there. * The A's historically have more World Series wins and appearances than any team in the AL except the Yankees. If their last World Series win was a person, it could serve in the military, drink, and rent a car at a semi-reasonable rate. * David Price's rant on Twitter. Oh, I'm not rooting FOR the Rays. * The Tigers and the Rays actually have won pennants more recently than the Red Sox. I'd forgotten, since y'know, you don't hear their fans talking about it that often, or bitching about how long it's been since their last one a couple of years back. * The A's beat the Mets in the 1973 World Series. I'm still bitter. Well, okay. But this was so long ago, we could currently elect a President who wasn't around to see it. * The Tigers barely put up a fight in the 2006 World Series, allowing the hated Cardinals to win a championship. Point two, Willets. (I'm feeling generous here.) * The Rays barely put up a fight in the 2008 World Series, allowing the hated Phillies to win a championship. Point three, Willets. (Here, too.) * Most seriously, Boston suffered a terrorist attack this year on its major civic holiday. A Red Sox victory would be a nice distraction for people still grieving and recovering from serious injuries and mental anguish. Okay, now you sound like a hacky Michigander newspaperman, or something. (No offense, MGiM. I mean the hacky ones.)

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 08 2013 11:03 AM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Y'know, I think part of the reason I'm feeling Athletic-- when not feeling ARR-dently otherwise-- these days is, I wouldn't mind a Billy Beane team finally winning one and shutting some Wfans up.

dinosaur jesus Oct 08 2013 11:56 AM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

I've been in Michigan for a couple of years now, and I've been trying to get behind the Tigers. I've got nothing against them, but I just can't do it. I was listening to the game yesterday, doing my best ("Bear down, Anibal." "Clutch, Jhonny"). But when Brandon Moss untied it in the fifth, I realized that I was smiling. So the hell with it. I'll be a Tigers fan next year. This year I'm an A's man.

themetfairy Oct 08 2013 01:01 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Go A's!

Mets – Willets Point Oct 08 2013 01:40 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

If I'm to rank the surviving teams in order of whom I'd most like to win the World Series it would be as follows: Boston Pittsburgh Detroit Oakland Tampa Bay . . . . . . . . Los Angeles St. Louis I'd be fine with any of the top five, and seeth with rage at the bottom two.

Gwreck Oct 08 2013 02:55 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Pittsburgh --- Oakland Tampa Detroit --- Los Angeles Boston St. Louis I have very little against the Dodgers, other than jealousy that they got rid of their disastrous owner and we're still stuck with ours. Boston the city may be generally sympathetic but their baseball team? Forget it. Two recent World Series wins together with a long period of general competitiveness (1 crappy season doesn't do it when 15 of your last 16 were winning seasons) engenders little reason to root for them.

themetfairy Oct 08 2013 03:38 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

The MFYs and Phillies aren't playing. Hence I have no rage in me, no matter how things turn out.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 08 2013 05:18 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

This is going to be a controversial one no matter what. (umps meeting on fan-interfered-with HR)

Frayed Knot Oct 08 2013 05:19 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

I don't think you can overturn that one.

Zvon Oct 08 2013 05:23 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

I think there was a real possibility that he could have caught that. I would have called interference and we'd be watching a riot now.

Frayed Knot Oct 08 2013 05:26 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Zvon wrote: I think there was a real possibility that he could have caught that. Real possibility - as in a real small possibility. Plus, unlike the Jeffrey Maier situation, these fans were NOT reaching beyond what is designated as HR territory. Maybe they did steal it from him but, in that area, it's his job to steal it from them. I would have called interference and we'd be watching a riot now. Well that would have been fun too.

Frayed Knot Oct 08 2013 05:39 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

I find myself with no real "enemies" among the remaining teams on the AL side. I'm kind of pulling for Oakland but aren't specifically 'against' any team. In the NL it's definitely Pitt up top and the Cards on the bottom. I probably would have stuck Atlanta 2nd (ahead of LA) if I thought about it prior to them getting knocked out, but sometimes I just start watching a series and find myself rooting one way or the other before I even consciously realize it.

Zvon Oct 08 2013 05:52 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Frayed Knot wrote: I find myself with no real "enemies" among the remaining teams on the AL side. I'm kind of pulling for Oakland but aren't specifically 'against' any team. In the NL it's definitely Pitt up top and the Cards on the bottom. I probably would have stuck Atlanta 2nd (ahead of LA) if I thought about it prior to them getting knocked out, but sometimes I just start watching a series and find myself rooting one way or the other before I even consciously realize it. Both of these teams would make for a good World Series so I'm just watching.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 08 2013 05:55 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

What a job by Scherzer there. Holy crap. Josh Reddick looked like he was going to cry. The cruelty of baseball has really visited him this game.

Zvon Oct 08 2013 05:55 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Wow. I love these electric crowds. Citi did have a few big crowds this season but did it ever get electric out there? Not like this (and the Bucs). That post season current.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 08 2013 06:09 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Pittsburgh --- Oakland Tampa Detroit --- Los Angeles Boston St. Louis GWreck and LWFS similarity score: 100% I'd bet mine that Scherzer doesn't have a mismatched set of balls-- they're apparently both gigantic.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 08 2013 06:12 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Brett Anderson, on the other hand, probably walks around just fine in jeans.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 08 2013 06:28 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Dag, Cespedes. The last few days, between him and Puig, everything's coming up Cubans.

Frayed Knot Oct 08 2013 06:44 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Josh Reddick looked like he was going to cry. The cruelty of baseball has really visited him this game. Did you catch Reddick's look with the slick-backed hair to go along with the thick beard? He could have had one of those goofy cartoons on the back of his baseball card saying: Josh participates in Civil War reenactments during the off-season

Zvon Oct 08 2013 06:45 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

One game seamlessly turns into another. I was half paying attention. Go BUCS! That field Tampa Bay plays on is a disgrace to the game.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 08 2013 07:00 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Yay Tiggers! I think a Detroit-Boston ALCS will be epic.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 08 2013 07:16 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

I think, with the decision-making the last two games, Joe Maddon only seems like he's taking crazy pills or had a million mini-strokes in the past 36 hours, because he's apparently using some sort of Metrics From The Future that we can't yet comprehend, because GOO'LOR' it's all working. Jamey Wright, tip yo' hat.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 08 2013 07:21 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

That is one juicy carpet.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 08 2013 07:24 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Yay Tiggers! I think a Detroit-Boston ALCS will be epic. ih. For whatever reason I don't really believe in the Tigers. I think they'd probably make a buncha errors and go into a sudden hitting slump or have a fat relief pitcjher come out and blow saves, and all the heroic Scherzering and Verlanderness and Fistercating will go to waste. That was an all-time ballsy recovery by Scherzer there, wasn't it? And the poor A's are always struck by some unforseen calamity in these series.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 08 2013 07:24 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Pulling your starter in the second with no runs allowed does seem nuts. Perhaps in the future instead of having a ninth inning guy, there'll be a first inning guy. The Tampa Bay defense made up for a lot of their flaws this series with that DP.

Zvon Oct 08 2013 07:43 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Pulling your starter in the second with no runs allowed does seem nuts. That's my kind of managing.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 08 2013 08:04 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

And now, Torres is the fourth pitcher in five frames. I'm thinking Maddon has some kind of a coupon or something.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 08 2013 09:11 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Who thought this would be the pitchers' duel of the series? Especially with the Rays using their entire pitching staff. 1-1 in the 7th as the Red Sox just tied it up on a wild pitch.

Zvon Oct 08 2013 09:12 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

And an infield single gives Boston the lead. Beany ball.

Ashie62 Oct 08 2013 09:21 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

I'd love to see the Ray's and A's meet..

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 08 2013 09:22 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Just like Connie Mack said, it's that sixth pitcher you brought in for a righty-righty matchup in the seventh-- that's the one that'll get you.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 08 2013 09:40 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Ashie62 wrote: I'd love to see the Ray's and A's meet.. From Bay to Bay.

Gwreck Oct 08 2013 10:17 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

If you absolutely must load the bases in the 9th inning of a 1-run game, at least you did it by putting ball 4 into Victorino's ribs. Good job Fernando Rodney!

Mets – Willets Point Oct 08 2013 10:22 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Another run for Boston: 3 total Another pitcher for Tampa Bay: 9 total

Mets – Willets Point Oct 08 2013 10:34 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Frayed Knot Oct 09 2013 07:17 AM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Didn't stay up for the end of the late game last night, but I'm guess that with a line of: WALK - K - WILD PITCH - WALK - HBP, Fernando Rodney didn't go shooting off any arrows upon being yanked in mid-inning.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 09 2013 07:26 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Big-balls moment in the bottom of the 4th for Gerrit Cole to rival Mr. Scherzer's, with 2nd/3rd occupied, one out, and a couple of lefties up. Still, the one inside-corner hanger to Freese haunts him... while Adam Wainwright's sporting a next-to-the-throne Duke Charles. 2-0, Better Dead Thans, through 4 1/2. Am I the only one watching?

Mets – Willets Point Oct 09 2013 07:54 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

I'm listening. Looks like I'll be rooting AL in the WS of this keeps up.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 09 2013 08:05 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Marlon Byrd beats out an infield hit on a slow grounder to short for his second hit of the night (and just the Pirates' fourth). Two on, two out for Swing Hard and Pray-dro Alvarez.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 09 2013 08:09 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Even crazier infield hit by Alvarez gets Bucs on the board

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 09 2013 08:10 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Ball hits bag. Ball flies over Adams. Alvarez hits bag. Morneau hits plate. Mass hysteria.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 09 2013 08:13 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Bottom 7, and Wainwright's batting. Interesting.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 09 2013 08:17 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Friggin Cardinals get lucky even when they get unlucky. Carpenter's throw to first misses the mark by 8 feet but rolls directly to the catcher instead of into a dugout or something.

Frayed Knot Oct 09 2013 08:18 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Ball hits bag. Ball flies over Adams. Alvarez hits bag. Morneau hits plate. Mass hysteria. The real nutty part was that Carpenter's errant throw to 1st almost wound up getting Morneau at home. Do you suppose the AL clubs aware that you're allowed to get 7 complete innings in in under 2:10 ?

Frayed Knot Oct 09 2013 08:21 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Friggin Cardinals get lucky even when they get unlucky. Carpenter's throw to first misses the mark by 8 feet but rolls directly to the catcher instead of into a dugout or something. That was almost like late-90s-2000 MFY shit, where they got several post-season outs not despite missed cut-offs and overthrows but because of them.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 09 2013 08:22 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

lucky again. I'm beginning to hate the Cardinals with the same passion I hate the MFYs.

d'Kong76 Oct 09 2013 08:23 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Gonna have to see the slow-mo on that one after the commercials.

Frayed Knot Oct 09 2013 08:24 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

And now there's more late-90s MFY-type shit; having the opponent give away stupid outs.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 09 2013 08:26 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

With a little ump-y help, granted.

d'Kong76 Oct 09 2013 08:29 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Exclamation point

Zvon Oct 09 2013 08:29 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Damn. Nail.Coffin.

Frayed Knot Oct 09 2013 08:29 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

I thought that was the correct call. And if it wasn't it was by a hair and could have gone either way. And even if he was safe it shouldn't have been that close. The earlier one where Byrd was doubled off was more understandable because of the shift. This one was right in front of Walker. And now none of it is going to matter.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 09 2013 08:30 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

fuck you, fatty adams

Mets – Willets Point Oct 09 2013 08:30 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Summabitch!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 09 2013 08:33 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

These fuckin' guys.

Frayed Knot Oct 09 2013 08:37 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

So the Cardinals let Pujols go and an 8th round draft pick in Alan Craig comes in and comes pretty darn close to matching over two seasons what Pujols has done since leaving [.311/.364/.488] while setting records for RiSP figures and all for a fraction of the price. And then he goes down in mid-season and gets replaced by a 23rd round rookie (Adams) who swats 17 HRs in less than 300 ABs [.284/.335/.503] And all while we're trying to get Davis OR Duda going for more than a few weeks here or there.

Zvon Oct 09 2013 08:38 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

The Bucs just need some extra mo-jo. LETS

Zvon Oct 09 2013 08:40 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Daaaamn. Pittsburgs season ends like this? That sucks.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 09 2013 08:47 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Marlon Byrd will NOT be the one to end this fucking series, you guys.

Zvon Oct 09 2013 08:48 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

GO PIRATES!

Zvon Oct 09 2013 08:49 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Damn. Downed by junk.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 09 2013 08:51 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

"At least he went down swinging." -Some Mets "fan," somewhere

Zvon Oct 09 2013 08:53 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: "At least he went down swinging." -Some Mets "fan," somewhere makes you realize it sucks both ways. Beltran, I forgive you. *switches hats* K, now I'm a Puig fan.

MFS62 Oct 09 2013 09:27 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Sad to see the Bucs lose. I'll be rooting for the Cards, if only to show that Tony LaRussa wasn't that smart. Later

Ashie62 Oct 09 2013 09:43 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

The Cardinals don't lose much in October...

Gwreck Oct 09 2013 11:15 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: "At least he went down swinging." -Some Mets "fan," somewhere Let's not encourage it

Edgy MD Oct 10 2013 06:08 AM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

I'm wondering someday if Beltran will have become the greatest post-season player ever, and it will be statistically demonstrable to establish, if it isn't true already.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 10 2013 06:56 AM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

If he's not there, he's close-- his postseason OPS (1.214) and slugging (.761!) numbers are the best in history (topping Ruth in both), and has the second-highest HR rate (16-in-172 PAs) in postseason history (just behind Ruth, and well ahead of postseason mashers like Pujols, Manny Ramirez, Mantle, and "Mr. October"). Also, he's 11-for-11 in steals; nobody else with 10 attempts is perfect.

Edgy MD Oct 10 2013 07:33 AM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Greatest choker of all time.

G-Fafif Oct 10 2013 07:40 AM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Beltran could use a world championship and/or a few more postseasons to go beyond cult status where Greatest Ever territory is concerned. He's been in only four Octobers, which doesn't take away from his various rates of monster success but makes him, to a degree, more of a Pat Tabler than a, if you'll excuse the expression, Mickey Mantle in this realm. Which only matters if you're boosting Beltran for the Hall of Fame, I suppose. If he were to do what he's done in LDS and LCS play in even a couple of World Series for a couple of world champs, then he forever becomes a Winner who transcends his more earthly (if still impressive) regular seasons...and makes that last at-bat in 2006 more of a "I bet you didn't know there was actually this one time in a postseason situation where Beltran didn't come through."

Mets – Willets Point Oct 10 2013 08:55 AM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

I kind of wonder if Beltran's post-season superheroics actually feed into the creation of the "he didn't swing" myth. The thought (if you can call it that) that goes into it is "Beltran is flawless in postseason, so if he swung the bat something amazing would have happened!" The fact that he could have popped up, grounded out, swung & missed, or otherwise made an out isn't considered even though those are more likely scenarios if you play the percentages.

Edgy MD Oct 10 2013 09:17 AM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

I don't know. The Beltran-hating Mets fans I know tend to either be ignorant of Beltran's general excellence or rationalize it away as not representative of the "big spot." Then there's some blather about "that kind of money" and "least we could expect" and "racist Omar Minaya" and I just back away slowly.

HahnSolo Oct 10 2013 09:18 AM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Beltran's bigger crime in that AB was staring at a straight down the gut first pitch fastball, imo. Wainwright was rattled (2 singles, K, a hard-hit line-out, BB) and was just looking to get ahead in the count. The 0-2 curveball was nasty, the first pitch? Not so much.

Gwreck Oct 10 2013 08:13 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Tigers up 3-0 in the 6. Verlander retired the first 16 in a row before giving up a walk.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 10 2013 08:22 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Just got home, and um, wow, Verlander is having a good game. If the Tigers advance I'm glad the Sox won't have to face him until game 3.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 10 2013 08:40 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

No hitter? Yo' en' is here. Let's see about some runs now, okay, fellas?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 10 2013 08:52 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Impressive gas from Sean Doolittle in the 1-2-3 Tiger 8th. He could have a real future in baseball if his family's duck-call/reality-TV enterprises run aground.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 10 2013 08:55 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Let's Go A's. Up to you to keep this season interesting...

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 10 2013 09:01 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Verlander's being so uncool tonight, you guys. Like, totally fascist, right?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 10 2013 09:12 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Totally. Well, we're abut to see an all-time 9th inning Lazarus act or we're not.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 10 2013 09:26 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Here we go. Tying run up, 2 out. Seth Smiff

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 10 2013 09:29 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Shit.

d'Kong76 Oct 10 2013 09:29 PM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

Feh

Mets – Willets Point Oct 11 2013 08:22 AM Re: Division Street: Threading the LDSes

This basically shaken down to my 2 favorite AL teams and two least favorite NL teams in the final four.