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[IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

BJs

9 votes

'Gers

1 votes

Effed if I care

5 votes

El Segundo Escupidor Oct 08 2015 12:10 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 08 2015 12:51 PM

Game 1 (Today, 3:30pm ET) at the Steve J. Rogers Center TV: FS1 Legit stream: http://www.foxsports.com/foxsportsgo/ Toronto Line-up

TransMonk Oct 08 2015 12:18 PM Re: ALDS: TOR vs TEX

I don't really care, but I think the Jays are the best team in the AL (with my limited knowledge of the junior circuit), so I guess I look for them to succeed. After the Cardinals, are the Jays the team left that has won a championship most recently? What a joy to be in the meat of the post-season without the Red Sox, Giants and Yankees in attendance! Now the Cards should go fuck themselves too and give someone else a chance.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 08 2015 12:21 PM Re: ALDS: TOR vs TEX

TransMonk wrote: After the Cardinals, are the Jays the team left that has won a championship most recently? I assume you're talking World Championship, and not league pennant. Let's see: Mets, 1986. Cardinals, 2011. Cubs, 1908. Dodgers, 1988. Blue Jays, 1993. Astros, never. Rangers, never. Royals, 1980. Unless it's St. Louis, somebody's going to end a lengthy dry spell.

Gwreck Oct 08 2015 12:23 PM Re: ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Royals are 1985, not 1980 (they lost to Philadelphia that year), but of course the point holds.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 08 2015 12:23 PM Re: ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Gwreck wrote: Royals are 1985, not 1980, but of course the point holds. Oops, right. They lost to the Phillies in 1980, beat the Cardinals in 1985.

Ceetar Oct 08 2015 12:25 PM Re: ALDS: TOR vs TEX

if you're gonna abbreviate the poll like that, there is only one choice. I have an obvious affinity for AL East teams that the Yanks, enemy of my enemy and all that jazz.

Gwreck Oct 08 2015 12:28 PM Re: ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Self interested standpoint: Mets probably would do better against the Rangers in a hypothetical World Series matchup. Hence I would root for them. Really though: I don't care all that much. I hold no particular animosity or particular favor towards either team, or their fanbase, or any particular players (except maybe Dickey).

TransMonk Oct 08 2015 12:38 PM Re: ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I assume you're talking World Championship, and not league pennant. You got it. Yup.

El Segundo Escupidor Oct 08 2015 12:49 PM Re: ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Self interested standpoint: Mets probably would do better against the Rangers in a hypothetical World Series matchup. Hence I would root for them. My self interested standpoint is i don't want to travel back-and-forth to Dallas to watch the World Series. Additional self interested standpoint: The Burger Priest is the second best burger i've tasted in North America (2nd only to the Burger Joint on 56th & 6th) and it's only available in the Greater Toronto Area.

Frayed Knot Oct 08 2015 12:56 PM Re: ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Looking at that Toronto (and, remember, you don't pronounce the second t) lineup: On the team one year ago? Revere - Nope Donaldson - Nope Tulowitski - Nope Smoak - Nope Martin - Nope Goins & Pillar - yes, although in backup roles Price - Nope So that essentially leaves the two big boys in the middle there - Encarnacion & Bautista - as leftovers from 2014. It seems like the Jays had their big makeover 2 or 3 years back (the Dickey deal, the big one with the Marlins) but it's really been more like one long continuous shuffle.

Ceetar Oct 08 2015 01:01 PM Re: ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Self interested standpoint: Mets probably would do better against the Rangers in a hypothetical World Series matchup. Hence I would root for them. My self interested standpoint is i don't want to travel back-and-forth to Dallas to watch the World Series. Additional self interested standpoint: The Burger Priest is the second best burger i've tasted in North America (2nd only to the Burger Joint on 56th & 6th) and it's only available in the Greater Toronto Area. take me with you, it'll be fun.

El Segundo Escupidor Oct 08 2015 01:05 PM Re: ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Self interested standpoint: Mets probably would do better against the Rangers in a hypothetical World Series matchup. Hence I would root for them. My self interested standpoint is i don't want to travel back-and-forth to Dallas to watch the World Series. Additional self interested standpoint: The Burger Priest is the second best burger i've tasted in North America (2nd only to the Burger Joint on 56th & 6th) and it's only available in the Greater Toronto Area. take me with you, it'll be fun. We'll party Josh Hamilton style! (I was there in June, it's a crazy town) TEXAS DeShields, CF Choo, RF Beltre, 3B Fielder, DH Napoli, 1B Hamilton, J, LF Andrus, SS Odor, 2B Chirinos, C Gallardo, RHP

El Segundo Escupidor Oct 08 2015 03:34 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Baustita boofs one to cut the lead to 4-3 What a game ..... I <3 playoff baseball!

Zvon Oct 08 2015 04:08 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

5-3 Texas after 8. I can't enjoy a day game on TV as much if the sky isn't available.

Zvon Oct 08 2015 04:32 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Rangers take game one. I voted I don't give a shit but I still watched an hour of this game. I need to get a life.

Frayed Knot Oct 08 2015 05:18 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

This game was starting to have a body count. Donaldson & Bautista on the Toronto side and Beltre for Texas all walked off the field mid-game with some assorted owwie or another. Beltre's (back) looked most serious. Bautista was reported as a tight hammy while Donaldson took a knee to the cranium and needed to be checked out.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 08 2015 06:15 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

I'm kind of pissed off that that scumbag Michael Kay was yapping on the radio and I couldn't find the broadcast of this game. WTF? Anyone know where these games are on the radio?

Ceetar Oct 08 2015 06:20 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'm kind of pissed off that that scumbag Michael Kay was yapping on the radio and I couldn't find the broadcast of this game. WTF? Anyone know where these games are on the radio? likewise, I thought ESPN had them all. I stopped looking after that though, this is why I typically just stream it through my phone.

d'Kong76 Oct 08 2015 06:36 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Why do they jump through hoops to line up regionally prime time games and stick this one where they did?

Benjamin Grimm Oct 08 2015 06:39 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Are Houston and Kansas City a bigger combined market than Toronto and Dallas/Fort Worth? I remember when postseason games were on broadcast networks, they didn't like having Toronto in the playoffs (I think I'm recalling 1985 here) because the networks weren't selling advertising time in Canada. I don't know, but I doubt that that's still a factor.

MFS62 Oct 09 2015 07:23 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Blue Jays. There's gonna' be an order of poutine VS a bagel and lox wager with my buddy in Tarana over a Mets/ Jays World Series. Later

Mets Guy in Michigan Oct 09 2015 07:29 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Are Houston and Kansas City a bigger combined market than Toronto and Dallas/Fort Worth? I remember when postseason games were on broadcast networks, they didn't like having Toronto in the playoffs (I think I'm recalling 1985 here) because the networks weren't selling advertising time in Canada. I don't know, but I doubt that that's still a factor. Houston is a surprisingly large city -- fourth largest in the country and nipping at Chicago's heels. That's partially to it being really spread out. Sadly, I suspect 85 percent of the city is football obsessed. San Antonio is actually larger than Dallas -- and I would never have guessed that until I saw the list while searching for Houston's population.

Edgy MD Oct 09 2015 07:47 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

I like the Ranger uniforms far more than the Blue Jays, and that's usually what I go for in American League match ups. But if I can't root for John Gibbons and R.A. Dickey and José Reyes, who can I root for? Wait, a minute... what?!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 09 2015 08:29 AM Re: ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Frayed Knot wrote: (and, remember, you don't pronounce the second t) That's how the Kings made this line rhyme: Hey little Donna, Still wanna You said to ring you up if I was in Toronto I think this is the greatest Canadian export since maple syrup: [youtube]sxkjvKBPQjo[/youtube]

Mets – Willets Point Oct 09 2015 11:47 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Interesting trivia: Toronto is the 30th and last team to appear in a Divisional Series.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 09 2015 11:49 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Really? I would never have guessed that.

Ceetar Oct 09 2015 11:53 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Interesting trivia: Toronto is the 30th and last team to appear in a Divisional Series. last for now anyway.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 09 2015 12:00 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Ceetar wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'm kind of pissed off that that scumbag Michael Kay was yapping on the radio and I couldn't find the broadcast of this game. WTF? Anyone know where these games are on the radio? likewise, I thought ESPN had them all. I stopped looking after that though, this is why I typically just stream it through my phone. Streeaming now on the desktop but still pissed off they don;t have it on the real radio in New York. Even worse, it's Berman and Sutcliffe.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 09 2015 12:04 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Listening to the Toronto stream on the MLB At Bat app. Apparently the annoying "croissanwich" ads are forced into all MLB broadcasts.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 09 2015 12:11 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Listening to the Toronto stream on the MLB At Bat app. Apparently the annoying "croissanwich" ads are forced into all MLB broadcasts. Does that cost $$?

Mets – Willets Point Oct 09 2015 12:15 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Mets – Willets Point wrote: Listening to the Toronto stream on the MLB At Bat app. Apparently the annoying "croissanwich" ads are forced into all MLB broadcasts. Does that cost $$? Yes. I think it was $20 for the season to get Gameday Audio.

Ceetar Oct 09 2015 12:22 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Mets – Willets Point wrote: Listening to the Toronto stream on the MLB At Bat app. Apparently the annoying "croissanwich" ads are forced into all MLB broadcasts. Does that cost $$? Yes. I think it was $20 for the season to get Gameday Audio. thought it was $15? I lose track. I use it all the time. Anytime I'm not sitting in front of the tv and the Mets are on, which is often.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 09 2015 12:28 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

I can't remember. It gets auto-renewed, and I can't even find where you would sign up for just audio on the MLB website anymore.

Ceetar Oct 09 2015 12:56 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Mets – Willets Point wrote: I can't remember. It gets auto-renewed, and I can't even find where you would sign up for just audio on the MLB website anymore. mlb.tv somewhre I suspect, but might not be easy to find this time of year.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 09 2015 01:33 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Bottom of the ninth. Tie game. Where's Joe Carter when you need him?

Edgy MD Oct 09 2015 02:13 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Where's Albert Belle when Bob Costas needs him?

Frayed Knot Oct 09 2015 03:48 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Finally over in Toronto: 6-4 Rangers in 14 innings to take a 2-0 lead.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 09 2015 03:53 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Five postseason games so far and they've all ended with the home fans sad.

Edgy MD Oct 09 2015 04:08 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Bodes well for the Mets.

El Segundo Escupidor Oct 09 2015 07:02 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Ceetar wrote: Mets – Willets Point wrote: Mets – Willets Point wrote: Listening to the Toronto stream on the MLB At Bat app. Apparently the annoying "croissanwich" ads are forced into all MLB broadcasts. Does that cost $$? Yes. I think it was $20 for the season to get Gameday Audio. thought it was $15? I lose track. I use it all the time. Anytime I'm not sitting in front of the tv and the Mets are on, which is often. It costs 3.99 to upgrade the atbat app that gives you access to the audio streams through itunes or android shop.

Gwreck Oct 12 2015 02:59 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Game 4 in Texas: 3 Blue Jay Homers and it's 7-0 Toronto in the middle of the third. It's also R.A. Rickey's first career postseason start.

Frayed Knot Oct 12 2015 03:50 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

That makes RA the oldest pitcher to make a post-season debut. But now, even with a 7-1 lead and 2 outs in the 5th (aka: one out short of qualifying for a win) he's being pulled in favor of David Price. The Jays have evidently decided that Stroman is going to be their Game 5 starter rather than Price, but it still seems like an odd move to me, both in who is relieving and also when.

Gwreck Oct 12 2015 03:57 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Waitasecond. They pulled Dickey from the game with two outs in the 5th, a 6-run lead and only one runner on base? To go to David Price? WTF?

El Segundo Escupidor Oct 12 2015 04:53 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

I'm not gonna lie to you, I don't get Gibbons: in game 1 he wouldn't pull price even after he was getting hit hard.

El Segundo Escupidor Oct 12 2015 05:06 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Well, the great David price relief experiment ends with him coughing up 3 runs in 3 ip, which will probably earn him his first career PS win

Frayed Knot Oct 12 2015 08:28 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Gwreck wrote: Waitasecond. They pulled Dickey from the game with two outs in the 5th, a 6-run lead and only one runner on base? To go to David Price? WTF? I know. Crazy, right? Well, the great David price relief experiment ends with him coughing up 3 runs in 3 ip, which will probably earn him his first career PS win He wound up getting the win, but like Dickey couldn't have done that? What was he, tiring? He's a freakin' knuckleballer fear crissakes.

El Segundo Escupidor Oct 13 2015 05:20 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Gibbo makes Terry look like Casey Stengel

Frayed Knot Oct 13 2015 06:41 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

And then this whole saga somehow gets a bit weirder. Price threw 50 pitches on Monday during a blowout in relief of a guy who didn't seem to need relief [Dickey = 1 run on 5 singles/0 BB over 4.2 IP]. So with the deciding game not until Wednesday you'd figure the Jays would make some statement as to 'well let's see how he feels' concerning Price's possible usage for that game. But no, Gibbons effectively pre-rules him out entirely saying, 48 hours ahead of time, that Price will not be available for that game. Now of course that sets him up to pitch in Game 1 of the ALCS but you have to get there first and with no idea what kind of situation you'll have in the middle of Game 5 -- Stroman has pitched just 4 games this year after having a major leg injury during ST -- the guy who went 9-1 for you over 11 starts after the deadline deal won't be there to help because you went to him to protect a 6-run lead at a time when your team was sitting on a 97% 'Win Expectancy'. Does anything say 'We don't want you back next year' louder than this?

HahnSolo Oct 13 2015 07:17 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Somebody on Mike and Mike this morning suggested that Gibbons preemptively went to Price in relief in game four so he wouldn't have to make a hard choice between starting Price or Stroman--both on full rest--in game 5. If you're into conspiracy theories, that's not a bad one, particularly since Price did not seem to know ahead of time that he might be called on yesterday.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 14 2015 04:25 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 14 2015 04:43 PM

GAME FIVE WEIRDNESS UPDATE: Tie game in the Ranger seventh, two outs, Odor on third with Choo batting. Russell Martin hits Choo's bat on a throw back to the pitcher-- initially erroneously ruled dead by the ump-- and a hyperalert Odor scampers home with the go-ahead run. Fans at the Rogers Centre are filling the field with debris in response. Just another black eye for those embarrassing, subhuman New York fa-- wait, this is in Toronto? Never mind.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 14 2015 04:27 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Crazy play lets Texas take 3-2 lead in 7th. Russell Martin's return throw to mound inadvertently hits Choo bat and rolls away letting runner score from 3rd. Made controversial by the fact that initial call on field was no run. Fans are throwing shit onto the field.

Zvon Oct 14 2015 04:32 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Man, it is loud there. What a crowd.

El Segundo Escupidor Oct 14 2015 04:36 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Kudos to Odor for touching home plate even after the ump's initial dead ball call.

Zvon Oct 14 2015 04:39 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Whoa! He dropped it! Ha, I love baseball! Especially when I don't care about the outcome.

Frayed Knot Oct 14 2015 04:41 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Honestly don't think I've seen that before. That it's a live ball makes sense but I can see as how the first reaction is to think the opposite. No excuse for the home plate ump not to know that though.

Zvon Oct 14 2015 04:42 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Ugh, how could they even question that slide at home? Gah, what are they doing to my game?!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 14 2015 04:42 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

No excuse for Martin being so careless with a guy on 3rd either.

Zvon Oct 14 2015 04:48 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Wow. Crazy game here. Odor back peddled! Tsk, tsk. Tough chance tho, right over his head.

Elster88 Oct 14 2015 04:50 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

I thought the Mets series was nuts.

Frayed Knot Oct 14 2015 04:50 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Now THAT was one freaky half-inning!!! And it still ain't over.

Zvon Oct 14 2015 04:52 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Wowzers! A bloop and a blast. Ugh, I know they get to do their little bat tossing displays, but I would have to drill him next time up, big time. You see that stare!???Not to mention the bat toss. Crowds throwing shit on the field!!!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 14 2015 04:53 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 14 2015 04:55 PM

To review: three straight Ranger infield errors load the bases with none out, followed by a Ben Revere grounder to first which Mitch Moreland fires home, ostensibly in hopes of the 3-2-3 DP... only Dalton Pompey ankle-whips the catcher Gimenez (a play reviewed and upheld as legal). Then, after Hamels is given the hook (after not allowing a ball out of the infield this inning), Josh Donaldson's pop-force-out at second off reliever Sam Dyson scores the tying run on what might have been the third out... and a Jose Bautista moonshot-- the first hit of the inning for the Jays-- gives the home team a 6-3 lead. Did I get it all so far? Also, is this the weirdest inning, top to bottom, in ALDS history? In postseason history?

Zvon Oct 14 2015 04:54 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

That fans are hitting the shit!!!

Elster88 Oct 14 2015 04:55 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Zvon wrote: Wowzers! A bloop and a blast. Ugh, I know they get to do their little bat tossing displays, but I would have to drill him next time up, big time. You see that stare!???Not to mention the bat toss. Crowds throwing shit on the field!!! Hit the next guy so he'll tell his teammate not to do that shit anymore.

Elster88 Oct 14 2015 04:55 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Zvon wrote: That fans are hitting the shit!!! Bunch of quiet polite Canadians

Elster88 Oct 14 2015 04:56 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Did I get it all so far? Also, is this the weirdest inning, top to bottom, in ALDS history? In postseason history? In baseball history?

Zvon Oct 14 2015 04:57 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

To review: three straight Ranger infield errors load the bases with none out, followed by a Ben Revere grounder to first which Mitch Moreland fires home, ostensibly in hopes of the 3-2-3 DP... only Dalton Pompey ankle-whips the catcher Gimenez (a play reviewed and upheld as legal). Then, after Hamels is given the hook (after not allowing a ball out of the infield this inning), Josh Donaldson's pop-force-out at second off reliever Sam Dyson scores the tying run on what might have been the third out... and a Jose Bautista moonshot-- the first hit of the inning for the Jays-- gives the home team a 6-3 lead. Did I get it all so far? Also, is this the weirdest inning, top to bottom, in ALDS history? In postseason history? All 3 errors were on Andrus?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 14 2015 05:00 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Maybe it's just an Ontarian tradition, this trash throwing, used to express extreme displeasure OR jubilant celebration, or anything else in between. Like the Canadian "aloha" or something.

Zvon Oct 14 2015 05:02 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Wow. What a frame. FOOD FIGHT!!!

El Segundo Escupidor Oct 14 2015 05:08 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Bautista and Tulo are twats.

Frayed Knot Oct 14 2015 05:09 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Zvon wrote: All 3 errors were on Andrus? One of them had to be on the 1B Moreland for that throw to Andrus. And I think on the force attempt at 3B it was on Beltre for the (non) catch rather than Andrus for the throw.

Frayed Knot Oct 14 2015 05:10 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

If I cap an half-inning like that with a 2-out/3R tie-breaking HR, I'm flipping my bat halfway to Vancouver. Tulo's problems are his bad haircut and his man-crush on Jeter.

El Segundo Escupidor Oct 14 2015 05:16 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Frayed Knot wrote: If I cap an half-inning like that with a 2-out/3R tie-breaking HR, I'm flipping my bat halfway to Vancouver. You could have just said Calgary.

Zvon Oct 14 2015 05:20 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Frayed Knot wrote: Zvon wrote: All 3 errors were on Andrus? One of them had to be on the 1B Moreland for that throw to Andrus. And I think on the force attempt at 3B it was on Beltre for the (non) catch rather than Andrus for the throw. Yea thanks, I saw that on review. I wasn't paying attention at the innings start. It was Andrus taking the throw at 3rd from Beltran, tho, I think. Andrus dropped that. This is postseason as I've been used to it the last bunch of years. It's exciting but I don't really care. If this was happening with or to the Mets, it be a whole nuther ballgame. I mean, could you imagine?

Zvon Oct 14 2015 05:26 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Talking 86 Mets and Shea. I like :)

Zvon Oct 14 2015 05:28 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

If our game 5 goes anything like this one I will need some kind of medication.

Frayed Knot Oct 14 2015 05:29 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Zvon wrote: Zvon wrote: All 3 errors were on Andrus? One of them had to be on the 1B Moreland for that throw to Andrus. And I think on the force attempt at 3B it was on Beltre for the (non) catch rather than Andrus for the throw. Yea thanks, I saw that on review. I wasn't paying attention at the innings start. It was Andrus taking the throw at 3rd from Beltran, tho, I think. Andrus dropped that. Right, the bunt was Beltre to Andrus covering not the other way around. So 2 errors on Andrus plus the one on Moreland (that Andrus couldn't save).

Frayed Knot Oct 14 2015 05:31 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

El Segundo Escupidor wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: If I cap an half-inning like that with a 2-out/3R tie-breaking HR, I'm flipping my bat halfway to Vancouver. You could have just said Calgary. Gonna flip it to Alberta / the weather's good there in the fall

Zvon Oct 14 2015 05:34 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

There's only one thing I like about an enclosed stadium. That the crowd sounds like a roaring animal in the background.

Zvon Oct 14 2015 05:40 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Jays stamp out Texas!

themetfairy Oct 14 2015 05:41 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

In the words of my son, "The Blue Jays are flying!"

Zvon Oct 14 2015 05:43 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Even Bautista is like, no, Carters home run was way different you lunkhead.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 14 2015 05:44 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

BRING ON THE CHAMPAGNE AND MORE THROWN BEER BOTTLES!!!!!!

Frayed Knot Oct 14 2015 05:47 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 14 2015 06:55 PM

Man, the Rangers are building a rough post-season history. Three times a AL West winner over a four year span in the '90s, they got wiped out by the Yanx each time winning just one game (1-9) Then they lost back to back World Series in 2010 & '11 including that Game 6 crusher to StL where they were one strike from winning several times. And since then they've tacked on a WC game loss, and now this. That's a lot of soul-crushing defeats in less than a 20 year span.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 14 2015 06:32 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

They traded for Cole Hamels. Had it coming.

Edgy MD Oct 14 2015 08:43 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Here's hoping for a similar fate for the team that traded for Chase Utley.

El Segundo Escupidor Oct 15 2015 12:44 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: If I cap an half-inning like that with a 2-out/3R tie-breaking HR, I'm flipping my bat halfway to Vancouver. You could have just said Calgary. Gonna flip it to Alberta / the weather's good there in the fall 17 pages? That's half the freaking rag. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: BRING ON THE CHAMPAGNE AND MORE THROWN BEER BOTTLES!!!!!! Buncha frustrated hockey fans.

El Segundo Escupidor Oct 15 2015 03:47 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

The truth is this bat flip deserves its own thread.

Gwreck Oct 15 2015 04:48 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

The umpires were faced with a difficult play? They gathered to discuss it, and then checked the rule to make absolutely sure they had it right? Wow. What a fucking concept.

Lefty Specialist Oct 15 2015 05:42 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

That bat flip was epic. Lucky he didn't come up again in the game, though.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 15 2015 07:18 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Sam Dyson is catching heat for having said Bautista "disrespected the game" but I think what he really meant was that that act disrespected Sam Dyson and the Rangers, which it did. Get off my lawn if you must but the erosion of sportsmanship in sports exhibited here troubles me inasmuch as it sort of condones this culture of ugly narcissists we've become.

Ceetar Oct 15 2015 08:29 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

The truth is this bat flip deserves its own thread. fucking awesome. Just wish the camerapeoples had been smart enough to catch the whole flip. also this:

El Segundo Escupidor Oct 15 2015 08:33 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Frayed Knot Oct 15 2015 09:59 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Sam Dyson is catching heat for having said Bautista "disrespected the game" but I think what he really meant was that that act disrespected Sam Dyson and the Rangers, which it did. Get off my lawn if you must but the erosion of sportsmanship in sports exhibited here troubles me inasmuch as it sort of condones this culture of ugly narcissists we've become. In general I agree, although I'm willing to cut Bautista some slack due to the YUGE-ness of the HR and the genuine emotion it triggered. Far different from the over-celebrating that sometimes goes on after more routine plays. Fine, you finally sacked the QB after trying to get after him for 47 straight plays. Now end your fucking dance and get ready for the next play you idiot. I remember Deion Sanders in his early days with the Falcons intercepting a pass late in the 4th quarter and taking in when he team was down something like 35-0 and doing his high-stepping / check-me-out dance all the way. I would think that kind of thing would make his teammates want to pummel him but apparently the opposite was true and a sign, I think, of how ingrained (and this was what, 20 years ago?) that kind of narcissistic culture is in the NFL and how much I'd like to keep it out of baseball. But big plays call for big emotion and I'd like to apply different standards for the equivalent of Bautista's shot vs some Tuesday night HR in June.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 15 2015 10:10 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Didn't Dyson take issue with Encarncion?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 15 2015 10:23 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

I dunno. Here's some unbelieveable footage from Bautista's young Japanese cousin (stick with it, it's worth it): [youtube:2f5tff4y]nrNTKy0L8jk[/youtube:2f5tff4y] And the obligatory send up by the San Diego Chicken of the 21st Century, almost as good: [youtube:2f5tff4y]B2DQ1QCR1jg[/youtube:2f5tff4y]

El Segundo Escupidor Oct 15 2015 10:31 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

In NPB, KBO and Latin America, bat flipping is no big deal. These unwritten rules in baseball are bupkis. They're what fucking landed Tejada in hospital and cost the Mets Game 2. They're from a bygone era, inhabited by twats like Billy Wagner, Chase Utley and Jonathan Paplebon.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 15 2015 10:37 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

El Segundo Escupidor wrote: The batflip coupled with the pitcher's glove slam makes this gif perfect.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 15 2015 10:39 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

Ceetar wrote: Just wish the camerapeoples had been smart enough to catch the whole flip. All those cameras in the ballpark and not one got a wide angle?

El Segundo Escupidor Oct 15 2015 10:55 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

El Segundo Escupidor wrote: In NPB, KBO and Latin America, bat flipping is no big deal. These unwritten rules in baseball are bupkis. They're what fucking landed Tejada in hospital and cost the Mets Game 2. They're from a bygone era, inhabited by twats like Billy Wagner, Chase Utley and Jonathan Paplebon. Sorry I forgot to mention to Cal Ripken Jr on this list. My bad.

Edgy MD Oct 15 2015 11:13 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

There's a case for and against tolerance for pimping homers and strikeouts, but I'm not sure that connects to Tejada's injury.

seawolf17 Oct 15 2015 11:45 AM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

That flip was beyond epic. Loved it.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 15 2015 02:12 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

They just shouldn't allow bat flips. And by "they," I mean relievers, or pitchers in general. Learn a sinker, maybe, Mr. Dyson. A century and a half of Hal Chase, spikes-up "play the right way," collusion, wage depression, "get off the field, nigger," and no-homo... and this is the signpost for the coarsening of the game? C'mon.

El Segundo Escupidor Oct 15 2015 05:23 PM Re: [IST] ALDS: TOR vs TEX

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: They just shouldn't allow bat flips. And by "they," I mean relievers, or pitchers in general. Learn a sinker, maybe, Mr. Dyson. A century and a half of Hal Chase, spikes-up "play the right way," collusion, wage depression, "get off the field, nigger," and no-homo... and this is the signpost for the coarsening of the game? C'mon. You're a funny fucker.