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Frayed Knot Sep 05 2016 01:40 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 12 2016 02:55 AM

So whilst we're in Cincy ... - the Marlins host the Phils for 3 games starting this afternoon at 1:00 - [u:3tc04ctq]Cardinals are at Pittsburgh[/u:3tc04ctq] so we'll be getting mixed results from that series, but I think we need to mostly send good vibes to the Pirates now that we have a 2.5 game gap on them. 4:00 game today. - Giants (now just 2.5 ahead of us) go to Denver. 4:10 start - Dodgers host the DBacks, Greinke vs Maeda starts it off at 8 EDT tonight - Braves head to Washington for a 4:05 game where they get to face Scherzer. Better them than us.

Frayed Knot Sep 05 2016 07:29 PM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Philly stepping on the Marlins, 6-2 so far, top of 7th

Chad Ochoseis Sep 06 2016 02:43 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Giants manage to get themselves shut out at Coors, 6-0, and are now only half a game ahead of St. Louis for the first WC spot.

Edgy MD Sep 06 2016 03:00 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Scherzer mostly did the Scherzer thing.

Frayed Knot Sep 06 2016 03:03 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Chad Ochoseis wrote: Giants manage to get themselves shut out at Coors, 6-0, and are now only half a game ahead of St. Louis for the first WC spot. And with the Dodgers in the process of winning big (against Greinke) the SFG are seeing the NL West odds sinking by the minute as well; they'll be a full four games out after tonight barring a miraculous Snake comeback. And the Dodgers are starting Kershaw this Friday, conveniently for us it'll be vs the Marlins.

Edgy MD Sep 06 2016 03:13 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

I'm so rooting for Colorado to color their way back inside the lines.

Lefty Specialist Sep 06 2016 12:20 PM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Hmm. It's basically down to 3 teams for two spots now. And you have to like their chances. (knocks wood furiously)

Frayed Knot Sep 07 2016 01:04 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Pirates served up a Yadi Molina 1st inning Grand Slam and were down 5-0 to the Cards early, have come back to take a 6-5 lead and are still batting in the 5th

Frayed Knot Sep 07 2016 02:24 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

And Matt Carpenter ties the game in Pittsburgh with a pinch-hit solo HR with 2 outs on an 0-2 pitch in the 9th

Frayed Knot Sep 07 2016 02:26 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 07 2016 03:41 AM

And now a double & HR later (Molina & Grichuk) and it's 8-6 Cards. oe: And now another HR !!! (Peralta) So how's that Melanin trade working out for you Buccos?

Centerfield Sep 07 2016 02:32 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

You know what Pittsburgh? Fuck yourself in your own ass.

Frayed Knot Sep 07 2016 02:43 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

The Pirates are just a train wreck right now. I saw a couple innings of their game on Monday and they were making mistakes, errors, bad pitches all over the place. And while everyone can look just as pathetic in such a small sample when it's in the middle of a seven game losing streak you tend to think that's what they look like all the time. Then they go out today and give up a 1st inning GS. But when they fought back to actually take the lead after that disaster of a beginning they must have thought that things were turning for them ... and then came those four consecutive batters in the 9th. Pitt came back with a solo HR in the bottom of the 9th but it's a case of T-L-T-L

d'Kong76 Sep 07 2016 02:56 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Giants lost, that's something.

Chad Ochoseis Sep 07 2016 03:12 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Did they? The interwebs tell me it's 2-2 in the bottom of the 8th. I'm in Napa for work and, annoyingly enough, my hotel doesn't carry the Giants' broadcast station. And I can't watch the game on MLB.tv since I'm in their blackout zone. Mets now need to go 14-9, an eminently non-miraculous .609 winning percentage, to get to FK's magic 87-win number. And given the way that every contending team that doesn't have a bird on their bat has been rolling over, it may not even be necessary to win 87.

Zvon Sep 07 2016 03:35 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Watching SF now. Giants are up 3-2 in the 9th. OMG, umpires really suck these days. How could he get that wrong in real time? A force play @3rd, the guy was out by 2 feet! Still only 1 out, 2 on. OE: WP, 2nd & 3rd

Zvon Sep 07 2016 03:46 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Rockies get the tying run to the plate. 1 out, man on 1st. DP! Game oveh! They looked like they were trying though. That Buc pitcher who gave up all the homers....I'd check his bank account for the next few weeks and see if there is a large deposit.

d'Kong76 Sep 07 2016 03:17 PM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Chad Ochoseis wrote: Did they? The interwebs tell me it's 2-2 in the bottom of the 8th. Yeah, my bad... not sure what I was seeing or thinking. Fifteen yards on me, repeat second down...

Ceetar Sep 07 2016 09:03 PM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

outside the race, the Twins were formally eliminated last night.

Vic Sage Sep 07 2016 09:33 PM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Ceetar wrote: outside the race, the Twins were formally eliminated last night. yes, but have you seen the year that Dozier is having? i have him on my fantasy team, and i'm leading the league by 9 pts.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 08 2016 02:24 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Pittsburgh 4 St. Louis 3 (F)

Frayed Knot Sep 08 2016 03:47 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Marlins - Caught and passed Pirates - Caught and passed Cardinals - Caught ... Giants - ????

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 08 2016 03:50 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Rockies rallying here in bottom 9th

Zvon Sep 08 2016 03:56 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Bases loaded for Colorado, 1 out, bottom of the 9th. 5-4 SF

Frayed Knot Sep 08 2016 03:58 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

ROX WIN!! ROX WIN!! 3 runs in the 9th

Zvon Sep 08 2016 03:58 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

WOWZERS! Rockies walk it off, 6-5! WOOHOOOOO!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 08 2016 04:01 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Wow.

Centerfield Sep 08 2016 04:05 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Fuck yeah!

Edgy MD Sep 08 2016 04:07 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

For the last month, the Rockies have been showing more heart than the rest of that division put together. Good for them. I'm totally rooting for them to get back in it.

Zvon Sep 08 2016 04:12 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Shit. Nats have 1st & 3rd, 1 out, down by a run in the 10th.

Zvon Sep 08 2016 04:12 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

And they tie it. GAH!

Edgy MD Sep 08 2016 04:13 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

I'm hoping this means 10 more innings before they ultimately lose.

Edgy MD Sep 08 2016 04:20 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Washington goes to Matt Grace, pitcher #9 (turn me on, dead man), and Ender Inciarte leads off with a single.

Edgy MD Sep 08 2016 04:27 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

And with two out and a runner on first, and Matt Kemp coming up, Washington looks to pitcher #10, Mat Latos.

Zvon Sep 08 2016 04:50 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Nats walk it off. Well, one step at a time. Lets get the Giants.

Centerfield Sep 08 2016 03:45 PM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Thank you Pittsburgh. You may now resume your sucking ways. Milwaukee. Your services are required.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 08 2016 03:52 PM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

This is us, for the next few days:

Benjamin Grimm Sep 09 2016 12:45 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Brewers lead Cardinals 5-1 in the fourth.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 09 2016 12:52 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Okay, now it's 5-3. Phillies lead Washington 4-0 after 6.

dinosaur jesus Sep 09 2016 01:26 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Harvey's Wallbangers are piling it on. A two-run homer by Gorman Thomas and a two-run double by Jim Gantner make it 8-3 Brewers in the 6th. Phils still up 4-0, but the Nats are threatening in the 8th.

Lefty Specialist Sep 09 2016 01:33 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Grand slam by Rob Deer puts the Brew Crew up 12-3 in the 6th. The Wild Card awaits us.

Zvon Sep 09 2016 01:35 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Hey Harper, 4-1 Phils

Mets Guy in Michigan Sep 09 2016 01:41 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Brewers sure are having a nice game.

Zvon Sep 09 2016 01:54 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Phils win :) Yay!

themetfairy Sep 09 2016 01:59 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Zvon wrote: Phils win :) Yay! Words I can almost never tolerate - LOL!

Zvon Sep 09 2016 02:07 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

themetfairy wrote: Phils win :) Yay! Words I can almost never tolerate - LOL! OOO, I know. From The 7 Line: [fimg=500]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cr4Gj9AUkAE8Ol3.jpg:large[/fimg]

Edgy MD Sep 09 2016 12:21 PM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

The Yankees have pulled within two of the Wild Card themselves.

Frayed Knot Sep 09 2016 01:10 PM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

WC opponent skeds for this weekend: - Saint Louie continues their four-gamer with Milwaukee under the big arch. Nice butt-kicking by the Brews to start things off but you get the feeling they probably shot their load and would have been better saving a couple of those runs. - Giants head to the desert for the first of three games. They're 10-6 vs the Snakes this year but 13-21 overall since Aug 1 and probably wishes Phoenix was still their old AAA affiliate - Pirates (now 4 full games behind us) hosting Reds for the 2nd of their four-game series Pitt won the opener Thursday - Marlins host the Dodgers just in time for the return from the DL of Clayton Kershaw ... mmmm, lucky them And, just for kicks, Washington takes their 8 game division lead against the Phils after being held to just five hits in a loss on Thursday but at five games out after losing 10 of 12, they're basically on the fringes of things anyway at this point

Lefty Specialist Sep 09 2016 01:23 PM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

This is us, for the next few days: I've always wanted to wear a keg on my head. Saves time.

Centerfield Sep 09 2016 01:36 PM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Frayed Knot wrote: WC opponent skeds for this weekend: - Saint Louie continues their four-gamer with Milwaukee under the big arch. Nice butt-kicking by the Brews to start things off but you get the feeling they probably shot their load and would have been better saving a couple of those runs. - Giants head to the desert for the first of three games. They're 10-6 vs the Snakes this year but 13-21 overall since Aug 1 and probably wishes Phoenix was still their old AAA affiliate - Pirates (now 4 full games behind us) hosting Reds for the 2nd of their four-game series Pitt won the opener Thursday - Marlins host the Dodgers just in time for the return from the DL of Clayton Kershaw ... mmmm, lucky them And, just for kicks, Washington takes their 8 game division lead against the Phils after being held to just five hits in a loss on Thursday but at five games out after losing 10 of 12, they're basically on the fringes of things anyway at this point Pretty weak competition all around. This is probably going to be a "try to hold serve" type of weekend. Gotta take care of business and hope that someone stumbles.

Lefty Specialist Sep 09 2016 02:38 PM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Braves are playing better lately. They better buckle down.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 10 2016 12:27 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Brewers got one run in the top of the first in St. Louis.

Zvon Sep 10 2016 03:41 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Giants tied it in the 6th. 4-4.

Zvon Sep 10 2016 04:05 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

kaBOOM from Pagan. Figures. 5-4 SF

Zvon Sep 10 2016 04:34 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Doosh-Backs tie it in the 7th. 5-5, 8th.

Zvon Sep 10 2016 05:12 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Hunter Pence just made a freakin awesome catch. Fantastic catch. Clutch. Still 5-5, bot 9th

Zvon Sep 10 2016 05:23 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Bases full of Giants, no out, top of the 10th. It don't look good.

Zvon Sep 10 2016 05:30 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Ugh. I don't believe they are going to review this. They got the force at home, 1 out.

Zvon Sep 10 2016 05:35 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

WP. Pence scores.

Zvon Sep 10 2016 05:48 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Snakes go kaBOOM in the bottom of the 10 and tie it! Holy schmoly!

Zvon Sep 10 2016 06:02 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

What? Do they think I got all night? I'm about tuckered out. 6-6 in the 11th. Lets go D Backs!!!!!

Zvon Sep 10 2016 07:18 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Oy. I actually stayed up. SF wins in extras. Well, nothing easy. It wasn't a total waste of time.

Frayed Knot Sep 10 2016 12:01 PM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Z really going hard-core last night. The Giants used 9 pitchers in that game, the DBacks [u:2jhnvz71]used 12[/u:2jhnvz71]!!, 11 of them for 2 innings or less. So the bottom line is that the 'Big 3' WC contenders stayed status quo last night with the Marlins (4.5, 5.0, and 5.5 back) keeping pace. They also all gained a game on the Dodgers (for whatever that's worth) while dropping the Pirates another notch further down.

TransMonk Sep 10 2016 12:24 PM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

I was watching the Gints/Snakes in bed last night and I dozed off with the sacks full of Gints in the 10th. Quite the game...I just lost my stamina.

MFS62 Sep 10 2016 12:27 PM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Frayed Knot wrote: Z really going hard-core last night. The Giants used 9 pitchers in that game, the DBacks used 12!!, 11 of them for 2 innings or less. . Fie on you, Tony LaRussa. Look at what thee hath wrought. Later

Benjamin Grimm Sep 11 2016 08:50 PM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

A homer in the top of the ninth by Ryan Braun breaks a 1-1 tie and gives the Brewers a 2-1 win over the Cardinals. To show my appreciation, I'm going to send Braun an AM Crunchwrap!

Benjamin Grimm Sep 11 2016 09:49 PM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

I just turned on the Giants-Diamondbacks game, and on the very first pitch I saw, Arizona took a 2-1 lead.

Chad Ochoseis Sep 11 2016 10:42 PM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

Hunter Pence just drove in two runs to make it 5-2 Gigantes. But he feels kind of guilty about it.

Frayed Knot Sep 12 2016 02:53 AM Re: O-o-T-S aka: TWi (PR) B -- Sept 4 - 6

So the bottom line in this whole weekend is that we lost a game to the Giants, broke even with the Cards, and lost a game in the East to the Nationals. But, as CF said before the weekend started, the match-ups this weekend made it more of a 'hold your serve' type of situation where the object was to not lose any ground. And considering that the main competition were winning 5 of 6, we did OK for ourselves. Also on the plus side, the Marlins & Pirates dropped further off the pace making this more certain to become of a three-into-two deal. But the road starts to get tougher for the competition soon. Can't play MIL or ARZ forever. The Giants have half of their remaining 20 games against either StL (4) or LAD (6), while the Cards are slated to face either the Cubs (6) or Giants (4) in half of theirs. The slate for early part of the week coming up: - Cards hosting the Cubs for three. Cubs' magic number for the Central was six coming into tonight (and they're winning big right now) so they should still be looking to put the hammer down on StL as each win will count double and they could clinch as early as Wednesday. - Giants head home to host Sandy Eggo for a three-game set as, at least for now, their tour of the dregs of the NL West continues. Marlins head to Braves, Pirates to Philles Meanwhile ... the Dodgers play host to the Yanquis!!

Edgy MD Sep 12 2016 03:44 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Still and all, I expect if the Mets finish just out of the money, that second game with Atlanta will be the first lost opportunity to come to mind.

Frayed Knot Sep 13 2016 02:38 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Cards lose, Marlins losing 12-7 in the 8th, Pirates lose, Giants just getting going Cubs magic number for clinching the Central is down to 3. But maybe more importantly, the Cubs magic number for NOT matching the '86 NYM is 4. They would need to go 16-3 or better over their final 19 games to match or surpass the 108-54 record.

bmfc1 Sep 14 2016 06:19 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Andy McCullough ‏@McCulloughTimes The Dodgers are setting up their rotation so Clayton Kershaw, Rich Hill and Kenta Maeda will face San Francisco next week. Good!

TransMonk Sep 14 2016 06:50 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

3-0 Cubs over Cards top 5.

Lefty Specialist Sep 14 2016 07:13 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Anthony Rizzo Kabooms! to make it 4-0.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 14 2016 08:00 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Cardinals still trail the Cubs, 4-0 in the bottom of the 8th. Padres jump to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first in San Francisco. I'm a Padres fan for the remainder of today!

Zvon Sep 17 2016 02:55 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Cards score on a close play at first that will be reversed. Should be. The guy was clearly out. It is! Still 0-0 Mets.

Zvon Sep 17 2016 03:10 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

3-0 Giants. This Cards pitcher Weaver is fuckin' up. Yay! 5-0 Giants.

Zvon Sep 17 2016 03:13 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Belt thrown out at the plate. He was safe. This should be reversed. OE: it is. 6-0 Giants.

Zvon Sep 17 2016 03:27 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

BTW, all Giant runs unearned due to a throwing error by FatAss. Ha! You suck Molina.

Zvon Sep 17 2016 03:47 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Molina drives in a run. Gah! I think we're good though. 6-1 SF. Cards can't field an infield pop up and Posey follows w/a KaBOOM! 8-1 Giants. Yea, I think we're good.

Frayed Knot Sep 17 2016 04:02 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Pitt won in extras, but the Marlins also went extras w/Philly and they lost. It's getting to be a bit of a long shot (now 5.0 games back of us, 3 or 4 behind StL depending on the late scores) but that's not enough to totally dismiss the Fish quite yet, particularly because we have three late games with them. I'd prefer that they be mathematically out of things prior to that series.

Centerfield Sep 17 2016 01:09 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Frayed Knot wrote: Pitt won in extras, but the Marlins also went extras w/Philly and they lost. It's getting to be a bit of a long shot (now 5.0 games back of us, 3 or 4 behind StL depending on the late scores) but that's not enough to totally dismiss the Fish quite yet, particularly because we have three late games with them. I'd prefer that they be mathematically out of things prior to that series. Agreed. Plus they got Stanton back.

Edgy MD Sep 17 2016 02:07 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

More importantly, I'd prefer that the Mets be mathematically locked into things.

Frayed Knot Sep 20 2016 02:01 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

And yet another 9th inning loss by the Giants. Bumgarner left after 7 with a 1-0 lead (Kershaw went six) on 1 hit, 10 Ks Giants got through the 8th inning unscathed but then Bochy, trying to avoid both his former but currently ineffectual closers (Romo & Casilla), used three different pitchers in an attempt to get through the 9th but the result was four straight hits and two runs before anyone could ever record a single out. Of SF's last five losses they've had the lead going into the 9th in three of them and their blown-leads stats are just as bad going back a few months now. They've also now lost 11 of the last 18 games that Bumgarner has started even though he has a sub-3.00 ERA over that time. In all it was a good day for the Cardinals as they pick up a game on both WC teams. Miami also creeps a bit closer as they wait for someone to stumble.

Zvon Sep 21 2016 04:29 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Johnny Cueto just left the Giants game with a groin injury. Vin Scully ‏@VinScullyTweet "The Giants are forced to the go to the bullpen, which is about the only way they want go there these days." 1-0 Giants in the 6th Ha, I gotta play that back. Vin did a whole thing about thumb sucking.

Zvon Sep 21 2016 04:40 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

It must have been an old poem about thumb sucking. Damn, I'm gonna miss him. I wonder in retirement, if he's sitting around the house watching a ball game, if he'll, just out of habit, call the play by play.

Frayed Knot Sep 21 2016 03:40 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Cards @ Rox is a day game today (3:10) so we're going to be chasing their result for a change. SF/LA at their usual late night time slot.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 21 2016 03:47 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Centerfield Sep 21 2016 08:04 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Go Rockies. 6-1 now.

d'Kong76 Sep 21 2016 09:29 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Rockies are just spanking the Cards, 11-1 two outs, bottom of 7th.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 21 2016 10:46 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

It's over in Denver and the Cardinals have lost. At least we can be assured that today won't be the total disaster that yesterday was.

G-Fafif Sep 22 2016 05:15 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Dodgers pound Giants. All is as well as can be.

bmfc1 Sep 22 2016 01:05 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

We're back to halves for a week as STL has the day off while the Mets host PHI and SF is at SD (the Mets are off next Thursday while SF has Monday off). For SF it's Jeff Samardzija (11-10, 3.97), for SD we're big fans of someone named Chirstian Friedrich (5-10, 4.78). It's on MLBN.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 22 2016 01:09 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Frayed Knot Sep 22 2016 01:43 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

While the overall position of the top three didn't change much in these last couple days, these last few days have brought the Marlins & even the frickin' Pirates back into at least the fringes of the picture. As of last week, Pitt had sunk to four games below .500, had lost, in quick succession, Gerritt Cole & Josh Harrison for the season, and looked as dead as any pretender could be. Since then they've won six of eight. Sure it's been Cincy, Philly & the Brewers, but bad teams don't always play bad from what I've heard. And while the Marlins taking two of three from the Nats would have been welcomed at most times of the year, this week was a really bad time to see it. Pitt -3.5 Marlins -4.0 There's also no longer any sense in hoping that the Dodgers could fall back into this so we've got to be neck-deep in rooting for LA in their final three head-to-head games w/SFG which conclude the season.

TransMonk Sep 23 2016 02:37 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

As a reminder, the Cards are in Chicago today, so it will be a gay dame with a 2:20PM ET start. Leake vs. Arrieta. Again, SF plays obscenely late (10:40PM ET).

Edgy MD Sep 23 2016 02:46 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Still hoping the Buccaneers catch the Cardinals.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 23 2016 02:51 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

As a reminder, the Cards are in Chicago today, so it will be a gay dame with a 2:20PM ET start. Leake vs. Arrieta. Again, SF plays obscenely late (10:40PM ET). You know something? It's much easier to find pictures of Cubs fans than of Padres fans. Rooting hard for the Cubs today. Hoping to have reason to root hard against them in two weeks.

Lefty Specialist Sep 23 2016 03:38 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Cubbies going with their full lineup and Arietta on the mound.

Frayed Knot Sep 23 2016 04:11 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

And they've already lost their 55th game so they no longer have a shot at matching the Mets '86 record making it totally safe to root for the Cubs.

HahnSolo Sep 23 2016 06:40 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

3-0 Cubbies bottom 1.

Centerfield Sep 23 2016 06:43 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

I opened this thread thinking: "Wow, it would be nice if it were already 4-0 Cubs." Then read your score and thought, 3-0 is still good. Then looked up the score. 4-0! Still batting!

HahnSolo Sep 23 2016 06:47 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

The Cubs had a pre-game ceremony honoring David Ross for the final home series of his career. Like, really?

Benjamin Grimm Sep 23 2016 07:00 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

HahnSolo wrote: 3-0 Cubbies bottom 1.

sharpie Sep 23 2016 07:22 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

The Cubs had a pre-game ceremony honoring David Ross for the final home series of his career. Like, really? Hard to figure. Only his second year on the team. Had far more at bats as a Red and as a Brave than as a Cub, not to mention his time with the Dodgers, the Pirates, the Padres and the Red Sox.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 23 2016 08:13 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Middle of the sixth at Wrigley. Cubs up 5-0 over the Cardinals.

Frayed Knot Sep 23 2016 08:16 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

sharpie wrote: The Cubs had a pre-game ceremony honoring David Ross for the final home series of his career. Like, really? Hard to figure. Only his second year on the team. Had far more at bats as a Red and as a Brave than as a Cub, not to mention his time with the Dodgers, the Pirates, the Padres and the Red Sox. He's apparently been very popular there as the elder statesman/father figure/veteran presence/insert your favorite old-guy cliche here. He even has the gray hairs in his beard to play the part. Grandpa Rossi they call him.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 23 2016 08:48 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Cards coming up in the top of the 8th in Chicago, still trailing 5-0.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 23 2016 09:17 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

We have a happy outcome in Chicago! Final score: Cubs 5, Cardinals 0.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 24 2016 02:57 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Padres still batting in the bottom of the first. Runner on first, nobody out... and three runs in!

Zvon Sep 24 2016 03:07 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Padres still batting in the bottom of the first. Runner on first, nobody out... and three runs in! Niiiiiiiiice! I'll have to tune in.

Zvon Sep 24 2016 04:21 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Posey drives in two. 3-2 Pads. 5th

Zvon Sep 24 2016 04:36 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

How did the Giants get to where they are with this pitching? 6-2 SD

Benjamin Grimm Sep 24 2016 11:04 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Friday, September 23 was officially a day of Triple Happiness, as the Mets won, Giants and Cardinals both lost.

Edgy MD Sep 24 2016 11:12 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Picked up a game in the NL East, too, with Michael Conforto's bat and Daniel Murphy's buttocks conspiring to help the Mets stave off elimination for one more day.

Frayed Knot Sep 24 2016 08:06 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Cardinals thumping Cubs, 10-3 in the 8th Nobody ever said this was going to be easy.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 25 2016 01:50 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

And now the JintsWest are up 3-0 in the first.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 25 2016 02:15 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

6-0 in the 4th. No help abroad.

Frayed Knot Sep 25 2016 03:01 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: 6-0 in the 4th. No help abroad. Yeah? Now it's 6-5 in the 6th. Giants, btw, have lost 8 of the 13 times Bumgarner has started since the ASB

Frayed Knot Sep 25 2016 03:21 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

And they're tied up in Sandy Eggo!! 6-6, bottom 7, Padres still batting. oe: now the 3rd out, going to the 8th

Zvon Sep 25 2016 03:29 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

I stay w/WOR until MLBtv cuts me off (when we are playing the Phils). This is great, get to hear TCs post press and all this extra Mets stuff. I have to remember to switch to WOR after the GKR broadcasts. MLBtv can't pull the plug on those soon enough. It's like "3 outs! And the Mets have.." THANK YOU FOR WATCHING

Frayed Knot Sep 25 2016 03:44 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

In SD, Hunter Strickland (SF) just struck out Hunter Renfroe (SD) with Hunter Pence in RF And while I was wondering if it was the first dual Hunter AB in history, it turns out that there are [u:16nqcl4t]Seven active[/u:16nqcl4t] Hunters in MLB in 2016 (five first names, two last names), the three in this game plus four others who have played at some point this year.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 25 2016 09:26 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Padres up 1-0 over the Giants in the second inning in San Diego.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 25 2016 09:36 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

The Giants have scored three runs in the third and they're still batting. Giants 3, Padres 1.

MFS62 Sep 25 2016 09:43 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Benjamin Grimm wrote: The Giants have scored three runs in the third and they're still batting. Giants 3, Padres 1. The Pads left the bases loaded in the first (according to the SNY post game show). Later

bmfc1 Sep 25 2016 10:24 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 25 2016 11:50 PM

SFG loses. STL plays tonight.

Frayed Knot Sep 25 2016 11:47 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

GIANTS LOSE!!!!

Benjamin Grimm Sep 25 2016 11:54 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Benjamin Grimm Sep 25 2016 11:58 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Mets magic number over the Giants is 6, still at 7 over the Cardinals, pending the outcome of tonight's game. GO CUBS!

Frayed Knot Sep 25 2016 11:59 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Cubs playing their 'A' lineup and with Jon Lester on the mound, so credit to them even after their clinch.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 26 2016 12:21 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

The Cardinals next play the lowly Cincinnati Reds, in St. Louis, so they may not lose again for a few days. It would be really nice if they can get a loss tonight. The Giants will have a day off tomorrow and then will host the Colorado Rockies for three games. So for the first series of the upcoming week, the Mets will have the tougher opponent, although it's hard to say what kind of condition the Marlins will be in. For the final series it's advantage Mets again. They'll be in Philadelphia. The Giants will be at home against the Dodgers and the Cardinals will be hosting the Pirates. If the Mets win any one of the three games in Miami they'll clinch a better record than the Marlins.

Fman99 Sep 26 2016 01:22 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

No score halfway through, just 3 hits total. Pitchers' duel.

Centerfield Sep 26 2016 02:07 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

2-0 Cubs.

HahnSolo Sep 26 2016 02:08 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

This Wrigley love affair with David Ross is a little much.

metirish Sep 26 2016 02:27 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

HahnSolo wrote: This Wrigley love affair with David Ross is a little much. JUst saw that , they stopped the game for Ross? , wtf is that about?

Frayed Knot Sep 26 2016 02:32 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

It's his final (reg season) home game, so you take the guy out in mid-inning to get his own applause in a year when he's already announced his retirement. The odd part is that he's been a Cub for only the last two of his 15 year career, but he's apparently been very popular there despite the short run and both the fans & players seem to love him ... so why not?

Centerfield Sep 26 2016 02:38 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Cards threatening. 1st and 3rd. One out. Top 8. Come on Cubs.

metirish Sep 26 2016 02:40 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Yeah, I guess I don't think of him as a Cub and more of a Braves player......

Frayed Knot Sep 26 2016 02:45 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Benjamin Grimm wrote: The Cardinals next play the lowly Cincinnati Reds, in St. Louis, so they may not lose again for a few days. Cincy has been better in the second half, 'better' being a relative term but at least they've been within shouting distance of .500 since July as opposed to the 29-51 they started the season with. They've also been 7-8 vs StL this year so maybe this series won't be a total walkover. Rox have been about the same in the second half [4 games below Apr-Jun, 6 games below Jul-Sept], but no one has been as bad as the Giants post-ASB (25-41).

Frayed Knot Sep 26 2016 02:52 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

metirish wrote: Yeah, I guess I don't think of him as a Cub and more of a Braves player...... He's not a guy I ever associated with any one team. 15 seasons in total and never more than four in one place. Ranked by plate appearances: Reds, Braves, Cubs, Dodgers, Red Sox, Pirates, Padres But they seem to like him at Wrigley so who am I to say they shouldn't honor him however they want?

Frayed Knot Sep 26 2016 02:59 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Maddon just had Heyward bunting with 2 strikes [1st & 2nd / no outs / up by one / bottom 8] and he K'd Maybe you could say that Heyward's just had a bad year and was facing a lefty, but I saw him do the same thing with Zobrist a few weeks back. I know we'd get pissed off here if Terry called for a bunt in a similar situation even with zero or one strike.

Edgy MD Sep 26 2016 03:12 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Jason Heyward has had a bad year ... for a defense-first shortstop. As a corner outfielder, he's been a nightmare. He's the chink in the armor of a really sharp team. And he's signed through 2023. Here's to that deal continuing to give.

Frayed Knot Sep 26 2016 03:17 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Sep 26 2016 11:55 AM

All true, but that hardly explains Maddon's odd penchant for continuing to bunt, even after there are two strikes, at times that are questionable bunting situations in the first place. CUBS WIN!!!!

Fman99 Sep 26 2016 03:17 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

It's all done! Cards lose!

Benjamin Grimm Sep 26 2016 04:09 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Lefty Specialist Sep 26 2016 12:33 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Their fate is in their own hands right now. No excuses.

Frayed Knot Sep 26 2016 12:53 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Tonight is San Fran's day off, so we'll be one ahead in games played to both other teams until our final off-day on Thursday evens things up again. SF finishes things out at home: COL x 3, LAD x 3 - Late night starts Tues-Fri but the final two vs Dodgers will be afternoon games (4:15 / 3:15) so we all should be awake enough to follow along if necessary. StL also home throughout: CIN x 4, PIT x 3 - also 4:15 / 3:15 for Sat/Sun So in many of the cases the results of our game will precede the conclusion (and maybe even the start) of the others. As mentioned around here somewhere, our game Saturday is now a 1:05 start And, as with last year, they'll be doing all 15 final games on Sunday as simultaneous starts.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 26 2016 03:20 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

We really need Cincy to step it the hell up. Can we trade them Bruce back? He's hot.

Centerfield Sep 26 2016 03:31 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Kudos to Joe Maddon for trotting out his A lineup even after having clinched. Not for nothing, but the playoff clubs probably want to see the Mets (and their depleted pitching staff) make it over the other two clubs no?

Benjamin Grimm Sep 26 2016 03:33 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

It's standard practice for teams already in the postseason to use their "A" lineup against other contending teams and use the games against non-contenders for resting their best players.

Frayed Knot Sep 28 2016 01:21 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Cincy up 2-0 on the Cards, still in the 3rd inning, and they've got Wainwright up over 70 pitches already so he's not long for the game. The only problem is that the Reds have left runners all over the place, they left one on in the 1st, 2 on in the 2nd, and just left 'em loaded in the 3rd. Could be a lot bigger.

Frayed Knot Sep 28 2016 01:47 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Grand Slam Diaz for the Cards. 5-2 StL in the 4th. Diaz, btw, was a childhood friend of Jose Fernandez and left the team yesterday to spend the day with the Fernandez family.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 29 2016 03:06 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Final in St. Louis : Reds 2, Cardinals 1. Kolton Wong had a leadoff triple in the bottom of the ninth but was stranded.

Centerfield Sep 29 2016 03:08 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Yay! Happy outcomes!

Frayed Knot Sep 29 2016 04:08 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

And the Rox are now up 2-0 in top 7

dinosaur jesus Sep 29 2016 05:17 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Buster Posey bats as the winning run with two outs in the ninth, but grounds out. The Rockies beat the Giants 2-0.

Edgy MD Sep 29 2016 05:26 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

A glorious night. An enchanted evening.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 29 2016 06:39 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

A magical night, reducing the old number of magick to 2.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 29 2016 10:36 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Yeah everything except the Red Sox failing to clinch at MFY Stadium when Kimbrel and whoever blow a 3-run 9th inning lead and lose on a grand-slam by Teixera. We'll have to get them back for that in the World Series if we don;t wind up facing Cleveland that is.

Centerfield Sep 29 2016 01:38 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

How about some love for the Cincinnati Reds as they wrap up their season. These glorious Reds were nice enough to go 0-6 against our beloved Mets, while posting a respectable 9 wins against St. Louis. Two of three in this last series really put a dent in their playoff hopes going into the weekend. Thank you Reds. You may now re-commence sucking.

Centerfield Sep 29 2016 01:39 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Aaack. I spoke too soon! Reds have one more game against the Cards. Crap. Put sucking on hold for one more day. Just kidding!

Benjamin Grimm Sep 29 2016 01:41 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

TransMonk Sep 30 2016 12:15 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

In Cincinnati, they're tied at 1 after three with [youtube:23pm4q1v]FkLTwX0duY4[/youtube:23pm4q1v]

Frayed Knot Sep 30 2016 12:44 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

3-1 Cards, end of 5

Fman99 Sep 30 2016 01:02 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Centerfield wrote: Aaack. I spoke too soon! Reds have one more game against the Cards. Crap. Put sucking on hold for one more day. Just kidding! This is on you, my man. Just sayin'

Zvon Sep 30 2016 01:13 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

TransMonk wrote: In Cincinnati, they're tied at 1 after three with [youtube]FkLTwX0duY4[/youtube] Eh, if CF jinxed 'em Monk balanced it out with an awesome song. If the Cards win I will console myself by listening to Red Rain at max volume. I think the Reds are gonna rain down some runs tho. Peraza just singled with 2 out in the 7th. Still 3-1 Cards.

Zvon Sep 30 2016 01:36 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Reds score in the 8th. 1 on, no out. 3-2 Cards.

Zvon Sep 30 2016 02:17 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Reds tie it 3-3 with 2 out in the 9th!! yayoooeeeeyeaaaa.

HahnSolo Sep 30 2016 02:17 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Reds tie it on a cheapie. 2 out 2 strike nubber drives a run in

Benjamin Grimm Sep 30 2016 02:18 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Two outs, runner on third, 1-2 count, top of the ninth, the Reds score the tying run on a slow grounder to third that's an infield hit!

Zvon Sep 30 2016 02:29 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

[fimg=200:3e76s4rp]http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/cin/images/fan_forum/y2010/letsgoreds_sign_310.gif[/fimg:3e76s4rp] Cards get a man on with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th. Grichuk up. 24 dingers. Hmm.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 30 2016 02:30 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Rockies score 2 in the first in San Francisco!

Benjamin Grimm Sep 30 2016 02:33 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Cardinals win in the ninth. Oh well.

Zvon Sep 30 2016 02:34 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Wow. Fuck you fat ass. Fuck you Reds. Cards walk-off in the 9th. Molina RBI double. Reds should have had Carpenter at the plate, I feel, but they bungled their shit. Might be reviewed. Talk of it possibly being a ground rule double.

Zvon Sep 30 2016 02:35 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

The Reds might want to have this reviewed but the umps have left the field.

HahnSolo Sep 30 2016 02:36 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

That should be a ground rule double. That's some bull spit by the umps. How the hell is that not reviewed?

Frayed Knot Sep 30 2016 02:37 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Looked to be in play all the way to me. Reds just messed up both ends of the relay throw.

HahnSolo Sep 30 2016 02:40 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

It hit the back wall pretty clearly I thought. That makes it a ground rule double. I think it ought to be 2nd and 3rd. But never mind what I think. How do the umps just leave the field leaving the Reds with no ability to challenge?

Zvon Sep 30 2016 02:49 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 30 2016 02:50 AM

HahnSolo wrote: It hit the back wall pretty clearly I thought. That makes it a ground rule double. I think it ought to be 2nd and 3rd. But never mind what I think. How do the umps just leave the field leaving the Reds with no ability to challenge? Did the Reds have a challenge left? I didn't watch the entire game. If they had one left then they have to pick this game up and finish it. This is pretty preposterous. OE: according to MLBtv, it's ovah!

Frayed Knot Sep 30 2016 02:50 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Apparently those advertising signs, above and also slightly in back of the regular wall, are in play and it's the railing behind both of them that determines HR/not and also in-play/not so that hit was a live ball. But, yeah, having the losing manager chase the umps down the runway in a case like while the home team dog-piles at the plate and the cameras and microphones are coming out to do post-game interviews is one of many problems that apparently no one anticipated when they slapped together this replay rule.

Zvon Sep 30 2016 02:54 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

On a play where there is any question, and this was certainly one, the umps should just do their job and wait to see if there is a protest. At least look at the bench/manager to see if there's a possibility of one. What, was there a swingin' ump party after the game or something? WTF?

HahnSolo Sep 30 2016 02:58 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Frayed Knot wrote: Apparently those advertising signs, above and also slightly in back of the regular wall, are in play and it's the railing behind both of them that determines HR/not and also in-play/not so that hit was a live ball. But, yeah, having the losing manager chase the umps down the runway in a case like while the home team dog-piles at the plate and the cameras and microphones are coming out to do post-game interviews is one of many problems that apparently no one anticipated when they slapped together this replay rule. Ok I stand corrected on the signs. That's what I get for believing Harold Reynolds on MLB network.

Frayed Knot Sep 30 2016 03:03 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

At least that's what I was hearing [u:347hnxgy]from the Cincy announcers[/u:347hnxgy] who claimed that's what they read about the ground rules in Busch III, although it's not like they have local inside knowledge either. The weird part is that those ad signs are not only above the wall but slightly set back as well so there's a little 'shelf' between the two where the ball could get stuck so maybe it's a GR double if it sits up there and doesn't come down but that's obviously not what this ball did. In all it seems like a screwed up design if nothing else. 2-zip Rockies in the 3rd

Frayed Knot Sep 30 2016 03:21 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

And now it's becoming apparent that the ground rules say that a ball hitting where that one hit should have been a GR double but that the Reds -- due to crowd noise making them unable to hear their dugout phone they claim -- didn't notify the umps quickly enough after the play that they were thinking of challenging. To which I respond: NOW we're enforcing a time rule on challenges?!?!

Zvon Sep 30 2016 03:42 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

And now it's becoming apparent that the ground rules say that a ball hitting where that one hit should have been a GR double but that the Reds -- due to crowd noise making them unable to hear their dugout phone they claim -- didn't notify the umps quickly enough after the play that they were thinking of challenging. To which I respond: NOW we're enforcing a time rule on challenges?!?! haha, they only enforce it for the last out. How about how the umps call their own huddles when they "want to get it right". This was huddleworthy. Something really stinks about this. 2-2 in SF after 4.

Centerfield Sep 30 2016 04:20 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Giants take the lead. This is karma for starting that post season roster thread.

Nymr83 Sep 30 2016 04:46 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

HahnSolo wrote: How do the umps just leave the field leaving the Reds with no ability to challenge? This just in from Reds' legend John Franco: "The Umps told me they had a plane to catch"!

Nymr83 Sep 30 2016 04:47 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

bad job by the reds - its a game winning run if it stands, why is the manager waiting for anyone to tell him to challenge? just challenge!

Zvon Sep 30 2016 05:36 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Giants won. But we got this. :) We're gonna turn The Bandbox into The Launching Grounds.

G-Fafif Sep 30 2016 10:58 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

MLB Network covered the hell out of the ground rule double that wasn't called a ground rule double, directing their Ballpark Cam to show the advertising signs over the LF wall are decidedly not in play and relaying Cardinal GM John Mozeliak's confirmation of same. Extraordinarily and unnecessarily muddled situation for the video age. This is the sort of knotty problem you'd expect to read about in Baseball Digest from before replay was an option. Bad job by everybody concerned...except Yadier Molina, natch.

Frayed Knot Sep 30 2016 12:10 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Nymr83 wrote: bad job by the reds - its a game winning run if it stands, why is the manager waiting for anyone to tell him to challenge? just challenge! Because I think managers have become too dependent on their 'eye in the sky' to tell them which calls deserve challenging. In fact I suspect it's probably team policy in most cases that the managers aren't even the ones to be making the call as evidenced by a call the Mets failed to challenge a few weeks back. Sandy wound up blowing his stack over that one, not at Terry but rather at the breakdown somewhere in the communication chain that never informed Terry that he should. I wasn't even aware until last night that there was this '10/30' rule actually written into the book -- 10 seconds for the bench to notify the umps that they're thinking of challenging and then 30 seconds (30 more, or 20 on top of the original 10??) to actually request that they go to the headphones -- but apparently that doesn't even apply on 'game-ending' plays when the rule says that the bench needs to appeal immediately. [Reds' mgr] Price's argument is that if four umps couldn't tell from their stations that the ball hit beyond the fence how are their bench supposed to know from nearly 400 feet away while in their subterranean dugout without getting help from upstairs and that the crowd noise made it impossible to know that their spies were trying to call them. By the time he did get word the umps were already halfway down the tunnel and telling him that his 10 seconds had expired.

HahnSolo Sep 30 2016 12:15 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Nymr83 wrote: bad job by the reds - its a game winning run if it stands, why is the manager waiting for anyone to tell him to challenge? just challenge! The umps were clearing the field as the Cards were charging it. I mean, maybe get on the Reds for not acting quick enough or for someone on the field to say to one of the umps "hey that was a ground rule double", but damn it's a walk off run. The umps have to make sure the run was legit. If not for this, why is there replay? I'd hate to go to the NFL "all scoring plays are reviewed" but maybe they need to do something about walk off runs being reviewed.

Lefty Specialist Sep 30 2016 12:26 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

They just got to take care of their own business. Kick Phillie butt and move on.

Centerfield Sep 30 2016 01:03 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Frayed Knot wrote: Nymr83 wrote: bad job by the reds - its a game winning run if it stands, why is the manager waiting for anyone to tell him to challenge? just challenge! Because I think managers have become too dependent on their 'eye in the sky' to tell them which calls deserve challenging. In fact I suspect it's probably team policy in most cases that the managers aren't even the ones to be making the call as evidenced by a call the Mets failed to challenge a few weeks back. Sandy wound up blowing his stack over that one, not at Terry but rather at the breakdown somewhere in the communication chain that never informed Terry that he should. I wasn't even aware until last night that there was this '10/30' rule actually written into the book -- 10 seconds for the bench to notify the umps that they're thinking of challenging and then 30 seconds (30 more, or 20 on top of the original 10??) to actually request that they go to the headphones -- but apparently that doesn't even apply on 'game-ending' plays when the rule says that the bench needs to appeal immediately. [Reds' mgr] Price's argument is that if four umps couldn't tell from their stations that the ball hit beyond the fence how are their bench supposed to know from nearly 400 feet away while in their subterranean dugout without getting help from upstairs and that the crowd noise made it impossible to know that their spies were trying to call them. By the time he did get word the umps were already halfway down the tunnel and telling him that his 10 seconds had expired. We've touched on this before. If it's a game ending play, just fucking challenge. How hard is that? Sometimes I feel like I could walk in and manage better than half these morons.

Frayed Knot Sep 30 2016 01:28 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

I don't disagree with you, I'm just saying that that's the way things have evolved. It's like football coaches who can't 'go for two' unless the card in their hand with the game/score situation tells them that they can and if the card says they should they won't ever not do it. In the interest of not getting things wrong and looking foolish afterward, teams have pre-decided how their decisions are going to be made. Personally, I hate the whole 'eye in the sky' stuff to begin with. Not just because it slows the game up and takes the decision-making off the field, but it's that micro-managing stuff which is what led to calls being challenged because: on a pop-up slide to 2nd, it appears that the runner's cleats came off the bag by a 1/4 inch for a 1/4 second and it looks as if the laces of the fielder's glove was making contact with the sleeve of the runner's jersey during that 1/4 second and therefore the call needs to be over-turned following 30 seconds of dugout to booth consultation followed by three more minutes of umpire to bunker cross-chatter; situations that absolutely no one was in favor of reversing when they argued for replay on the grounds that "getting it right" is the holy grail that should over-ride all other concerns. I suspect that MLB was fearful of a situation where the home team could set up some sort of relay system that would give them an advantage in cases of close calls and therefore decided that a standardized phone system with contact upstairs was needed to even things out. But, as many 'fixes' often do it's caused at least as many problems as it's solved.

HahnSolo Sep 30 2016 01:34 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

I would think in a situation like this maybe MLB needs something like the NHL goal review. Take it out of the managers/umps hands and let it go to the control center in NYC. The problem with that is you can't do it on every play. The NFL does it for every scoring play, but even then for baseball it would be too much. Maybe institute it for game-ending plays only?

Frayed Knot Sep 30 2016 01:42 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Once a game is past the 6th inning the umps have to power to go to replay either on their own or via prodding/pleading from a manager, even one who has already burned his challenges. So they clearly could have done this on their own without altering the existing rules. Not sure that I totally buy the quote (above somewhere) that John Franco says the umps said they had a plane to catch but, even if that story is embellished, the crew in blue certainly couldn't have been very motivated to stick around and quite possibly turn that into an extra-inning affair especially seeing as how it had been raining much of the night as it was and so I'm sure all involved were already cold, wet, and grumpy.

Edgy MD Sep 30 2016 03:36 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Joe Maddon is supposedly getting heat from his players for his liberal substitution policy as the season winds down. Probably a tempest in a teapot, but little dissent can't be anything but good from the Mets' perspective. Amazin' that the Cubs and Bucs have given us our first tie in captivity since 2005.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 30 2016 03:49 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

FoxSports.com wrote: Pittsburgh is 78-80 and needs to sweep its season-ending three-game series at St. Louis that starts Friday night in order to extend its streak of winning seasons to four. The Pirates had 20 straight losing seasons from 1993-2012, the record for major North American team professional sports.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 30 2016 08:46 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

So, the Cardinals' maintenance issues help them maintain their proximity to our asses? Last night's Reds-Cards kerfuffle may have had an additional, infrastructural contributing factor.

G-Fafif Sep 30 2016 09:28 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: So, the Cardinals' maintenance issues help them maintain their proximity to our asses? Last night's Reds-Cards kerfuffle may have had an additional, infrastructural contributing factor. What a screwy system and even screwier circumstances.

Frayed Knot Oct 01 2016 12:14 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

btw, ALL games this weekend are free on MLB.tv if you want to use an 'alternate device' to monitor out of town games while watching the Mets.

Frayed Knot Oct 01 2016 02:25 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

SF v LA just getting started. Bumgarner vs Rich Hill. Hill actually has the better stats for the year, particularly lately. Vin Scully on the mike and it's on MLBN

metirish Oct 01 2016 02:27 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

I'm watching

metirish Oct 01 2016 02:34 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Dodgers up 2 already , pop flying Bumgarner to death

Zvon Oct 01 2016 02:43 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Just switching over. I wanted to see the Holliday HR. I think Wilmer changed the game. Ever since his non-trade there is crying in baseball. Giants are trying get back into it down 2-0 in the 1st. Gorky leads off with a double.

metirish Oct 01 2016 02:51 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Tied at 2, this could be a long night

Zvon Oct 01 2016 03:36 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

This game has tackles and shit.

Centerfield Oct 01 2016 03:45 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Join us guys and tune in on MLB network. Our last Vin.

Zvon Oct 01 2016 04:06 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

I like how they didn't show the kids running around the field. And we still got the classic call from Scully. Those not watching, Pagan tackled one of the kids in the outfield. Or so I heard.

Edgy MD Oct 01 2016 04:08 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Puig comes up and "like a blare of trumpets, the boos go out into the night." This Scully guy ain't playing around.

Edgy MD Oct 01 2016 04:15 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Chris Woodward sighting.

Zvon Oct 01 2016 04:33 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Shit. SF takes the lead. 4-3 in the 6th. I'm not even watching, just listening to Vin (catching replays), makin Mets stuff. [fimg=400:2lt2uzc6]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0Ot3S1RK5BbcYiWk7Mv-RpqKgBZkjiarqfFbZZwNFFBlfSAgmRtGfjlq2EByhoxuzGVlBSsmAuy_t2ZKZOivLqfTL6UZ3ltUgLYOWEEBiBBakUT9xRYOnsixv2cFt5HiXFWu8VrfxdNgBdiTdrKi8xz8dRIDCTZeNAqWxxHv4PU93rlPeArIlZyVxlc8S76s2Wvuig7F45wC1O8MkO4XDxjM4UVb-EvRHDZZ4zDySyItjtDibIj-0VPkAGSwbr-I6UrJRIIy3BfXUsZSh3EBE1yH9PQBNY-ls5sfF8j3kL222dW9t9Fjfn1F6d6M1JqyNPB_qDhTfCgZrTb1MeaWk5c36gKr5YIee4Bi5F25cIPfH7m8upKWpNeI_EoKgdVBHhKFs7u7lR_soHIl50XUQj4NIj9wD6XkJr2GAFv6B9f6eniS9qhR_wOOCkq5umYVTNPEv3X3ReLIprP-eOlfrvfCgvpv3ts2kx_mdtBKb-9AHItNQs_E1Ao2BzwHSPBC7ItT9N_edTcs2hF-0zpCleSpYYxXjLYCVBijzmukVTQLg-Q97cKIPmR0_cmyHnRl1bVabMpgBMW1i2pYrsJAXSrf7z3qya8sA4MGVRT-bUxsOQMLIQ=w958-h692-no[/fimg:2lt2uzc6] Whenever I use the "___ Comes Alive" caption (which I have before and I'm sure I will again) I put Frampton in the crowd. Shit-shit. Giants up 6-3.

Zvon Oct 01 2016 04:40 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

"McCarthy ready to go out on his shield." Wow, they left him in because to have someone ready they would have had to start warming the guy up before Mac took the mound. Walk Single Single Double Double Single. And they guy who relieves him gives up a 3 run bomb. Oyughgah. 9-3 SF

Zvon Oct 01 2016 04:47 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

It's still only the 6th but that's it for me. I expect, no, I demand a sweep of the Phils anyways so for me this game is..... .....inconsequential.

Frayed Knot Oct 01 2016 02:11 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

[u:jmsmq5ik]Pirates @ Cardinals, 1:10 PM[/u:jmsmq5ik] -- directly opposite Mets @ Phils and in some cases (depending on your location) replacing it on your TV screen from time to time. Michael Wacha for StL. He was banished to the bullpen for a while but then the Cards decided that Jamie Garcia was even worse so Wacha is back in even though his last outing consisted of giving up 7 runs over 2.2 IP to the Reds in their 15-2 loss earlier in the week. Chad Kuhl (who I've never heard of) is going for the Bucs. The former Delaware Blue Hen (9th round pick 2013) is a rookie making his 14th ML start since being called up in late June. 5-4; 4.25 ERA; 1.28 WHiP [u:jmsmq5ik]Dodgers @ Giants, 4:05 PM[/u:jmsmq5ik], Free via MLB.tv Clayton Kershaw is making his 5th start since coming off the DL. He's given up 3 runs (2 earned) in total going 3, 5, 6, and 7 innings in the four starts. He faced the Giants two starts ago allowing 1 run on 3 hits w/7 Ks over 6 IP Ty Blach (pronounced: Block) for SF. 4th ever ML appearance, 2nd start. 1st one didn't go so well: 2 runs on 4 hits + 3 BBs before being yanked after 3 innings vs SD last Sunday.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 01 2016 02:14 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Nice to see that Kershaw is going against the Giants, but to me, a Cardinals loss is more important than a Giants loss.

Frayed Knot Oct 01 2016 02:45 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Yeah, despite the fact that the Cards were a 6-3 winner in our 'Who'd You Rather?' poll, a loss by them is our quickest and surest way to meaningful October baseball.

Edgy MD Oct 01 2016 05:44 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Buccos getting it done, riding a 3-0 lead after two, with all the damage coming from one swing off the bat of Jung Ho Kang. Antonio Bastardo may end up helping the Mets after all.

Edgy MD Oct 01 2016 07:51 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Or screwing the Mets, as it were.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 01 2016 10:39 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

The nice thing is... it doesn't matter! YABBA DABBA DOO!

Benjamin Grimm Oct 01 2016 11:15 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

The Giants beat the Dodgers. Only one happy outcome today, but I'm quite content. I was hoping for a Giants loss so that they'd end the day tied with the Cardinals. Had that happened, then there would be two possibilities for them having to play on Monday: Both teams win on Sunday or both teams lose on Sunday. Now I'm rooting for the Cardinals to win tomorrow and the Giants to lose.

Edgy MD Oct 02 2016 03:54 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Remember how the Mets had stockpiled all that talent, but it was nothing compared to Houston's? Houston is out of it. Remember that team that beat the Mets in the World Series last year, despite trailing in each game, and actually would have lost had the games ended at a more fortuitous time? Kansas City? They're out of it, too. Remember that team, entitled by God-given right to sip form the cup of victory and dominate the civic and baseball culture? They are the Yankees, and they are eliminated. Rivals of the last 20 years, Atlanta and Philadelphia? Going home. Miami upstarts who seemed to be stealing the Mets' bacon midseason? Done like the seventh son. Talent-laden hopefuls like the White Sox, the Angels, the Pirates, each with MVP talented superstars tucked in their back pockets? They're going home. But the Mets? For the second straight year, they live to play on.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 02 2016 09:07 AM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

First postseason since 1988 to include Mets but not Yankees!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 02 2016 12:41 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Not to make too much of the "back-to-back" years thing but that '99 team was better than the '00 version that made it a round further. That's one thing I'm hanging my hat on, if we get by Wednesday of course.

MFS62 Oct 02 2016 02:09 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

Edgy MD wrote: Remember how the Mets had stockpiled all that talent, but it was nothing compared to Houston's? Houston is out of it. Remember that team that beat the Mets in the World Series last year, despite trailing in each game, and actually would have lost had the games ended at a more fortuitous time? Kansas City? They're out of it, too. Remember that team, entitled by God-given right to sip form the cup of victory and dominate the civic and baseball culture? They are the Yankees, and they are eliminated. Rivals of the last 20 years, Atlanta and Philadelphia? Going home. Miami upstarts who seemed to be stealing the Mets' bacon midseason? Done like the seventh son. Talent-laden hopefuls like the White Sox, the Angels, the Pirates, each with MVP talented superstars tucked in their back pockets? They're going home. But the Mets? For the second straight year, they live to play on. Sheer poetry. Later

Centerfield Oct 02 2016 02:29 PM Re: TWi(NL-WC)B Notes: This Week in (NL-WC) Baseball

You know, it's funny. With the Wild Card, you end up rooting for different teams to win or lose throughout the season. For instance, when Miami was starting to creep back in, I found myself rooting for Washington. This was the first time I rooted for a team to lose, then win, in the same game. For 7 innings, I rooted for Pittsburgh to win, so the Mets could clinch. Then the minute our game went final, I found myself rooting for St. Louis, so they could end up in a tie with the Giants. So yay Bastardo! Today is not meaningless Sunday. Today we root for the Cards and Dodgers.