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d'Kong76 Oct 12 2016 09:55 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 14 2016 07:09 PM

Life-long fan of the Indians, Let's GO Tribe!!

d'Kong76 Oct 14 2016 07:09 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Toronto at Cleveland When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, October 14, 2016 Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio SportsDirect Inc. Neither the Toronto Blue Jays nor the Cleveland Indians have been to the World Series this century, but the teams begin pursuit of ending their droughts when the American League Championship Series opens in Cleveland on Friday. The Blue Jays haven't been to the World Series since winning the second of back-to-back championships in 1993 while the Indians' last visit was a losing effort in 1997. Toronto rolled to a sweep of Texas in the AL Division Series while Cleveland was equally strong, taking out Boston in three straight. While it was clear most of the second half of the season that the Indians were going to be involved in the postseason, the Blue Jays had to overcome a late-season funk and then defeat Baltimore in the wild-card game before shredding the Rangers. "We just kept plugging along. No big win streaks, but no major dips either in the other direction," Toronto manager John Gibbons said at Thursday's press conference. "In September, our bats went silent is basically what happened. We have that kind of team, we have a free-swinging team that hits for a lot of power, so that's not abnormal. But they hung in there, we won some close games, and the pitching was really good." The Indians' starting rotation has been dented by injuries to Carlos Carrasco (fractured pitching hand) and Danny Salazar (elbow), so a strong bullpen led by closer Cody Allen and set-up men Andrew Miller and Bryan Shaw will be relied upon heavily in this series. TV: 8:08 p.m. ET, TBS, Sportsnet (Toronto) PITCHING MATCHUP: Blue Jays RH Marco Estrada (1-0, 1.08 ERA) vs. Indians RH Corey Kluber (1-0, 0.00) Estrada was superb in Game 1 of the ALDS, giving up one run and four hits in 8 1/3 innings. The 33-year-old, who has posted a 3.75 ERA in two career no-decisions against Cleveland, was a playoff standout last year as he went 2-1 with a 2.33 ERA in three outings. "Obviously, it's the playoffs and I understand it's a big deal, but I treat every game just like the one before," Estrada said at Thursday's press conference. "I don't put extra pressure on myself. And it's something I've been saying since last year - why think about it any other way than just another normal start?" The 30-year-old Kluber proved his late-September quadriceps injury was a non-issue by scattering three hits over seven scoreless innings against Boston in Game 2 of the ALDS. "I didn't feel like it was a problem, I felt like I was in the good spot," Kluber said at Thursday's press conference. "Maybe it was a blessing in disguise, having a chance for the rest of my body to recover and stuff." Kluber, who is 1-3 with a 5.34 ERA in five career starts against Blue Jays, went 18-9 during the regular season to match his career-best win total from 2014, when he won the AL Cy Young Award. WALK-OFFS: 1. Blue Jays 2B Devon Travis (knee) is expected to be ready for the opener after missing the final two games of the ALDS. 2. Miller has struck out 53 batters and allowed just five earned runs in 33 innings since being acquired from the New York Yankees. 3. Toronto LHP Francisco Liriano is eligible to return Saturday after finishing the seven-day concussion protocol.

metirish Oct 14 2016 11:44 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Jimmy Rollins is quite good on the pre-game

Chad Ochoseis Oct 15 2016 12:15 AM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Anybody else watching on MLB.tv's spiffy new Postseason.TV? TBS audio (meh) plus your choice of partial views. It's not bad.

Fman99 Oct 15 2016 01:47 AM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

I'm watching in the traditional "big TV + alcohol" method I've been perfecting since the 1980's. Pitchers duel = good baseball.

Centerfield Oct 15 2016 11:22 AM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

This was the first game I've watched since the Mets season ended. Just keep thinking to myself "We would have beat both these fucking teams." Nice to hear Ron though.

d'Kong76 Oct 15 2016 02:45 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Toronto at Cleveland When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 15, 2016 Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio SportsDirect Inc. The Cleveland Indians shut down Toronto's explosive offense in the opener and look to take a 2-0 lead in the American League Championship Series when they host the Blue Jays in Game 2 on Saturday. Three Cleveland pitchers combined for 12 strikeouts in Friday's 2-0 shutout while Francisco Lindor belted a two-run homer for the game's only scoring. Toronto belted eight homers and scored 22 runs while sweeping Texas in the AL Division Series but managed just one extra-base hit - a double by Edwin Encarnacion - in the ALCS opener while being handcuffed by Corey Kluber (six strikeouts), Andrew Miller (five) and Cody Allen (one). Lindor, who hit 15 homers in the regular season, drilled his second of the playoffs in the sixth inning as the Indians won their fourth consecutive game this postseason. Josh Tomlin will be the Game 2 starter for Cleveland after Trevor Bauer cut the tip of his right pinkie finger while performing maintenance on his drone. "This was not malicious. He could have been opening a box in the kitchen," Indians manager Terry Francona said at a press conference. "Things happen. I wish it wouldn't have, but like I said, it wasn't done maliciously, it wasn't done by being silly. Just happened." TV: 4:08 p.m. ET, TBS, Sportsnet (Toronto) PITCHING MATCHUP: Blue Jays LH J.A. Happ (1-0, 1.80 ERA) vs. Indians RH Josh Tomlin (1-0, 3.60) Happ stunned everyone in baseball by posting a career-best 20-4 record this season and also defeated Texas in the ALDS. The 33-year-old made some adjustments late last year while with Pittsburgh, and Toronto built on those changes after signing him in the offseason. "He dropped his arm angle. He used to be right over the top and it affected his control," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said at a press conference. "He was either up or down in the zone, never got ground balls. Got a lot of strikeouts, but got a lot of foul balls, too. It made him work pretty good." Tomlin served up 36 homers in the regular season, which certainly is a concern with Toronto featuring so many power hitters in its lineup. The 31-year-old said being moved up two days to start Game 2 won't affect his routine as he already was expecting to pitch twice in the series. "It's just another start. You've got to prepare yourself, no matter what day you're pitching," Tomlin said at a press conference. "So I don't think it really changes the fact that you're pitching Game 7 or Game 6. It's just now your day's lined up on Game 6 as opposed to Game 7. My job is still to go out there and compete and try to win a game." WALK-OFFS: 1. Encarnacion recorded his third two-hit performance of the postseason in Game 1 and is 7-for-16 with two homers. 2. Cleveland RF Lonnie Chisenhall went 3-for-3 in the opener and is 6-for-13 in the postseason. 3. Toronto LHP Francisco Liriano (concussion) returns to duty on Saturday while the status of 2B Devon Travis (knee) is uncertain after he aggravated the injury and departed in the fifth inning of Game 1.

Frayed Knot Oct 15 2016 11:04 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

So it turns out that we had to go to the AL post-season series in order to see a pair of consecutive sub-3:00 games ... whoda thunk it! Josh Tomlin will be the Game 2 starter for Cleveland after Trevor Bauer cut the tip of his right pinkie finger while performing maintenance on his drone. Fucking prima donna players these days. I guarantee you that Cleveland great Bob Feller never missed a game because he cut his finger on a drone.

Chad Ochoseis Oct 16 2016 12:51 AM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

The ALCS is a tough ticket, and the people I know with season ticket plans didn't win the ticket lottery. So I watched the last few innings from home. But I was biking around downtown this afternoon and got a few shots of the area around Progressive Field. [attachment=0:decslxi1]a20161015_125502.jpg[/attachment:decslxi1][attachment=1:decslxi1]a20161015_125325.jpg[/attachment:decslxi1][attachment=2:decslxi1]a20161015_125202.jpg[/attachment:decslxi1]

d'Kong76 Oct 17 2016 01:40 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Cleveland at Toronto When: 8:00 PM ET, Monday, October 17, 2016 Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario SportsDirect Inc. The Toronto Blue Jays probably will need to put a ball in play against Andrew Miller at some point to have a chance in the American League Championship Series. The Blue Jays will attempt to grab the momentum and avoid falling into a deep hole when they host the Cleveland Indians in Game 3 on Monday. Miller was the star of the Indians' AL Division Series sweep of Boston as he recorded seven strikeouts in four scoreless innings and was even better in the first two games of the ALCS, fanning 10 batters and yielding one hit in 3 2/3 scoreless frames of relief as Cleveland seized control and took a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. "Same cliché, pitch by pitch," Miller told reporters when asked about his playoff success. "Just focus on the task at hand. Try to get ahead, try to execute a good pitch to the game plan. In a sense, hope you get these guys out. They're so good. You can execute the perfect pitch in your mind and they can hit it a long ways." Toronto pounded out 22 runs in their three-game sweep of Texas in the ALDS but has managed one run in two contests against an Indians staff that is missing two of its best starters in Carlos Carrasco and Danny Salazar. "I know one thing, they pitched great," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons told reporters. "I wouldn't dare take anything from them, that's for sure." TV: 8:08 p.m. ET, TBS, Sportsnet (Toronto) PITCHING MATCHUP: Indians RH Trevor Bauer (0-0, 5.79 ERA) vs. Blue Jays RH Marcus Stroman (0-0, 3.00) Bauer was the first to benefit from the dominance of Miller, who came on in the fifth inning of the ALDS in relief and earned the win. Bauer was scheduled to start Game 2 against Toronto before cutting his finger while repairing his drone and was pushed back to allow the pinky on his pitching hand to heal. The UCLA product enjoyed one of his best starts against Toronto on Aug. 19, when he allowed two runs in eight innings and struck out a career-high 13. Stroman, who held Baltimore to two runs and four hits over six innings in his ALDS start, has not earned a victory since Aug. 14. The Duke product allowed three or fewer runs in seven of his last nine starts but could not get enough help from his teammates to land in the win column. The first of those nine turns came at Cleveland on Aug. 21, when Stroman struck out nine and yielded one run in 7 1/3 innings but was held out of the decision. WALK-OFFS: 1. The Blue Jays removed 2B Devon Travis (knee) from the roster before Game 2 and replaced him with 1B Justin Smoak. 2. Indians SS Francisco Lindor has driven in three of his team's four runs in the series. 3. Toronto 3B Josh Donaldson set a franchise record with his sixth postseason double on Saturday and is 12-for-26 in the playoffs.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 17 2016 01:46 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

If the Indians are looking for a non-controversial mascot to replace Chief Wahoo, maybe they can coax Milton the Toaster out of retirement.

Frayed Knot Oct 17 2016 01:48 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Or just go with Gandhi

cooby Oct 17 2016 07:07 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Wearing one of my Indians shirts

MFS62 Oct 17 2016 10:27 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

cooby wrote: Wearing one of my Indians shirts One of them? How many do you have? Later

cooby Oct 18 2016 12:31 AM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

several. My son grew up as an Indians fan, once he was old enough to realize he was named after Tony Pena, then an Indian :)

MFS62 Oct 18 2016 12:40 AM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Bauer out, Otero in to pitch for the Indians in the first inning. Looks like finger problem (blister?) Tribe (can we still say that?) up 1-0 after 1 on a Napoli RBI double. Later

Frayed Knot Oct 18 2016 01:07 AM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Blisters don't bleed like THAT!! He sliced his pinkie finger open last week (fixing his drone naturally) and had ten stitches in it. They moved his start back from game 2 to game 3 hoping that the two extra days rest would help with the healing. And since rules prevent pitchers from having any type of substance -- including bandages, glues, tape, etc. -- on their hands, Bauer had to make a go with it with just the silk holding the wound together. Quite obviously that idea didn't work.

MFS62 Oct 18 2016 01:15 AM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Frayed Knot wrote: Blisters don't bleed like THAT!! He sliced his pinkie finger open last week (fixing his drone naturally) and had ten stitches in it. They moved his start back from game 2 to game 3 hoping that the two extra days rest would help with the healing. And since rules prevent pitchers from having any type of substance -- including bandages, glues, tape, etc. -- on their hands, Bauer had to make a go with it with just the silk holding the wound together. Quite obviously that idea didn't work. Didn't see it. Just periodically checking the in-game reports on the PC at work. Thanks. Later

Fman99 Oct 18 2016 01:25 AM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

It was quite nasty. Fixing a drone during the playoffs. Seriously stupid.

Frayed Knot Oct 18 2016 01:59 AM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Reminiscent of Bobby Ojeda and his hedge trimmers back in '88

Frayed Knot Oct 18 2016 02:08 AM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

MFS62 wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Blisters don't bleed like THAT!! He sliced his pinkie finger open last week (fixing his drone naturally) and had ten stitches in it. They moved his start back from game 2 to game 3 hoping that the two extra days rest would help with the healing. And since rules prevent pitchers from having any type of substance -- including bandages, glues, tape, etc. -- on their hands, Bauer had to make a go with it with just the silk holding the wound together. Quite obviously that idea didn't work. Didn't see it. Just periodically checking the in-game reports on the PC at work. I'll put it this way, by the time he was pulled from the game there was blood on his hand, the ball, his shirt, his pants, and the rubber.

Frayed Knot Oct 18 2016 02:40 AM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Terry Francona going to his closer with one out in the 7th and a two run lead.

MFS62 Oct 18 2016 03:20 AM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Frayed Knot wrote: I'll put it this way, by the time he was pulled from the game there was blood on his hand, the ball, his shirt, his pants, and the rubber. I think that just moved Curt Shilling down to the #2 position on the post season blood lost list. Later

Frayed Knot Oct 18 2016 03:35 AM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Blue Jays = 5th in AL in runs scored -- but they've now scored three runs in three games vs Cleveland.

Centerfield Oct 18 2016 03:49 AM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

So I just learned that there are things called "drones" outside of the military.

Fman99 Oct 18 2016 11:32 AM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Frayed Knot wrote: I'll put it this way, by the time he was pulled from the game there was blood on his hand, the ball, his shirt, his pants, and the rubber.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 18 2016 11:47 AM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

If there's blood on the rubber it's better if it's on the outside than if it's on the inside.

Frayed Knot Oct 18 2016 12:30 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Let's just say that last night was a big, disgusting, bloody mess. But this is the Baseball Forum so enough about the Jets game.

MFS62 Oct 18 2016 01:11 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Frayed Knot wrote: Let's just say that last night was a big, disgusting, bloody mess. But this is the Baseball Forum so enough about the Jets game. That hurt. Painful, but true. Later

d'Kong76 Oct 18 2016 02:10 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Cleveland at Toronto When: 4:00 PM ET, Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario SportsDirect Inc. The Cleveland Indians' ability to keep one of the most potent offenses in the American League in check have them one win away from the sixth World Series appearance in franchise history. Cleveland turns to its ace Tuesday as it attempts to remain perfect in the postseason and complete a sweep of the AL Championship Series against the Blue Jays in Toronto. After dispatching Boston in three games in the ALDS, the Indians limited the Blue Jays to three runs over the first three contests after the wild-card club collected 22 in its three-game sweep of Texas in the ALDS. The chances of Toronto breaking out of its scoring slump appear more difficult as it faces Corey Kluber, who tossed seven scoreless innings in a victory over Boston in the ALDS before keeping the Blue Jays off the scoreboard over 6 1/3 frames in a Game 1 triumph. Cleveland pushed Toronto to the brink of elimination with a 4-2 victory Monday as Mike Napoli delivered an RBI double and a solo homer, Jason Kipnis also went deep and six relievers combined to allow two runs over 8 1/3 innings after starter Trevor Bauer exited early with an injured right pinky finger. The Indians are seeking their first World Series appearance since 1997 and first championship since 1948. TV: 4 p.m. ET, TBS, Sportsnet (Toronto) PITCHING MATCHUP: Indians RH Corey Kluber (2-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Blue Jays RH Aaron Sanchez (0-0, 9.53) Kluber starts on three days' rest for the first time in his career because of Bauer's early departure, pushing rookie Ryan Merritt back a day if Game 5 is necessary. The 2014 AL Cy Young Award winner and also a candidate to capture the prize this year gave up only nine hits over his first two turns this postseason, walking five while registering 13 strikeouts. Kluber was superb against the Blue Jays in the series opener but was tagged for five runs on seven hits and four walks over 3 1/3 innings of a loss at Toronto on July 3. Sanchez's first career postseason start was one to forget as he surrendered six runs on three hits - two homers - and four walks over 5 2/3 innings against Texas in the AL Division Series but managed to walk away with a no-decision. That outing also took place at home, where the 24-year-old Californian went 6-1 with a 3.74 ERA in 13 turns during the regular season. Sanchez is 1-0 with a 5.06 ERA in three career games (two starts) against the Indians, including a no-decision on Aug. 20 in which he yielded five runs (four earned ) and four hits in four innings at Cleveland. WALK-OFFS: 1. The Indians haven't allowed multiple runs in an inning this postseason. 2. Toronto hit one homer in the series after belting eight in the three-game sweep over Texas and is 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position. 3. Cleveland LHP Andrew Miller struck out 13 of the 17 batters he faced in the ALCS.

Lefty Specialist Oct 18 2016 03:38 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Well, if there's one guy who knows about not taking the foot off the gas when you've got a 3-0 lead, it's Terry Francona.

Centerfield Oct 18 2016 04:22 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

I just love that as soon as any team takes a 3-0 lead, in any sport, someone has to mention the 2004 Yankees. I mean, it's like one of my favorite things in life.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 18 2016 04:26 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Your post reminds me of the 2004 Yankees!

cooby Oct 18 2016 07:10 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Apparently my daughter's cable company does not carry TBS

d'Kong76 Oct 18 2016 07:22 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

cooby wrote: Apparently my daughter's cable company does not carry TBS I find that nearly impossible to fathom!

Ceetar Oct 18 2016 07:31 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

d'Kong76 wrote: cooby wrote: Apparently my daughter's cable company does not carry TBS I find that nearly impossible to fathom! Oh, I'm sure the cable company must carry it, it's just a bigger package.

cooby Oct 18 2016 07:34 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

No actually I was wrong they do carry it! I was fooled because the stupid onscreen channel guide says the game is at 7!!! So thank you for saying it starts at 4 whoever started this thread!

cooby Oct 18 2016 07:35 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

KC

Mets Guy in Michigan Oct 18 2016 07:39 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Centerfield wrote: I just love that as soon as any team takes a 3-0 lead, in any sport, someone has to mention the 2004 Yankees. I mean, it's like one of my favorite things in life. Beautiful!

Frayed Knot Oct 18 2016 08:11 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

TBS was essentially the first national cable station; I think there are toaster ovens that carry it.

cooby Oct 18 2016 08:19 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Lol

MFS62 Oct 18 2016 10:31 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

If there was ever a team that needed a KTE its Cleveland. I think even the most avid baseball fan outside of northern Ohio would be hard pressed to name more than three position players on that team. Later

TransMonk Oct 18 2016 10:54 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

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cooby Oct 18 2016 11:02 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Damn. Time to change channels to Pickers

Frayed Knot Oct 18 2016 11:15 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Francona got a bunch of props for how he handled his pitching thus far but I think he might have over-managed a bit in this one.

d'Kong76 Oct 19 2016 02:00 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Cleveland at Toronto When: 4:00 PM ET, Wednesday, October 19, 2016 Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario SportsDirect Inc. The Toronto Blue Jays look to take the second step of what they hope is an historic comeback when they host the Cleveland Indians for Game 5 of the American League Championship Series on Wednesday. Toronto staved off elimination Tuesday with a 5-1 victory and hopes to join the 2004 Boston Red Sox (ALCS) as the only teams in major-league history to overcome a 0-3 deficit and win a playoff series. Josh Donaldson homered and Edwin Encarnacion delivered a two-run single as the Blue Jays became the first team to fare well against Corey Kluber this postseason, reaching Cleveland's ace for two runs in five innings after the former Cy Young Award winner worked 13 1/3 scoreless frames over his first two starts. The Indians managed only two hits - both doubles - in six innings against Toronto starter Aaron Sanchez before three relievers tossed a perfect frame apiece. It was the first loss of the postseason for Cleveland, which swept Boston in the AL Division Series before taking the first three games of this matchup. The Indians put their hopes in rookie Ryan Merritt on Wednesday as they aim to secure their first World Series appearance since 1997. TV: 4 p.m. ET, TBS, Sportsnet (Toronto) PITCHING MATCHUP: Indians LH Ryan Merritt (2016: 1-0, 1.64 ERA) vs. Blue Jays RH Marco Estrada (1-1, 1.65) Merritt will become the second pitcher in major-league history to start a playoff game after making just one regular-season start in his career. The 24-year-old Texan got the nod at Kansas City on Sept. 30 and recorded the victory after allowing just one run and three hits over five innings. Merritt began his tenure in the majors with three relief appearances over which he gave up one run and three hits in six frames. Estrada is hoping to duplicate the effort from his start in Game 5 of last year's ALCS, when he yielded one run over 7 2/3 innings against Kansas City to keep Toronto from being eliminated. The 33-year-old Mexican tossed his first major-league complete game at Cleveland in Game 1 of this series but took the loss after allowing two runs and six hits in eight frames. Estrada also helped the Blue Jays avoid elimination in Game 3 of the 2015 ALDS at Texas, giving up just one run over 6 1/3 innings in his first career postseason start. WALK-OFFS: 1. Donaldson has recorded seven extra-base hits this postseason - three shy of the franchise record set in 1993 by Paul Molitor. 2. Cleveland was the only team in the majors not to experience a four-game losing streak during the regular season. 3. Toronto has won 21 consecutive games when scoring five or more runs but is 0-13 in the postseason since Game 2 of the 1993 ALCS when scoring fewer than five.

cooby Oct 19 2016 02:20 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Good another day game. I'm gonna go home and put on another Indians shirt. Hot out today. All the old bats got their capris back out

d'Kong76 Oct 19 2016 10:46 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

I was able to watch a lot of this and thoroughly enjoyed it. Congrats to The Tribe! Hope they bring the same A Game to the World Series and beat NL!!

Frayed Knot Oct 19 2016 10:48 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Cleveland, apparently, rocks. And there's no way they could have done this without LeBron.

Frayed Knot Oct 19 2016 10:53 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Andrew Miller actually only struck out one batter today - he had faced 33 batters this post-season prior to this game and had struck out 20 of them. So today he goes the opposite route and retires 8 batters (2-2/3 innings) on just 21 pitches.

Fman99 Oct 20 2016 02:56 AM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Assumed this game was tomorrow. I hate the 4 PM playoff starts. What a lot of shit. Play during prime time, for fuck's sake.

Frayed Knot Oct 20 2016 03:02 AM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Fman99 wrote: Play during prime time, for fuck's sake. That's when the NL game is on. Of course with tonight's game approaching three hours and just in the top of the 6th, it might still be going by mid-day tomorrow.

Centerfield Oct 20 2016 01:29 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Andrew Miller is amazing. Don't think I realized how unhittable that guy is.

HahnSolo Oct 20 2016 02:47 PM Re: IST 2016 ALCS - Blue Jays vs Indians

Just an observation on the demeanor of the dugouts. If you're a Blue Jays fan watching at home and TBS does those cuts to the two dugouts, how comfortable are you when you see your manager with his head against the back of the dugout looking like a little league dad just wondering what's for dinner when he gets home, then they switch to the other dugout and you see Tito as cool and collected as can be, knowing whatever button he pushes will be the right one?