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Wild Card IGT

Fman99 Oct 05 2021 06:15 PM

Go Sawx! Stanton turns a near HR into a single by stupidly watching the ball in the first inning.

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2021 06:29 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

=Fman99 post_id=79331 time=1633479342 user_id=86] Go Sawx! Stanton turns a near HR into a single by stupidly watching the ball in the first inning.

I think he heard Vasgerian's call and assumed it was gone.

Fman99 Oct 05 2021 06:37 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Good (for now) guys up 2-0 on a Bogaerts dinger.

TransMonk Oct 05 2021 06:49 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

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Frayed Knot Oct 05 2021 07:09 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Nice to see that Schwarber can hit HRs off both NYC teams, not just one. Every other BoSox who swung at that high fastball from Cole tonight has missed it by about a foot.

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2021 07:15 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Wow-zers!!! Cole pulled after 2+ IPs (12 batters faced, six retired) Preemptive genius by Boone or job-insecure panic?

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2021 07:20 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Early returns (K, GiDP) suggest genius as Clay Holmes gets out of a 1st & 2nd/no-out inherited situation.

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2021 07:28 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

ESPN now has a piece of the NHL telecasts this season so they suddenly start recognizing hockey players. How 'bout that?

Marshmallowmilkshake Oct 05 2021 07:51 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Frayed Knot wrote: Wow-zers!!! Cole pulled after 2+ IPs (12 batters faced, six retired) Preemptive genius by Boone or job-insecure panic? I suspect they are paying Cole $300 million for exactly these kinds of games. And they were hoping to get more out of him than three innings!!

Edgy MD Oct 05 2021 07:57 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

That was my thought What's the point of dropping all that coin on Cole?

Edgy MD Oct 05 2021 08:03 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Eovaldi follows with an early exit of his own following a solo homer and an infield single. Some guy shy managers, man.

Edgy MD Oct 05 2021 08:06 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Kevin Plawecki with the big play!!

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2021 08:10 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Edgy MD wrote: Eovaldi follows with an early exit of his own following a solo homer and an infield single. Some guy shy managers, man. Sure. But also a big difference between getting two innings out of your guy vs five-1/3, and particularly so when Mr. Two-plus is the highest paid in the game.

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2021 08:12 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Gotta like two off the wall shots by Stanton which wound up yielding a total of two total bases (I'm assuming they gave him a single-plus-throw on that last one) and an out.

Bob Alpacadaca Oct 05 2021 08:14 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Eovaldi follows with an early exit of his own following a solo homer and an infield single. Some guy shy managers, man. Sure. But also a big difference between getting two innings out of your guy vs five-1/3, and particularly so when Mr. Two-plus is the highest paid in the game. Will Cole wear his "Team Boras" cap to the press Zoom call after the game, or was that just an Astros thing? Or, will he appear in the post-game call at all?

Edgy MD Oct 05 2021 08:16 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Eovaldi follows with an early exit of his own following a solo homer and an infield single. Some guy shy managers, man. Sure. But also a big difference between getting two innings out of your guy vs five-1/3, and particularly so when Mr. Two-plus is the highest paid in the game. Agreed. Just a comment about the environment. No doubt that Booney blinked way first, and way most.

MFS62 Oct 05 2021 08:24 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Frayed Knot wrote: Gotta like two off the wall shots by Stanton which wound up yielding a total of two total bases (I'm assuming they gave him a single-plus-throw on that last one) and an out. John Sterling, "It is HIGH, It is FAR, it IS..." a single, John. Later

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2021 08:26 PM Re: Wild Card IGT Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 05 2021 08:29 PM

Loiasiga throws five pitches after being brought into the game and he needs a mound conference before being allowed to throw another. When I'm made king of the world, outlawing this will be my first edict. and, btw, this was another example of a PH'er causing a mound conference because those, stunningly, don't count against a team's total.

Fman99 Oct 05 2021 08:27 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

A-Rod is so tedious. No wonder J-Lo went back to her old beau for the high hard one.

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2021 08:30 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

ESPN2 is carrying a ... let's say calmer, alternate telecast of the game.

Edgy MD Oct 05 2021 08:33 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Frayed Knot wrote: Nice to see that Schwarber can hit HRs off both NYC teams, not just one. Schwarber has been a high-school hellcat since that trade. His OBP as a Sock was .435!

Edgy MD Oct 05 2021 08:36 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

And man, pulling Plaweck for a pinchie after he tagged Judge out in the face is a kick in the nuts. Hey, Boston, I'm trying to LIKE you!

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2021 08:45 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Edgy MD wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Eovaldi follows with an early exit of his own following a solo homer and an infield single. Some guy shy managers, man. Sure. But also a big difference between getting two innings out of your guy vs five-1/3, and particularly so when Mr. Two-plus is the highest paid in the game. Agreed. Just a comment about the environment. No doubt that Booney blinked way first, and way most. Sawx do seem determined to go to as many relievers as possible until they find one who Doesn't have his game tonight. They haven't found him yet, but they'll keep searching.

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2021 09:00 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

New pitcher, throws six pitches, needs another committee meeting. Rinse. Lather. Repeat.

Edgy MD Oct 05 2021 09:05 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Well, this game is a lot of things, but at its core, it's a Yankee-Red Sox game. If there were any two teams in baseball who could be statistically shown to average a longer game time per matchup, I would call bullshit on the statistics.

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2021 09:05 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

How 'bout the insult to injury ending to that inning? Chad Green faces two hitters, gives up a bases-loading walk followed by a 2R single, and only gets out of the inning via a bad baserunning play ... and then he gets stopped by the ump for illegal substance check on his way back to the dugout.

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2021 09:12 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Some red hot Hansel Robles action for your viewing pleasure.

Edgy MD Oct 05 2021 09:13 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

I'm totally missing my Hansel.

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2021 09:16 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Gary Sanchez for late inning defense. I'll take substitutes you'd never think of for $600 Alex

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2021 09:19 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

"Only" 3:07 thru 8 innings. aka: A quickie by Yanx/Sawx standards.

Johnny Lunchbucket Oct 05 2021 09:24 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Wild Card MVP: Hansel Robles

G-Fafif Oct 05 2021 09:30 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

11:30 PM yet it's sunny as hell up in here.

Johnny Lunchbucket Oct 05 2021 09:30 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Maybe Plawecki

nymr83 Oct 05 2021 10:01 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Frayed Knot wrote: Gary Sanchez for late inning defense. I'll take substitutes you'd never think of for $600 Alex At what position? DH?

Willets Point Oct 05 2021 10:04 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

The Wall that gave Bucky Dent a home run that wouldn't have gone out in any other ballpark prevented Giancarlo Stanton from hitting what would've been two home runs in any other ballpark. I guess that evens things out in Yankees/Red Sox "tiebreaker" games.

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2021 10:12 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

And then the kicker is that Stanton's actual HR went about 320'

Willets Point Oct 05 2021 10:15 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

That was a good adjustment to go the other way though.

Fman99 Oct 06 2021 03:53 AM Re: Wild Card IGT

I almost made it to the 7th inning stretch before going to bed. But good things happened. So I'm all fine with it.

Willets Point Oct 06 2021 06:20 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

I hate the Cardinals and Dodgers with equal fervor, but with the possibility of back-to-back championships for Los Angeles, I'll have to hold my nose and root for St. Louis now and hope they get eliminated in the LDS. And the Cardinals score a first inning run on a wild pitch by Max Scherzer as I write this.

Frayed Knot Oct 06 2021 06:37 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

First celebrity in the stands spotting for me, the now 88 y/o music producer Lou Adler

Fman99 Oct 06 2021 06:37 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

I hate them both too but I will hate the Cardinals until the Mets win their next WS and vanquish all that Wainwright/Molina garbage from my world.

Frayed Knot Oct 06 2021 06:54 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

The winner of this gets the Giants so the Dodgers advancing gives us a more hate-filled next round ... so I'm pulling for that.

Frayed Knot Oct 06 2021 06:58 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Joe West looks like a baked potato.

Frayed Knot Oct 06 2021 07:17 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

When do you suppose the last time was that a .165 hitter got as many as 350 ABs -- as Bellinger did this year?

Fman99 Oct 06 2021 07:38 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

I think it's stupid that the WC winner automatically becomes the #4 seed. They should seed the ALDS and NLDS based on regular season reacords.

Edgy MD Oct 06 2021 07:39 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Frayed Knot wrote: When do you suppose the last time was that a .165 hitter got as many as 350 ABs -- as Bellinger did this year? Chris Davis? My next guess after that would be ... Bellinger's dad, although I doubt he pulled it off.

Frayed Knot Oct 06 2021 07:40 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Two leadoff/2nd place hitting short stops Trea Turner: 68 (reg season) ABs w/bases loaded, 5 GS Derek Jeter: 262 ABs w/bases loaded, 1 GS Jus' sayin'

Frayed Knot Oct 06 2021 07:42 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

=Fman99 post_id=79431 time=1633570735 user_id=86] I think it's stupid that the WC winner automatically becomes the #4 seed. They should seed the ALDS and NLDS based on regular season reacords.

I like that winning a division is rewarded while not winning one puts you into a harder path.

Frayed Knot Oct 06 2021 08:04 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

This game is turning out to be going at a MUCH slower pace than last night's contest. Lots o' pitches for both aces.

Fman99 Oct 06 2021 08:07 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

Frayed Knot wrote: =Fman99 post_id=79431 time=1633570735 user_id=86] I think it's stupid that the WC winner automatically becomes the #4 seed. They should seed the ALDS and NLDS based on regular season reacords. I like that winning a division is rewarded while not winning one puts you into a harder path.

The Giants won the most games in MLB and their reward is facing a 106 win WC team (potentially). That doesn't seem right to me.

Frayed Knot Oct 06 2021 08:14 PM Re: Wild Card IGT

4 minutes 10 seconds between the last pitch Scherzer threw and the first one his replacement Kelly threw. Good thing we figured out how to save 8 seconds by going to the automatic intentional walk because there's clearly no other ways to cut time in this game.

Johnny Lunchbucket Oct 07 2021 05:02 AM Re: Wild Card IGT

I turned this one off and went to bed with 1 on in the 9th. Chris Taylor homered just then and Dodgers walk off

Fman99 Oct 07 2021 05:43 AM Re: Wild Card IGT

I made it barely into the 6th-7th inning range. I was long gone when that ball went out. Glad to have both the MFYs and the MFCs be done with their respective seasons. A pox on both of their houses, I say!

G-Fafif Oct 07 2021 06:12 AM Re: Wild Card IGT

I'll always remember where I was when I woke up to check the score.

Frayed Knot Oct 07 2021 06:14 AM Re: Wild Card IGT

Yeah, somehow these clowns managed to turn a 1-1 (until the final pitch) game into a 4:15 affair, an hour longer than the Yanx/Sawx from the previous night. The gap between the final pitch of top 9 and the first pitch in bottom 9 was over 5-1/2 minutes as StL decided, after their pitcher was warmed up, that they needed a new pitcher when LAD announced a PH, so now the new guy had to be given time to trot in then warm up. I fell asleep on the couch but then happened to wake up just in time for the GW HR

Willets Point Oct 07 2021 06:19 AM Re: Wild Card IGT

And so the Dodgers and Giants will meet in the postseason for the first time ever (not counting the 1951 tie-breaker series). Will there be a shot heard 'round the world? Will there be a sign-stealing scandal? Will the TBS announcers refer to the 1951 series at least once an inning throughout the NLDS?

Johnny Lunchbucket Oct 07 2021 06:23 AM Re: Wild Card IGT

That's gonna be a barnburing, fanbeating mess. There literally is a few parking lot murders every time these teams play.

stevejrogers Oct 07 2021 06:31 AM Re: Wild Card IGT

Willets Point wrote: And so the Dodgers and Giants will meet in the postseason for the first time ever (not counting the 1951 tie-breaker series). Will there be a shot heard 'round the world? Will there be a sign-stealing scandal? Will the TBS announcers refer to the 1951 series at least once an inning throughout the NLDS? There was also the 1962 tie-breaker series.

MFS62 Oct 07 2021 06:37 AM Re: Wild Card IGT

A pox on both of these houses is good, but I'll be rooting for the San Andreas Fault. I'm heavily leveraged in Seaport of Phoenix bonds. Later

Edgy MD Oct 07 2021 08:16 AM Re: Wild Card IGT

The Tale of the Dodgers' Red Numbers. The Brooklyn Dodgers added red uniform numbers to the set of jerseys that they had made up for the 1951 World Series. Thomson's "shot" rendered them useless until the following spring.