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IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

bmfc1 Oct 14 2021 10:01 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 15 2021 05:02 AM

Game One, Friday night, 8:07 PM, with Joe Buck who did the football game last night because FOX thinks that we have to hear him every damn night no matter what the sport. The Houston Astros and the Boston Red Sox will play in the ALCS. Do you have a preference? Reasons to support Houston: I can't think of any. Reason to support Boston: 1) if they win it pisses of MFY fans; 2) I'd rather see Fenway during the WS than Minute Maid Enron Park Reasons not to support Houston: 1) they play in Texas which is now the worst state in America. Yeah, Alabama and Mississippi can look at Texas and say, "we ain't even that dumb!"; 2) they cheated; 3) 5 years in a row in the ALCS is impressive but enough--Texans are insufferable already and they don't need another reason. Reasons not to support Boston: 1) enough already. It was cute when they won once but now their fans are on the level of Patriots fans in terms of being obnoxious; 2) Alex Cora is the manager, a former Met which is a good thing of course, but the Bench Coach for Houston at their cheating apex (as far as we know). He only had to sit out one season, and it was a 60-game season, and now he's back. Some punishment by MLB.

Fman99 Oct 14 2021 10:07 AM Re: Red Sox v. Astros, ALCS 2021--IST

Angry MFY fans works for me.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 14 2021 10:11 AM Re: Red Sox v. Astros, ALCS 2021--IST

Red Sox

Johnny Lunchbucket Oct 14 2021 10:40 AM Re: Red Sox v. Astros, ALCS 2021--IST

Sox in 7

Willets Point Oct 14 2021 10:55 AM Re: Red Sox v. Astros, ALCS 2021--IST

Pulling for Boston, obviously. It's a treat that they've got this far, so anything else would be gravy.

kcmets Oct 14 2021 12:50 PM Re: Red Sox v. Astros, ALCS 2021--IST

I took Houston to win it all in the prediction thread so I guess I should take them. [but really, let's go sawx]

Ceetar Oct 14 2021 01:21 PM Re: Red Sox v. Astros, ALCS 2021--IST

I don't think I have a strong preference. They're both fine. Red Sox probably annoys yankee fans more so there's that.

MFS62 Oct 14 2021 02:34 PM Re: Red Sox v. Astros, ALCS 2021--IST

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Go, Sox. But I'm gonna' need a pair of earplugs when the local sports comes on. The pro - Sawx slant on my CT station news will be overbearing. Later

G-Fafif Oct 14 2021 04:57 PM Re: Red Sox v. Astros, ALCS 2021--IST

Astros eliminated MFYs in 2017 and 2019. Red Sox eliminated MFYs in 2018 and 2021. They both have my gratitude.

Frayed Knot Oct 15 2021 04:45 PM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

HOU RHP Lance McCullers [28 reg season starts; 13-5; 3.16 ERA; a league-low H/9 & HR/9 rates] is off the roster for this series due to "forearm tightness" BOS goes with the recently ineffective Chris Sale for tonight's games

Frayed Knot Oct 15 2021 07:43 PM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

3 innings, one hour 33 minutes iow, another post-season game I'm not seeing the second half of.

Frayed Knot Oct 15 2021 09:07 PM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

So Altuve, having just tied Jeter in post-season HRs despite less than half the ABs, is going to be cited by sportscaster everywhere as the new all-time October clutch hitter, right? btw, nice to see that they got six innings in in (just a hair) under three hours.

Johnny Lunchbucket Oct 16 2021 05:42 AM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

More like Hansel BLOWbes, amiright, fellas?!?

MFS62 Oct 16 2021 03:14 PM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

Sawks up 4-0 in the top of the first, second game. JD Martinez with a grand slam. Later

Willets Point Oct 16 2021 03:28 PM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

Devers makes it 8-0 with another grand slam in the 2nd.

kcmets Oct 16 2021 03:54 PM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

I just tuned in to find 8-sniffle and was like phwamo! Gonna go out on a limb here and guess no team has hit two grannies in the first three innings of a game in a league championship series before? Probably very few in regular season as well?

Willets Point Oct 16 2021 04:02 PM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

Correct. First team with two salamis in a post-season game. Kiké Hernandez makes hit 9-0 with a solo blast.

Willets Point Oct 16 2021 04:04 PM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

Kiké Hernandez is the the 2021 Red Sox equivalent of 2015 Daniel Murphy.

Frayed Knot Oct 16 2021 04:20 PM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

=kcmets post_id=79884 time=1634421266 user_id=53] Gonna go out on a limb here and guess no team has hit two grannies in the first three innings of a game in a league championship series before?

Two grannies in two innings!



I loved the fact that the first one came right after a pitching coach visit.

I'm hoping that some saber-dude somewhere examines the hit/out ratio of post-mound visits and concludes that it has

more of a negative effect than a positive one which in turn leads to teams everywhere abandoning the practice.

Frayed Knot Oct 16 2021 05:29 PM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

It just occurred to me that the LHR for Houston who we've seen several times in this playoff run so far, Blake Taylor, was the PtbNL we got from the Pirates when we dealt away Ike Davis. We later sent him to Houston in Dec '19 for the short-lived stint of Jake Marisnick. Taylor was a 2nd round pick by the Pirates and was still just 18 y/o at the time of the trade so there were reasons for optimism. But he wound up injured for most of the first three years we had him -- 41, 12, and 9 IP -- and I guess progress after that wasn't exciting enough to keep around. He's been decent in one-plus seasons w/Houston and, nearly eight years after the deal, only recently turned 25

Frayed Knot Oct 18 2021 06:48 PM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

All of you who had 'Bottom of the 2nd' for the first unnecessary mound conference please step forward to collect your winnings. oe: and it didn't work [RBI Single] as these visits increasingly seem not to

bmfc1 Oct 18 2021 06:58 PM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

Perhaps the Mets should sign Schwarber to be the DH for '22 (if they think that there will be a DH).

Frayed Knot Oct 18 2021 07:00 PM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

Didn't the Mets go like a season and a half without a Grand Slam a couple years ago? And here are the Sox hitting 'em in the playoffs like there's nothing unusual.

Frayed Knot Oct 18 2021 07:01 PM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

Good thing there was that pitching coach visit or else that inning might have really gone all pear-shaped on the 'Stros.

kcmets Oct 18 2021 07:21 PM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

This game's on pace to approach midnight, me not so much...

Edgy MD Oct 18 2021 07:40 PM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

Boston can hist two or three more grannies, as far as I'm concerned. [fimg=550]https://www.cruz.senate.gov/imo/media/image/old/newsletter_items/1104/a3.jpg[/fimg]

Lefty Specialist Oct 19 2021 06:09 AM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

I'd like to bang a garbage can while it's on his head.

Frayed Knot Oct 20 2021 04:51 PM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

Watching via tape delay -- so I'm about 20 minutes behind -- where Houston's Framber Valdez is perfect thru 4 innings on just 46 pitches, a mark which is, I believe, a record for Frambers. 1-0 Astros

Willets Point Oct 22 2021 11:26 AM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

Apparently Luis Garcia's injury in game 2 is not bad enough to prevent him from starting game 6. Hopefully, they have Odorizzi warming up in the actual bullpen this time.

Frayed Knot Oct 22 2021 06:27 PM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

Kyle Schwarber picks Now to go 3 for his last 22?!? I'll have to double check this, but I believe in 22 ABs vs the Mets this year he had 19 hits, 17 of which were 3R HRs

Frayed Knot Oct 22 2021 07:32 PM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

Eovaldi comes up Yuge with Boston's season on the line. Down 1-0 in the 4th, he starts the inning Single / Double, then follows that with K, K, IW, K Sox bats, meanwhile, looking for their first hit on the night.

Frayed Knot Oct 22 2021 08:45 PM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

Sox may have let their last best chance slip away. Top 7, 1st & 3rd, one out, down 2-0, then a strike out/throw out DP to end the threat/inning

Frayed Knot Oct 22 2021 09:19 PM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

Being in the bottom of the 8th when the three hour mark hits unfortunately qualifies this as a 'quick' game these days.

Lefty Specialist Oct 23 2021 06:01 AM Re: IST: ALCS 2021 — BOS v HOU

Bleh. I may not watch this World Series at all.