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G-Fafif
Oct 23 2021 10:26 PM

ATL vs HOU vs general disdain.



General disdain in six.

Fman99
Oct 24 2021 05:06 AM
Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

I shan't be watching this.

Lefty Specialist
Oct 24 2021 06:05 AM
Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

Gotta catch up on my bingeing.



Fox has to be unhappy; NOBODY is going to watch this outside of Houston and Atlanta. Cheaters vs. Racist symbols is a lose-lose.

bmfc1
Oct 24 2021 07:29 AM
Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

The title made me think of Queen: "Can anybody find me somebody to love?'



Other than a MFY v WSH matchup, I can't think of a worse Series pairing than this one. Baseball-wise, it's fine but it will be hard to look at it despite the glory of the WS and the excitement of two very good teams when it's THESE two teams and these two fanbases.

MFS62
Oct 24 2021 08:55 AM
Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

Not a fan of either team (REALLY?), so the tie breakers for me are:

Baseball-wise: The Braves are a National League team.

Life-wise: Georgia elected two Democratic Senators and their head of elections basically told Donald Trump to fuck off when he called to have the presidential election results de-certified.



So, (holding my nose) go Braves.



Later

Marshmallowmilkshake
Oct 24 2021 09:30 AM
Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 24 2021 02:15 PM

Have to go with National League allegiance on this one. But I don't love it. If they wore an 1974 Aaron-era throwback for a game, that would be a thing.



https://content.sportslogos.net/news/2014/04/Atlanta-Braves-1974-Throwbacks-2014-3.jpg>

Willets Point
Oct 24 2021 10:07 AM
Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

I'm Team Braves. Historically, the Braves won one championship in Boston, one championship in Milwaukee, and one championship in the City of Atlanta. Let this be their one championship in Cobb County.

Frayed Knot
Oct 24 2021 10:08 AM
Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

Braves, no question.



And it's not just two football towns going at it ratings-wise but two College football towns.

batmagadanleadoff
Oct 24 2021 02:06 PM
Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

Texas? They're like two days away from burning books over there.



Aaron era throwbacks? The Braves are wearing Aaron era throwbacks right now. The Braves are wearing the same exact uni Aaron wore for almost his entire Braves career.

bmfc1
Oct 24 2021 04:54 PM
Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

If ATL wins 2 of the last 3 WS Winners will be from the NL East (and 2 for 2 following 162 game seasons). Perhaps the Mets would like to join in next season.

Willets Point
Oct 24 2021 04:58 PM
Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

=bmfc1 post_id=80170 time=1635116053 user_id=73]
If ATL wins 2 of the last 3 WS Winners will be from the NL East (and 2 for 2 following 162 game seasons). Perhaps the Mets would like to join in next season.


If Atlanta wins, then the Mets will be the only NL East team that hasn't won a championship in the 2000s, although the Mets & Phillies are tied with the most NL Pennants from the division since 2000.

kcmets
Oct 25 2021 02:30 PM
Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

I don't get the whole National-League-Or-Bust thing that yearly goes on here.

I also don't care which team wins but will pull slight for 'stros since I picked

them to win it all in one of the earlier threads. In five games, I believe, but

that sounds a bit bold at the present time. Seven games.

Edgy MD
Oct 25 2021 03:17 PM
Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

I'm not on a National League-or-bust thing, but I'm OK with it.



If you get knocked out in the first round of a tournament, there's a satisfaction in seeing the team you lost to win it all. That allows you to kid yourself that, hey, you were theoretically better than most or all of the field, and it took the best to take you out.

Edgy MD
Oct 25 2021 05:14 PM
Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

Favorite things about the Astros (No particular Order):


[list]

  • [*]Rainbow unis.


  • [*]Numbers on thigh on rainbow unis.


  • [*]Bagwell's taking-a-poop-in-the-woods stance.


  • [*]Beltran's catch on Tal's hill.


  • [*]Trying to find a way to win in the Dome.


  • [*]Four different looks from Ryan, Niekro, Knepper, and Richard on one staff.


  • [*]Bill Doran always getting MVP support despite no standout numbers.


  • [*]Beating them in 1986.
    • [/list]

    Favorite things about the Braves (No particular Order):


    [list]
  • [*]Aaron.


  • [*]The Aaron-era unis with the sleeves not matching the chestplate.


  • [*]In 1981, they had Phil Niekro AND Gaylord Perry — the two greatest junk throwers in history, both 42 years old.


  • [*]Dale Murphy's mole.


  • [*]Glenn Hubbard's beard.


  • [*]For decades, their shortstop always seemed to be name Rafael.


  • [*]Every hitter on their team this year seemed to be an MVP candidate, having the year of his life, and if any of them weren't hot when the Braves and Mets locked up, they were hot by the end of the series.


  • [*]A few years ago, in the Kimbrell era, that was what their bullpen looked like, too.


  • [*]Bob Horner's ass. His white hair and his big ass.


  • [*]Their turnaround from 1990 to 1991.


  • [*]I appreciated them not only hiring Torre in 1982, but hiring most of his Mets staff, which was, to some extent, still Gil Hodges' staff.


  • [*]The marathon Independence Day game.


  • [*]Beating them in 1969.

    • [/list]
    I'm a Mets fan, so the list of things I don't like about them is certainly longer.



    I think I'm going to pick the tomahawk choppers over the garbage can bangers. I just see Senator Cruz and President Trump wrapping themselves in an Astros victory and I can't abide that. I'm putting Houston fans in the MOST LIKELY TO START A FUCK JOE BIDEN! CHANT category. If I'm wrong about that, and Braves fans start with that shit, I will switch allegiance in one second. If both fan bases do it, well, you'll have yourself an embarrassing problem, Commissioner Manfred, and America.

    G-Fafif
    Oct 26 2021 06:07 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    [tweet]https://twitter.com/braves/status/1453080324792061967[/tweet]

    [tweet]https://twitter.com/foxt78/status/1453097572462170123[/tweet]

    G-Fafif
    Oct 26 2021 06:14 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Braves with a leadoff shot from the Soler plexus for the very early lead.

    G-Fafif
    Oct 26 2021 06:18 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Ozzie Albies has stolen America its free taco.

    G-Fafif
    Oct 26 2021 06:37 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Td'A is the first of the 2015 Mets to make it back to the Series (Dodgers left Grandy off their roster in 2017.)

    G-Fafif
    Oct 26 2021 07:17 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Braves up, 5-0, in the third. Duvall two-run shot knocks out Valdez.

    Frayed Knot
    Oct 26 2021 07:19 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Good thing the Houston pitching coach made all those mound visits otherwise the Astros staff might really be in trouble.

    Frayed Knot
    Oct 26 2021 07:25 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Joc Pederson has a very punchable face ... and it's not like the pearls are doing much to alter that feeling.

    G-Fafif
    Oct 26 2021 07:34 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Mr. Morton hurts himself and exits in the third.

    G-Fafif
    Oct 26 2021 08:14 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    LFB* Dansby Swanson is spooked by a speeding ground ball to allow the first Astro run. 5-1 after a long four.



    *Least Favorite Brave — mine anyway.

    Frayed Knot
    Oct 26 2021 08:16 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    4 innings, already north of two hours.

    Hey Mr. Manfred, here's yet another post-season game I'm not going to see the end of.

    bmfc1
    Oct 26 2021 08:22 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    The NFL starts the Super Bowl at 6:38 PM, earlier than other night games, so that everyone can see the whole game.

    MLB starts the World Series games at 8:10, later than other night games, and it will be close to midnight in the east coast when most of the games end.

    kcmets
    Oct 26 2021 08:43 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    =bmfc1 post_id=80262 time=1635301335 user_id=73]The NFL starts the Super Bowl at 6:38 PM, earlier than other night games, so that everyone can see the whole game



    They start the Super Bowl early because after four hours of pre-

    game they run out of crap to talk about.



    (but I agree with you)

    G-Fafif
    Oct 26 2021 10:19 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Los Bravos 6

    Los Astros 2



    ATL takes the opener.

    G-Fafif
    Oct 26 2021 10:29 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    [tweet]https://twitter.com/jeffpassan/status/1453186745567260672[/tweet]

    Fman99
    Oct 27 2021 05:18 AM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Four hour games between two teams America could mostly not give a damn about. Oh plus Joe Buck. Yeah, Murica

    Ceetar
    Oct 27 2021 07:18 AM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Stupid Atlanta. Oh well, Astros can take the next four.

    G-Fafif
    Oct 27 2021 06:39 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Td'A HR in the WS!

    Frayed Knot
    Oct 27 2021 08:47 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Jose Altuve: more post-season HRs and a higher post-season OPS than Jeter in about half the number of ABs



    So I reckon we'll be hearing all about that going forward, right?

    kcmets
    Oct 27 2021 09:01 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Blasphemy! There has to be some intangible stuff to counter into it.

    G-Fafif
    Oct 27 2021 09:18 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    [tweet]https://twitter.com/zackraab/status/1453519549735788544[/tweet]

    G-Fafif
    Oct 27 2021 09:21 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    America's most beloved World Series teams are knotted at a game apiece following HOU's 7-2 victory in the second go-round.

    stevejrogers
    Oct 28 2021 06:25 AM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Frayed Knot wrote:

    Jose Altuve: more post-season HRs and a higher post-season OPS than Jeter in about half the number of ABs



    So I reckon we'll be hearing all about that going forward, right?


    I didn't catch too much of it, but I did hear them trot out the “different era, different number of rounds” caveat when comparing the numbers with ManRam

    and Bernie Williams. But that's silly when they pretty much play the same amount of series now as they have since 1995!



    So I assume it's to placate those still clinging to “Only World Series stats count” point of view since 1968, or “only WS and LCS stats count”!



    Also Altuve has only played in one Wild Card Game, and of course last season's best out of 3 WC round series last year, which they swept. Yeah 3 games can mean a lot with percentage stats, but using that caveat with Altuve makes it sound like the comparison between someone like Mickey Mantle and someone like Bernie Williams!



    Of course the sign cheating scandal wasn't even hinted at, unless you count lingering a bit on how overwhelming Altuve's stats at Minute Maid are, compared with his postseason numbers on the road.

    Ceetar
    Oct 28 2021 06:50 AM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Got us an extra day to get the POBO in place.



    I mean, also screw Atlanta. At least this is an easy rooting WS.

    MFS62
    Oct 28 2021 07:26 AM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)


    [tweet]https://twitter.com/zackraab/status/1453519549735788544[/tweet]


    Fried should have davened more.

    Later

    G-Fafif
    Oct 29 2021 06:13 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Fun story about how the Braves scream for ice cream.


    ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves are making their first World Series appearance since 1999 because of star players at several positions, an underrated pitching staff and shrewd midsummer moves by the front office.



    Inside the clubhouse, though, players also point to a secret weapon. It doesn't field, throw or hit, but it has delivered over and over again. Atlanta's game-changer in 2021? A soft-serve ice cream machine.



    “When they brought that into the clubhouse, it was like magic,” infielder Johan Camargo said. Added the star reliever Tyler Matzek, “It's just something that we kind of rallied around.”


    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/28/sports/baseball/atlanta-ice-cream-world-series.html

    Fman99
    Oct 29 2021 07:25 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    I'm watching but I really don't give a fig. There's just nothing else better on.

    Frayed Knot
    Oct 29 2021 08:23 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    1-0 game thru 5 with a total of five hits (none by Houston).

    So, seeing as how this is baseball in 2021:

    a) the game is already past the two hour mark

    b) both starters are gone

    G-Fafif
    Oct 29 2021 09:09 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Combined ATL no-hit bid ends in 8th on a ball that should've been caught.

    G-Fafif
    Oct 29 2021 09:25 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Td'A with his second WS HR to make it 2-0 in the 8th.

    Frayed Knot
    Oct 29 2021 09:31 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Those ads featuring 'the Moon' might be the biggest swing and a miss this whole post-season.

    G-Fafif
    Oct 29 2021 09:38 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Five pitchers, two hits and a 2-1 Series lead for the Braves.

    MFS62
    Oct 30 2021 06:57 AM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Is John Smoltz really Kevin Bacon?


    Since 1982, there have been 38 World Series played (no Series was played in 1994 because of the strike). That's 38 seasons -- nearly four decades of Fall Classic baseball -- with the current Fall Classic being the 39th.



    And for each one of those late October or sometimes early November games, there has amazingly been at least one participant who played previously with John Smoltz ... or would end up playing in the future with Smoltz.


    https://www.mlb.com/amp/news/john-smoltz-world-series-teammate-streak.html?fbclid=IwAR0BKtSarXnr6KI8MsKzAKo5T-5jmoFViuYyEXKGaLNS2uYi0cDPFyIekQI



    Later

    bmfc1
    Oct 30 2021 07:16 AM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32496167/world-series-2021-well-atlanta-braves-move-chop

    https://www.si.com/mlb/2021/10/28/atlanta-braves-tomahawk-chop-daily-cover

    F the Braves and their fans. I crave baseball when it's not there but this Series can't be over fast enough for me.

    G-Fafif
    Oct 30 2021 08:58 AM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    [tweet]https://twitter.com/mlbonfox/status/1454238819784527874[/tweet]

    Willets Point
    Oct 30 2021 09:02 AM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    I watched the first three innings before I had to put my kid to bed and then nodded off myself. I loved the Aaron tribute and that the fans were so engaged and noisy. I hated that so much of that noise was the Tomahawk Chop. I thought that the Braves were no longer encouraging that, such as no organ prompts, but then I saw that part of the stadium is called the Chop House, so I guess they're still fully invested in racism.

    G-Fafif
    Oct 30 2021 09:20 AM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    A nice story about World Series press pins.


    Even though we had credentials on lanyards, printed on site and including our photos, MLB continues the tradition of World Series press pins. It's a relatively well-kept secret, and they're still just as rare as they were in the Great Depression.



    In all my excitement over getting to cover my first World Series, I'd forgotten all about the press pin tradition, but my father hadn't. And he built me a case so I could display my first of perhaps many.



    I now have pins from All Star Games, ACC Tournaments, the Final Four, Super Bowls and the Little League World Series. They're all in my case, lined up next to the pin in the first slot — the 2006 Detroit Tigers World Series Press Pin.


    https://nsjonline.com/article/2021/10/working-media-a-story-of-dads-and-sons-and-pins/

    G-Fafif
    Oct 30 2021 06:57 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    [tweet]https://twitter.com/mlb/status/1454611423959605248[/tweet]

    Fman99
    Oct 30 2021 07:42 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    I realized that the best thing to do in this series is to continue to root for whatever team is on the road that day. Seeing disappointed fans who paid big $ for WS tix only to see their beloved team fall flat is making me feel better about the Mets.

    Frayed Knot
    Oct 30 2021 08:42 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    I tend to root for whichever side is down... so tonight that means Houston.

    But the anti-home team angle is fun too, I've done that before.

    Willets Point
    Oct 30 2021 09:35 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    My daughter wanted to watch Ghostbusters tonight, so I only turned on the game in the 5th inning, but I've got to say that this is a pretty entertaining game from my neutral perspective. The Astros right fielder missing a catchable homerun followed by Eddie Rosario making a great catch in almost the same spot is especially fun.

    G-Fafif
    Oct 30 2021 10:14 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    ATL one win away.

    Ceetar
    Oct 31 2021 07:44 AM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    hate it. screw Atlanta

    bmfc1
    Oct 31 2021 01:19 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    As much as I want this series to be over I don't want the ATL fans to celebrate at home, especially after their embrace of The Former Guy last night and how it appears that they've doubled down on the racist chop.

    G-Fafif
    Oct 31 2021 02:24 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    National League lineup. Savor it.


    [tweet]https://twitter.com/braves/status/1454881690602639362[/tweet]

    G-Fafif
    Oct 31 2021 02:27 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    And the pitcher bats ninth here, too.


    [tweet] https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/1454900996275122179[/tweet]

    Frayed Knot
    Oct 31 2021 07:06 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    In this final DH-less game in history, the Framber Valdez* AB in the top of the 2nd [HOU down 4-2, 2-out, runner on 3rd] makes a better case AGAINST the DH than it does for it!

    Far too many people can't or won't understand that.







    *some of you may remember his brother Exxon

    G-Fafif
    Oct 31 2021 07:34 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Duvall grand slam in the first nullified by two pair of Astro runs in the second and third — then Freeman unties it with a no-doubter in the bottom of the third. The teams are 10 runs apiece from replicating the Philly-Toronto 15-14 headspinner of yore.

    Frayed Knot
    Oct 31 2021 07:47 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    =G-Fafif post_id=80435 time=1635730493 user_id=55]
    ... The teams are 10 runs apiece from replicating the Philly-Toronto 15-14 headspinner of yore.



    That was the one where a fan showed up at the park the following day with a sign saying:

    WILL PITCH MIDDLE RELIEF FOR FOOD

    G-Fafif
    Oct 31 2021 07:51 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Zack Greinke just singled as a pinch-hitter, thereby securing my Hall of Fame vote.

    Frayed Knot
    Oct 31 2021 07:53 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Greinke, pinch-hitting, gets the last hit by a pitcher in the history of baseball.

    OK, maybe not the absolute last one ever but purdy damn close.

    Frayed Knot
    Oct 31 2021 08:08 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    The end of the 4th inning slides in just under the two hour mark.

    G-Fafif
    Oct 31 2021 08:25 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Astros take a 7-5 lead in the fifth with the bottom of their lineup getting it done.

    Frayed Knot
    Oct 31 2021 09:56 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    It sounds like that's a very (artificially) loud stadium down there.

    I mean, all these stadia are artificially loud these days but this one even more than usual it seems, a good chunk of which is likely MLB directed.

    The organist there still gets his/her chops in (like playing 'I'm a Little Teapot' for Jose Altuve the other day) but it's being squeezed-out/drowned-out by the piped-in stuff.

    G-Fafif
    Oct 31 2021 10:43 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Kendall Graveman batted in the top of the ninth n order to stay in and complete the non-save save (four-run lead). He looked at a three-two strike to complete the final scheduled pitcher's AB of this World Series (and maybe forever).



    Zack Greinke remains available off the bench for Houston after the 9-5 Astros win.

    Frayed Knot
    Nov 01 2021 05:19 AM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Losing Nine to Five / What a Way to Take a Beating

    Blow a Four-Oh Lead / To the Team Accused of Cheating ...

    stevejrogers
    Nov 01 2021 07:14 AM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Frayed Knot wrote:

    It sounds like that's a very (artificially) loud stadium down there.

    I mean, all these stadia are artificially loud these days but this one even more than usual it seems, a good chunk of which is likely MLB directed.

    The organist there still gets his/her chops in (like playing 'I'm a Little Teapot' for Jose Altuve the other day) but it's being squeezed-out/drowned-out by the piped-in stuff.


    I guess it's still so ingrained for Trevor Hoffman, but when those Hell's Bells chimes started, my first thought was “uh, there's no reliever coming in right now?”

    Ceetar
    Nov 01 2021 11:38 AM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Frayed Knot wrote:

    It sounds like that's a very (artificially) loud stadium down there.

    I mean, all these stadia are artificially loud these days but this one even more than usual it seems, a good chunk of which is likely MLB directed.

    The organist there still gets his/her chops in (like playing 'I'm a Little Teapot' for Jose Altuve the other day) but it's being squeezed-out/drowned-out by the piped-in stuff.


    they need to make sure you hear the racism.



    At least they didn't win it at home, now hopefully the Astros can keep them from winning at all.

    MFS62
    Nov 01 2021 03:38 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Hey Coach.

    I throw an 82 miles per hour hanging slider.

    Put me in there.

    I can strike out Travis D'Arnaud.

    Especially with runners on base.



    Later

    G-Fafif
    Nov 02 2021 05:10 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Election Night Lineups.


    [tweet]https://twitter.com/braves/status/1455622114371833857[/tweet]

    [tweet]https://twitter.com/juliamorales/status/1455622633098076164[/tweet]

    Fman99
    Nov 02 2021 06:37 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Christ, Joe Buck and America's favorite HOF super spreader. I loathe these two stiffs.

    Frayed Knot
    Nov 02 2021 07:04 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    They wound up surviving it, but how do the Braves not challenge that 1st inning play at 1st?

    G-Fafif
    Nov 02 2021 07:15 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Soler flare: 446 feet. ATL up three after three.

    Marshmallowmilkshake
    Nov 02 2021 07:58 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    =G-Fafif post_id=80525 time=1635902113 user_id=55]
    Soler flare: 446 feet. ATL up three after three.



    That was a bomb! Over the train tracks!

    Fman99
    Nov 02 2021 08:24 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    I'm watching Star Trek reruns now. Even if I gave a fig for either of these teams, you can bet I'm not watching anyone else celebrate a championship. Fuck. That.

    Willets Point
    Nov 02 2021 08:57 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    I'm beginning to get the feeling that it is entirely possible for a team from the NL East that hasn't won a championship since the 20th century to win the division with fewer 90 wins and then win the World Series.



    Sigh.

    Willets Point
    Nov 02 2021 09:02 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    They should let some fans on the field to stomp divots polo-style.

    Frayed Knot
    Nov 02 2021 09:20 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    For a more anticlimactic WS clincher we probably need to go back to 1987 when the Royals put up 2 in the 2nd inning, 3 more in the 3rd, and then hung a 6-spot in the 5th en route to an 11-Zip Game 7 thrashing of the Cardinals.

    Willets Point
    Nov 02 2021 09:28 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    With the way Houston put up late-inning runs in the ALCS, I still consider this a close game.

    Marshmallowmilkshake
    Nov 02 2021 09:35 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Congrats to the Braves. I can go back to disliking them tomorrow.

    G-Fafif
    Nov 02 2021 09:37 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Nice going d'Arnaud & co.

    Frayed Knot
    Nov 02 2021 09:48 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Wait a minute ... this was over prior to midnight.

    Is that even allowed these days?!?

    G-Fafif
    Nov 02 2021 09:53 PM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Jorge Soler's powerful case for MVP is verified with the Willie Mays trophy.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Nov 03 2021 05:21 AM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Congrats to the Braves.

    bmfc1
    Nov 03 2021 06:46 AM
    Re: IST: WS 2021 — Help Me, I Need Somebody to Lose (ATL vs HOU)

    Congratulations to the Braves, the team and the Front Office. They lost one of the top 5 players in baseball to injury, a very good OF because of his despicable behavior plus a top SP to injury and still won with crafty trades at the deadline that didn't cost them a top 10 prospect.

    Their fans and the "look-at-me" organist can go screw themselves.

    The last 2 162-game season World Champions are from the NL East. Let's hope that the Mets can be the 3d in 2022.