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ALCS 2022

G-Fafif
Oct 19 2022 05:23 PM

Houston vs MFYs.



Yay?

MFS62
Oct 19 2022 05:27 PM
Re: ALCS 2022

=G-Fafif post_id=111604 time=1666221818 user_id=55]
Houston vs MFYs.



Yay?



Nay.

Later

Johnny Lunchbucket
Oct 19 2022 08:45 PM
Re: ALCS 2022

Astros jerseys don't look awful but really weak given their legacy of uniform uniqueness.



Is that our Rafael Montero? We need to get out guys to grow fresh dreads instead of releasing them

smg58
Oct 20 2022 06:00 AM
Re: ALCS 2022

Fun to watch a venerable ace pitcher mowing them down in a big game like that.

Frayed Knot
Oct 20 2022 06:43 AM
Re: ALCS 2022

NYY's leading playoff HR hitter ... Judge? ... Stanton? ... Rizzo?

Nope, it's Harrison Bader.



Bader, who hit 5 in 246 ABs for StL then none in 46 ABs after the deadline trade and IL-delayed debut for the Yanx in the regular season,

hit 4 in his first 16 ABs vs Cleveland and now Houston. It's Matt Carpenter all over again except that Bader can actually play the OF.

Lefty Specialist
Oct 20 2022 06:49 AM
Re: ALCS 2022

It absolutely kills me to say this, but go Astros!

Fman99
Oct 20 2022 07:32 AM
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Yeah I am an Astros fan only based on them being less detestable than the Astros or Yankees (and their fans and the shitbags who wear MFY hats and don't even like baseball just because they're the MFYs and the douchenozzles who wear MFY jerseys with last names on the back like that's even a fucking thing oh no I think I just triggered myself)

MFS62
Oct 20 2022 07:53 AM
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If I can't root for our 1962 National League expansion team, I'll root for the other one.



Later

Frayed Knot
Oct 20 2022 11:28 AM
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As a kid, the Astros were always my second least favorite team. I knew as a lad that the expansion Mets weren't supposed to be good but it always pissed me off that they were always behind the other team which wasn't supposed to be good either.



This week they just happen to be playing my all time least favorite team.

Frayed Knot
Oct 20 2022 07:04 PM
Re: ALCS 2022

Pinhead Astros take a 3-run lead in botom 3 then follow that up with a sloppy frame to give 2 of those runs right back.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Oct 20 2022 08:08 PM
Re: ALCS 2022

Frayed Knot wrote:

Pinhead Astros take a 3-run lead in botom 3 then follow that up with a sloppy frame to give 2 of those runs right back.

He Frambered that play something fierce

Frayed Knot
Oct 20 2022 08:57 PM
Re: ALCS 2022

Yanx down by one, top 9th



K - Rizzo

K- G. Torres

BB - Donaldson (Locastro = pinch runner)

K - Carpenter (ph-ing)





Aaaaaaaaand tha YANQUIS LOSE!!!

bmfc1
Oct 21 2022 10:30 AM
Re: ALCS 2022

If you're a NYY manager or write about the NYYs it's perfectly fine to cite the roof being open as the reason why the NYYs lost but forget it if the Mets ever made an excuse like that one.

kcmets
Oct 21 2022 10:36 AM
Re: ALCS 2022

Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 21 2022 11:21 AM

Some Bronx Bombers Blame Open Roof

and Wind for Thursday Night's Defeat

Hopes are for Reduced Winds at Home Tomorrow

Frayed Knot
Oct 21 2022 10:52 AM
Re: ALCS 2022

Was it only blowing in one half of the innings, and which half?

Did the wind hurt their offense or defense or both and, if so, why didn't it affect Houston?



The roof, btw, is a call made by MLB in post-season so I hope they're not going to try and paint this as another garbage can issue.

Lefty Specialist
Oct 21 2022 01:34 PM
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They also whined that Bregman's home run was a cheapie. Like they've never seen right field at Yankee Stadium.

Frayed Knot
Oct 21 2022 03:31 PM
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Bregman's at least made it over the wall, unlike, say, one of Jeter's.

roger_that
Oct 21 2022 04:03 PM
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I'd like some cheese with that whine, please.

Frayed Knot
Oct 21 2022 05:36 PM
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Jeez, even Francesa (apparently he has a podcast these days) is telling the Yanx to STFU and maybe try getting a few hits instead. Both their runs in Game 2 were unearned and they've K'd 33 times in two games.

kcmets
Oct 21 2022 06:09 PM
Re: ALCS 2022

It's comforting to me that some people have less to do in their lives than

me who search out a Mike Francesa whatever-cast and actually listen.

Frayed Knot
Oct 22 2022 06:29 PM
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Finally caught up to real time in this here Game #3.

Houston winning game 2 was huge I thought as they otherwise would have gone to YSIII not just tied at 1 - 1 but also having to face Cole then Cortes on the road.



But not only did they win #2 but also hung 5 on Cole and got him out in the 5th.

Still 5 - 0 'stros and they've got 2 on and [CROSSOUT]none[/CROSSOUT] one out, top 9

Frayed Knot
Oct 22 2022 06:36 PM
Re: ALCS 2022

The bottom of the 8th featured some Miguel Castro action. He didn't have a great season and spent a chunk of the second half on the IL then wasn't active for the earlier round, but pitched a scoreless frame tonight.



Yanx need at least five or they're looking at a 3 - Zip deficit.

Frayed Knot
Oct 22 2022 06:37 PM
Re: ALCS 2022

Stanton - GO on a nice play by Altuve



(Yanx, btw) are being one hit)

Frayed Knot
Oct 22 2022 06:43 PM
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G. Torres - K

M. Carpenter - 1B (looked catchable)

H. Bader - 1B

J. Donaldson ----

Lefty Specialist
Oct 22 2022 06:44 PM
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Whomp-whomp.

Frayed Knot
Oct 22 2022 06:45 PM
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And Donaldson K's to end the game but begin the boos (and probably the booze too).

Frayed Knot
Oct 23 2022 05:55 PM
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First pitch currently protected for 8:30

Fman99
Oct 23 2022 07:37 PM
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MFYs had jumped out to a 3-0 lead only to give up a 3 run dinger to Jeremy Pena, whoever that is. Go 'stros

Frayed Knot
Oct 23 2022 07:45 PM
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=Fman99 post_id=111837 time=1666575428 user_id=86]
... to Jeremy Pena, whoever that is.



Rookie SS

Born Dominican Republic but drafted 3rd round out of Univ of Maine after attending HS in Rhode Island.

That's probably a unique path.

Frayed Knot
Oct 23 2022 07:54 PM
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Astros take a 4 - 3 lead into bottom 3rd in a game that ain't ending anytime soon.

Frayed Knot
Oct 23 2022 07:58 PM
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Frayed Knot wrote:

=Fman99 post_id=111837 time=1666575428 user_id=86]
... to Jeremy Pena, whoever that is.


Rookie SS

Born Dominican Republic but drafted 3rd round out of Univ of Maine after attending HS in Rhode Island.

That's probably a unique path.



And the son of Geronimo Pena -- 7 year career with StL in the '90s -- I just found out.

bmfc1
Oct 23 2022 10:13 PM
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And that does it for the Yankees season. It must suck for them to get swept. Too bad, so sad.

Gwreck
Oct 23 2022 10:23 PM
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Ordinarily, I want to be pleased that the Yankees were eliminated but Ted Cruz was there right behind the plate cheering for the Astros which complicates things.

G-Fafif
Oct 23 2022 10:31 PM
Re: ALCS 2022

Well done, American League Champion Not the MFYs!

G-Fafif
Oct 23 2022 10:37 PM
Re: ALCS 2022

“Our shit doesn't work in the LCS.”

—Brian Cashman


[tweet]https://twitter.com/espnstatsinfo/status/1584402784643821568[/tweet]

Fman99
Oct 24 2022 04:03 AM
Re: ALCS 2022

And now thanks to the rigid inflexibility of modern postseason scheduling, there will be a four day hiatus before the World Series begins. So that's pretty damn stupid.

Marshmallowmilkshake
Oct 24 2022 04:52 AM
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Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 24 2022 05:41 AM

Ian O'Connor is very, very upset. He posted what can only be called a tantrum in the Post. Poor entitled Ian.



[url]https://nypost.com/2022/10/24/hal-steinbrenner-lucky-he-cant-be-fired-for-yankees-failures/


Truth is, after the Astros finished off their ALCS sweep in The Bronx on a rain-delayed Sunday night, making it 13 straight years that the Yankees have failed to reach the World Series, Steinbrenner deserves to be fired. He is lucky that there isn't anyone in position to call him into the office and deliver the grim news.

MFS62
Oct 24 2022 07:56 AM
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The same paying customers who booed Steinbrenner at ceremonies honoring Paul O'Neill and Derek Jeter are sick and tired of the Yankees saying they willingly signed up to be judged in October, only to repeatedly fail in October.

I would have booed O'Neil and Jeter, too.



Later

batmagadanleadoff
Oct 24 2022 08:32 AM
Re: ALCS 2022


Ian O'Connor is very, very upset. He posted what can only be called a tantrum in the Post. Poor entitled Ian.



[url]https://nypost.com/2022/10/24/hal-steinbrenner-lucky-he-cant-be-fired-for-yankees-failures/


Truth is, after the Astros finished off their ALCS sweep in The Bronx on a rain-delayed Sunday night, making it 13 straight years that the Yankees have failed to reach the World Series, Steinbrenner deserves to be fired. He is lucky that there isn't anyone in position to call him into the office and deliver the grim news.



This is why baseball playoffs are unwatchable as far as I'm concerned. Young Steinbrenner is essentially complaining that his Yankees aren't winning enough coin flips and behaving as if he's entitled to win coin flips. That's really what this all comes down to. Instead, he should be thanking his lucky stars that some 20 years ago, the Yankees were able to win three straight World Series titles. It was an incredible run of luck to be able to pull that off with expanded playoffs. I'm positive that with the current playoff format, the odds of a three-peat are so astonomically miniscule, no matter how great or dominant some team becomes - that I won't see a baseball three-peat under this format even if I live to be 250.

Marshmallowmilkshake
Oct 24 2022 08:44 AM
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=MFS62 post_id=111861 time=1666619794 user_id=60]
The same paying customers who booed Steinbrenner at ceremonies honoring Paul O'Neill and Derek Jeter are sick and tired of the Yankees saying they willingly signed up to be judged in October, only to repeatedly fail in October.

I would have booed O'Neil and Jeter, too.



Later



If we still had bullets of cool, this would be one.

vtmet7
Oct 24 2022 09:53 AM
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on the subject of Jeter/O'Neil...I don't know which bothers me the most:



The Yankees retiring O'Neil's number;



Jeter winning gold gloves;



Jeter thinking that he should have been a unanimous first ballot HOFer...Jeter's stats are solid, don't get me wrong but...IMO, he add Ringo Starr are 2 of the luckiest people in their professions...Put Jeter at another defensive position, and on a different team all his career, and is he still a 1st ballot HOFer or Gold Glove winner?

MFS62
Oct 24 2022 12:23 PM
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All SIT!

And now we'll be inundated with articles speculating whether Judge will re-sign with the MFYs.

And almost the same number of articles saying the Mets should sign him.

At least it keeps the reporters in a job producing a diarrhea of words and a constipation of ideas.



Later

Benjamin Grimm
Oct 24 2022 12:26 PM
Re: ALCS 2022

And the same will happen in the opposite direction with deGrom and the Yankees.

Lefty Specialist
Oct 24 2022 12:55 PM
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Ted Cruz enjoys a warm welcome at Yankee Stadium.



https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FfzRMX8XgAEzODk?format=jpg&name=small>

vtmet7
Oct 24 2022 02:09 PM
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Lefty Specialist wrote:

Ted Cruz enjoys a warm welcome at Yankee Stadium.



https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FfzRMX8XgAEzODk?format=jpg&name=small>


ted cruz should be deported back to cuba

vtmet7
Oct 24 2022 04:32 PM
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Benjamin Grimm wrote:

And the same will happen in the opposite direction with deGrom and the Yankees.


as much as we appreciate deGrom's talents; statistically we could use an all-star RH'd power bat more than we need deGrom...



Mets starting pitchers (without a lot of deGrom's contributions) had the 2nd best NL ERA in 2022.

Mets starting pitchers were tied for 2nd in the NL for "Wins" with 70 wins.

https://www.mlb.com/stats/team/pitching/national-league/regular-season?split=sp&sortState=asc



Mets overall had the 5th best NL Slugging Percentage in 2022.

Mets had the 8th best NL slugging percentage vs LHP in 2022;

https://www.mlb.com/stats/team/national-league/slugging-percentage/regular-season?split=vl

(I would imagine that it dropped on days that Marte was not in the lineup)...

G-Fafif
Oct 25 2022 09:39 AM
Re: ALCS 2022

Hope some of you made it to the Elimination Day Parade. A great time was had by all!

MFS62
Oct 25 2022 10:36 AM
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Hope some of you made it to the Elimination Day Parade. A great time was had by all!

I laughed and cried.

Later