THERE'S ONLY ONE POSTSEASON (thread for 2019)

Getting out of the first inning allowing five runs instead of seven is starting to seem like it would have been an important thing.

— Joe Sheehan (@joe_sheehan) October 16, 2019

ok what is the fucking shark shit about

Baby shark is a song

baby shark

^^^That version has over 3.6B views, all versions total over 5B. I think only 3 other songs have more views in the history of youtube.

At least the rally monkey was original

here's your chance Paul

oooo its getting good folks

congrats, nats! they arguably outplayed the cardinals in this series

https://i1.wp.com/assets.sbnation.com/assets/2619775/harperhit2_medium.gif

Didn't occur to me that the Senators hadn't been in the WS since 1933!

"first in war, first in peace, last in the American League"

maddon to the opiates angels on a three-year deal

Maddon and Trout is sure to be a fun ride.

officially ppd tonight

so yanks will get tanaka on full rest for game four and would have paxton on full rest for game five -- but they'll also be looking at (potentially) four games in four days, which should limit their ability to fully bullpen

I'm hoping this makes for a longer series, but i just can't see how giving the Astros any free days can be seen as a + for the Yanks.

Houston just announced Greinke tom. (vs Tanka) and Verlander Friday (vs Paxton)

This seems like giving Yanks a foot in the door, wiping JV out for games 6 and 7. I expect them to even the series tomorrow.

Also NYY bullpen would seem to benefit more from today off?

sportsbooks very bullish on Astros for what that's worth

Nats odds have increased from ~37% to about 43% following the sweep. guess an extra week of rest matters a lot

nah it's just zero-sum. the cards had ~5% yesterday.

lol yeah Hadrian, delay the aces for charity

i factored that in actually, the ~37% was for the NL winner, whoever it was

xp no, make sure you don't get into a game 7 battle of the bullpens, w/ no Cole or Verlander

I guess this mean they are pretty confident it won't go that far

put the boot on the neck

if they have to bullpen it in game seven, so it goes. there's no sense in doing it earlier, skipping rested starters, just in case

similar to criticism of Boone on Sunday night

There’s currently a 25-mph wind blowing out to rightfield at Yankee Stadium. Would be interesting if that continues. #Yankees #Astros #ALCS

— David Lennon (@DPLennon) October 17, 2019

just bumping this past the Players Choice Awards :)

I think the winds are sposed to die down around 6pm

wind still seems strong but not exactly blowing out?

the color balance on this broadcast is blasphemy

chirinos talk to your pitcher

woohoooo Sanchez

Greinke only walked 3 in an inning once before (2007 vs KC)

George je t’aime d’amour

love those pissed-off primates in the stands

Rufus T. Firefly : I, uh, I'm sorry I said that; it isn't fair to the rest of the baboons

Stanks (ie Sanchez again!) can't execute a rundown

Excellent job cutting to Boone just as he dribbled spit down the front of his jacket

Don't know how many of you are listening to ESPN Radio, but the Yankees' charge that the Astros were "whistling"/sign stealing led to a brief MLB investigation. Hinch reacted angrily in front of the media today.

what the f bro’s, earn dat

No one at Fox Sports knows how to use a camera?

ok 7/10 Swobodas on that

Yankees also accused the jays of having a “man in white” stealing signs from center field a few years ago.

Maybe it was Jack White.

Good move by Hinch here imho.

Fuck another walk!

these walks are gonna murderize em

Lol - that emotional Astros fan they cut to!

over the hill Edwin

HUGE K's from Pressly there.