oh god - what did they Rays owner do (aside from being cheap)?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 17:14 (four years ago) link
just in time for the AL WC
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/amp/Oakland-s-curveball-City-sues-county-over-14481751.php
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 18:47 (four years ago) link
i know a Baseball Prospectus writer suggested this week that Nats piggyback Strasburg after Scherzer tonight. Anyone think they will?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 20:05 (four years ago) link
you'd have to be almost certain they would (if the brewers can hit scherzer, at least). it's a do-or-die game, and the nats bullpen is terrible
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 20:07 (four years ago) link
that doesn't sound like a dave martinez kind of move
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
also . . . idk.
i mean yes, it's a do-or-die game, but the goal is to win the world series, not beat milwaukee and get crushed by the dodgers. and i don't see how they can beat LA without scherzer/strasburg/corbin operating at full strength
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 20:23 (four years ago) link
True, but assuming it's like a Straburg "throw day" ... two innings?
The Ringer MLB Show guys also suggested that the first game in the Atlanta series is more must-win than usual for the Braves because of Flaherty in Game 2.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 20:26 (four years ago) link
ugh i don't think i can bear it! Dodgers relief pitching will be the end of me .
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 20:31 (four years ago) link
keuchel has G1 for the braves, presumably soroka for G2
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 20:31 (four years ago) link
I have no idea whether ATL has been sandbagging the last 10 days or if they really ran out of steam at the worst time.
― WmC, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 20:38 (four years ago) link
You're actually going to do this for a wild-card game? I mean, sometimes the Blue Jays beat the Astros.
https://www.mlb.com/news/brewers-nationals-position-by-position
They might instead limit themselves to two or three pertinent questions, starting with "Is Max Scherzer lights out?" If yes, that's enough right there.
The Unbearable Search for Content.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 22:38 (four years ago) link
hypothetical starting pitchers as relief pitchers probably a moot point anyway with scherzer starting, of course
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 23:02 (four years ago) link
The Brewers will win in 11 innings tonight because Dave Martinez will try to get six outs from Rodney.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 1 October 2019 23:06 (four years ago) link
Scherzer has not been very Scherzer post-injury.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 October 2019 23:27 (four years ago) link
see above
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:12 (four years ago) link
ohhhh lol max
― WmC, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:12 (four years ago) link
Off to a good start!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:13 (four years ago) link
Yessssssssss baby
― frogbs, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:16 (four years ago) link
Do your dance, YG, do your dance.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:17 (four years ago) link
will this game end before midnight eastern y/n
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:20 (four years ago) link
Daym.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:28 (four years ago) link
Might be over soon!
wow. ok, so...imo get strasburg in but that's me
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:28 (four years ago) link
def not lights out
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:28 (four years ago) link
scherzer has only thrown 20 pitches - he can still throw a game 2 or 3.
― It is my great honor to post on this messageboard! (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:29 (four years ago) link
i was promised lights out
thames was so on that
i’m not sure that working insanely fast is in max’s best interests
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:31 (four years ago) link
Strasburg has had a 1.50 era or something since Max’s injury.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:31 (four years ago) link
if Martinez waits til it's 5-0 before pulling Max, would that be... Mathenaging?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:38 (four years ago) link
oooh warning track power
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:45 (four years ago) link
By the way, I meant "Lights Out" in the Angry Samoans sense.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:48 (four years ago) link
I think the ol' band Heston wd be good walkup music for Keston Hiura
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:52 (four years ago) link
Ball seems to be flying today this might be a high scoring one
― frogbs, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:59 (four years ago) link
"today"
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:59 (four years ago) link
what are Soto's defensive metrics like?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 01:08 (four years ago) link
i've already broken out the Svedka + seltzer, which could be a mistake
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 01:21 (four years ago) link
I’m on strong beer #2.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 01:28 (four years ago) link
cheers TT
no chance Hader comes in before the 8th?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 01:32 (four years ago) link
i don’t have the sound on — has ron given the ‘max doesn’t have his best stuff but he’s battling’ speech yet
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 01:33 (four years ago) link
"I've never seen him work this hard to get thru 5 innings"
Darling's been better compared to the other postseason gigs I've heard
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 01:36 (four years ago) link
his game always seems to dip compared to his work in the Mets booth
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 01:37 (four years ago) link
lol dozier getting jobbed
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 01:47 (four years ago) link
I hate Moustakas
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 01:48 (four years ago) link
Yeah those weren’t even close
― frogbs, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 01:48 (four years ago) link
game has slowed waaaay down
should be a tense finish
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 01:59 (four years ago) link
Bottom of the 7th gonna be the inflection point here. Strasberg is cruising and Hader is almost certainly going 2.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 02:14 (four years ago) link
"But we can't have robot umps. What if the baseball morphs into a head of cabbage on the way to home plate? Who will make the call?" https://t.co/x3HJEDXWUf— Joe Sheehan (@joe_sheehan) October 2, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 02:18 (four years ago) link
SHUTDOWN INNINGS from drew pom
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 02:24 (four years ago) link
is grandal related to bill cowher
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 02:28 (four years ago) link
have advanced to a can of Pilsner Urqueil
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 02:33 (four years ago) link
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 20 October 2019 04:18 (four years ago) link
I literally love Jose Altuve!
― clemenza, Sunday, 20 October 2019 04:18 (four years ago) link
EVIL VANQUISHED
SUCK IT, CALSTARS
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 20 October 2019 04:19 (four years ago) link
ALTUVE¡¡¡¡¡
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 20 October 2019 04:19 (four years ago) link
That crack of the bat and the sound of the crowd was **kisses fingers**
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 20 October 2019 04:20 (four years ago) link
Dual abusers collapse! What an ending!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 20 October 2019 04:20 (four years ago) link
hahahaaaaaa, great finish
― Galangal Baker (WmC), Sunday, 20 October 2019 04:21 (four years ago) link
The Astros just don't know when to stop quitting.
― clemenza, Sunday, 20 October 2019 04:23 (four years ago) link
Springer will walk it off -- I'm calling it now.
Nailed it.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 20 October 2019 04:25 (four years ago) link
The elation of knowing the Chapman’s sweating shit grin will be replayed over and over and over for the foreseeable future.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 20 October 2019 04:25 (four years ago) link
I appreciated that response.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 20 October 2019 04:30 (four years ago) link
We can now put the 2010s in the books as the greatest decade of New York baseball in a century.
Mets pennants: 1Yankees pennants: 0
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 20 October 2019 04:31 (four years ago) link
After the 2016 World Series I coulda told the yanks fans to not rely on Chapman in postseason crunch time.
― omar little, Sunday, 20 October 2019 04:36 (four years ago) link
https://imgur.com/a/NnmiyV0
― buzza, Sunday, 20 October 2019 04:41 (four years ago) link
As a Yankee fan I am disappointed, but as a baseball fan I must really appreciate the great heart and talent of Jose Altuve and the rest of the Astros. They were the better team. I wish them the best in the WS. And like the Brooklyn fans of old I say, “Wait For Next Year.”— Rudy Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) October 20, 2019
― mookieproof, Sunday, 20 October 2019 06:59 (four years ago) link
Really? Better than the 80's?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 20 October 2019 08:48 (four years ago) link
The Mattingly teams were definitely the most boring Yankee teams of the last century.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 20 October 2019 08:51 (four years ago) link
Yankees World Series appearances 1980s: 02010s: 0
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 20 October 2019 11:18 (four years ago) link
The Yankkes played the Dodgers in the 1981 World Series
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 20 October 2019 12:50 (four years ago) link
^^^^^^
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 20 October 2019 14:33 (four years ago) link
admittedly the '80s are a close second
but Mike fuckin' Scioscia
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 20 October 2019 14:34 (four years ago) link
Giuliani avoiding the word "till" up there til he gets his hand out of it.
They had Rickey for awhile!
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 20 October 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link
I... got my info from a tweet that's been deleted. Shame on me.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 20 October 2019 15:25 (four years ago) link
Those 80s teams were shitty but far from boring. The hirings and firings and Bronx Zoo melodrama kept on, and Winfield in addition to Rickey. Donnie Baseball was a joy.
Most boring Yankee decade was def the ten years pre-George, the Bobby Murcer/Mel Stottlemeyer teams
― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 20 October 2019 16:36 (four years ago) link
If we're talking about ten consecutive years, then those pre-George years were definitely the worst. But if we're dealing with decades, then they still won three WS titles, Whitey and Mickey, Maris' record ...
The '80's teams had some good players but not a single memorable team, the hirings and firings were a sad joke because the team wasn't winning (as opposed to the 70's).
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 20 October 2019 19:31 (four years ago) link
The '85 team was sort of memorable in that they took the Jays to game #161, Mattingly and Henderson (and Brett) had a great MVP duel, Billy Martin was brought back again (4th time?), and--game #162--Neikro won his 300th. Maybe just memorable from a Toronto perspective.
― clemenza, Sunday, 20 October 2019 20:26 (four years ago) link
Possible cheap win by Osuna last night.
― clemenza, Sunday, 20 October 2019 20:33 (four years ago) link
Steinbush bought em in '73, so'65-72 was the nadir of the CBS years. In NYC they're often called the Horace Clarke era.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 21 October 2019 00:36 (four years ago) link