THERE'S ONLY ONE POSTSEASON (thread for 2019)

Rays radio team was brutalizing them (deservedly i guess)

was initially questioning the braves starting folty instead of soroka

i no longer am

His trip to Gwinnett fixed whatever his problem was. He went from really bad to really good.

Soroka seemed pretty gassed down the stretch too.

there was some utz on that dang

LET'S
GO
TWINS

OTM

quite a graphic of hr/ab -- RUTH / CRUZ / DYKSTRA -- all legends imo

you could talk me out of ruth perhaps

edwins a baller

he really is

fuck making him shave his face tho

any shots of Big Boy Caprice so far?

POLANCOOOOOOOOOOOOO

this brazen-ass dweeb pic.twitter.com/BzkurGlHLs

— Meg Rowley (@megrowler) October 5, 2019

Twins fans not making many friends here at Yankee Stadium but cracking me up. Love it. pic.twitter.com/YHTItap1yP

— Cespedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) October 5, 2019

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_nice

lol the Great Ottavino!

back to the storefront pitching lab

btw in a bar watching STL-ATL I finally saw the WE PLAY LOUD promo.

how loathsome. volume for its own sake is the horror of contemporary America.

much better: Eric Roberts walk-in tub ad (with free toilet)

what are the fascists chanting now?

I loooove seeing visitors hit cheap Yankee Stadium HRs

i am informed that Julius P and *both* his parents are rooting for the twins

I guess motherhood changes people

fuck and doublefuck

it was rudy, tbh

Edwin’s smooth face saddens me greatly.

maybe for the 7th inning stretch Rudy can be stoned

That could make me a Yankees fan for life.

Nationals looking good

man, I STILL hate those "postseason leaders" that mix World Series-only and tournament eras. Ignorant.

that was on Judge's glove side; no Swoboda.

Anyway, Maybin just followed first major league hit with a HR to dead center -- both hits off Clemens.

― Andy K, Saturday, August 18, 2007 5:28 PM (twelve years ago) bookmarkflaglink

"Curtis" Maybin, in Tim McCarver's view.

― Andy K, Saturday, August 18, 2007 5:40 PM (twelve years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Ha - I didn't realize Rajah hit Maybin the AB following his dead-center HR.

― David R., Saturday, August 25, 2007 12:02 AM (twelve years ago) bookmarkflaglink

watching NL, listening AL

Not sure if the Nats can use any starters in relief tonight, so I wouldn't write off the Dodgers in this one yet.

i was at maybin's debut; tbh he looked overwhelmed by andy pettitte

good dude, glad he carved out a career

47 pitches through four

0 hits thru 5

he could be done

Uh. When did Howie Kendrick become amazing and how?!

he's always been . . . a professional hitter

sorry, thru 4. i'm ready for sleep

Now pitching for the Yankees, an asshole

— C. Radbourn, Esq. (@OldHossRadbourn) October 5, 2019

Wtf was going on with Strasburg there??

that was on Judge's glove side; no Swoboda.

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, October 4, 2019 10:20 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

ok this is just...hilarious

Scherzer's 8th inning RP appearance on 2 days rest was absolutely filthy.

They should have used him in the 9th lol

4 pitch walk. Yikes

Best of three

I was sure that IBB was going to backfire on the Nats. The Dodgers couldn't get anything going all night because of the K's, but the Nats can't tag team Stras and Scherzer every night

wtf

LOS ANGELES — In response to your question — "What the devil are the Washington Nationals doing using their superstar starting pitchers out of the bullpen" — the answer is now clear. The sneaky make-up-our-own-rules Nats are trying to steal a five-game series from the imperial Los Angeles Dodgers

Like a pirate ship sweeping up on a stately frigate with treasure in its hold, the Nats have no intention of playing fair in this National League Division Series or acknowledging any big-league code of conduct or unwritten rules of fair play. They want the gold, the diamonds, and, blimey, the pearls, too.

Thanks to the bizarre, and probably unfair, dynamics of baseball’s five-game Division Series — with those five games spread generously over seven days—it is possible for a team with three fab starting pitchers who are game for the heist to come along aside and, “arrrrr,” board a mightier ship.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/the-nationals-are-breaking-the-rules-and-just-might-steal-the-series-from-the-dodgers/2019/10/05/ff72f8f6-e711-11e9-a6e8-8759c5c7f608_story.html

CHEATS! FAKE BALL!

twins starter tnight - https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/05/twins-pitcher-randy-dobnak-drives-for-uber-and-lyft-on-the-side.html

xp yeah that's dumb, but it's true the five-game series is flawed this way

at the same time, it seemed like the dodgers were regressing to their undisciplined plate approaches that screwed them last year. they looked like a different team in that respect when the season began and have sort of been backsliding.