THERE'S ONLY ONE POSTSEASON (thread for 2019)

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.

also, relying on Max and Stras this heavily is likely to stop working at some point

It looks mike Max is enjoying this approach so far. not sure if Strasburg was appreciating it as much.

Everybody (incl. on this thread) forgets that Corbin put together a really nice season for the Nats this year (4.8 fWAR, #13 SP in MLB) or (5.4 bWAR, tied for #10 with Soroka in MLB)

Isn't that what was meant by "three fab starting pitchers?"

lol

Make it stop.

So much for the twins.

feel like they will definitely win the division, as that's the only way for their postseason to consist solely of losing to the yankees

― mookieproof, Tuesday, August 13, 2019 5:17 PM (one month ago)

shoulda started Scott Erickson

I do believe they can win Monday

Will Leitch on hustle fetishization:

https://www.mlb.com/news/ronald-acuna-jr-s-hustle-in-game-1-of-nlds

intrigued to see if Snell gives up any runs, cuz I don't think Cole is

xp

ehh. i'm willing to cut dudes some slack on running out routine ground balls during a 162-game season, but it's not like he crushed that ball -- he sliced it into the corner

it didn't matter, but it might have. obviously sitting him would be ridiculous and i do not now hate him or anything, but i don't think it's too much to ask that players run hard in the playoffs

I don't either... but making it the #1 postgame talking point is very mulish.

of course d'Arnaud got fixed immediately after leaving the Mets

Uh

uh?

Cole's control was ridiculous last night, especially considering the major action he was getting.

Cole was good in Pittsburgh, but what did he figure out that he did not used to have?

This is in part the sad state of New York and in part they tore down the old place and made into Canyon Ranch. https://t.co/C4CbfmVxC7

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) October 6, 2019

Re cole: it’s the thing that the mets said where they don’t want to trade players and watch them be good on other teams BC the other teams are smarter than them

Lookin forward to what Kay and Woods-Richardson can do, on that note!

less snarkily:

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/gerrit-cole-is-meeting-old-expectations/

🐦[This is in part the sad state of New York and in part they tore down the old place and made into Canyon Ranch. https://t.co/C4CbfmVxC7🕸
— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) October 6, 2019🕸]🐦

hardly unique (lol i hate all owners and corp interests)

yours is named after a razed original, only bcz you have a revenue stream from Italian tourists buying your caps

I know this narrative is a balm for you in these dark days, it’s completely understandable.

This fan hated Wolf of Wall Street. Most of us, in my section anyway, get hyped for playoff games reading Laszlo Krasznahorkai.

dude, c'mon, we're talking about fans who can actually afford playoff tickets.

these are not dark days compared to the '92 Mets (or '92 Yankees)

Schildt & Snitker were a popular German vaudeville team in Yorkville of the 1910s

It's true, I cannot afford playoff tickets.

well, youre a good egg for a NYY fan

erstwhile ilxor HungryForAss agrees w/ me that Dansby seems to be getting prettier every year

xp I grudgingly accept this backhanded compliment

My dad and his dad were alright too. And Don Delillo.

my best friend is one! also Ralph Nader.

nobody's perfekt

Well, Don Larsen. Boomer Wells. The Cone-dawg.

Darling's mention of Pete Alexander and Burleigh Grimes reminds me of the anecdote about the Fox Sports exec who yelled "I DON'T WANNA HEAR ABOUT DEAD GUYS!"

Love to see the head-first slide to beat a throw at first.

can the yankees play the twins every series

and k3vin, also good egg

great day for Waino as I believe they call him

I assume KM is watching in seclusion

nervously