FIRST-ROUND PLAYOFF CLUSTERFUCK OF 2020

year keeps getting worse

That Twins playoff losing streak is a pretty fluky weird thing.

I was watching the game in real time as they collapsed... has anyone officially deemed it a curse?

this is one of those games where i miss the ability to change audio feeds

The Twins thing is unbelievable (I knew about their Yankees problem, but had no idea). That is exceptionally hard to do in baseball. Sooner or later, someone--especially on a playoff team (this isn't the '88 Orioles)--is going to throw a good game.

other streaks:

cleveland has lost nine straight games when facing elimination

dusty baker has lost ten straight games when in a position to clinch a series

Twins haven’t lost the series yet jeez.

Huge blow for the Milwaukee Brewers: Rookie right-hander Devin Williams, the best reliever in baseball this year, has been left off the roster for their wild card series against the top-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers, sources tell ESPN. He's dealing with an arm issue, sources said.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) September 30, 2020

damn

CIN-ATL is the first playoff game ever to go scoreless through 11

some extremely dumb management contributing to the length of that game

Marlins doing heavy damage vs the Cubs right now.

What's the postseason record for LOBs in a game? Feel like CIN-ATL has to be setting mutltiples (total, by a team, by a player, etc.)

rip twins

seven hits in 18 innings

Finally, only took 5 hours.

congrats to most hated team in America for advancing (for once, not barves)

rip blue jays

They’ve come back from worse. But doubt that will happen here.

CLE pitchers, 2020: 11.2 fWAR (1st)
NYY pitchers, 2020: 5.9 fWAR (14th)

BOS pitchers, 2020: -0.2 fWAR looool

This NYY-CLE game is really great if you're still up

You weren’t kidding.

losing teams playing megasloppy today

brewers better pull this series out, i still think the sub-.500 astros winning the WS is the best and funniest possibility but along the way i need the sub-.500 smallest market team in the world to kill the dodgers in the first round

marlins over cubs too, obviously

if the brewers just have to lose then i need the astros to beat the yankees in the ALCS again and the dodgers in the WS again

marlins-cubs game 2 postponed

now up to 18

The Reds have been held scoreless through 16 innings to start the postseason.

That's the 3rd-longest streak of scoreless innings by a team's hitters to start the playoffs (+ still in progress).

Only longer:
1921 Giants -- 20 innings
2018 Braves -- 19 innings

(h/t @EliasSports)

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) October 1, 2020

scoreless after 5

Groundhog Day

broke that up

i bet not even Siri remembers this schedule

brewers better pull this series out, i still think the sub-.500 astros winning the WS is the best and funniest possibility but along the way i need the sub-.500 smallest market team in the world to kill the dodgers in the first round

their star player is in a long slump and they have no starters, I'm not exactly hopeful right now

rip reds

22 scoreless innings

My goodness pic.twitter.com/mia7BZ5PbF

— Daren Willman (@darenw) October 1, 2020

^^^longest homer hit in oakland in the statcast era

(by luis robert)

lol they were interviewing ramon laureano in-game and he swore very loudly after the jimenez double. also doesn't sound very thrilled at being interviewed in general

the ball keeps getting hit to him while they're asking him questions and he's so pissed off

Love to watch playoff telecasts modeled after MTV Rock 'n' Jock baseball games.

"playoff"

https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/robin-ventura-david-wells-dr-dre-at-mtvs-rock-n-jock-baseball-game-in-picture-id111182729

white sox on their sixth pitcher . . . in the fourth

Setting aside the public health concerns, which take precedence to be sure, has anyone at MLB thought about what a miserable atmosphere you get with 11,000 people scattered about a 50,000 seat basemall? It will be like a Marlins game.

— Joe Sheehan (@joe_sheehan) September 30, 2020

renteria is definitely over-managing this game

wonder what the record is for walks issued while winning a playoff game

I'd say the Reds hitting performance in this years playoffs is another fluky record, going 22 innings without scoring a run.

Of course, I would figure that this years Reds team batting average being something stupid like .214 is probably part of the problem.

This is the year of the most fugly pro baseball I can ever remember. Unwatchable.

tatis is pretty good

TATIS

uh oh

MACHADO

That lovable scamp Will Myers!

That bat flip just beheaded the cutout of shirtless Ed Whitson.

that scamp, that wil myers

plus, last time the padres were in the playoffs (2006), i think they were eliminated by the cardinals team on their way to their current "greatest WS team ever, as measured by pure talent" status

there was also that game 163 in 2007 where (future cardinal stalwart) matt holliday never touched home plate

i love you too KM. Hope the Cards get smoked.

Is this a Pads bullpen game?

yep

i am ready for a ~signature dylan carlson rookie moment~

why isn't polyphonic in here challenging you to fite

san diegans are mellow

<3

so seven Central teams made the playoffs and they collectively won two games before dying

this helps trump, doesn't it rip real america