general 2021 MLB discussion thread

Jays made last night way more interesting than it needed to be aswell.

strong work by the rays

if soto doesn't start burying the sox i'm rescinding my MVP vote

tingler out, if you know what i mean

they're gonna bring in buck

athletic article yesterday suggested that no veteran name manager will want to put up with preller’s micromanaging, but i imagine some combination of money + having good young players will do the trick

biggest AB of soto's career right here

sox are killing me here. renfro loses it in the… twilight? why’s he playing center in the 8th inning of a 1-0 game anyway??

That pitch the Boston reliever was so upset about: could have been called a strike, but not an obvious strike by any means.

(xpost) For you and me, but not for Soto, I don't think.

Soto's a bum

so the sox and yankees will take the wild cards with wins on sunday; with losses, they'll at least get a game 163

boston won the season series against each of the other three, so should play at home in case of ties

chris sale is slated to pitch for the sox tomorrow in what is not now a must-win game -- but if they lose they could face two straight must-win games instead of one. do you still start him?

also the yankees are facing michael wacha tomorrow, which would seem to bode well for them

Always bet against post-rookie Wacha

Even this Mariners game right now is nuts.

Still a chance for a four-way wild card tie going into the last day of the season

omg if there’s a four-way tie boston and toronto would be at home for game 163 and the yankees would choose which one they wanted to play

CURRENT POSSIBILITIES (YES, THIS ALL COULD HAPPEN)

Four-way tie: Boston, Toronto, New York, Seattle

Three-way tie 1: Boston, Seattle, Toronto

Three-way tie 2: Boston, New York, Seattle

Three-way tie 3: Boston, Toronto, New York

Three-way tie 4: Toronto, New York, Seattle

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 3, 2021

the yankees would choose which one they wanted to play

That's amazing. Win or lose, at least you wouldn't have to play whichever team you insult again.

very much want this to happen

that is insane

The Jays will need to reach the WC game via tiebreaker anyway so I'm rooting for the most chaotic possible outcomes. Four way tie!

let's gooooo

Wild card races are like “these teams suck by this exact same amount “

mariners looking hapless.... maybe we'll get another dorktown video out of this at least

If you're not watching the Jays broadcast, you might not know this: Vlad has now hit more HR than anyone 22 or younger ever (passed Eddie Matthews).

Second most in a season for a blue Jay too.

sox went with sale *and* it didn't work

he didn’t have it but i’m kind of shocked he was lifted so early? saving him for tuesday?

starting to think verdugo’s a bit of an idiot

that'll about do it for the NL west

kind of unfortunate that if we even get a SF-LAD series it'll only be five games

the real world series tbrr

well michael wacha certainly did his job

rays offense once again costing team ace michael wacha his well earned win

fuck em up nats

5-1 Nationals!

Of the 10,000 dumb ideas MLB ever had, the synchronized last-day finish--which I assume was inspired by the wild finish that one year--has to rank near the top.

Amazing. I’ve got the Rays / Yankees on the 2nd monitor now

(Top of the best, that is.)

Lowe up with two on!

Of the 10,000 dumb ideas MLB ever had, the synchronized last-day finish--which I assume was inspired by the wild finish that one year--has to rank near the top.

― clemenza, Sunday, October 3, 2021 5:07 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

i remember it was well received at the time but right now mlb.tv is melting my laptop

https://i.postimg.cc/LXK0chWx/image.png

is this a relative or a future republican senator

Those 45 Marcus Semien homers would've looked nice on the A's tally :/

(Top of the best, that is.)

i was gonna say!

Cruz and Meadows left a runner at third with one out.

carlos correa has been hugging people for the past 20 minutes

I was wondering if randy was going to try stealing home, because it definitely looked like the bats weren’t going to get him there.

https://i.imgur.com/bPLcK6I.gif

5-3 Nationals, Boston poised for more. I've got a bad feeling.

Alex Verdugo all is forgiven!!

5-5. Relying on other teams is the worst.

love too get the extra-inning ghost runner in a season-deciding situation

Fuck--2nd and 3rd, Yankees, one out.