I'm beginning to believe there should be no replays except on run-scoring plays. Really tired of it all. -- Al
2017 Baseball Season: Let's Play Two! (2 Viewers)
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After the pop up off the end of the bat home run to right that in any other ballpark, the right fielder would have had to come in on to catch, I shut off the game and moved to Monday Night Football.
What a joke of a ballpark, an embarrassment really; now I find out Quasimodo hit a three run bomb to left.
Sure, up 5 zip with no pressure, it's easy to swing from your heels and hit one out.
Sherman Klump pitching like Gibson, Koufax and Drysdale all rolled into one; he probably outweights the three of them combined too.......................
What a joke of a ballpark, an embarrassment really; now I find out Quasimodo hit a three run bomb to left.
Sure, up 5 zip with no pressure, it's easy to swing from your heels and hit one out.
Sherman Klump pitching like Gibson, Koufax and Drysdale all rolled into one; he probably outweights the three of them combined too.......................
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Couldn’t have said it better myself. Frazier flicks his bat and it’s gone. That right field is a joke. I really don’t like the new Yankee Stadium, doesn’t have the charm of the old one. I’ve tried to get my son to go there but after the reception he’s received from many fans because he’s an Angels fan, he refuses to go. Fortunately, the Angels were at Citifield this year and we caught a couple of games.
Let’s hope the Colts game is better.
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Well the Baby Bombers got at least one ALCS, one more and they force a 6th game back in Houston as I hoped. Still playing with house money, and Judge even showed signs of life this evening!
P.S.: I also hate New Yankee Stadium and miss the old house, but last time I checked both teams play in the same park each game, and, unlike the old Yankees this team has mostly right handed power hitters (Judge, Sanchez, Todd Frazier), so the Baby Bombers should not have an unfair advantage.
P.S.: I also hate New Yankee Stadium and miss the old house, but last time I checked both teams play in the same park each game, and, unlike the old Yankees this team has mostly right handed power hitters (Judge, Sanchez, Todd Frazier), so the Baby Bombers should not have an unfair advantage.
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Puig has been fun to watch in the playoffs. One of the few guys in MLB who appears to be having fun on the field. Mattingly did his best to crush him but the current Dodger front office seems to have put him on a path to success. He has wicked talent and charisma which is sorely lacking in baseball. It's no doubt a thin line to let Puig be himself like a big kid in a sport that has a lot of guys who approach the game like they are undergoing a colonoscopy, but so far so good.
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The ballbag who hit the pop up home run to right is a right handed hitter, he flicked his bat at the ball and it sailed over the fence.
As a right handed hitter, that short porch is an easy mark, so stop with the nonsense.
Nice to see CC pitching like he did; at this stage of his career, he can't break a pane of glass with his fastball, but the older/fatter he's gotten, the more he's learned how to actually PITCH, all the while doing it with the grace and elegance of a freighter coming into port in a monsoon. The crooked hat and baggy pants makes him look like some stooge down in times square conning tourists with games of rigged three card monte.
Good move by the Astors manager to stick with his two horses for games 5 and 6; I am conceding today to the MFYs, if they beat the two Astors aces back to back or beat one of the two to force a do or die game 7, then they deserve to win the series.
And it's not a typo, I call the Astros the Astors (long story and it's not a funny one).............................
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Looks like Judge is out of his funk! The Yankees will be heading back to Houston for a game 6, and it’s now a best of 3 series for the pennant! The Baby Bombers are growing up fast! Even if the Yankees don’t win another game this post-season, this is the most I’ve enjoyed a season since 1996! GO YANKEES!!!!
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Hell of a job from the Astors bullpen trying to shut down Quasimodo and the 1927 Yankees tonight.
Hinch should let his two aces pitch until their arms fall off in the next two games, that's the only shot the Astors have at this point.
Hard to fathom that a team that led MLB in no less than 9 offensive categories can look so anemic vs the corpse of CC Sabathia, an ex Kamikaze pilot who's arm should have fallen off by now and Sonny " I come up small in big situations" Gray.
And are people seriously trumpeting Altuve as MVP; he's been nothing short of hot garbage in this series, he butchered that run down on Headley "I'm hitting .056 in this series, so naturally I'll get a pinch hit single to start the comeback engine" Lamar himself.
This thing is as over as over gets.
Good job Astors.
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The Dodgers are clicking on all cylinders right now, what a thrill it's going to be when Quasimodo and the 1927 MFY's complete the hat trick and take down the 104 win Dodgers after beating the 101 win Astors and the 102 win Indians.
Then Louis will tell us how happy he is the baby bombers won a WS, something he's rarely seen in his 50 years as a MFY fan.......................all on a night when Hayward shattered his ankle 5 minutes into his Celtic career.......................
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Barring a miracle (hey, what the Hell, I saw one today, so who knows), the Cubs are about to go down 0-3 to the Dodgers.
Now I can tell you from past experience (and hey, what do you know ,tonight is the 13 anniversary of the Dave Roberts steal off of Fruitbat) it is possible to come back from down 0-3, but that said, Cubs Fan-face is something to behold; arms folded, combined with a disgusted/woe is me/annoyed/pissed off/here we go again/Bataan Death March survivor eyes glazed over death stare, not even breaking a 109 year old curse can wipe it away...........................
Now I can tell you from past experience (and hey, what do you know ,tonight is the 13 anniversary of the Dave Roberts steal off of Fruitbat) it is possible to come back from down 0-3, but that said, Cubs Fan-face is something to behold; arms folded, combined with a disgusted/woe is me/annoyed/pissed off/here we go again/Bataan Death March survivor eyes glazed over death stare, not even breaking a 109 year old curse can wipe it away...........................
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There will be no miracle; the Dodger bullpen is the real deal, the best in baseball. For example, they made a trade with the Pirates earlier this year to acquire the highly coveted left handed Tony Watson, just for that one or two outs.
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The Astros and Cubs picked the wrong time to have their bats go quiet. The Astros are averaging 2.25 runs per game against the Yankees and the Cubs are averaging 1.33 runs per game against the Dodgers. They both averaged close to 5 runs per game during the regular season.
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I know it’s a cliche, but good pitching usually beats good hitting. The Astros and Cubs bats have gone quiet because the Yankees and Dodgers starters and bullpen have pitched lights out. The Yankees bats were ridiculously quiet in games one and two of the ALCS because Dallas Keuchel and Verlander were virtually unhitable. I suspect the Yankees bats will again like impotent for the first 7 innings of today’s game. The Yankees will lose today unless Tanaka continues his dominant playoff performances, or the Yankees have another late inning rally in them.
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It's not a cliché, it's the truth.
The problem is aside from the back end of the bullpen, the MFY pitching is not good.
The corpse of CC, the ex kamikaze pilot, Sonny Gray and Severino are not Palmer, McNally, Dobson and Cuellar.
I'll give you Severino, but the other three are a hot mess.
The Astors approach at the plate this series has been putrid, they aren't squaring up meatballs being thrown at them like they did all season long.
The Yankees have feasted on the Astors bullpen, they haven't touched the starters outside of that tomato can who pitched in game 3 (imagine he's lined up for game 7 if it gets that far).
October baseball vs the 1927 Yankees/Ruth/Gehrig/DiMaggio/Mantle/Reggie/Jeter/and all the ghosts is a far cry from the White Sox in July...........................
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Louis:
I definitely agree with you, I just feel that there is a little more to it than that. Tanaka pitched against the Astros in May and gave up 8 earned runs in 1.2 innings. 5 months later he held them to 2 runs. I guess one over-simplified explanation is that is playoff baseball, and that is why I watch it. ^&grin
-Jason
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It’s really not more complicated than Louis says it is. In addition, Tanaka has pitched much better of late so you can’t compare the Tanaka of earlier this season with the one from late 2017.
Moreover, during the season you will see a lot of scoring but in playoff baseball, everything tightens up and it boils down to pitching, pitching and pitching. It’s akin to basketball turning into a halfcourt game during the playoffs.
Moreover, during the season you will see a lot of scoring but in playoff baseball, everything tightens up and it boils down to pitching, pitching and pitching. It’s akin to basketball turning into a halfcourt game during the playoffs.
Sure called this one, George. The ex-Kamikaze pilot has the Astros falling on their own knives and it's back to Houston with all the pressure on the Astros. Let me know what Lotto numbers you plan on playing. -- Al