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The main reason I'd prefer Detroit is if they beat us, I'd be ok with that, they've got two lights out starters, wouldn't be happy if the Sox lost to the A's and missed out on a shot at a WS title as a result, would be ok with Detroit advancing to the WS...............
 
I see the Dodgers won on a two run home run in the bottom of the 8th, thus moving on to the NLCS.

Wonderful.

The other series comes down to a game 5 showdown.

The A's and Sox can clinch with a win next game; either that or it's two game 5's.

Some guy named Columbo, Columbine, Cornelius or some other ham and egger hit a walk off bomb in the bottom of the ninth last night to send the Rays fans dancing out into the streets of Tampa, or actually, stampeding out of the stadium in walkers and wheelchairs.

Many were disappointed that they missed the early bird special at Sizzlers, all the CVS stores in the area are out of Geritol as fans stock up for a late game tonight, 8:30 start.

By the way, do the TBS announcers get paid by the game, all three of them were pulling hard for the Rays to win last night.


Also found it funny that after the first two games in Boston, Captain Smarmy complained about the "Quirks" of Fenway park and how they worked against his team; last night in the fourth inning, a pop up behind home plate landed in the catwalk, then fell down and was caught in foul territory.

If that happens, it's a dead ball, not an out. If it's caught in fair territory, it's an out.

That's just brilliant.

The guy then walked and the inning was extended by about 15 or so pitches; the next inning, a gassed Buckholz gave up a 3 run home run to Eva Longoria on his birthday, tie ballgame.

No "Quirk" there, right Joe?

You smarmy fraud.

End this thing tonight, I don't want to see Price on the mound for a winner take all game five at "Quirky" Fenway.......................
 
You may complain because the HR by Jose Lobaton came at your expense but that is the great thing about post season baseball where some unknown like Bucky Dent, Al Weis or Sandy Amoros steps up and makes a play or an impression that makes us remember their name through the ages.

Hope this wasn't a 2004 moment for your team.
 
George, speaking of the Dodgers moving on, that means that the heartbreakers of playoff baseball, the Braves, once again failed to move on. We speak of the suffering that Cub's fans endure, constant losing, but what about Braves fans whose team is always good enough to get to the post-season, but never good enough to win it all. Since 1991 (the early years of the Maddux-Glavine-Smoltz era), the Braves have gone to the post-season 17 times, an outstanding run of excellence. The frustration for the fans lays in the results once into the playoffs. In all those post-season appearances, the Braves have managed but one (1) World Series Title. The Braves also managed to lose 4 WS. Their record since 2000 has been one of failure at the Division Championship level, having now gone 1-7, and even the year they advanced to the pennant championship (2001), they lost to the Diamondbacks. The history of post-season failure, with the notable exception of the WS title of 1995, has to be as frustrating as any teams legacy of regular season failure. To get so close, so many times, really tests a fans loyalty. As a baseball fan, I have to acknowledge the long-term run of regular season excellence the Braves have achieved, but to fail so often in the post-season must be a special kind of agony. But I guess that, ultimately, the Braves fan can paraphrase what mama once said, "Getting to the playoffs and losing is better than not getting to the playoffs at all.", (apologies to "Hard Times"). -- Al
 
As a Mets fan, I'll settle for the Braves version of "mediocrity."
 
jazzeum said:
As a Mets fan, I'll settle for the Braves version of "mediocrity."
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Brad, I suspect that most of us, as fans of teams that don't often make the playoffs, would also settle for such mediocrity, and find a way to deal with the post-season losses.:tongue: -- Al
 
lancer said:
George, speaking of the Dodgers moving on, that means that the heartbreakers of playoff baseball, the Braves, once again failed to move on. We speak of the suffering that Cub's fans endure, constant losing, but what about Braves fans whose team is always good enough to get to the post-season, but never good enough to win it all. Since 1991 (the early years of the Maddux-Glavine-Smoltz era), the Braves have gone to the post-season 17 times, an outstanding run of excellence. The frustration for the fans lays in the results once into the playoffs. In all those post-season appearances, the Braves have managed but one (1) World Series Title. The Braves also managed to lose 4 WS. Their record since 2000 has been one of failure at the Division Championship level, having now gone 1-7, and even the year they advanced to the pennant championship (2001), they lost to the Diamondbacks. The history of post-season failure, with the notable exception of the WS title of 1995, has to be as frustrating as any teams legacy of regular season failure. To get so close, so many times, really tests a fans loyalty. As a baseball fan, I have to acknowledge the long-term run of regular season excellence the Braves have achieved, but to fail so often in the post-season must be a special kind of agony. But I guess that, ultimately, the Braves fan can paraphrase what mama once said, "Getting to the playoffs and losing is better than not getting to the playoffs at all.", (apologies to "Hard Times"). -- Al
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A good assessment Al. As a Braves fan since the Dale Murphy/Bob Horner "era", I have enjoyed their success of the last 20 years or so. In the mid/late 90s I controlled 4 season tickets. Saw some great games, attended quite a few WS. But we Braves fan have become a pessimistic bunch. With the excitemnt of getting to the playoffs comes the knowledge its likely to end badly.
 
jazzeum said:
You may complain because the HR by Jose Lobaton came at your expense but that is the great thing about post season baseball where some unknown like Bucky Dent, Al Weis or Sandy Amoros steps up and makes a play or an impression that makes us remember their name through the ages.

Hope this wasn't a 2004 moment for your team.
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Yeah I am complaining that some corpse with three @#$%^&* home runs all year hits a walk off bomb and the Rays act like the won the World Series.

If Eva hit it, that's one thing, but this ham and egger?

And speaking of him, WHAT IS FARRELL THINKING PITCHING TO THIS GUY WITH RUNNERS ON SECOND AND THIRD, TWO OUTS AND MYERS ON DECK, WHO COULDN'T HIT AMERICAN LEGION PITCHING AT THIS POINT, NEVER MIND MLB PITCHING??? What a moron pitching to the ONE guy in the line up who can kill you with one swing of the bat.

If the Rays go on and win this, it's on Farrell for that brain fart.

Tonight, we'll see if the Rays season ends or if the immortal Jose Lobaton goes down in history as the guy who hit the second shot hit round the world, propelling the Rays to their first ever WS title.

As I've said before, anything this team does in the post season is a bonus considering I had them finishing dead last and this was looked upon as a bridge year.

That said, losing to the Rays, especially after being up 2-0, will leave a mark.

We'll see how much character this team has going forward after that nut punch last night.
 
Boy did the A's blow their chance to finish the Tigers. Had 2 leads and couldn't hold them, then loaded the bases with no out in the 8th and couldn't score as Scherzer did a big boy job of pitching out of the jam. A's gonna regret this one. -- Al
 
Sox win.

Three down, eight to go.

Maddon blew through his entire pitching staff with only Price left at the end.

So, if the Rays somehow tied the game, Price pitches until his arm falls off.

Then if they won, who starts game five?

Super genius my @#$.

And Lobaton goes down in history with Dave Henderson.

Bye bye Rays, go back to using your stadium for it's true purpose; tractor pulls, rodeos and motorcross races......................
 
What did you expect Maddon to do? Manage like game 5 was a certainty? I'm not sure what your problem with him is but Leyland brought Scherzer out of the pen yesterday so he could assure the Tigers of a game in Oakland. Maddon, whether you like him or not, is one of the best managers around.

The Rays are a small market team who have managed to stay competitive despite not having a lot of resources to work with. Since the new ownership took over, they're a model of how a franchise should be run. They don't have the resources that teams like the Yankees, Red Sox or Dodgers have.

The Rays have been trying to get a new stadium but talks have been slow and MLB has threatened to intervene, mostly because the Rays are getting revenue help due to the poor attendance, which would be alleviated with a new stadium that would draw fans.
 
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What did you expect Maddon to do? Manage like game 5 was a certainty? I'm not sure what your problem with him is but Leyland brought Scherzer out of the pen yesterday so he could assure the Tigers of a game in Oakland. Maddon, whether you like him or not, is one of the best managers around.
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You don't burn through your entire pitching staff Brad; if the Rays tied the game, then you throw your game 5 starter for the remainder of the game, then what do you do in game 5?

Some of his pitching moves were puzzling, leaving a guy in for two batters, another for three, idiotic bullpen management.

Leyland brought Scherzer in because he's got Verlander lined up as his game 5 starter, BIG difference.

What's my problem with the guy? I don't like him, period, he thinks he's he smartest guy in the room.

The guy acts like he invented the game, take it down a couple of notches there Joe and by the way; enjoy your off season, Price and Loney are both goners, good luck with that.

His comment after game two about losing due to the "quirks" of Fenway is petty and smarmy; you lost because your two starters got hammered by the best line up in baseball, the "quirks" of Fenway had nothing to do with it.

The pop up behind home plate in game three at the Trop that is an out in 99.999999999999999999% of all MLB parks hit the catwalk and landed in foul territory, so it's a dead ball, which led to a bases loaded situation and gassed Buckholz, who gave up a three run home run the next inning.

THAT is a "quirk" that directly impacted the game.
 
I don't agree at all. You have to manage as if this is it, not to mention that the Red Sox had handled the Rays all year. In the end it didn't matter.

As far as him thinking he is pretty smart, I don't see that but he is pretty smart and excellent at what he does. He manages within the confines of the Rays finances and his team is always competitive.

I'd love to have him as manager of my team.
 
Then we'll agree to disagree.

Bottom line is the Sox are moving on, again all gravy for me, a trip to the WS is four wins away.

Just stunning considering how badly 2011 ended and how horrible last year was with Bobby V as the manager of this team.
 
Bobby, who is one guy who lets you know that he's smart, came into a bad situation; the GM didn't want him. However, he was right about Youkilis. It was a situation where he was bound to fail. He's very talented but the Red Sox situation was not for him.
 
Not to continue the Maddon debate, but as an example; last night after two walks and a single to load the bases in the top of the second, Maddon pulls his starter and goes to the pen.

Salty strikes out, then Drew hits a rocket, hits the ball right on the screws and whistles one towards Loney, who naturally snow cones it, bobbles it and then catches it, flips wildly to second and doubles up Napoli, who for God knows why was halfway to third and runs like his has a piano on his back, inning ending DP.

The announcers babble on and on about what a typically brilliant move Maddon made there; if the ball is three inches higher, it's a bases clearing triple and Maddon looks like a fool, but because of Loney's play, he's a genius, then he comes on during the manager interview between innings and says "I decided to pull the starter as it went south in a hurry, in my mind it was the right decision and my bullpen came through."

No, a rocket was caught as a DP, it's not like the next pitcher struck out the side.

Then on the MLB post game show, one of the commentators says "If the Rays had won this game, that would go down as the most brilliantly managed post season game ever"..............EVER?

He burns through his whole bullpen and is Wyle E Coyote, Super Genius.

Yeah, ok then................a national baseball writer on local talk radio this morning was asked what Maddon's strategy was last night and his reply was; "He didn't have one, looked to me like his goal was to be seen on TV as much as possible over nine innings."

Brilliant.
 
lancer said:
Boy did the A's blow their chance to finish the Tigers. Had 2 leads and couldn't hold them, then loaded the bases with no out in the 8th and couldn't score as Scherzer did a big boy job of pitching out of the jam. A's gonna regret this one. -- Al
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Am I the only one who gets creeped out by the fact that Scherzer has two different colored eyes?
 
St. Louis vs LA for the pennant. Not a bad match-up. Both teams have huge followings, and are traditional powers. St. Louis has won 11 WS, all time, while LA has 5 (6, if counting Brooklyn). St. Louis has won twice since 2000 while LA hasn't won since '88. I like the Cards, as a team, but I think LA has the pitching advantage. Tonight's winner will tell us whether it's Boston against the A's or Tigers. Won't bet against Verlander, but the Tigers offense is a bit spotty right now. Either team should provide a good series against Boston. I'm picking the Sox and LA as the WS match-up, which of course means the A's or Tigers vs St. Loo. :rolleyes2: With the teams remaining, any match-up should generate good fan interest. -- Al
 
Was pulling for the Pirates somewhat till I found out Alvarez blew off the Red Sox and went to Vanderbilt instead and ended up on the Pirates; so instead of playing for the Sox, the team he rooted for as a kid, he played ball at a school named after the guy from F Troop.

Enjoy your off season.

I'd like to see the Cardinals win, not sure if I could deal with two more weeks of Puig ballwashing, one more week is going to be bad enough.

And I see Carl Crawford was the hero in the last series.

Carl Crawford.

He tortured the Sox when he was with Tampa, signs a mega deal here and stinks out the joint, now he's a hero on LA.

Awesome.
 
Having attended Vanderbilt for a Masters program, assuming he took advantage of all that Vandy has to offer, he made the right decision and seems like he had his head on straight.

Sorry the Pirates couldn't make it through but hopefully they can build on this season.
 
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