2016 ALDS part A: red sox v. indians aka 2007 REMATCH

go Tribe go

lol good luck

Evil Empire has to be cratered

that term, i'm not sure you know what it means, but i know better than ppl on the politics boards not to tete-a-tete for eternity

anyway, i don't exactly love the sox's chances due to the same unpredictable pitching that's been an issue all year, but otherwise it's the most optimal matchup

don't overcomplicate it; i like to root vs the deep pockets and uh, colorful fanbase

ie if a BOS-SF World Series takes place I will likely not watch

lol neither will 65 percent of SF fans, thinking in a deep and irrepressible part of their heart that they've already won

Cleveland

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i think 2day was the anniversary of the midge game

heh yep
2007 ALDS: Indians vs Yankees

y here is the subsequent alcs thread fyi -2007 ALCS: Cleveland y Red Sox

Tribe forever

honestly, I can deal with any postseason outcome that isn't even year bullshit I swear to god

up to and including a humiliating sox loss. really can't call this one tho - sox are v good but the pitching is unpredictable beyond porcello (and even on good starts he's always a potential dinger surrenderer) and the tribe is v good but kinda injured

Rooting for Cleveland. Kluber is my jam.

Don't mean to insult any Cleveland fans, and I may regret saying so, but I'm much rather the Jays have to face the Indians if they advance. So I'll root for them.

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TITO

"the midges are in play"

cal otm. if you can't stay on the bag, slide better or don't run

benintendi sez whatup

cal otm. if you can't stay on the bag, slide better or don't run

― mookieproof, Thursday, October 6, 2016 8:50 PM (four minutes ago)

lol without looking cal stole something like 15-20 bases in his career

(not watching this game but) literally no one besides cal i guess thinks the way the replay rule is being applied, to call runners out who lose contact with the bag for a split-second (OVERsliding the bag is a different thing obv), is a good thing. it's self-evidently stupid

benintendi's dugout name has to be NoBenintendid right?

there's the porcello I remember from 2015

whoa

powpowpow

Porcello's still prone to giving up HRs in batches, huh?

LINDORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

http://sports.cbsimg.net/images//visual/whatshot/USATSI_8550025-dombrowski-red-sox.jpg

still smarting from missing the offs by like one game huh

"the offs" has a massholish ring to it

I think I stole that one from lag00n, so, potentially

although I've literally only seen it online

rookies and new-to-the-postseason-guys homer bonanza!

weird game

Tito is pulling out all the stops. He's got Kluber tomorrow. He's doing everything he can to win this one.

just turned on this game. saw the bases loaded and they don't score but ahead.

yeah after seeing the fiasco of the AL wild card, it's just great to see Andrew Miller used properly.

strongly disapprove of joe kelly being in this game, if it were up to me he would not even be in ohio

brock holt lol my gawd

Papi hustlin!

I swear the play-by-play guy is saying "Steee-rike" like in Naked Gun.

Hell of a game. "I wish the game didn't end like that" oh shut the fuck up Cal, they won fair and square. Pedroia swung.

quite a game for roberto perez

I think Cal meant he didn't want the game to end with people yelling at a ref.

didn't want the game to end with pedroia being pedroia

Tito knows whut he doin'

http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/74623/what-we-learned-terry-francona-decides-to-use-his-best-relievers

the price is ________

chisenhall's first homer off a lefty this season

the price is beans

this is fine!

no it's not!!!!

no escaping the narrative

who's the broadcaster with the needs-to-clear-throat voice?

ernie johnson?

oh cool matt barnes is warming

welp

"it's been a breakout season for matt barnes"

price = hot garbage

nice fuckin headdress, tribe fan

nah not Ej

Warthog Pedroia error made me lol

well. i have tickets to today's game

(it's pretty gross out)

:(

lol is crisp's arm just garbage now? that was damon-esque, cut-off man in short left, still one-hopped it to him

crisp had a bad arm when he was in his prime!

^^^

Crissssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssp

^this

clev f/ legends of crisp / michael martinez / rajai Davis / brandon guyer are 1 inning from sweeping boston

also tito obv

mlb players with bad arms are so weird to me, kind of analogous to professional basketball players who can't shoot free throws. i 100% can throw better than crisp can

Lots of three-ball counts.

Scary closer episode for Cleveland fans. When I looked up Allen's stats and saw 8 dingers gave up this year, I thought this might get interesting.

"He was really hoping...to play tomorrow." Thanks, Cal.

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Too soon.

EVIL VANQUISHED

I can't believe we swept the Red Sox without Carrasco, Salazar, or Brantley. Tito for president!

good for the indians, maybe after they get smoked by toronto somebody will think to ask why tito emptied the chamber in this series.

respect where due to the Indians - damn good team despite the mascot

Cle-Cubs wd be a great faceoff btwn the two best tactical managers

Really curious if Salazar will be back for the CS.

how exactly did tito 'empty the chamber'?

Next game isn't till Friday so whoever was overworked last night can surely recover.