2016 ALCS: Toronto Blue Jays vs Cleveland Indians

and he kind of shout/spits it An-drew MILL-er. anyway! i wonder if it comes from on high TBS or w/e or if he just gets so excited after decades of moribund mets seasons

man, I don't like his voice at all and I don't like Ripken either. A bittersweet TV experience to be sure.

I have no problems with him during the regular season--he has a great rapport with Gary and Keith in the mets booth.

All right, Nate Silver has us at 3% to win the World Series--not sure if that's the now-cast or polls-plus. (Has the Indians tied with the Cubs at 38%.)

Actually looked like EE steered the ball precisely in that direction...couple of feet, though, and it's a DP.

Was it necessary to bring in Osuna? I'd give somebody else a baserunner...there's a game tomorrow.

holy shit there is! thought tomorrow was an off day!

who the fuck is R Merritt

He won a fan contest.

like a vox explainer, but not shitty http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/everything-you-need-to-know-about-ryan-merritt/

Fastball sitting 85.9, fastest: 87.5.

Something, anything: sort of looking forward to what kind of send-off Bautista and Encarnacion get in their last AB (even though EE could be back).

That could very well have been EE's last at-bat.

Most depressing Jays post-season series since they got swept by the Twins in '91 (endpoint of their underachieving years).

The Indians are going to the World Series!!!!!

sorry clemenza

Thanks. The Indians are a great story--it hurts, but the fact that they did that without two (or three) starters, no question they're the better team. If it's them and the Dodgers, I'll be rooting for Cleveland; Indians/Cubs, I'm okay with either.

(Had it in my mind the whole series that Cleveland hadn't been in the WS since '54--completely forgot about '97 until the announcer just mentioned it.)

lol and 95!!!

this is clevelands year

Of course, '95 too. Geez...why the hell was I feeling sorry for this franchise?

'95 too! One of the best offensive teams ever! Manny Ramirez batted NINTH!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzhj2ev0Xwo

Hate the Indians but that's probably wholly because of the name and horrendous, can't believe this is allowed in 2016 caricature hat logo

it is awful and I wish they ditched it

The Jays looked almost exactly like the Tigers did in the 20__ DS/CS/WS.

Jays well and truly bested tho hey,hardly a contest.

guess I'm rooting for the Cubs now.

Wish at least one player would add Cleveland to his no-trade clause, due to the name and logo, and be vocal about it.

"Not having seen him is something that could go either way but, with the experience in our lineup, I'm pretty sure he's going to be shaking in his boots more than we are.

"So, I like where we're at."

http://www.torontosun.com/2016/10/19/blue-jays-bautista-says-indians-merritt-will-be-shaking-in-his-boots-in-game-5

@MLBastian
Someone in mob of players yelled at Merritt: "Were you shaking in your boots?!"

Congrats to the Indians, doing this without 3 of your five best players is incredible.

(xpost) One of the radio guys was all over Bautista for that this morning.

Bautista is a jerk. The thing about 'circumstances' was the last straw, I do enjoy bat flips and showmanship but that kind of talk comes across as not smart.

Speaking of which...

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.
― clemenza, Thursday, October 6, 2016 2:32 PM (one week ago)

Where's Morbs?

lol

idk, i think bautista was just answering the question and happened to use a catchy, quotable phrase

KC kind of showed that you got a shutdown pen, you can dominate a short series.

Most depressing Jays post-season series since they got swept by the Twins in '91 (endpoint of their underachieving years).

Actually yeah, that's a good reference point. In both cases it should have been an even matchup but the Jays looked completely out of place and were never really in the series.

I was hoping they could at least make an exciting game of it today, but instead they looked terrible at the plate by and large, wasted the few scoring opportunities they had, and got dominated by Cleveland's bullpen yet again.

Miller was unbelievable.

Did he drop his leg kick when he became a full-time reliever?

Can't think of a pitcher with such lousy-to-dominant statistical contrast. I mean... http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/millean01.shtml