I don't know where this postseason Astros team came from but I'm enjoying the ride
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 01:19 (three years ago) link
did i just hear that 16/18 runs in TB-NYY series have scored on homers? Small ball, right A-Rod?
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 01:31 (three years ago) link
my lord, stanton
― i got a homogenic björk wine farmer permabanned (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 01:41 (three years ago) link
frightening
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 02:18 (three years ago) link
eat shit, astros!
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 07:54 (three years ago) link
A's are alive... workin on TB
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 October 2020 00:25 (three years ago) link
have to say i like this five-days-straight thing, even though it will never happen again under normal circumstances and is a bizarre shift from the previous best-of-3 round
less excited about the eight homers in every game that doesn't involve the braves
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 October 2020 01:24 (three years ago) link
I honestly would love fewer days off in the playoffs. Force teams to use their 4th or even 5th starters!!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 8 October 2020 02:28 (three years ago) link
How can you not like the Rays?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 8 October 2020 02:41 (three years ago) link
^^^ seconded.
― Orson Well Yeah (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 8 October 2020 02:47 (three years ago) link
^^^ 3rded
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 8 October 2020 02:51 (three years ago) link
i like the a's better, but ok
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 October 2020 02:52 (three years ago) link
anyone saw that Bellinger catch?
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 8 October 2020 03:19 (three years ago) link
Yes and it hurt.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 8 October 2020 03:43 (three years ago) link
That was a good game, shame the wrong team one though.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 8 October 2020 04:30 (three years ago) link
*won
A's-TB works for you guys? Bronxers excluded.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:19 (three years ago) link
There is a very simple rule for winning playoff baseball in 2020: outhomer your opponent. Teams that hit the most home runs in a game are now 18-0 this postseason.— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 7, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 October 2020 20:32 (three years ago) link
well RIP, Oakland, yet again; let's hope someone else rips them apart
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 October 2020 22:37 (three years ago) link
keep hoping
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Friday, 9 October 2020 05:49 (three years ago) link
The Braves haven't played in the NLCS since 2001 ... I was sure they'd been at least once in the past decade.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 9 October 2020 08:23 (three years ago) link
always exciting to see former pirates go head-to-head in a decisive playoff game
probably not ideal that one of them is going on two days' rest
― mookieproof, Friday, 9 October 2020 20:41 (three years ago) link
Can anyone here explain the oddly-angled UTZ logo on the mound? Is it spray painted? A digital superimposition? Why is it kind of...standing up...like that?Whatever the case, as sponsors go it’s not making MLB or the playoffs look like much of a big deal.
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 10 October 2020 00:09 (three years ago) link
Ok I got it. Somehow before tonight I have only noticed the Utz logo, not Evan Williams Bourbon. Or HBOMax. In the MIDDLE OF THE PICTURE. Fuck you again Manfred.
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 10 October 2020 00:54 (three years ago) link
looking forward to the radioshack WS
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Saturday, 10 October 2020 00:59 (three years ago) link
why didn't Snell start today?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 10 October 2020 01:01 (three years ago) link
They’ve had his number for a couple years now.
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Saturday, 10 October 2020 01:07 (three years ago) link
shoulda let cole keep going imo
― mookieproof, Saturday, 10 October 2020 01:27 (three years ago) link
Although another Astros vs Dodgers World Series would be hilarious, I've been wanting to see Astros vs Braves ever since the Astros got relegated to the American League.
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Saturday, 10 October 2020 01:35 (three years ago) link
hate to see it
― mookieproof, Saturday, 10 October 2020 02:33 (three years ago) link
So many people spared from having to root for either the Astros or Yankees.
― clemenza, Saturday, 10 October 2020 02:51 (three years ago) link
I see you’ve been reading my livejournal!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 10 October 2020 05:14 (three years ago) link
I saw your FB post soon after I posted last night. "Thermo's been reading my FB feed!"
― clemenza, Saturday, 10 October 2020 12:17 (three years ago) link
I've watched a bit of tonight's game. I think I actually want the Astros to win everything--a cheating, sub-.500 team hated by everyone outside of Houston winning would ensure the validity of this thing vanishes from history.
― clemenza, Monday, 12 October 2020 02:08 (three years ago) link
No. This is 2020. One bad thing will not cancel out another bad thing. Would love to see the Rays win it all, and I could live with either either NL team (assuming I don’t ever have to see the tomahawk chop this year). But an Astros ws victory would be just another crushing blow to my psyche and victory for evil. No amount of wishful thinking could make me stomach the site of those cheating SOBs celebrating on the field.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 12 October 2020 03:21 (three years ago) link
Asshos
― calstars, Monday, 12 October 2020 03:50 (three years ago) link
I've watched a bit of tonight's game. I think I actually want the Astros to win everything--a cheating, sub-.500 team hated by everyone outside of Houston winning would ensure the validity of this thing vanishes from history.― clemenza, Sunday, October 11, 2020 7:08 PM (one hour ago)
― clemenza, Sunday, October 11, 2020 7:08 PM (one hour ago)
garbage take
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 12 October 2020 04:02 (three years ago) link
"Take"? Not really my thing. I express opinions--you can agree or disagree.
― clemenza, Monday, 12 October 2020 05:07 (three years ago) link
clem otm plus it'd be really funny
― ✖, Monday, 12 October 2020 05:22 (three years ago) link
this isn't a real year! everything is imaginary
― ✖, Monday, 12 October 2020 05:23 (three years ago) link
If one of the other three teams win, what will they have won? A season that probably never should have been played, a postseason that let in too many teams and was based on 60 games, and a postseason schedule that's freakish. I'm sure it would come with mixed feelings for any of the three. The Astros winning would, for me, be the perfect rebuke to the entire season.
― clemenza, Monday, 12 October 2020 05:32 (three years ago) link
agreed w/ Clemenza and I feel like I have more reason to hate on Houston than most of us here
anything—anything—to kill off stupid expanded playoffs
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 12 October 2020 16:08 (three years ago) link
the astros winning would not be a rebuke, nor would it kill off stupid expanded playoffs
all it would do is reward the cheaters and validate their earlier title because they were good enough to win it again without (presumably) cheating
i know earlnash is still bitter about the 1981 reds getting jobbed, but there's no asterisk next to the dodgers' championship that year and ultimately the only asterisk the astros would get is in your minds #fff
― mookieproof, Monday, 12 October 2020 16:28 (three years ago) link
I was 4 at the time... why would the dodgers have an asterisk that year?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 12 October 2020 16:43 (three years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Major_League_Baseball_season
i was -2
haha
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Monday, 12 October 2020 16:51 (three years ago) link
The Dodgers '81 title has always felt a little tainted to me--not nearly to the degree of this year--because of the Reds' weird season.
I have mixed feelings on Houston's previous success, before they got caught. There's a lot of talent there, and Verlander then Cole were a big part of it. When the story broke, I didn't immediately write off their title. I wasn't sure.
― clemenza, Monday, 12 October 2020 17:13 (three years ago) link
I feel like the 06 Cards still have a bit of a stink on them simply because they were close to .500
I'm under no delusion that the Astros winning would stop Manfred from doing everything in his power to maintain the expanded postseason. He would probably claim in one breath that a sub-.500 team winning proves that his method allows for the cream to rise to the top and that the Astros are actually the great team they always claimed to be, so stop giving him shit about their lack of punishment. He's made it clear that he's a shameless worm who will happily abuse a crisis to get his agenda passed.
But it would still be broadly unpopular and cause an uproar and it might get the point across that the playoffs are too random to be this deep. (It would've been better if the Brewers won too.) And I'd rather it stay unpopular for as long as possible because it sucks. And I've already seen people on reddit and Twitter turning in its favor because they liked the chaos of an 8-game day.
Also it'd be really funny
― ✖, Monday, 12 October 2020 17:33 (three years ago) link
I'm not so sure...the cheating and the whole way that organization handled it was a huge embarrassment for the league. There is *nobody* at MLB offices who isn't praying thet are eliminated in this series. If they were to wun the WS with a losing record to it, the blowback would be universal.
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 12 October 2020 17:55 (three years ago) link
to win the WS with a losing recoord,
xposts
oops thermo, meant to link to this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Major_League_Baseball_strike
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Monday, 12 October 2020 17:57 (three years ago) link
Randy Arozarena can do literally anything. pic.twitter.com/xozIpt5XpQ— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) November 5, 2020
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 5 November 2020 22:56 (three years ago) link
I wish I could pull pink clothing like he does.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 6 November 2020 16:51 (three years ago) link
if u can hit a curveball u can wear pink
can u hit a curveball?
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 6 November 2020 16:52 (three years ago) link
okay bros
Major League Baseball has completed its investigation of the events following the Los Angeles Dodgers Victory in Game Six of the World Series. The following statements from MLB, Justin Turner, and the Dodgers were released today. pic.twitter.com/cVu1E6g7lT— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) November 6, 2020
― mookieproof, Friday, 6 November 2020 20:03 (three years ago) link
the stinging slap to the wrist echoes across dodgersNation
― @oneposter(✔️) (Karl Malone), Friday, 6 November 2020 21:32 (three years ago) link
Hilarious--Friday afternoon, with the election election playing out.
― clemenza, Saturday, 7 November 2020 03:40 (three years ago) link
The Bruins fired Peter Chiarelli on the day Aaron Hernandez was convicted of murder. They fired Claude Julien during the Patriots' Super Bowl parade.The Red Sox re-hired known cheater Alex Cora as the fate of the country hung in the balance. Boston PR folks: *chef's kiss*— Mark Lazerus (@MarkLazerus) November 6, 2020
― mookieproof, Saturday, 7 November 2020 03:44 (three years ago) link
huh, forgot that the Red Sox had a new manager this season. Seems like they're going to be generally forgettable for a bit.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Sunday, 8 November 2020 06:35 (three years ago) link
good news for the rest of baseball: the cardinals seem intent on sucking ass next year, saving money for the future? who knows. hopefully they get last place in 2021 and get a good draft pick for once
― @oneposter(✔️) (Karl Malone), Sunday, 8 November 2020 07:01 (three years ago) link