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Major League Baseball 2019

Nats "Stay In The Fight"!
 
Yankees looking really good going into the ALCS. Astros and Ray's tearing each other up.
 
Bucky said:
Yankees looking really good going into the ALCS. Astros and Ray's tearing each other up.
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Great playoff year. 3 of the 4 opening round series are tied 2-2.
 
So I got a notification on my phone that the Brave vs. Cards game started. I was a little busy so I thought I could miss an inning or 2.

I turn it on at 5:30 pm, about 30 mins. after the game started.. And it's 10-0!!!! WHAT???

The 5 games series really blow. Not that I am pulling for the braves, I'm not. I don't like them. But damn. Their year, their series, all down the tubes in 1 inning.
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
So I got a notification on my phone that the Brave vs. Cards game started. I was a little busy so I thought I could miss an inning or 2.

I turn it on at 5:30 pm, about 30 mins. after the game started.. And it's 10-0!!!! WHAT???

The 5 games series really blow. Not that I am pulling for the braves, I'm not. I don't like them. But damn. Their year, their series, all down the tubes in 1 inning.
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...a 10-run inning
 
Really classless move by the Braves.

Brian McCann is retiring, Braves down 13-1.. Instead of letting him bat in the 9th to get an ovation from the fans the Braves 'pitch hit' for him? WTF?

I feel less bad for them getting blown out tonight.
 
Yankees most likely would sweep the Nationals or Cardinals.

Two extremely flawed teams. Nationals best relief pitcher would have trouble making the yankees roster.
 
Bucky said:
Yankees most likely would sweep the Nationals or Cardinals.

Two extremely flawed teams. Nationals best relief pitcher would have trouble making the yankees roster.
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This is baseball. There is no such thing as a series where one team is more likely to sweep another team than not.

Yanks would be 60-40 favorites at most against the Nats or my beloved Cardinals.
 
Anagram said:
This is baseball. There is no such thing as a series where one team is more likely to sweep another team than not.

Yanks would be 60-40 favorites at most against the Nats or my beloved Cardinals.
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I'm actually pulling for the Cards.
I've forgiven them for the Scutaro-Holliday dustup in 2014.
Good luck to them.
 
Anagram said:
This is baseball. There is no such thing as a series where one team is more likely to sweep another team than not.

Yanks would be 60-40 favorites at most against the Nats or my beloved Cardinals.
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Twins hit more hrs this season than any team in baseball history. Yankees dominated them.

Twins are a better team than the nats and cards.

Remember, the yankees have a legit mvp candidate in DJ Leamethiu, and he was their utility infielder going into the season.

Luke Voit who is a good hitting 1b couldn't even get 1 ab in the playoffs.
 
Bucky said:
Twins hit more hrs this season than any team in baseball history. Yankees dominated them.

Twins are a better team than the nats and cards.

Remember, the yankees have a legit mvp candidate in DJ Leamethiu, and he was their utility infielder going into the season.

Luke Voit who is a good hitting 1b couldn't even get 1 ab in the playoffs.
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The Twins are a better team than the Nats or the Cards. But there is no team in baseball that’s an overwhelming favorite over any other team, especially in the playoffs. That’s just not how the sport works.

Yanks are 60-40 favorites at most.
 
How the hell did the Dodgers lose this series?
 
calamity said:
How the hell did the Dodgers lose this series?
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Kershaw.

He's an enigma, or come up with a better word. He's the best pitcher of this generation, but with a postseason ERA that's DOUBLE his regular season ERA. Who's almost 100 games above .500 in the regular season, but 2 games BELOW .500 in the postseason.

In ANY sport, I don't know if there's a comparison.
 
Good luck to the Nats. I hope they take it all.
 
calamity said:
Blistering

Dave Roberts will have to own this Dodgers disaster
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1 think I've noticed, especially in the NL playoffs is the teams are doing EVERYTHING they can to stay away from using their bullpens. It's amazing really.

I'm guessing Roberts had more confidence in Kershaw than he did in his BP. Now with 20/20 hindsight it's easy to criticize him, especially given Kershaw's failures in the past postseasons... But after seeing 100+ NL games this year I've seen a LOT of really bad BP's in the NL. Not a single team in the NL East that had a good BP.

But this year will probably cost Roberts his job, and there will be a long line of people wanting that job. Manager of the Dodgers? 1 of the top jobs in all of sports.
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
1 think I've noticed, especially in the NL playoffs is the teams are doing EVERYTHING they can to stay away from using their bullpens. It's amazing really.

I'm guessing Roberts had more confidence in Kershaw than he did in his BP. Now with 20/20 hindsight it's easy to criticize him, especially given Kershaw's failures in the past postseasons... But after seeing 100+ NL games this year I've seen a LOT of really bad BP's in the NL. Not a single team in the NL East that had a good BP.

But this year will probably cost Roberts his job, and there will be a long line of people wanting that job. Manager of the Dodgers? 1 of the top jobs in all of sports.
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back to back WS, best record in the NL this year. Hmm...where do I apply? :)
 
SenorXm/Sirius said:
Yeah. If he gets canned the new manager won't be starting out with a tight fisted 'Miami Marlin rebuilding' type situation.
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I see a perfect fit for former Cub, Joe Maddon.
 
TobyOne said:
Good luck to the Nats. I hope they take it all.
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It would be something of a Cinderella story. Clutch dingers towards the end of the game.

Stay in the fight!
 
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