MLB Playoffs Open Thread
by Ian Casselberry on Oct 16, 2009 3:45 PM EDT
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PrintBaseball tries to make up for giving you nothing on Tuesday and Wednesday by scheduling a championship series doubleheader to take you into the weekend.
How will the Dodgers recover from their Game 1 loss to the Phillies? And between the Angels and Yankees, who will lose their first game this postseason?
Here's the schedule, all times ET:
NLCS: Game 2 Phillies-Dodgers @ 4:07 p.m.
The Good Phight and TrueBlueLA are your SB Nation sites to follow.
ALCS: Game 1 Angels-Yankees @ 7:57 p.m.
Halos Heaven and Pinstripe Alley have you covered there.
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will be watching the NL game out of boredom mostly
but MAN I am excited for the ALCS to start tonight.
I'm so lame.
I thought amirite might be a spanish word I didn’t know, so I put it in the google translator.
by StringTheory on Oct 16, 2009 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
this game is boring.
I thought the timing would keep me from my friday afternoon post-work nap, but I don’t think that will be an issue
I remember a certain blogger saying the Tigers should make a bigger go at Pedro!
OUCH! I think I just hurt my shoulder patting my own back.
by Kurt Mensching on Oct 16, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
for 1 million
the phillies got a steal. However AL>NL.
Don’t pat too hard. Although I was interested(as in to see how he would do) in Pedro all season myself. I didn’t think until this moment that he would do anything spectacular, but he did. And the Phillies are going to be tough to beat. The Yankees are the only team that has a chance to beat them.
Hey, I did pretty good on most of my predictions and thoughts, someone has to pat it ;)
by Kurt Mensching on Oct 16, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions
From the Arizona Fall League today
2B Scott Sizemore 1-4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
RF Casper Wells, 3-5, HR, 3 R, 3 RBI
RP Andrew Oliver, 2 IP, 0 ER, 3 K, 1 BB, hold
bonus info I should have included in the first place
that’s 3 HR for Sizemore, 5 RBI and 1.333 OPS in 12 at-bats
For Wells, a .538 average, 6 runs, 6 RBIs in 13 at-bats
And Oliver was the 2nd round pick, really bounced back from a poor pro debut a few days back.
by Kurt Mensching on Oct 16, 2009 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions
It's my first time following the AFL.
Are games always slug-fests like they have been so far?
by StringTheory on Oct 16, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
that nap went longer than expected.
I guess I missed some phillies phuckups. need to get up and put on the angels/yanks game
Dodgers rally bottom 8
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Damnit. Anyone got a link for Boras' comments about Maggs getting benched?
DetNews pulls their stories offline after 60 days (bullshit, lame and moronic… I could rant) so I can’t find the actual quotes other than a few from reaction articles.
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probably some in here or search the june archives at tigers.com
by Kurt Mensching on Oct 16, 2009 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm here!
I was working late, then I had to go to the craft store, then gulp down dinner while I watched the last four outs of the Dodgers game, then talk to my mom for a while, then I hung up – and now I am watching the Yankees (hopefully) start losing. :)
I have a life. My life just involves my computer and watching baseball at this particular moment.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
FUCK you Fox.
That wasn’t pine tar you morons. Are they really pulling that shit out?
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of course they also never mention
That he pitched even better after he got the dirt off. :)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Yes, you CAN hit it harder, idiot!
It would have been a home run then.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Seriously. I don't care, Fox.
No one cares.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 9:01 PM EDT up reply actions
I know.
Seems like yesterday. Hopefully this time next year, it’ll be reality.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions
that is so jumpy
I feel like I’m having a seizure. :)
But you can see how excited everyone is better from a jumpy clip like that.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Yeah, I picked that one for the Ordoñez review over the "pro" one
Simply because it’s shorter and you can feel how insane the fans got at that moment.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
very much so
The views in all directions and the camera clearly bouncing up and down with reckless abandon.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Hahahahahaha
This is awesome.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Posada looks like a turkey
With his spindly neck and beaky nose.
(Not an insult, just a fact.)
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
it's like they are telling the world
“We have no real ideas, and we sure as hell can’t analyze anything, so let’s just fill airtime with rambling nonsense.”
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Guys, Ordoñez was sick as hell in Sept/Oct
I still can’t believe the turnaround he had.
Also, I want to do a pitcher next for a review instead of Granderson. Pick a relief man for me to cover that isn’t Rodney.
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Ni would be cool, too.
I think it’s sweet how he bows before entering the field because it’s like holy ground for a ballplayer.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Correction: post-season games
I noticed it was the top of the fourth around 9pm eastern, and thought to myself this won’t be over until 11pm at least.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Our pharmacist is going to be stuck at the pharmacy until midnight checking prescriptions
But I am not. Good evening everyone. I see the Dodgers produced a desirable result while I was at work.
yes!
I was out working and then shopping for yarn so I only saw the last four outs, but still had time to cheer a bases-loaded walk, cuss at Manny for a first-pitch pop-up with the bases loaded, and then see the biggest closer around get a 1-2-3 inning for the save.
It was odd seeing a save without walking a couple of guys and bringing the tying run to third base before getting the final out.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
so basically he's saying CC didn't make that play because he's fat and slow.
for those tuning out the rambling
that man can say nothing with more words than almost anyone I have ever heard
My late grandfather (born in 1900, died in his nineties) had a phrase that describes him – “diarrheah of the mouth combined with constipation of the brain.”
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
sometimes old men have the best sayings
One of my favorites was “he’s so dumb, he couldn’t pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel.”
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
With the assist! *high five*
…because I recognize how lazy most of us are.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions
appropriate for the current situation
Do these announcers ever shut the fuck up? Don’t ever say stuff just because you think you should. That’s the definition of an asshole."
11:51 AM Sep 27th from web
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
I have, but I've never been to Chicago
I loved New York. Of course, it was 1995 and I was eleven, but I get the feeling I’d still like it.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Come on, stupid Angels
You made Boston look kind of pitiful and pretty ineffective. Beat the Yankees now!
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Well, the BoSox kind of sucked.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions
well, yes, true
But Anaheim still made them look even more like crap than they actually were.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
This is a prime example of how my brain is wired differently
When I’m watching a baseball game but not looking at the screen and I hear Joe Buck or whoever say “Here’s Rodriguez,” my first thought is NOT of A-Rod.
I always think it's fun to see ARod being dorky
But yes, I agree.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Angels are sloppy :(
Too bad. Lackey has been pitching fairly well.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Was just about the say the same.
They’re absolute garbage tonight.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 10:04 PM EDT up reply actions
lackey is awesome man
I still can’t believe we wound up winning that game i went to in anaheim when he pitched (against washburn)
Yeah, Lackey has gotten a lot of tough breaks in the field tonight and no run support.
Sort of like Jackson early in our season.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I like him for the no-long-sleeves look, too.
He doesn’t look ridiculous, like, say, Cano.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
I haven't seen Cano yet
But I did see that some of the Angels have made use of the Polanco hood. However, like Carlos Gonzalez, they just can’t work the look the way Polly can.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 10:10 PM EDT up reply actions
I like the ear flap thingy tex has on
it looks kinda cool, actually. not as weird or funny as the hoods
I like the ear flap thing too
I remember the Texas Rangers wearing them in the Tigers home opener, even though it really wasn’t THAT cold.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions
it's silly
He has it pulled up over his mouth so only his eyes and a little bit of his nose shows, pretty much. Like he’s going on a hike in the wilds of Siberia.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
Hee hee
I remember Craig Monroe doing that once
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 10:15 PM EDT up reply actions
He's on the Pirates now.
Basically, he’s been put out to pasture.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 10:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I heard the Pirates released him
Man, when the PIRATES won’t take you…
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
Truth.
DFA by Pittsburgh 6/20/09 according to Cot’s Contracts
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
He left here and became the garbage he was always going to be.
I was never big on Monroe, especially after he started running is trap the second he left town.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't remember much about him other than he was ok with us in 05-06
I was a much more casual fan back then. hehe
Look at his post-Detroit numbers
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/monrocr01.shtml
He career numbers are being held up by 2004-06.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 10:23 PM EDT up reply actions
The very first Tigers game I ever went to...
We were sitting along the left field line, near the Tigers bullpen, and a few rows in front of us we could see the “C-Mo Cheering Section” (basically, a bunch of guys wearing t-shirts that said “C-Mo.” It’s the only Tigers game I’ve been to where they lost.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
There's Cano for you
Post-play, that’s what he’s looked like all night
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Have you ever seen an interview with him?
He sounds like Dudley Do-Right. It makes me laugh. Still, if you can pitch as good as he can, I suppose it doesn’t matter what you sound like.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 10:07 PM EDT up reply actions
The Angels outfielders have...looked a little off tonight
Or, at least, the little bit I’ve seen.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 10:04 PM EDT reply actions
Yankees fans are morons
I know I’m stating the obvious, but what the hell were they cheering at there?
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Couldn't say
The three Yankees fans I know are not morons. One’s rather flaky, but she’s a nice person.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
So...hypothetically...
Do you think Verlander would’ve gotten the same amount of love from the Fox boys as Sabathia’s getting?
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 10:21 PM EDT reply actions
Oh yeah, wonder who did God Bless America during the stretch
The regular guy got bounced for saying something anti-Semetic to a real estate agent in his building and his Jewish client.
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Unless it's college ball
Then I’ll allow it, and only during the stretch.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
somewhere a few days ago
I saw an article that (judging by the blub) said that what baseball needed to get over the steroid era was a series between the Dodgers and the Yankees …
And I thought, “Manny vs. A-Rod? How is that supposed to NOT be about the steroid era?” and I decided not to waste my time reading the article because I would either have wasted my time and felt annoyed or gotten angry at blatant stupidity and felt annoyed. And I didn’t want to be annoyed that day.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
The steroid era ended in 2006.
I am so sick to death of hearing it brought up, years after the new, effective drug policy was initiated.
Whoever that writer is, they’re a hack. I don’t care if it’s Peter Gammons, they’re a hack.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Kind of awesome.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
our buddy Mike Roger has already started using the data.
by Kurt Mensching on Oct 16, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Woo!
I’m going to be looking at Robbie Weinhardt, too. But I can’t until he gets a bigger sample (if he gets a bigger sample).
And now at Beyond the Boxscore and Project Prospect!
by Mike Rogers on Oct 16, 2009 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Ah, I have gotten my first glimpse of Robinson Cano
He better be careful. That hood is riding up the back of his neck. Might get cold :-p
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 10:38 PM EDT reply actions
He was wearing it over his mouth and nose earlier
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, it accomplishes one thing...
…and that is I am convinced that in the photo I posted last night, the hood is inside-out.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
OK McCarver and Buck
have just awarded the WS championship to the Yankees. I guess I don’t have to watch anymore…
Truth be told, I can think of worse things
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Yankees
Me no like. I guess it’s the sense of entitlement from much of the fan base. I’m rooting for the freeway series.
Meh, I don't have a problem with the Yankees
I can’t stand the Red Sox or the Indians, and I don’t particularly care for the Phillies.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Erick Aybar
Is that what Cano looked like earlier?
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 10:47 PM EDT reply actions
Am I correct in thinking that the votes for Cy Young, ROY, MVP, etc. are already in, just not announced?
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 10:54 PM EDT reply actions
you are correct
votes are due by the end of regular season
by Kurt Mensching on Oct 16, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Unfortunately most folks probably had them in before game 163
Certainly would have helped bolster Porcello’s ROY chances.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Cabrera
I’m sorry, but Melky is a poor substitute for Miggy :-(
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 10:59 PM EDT reply actions
Do the Yankees resign Damon? Maybe for a DH?
He’s hit .285/.363/.458 for them in his time there, hindered a bit by his first couple seasons.
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I’d guess yes. Matsui’s probably gone, so they’d have that spot open.
by Ian Casselberry on Oct 16, 2009 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't remember that
I remember Nick Swisher having long hair at one time
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Hahahahahahaha
The caveman look does look better on him, though.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Nah, I think it all started with Anthony Reyes in the World Series
It just took a couple years for it to fully manifest itself. But if you look at some of the ‘07 and ’08 games, you’ll see signs of it.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
That's the only time I've ever seen the Tigers dominated by Jeff Weaver
Every other time they’ve faced him, it’s seemed like they’ve lit him up.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions
In my example
“Jeff Weaver” stands for every journeyman pitcher out there. I could’ve just as easily said “Carl Pavano” or “Sidney Ponson”
Fair enough
I actually named the phenomenon the “Reyes Effect” on my blog years ago.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't know if I'd call that a meltdown
Or just a statistical anomaly.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, dropping a 3-0 series lead
is a meltdown in my book. Mariano also gave up the goods to the D’Backs. I’m picking nits here, but he IS fallible.
I thought you meant HE melted down.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, he got hung with a blown save
the Roberts steal and all. The team performed the meltdown afterwards…
Yeah, that '04 collapse sucked
I hated the Red Sox even then.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Indeed
“Yeah, this new guy.”
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Did the Yankees win, or did the Angels lose?
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 11:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Bit of both
Sabathia was nails. But it could’ve been a bit of a tighter squeeze for Rivera in the 9th without all of the brain farts by the Halos.
So what was my personal baseball guru so worried about?
He absolutely did not want his Yankees facing the Angels.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 11:17 PM EDT reply actions
For some reason, seeing Jeter TOWERING over Ken Rosenthal makes me laugh
Jeter doesn’t seem that tall when he’s in the batter’s box
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 11:20 PM EDT reply actions
Rosenthal could fit in a duffel bag
Dude is tiny.
by Ian Casselberry on Oct 16, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Only 6'3"
My old man is taller than that.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
My dad's 5'9"
I still refuse to believe that Polanco is taller than him. I’m 5’8" and I think I’M taller than him.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions
More improbable
the Angels D falling to pieces or Vicente Padilla throwing aces in a must-win playoff game?
Huh.
Before tonight, I would have bet on the Angels D falling apart.
Probably got that out of their system though.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm just shocked
that Padilla did what he did. And the Phillies had a guy pitching who looked a lot like Pedro Martinez.
"Ripped" is Rose's equivalent of "fisted"
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 16, 2009 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
I already turned it off
Don’t need to hear the slurping sounds by the national media on the Yankees. Just heard it for over three hours.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 16, 2009 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
I actually did fall asleep
even though I napped for two hours earlier. bleh. get em tomorrow, angels.
Stupid Yankees. :(
You’ll just have to win the next one, Anaheim.
"While there's life, there's hope." --Cicero
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