Brad Posted September 24, 2018 Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 5 hours ago, Dan Gould said: Wow. And they play three starting tonight in Fenway. I'd say if that's an MLB record then the Mets may be relieved of that ignominy soon. They also play the Astros this weekend. The Mets will still hold the modern record for most losses, 120, regardless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted September 27, 2018 Report Share Posted September 27, 2018 Well a short schedule today but two games are crucial to how the final weekend shapes up: Yanks wrap up against the Rays this afternoon, a win and their lead is back to 2 games for hosting the Wild Card play-in, but a loss and the lead is 1 with three to play; Struggling Cubs host Pittsb. tonight, with a half game lead over the surging Brewers (thanks a whole f-ing lot, Cardinal LOSERS). Cubs have to win four in a row, realistically, to not fall into the wild card. They get the Cards while the Brewers get Detroit. I'm sure the Cardinals will regain their mojo now to complete their rat-fuck of the Cubs. (And what the hell was that runner doing last night after falling down around 3B? Dumbest base running since Merkle.) And Ralph Houk can sleep soundly wherever he is. Red Sox needed to sweep the Orioles to have a shot at 109 or 110 wins for rookie manager Cora. Now they have to win two of three at home against the Yanks just to get to 109 for a tie and I don't see it happening with the Yankees playing for something and the Red Sox giving everybody rest whether they need it or not. And all for nothing, if Sale doesn't get his stuff together. Throwing in the low 90s last night? WTF? A pedestrian Sale means a short post-season, no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted September 27, 2018 Report Share Posted September 27, 2018 Brewers sweep Cardinals!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted September 28, 2018 Report Share Posted September 28, 2018 I was thinking the Yankees should go with Severino in the play-in game since he's clearly pitched better recently, and in addition, Happ may not be the best option as I heard that the A's have a harder time against righties than lefties. Which is why the Sox are holding off on the ALDS rotation - if its the A's it will be Eovaldi in the rotation with E-Rod in the pen, and the opposite if its the Yanks. And yet Severino is listed as starter for Sunday. Might be just because nothing is set yet with home-field but still ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted September 28, 2018 Report Share Posted September 28, 2018 Kind of cool (...totally data mined...) stat: Francisco Lindor and Jose Ramirez are the first pair of teammates to have consecutive seasons in which they each had at least 80 extra base hits since DiMaggio and Gehrig in 1936-37. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted September 28, 2018 Report Share Posted September 28, 2018 I think all the games are free this weekend on MLB.tv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted September 30, 2018 Report Share Posted September 30, 2018 Brewers , Cubs dead heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted September 30, 2018 Report Share Posted September 30, 2018 As are the Dodgers and Rockies. If either of the divisions are not settled by the end of today, there will be a playoff game or games on Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted September 30, 2018 Report Share Posted September 30, 2018 Looks like the Dodgers and Rockies are headed to a playoff or divisional championship game tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted September 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2018 18 minutes ago, Brad said: Looks like the Dodgers and Rockies are headed to a playoff or divisional championship game tomorrow. Looks like that could well be the case for Cubs and Brewers too. Two Monday bonus games! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted September 30, 2018 Report Share Posted September 30, 2018 The Cubs Brewers one looks likely too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted September 30, 2018 Report Share Posted September 30, 2018 Well the other three games featured opponents who just didn't care about trying to be competitive. Cubs beat a team that at least pretended to be interested. Anyway weird to have not one but two games where its not elimination, just lower seeding at stake. I think the Cubs need to win just to get a break in the schedule, so many intense games down the stretch and hardly any off days anyway. Out of these four will come the NLCS competitors. I don't think the Braves can compete with any of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted October 1, 2018 Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 2 hours ago, Dan Gould said: Well the other three games featured opponents who just didn't care about trying to be competitive. Cubs beat a team that at least pretended to be interested. Anyway weird to have not one but two games where its not elimination, just lower seeding at stake. I think the Cubs need to win just to get a break in the schedule, so many intense games down the stretch and hardly any off days anyway. Out of these four will come the NLCS competitors. I don't think the Braves can compete with any of them. I’m not sure I can blame the Giants for not showing up; they just wanted the season over with. The Nats had a disappointing season, one filled with expectations so they probably just wanted to get out of town as soon as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted October 1, 2018 Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 So much for caring about playing spoiler. So the Sox end up at 108 wins which immediately brings me back to Opening Day when they took a 4-0 lead into the 8th inning at Tampa and the bullpen blew it up, surrendering six runs (four charged to federal disaster area Joe Kelly who shouldn't sniff the post-season roster). Excellent foreshadowing of a season-long problem, and a reminder that if they hadn't failed so egregiously in the opener, the record would have been 109-53 and Cora would have tied Ralph Houk for wins by a rookie manager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted October 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 How The 10 Postseason Teams Were Built Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 2, 2018 Report Share Posted October 2, 2018 Los Angeles Dodgers implicated in S.I. report on Department of Justice investigation https://www.lonestarball.com/2018/10/2/17928574/los-angeles-dodgers-implicated-sports-illustrated-report-on-department-of-justice-investigation File Under: Things You "Know" But Don't Want To Know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted October 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 The Cubs better start hitting in the next hour, or their season will be over. One run in fourteen innings of tiebreaker and postseason play so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted October 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 Bottom of the 7th is certainly proving to be a wild affair, though. I'm listening to the radio broadcast and Wrigley sounds LOUD! Heyward at bat right now with the bases loaded and two out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 Hayward is not the guy I would have sent up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted October 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 Quite a battle royale at Wrigley tonight, now heading into the bottom of the 11th. Really pulling for the Cubs, because I’d love to see a Chicago-Milwaukee NLDS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 (edited) Cubs are lucky that the Baez Arenado hug wasn’t called obstruction, leading to an inning ending double play. Nothing came out of it so no harm. Just imagine had the Cubs won in that inning, the Rockies would be howling. Edited October 3, 2018 by Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted October 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 (edited) Heading into the 12th inning now—I may have to give up and turn in for the night if this keeps going. Cubs have no more position players left to come off the bench. Edited October 3, 2018 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 13th inning!! 2 minutes ago, jlhoots said: 13th inning!! Colorado scores. Can they hold the Cubs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 Cubs eliminated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 From the get go, this game never had a good vibe for the Cubs. It just didn’t seem they were going to get anything going. Guess I will have to find another team to root for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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