Saturday's playoff game discussion thread

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 4, 2008 4:00 PM CDT Comment 70 comments

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I love Dos Equis

seriously my tolerance for post season baseball grows very short after a decade long dry spell. Bitterness.

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by FuturePants on Oct 4, 2008 4:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm actually the opposite.

I’m become more in to MLB relative to the Rangers than I am, say, in the NFL relative to the Cowboys.

So I get up pretty big for the playoffs, whereas I care less in the NFL if the Cowboys aren’t playing. The worse my team is over a stretch the more I start to care about the rest of the league.

by philkid3 on Oct 4, 2008 5:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm that way about MLB too

I really love the MLB playoffs (though the 5 game series in the 1st round piss me off something fierce).

But, man am I having a hard time getting it up for this Milwaukee/Philly series. I don’t know why but I really just don’t care. Like not even a little.

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by thedirkatron on Oct 4, 2008 6:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

this is the series I care least about. I have at least a mild interest in the other three.

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by lisa w on Oct 4, 2008 6:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree

Something about that series is completely uninteresting, but I have really enjoyed watching the Cubs and Dodgers despite the fact that it hasn’t been that competitive of a series. The Rays have been quite enjoyable to watch as well.

by Slaw on Oct 4, 2008 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Considering

I’ve normally been checking out on the Rangers at midseason these last few years, playoff baseball is the only thing keeping up my interest in the game.

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by DJCahill on Oct 5, 2008 8:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

WOW

You can last until midseason? That’s impressive.

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by DaheelzCM on Oct 5, 2008 9:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

don't get me wrong

…I still watch; I’m just progressively more pissed off about it. And I always hated K Rod.

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by FuturePants on Oct 4, 2008 6:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

oops

Supposed to be a reply to slaw. Stoopid iPhone.

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by FuturePants on Oct 4, 2008 6:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cubs.

Oh my God.

by lisa w on Oct 4, 2008 9:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I love watching the Cubbies

get their asses handed to them.

A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555

by boomer1 on Oct 4, 2008 9:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

There is something terribly wrong with the TBS crowd mic.

by oc on Oct 4, 2008 9:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Has anyone else noticed this?

This entire series sounds like it’s been played in a tunnel.

by oc on Oct 4, 2008 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think TBS just kind of sucks, period.

But at least they aren’t deploying Joe Buck.

I have to watch the games on mute once the Buck starts announcing.

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by thedirkatron on Oct 4, 2008 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes...

it constantly sounds like booing. Or…some kind of hushed haunted wailing.

Me thinks it is demons.

by ghostofErikThompson on Oct 4, 2008 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That would have made sense...

…for the games at Wrigley…

by Adam J. Morris on Oct 4, 2008 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fine...

perhaps it is the muted tones of gang warfare?

by ghostofErikThompson on Oct 4, 2008 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Straight out of Compton BITCH!!

A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555

by boomer1 on Oct 4, 2008 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Glad I'm not the only one noticing that noise....

"I should apologize to girls for saying Sexson threw that helmet like a girl. I’m not even sure girls do that." - TAG 05/08/2008

by Captain Fubar on Oct 4, 2008 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I said I felt sorry for them the other day...

And I still kind of do… But is there anything funnier than watching the misery on a Cubs fan’s face this time of year?

Even time the camera has flashed over to one of them in this series, it’s been absolutely hilarious.

by N41D on Oct 4, 2008 11:40 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

+1MM

A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555

by boomer1 on Oct 4, 2008 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dick Stockton trying to pronounce...

“Carlos Marmol” is funnier than anything Frank Caliendo has ever done in his life.

by ghostofErikThompson on Oct 4, 2008 11:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Would Caliendo doing the game be an improvement?

"I should apologize to girls for saying Sexson threw that helmet like a girl. I’m not even sure girls do that." - TAG 05/08/2008

by Captain Fubar on Oct 4, 2008 11:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Only if here were doing it...

as Dick Stockton.

by ghostofErikThompson on Oct 4, 2008 11:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

there ya go...

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by Captain Fubar on Oct 5, 2008 12:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Speaking of Frank Caliendo

Did you know his show “Frank TV” is coming for another season on TBS this fall?

I had no idea.

I think the network is keeping it a secret.

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by thedirkatron on Oct 5, 2008 4:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

City of Chicago in the playoffs

0-5 with the Rays going for the sweep Sunday.

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by boomer1 on Oct 5, 2008 12:10 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Lets go Rays!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"I should apologize to girls for saying Sexson threw that helmet like a girl. I’m not even sure girls do that." - TAG 05/08/2008

by Captain Fubar on Oct 5, 2008 12:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

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by boomer1 on Oct 5, 2008 12:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Danks on the bump tomorrow

Go Rays!

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by boomer1 on Oct 5, 2008 12:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Danks vs. Matt Garza

That sounds like it’s gonna be one hell of a game.

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by lonestarJon on Oct 5, 2008 12:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep

If you buy into hurlerhurley’s hype we should cheer for the White Sox because Danks is pitching and is in general a good guy.

A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555

by boomer1 on Oct 5, 2008 12:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm pretty sure this has been said before, but F Danks

I don’t get the sentimentality over him – all the round and round over him has actually given me a certain sense of animosity toward him. It may sound selfish, but I’d like to see him fail just so certain people will shut up about him vs. McCarthy.

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by lonestarJon on Oct 5, 2008 12:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thank you

I couldn’t agree more.

A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555

by boomer1 on Oct 5, 2008 12:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I disagree

I like Danks. Glad to see him win the game today. He saved the White Sox yet again. He’s a good pitcher. It’s sad Jon Daniels and the Rangers thought the Austin, TX boy couldn’t pitch and wasn’t very good.

by seasmurf on Oct 5, 2008 8:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think JD ever said

he didn’t think Danks could pitch. I just don’t think he (and probably several others in the organization) thought the kid was major-league ready yet. It was a poor decision (at least that’s the verdict so far), but it was almost two years ago. It’s time to move on.

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by baseballismyboyfriend on Oct 6, 2008 1:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+2

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by lonestarJon on Oct 5, 2008 12:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Go Rays?

F that. Go Sox. I don’t want to be the only team in the Majors to have never won a playoff series. Go Sox.

by AirJordan on Oct 5, 2008 12:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Screw the Pale Ho's and Ozzie

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by boomer1 on Oct 5, 2008 12:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ozzie 1 WS, Halos 1 WS

Rangers 1 playoff win.

by AirJordan on Oct 5, 2008 12:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

More reason to dislike the

Ho’s and Halos

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by boomer1 on Oct 5, 2008 12:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

True

but selfishly I do not want the Rays to win for the reason I stated above.

by AirJordan on Oct 5, 2008 12:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I can understand that

A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555

by boomer1 on Oct 5, 2008 12:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

You'd rather see Ozzie or the Angels with a chance for 2 WS

Just so we won’t be the only team who’s never won a playoff series? Really dude?

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by lonestarJon on Oct 5, 2008 12:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well beside the fact the I hate the Red Sox

more than either of those teams, but yeah.

by AirJordan on Oct 5, 2008 12:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well to each his own I guess

But the Rays have already beaten us in number of playoff games won so I don’t see the series thing as that big a deal myself.

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"M’s fans are such weenies." - Zywica

by lonestarJon on Oct 5, 2008 12:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If it's the Angels

we’ll have to hear about it at least 19 times next year. I don’t think I can bear that.

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Baseball Is My Boyfriend
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by baseballismyboyfriend on Oct 5, 2008 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+3

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by baseballismyboyfriend on Oct 5, 2008 12:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Soriano seals 100 years of failure

How fitting.

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by TheBZA on Oct 5, 2008 12:11 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

why is that 'fitting'?

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by Longhorn on Oct 5, 2008 12:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Because he's an overpaid jackass?

And because I can’t stand him. I’d much rather see him be the final out than someone like, DeRosa.

I am the motherfucking shore patrol, motherfucker! I am the motherfucking shore patrol! Give this man a beer.

by TheBZA on Oct 5, 2008 9:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

And that's that.

Dodgers/Red Sox. Get ready for it.

Fire Todd Dodge. Seriously. 77-20 To RICE? Come on.

by sprite on Oct 5, 2008 12:11 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I don't think I would mind that at all

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by boomer1 on Oct 5, 2008 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I dunno

The Rays are for realsers.

I’d give the edge to the Sawx, but I don’t think that series is anywhere near a certainty.

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by thedirkatron on Oct 5, 2008 4:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No

and it would actually be an entertaining matchup. But the media, good lord.

Fire Todd Dodge. Seriously. 77-20 To RICE? Come on.

by sprite on Oct 5, 2008 12:13 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Heh

I don’t mind. I tune out all the ESPN blowhards and such. LA and Manny vs Boston for the World Series? I’m in.

by AirJordan on Oct 5, 2008 12:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Torre says FU Yankees

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by boomer1 on Oct 5, 2008 12:14 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Man

The Cubs suck.

Which is good news and bad news: I don’t like the Cubs very much, but the reason for that is because of their annoying fans. And now those fans and their martyrdowm bit is about to get even worse..

The best part: of this cubbie defeat though: Soriano had ONE HIT for the entire series. Cue Nelson Muntz!

Alfonso’s

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by lonestarJon on Oct 5, 2008 12:23 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Hmn

What happened to the end of my comment there? That was odd.

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by lonestarJon on Oct 5, 2008 12:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's for the best.

by oc on Oct 5, 2008 3:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed.

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by lonestarJon on Oct 5, 2008 4:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I guess.

by oc on Oct 5, 2008 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

torre needs to get down

and kneel before ManRam and kiss his feet…

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by Longhorn on Oct 5, 2008 12:31 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I kind of like

Torre advancing in the playoffs and the Yankees staying home. I’m hoping it drives the Steinbrenners to nervous breakdowns.

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by DJCahill on Oct 5, 2008 8:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or to overspending on more extravigant free agent signings

Not that there is any such thing as “overspending” when it comes to the Yankees, but it would be funny to see them pick up another Pavano and watch it explode in their faces.

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by lonestarJon on Oct 5, 2008 8:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd put money on them signing Sheets....

even though he will probably have to have surgery, that seems like the exact kind of dumb FA signing the Yaks will do.

by TxStCa on Oct 5, 2008 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Risky? Yeah

Dumb, not so much. Carl Pavano was dumb. I don’t think anyone doubts the talent Sheets has when he’s healthy. Of course, being the Yankees the financial risk is minimized. So yeah, they probably will sign him.

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by TheBZA on Oct 5, 2008 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs