Official 2019 MLB Season Thread.

[MultiTroll]

that's par value though, nothing special

ideally you hold them to 1 through that long, but fortunately for the Astros the bullpen came up clutch.
Great. You show me the list of playoff pitchers who do that "par" on the regular. Against a good hitting team like the Yankees.
Hinch is a strategy moron who, along with the rest of modern day MLB never sacrifice to get a run in.
Bottom 2nd men on 2b and 3b you got to put the bat on the ball and attempt to get a run in. Nope, modern day MLB don't think like that.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Great. You show me the list of playoff pitchers who do that "par" on the regular. Against a good hitting team like the Yankees.
Hinch is a strategy moron who, along with the rest of modern day MLB never sacrifice to get a run in.
Bottom 2nd men on 2b and 3b you got to put the bat on the ball and attempt to get a run in. Nope, modern day MLB don't think like that.
with nobody out? yeah, sac fly all day. Even in a shootout, a run is a run. It seems like the bunts and sac flies only tend to happen in NL pitcher's duels these days.

[Reck]

Verlander is a dumpster fire. Gone the way of 2016 Jake Arrieta. Washed up. Too much Kate Upton pussy juice, I guess.

Huh? He did what he was supposed to do. The Yankees have great arms. Judge alone can wreck a team by himself so the fact he kept it at 2 and got a no decision is a win.

The Astros offense is the one that needs to wake up. You're not going to beat the Yankees scoring 1 run a game.

[AussieFanKurt]

Nats go up 3-0 today surely. Flaherty is a gun but he can't help a terrible hitting team. Fowler still in the lineup makes me :lol

[Reck]

Looks like the Cards blew their load on that 13 run game.

[midnightpulp]

Ozuna singlehandedly killed the Cards this game

[Reck]

TRASH ASS TEAM!

I gave the Cards too much credit.

[AussieFanKurt]

Hard to watch... putrid from Cards... just sweep us please

[GAustex]

Surprised with the Cards
They are playing so unCards like

[Reck]

Are the Cardinals really going out like chumps? Pathetic waste of my time.

[AussieFanKurt]

Are the Cardinals really going out like chumps? Pathetic waste of my time.

Lookin like a .500 team :lmao

[lefty20]

This does put smile on my face.

[AussieFanKurt]

Cards pages I'm on complaining about the strike zone? Fuck me dead...

[GAustex]

What a beat down

[GAustex]

How does the dude strike out so many with the change up?

[AussieFanKurt]

Nats to sweep tomorrow

[midnightpulp]

Are the Cardinals really going out like chumps? Pathetic waste of my time.

Been a pretty bad post-season thus far. October baseball is about improbable 2-out rallies, collapses, spotlight chokejobs, dumb errors that lead to big rallies. Started out great with the Brewers vs. Nats Wild Card game and a solid Braves/Cards series that ended with a shitty blowout, but other than the Kershaw choke, no classic games. This post-season has been defined by one team racing out to a 2 or 3 run lead and then a Strasberg, Scherzer, Cole, on the leading team just mowing down batter after batter with strikeouts.

Manfred is too limp dicked to do anything about it, though. This is the future of baseball if he doesn't rebalance the game to give hitters a buff. In any given season, there shouldn't be more strikeouts than hits. I still won't :lol today's MLB, because Manfred is "letting the game progress," while the NBA took a sport that didn't need any rebalancing (there was nothing wrong 2000s basketball) and forced rule changes to create the chuckball we see today. It's not like the MLB moved the mound up a foot to create more strikeouts.

[FrostKing]

LCS game on at 1pm

:lol

[Robz4000]

Whose bright idea was it to have ALCS game 3 so early in the day?

[Reck]

Whose bright idea was it to have ALCS game 3 so early in the day?

This has been a thing for a while now. It ain't so bad if you're in the East but lol for those in the West coast.

[Robz4000]

This feels like a game Osuna is gonna choke away.

[GAustex]

This feels like a game Osuna is gonna choke away.
Maybe someday but not today my friend not today

[djohn2oo8]

2 more. Tomorrow is probably a rainout

[AussieFanKurt]

Please sweep us today Nats

[Robz4000]

Maybe someday but not today my friend not today

Good shit by Osuna. Don't trust him at all though; only one in the bullpen I feel good about is Harris.

[Reck]

Please sweep us today Nats

I'd like to see a 2004 type Red Sox comeback. The Cardinals seems like a team that could pull that off.

That said, the nats seem kind of destined for a WS trip to just get swept by iether the Astros or Yankees there.

[GAustex]

Good shit by Osuna. Don't trust him at all though; only one in the bullpen I feel good about is Harris.
Agree about trusting Osuna. He dropped a turd against the Rays. He has it in him.

[GAustex]

Torn I am about Nats and Cards.
I think I want to see the Cards extend the Nats a bit so the Nats lose some of their mojo.

[AussieFanKurt]

This is a laugher

[lefty20]

:lol

[Robz4000]

Cards getting Brave'd.

[Reck]

When you go down 0-3 you need heart to comeback. Card's folded in game 2.

[AussieFanKurt]

I'd like to see a 2004 type Red Sox comeback. The Cardinals seems like a team that could pull that off.

That said, the nats seem kind of destined for a WS trip to just get swept by iether the Astros or Yankees there.

The Cards have been able to pull shit out of their arse many times but the signs were never there for a comeback. Cunts can't field, pitch or hit

[lefty20]

Shildt after Game 5 vs Braves
"No one fucks with us ever. Now, I don't give a fuck who we play. We're gonna fuck them up..."

Shildt before Game 4 vs Nats
"Aight guys let's just bend over, spread them cheeks and it'll be over soon"

[lefty20]

Fuck! Don't do this to me Nats, just don't.

[AussieFanKurt]

Fuck! Don't do this to me Nats, just don't.

Some little reminders of 2012 NLDS Game 5 happenin :lol won't happen though. Especially with cunts like Ozuna waving at everything

[Millennial_Messiah]

Gerrit Cole showing that washed up, pussy-whipped Verl:lolnder how to properly pitch a baseball.


Problem for the Astros is they're only up 2-1 in the series and they have to start scrubs for the next 2 games

[midnightpulp]

Some little reminders of 2012 NLDS Game 5 happenin :lol won't happen though. Especially with cunts like Ozuna waving at everything

Goldshit and Ozuna have killed the team. Was looking like an all-time great comeback there in the 6th until they came up and whiffed at every slider in the dirt.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Some little reminders of 2012 NLDS Game 5 happenin :lol won't happen though. Especially with cunts like Ozuna waving at everything

hey, at least you're not the Cowboys, they're the biggest cunts of all

[GAustex]

Cards getting nothing out of that was huge for the gaging Nats.

[GAustex]

Did not see that coming at the start of the series. How can the mighty Cards be so impotent?

[AussieFanKurt]

Good luck to the Nats. Always good to see a team win their first pennant. They'd have to feel fairly ok with their chances in WS. I wasn't confident going into series but didn't think it would be THIS bad. Defensive miscues and horrid plate discipline killed us

[lefty20]

Did not see that coming at the start of the series. How can the mighty Cards be so impotent?

Eh Cards were easily the worst team in the postseason season, especially on offense. The only reason they got this far was cuz of the shitty NL Central + Braves choke job.

[djohn2oo8]

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[Clipper Nation]

Congrats to the Nats. Great team, great fans... but it still should have been these guys:

https://i.imgur.com/xvvea9Y.jpg

[AussieFanKurt]

https://i.cbc.ca/1.1865011.1379959498!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/montreal-expos-fans.jpg

[FrostKing]

Eh Cards were easily the worst team in the postseason season, especially on offense. The only reason they got this far was cuz of the shitty NL Central + Braves choke job.
We were the Cardinals super bowl

[Reck]

1184303981037867008

Not a rare occurance here in the Bronx when it comes to Yankees shitheads.

[AussieFanKurt]

Not a rare occurance here in the Bronx when it comes to Yankees shitheads.

Saw the 2017 AL Wild Card Twins @ Yanks and even the average Yanks fan was crazy abusive towards anyone Twins. It was pretty eye opening. Even Fenway had less of that shit :lol I also had nothing said to me at Wrigley wearing Cards gear so was pretty shocked in the Bronx

[GAustex]

Eh Cards were easily the worst team in the postseason season, especially on offense. The only reason they got this far was cuz of the shitty NL Central + Braves choke job.
Thanks lefty for the insight. I do not watch much during the year so I gave St Louis too much credit.

[Millennial_Messiah]

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I hope they went to jail like the Pisstons fans in the Palace, November 2004.

[MultiTroll]

Grienke then Verlander announced by Hirsh for 4 and 5.

Big Ears yet to announce Tanaka for Game 4 but i would think he will. Tank said he "was gassed" after 68 pitches in Game 1s beauty.

Stategy: If Greinke gets smacked around again / Tank silences Astros bats, I would put in Wade Miley in relief. Especially if Greinke gets knocked early. Do not blow your top bullpen in a long drawn out Gm 4 loss only to have them not available for Game 5 Verlander.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Grienke then Verlander announced by Hirsh for 4 and 5.

Big Ears yet to announce Tanaka for Game 4 but i would think he will. Tank said he "was gassed" after 68 pitches in Game 1s beauty.

Stategy: If Greinke gets smacked around again / Tank silences Astros bats, I would put in Wade Miley in relief. Especially if Greinke gets knocked early. Do not blow your top bullpen in a long drawn out Gm 4 loss only to have them not available for Game 5 Verlander.

correct. better to punt a game than lose the series, especially since you have 2 of 3 at home to win 2 of 3.

[Reck]

Grienke then Verlander announced by Hirsh for 4 and 5.

Big Ears yet to announce Tanaka for Game 4 but i would think he will. Tank said he "was gassed" after 68 pitches in Game 1s beauty.

Stategy: If Greinke gets smacked around again / Tank silences Astros bats, I would put in Wade Miley in relief. Especially if Greinke gets knocked early. Do not blow your top bullpen in a long drawn out Gm 4 loss only to have them not available for Game 5 Verlander.

Gassed after just 68 pitches? :lol These guys earning in the 100s of millions complaining about anything.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Gassed after just 68 pitches? :lol These guys earning in the 100s of millions complaining about anything.

to be fair, they're not making more than 35m per year

& pre-congrats on 32k posts

[FrostKing]

My buddy befriended guy in a bar with extra Yankee tix. They went and he got wasted. Woke up on a bench empty pockets and no shoes

[AussieFanKurt]

https://www.totalprosports.com/2019/10/16/report-yankees-believe-astros-were-stealing-signs-by-whistling-in-game-1/?fbclid=IwAR0e-BVnLeF3E03wjCysQBhcksxpOnjDyf2Q4eGZD9yi-s8fbMibw6ZoKMo

How is this ever a story? Stealing signs is apart of the game tbh... maybe try and steal their signs if they're doing it and stop crying

[Millennial_Messiah]

https://www.totalprosports.com/2019/10/16/report-yankees-believe-astros-were-stealing-signs-by-whistling-in-game-1/?fbclid=IwAR0e-BVnLeF3E03wjCysQBhcksxpOnjDyf2Q4eGZD9yi-s8fbMibw6ZoKMo

How is this ever a story? Stealing signs is apart of the game tbh... maybe try and steal their signs if they're doing it and stop crying
Some bitter Sox fan in Bawston paid Bill Belichick to do his thing for the Astros

CONSPIRACYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[Millennial_Messiah]

also, the rain probably helps the Yanks because their bullpen gets more rest

[Spurtacular]

Game rained out?

[Millennial_Messiah]

Game rained out?

yes

they're not real men like in the NFL

Brady and russell wilson laugh at them

[Reck]

Game 4 between the Astros and Yankees will be an interesting one with the strong winds. Up tp 25mph winds right now and will probably pick up as we head into the evening.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Game 4 between the Astros and Yankees will be an interesting one with the strong winds. Up tp 25mph winds right now and will probably pick up as we head into the evening.

someone is gonna threaten to sue when their perfect homer gets pushed foul

[FrostKing]

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[AussieFanKurt]

https://www.espn.com.au/mlb/story/_/id/27867817/aj-hinch-pull-astros-field-yankees-fans-throw-objects

AJ Hinch to pull Astros off field if Yankees fans throw objects
Fair enough?

[Robz4000]

Astros got to Tanaka. If Greinke calms down this series could be over.

[Robz4000]

Alvarez is just a free out at this point. He needs to be benched.

[AussieFanKurt]

It is crazy how much longer playoff games are. Almost 90mins into the game and not out of the third

[GAustex]

Bullpen game
Be nice if Alvarez could catch up with one

[GAustex]

Whoop tee do

[Reck]

Ah. Yankees getting owned is a good consolation prize.

Another year, another failed run.

Red sox 4 Yankees 1 since 2004.

[lefty20]

Well, it's been a while since we've seen a 1-3 comeback. And I doubt we'll see one here either. Astros vs Nats it is.

[GAustex]

James starting a fire

[Robz4000]

Astros shitty bullpen strikes again.

[Spurtacular]

Well, it's been a while since we've seen a 1-3 comeback. And I doubt we'll see one here either. Astros vs Nats it is.

Honestly, it's somewhat rare that I think a series is fully optimal (not including match-ups with my teams); but this is probably the best possible series.

Networks probably bummed no Yanks vs. Dodgers.

[Spurtacular]

Sabathia getting old? Limited to quasi garbage time bullpen role....

[Reck]

It's kind of sad how Sebathia is choosing to end his career.

Yankees position players shitting the bed so bad tonight.

[GAustex]

Bwahaaa!!!

[GAustex]

Pile it on

[Robz4000]

Good shit by the Astros.

[FrostKing]

I think Nationals will be a more difficult challenge

[Millennial_Messiah]

It's kind of sad how Sebathia is choosing to end his career.

Yankees position players shitting the bed so bad tonight.

Never liked Sabathia as a person.

[Millennial_Messiah]

I think Nationals will be a more difficult challenge

like I said, playing the Astros in the playoffs means having to steal 1 from either Cole (not possible) or Verlander (possible, but still quite tough) without fucking up in a different game like the Yanks did tonight. And you still have to deal with the Astros bats even if one of the aces isn't available.

[AussieFanKurt]

Series ends tomorrow

Stros v Nats..

[Robz4000]

Series ends tomorrow

Stros v Nats..

Think the Yankees manage to win one at home imo. If Cole doesn't pitch game 6 this prolly goes 7.

[GAustex]

Will be interesting to see if NY got some fight in em and if they want to travel to Houston
Or if they want it go clubbing....

[Reck]

Verlander getting pummeled.

I dont understand the hype this man gets. He's overrated in my opinion. No doubt he's good but he's not the best there ever was or even currently.

[GAustex]

Oh shit
Might need to outscore the yanks to get this one

[AussieFanKurt]

Wow Verlander looks shit. Use all his energy on Kate?

[Reck]

Alvares is 0 for 15 at least. Sit his ass down.

Astros are playing with 2 outs only. Alavares is a Stanton guaranteed strikeout.

[GAustex]

Alvares is 0 for 15 at least. Sit his ass down.

Astros are playing with 2 outs only. Alavares is a Stanton guaranteed strikeout.
Alvares May be mentally done for this series.
He has looked really bad.

[GAustex]

Get em in Houston

[Spurtacular]

Never liked Sabathia as a person.

Total asshole, tbh. But MLB has a ton of assholes in its ranks.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Total asshole, tbh. But MLB has a ton of assholes in its ranks.

Plus his hands were so huge it always seemed like he was pitching a ping pong ball out there.

[Robz4000]

Biggest adjustment for the Astros would be benching Alvarez obviously. Otherwise they should be pretty happy nabbing two in NY. They now have two chances to close at home with one start featuring the hottest pitcher on the planet.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Biggest adjustment for the Astros would be benching Alvarez obviously. Otherwise they should be pretty happy nabbing two in NY. They now have two chances to close at home with one start featuring the hottest pitcher on the planet.

but the Yanks have the advantage in a bullpen vs bullpen game

[Reck]

but the Yanks have the advantage in a bullpen vs bullpen game

That is not Astros problem though. It's their offense. If they score 4-5 runs, they win.

After Verlander shit the bed in the first and after he was gone, bullpen held steady.

[Millennial_Messiah]

That is not Astros problem though. It's their offense. If they score 4-5 runs, they win.

After Verlander shit the bed in the first and after he was gone, bullpen held steady.
Verlander has been dogshit these playoffs honestly, except for his very first game

[GAustex]

That’s a spicy meatball into the Crawford Boxes

[Reck]

Does Joe Buck really want me to feel sorry for the umpires for "getting there late?"

What a faggot. :lol

[Spurtacular]

:lmao Sperm shielder Fox bringing in the side announcer to tell us that James can throw 100 MPH cos he's sleeping better.

[Reck]

Yankees should be up at least 5-6 runs. Astros bullpen is collapsing but the Yankees cant hit for shit either.

[Reck]

Game is almost 2 hours in and this is only the third inning. :lmao

[Reck]

Alvares..what a turd.

What's good djohn2oo8?

[GAustex]

That there is stuff of legends
If the Astros hold on

[Spurtacular]

Yankees gonna miss the WS cos they're high-priced offense is anemic. :lol

[Spurtacular]

Lol Sorry. MVPs don’t go to dudes who have repeatedly missed the playoffs

MVAlvarez 1-24 in ALCS.

Now you pay proper homage to Trout, bitch.

[GAustex]

Playoff baseball is gut wrenching

[Robz4000]

:lmao who didn't see that coming?!

[Millennial_Messiah]

HOLY MACKEREL

WOW WOW WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW

[Reck]

The Nationals will beat the shit out of either of these tweebs.

[Millennial_Messiah]

:lmao who didn't see that coming?!
It rarely, rarely, ever happens in the 9th inning of an elimination game like that. What a contest.

[Robz4000]

It rarely, rarely, ever happens in the 9th inning of an elimination game like that. What a contest.

Happens with Osuna. Dude did the same stuff with Toronto time and again.

[Millennial_Messiah]

MIGHTY CASEY HAS STRUCK OUT

... after LeMahieu already tied it.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Happens with Osuna. Dude did the same stuff with Toronto time and again.
Roberto "Neftali Feliz" Osuna

[midnightpulp]

Happens with Osuna. Dude did the same stuff with Toronto time and again.

To be fair to Osuna, that was an all time at bat.

[midnightpulp]

In any event, classic game. First one since the Kershaw game.

[Reck]

:lmao Chapman with the gay smirk right there.

[GAustex]

ALTUVE!!!!!!!!!

[Robz4000]

Altuve!

[Spurtacular]

Chapman should've continued with his strategy of not pitching to Altuve and let someone else beat him.

[Millennial_Messiah]

:lol probably the most obvious way it could have ended.

[GAustex]

Mighty Mite

[GAustex]

Jacked that Yankee shit out
Go home yankee

[Reck]

This is a tough loss for the Yankees. They were better off not tying the game. It sucks being on a massive high just to get the chair pulled from under you the next minute.

It hurts more.

[GAustex]

Playoff baseball is gut wrenching

[Spurs Homer]

Altuve


nuff sed

[midnightpulp]

Chapman should've continued with his strategy of not pitching to Altuve and let someone else beat him.

Terrible. Just walk him and take your chances with the corpse of Jake Marisnick

[Millennial_Messiah]

Chapman should've continued with his strategy of not pitching to Altuve and let someone else beat him.
why not just walk him? lmfao 100 mph fastball in the center of the plate to the other team's best player :lol

[baseline bum]

Terrible. Just walk him and take your chances with the corpse of Jake Marisnick

Yeah, no way I'm pitching to Altuve with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.

[GAustex]

That replay just before commercial
ALTUVE jacked that shot
A massive blast

[Millennial_Messiah]

This is a tough loss for the Yankees. They were better off not tying the game. It sucks being on a massive high just to get the chair pulled from under you the next minute.

It hurts more.
June 18, 2013

[AussieFanKurt]

:lol at chapmans face after the walk off

[Millennial_Messiah]

José "Julian Edelman of Baseball" Altuve

[Millennial_Messiah]

that was an epic 9th inning overall, and one of the best playoff baseball games ever to not go extra innings. Tbh.

[FrostKing]

https://i.ibb.co/0tTgJ8L/image0-1.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/Q7W42rM/image0-2.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/82ZVfBd/image0.jpg

[GAustex]

https://i.ibb.co/0tTgJ8L/image0-1.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/Q7W42rM/image0-2.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/82ZVfBd/image0.jpg

Nothing better than slapping the Yankees DOWN

[Millennial_Messiah]

Edelman and Altuve MVPs in the same calendar year

WATCH OUT BIG FOLK

[GAustex]

Altuve with the legendary goods

[Reck]

Yankees are really Boston's and Houston fuck toy by now. :lol

[Clipper Nation]

Altuve truly is the anti-Frauden. Clutch as hell.

[midnightpulp]

Yeah, no way I'm pitching to Altuve with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.

So many stupid decisions by Boone in the series. Went to the pen too early in game 2. Still goes with Edwin Encarnacion at the 5th sport when he was historically struggling (lowest OPS in ALCS in history). Doesn't command Gregorious not to first pitch swing for the 100th time in a high leverage spot. Too much faith in Gary Sanchez. Also, Stanton remains a China Doll. Not that he would've mattered. He's basically a guaranteed strikeout in the playoffs.

[GAustex]

Alvares needs to find his groove

[GAustex]

Bit won’t matter as much with 3 games with no DH

[Millennial_Messiah]

So many stupid decisions by Boone in the series. Went to the pen too early in game 2. Still goes with Edwin Encarnacion at the 5th sport when he was historically struggling (lowest OPS in ALCS in history). Doesn't command Gregorious not to first pitch swing for the 100th time in a high leverage spot. Too much faith in Gary Sanchez. Also, Stanton remains a China Doll. Not that he would've mattered. He's basically a guaranteed strikeout in the playoffs.
like Reddick 2 years ago and Alvarez this year

[Millennial_Messiah]

Bit won’t matter as much with 3 games with no DH
that's what I'm thinking. Cole and Verlander (although I'm iffy on him) pitching the first 2 is a big advantage for the Astros because they're at home in DH territory and when the lesser pitchers and bullpen take over the next 2-3 games they basically get a free out every 9 batters.

main thing is not to get into an extra inning game in the middle 3, that can historically prove trouble for AL teams pitching wise

[Robz4000]

Alvares needs to find his groove

Give him game 1 and after that if he's still bad it's time to bench him for good.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Give him game 1 and after that if he's still bad it's time to bench him for good.
but who to replace him with?

[Reck]

Aaron Judge weeping.

[midnightpulp]

Give him game 1 and after that if he's still bad it's time to bench him for good.

Yeah, free swinging homerun centric rookies always flame out in the post-season. He's looking like Bellinger in 2017.

[Robz4000]

but who to replace him with?

Diaz or Chirinos.

[FrostKing]

https://i.ibb.co/JQcRdfF/Yankees.jpg

Arrogant Mariano

[GAustex]

that's what I'm thinking. Cole and Verlander (although I'm iffy on him) pitching the first 2 is a big advantage for the Astros because they're at home in DH territory and when the lesser pitchers and bullpen take over the next 2-3 games they basically get a free out every 9 batters.

main thing is not to get into an extra inning game in the middle 3, that can historically prove trouble for AL teams pitching wise
Getting into the Nats deep bullpen is a winning strategy as beyond Doolittle and Hudson they are trash

[Spurtacular]

why not just walk him? lmfao 100 mph fastball in the center of the plate to the other team's best player :lol

Dude is a batting champion. It's like pitching to Tony Gwynn instead of anyone else.

[Spurtacular]

https://i.ibb.co/JQcRdfF/Yankees.jpg

Arrogant Mariano

I did catch that. You'd think he'd be mad; but I guess he's happy to go golfing and be healthier for future paychecks.

[Chris]

Yankee fan deserves this for mocking Greinke's social anxiety disorder imo


Congrats Astro fan :tu

[Spurtacular]

:wow This guy says he's caught 11,127 baseballs at games.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hES6Rz4SRsU

[djohn2oo8]

This is a tough loss for the Yankees. They were better off not tying the game. It sucks being on a massive high just to get the chair pulled from under you the next minute.

It hurts more.
Yup. Fuck Em though and their thug ass fans :lol

[Biggems]

Chapman is pissed at that moment...but sometimes it is natural to laugh at such a negatively absurd situation......a sign of shock and disbelief.

[Biggems]

In the ALCS, Astros pen > Yankees pen.....I still hate Osunuts.

[Biggems]

They keep talking about Springer's playoff HR total, but fail to mention Altuve has the same amount.

Alvarez is not ready for the moment yet. Stop taking out Brantley. Use Diaz or Tucker as the DH.

[Biggems]

MLB needs to fix the leagues, either go both DH, or no DH. As a lifelong Astros fan, I was very much anti-DH, always thought NL baseball was more pure. However, now that I follow the AL, I must say my stance has changed. The game is better offensively, while pitchers can focus on their main task only. The DH is used in college. IMO, both leagues should finally bring unity to the game and use the DH.

[FrostKing]

MLB needs to fix the leagues, either go both DH, or no DH. As a lifelong Astros fan, I was very much anti-DH, always thought NL baseball was more pure. However, now that I follow the AL, I must say my stance has changed. The game is better offensively, while pitchers can focus on their main task only. The DH is used in college. IMO, both leagues should finally bring unity to the game and use the DH.
League wide DH is coming. They will argue it decreases injuries to pitchers and allows more parity since pitchers are so expensive. I also think it is why you are seeing all this stadium netting going up.

I think NL play is more interesting. Base runners keep me more intrigued than waiting on home runs.

[FrostKing]

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[Biggems]

https://i.ibb.co/yVFmXfT/72700542-3097949986888031-6916326131855523840-n.png

Hahaha, I choked laughing at this one

[Biggems]

I know very little about the Nationals, as I really only focus on the AL now. What are their strengths and weaknesses?

One positive, Grienke is used to batting.

[FrostKing]

I know very little about the Nationals, as I really only focus on the AL now. What are their strengths and weaknesses?

One positive, Grienke is used to batting.
Great starting pitching. Soto and Rendon are as good of a 1-2 punch as there is. Terrible bullpen. Manager inexperienced.

[FrostKing]

https://i.ibb.co/vjQ0T4d/rif-1571618362724.jpg

[GAustex]

Great starting pitching. Soto and Rendon are as good of a 1-2 punch as there is. Terrible bullpen. Manager inexperienced.
They seemed to have caught lightening in a bottle. They are peaking at the right time.

[midnightpulp]

They seemed to have caught lightening in a bottle. They are peaking at the right time.

They're actually a pretty stacked team. Just got off to a slow start, but had the best record in the NL since like July. Bullpen is their weak link. Houston needs to gameplan around working their starters pitch count up to get them out by the 6th. Then they'll feast on that pen.

[FrostKing]

Nationals quietly have the 3rd best record in the NL
Posted on 8/27


Nats finished the regular season on a 8 game win streak. In late August they were 10 games over .500 and finished 24 games over. So they were one of baseballs best in 2nd Half.

So dating back to regular season, the Nats are on a 16-2 run:toast

[Spurtacular]

https://i.ibb.co/vjQ0T4d/rif-1571618362724.jpg

:lol

[AussieFanKurt]

Posted on 8/27


Nats finished the regular season on a 8 game win streak. In late August they were 10 games over .500 and finished 24 games over. So they were one of baseballs best in 2nd Half.

So dating back to regular season, the Nats are on a 16-2 run:toast

and think I heard a stat during the NLCS that they were 42 games over .500 since a certain part in the season.. impressive

[MultiTroll]

Mistake starting Schrezer over Stausburg imo.

[djohn2oo8]

Really hope Alvarez gets his shit together

[Biggems]

Houston needs to find a way to get Gurriel, Reddick, Alvarez, and even Springer to be more productive at the plate, especially with runners on base and in scoring position.

Just show patience at the plate.

[AussieFanKurt]

Houston needs to find a way to get Gurriel, Reddick, Alvarez, and even Springer to be more productive at the plate, especially with runners on base and in scoring position.

Just show patience at the plate.

Especially so you can get to that Nats BP

[MultiTroll]

O/U 6.5

Reaction?

[Reck]

I feel like an extra inning for G1.

[AussieFanKurt]

Any reason why pitchers keep giving Altuve pitches up?

[AussieFanKurt]

The Z-MAN!!

[Reck]

Holy shit what a faceplant for the ages.

[AussieFanKurt]

A child making Cole his son

[Millennial_Messiah]

Cole is absolute sub-simian garbage. What a chokejob.

[Millennial_Messiah]

MASSIVE Chokejob

[Reck]

MASSIVE Chokejob

Now this is a chokejob. Alvares must give excellent head because this motherfucker is sucking so hard is unquantifiable.

[Robz4000]

:lmao Alvarez

[GAustex]

:lmao Alvarez
It was all there
Bases stacked
Whiff
Shit

[midnightpulp]

Great fuckin game.

[Millennial_Messiah]

so-called best pitcher ever with 5 ER :lmao choker

[Reck]

This game and possibly this series is on Alvares.

[AussieFanKurt]

wow good on those expos

[MultiTroll]

If Springer doesn't stand there jacking off after his long pop up ERROR (bullshit double)
Is he standing on 3b?

[midnightpulp]

If Springer doesn't stand there jacking off after his long pop up ERROR (bullshit double)
Is he standing on 3b?

Yeah, Springer fucked that rally. He should be on 3rd in that spot and then Altuve easily brings him in with a sac fly or contact play.

[midnightpulp]

Players like Alvarez always kill teams in leverage spots in the playoffs. Their game is tailored for beating up on a mid-tier pitchers during the regular season. I'm not saying Alvarez won't improve, he's a rookie and a raw talent, but the Joey Gallo approach won't cut it against stud pitching.

[MultiTroll]

Yeah, Springer fucked that rally. He should be on 3rd in that spot and then Altuve easily brings him in with a sac fly or contact play.
Announcer instead criticizes Tucker for waiting to see if it was caught thus tagging up. STFU you idiot. Tucker ran it exactly as he should have and oh btw scored.
Will be interesting to see if the collective talking heads / MLB media at large even mentions Springers baserunning major, quite probably game altering error. ARod sounds like he's hyped up on JLos coke and estrogen pills.

[Clipper Nation]

The Nats are on some "team of destiny" type of shit. Bryce Harper must be punching the air right now.

[Spurtacular]

Yordan Alvarez not Roy Hobbs after all?

[Spurtacular]

The Nats are on some "team of destiny" type of shit. Bryce Harper must be punching the air right now.

He would've fucked up their chemistry.

[FrostKing]

17-2 Nats run

[MultiTroll]

:lol todays MLB
George Springer defends himself for not running hard


https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/george-springer-defends-himself-for-not-running-hard-on-double/ar-AAJcOgk?ocid=spartandhp

[AussieFanKurt]

:lol todays MLB
George Springer defends himself for not running hard


https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/george-springer-defends-himself-for-not-running-hard-on-double/ar-AAJcOgk?ocid=spartandhp

Most half hearted excuse ever :lol

[FrostKing]

Acuna was shredded for this


Hitting up sportsbar for Game 2

[Reck]

:lol todays MLB
George Springer defends himself for not running hard


https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/george-springer-defends-himself-for-not-running-hard-on-double/ar-AAJcOgk?ocid=spartandhp

Meh at least he bombed a 2 run homer to help his team in some type of way. I fault Alvares way more for laying the biggest turd that cause them not only to tie, but probably the game.

[MultiTroll]

Meh at least he bombed a 2 run homer to help his team in some type of way.
Mutually exclusive.
No good excuse for self worship lollygagging on a long fly ball error.

[MultiTroll]

I fault Alvares way more for laying the biggest turd that cause them not only to tie, but probably the game.
Hinch is more or less a figure on a stacked team. Were it not for Dave Roberts being even more incompetent, the Dogs win that Series and Hinch has no title.

Alvares should have been subbed out in the last series.

[Reck]

Nationals tapping that ass early.

[Robz4000]

This series might already be over...

[midnightpulp]

This series might already be over...

Rendon is a beast.

[Reck]

Verlander getting pummeled.

I dont understand the hype this man gets. He's overrated in my opinion. No doubt he's good but he's not the best there ever was or even currently.

Bumping this because....I'm right motherfuckers!

[Reck]

:lol These dudes still pitching to Altuve when they should be giving him the big papi treatment.

But then again as we just saw, Astros already in panic mode sending him to third and getting nabbed.

[lefty20]

Nats can do no wrong.

[lefty20]

Umm...apologies for the jinx, tbh.

[Robz4000]

Bregman waking up would be huge obviously, but if the Astros pitching doesn't get it together they're fucked.

[GAustex]

Meatball by Verlander

[Reck]

Verlander has lost the last 5 outings or has had a no decision. :lol

[Robz4000]

Nats are the team of destiny this year.

[GAustex]

This here is getting ugly for the Astros

[Reck]

Holy shit the Astros crowd looks so stun. Dont think I have ever seen this before. Those faces. :lol

Somebody get the escoba.

[midnightpulp]

Nats are the team of destiny this year.

Yep. Kurt Suzuki hitting clutch homeruns, Bregman booting fairly routine plays to spark that big inning. All the way back to the automatic Josh Hader melting down and blowing the lead. Everything breaking their way. But full credit to them. Every batter in that lineup tries to be a tough out and put the ball the play, which leads to shit like the Bregman error and the comeback against the Brewers. I wish the Dodgers would learn that rather than just try to hit dingers with every swing.

[midnightpulp]

Wow. The Minute Maid Massacre.

[Reck]

Wow. The Minute Maid Massacre.

The game really needs some sort of mercy rule where the team getting ass raped can say alright cool you got this.

When you're getting shanked like this, there is no point in playing anymore. It just serves to embarrassed the other team. The Astros are finished. Their morale is gone. Altuve crying and shit. :lol

[midnightpulp]

The game really needs some sort of mercy rule where the team getting ass raped can say alright cool you got this.

When you're getting shanked like this, there is no point in playing anymore. It just serves to embarrassed the other team. The Astros are finished. Their morale is gone. Altuve crying and shit. :lol

And they're going to have to bank on Greinke to save their season. He's hit or miss, with more misses in his post-season career.

[Clipper Nation]

Strasburg just showing how a real alpha pitcher does it in the playoffs, tbh. Kerchoke should have been watching and taking notes.

[Spurtacular]

Astros not getting the pivotal Game 2 this time around.

[FrostKing]

Astros travelling back to NL county and losing their DH

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/YellowNegligibleAnnashummingbird-size_restricted.gif

[MultiTroll]

To me, Verlander pitched a good game and should have been pulled after 6 complete at 2-2. He's 36. Also, the two out *single* that pushed it to 4-2 was obviously an error on Bergman, not a hit. Would have been 3-2 and still a dogfight.

[FrostKing]

1)Astros haven't challenged Nats bullpen

2)Not clutch - runners scoring

3)Houston's HOF hasn't so far out pitched "the Nats"

[Spurs Homer]

Astros gonna rally on the road....

[Reck]

Astros travelling back to NL county and losing their DH

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/YellowNegligibleAnnashummingbird-size_restricted.gif

This isn't bad news for them. They'll be thankful for it because apparently they dont have the balls (No pun intended) to tell Alvares to take a seat.

[Spurtacular]

It's an exciting match-up for the purists, apparently not for the general audience though.

https://www.thewrap.com/world-series-game-2-tv-ratings/

[AussieFanKurt]

https://www.12up.com/posts/nationals-staff-seen-boldly-practicing-on-field-trophy-presentation-before-game-3-in-washington-01dr05txhfcq

hmm....

[MultiTroll]

https://www.12up.com/posts/nationals-staff-seen-boldly-practicing-on-field-trophy-presentation-before-game-3-in-washington-01dr05txhfcq

hmm....
eh with todays nuttbars probably good to practice for security reasons.

[Robz4000]

Greinke pitching well so far and the Astros aren't having trouble getting offense. This might turn into a series.

[Reck]

Greinke pitching well so far and the Astros aren't having trouble getting offense. This might turn into a series.

Not when the nationals can put up 3-4 runs in half an inning. The Astros might win 1 game out of this series.

[midnightpulp]

Astros making clutch pitches in leverage spots. I think we have a series again. Could see it going 7 since Cole and Verlander aren't likely to pitch that poorly again.

[GAustex]

The pressure to hold the lead when you have to win is going to test the Astros bullpen

[Robz4000]

Good shit by the Astros bullpen tonight. Osuna still has to pitch but if he chokes it's not their fault.

[GAustex]

It’s up to Osuna now
Season on the line

[GAustex]

So you tell me there is a chance...

[Robz4000]

Series gets decided tomorrow tbh.

[midnightpulp]

Series gets decided tomorrow tbh.

I could see Cole going Madbum this series. Game 1 was still a bit of a fluke until the Nats can prove they can get to him again. If the Stros win tomorrow, Cole pitches Game 5 and probably closes out a potential Game 7 on the back of a Greinke 5 inning start. Series just got fun. Even if the Astros lose, they still have another Gerritt Cole start in their pocket at the very least. Then Verlander for Game 6.

[Robz4000]

I could see Cole going Madbum this series. Game 1 was still a bit of a fluke until the Nats can prove they can get to him again. If the Stros win tomorrow, Cole pitches Game 5 and probably closes out a potential Game 7 on the back of a Greinke 5 inning start. Series just got fun. Even if the Astros lose, they still have another Gerritt Cole start in their pocket at the very least. Then Verlander for Game 6.

Eh, at this point Verlander shouldn't be counted on. He's been mediocre outside game 1 against Tampa. The Astros bullpen came through against the Yankees so they might be up to the task again.

[midnightpulp]

Eh, at this point Verlander shouldn't be counted on. He's been mediocre outside game 1 against Tampa. The Astros bullpen came through against the Yankees so they might be up to the task again.

Yeah, Verlander's been shaky, but I think he's got one more classic performance in him. Hopefully the Astros figure it out, this series deserves to go 7. I'd love to see a game 7 situation when it's 2-2 in the mid-innings and Scherzer and Cole come out of the pen.

[midnightpulp]

Brantley's become one of my favorite hitters to watch.

[Reck]

This has all the makings of a backdoor sweep.

[Reck]

Make this interesting please. I have invested hours into this boring ass game, c'mon

[Reck]

trash

[midnightpulp]

Nationals choking hard at the plate. Missing and swinging over meatballs all game.

[midnightpulp]

Make this interesting please. I have invested hours into this boring ass game, c'mon

Nats are really crumbling. A lot of terrible at bats. Urqidy and Harris were solid, but they left a lot of hittable pitches.