'23 POSTSEASON Thread

[FrostKing]

Where we left off...

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[FrostKing]

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[FrostKing]

The Marlins are trash, except when they make the postseason. Then, magic happens and they win it all.

I am so happy that the Astros won the West. It was such a brutal year with injuries and inconsistencies. We need 4 wins to get back to the ALCS.

As much as I want my Stros to win it all again and have Dusty ride off in the sunset as a back to back WS manager, I do not see it happening. First of all, Baltimore is just ridiculous this year. TB is also very strong. As of late, the Jays have gotten hot. I believe this will be the toughest test since 2017 to try and get back to the WS.

Oh, and if they do get back to the WS, they will have to contend with the best team in baseball, the Braves or the Dodgers. I really do not see any other NL team having a shot. I know the Phillies got hot and made noise last year. I know the Marlins win the WS when the make the postseason. Still, it is the top two who will be in the NLCS.

TBQH, I just do not see anyone coming close to beating the Braves this year. They have great pitching, great hitting, very good, if not great defense, and great coaching. They are an elite team. I am not sure the Dodgers can push them to 6 or 7.

So, if the Astros are able to get past the Rays, Rangers, Twins, Jays, and Orioles, I strongly worry that the Braves will do us like they did the last time we played in the WS.

at any rate......GO ASTROS
Haha Marlins actually participated in 2020 Playoffs and were swept. Their first October elimination.

Yes much respect to Astros. Rewarded with the easiest path on paper. Rays vs Orioles will be tough.


NL
Everyone loves Phillies as the 3rd best team but don't sleep on Milwaukee. I think they reach the NLCS. But they also have the toughest path although Dbacks over used their arms this weekend

Phillies in a 5-game series is Braves worst nightmare. It's all in time. Either revenge or 2nd year cucking.

Braves offense looks extremely deep and bullpen is solid. The starting pitching is a little shaky.
- Strider is starting Game1 (unproven)
- Fried Game2, hurt finger
- Elbert Game (unproven)

Morton is unavailable til the NLCS. Braves vs Phillies will be wild

Twins must finally break their Playoff futility

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Kinda goofy but I don't think there should be a rule where Division ties alter seeding

[Robz4000]

AL:

Rangers over Rays in 3
BJs over Twins in 3

Os over Rangers in 4
Astros over BJs in 4

Astros over Os in 6

NL:

Phillies over Marlins in 2
Brewers over D'backs in 2

Braves over Phillies in 4
Doyers over Brewers in 4

Braves over Doyers in 5

WS:

Braves over Astros in 6

[FrostKing]

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Maybe OUT entire Playoffs

[DeadlyDynasty]

Orioles over Marlins in 7:lol

[FrostKing]

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[FrostKing]

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Rays nearing 30 straight Innings scoreless in postseason

Shutout at Home to open a series is brutal

4 errors. Ouch.

[FrostKing]

Rays have lost 6 straight Playoff games

[Game1 of the 2021 ALDS vs Boston]

[FrostKing]

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[Thread]

Jesus H. Christ, I can't even count on the fuckin' Brewers to grant me relief. Fuck me.

[Mark Celibate]

Rays looking like the Devil Rays so far tbh imho

[Mark Celibate]

Tropicana Field!? More like Globe Life East I saaaaaaiiiiiiiiid

[Fat Brandon Bass]

Feel bad for the Rays who got screwed with this new postseason format. Won 99 games only for their postseason to last barely over 24 hours

[FrostKing]

Tropicana Field!? More like Globe Life East I saaaaaaiiiiiiiiid
Read Rays reddit

$3 parking
$1 margaritas near the stadium



But MLB is to blame too

Tuesday 3pm local time game. 36 hour notice.

[FrostKing]

Boring start to the Postseason 2 days in

LDS will likely be great

[Mark Celibate]

yeah still amazing to me that sh1thole professional stadiums like Tropicana Field still exist in 2023. Atleast the Coliseum in Oakland had a unique quirkiness to it

[FrostKing]

yeah still amazing to me that sh1thole professional stadiums like Tropicana Field still exist in 2023. Atleast the Coliseum in Oakland had a unique quirkiness to it
This offseason there is a proposal for a new stadium. This poor showing couldn't have happened at a worse time for them. 7-straight playoff losses I think

[FrostKing]

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[GAustex]

Phillie DP in the 8th devastates ATL

[GAustex]

Kershaw is done

[FrostKing]

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- Phillies deserved the Win. Sketchy glove interference on the 3rd run but ultimately didn't matter.

- Phillies managed like do or die going to the Bullpen in the 4th inning. Probably costs them in Game2.

- Braves shut out for the first time since May. Tip cap to Phillies but this is opponent we were 8- 4 against. Long layoff made a difference.

- brutal 5-game setup in the LDS. Especially for a team reliant on hitting. You can start a new pitcher on Monday but asking an offense to catch fire in Game2 of 5...

We will win Game 2

[FrostKing]

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2nd year of the new playoff setup

NL wild cards on pace for 4-0

[Robz4000]

:lmao Kershaw
:lmao Doyers

[GAustex]

Lol dodgers

[GAustex]

Disgusting Braves fans throwing trash on the field
On par with Mexican soccer fans

[FrostKing]

Disgusting Braves fans throwing trash on the field
On par with Mexican soccer fans
Don't like it. Only portion of the crowd participated.


Crazy call. Replay didn't show anything. How do you make that call with bases loaded, late innings, in a 2 run game.

[GAustex]

Braves catcher admitted hearing it and batter did not hesitate
Tough break for ATL

[FrostKing]

Braves catcher admitted hearing it and batter did not hesitate
Tough break for ATL
Call didn't end up mattering but ridiculous call given the circumstances. That needs to be a blatant play to call it.

Guys unsure

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[Mark Celibate]

:lmao Cucktimore

[Mark Celibate]

tbh it sounds like John Smoltz is coming down with Dementia...he's mentioned the Rangers trip from Seattle to Tampa like five times this broadcast alone

[Monostradamus]

Correa cucking his old team :lol

Cheatstros :lol

[GAustex]

Twinky pitcher is stout

[FrostKing]

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[Robz4000]

:lol at least Dallas has one legit contender

[FrostKing]

Wow

[FrostKing]

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Top5 Braves Playoff win in this current run

Lifeless for 14 straight Innings. Cardiac Braves strike again.

Phillies are good and likely feel confident heading home. Repeat of last year Braves won Game2 in the late innings but then lost in Philly

But they are boarding the plane in shock of how those Braves stole it

[GAustex]

Lol doyers

[FrostKing]

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[FrostKing]

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[Mark Celibate]

GET DOOOOOWWWWWWWWN

[J.T.]

The craziest part of that 2nd inning wasn't the Rangers scoring 5 runs but Lowe hitting like 15 foul balls in a row in the same at bat lol

[Mark Celibate]

:lol the South Oklahoma jabs are coming out on reddit.com/r/astros...looks like spurstalk circa 2006-07 I saaaaaiiiiiiidddddd

[Mark Celibate]

tbh though Game 1 was huge. Rangers got lucky that both Sborz/Chapman were sh1tting their collective pants in the 7th and 8th inning but somehow got out of both jams and got the 1 run win. Huge confidence boost to what was clearly the 800 lb gorilla weakness on this team. I truly think if the Rangers blew game 1, then it would've been a huge hit to morale and they either get swept or lose in 4. Hitters would've started pressing, and the bullpen would have zero confidence the rest of the series

[MultiTroll]

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[MultiTroll]

Managing obviously does matter.

Bochy
Crusty Baker (granted its the Cheatstohs)

vs

Dave Roberts.

In San Diego we're stuck with BobRon Melvin. Some of the local radio is insufferable with their support of Manny Machado and Melvin.

[J.T.]

:lol the South Oklahoma jabs are coming out on reddit.com/r/astros...looks like spurstalk circa 2006-07 I saaaaaiiiiiiidddddd

Those were the good old days tbh imho

[Mark Celibate]

I'm gonna miss this sh!tty broadcast team with Smoltz :lol they've been unintentionally hilarious with their amateur hour commentary

love how they bring up that plane ride from Seattle to Tampa Bay and then say that the Rangers were 'gloomily' staring out the window as they flew past Arlington like they were getting bussed to Auschwitz or something.

[FrostKing]

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[Fat Brandon Bass]

Were those fireworks or was it smoltz blowing his brains out and going through with the viability of suicide?

[MultiTroll]

Bochy Rangers vs the Houston Buttplugs.

Bring it.

[GAustex]

First things first
Gotta take the twins out first
Rangers impressive taking out TB and Oreos

[GAustex]

For a day the world aligns and things are as they should be
Go Astros

[djohn2oo8]

For a day the world aligns and things are as they should be
Go Astros
:tu

[GAustex]

For a day the world aligns and things are as they should be
Go Astros

It is even a better day when the doyers are eliminated

[Robz4000]

:lol Doyers with another choke

[MultiTroll]

Does Dave Roberts need to be replaced?
Sure seems like it.
I will say the loss to the Cheating Astros may have been a Dog WS win.

Regardless, he's reaching Marty Shot levels of playoff outage.

Same with ATL dude. Sure they got the Series and he's safe. But have you seen his stats outside of the Series year?
Like 5 of 7 years 1st round punked.

[Millennial_Messiah]

All-Texas ALCS. Been waiting for this one for a long time.

Also, if the Phillies win, I have no problems with either NL team either. Been awhile since there hasn't been a team I hate (Braves, Doyers, STL etc) in the NL pennant

[Millennial_Messiah]

The All Texas ALCS should have happened eight years ago in 2015 too tbh but both teams choked away their ALDS at the last possible moment.

Don't know who to root for... probably the Rangers because they got fucked over in 2011, and to a lesser extent 2015, and haven't won a championship yet.

[GAustex]

Astros
If not them
Rangers
Snakes
Phillies
Braves

[FrostKing]

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What a fragile baby. Angry over how the opponent celebrated in their own locker room. The irony over how he acted in response being worse. Guess some people always need manufactured drama to motivate themselves.

[GAustex]

Bitch assed brave ss talked smack
Philllie gets last laugh
For now

[FrostKing]

I don't believe "Atta boy" in ones owm locker room is considered smack talk anywhere except evidently the Phillies clubhouse

He made the blunder costing his team the game. Own it like a man, don't seek scapegoats.

Shaken by "Atta boy" :lol

[FrostKing]

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[Mark Celibate]

:lol I don’t know any athlete in history better suited to play in Philadelphia than Bryce Harper

[Mark Celibate]

South Oklahoma / North Mexico ALCS I saiiiiidddddd

[djohn2oo8]

South Oklahoma / North Mexico ALCS I saiiiiidddddd
:toast

[FrostKing]

Will this be the only series to go Game5?

All the WCs were sweeps

Very odd Playoffs so far

[FrostKing]

*7 series so far*

6 sweeps
0 the distance

[GAustex]

The easiest way to not let the other team stare you down is to not let the dude Jack two moon shots

[FrostKing]

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1-22 in the series

[FrostKing]

The easiest way to not let the other team stare you down is to not let the dude Jack two moon shots
We don't care bout him staring in public on the field

He cared and cried over how a team celebrated behind closed doors in their own locker room

By that same token he shouldn't have ended a Playoff game on a little league base running blunder. Why are you defending the fragile baby so much.

[GAustex]

To troll FSU and Braves fan

[GAustex]

The locker room argument is weak too. Press cannot be trusted.
Talk shit is fine
But be prepared to eat shit
And Braves and it seems Bravesfan had to eat shit

[FrostKing]

The locker room argument is weak too. Press cannot be trusted.
Talk shit is fine
But be prepared to eat shit
And Braves and it seems Bravesfan had to eat shit
The guy gossiping is an unknown fringe reporter. He just wanted to make a name for himself.

[GAustex]

The guy gossiping is an unknown fringe reporter. He just wanted to make a name for himself.

And he did make a name for himself and in doing so poked the bear and the bear had no mercy

[FrostKing]

And he did make a name for himself and in doing so poked the bear and the bear had no mercy
Sounds like a mentally fragile player that can't turn it on himself

[GAustex]

Sounds like a mentally fragile player that can't turn it on himself
I cannot argue with Harper being weak mind but it seems somewhat of a reach.
I am surprised that you are not conscious of not giving your opponent bulletin board material

[GAustex]

I know when I was in the game I did better when I was mad at the opponent or had reason beyond just winning at stake

[MultiTroll]

ATL runner on 3b failure to score on the wild pitch changed the whole series imo.

Perhaps Phillie still wins but wow, what a colossal blown op by runner.

[GAustex]

Castellanous is on a heater

[Biggems]

Adios Atlanta......so long suckas

[Biggems]

I wish the Astros vs Rangers was in the WS, but now that the Astros are in the AL, the ALCS is the best they can do......I am looking forward to this series.

The one team I want the Astros to beat the most in the WS is the sorry ass St. Louis Cardinals.

As for this year, first we have to beat the Rangers. If we do that, I want the Diamondbacks, only because we already beat the Phillies last year. Also, it will be the 6th team the Astros played in the WS, no repeats.

[FrostKing]

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Phillies deserved

Braves have hostage situation Phillies for 6 years. Let them have their fun for couple weeks.

[FrostKing]

Adios Atlanta......so long suckas
Haha where is all this Braves anger? Coming from.

Have a seat Braves will kick ur ass again

[GAustex]

Braves picked a bad time for the bats to go cold

[FrostKing]

Braves picked a bad time for the bats to go cold
New to Baseball?

[FrostKing]

..

[FrostKing]

- Bohm is big drop off in the 4th spot

- get on base, and Pressure the weak Defense

[FrostKing]

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GD nightmare shaping up out here in Phoenix. I'm gonna need the Phillies to put a stop to this.

Fuck me.

[Biggems]

Haha where is all this Braves anger? Coming from.

Have a seat Braves will kick ur ass again

Not this year.....enjoy your vacay in Shitlanta, Braves.

[Biggems]

7th consecutive ALCS......phenomenal

[Millennial_Messiah]

GD nightmare shaping up out here in Phoenix. I'm gonna need the Phillies to put a stop to this.

Fuck me.
Where were you in 2001?

[Millennial_Messiah]

7th consecutive ALCS......phenomenal

Yup, it's definitely one of the closest things you'll see in modern baseball to a dynasty, if it isn't one officially.

The thing with baseball is it's such a mental sport and confidence and unconfidence spreads like wildfire so damn quickly throughout the clubhouse and dugout to the extent that like no other sport, it truly is a game-by-game, and year-by-year league. Pitchers get hurt, or outright lose confidence on one team and switch teams frequently, and have success elsewhere. Which is why you don't see teams going 120-42 or better and you typically don't see teams like the Altuve Astros having this long of a sustained success period.

[GAustex]

Over all the four game series played this season
The Braves lowest scoring 4 games series was this one
Choke? Seems so

[Thread]

Where were you in 2001?

Behind the Staples on 75th Ave. & Thomas because she'd run me off from the house because I kept turning off the damn television. "Out Dale, out! These children want to watch this game and you're ruining for them. Out!"

"It's okay, ma, let him stay."

"No. This isn't right, you boys should be able to watch this ga..."

So I got in my car (radio off) and drove around for a while hoping against hope that they'd lose. I was sittin' back there in the dark waiting when all the sudden fireworks started appearing in the neighborhood close by. I thought why? And then of course it dawned on me what had happened. Motherfuckers.

I got a bad feeling about this.

[MultiTroll]

Lame live telecast did not give an overhead shot of the Wild Pitch that baserunner Pillar chose to stay on 3b.

How easily does he score to make it 3-2, runners on 2b 3b?

[FrostKing]

Not this year.....enjoy your vacay in Shitlanta, Braves.
Where's all this animosity coming from?

Scared to face us again?

[Mark Celibate]

Not this year.....enjoy your vacay in Shitlanta, Braves.

uhhh, Houston is not exactly a utopia. Pretty much every large US city not in the mountain time zone is a sh1t hole these days tbh imho

[Millennial_Messiah]

uhhh, Houston is not exactly a utopia. Pretty much every large US city not in the mountain time zone is a sh1t hole these days tbh imho

Denver is a shithole too, so are the inner suburbs like Aurora. Was just there and it's flooded with minorities, junkies, and hoboes, not mutually exclusive.

Albuquerque has always been a shithole full of rude asshole mexicans who would love to beat up and shoot whitey if given the opportunity. Phoenix is barely better on that front, but the oppressive heat makes it a shithole too.

So really that argument doesn't apply... Salt Lake City is ok at best, I guess.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Lame live telecast did not give an overhead shot of the Wild Pitch that baserunner Pillar chose to stay on 3b.

How easily does he score to make it 3-2, runners on 2b 3b?
It was a judgment call. With your best hitter at the plate, it was a classic example of "Mighty Casey has struck out" for Atlanta and Acuna, even though it was technically a flyout that came up several yards short of a home run.

But it was the safe choice to go back to 3rd in that situation if you're Pillar. Do you really want to be the one who gets scapegoated all winter and beyond if you get tagged out at home base for the third out with Ronald fuckin' Acuna at bat and the bases loaded with 2 outs in a 3-1 game? If Acuna hit that last pitch just a wee bit deeper, made it 5-3 and the Braves held on to win, Pillar would have been absolutely justified.

Kind of like the "go for it on 4th and short in the red zone down a field goal or less with a minute left and if you convert, you drain their timeouts and win at the buzzer, but if you don't convert obviously you lose, but if you kick the field goal now you give the enemy too much time to drive for a game winning field goal of their own" type of situation, applied to baseball.

[Mark Celibate]

Denver is a shithole too, so are the inner suburbs like Aurora. Was just there and it's flooded with minorities, junkies, and hoboes, not mutually exclusive.

Albuquerque has always been a shithole full of rude asshole mexicans who would love to beat up and shoot whitey if given the opportunity. Phoenix is barely better on that front, but the oppressive heat makes it a shithole too.

So really that argument doesn't apply... Salt Lake City is ok at best, I guess.

:lol wasn’t counting Albuquerque , but New Mexico isn’t actually a bad place if you really want to hide out and go off the grid.

You’re right on Denver though. Out of all the mountain west cities, I’d steer clear from there. All the high brow, liberal douchebags/OnlyFans thots who moved to Austin a decade ago are now flocking there in droves. Won’t be too long before it turns into Lagos, Nigeria either.

I think Phoenix/Salt Lake are actually going to continue to be solid. Mormons are good, solid hard working people who are always going to vote in certain ways to keep the “riff raff” out or atleast confined to only certain areas of the metro. Phoenix climate is always going to be just “harsh enough” to keep the high brow douchebags out. Also Boise, ID and the Montana mid size cities will be good places too for awhile. I think certain areas of South Dakota are good too. And I guess if you can stomach the extremes in weather in the Northern Plains and are hardy enough, then you won’t have to worry about crime there either.

the rest of the US outside of certain areas in the far northeast are either a Tyrone/immigrant fest or will be in the near future

[MultiTroll]

It was a judgment call. safe choice.
Little league and even lower strategy level was all that was needed.
In this situation a pro MLB team should have a strategy plan well in place.
That plan was the batter Acuna clearly waving Pillar in.

End of story.

That Pillars vision was obstructed, indeed it appears at least in part by Acuna....all the more reason to respond to Acunas clear repeated wave in.
End of Braves season.

Game 7 Spurs vs Denver then Leader Pet Patty, Pet Aldrige and NGOAT coach sat there jacking off and did not foul the Nuggett to stop the clock. Again, all it took was Jr. High level strategy that a SIGN was arranged for "Foul".
:cry but we couldn't hear over the crowd noise :cry

[midnightpulp]

Long time, bros! No better time to return to the old stomping grounds as the Rangers and Astros get ready to face off in the baseball equivalent of a street fight. And happy to see Seagoat lead you all there. Best overall hitter in the sport this season.

Just hope the Rangers can deal with the pressure. The Astros have lived in the ALCS for nearly a decade, so they'll likely be more even keel.

[Robz4000]

Long time, bros! No better time to return to the old stomping grounds as the Rangers and Astros get ready to face off in the baseball equivalent of a street fight. And happy to see Seagoat lead you all there. Best overall hitter in the sport this season.

Just hope the Rangers can deal with the pressure. The Astros have lived in the ALCS for nearly a decade, so they'll likely be more even keel.

Welcome back brosef :toast

[Mark Celibate]

anyway, I think the Astros will take this in 5. Don't have a great feeling about this series, Astros have dominated the Rangers since 2017 and most importantly, this season as well. Very hard for a team to go from winning 68 games to going to the World Series the next year especially having to go through the defending champs unless there's a big talent disparity. The 2010 Rangers went to the WS the first time they were in the postseason and beat the defending champs (Yankees), but they were ridiculously loaded on offense, signed Cliff Lee, and made steady progress leading up to that season. This year's team is legit, but rare to see a team make such a big leap.

I hope I'm wrong, but I don't see the Astros bats going cold like the Rays and Orioles. Even though Houston only won 90 games, it seems like they've always been able to win when needed this season against anybody. Also, the bullpen is still what it is and won't have the luxury of being able to go in with 6+ run leads every game

[Biggems]

Where's all this animosity coming from?

Scared to face us again?

Apparently you choose not to read. I already stated earlier in this thread that the Braves were the team I feared the most. I stated that I didn't see anyone knocking them off.

I despise the Braves and all teams from Atlanta.

As far as animosity goes, you are the one who started in on the Astros and their fans.

[Biggems]

uhhh, Houston is not exactly a utopia. Pretty much every large US city not in the mountain time zone is a sh1t hole these days tbh imho

Houston is a sesspool shithole. The Astros are one of the few things I like about the city. The Rockets and Texans can rot on Hell for all I care. UH can pass off too. The traffic sucks, the weather sucks, the giant mosquitoes suck....

God Bless San Antonio.

[Mark Celibate]

Houston is a sesspool shithole. The Astros are one of the few things I like about the city. The Rockets and Texans can rot on Hell for all I care. UH can pass off too. The traffic sucks, the weather sucks, the giant mosquitoes suck....

God Bless San Antonio.

honestly the worst was the flooding...when I lived there for a few years I was just out of college, and had a third story apartment so it didn't directly affect me. But it would seem like a pain in the a$$ to try and plant roots in a city where everytime there's an extended heavy downpour, half the city floods. I actually like humidity, so that part wasn't as bad as I expected tbh. The crime, though, holy sh1t. I've never been to any other city in the US where violent crime / break ins / car theft was so widespread even all the way out to the suburbs. I joined a Nextdoor app when I was there, and I still get daily notifications of shootings, trucks stolen etc ... and I lived in a fairly upscale area too

[djohn2oo8]

honestly the worst was the flooding...when I lived there for a few years I was just out of college, and had a third story apartment so it didn't directly affect me. But it would seem like a pain in the a$$ to try and plant roots in a city where everytime there's an extended heavy downpour, half the city floods. I actually like humidity, so that part wasn't as bad as I expected tbh. The crime, though, holy sh1t. I've never been to any other city in the US where violent crime / break ins / car theft was so widespread even all the way out to the suburbs. I joined a Nextdoor app when I was there, and I still get daily notifications of shootings, trucks stolen etc ... and I lived in a fairly upscale area too
What part did you stay in

[djohn2oo8]

anyway, I think the Astros will take this in 5. Don't have a great feeling about this series, Astros have dominated the Rangers since 2017 and most importantly, this season as well. Very hard for a team to go from winning 68 games to going to the World Series the next year especially having to go through the defending champs unless there's a big talent disparity. The 2010 Rangers went to the WS the first time they were in the postseason and beat the defending champs (Yankees), but they were ridiculously loaded on offense, signed Cliff Lee, and made steady progress leading up to that season. This year's team is legit, but rare to see a team make such a big leap.

I hope I'm wrong, but I don't see the Astros bats going cold like the Rays and Orioles. Even though Houston only won 90 games, it seems like they've always been able to win when needed this season against anybody. Also, the bullpen is still what it is and won't have the luxury of being able to go in with 6+ run leads every game
Eh. The Rangers are very streaky. That matters in the playoffs. Either they are cold or they hit and score a lot. Dont think this is just gonna be a 5 game set.

[djohn2oo8]

Also, whoever wins this series I think wins the WS.

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Also, whoever wins this series I think wins the WS.

Apology accepted, dj.

Now, what kind of guarantee can you grant your old Cubster that the Backs aren't going to win this World Series? I haven't listened to Phoenix talk radio in over a fortnight. It's been a complete MLB blackout till last night (I was going to wait all the way till November 3rd, but broke down last night & peeked and discovered the bastards had swept the Dodgers! I hate this! What they've done is take those new rules and wore them out. If it ain't nailed down they steal it.

[Mark Celibate]

What part did you stay in

I was over in the Memorial Area around City Centre 2014-2017...worked in the Energy Corridor at the time. My immediate area was ok, and you had Bunker Hill Village to the south which is super wealthy, but damn...anywhere south of that toward Westheimer/Briar Forest was just a toss up. Some areas had some good looking neighborhoods, but the next block looked like a U.N. designated warzone. Had a friend that stayed in a really nice gated, luxury apartment just north of Briar Forest on Beltway 8 yet someone was randomly shot in a drive by outside his building. With a car that was stolen across town from SE Houston nonetheless :lol . The crime down there was just so random and widespread in my experience. Knew a ton of people way out in Katy who said they'd randomly hear gunshots too. And growing up in Dallas, I thought Katy was like the "Plano" of Houston. Like I said before, I had a lot of fun in my three years there but doesn't seem like an easy place to plant roots

It's just different. Dallas is only "slightly" better, but still pretty sh1t....growing up, crime was atleast confined to certain areas. Although, I still visit the Big D and the decent middle class areas within DFW are definitely shrinking with everything just getting built out further and further north. Pretty soon, DFW literally will stretch all the way out to South Oklahoma fulfilling 06-07 ST era Spurfan's prophecy tbh imho

[Fat Brandon Bass]

Tô give a good indication of crime rate in both Dallas and Houston, you may as well draw a circle over the city limit of both (maybe carve out a hole in Highland Park and River Oaks) and write in big red letters “SHIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEET”

That’ll summarize the areas that Tyrone is most likely to rob you tbh imho

[Mark Celibate]

wtf Smoltz is back again? He's really the best they have? :lol Thought he was the fourth string "day game nobody cares about" tier announcer who would be long gone by the time the LCS started

[FrostKing]

I'm back. From sports detox :lol

[midnightpulp]

Good start for the Rangers. Great play by Semien there.

[midnightpulp]

Verlander doesn't look great so far. Rangers need to punish. He tends to find a gear in the middle innings.

[midnightpulp]

Another bad pitch. Lucky it wasn't 5 rows deep

[Mark Celibate]

Astros hammering Montgomery so far but hitting right to the outfielders. 1-0 lead ain't gonna cut it today tbh

[midnightpulp]

Astros hammering Montgomery so far but hitting right to the outfielders. 1-0 lead ain't gonna cut it today tbh

Yeah. No lead is safe in that band box.

[midnightpulp]

Moldy is the last guy you wanna walk. C'mon.

[TIMMYtoZO]

:lol 2 Texas teams playing for the right to get eliminated by the Phillies in the World Series.

[midnightpulp]

Great pitch.

[td4mvp2k]

gawt dam

[Mark Celibate]

:lol talk about playing with fire two innings in a row

[td4mvp2k]

:lol

[midnightpulp]

There ya go!

[MultiTroll]

Montgomery caught a break on that upper deck bomb that was just foul.

Getting a feeling the Rangers might pull this off.

[Mark Celibate]

Chapman in, all a$$holes in DFW have clenched

[midnightpulp]

Wow. I thought the Minute Maid demons came back to haunt Chapman there.

[td4mvp2k]

gawt dam carter

[Mark Celibate]

F*ck, Bochy is the baseball zen master...Chapman been stumbling over his dick all regular season then comes in and is lights out on the road in Baltimore and Houston

[td4mvp2k]

H-Dump :lol

[Mark Celibate]

:smokin

[Mark Celibate]

LeClerc is basically Neftali Feliz 2.0...similar windup, exact same stuff

[GAustex]

Poor plate discipline for Houston swing at dirt balls for that first meatball

[midnightpulp]

Big ball pitches from LeClerc after nearly hitting McCormick twice in a row.

[Robz4000]

LeClerc is basically Neftali Feliz 2.0...similar windup, exact same stuff

Doesn't bode well if they make the WS tbh.

[FrostKing]

Impressive showing by Montgomery but Astros almost equalized. Astros still feel confident. 2 ER by Verlander.

Should be juicy series. In both Leagues.

[Mark Celibate]

Impressive showing by Montgomery but Astros almost equalized. Astros still feel confident. 2 ER by Verlander.

Should be juicy series. In both Leagues.

I wouldn’t feel that comfortable if I was Houston. That was a game many, including myself, were penciling in as a likely Astros win with Verlander pitching. Holding the Rangers to 2 runs at home but unable to score off their bullpen and losing wouldn’t make me feel great tbh. Ranger bats were cold from the time off so only a matter of time before they heat up again.

tonight is a must win for Houston before game 3 in South Oklahoma, SW Arkansas, SE Colorado, etc

[monosylab1k]

Doesn't bode well if they make the WS tbh.

The Rangers bullpen will be their undoing, either in this series or the next. They’re riding a hot/lucky streak right now, but a Chapman meltdown is imminent, and Leclerc/Sborz will come back down to earth.

Just please beat Houston before the meltdown happens.

[Mark Celibate]

The Rangers bullpen will be their undoing, either in this series or the next. They’re riding a hot/lucky streak right now, but a Chapman meltdown is imminent, and Leclerc/Sborz will come back down to earth.

Just please beat Houston before the meltdown happens.

ya I agree they’ve been playing with fire with Chapman , gonna bite them in the a$$ eventually. Amazing defense saved his a$$ from blowing both Baltimore and Houston games tbh

[Robz4000]

Hell of a start for the Rangers.

[midnightpulp]

Hell of a start for the Rangers.

Yep. Valdez looks awful. Might get a couple more this inning

[midnightpulp]

What a play.

[Fat Brandon Bass]

I can see why Dusty Baker is hated around the league…hearing his mid game interview where he admitted he didn’t know much about Montgomery , he struck me as a typical Affirmative Action hire tbh imho

[midnightpulp]

What I love about the MLB. You're not fully reliant on one or two big stars. Signing DeGrom was the equivalent of the Lakers signing LeBron or an NFL team signing Mahomes. But since the Rangers made so many other great moves, losing DeGrom didn't sink them, and they went from a bottom feeder to a contender in one season. That simply can't happen in the NFL or NBA.

[Fat Brandon Bass]

West New Orleans Astros choking big time tbh imho gotta make southwest Arkansas pay when you get the chance

[midnightpulp]

West New Orleans Astros choking big time tbh imho gotta make southwest Arkansas pay when you get the chance

Eovaldi is an ice cold motherfucker.

[monosylab1k]

Better put up a few more runs, because a 2 run lead won’t hold. Feels like the dam is about to break.

[Mark Celibate]

F*ck, those Alvarez postseason stats are scary good tbh didn't know he was literally Big Papi 2.0

[midnightpulp]

Better put up a few more runs, because a 2 run lead won’t hold. Feels like the dam is about to break.

Especially if Chapman makes an appearance.

[monosylab1k]

Especially if Chapman makes an appearance.

Sborz/Chapman/Leclerc are the only 3 that Bochy trusts, and he can’t ride Sborz more than 1 inning. This is going to get really dicey really quick.

[midnightpulp]

Sborz/Chapman/Leclerc are the only 3 that Bochy trusts, and he can’t ride Sborz more than 1 inning. This is going to get really dicey really quick.

Luckily Sborz killed it. One down, two to go.

[Mark Celibate]

:lol this has Cuckgers loss written all over it, everybody has been swinging for the fences like their Barry Bonds since going up 5-1. Going for the 'ooga booga' quick strike instead of working the count like they've been doing all postseason

[midnightpulp]

:lol this has Cuckgers loss written all over it, everybody has been swinging for the fences like their Barry Bonds since going up 5-1. Going for the 'ooga booga' quick strike instead of working the count like they've been doing all postseason

If Chapman holds, I think you guys are home free.

[midnightpulp]

And he's on. Fasten them belts.

[monosylab1k]

If Chapman can locate pitches as well as he beats women, we’ll be in good shape.

[Mark Celibate]

my butthole is tightened

[Mark Celibate]

:lol of course

[midnightpulp]

Dotting that 3-1 fastball was huge. Great pitch by Chapman.

[monosylab1k]

lol not shocked in the least

[midnightpulp]

:lol of course

Damn. And I just praised him.

[Mark Celibate]

just take this clown out already

[monosylab1k]

The $100M infield better do something next inning.

[monosylab1k]

Well here it comes

[Mark Celibate]

think we know how this one is ending....

[Mark Celibate]

:lmao another one pulled out of their a$$

[midnightpulp]

Phew.

[midnightpulp]

:lol Pressly.

[midnightpulp]

Cmon Seagoat, dagger this shit.

[midnightpulp]

Damn. Like this Evan Carter kid, though.

[MultiTroll]

:lol this has Cuckgers loss written all over it, everybody has been swinging for the fences like their Barry Bonds since going up 5-1. Going for the 'ooga booga' quick strike instead of working the count like they've been doing all postseason
:madrun Simien continues.

Top 9 no outs runner on 1b then gets a pass to 2b.

Horrible whiff at a gopher ball. Tried just what you said, to jack it into the upper level vs advancing runner.

[Mark Celibate]

:lol this is how it felt watching the Mavericks try to hang onto a 4th quarter, 5 pt lead at Staples Center way back in the early 00s against Shaq/Kobe

[midnightpulp]

Even if Carter goes down, great AB.

[midnightpulp]

This kid has a fucking eye. Wow

[monosylab1k]

Welp there’s $500 mil down the toilet. At least we got a split in Houston.

[midnightpulp]

Beautiful pitch.

[midnightpulp]

Jung is that ni9999a

[Mark Celibate]

never a doubt, rofl

[monosylab1k]

That midget isn’t so tough without his nipple buzzers :lmao

[Millennial_Messiah]

Altuve, close, but no cigar.

Rangers up 2-0 on the road :tu

Don't see Houston coming back from this one.

[FrostKing]

Rangers on a 7-0 postseason run

6 on the road :nerd

[monosylab1k]

Well, we just got the Andy kiss of death^

Congrats djohn2oo8

[Mark Celibate]

Well, we just got the Andy kiss of death^

Congrats djohn2oo8 (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=14870)

FUUUUUUUUUU where the hell did he come from??

[midnightpulp]

Great game! A tense one.

[Robz4000]

Altuve, close, but no cigar.

Rangers up 2-0 on the road :tu

Don't see Houston coming back from this one.

:depressed

[FrostKing]

Rangers were super streaky in the 2nd Half though. Could just as well drop the next 2 or 3.

[Robz4000]

Can't believe the Rangers held on tbh.

[MultiTroll]

Stros much better on road too.

When was the last time that happened in a LCS?

[midnightpulp]

Rangers were super streaky in the 2nd Half though. Could just as well drop the next 2 or 3.

A key stat was how their bullpen blew 30 saves this season. That tells me the Rangers are effectively a 100+ win team when their pen is on. If their pen remains sharp, they could cruise through the rest of the playoffs. I think they probably have the best offense on paper out of the remaining teams.

[midnightpulp]

Can't believe the Rangers held on tbh.

Chapman is a walking panic attack.

[midnightpulp]

Bryce Harper has whatever it is that makes athletes clutch as fuck.

[GAustex]

Astros need to quit swinging at dirt balls

[Mark Celibate]

A key stat was how their bullpen blew 30 saves this season. That tells me the Rangers are effectively a 100+ win team when their pen is on. If their pen remains sharp, they could cruise through the rest of the playoffs. I think they probably have the best offense on paper out of the remaining teams.

Seemed like they had a 20 game stretch in August out of nowhere where they lost almost every game by blowing a lead. Then you have Seager missing 40 games, Josh Jung missing another month, Eovaldi missing a chunk of the season, and Scherzer's injury. I said that the bullpen holding onto a 1 run lead Game 1 on the road in Baltimore was HUGE for their World Series chances. The BP has talent, but you could tell they just lost their confidence. Both Sborz and Chapman went into that game clearly rattled and were all over the place. It had a 'here we go again' feel but they somehow managed to wriggle out of it. I felt Baltimore was screwed after that...the biggest weakness for Texas was the bullpen, and if you give them their confidence back? Going to be very difficult to beat

[Millennial_Messiah]

Bryce Harper has whatever it is that makes athletes clutch as fuck.

That Dallas Philly rivalry which already huge in football, renewed through baseball is going to be epic as fuck in the world series. :toast

[SpursforSix]

Chapman is a walking panic attack.

This. 100 mph that are either way off or straight down the middle. I can't understand the point of him even winding up with that weird hitch. He should just step back and throw like a catcher would. I can't imagine he'd be any worse for it.

[Biggems]

Stros much better on road too.

When was the last time that happened in a LCS?

not sure, but when the Astros played the Nationals in the WS, the road teams went 7-0

[Biggems]

That Dallas Philly rivalry which already huge in football, renewed through baseball is going to be epic as fuck in the world series. :toast

aren't we a bit premature.....at least beat the Astros 4 times before you talk about the WS.

you guys looked really strong in Houston. Let's see if you can stay hot in Arlington. Also, can the Astros bats, besides Alvarez come to life in the ALCS?

[MultiTroll]

not sure, but when the Astros played the Nationals in the WS, the road teams went 7-0
Perhaps with pampered modern pro's having automatic butt wiping machines etc on their chartered flights and 5 star hotel stays make the road not what it used to be.

[FrostKing]

Phillies still just slugging Solo HRs?

Que running out of luck and losing another WS

[FrostKing]

But to their credit every opponent has struggled to get base runners exposing their Defense. They'll start booting the ball around at Arizona

[GAustex]

Snakes are getting clubbed

[FrostKing]

Phillies have great team strategy for today's MLB postseason setup

Sign a few high priced sluggers, couple top starters and power arms in the Pen

They'll never win a Division Title

[Fat Brandon Bass]

Phillies have great team strategy for today's MLB postseason setup

Sign a few high priced sluggers, couple top starters and power arms in the Pen

They'll never win a Division Title

that’s how the Giants built their teams last decade. Strong 4 man rotation, couple of power arms in the bullpen, and mediocre offense with veterans on the cheap who wouldnt choke and atleast homer enough to get you 4-5 runs a game

The late 90s Yankee dynasty was also similar

[FrostKing]

that’s how the Giants built their teams last decade. Strong 4 man rotation, couple of power arms in the bullpen, and mediocre offense with veterans on the cheap who wouldnt choke and atleast homer enough to get you 4-5 runs a game

The late 90s Yankee dynasty was also similar
Late 90s Yankees foundation was farm products. 1996 the exception.

Giants had one of the strongest staffs in recent history.


Phillies vs Rangers would be 2 clubs with same mentality facing off

[FrostKing]

Another 2-0 series?

6/8 series Sweeps

Where's the Drama? Weak Playoffs so far.

[MultiTroll]

Throw meatballs to Schwarber with 2 outs and 1b open.
Brilliant strategy.

Also when Carroll got on 1b his 1st at bat.
Sac the guy over numb nutts.
Very important to break the ice with that 1st run.
He's faster the phuck so do a hit n run or....

FFS do something to create a run.
AZ coach sits on ass waiting for HRs. Not happening.

[FrostKing]

Dbacks manager pissed in Press Conference. Sounds like they are playing too pretty.

This is Phillies at their climax of success & confidence.

[MultiTroll]

Scherzer vs Javier

We'll see if Scherzer is ready.

[GAustex]

If Scherzer prevails
That will be legendary

[FrostKing]

Ya seems too good to be true for Max. He's lost his past 2 Playoff starts but would be useful in hypothetical WS

[FrostKing]

*Astros would have WS homefield over Phillies but Rangers would not*

[MultiTroll]

Dumbass Maldonado getting thrown out trying to stretch.

[Robz4000]

*Astros would have WS homefield over Phillies but Rangers would not*

Think it's the opposite iirc.

[Mark Celibate]

work the count, you fucks

[Robz4000]

:lol Scherzer choking in the postseason per par

[Mark Celibate]

Well the Scherzer experiment failed

[Mark Celibate]

:lol Bochy conceding the game , just leaving Max in to be the sacrificial lamb

[monosylab1k]

Couldn’t expect to sweep the Astros, or even go up 3-0. But considering how streaky and delicate the Rangers are, this game sucks because one mis-step could completely derail them. Not to mention the curse of Andy.

A backdoor sweep is highly likely.

[Mark Celibate]

Couldn’t expect to sweep the Astros, or even go up 3-0. But considering how streaky and delicate the Rangers are, this game sucks because one mis-step could completely derail them. Not to mention the curse of Andy.

A backdoor sweep is highly likely.

yeah I'm not too worried about this one...basically a rehab start for Scherzer, and Bochy pretty much conceded the game by keeping him in to chew up innings then going to dogsh!t relievers in order to not burn through the bullpen. If they lose tomorrow though, then it's the usual ":lol DFW sports"

Regardless, they won't be winning anything if their $500 million middle infielders don't start hitting again soon tbh imho

EDIT: Oh yeah, and a giant f*ck you to Andy for randomly showing up to the MLB forum at the worst possible time

[Biggems]

The road warriors do it again. The RangersD did a great job of keeping the Astros to 8 runs. That catch by Tavares was outstanding. Thankfully, Brantley followed with a great catch in the next inning.

The two out scoring in this game was insane. I was happy that Jung came up in the 9th with only 1 out.

I have no idea what the hell Tucker was doing on that fly ball. Also, I have no idea why Alvarez tried to score in the 9th. He couldn't have scored even if he was Willie Mays Hayes.

[Biggems]

Who is Andy?

[djohn2oo8]

Couldn’t expect to sweep the Astros, or even go up 3-0. But considering how streaky and delicate the Rangers are, this game sucks because one mis-step could completely derail them. Not to mention the curse of Andy.

A backdoor sweep is highly likely.
Say brother. The Rangers have the best chance since the 2018 Red Sox to knock off the Astros. Yall just have to win two.

[monosylab1k]

Who is Andy?

Imagine if anal cancer was a human being.

[Fat Brandon Bass]

yeah this series is impossible to predict with how ridiculously inconsistent/streaky both teams and players are. Jesus Christ. Astros are the defending champs but can't win at home, and got dad-dicked by the A's and Royals multiple times this season. Rangers went from looking like a Top 3 team in baseball to looking like the 2003 Detroit Tigers for almost a whole month. Then you have Kyle Tucker/Corey Seager who go from MVP candidates to looking like Single A players. Rangers bullpen sucks but now it's elite...and the Astros pitcher tonight who goes from average regular season player only to regularly turn into the black Nolan Ryan in the postseason, Framber as well is all over the place :lol how the f*ck can anybody accurately pick a winner between these two?

[Mark Celibate]

Ok the more I think about this series, the more I think this will be another Dulla$$/South Oklahoma sports team collapse.

Just too much dead weight that Bochy has to work around. We have no reliable fourth starter, bullpen could regress to the mean at any point, our half a billion dollar middle infield has completely disappeared and we’re leaning too heavily on Montgomery/Eovaldi…even though the Astros have been up and down this season, they’re still even keel and pretty much anybody in their lineup is capable of getting the big hit when needed. The South Oklahoma/Southwestern Arkansas/Eastern New Mexico Rangers are leaning on just a handful of guys to keep carrying the team. Don’t see it as sustainable tbh

[Mark Celibate]

Also, why the f*ck is Alvarez not a perennial MVP? Literally never heard of this guy until three weeks ago but apparently he’s Barry Bonds 2.0

[Biggems]

Also, why the f*ck is Alvarez not a perennial MVP? Literally never heard of this guy until three weeks ago but apparently he’s Barry Bonds 2.0

Was injured two or three times this year.

[djohn2oo8]

Ok the more I think about this series, the more I think this will be another Dulla$$/South Oklahoma sports team collapse.

Just too much dead weight that Bochy has to work around. We have no reliable fourth starter, bullpen could regress to the mean at any point, our half a billion dollar middle infield has completely disappeared and we’re leaning too heavily on Montgomery/Eovaldi…even though the Astros have been up and down this season, they’re still even keel and pretty much anybody in their lineup is capable of getting the big hit when needed. The South Oklahoma/Southwestern Arkansas/Eastern New Mexico Rangers are leaning on just a handful of guys to keep carrying the team. Don’t see it as sustainable tbh
A lot of folks in the Astros lineup have been underperforming for a while now. 2 games is still better than having to win 3. Rangers’ lineup is absolutely solid.

[FrostKing]

:lol Bohm striking out 4 different times to end the 9th. Ump did all he could to save him.

[FrostKing]

https://i.ibb.co/PGYfMsR/Screenshot-20231019-152220-Reddit.png

Couldn't happen to a better sports town

[monosylab1k]

:lol this is 100% a backdoor sweep. Millennial_Messiah I hope you get gang-raped by a bunch of New York Democratic Socialists tonight.

[Mark Celibate]

yupp, Astros had a lot of balls hit hard/to the warning track in games 1 & 2...now their hits are starting to fall. If Semien/Seager don't wake up quick, this sh!t is over tbh imho

[Mark Celibate]

:lol still can't believe John "I'm completely talking out of my ass for 4 hours" Smoltz is the best Fox has for color commentator

[midnightpulp]

Seager finally did something. Phew.

[GAustex]

First one to 10 wins?

[midnightpulp]

Gotta take the lead here.

[midnightpulp]

Sigh. Knew the Rangers needed to have a huge inning there. Dunning was a meltdown waiting to happen

[midnightpulp]

What a mental midget pitching staff after their top 2.

[FrostKing]

Ouch. Basically Grand Slams in consecutive at bats

[FrostKing]

Also, why the f*ck is Alvarez not a perennial MVP? Literally never heard of this guy until three weeks ago but apparently he’s Barry Bonds 2.0
https://i.ibb.co/9N5wD65/Fe-Vxc1-Xg-AEXIw-G.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/3mGZ0Lz/Fe-Vxcs-WQAAWMEa.jpg

[GAustex]

First one to 10 wins?

[Millennial_Messiah]

The Rangers will still find a way to get it done. I mean a 2-2 split considering Houston started out with HFA, all told, isn't the worst case scenario. Just gotta win game 5. :)

[FrostKing]

https://i.ibb.co/3mJD344/Screenshot-20231020-002649-Instagram.png

[Biggems]

If the series trend continues, the Rangers have the advantage. They still have 2 road games, where the Astros only have 1.

It boggles my mind at how dominant the Astros are on the road, but absolutely pedestrian at home.

Go Astros

[Mark Celibate]

If the series trend continues, the Rangers have the advantage. They still have 2 road games, where the Astros only have 1.

It boggles my mind at how dominant the Astros are on the road, but absolutely pedestrian at home.

Go Astros

Houston was still close to taking both games 1 and 2. A lot of warning track balls, hard hit outs, and both games the Rangers had to get out of multiple bases loaded jams. All that to barely hold onto a 2 and 1 run victory. At this point the momentum has completely shifted and when the Rangers start slumping, man have they looked bad this season. Not even trying to reverse jinx, but if I had to put money on it I fully expect a backdoor sweep

Seems like they’re on life support at this point tbh