Kinda excited. Gonna spend a lot of time with my pops watching these.

Best of three Wild Card Series, starting Tuesday

AL
1 Rays vs. 8 Blue Jays
2 A’s vs. 7 White Sox
3 Twins vs. 6 Astros
4 Indians vs. 5 Yankees

NL
1 Dodgers vs. 8 Brewers
2 Braves vs. 7 Reds
3 Cubs vs. 6 Marlins
4 Padres vs. 5 Cards

We just flame the fuck out in the playoffs. I don't get it.

They’ve been playing pretty well
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I don't really have an NBA team, and I refuse to root for UGA but the Falcons and Braves have let the city down enough.

Our first post season series win since 2001? You shittin me?!

Chapman going out for the year really sucked. Only Canha, Lauriano, and Semien are doing anything close to hitting right now. Bassit is really good, and Manea and Montas came on close to the end, but the starting pitching has been pretty inconsistent. The bullpen is nails tho, and that will be important.

I've seen teams come into the play-offs red hot and flame out. And I've seen teams stumble their way in and win it all. Can't really call it either way.

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You’re in a 1-1 game and you bring in Fucking Romo?

He has a dreadful 10 era, and is horrible in the regular season and post season. Only thing he has is a slider, if that. He has no command, which is why his fastball sucks. Dude should not even be in the majors.

I don’t give a fock about the error, because even with the error no runner scored. He allowed runners on base in the first place, and then he walked in the go ahead run, and got blasted after that.

He should have been pulled after the walk in run.

Baseball PO is mostly about strategy, and who will be the first to make a mistake....and Houston was the first to make a mistake...

Hats off to Baker for paying attention to analytics and pulling Zack. Valdez’ breaking ball was not hittable, which spelled Doom for Minnesota....hitters have no plate patience.

I was so livid with that pitching change...totally killed Minnesota’s runline.

Law of averages says its gotta be the Dodgers year. We’ve been the best team in baseball 3 of the last 4 years. We gotta win one eventually.

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Breaking balls, fast balls...does not matter.

Now if they can all just stay healthy, which is hard for them to do because them dudes
are Juiced to the max.

I look at Stanton and hold my breath every time he rounds the bases...

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Can’t believe the Braves got out of that.

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That best of 3 is hurtful. Came in yesterday morning full of hope...and it’s over like 24 hours later. I was pulling for them, too.

Though, I would love for my Dodgers to get another chance at them.

18 straight, not one win. You have to question and dissect your entire franchise, from top to bottom.

Enough talent to get to the playoffs, but an extremely low baseball IQ to excel once there.

Why is Sergio Romo on the team, and why was he used? If I’m an owner, that’s the first question asked.

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Could’ve used that more than a few times.

Reportedly he was always banged up by playoff time in LA. Short season this year is probably helping him.

8 for 75. 35 strikeouts.

Hitting and behind the plate...he couldn’t do anything with us, come playoff time.

We got the bats, and thank you As for taking out Bassitt. We weren’t hitting him.
Now we are jumping on Hendricks. And Sox can hit those sliders, and his fastball
Ain’t all that.

Hendricks on 26 pitches already. ..bullshit strike 3 call though. That was a walk.

Let’s close them out Sox. Let’s eat here.

One more at bat inning left...hopefully they leave Hendricks in for the 9th.

2 outs though. They are jumping on Hendricks again. Let’s go.

I’m still pissed over that bullshit strike 3 call in the 8th inning ...that really killed the momentum

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Great way to fight Sox. We went down with our best player ( and most likely MVP)at the plate.

Close these dudes out next game..

Having Hendricks try to do a six-out save was about the dumbest move possible. And now he's not available tomorrow.

I'm guessing Fiers pitches tomorrow, based on the numbers. Plus, he threw a tantrum last year when he didn't pitch the one-game play-off.

If the team can keep on hitting like this did the first five innings, they can do this.

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Ended up having to pitch Hendricks because there was no one left. Hendricks was strong enough to bounce back and strike out the side.

Still was a dumb move to pitch him in the 8th yesterday.

Hell of a game to be wasted on a three game series.

However, had Crochet not gotten injured that would have been lights out for the As.
I’m not sure what the hell happened. He struck two batters out, and they said his velocity dropped to 97 mph after that...lol. The dude avg 100 mph per pitch. Im like that was a sign of an issue? He looked fine to me.

Renteria starting a rookie for a close out game was mindless. Kid got yanked in the first inning. He should have started Crochet.

Then he makes another mistake. Rookie pitcher was in, and he decides to walk a batter to set up the double play, and it backfired.

We had so many chances to close out this game, but blew it.

16 pitchers were used for this game. That is the most pitchers used for a 9 inning game.

Tim Anderson is a fucking stud. He is the first player in MLB history to get 9 hits for 3 PO games. And he is the second player in MLB history to get 3 hits in 3 consecutive PO games.

Jose Abreu had an outstanding year. He is the best player in baseball this season, and will win the AL MVP

The future is bright as hell. We will be back.

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The second coming of Alex Rodriguez....especially when he was in Seattle.

I wanted Sox vs Padres in the WS

But I will take Yankees vs Padres

Cardinals bullpen might be cooked ...they have used so many pitchers.
But Cards got some hitters too...so who knows

The second coming of Alex Rodriguez....especially when he was in Seattle.

I wanted Sox vs Padres in the WS

But I will take Yankees vs Padres

Cardinals bullpen might be cooked ...they have used so many pitchers.
But Cards got some hitters too...so who knows

However, next game, if there is a next game , score is going to be low as hell.
Players are going to be too fatigued.

No fans, no road trips...You know in a regular setting dude would be choking. He has never performed like this in his life in the PO. So I’m not sure he has truly conquered his PO demons.

We are seeing some insane performances from pitchers, where there is no hostility to rattle them. That braves/ reds game where both pitches and bullpens were pitching lights out in PO game for the entire game.

Lucas Giolito, the pitcher for my White Sox, damn near pitched a perfect game in the PO. Had he succeeded, he would have stood with Don Larsen as the only 2 pitchers to throw a perfect game in the PO.

of times in the playoffs but last night when Kershaw basically waived off being pulled and finished the inning was tough although I agree it might've been a lot different with fans in the stands

Some of his worst moments were them putting him in bad positions - bringing him out of the bullpen, pitching him on 3 days rest, or leaving him in way too long like when the Cardinals eventually got him in that 2013 game. Some guys are built for that stuff...he isn’t. So cut the bullshit like he’s some magic pill, trust your team, and pitch him on 4 days rest like you do all season long, and he’ll be fine.

And that’s not to say that he hasn’t come up short. Overall he has, and has to own that. But acting like this was the first great game he ever pitched in the playoffs is pure BS. He’s had some dominant performances every time we’ve played the Braves, he owned the Cubs in the NLCS a few years ago, was dominant against the Astros in game 1 of the world series(7 innings, 1 run, 11 Ks), etc.

We know he is one of the greatest pitchers of all time, but let’s not pretend that
he would have easily had that same killer game if he were pitching in front of
a hostile crowd.

In pressure situations, game on the line he has been crap.!

Last year, Game 5, the dodgers were 6 outs away from returning to the NL Championship series. Clayton gave up back to back home runs.

Can’t really give him a lot of credit for yesterday’s game. No hate.

Those back to back homers were off him being brought out of the bullpen. He shouldn’t have been used like that. He’s not good at it.

Guess he didn’t feel the pressure when he dominated game 1 of the World Series?

you're just fucking weird

What a great pitching performance. I wish they let him try to finish it, but I understand pulling him.

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and couldn’t finish. Looked absolutely washed, today.

The quest to be Titletown 2020 continues.

Yankees crushed them in the first game. And the whole squad is healthy.
And they can hit everything. They can put the ball in play or pull it.

Rays are going to have to really score.

Their bats are strong but I give our pitching staff just the slightest edge over their hitting in this series.

And if we continue to hit like we did last night, our odds increase tremendously. I'mma stick with my prediction.

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just spanking grown men on live television.

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its rare i get bored enough to watch some baseball but them and the Yankees have been pretty entertaining.

https://twitter.com/RickeyBlog/status/1314295807735066624?s=20

>https://twitter.com/RickeyBlog/status/1314295807735066624?s=20

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If they win it again, the purist will go mad.

Yankees pitching is failing them tremendously.

>If they win it again

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Fuck everybody responsible for all this hoop jumping bullshit. MLB is retarded. They’ll have no fans left soon, because of their archaic stupid shit.

of MLBtv?

I’ve jumped around from YouTubeTV to SlingTV, now to Hulu over the last year. Figures the one I have right now is the one that doesn’t have MLBN, and my MLBTV subscription only gets me some damn Charlie Steiner radio broadcast for the playoffs, smh. At least I’ll get some more sleep tonight.

That works great every time

I was looking for Streams but apparently reddit streams isn’t really a thing anymore. I knew there had to be some replacements, but I was lost.

I moved in March and didn't get cable. Helped a ton with the NBA bubble and early playoff rounds.

when I realized they didn’t have Redzone. Funny thing is, I remember them saying back in July, they were losing Redzone and NFL Network, but were hoping to get them back. It was the summertime and I didn’t really trip at the moment. I don’t watch NFL Network. So, the day before, just checking to make sure I was ready, it all came back to me, lol. Hopped on Reddit and folks were in a frenzy. A dude said he talked to Sling, that morning and they were still trying to work out a deal. I said fuck it. I never really loved Sling, anyway. I only got it because PlayStation VUE went out of business and it was the only one that had everything I wanted at the moment. Anyway, I grabbed a YouTube tv free trial and been rocking with them, ever since. Crazy, Sling did get Redzone and NFL Network back...Sunday morning, before Week 1 started. YouTube tv way better, though. Not cheaper, but better.

I cancelled youtube back in the spring when no sports were on.

Once sports restarted I went with sling because YouTube had raised the prices by like $15 in that time span of a few months. Was content with sling until I realized a Lakers playoff game was on ABC - which my digital antennae doesn’t pull in. So I got Hulu on the spot. My issues with it: no MLBN, which I just realized. And the interface is not nearly as easy to use as YouTube. Unnecessarily complicated to find the channel guide. I’ll probably switch back to YouTube next b-ball/baseball season. With my Giants being terrible, I might just drop TV all together for a few months once baseball wraps up.

when I saw what it was gonna be to have what I wanted...but it's got everything I want and it's the easiest to navigate, I can watch on 3 tv's at once...period (none of that 1 stream on Orange, 3 on Blue bullshit with Sling), it's got unlimited DVR and it broadcasts a beautiful picture...which is great since I just copped a new tv and the app is one of the apps built into my LG tv. So, I don't need any device to use it. I looked at Hulu real quick, but no Redzone was a deal breaker. I looked at Tuvo, but it was just as high as YTTV and the picture was shitty...plus I would have had to watch it through my Firestick or my PS4.

I felt Sling was a fuzzy 720p half the time for major broadcasts

when you're watching something...it'll show the current video quality.

all locals CRYSTAL CLEAR.

I hope all those selfies don't come back to bite us in the ass but that was a solid sweep vs Miami. Pitching on point, bats woke up a bit, overcame a couple defensive blunders (that play by Markakis in game 2 was so clutch)

On to the NLCS!

makes me even more annoyed. We had them in Game 2. They weren't hitting, short series and the lead into the 6th inning. Then our bullpen fuckin blew it...got them all feeling good. A 3 game series was perfect, to get them out in 2 games and we were 3 innings away. That being said...our bats were way too shaky and we would have gotten served in the next round. Braves/Dodgers should be a lot of fun. I called Braves/Yankees at the beginning. Yanks/Rays in a winner take all, this evening and the Astros await the winner. Fuck, Oakland...you had ONE job!!

I was 10. In love with Andruw Jones. Up 2-0 and fucking blew it.

and he had his coming out party against...wait for it...the Cardinals. Up 3-1 in the NLCS and lost. I wasn't even really mad, cuz that Braves team was so dope. Andruw, Chipper, Javy Lopez, Avery/Glavine/Maddux/Smoltz, Terry Pendleton, Crime Dog!!, Marquis Grissom, David Justice, Jermaine Dye, Belliard....that's just off the top, I prolly forgot a lot of good names, lol.

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He is on three days rest.

but this is why they gave him 300 million trillion dollars. To pitch twice in a 5 game series. Looks like he is settling down after getting out of that jam, though.

I’m not a big fan on pitching pitchers on anything less than 4 days rest, especially
when the body isn’t use to it. That’s why teams should have deep bullpens. So if they win, he will not be able to start in game 1.

It messes up the rotation.

but the Yankees didn't sign Gerrit Cole to win a Wild Card Series...they signed him to win a championship...and since the first inning hiccups, he's out there being a horse...just like they hoped he would.

It's not his fault his team is Win by the Homer, Die by the Homer. It's why the Padres lost. It's why the Blue Jays always lose. It's easier to get shutdown by elite pitching in the Postseason that way. Balanced offences usually win. I wish my Jays be more balanced. More situational hitters are key, it's why the Mookie signing was clutch. He balances them way more. Look at him pick up the slack while Belli tries to jack homers and have a shitty season doing it.

Mookie and Trout are great balances of knowing when to swing for the fences when they get the pitch, but they are all about situational hitting.


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dude allowed one run, struck out 9, in 6 innings on 3 days rest...and his team helped him out with 1 damn run.

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for the game go ahead home run. Stanton got buckled and struck out looking. Over.

fuck Chapman btw

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but Atlanta is good, and this should be a fun series. Can't see any team beating the Dodgers, but we've been here before though...

i just wanna see more chaos brought to the sport by the cheaters winning one again.

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Woke up to 5-1 like huh? Granted I didn't watch a single Dodgers game this season but those Fox announcers were slobbering over them. They're deeper, more versatile, explosive and yea this was just one game but I'm damn proud of the Braves lol.

They've been hosting watch parties down here for the past two rounds and if the Braves make the series I'm VERY tempted to go. Socially distanced, mask unless eating, etc etc. It's absolutely foolish lmao but I want to be around other fans

the Braves are clearly quick layover on the way to the Dodgers' coronation.

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to taking fake selfies during home run trots.

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But as long as the Dodgers get rocked I’m happy.

I like Mookie, though

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It should have been a routine out, zero runs should not have scored.

However, Baker should have never taken out Aquidis ..or however you spell his name. He was pitching a gem, and the runners advancing was on Altuve.

Bullpen has been a big let down as well.

throughout the playoffs

11 runs in 1st inning. now up 12 - 0 top of 2nd, no outs.

most runs in an inning in postseason history.

Mookie makes a huge difference. It all started by him beating out a throw at first.

Snitker has to be really careful how he plays the rest of this game...you can't blow your team up with hopes of winning this one, at the cost of the next games.

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so complete. Has range, strong arm and can dig anything out of the dirt.

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Don’t ever mention him in the same sentence as Pedro or Maddux ever again!

Ever.

Bats have been pure TRASH other than 1 inning, all series. Ultimate front runners. Not Kershaw’s fault at all.

We’ll probably hit some hoe ass solo bombs late to make it “close” though.

That’s a rookie, who out pitched Krenshaw Clay.

You never heard of his ass before tonight, eat a dick.

Lol

Well, you Heard of that nigga now.

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And no such thing as a scrub pitching in the PO in MLB

I can’t do it. You can’t do it.

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locked in...but, dude is wildin. He’s hitting any kind of pitch and he is hitting it all around the park.

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Top of the 7th had my damn chest hurting. Being a fan is dumb. But one more win. Wilson could not have been more impressive.

don't get Cash pullin Snell in that spot. I get it, I guess..."something something analytics". Sometimes you just gotta let a dude rock.

I love it


>don't get Cash pullin Snell in that spot. I get it, I
>guess..."something something analytics". Sometimes you just
>gotta let a dude rock.

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Will Smith vs. Will Smith!

they sneak in the playoffs with a losing record and now Tampa is on the verge of a historic collapse

funny if the Astros won the WS

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I hope y’all get something to celebrate one way or another.

Let’s go!!!!!!

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Freddie draws a walk.

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Playoff baseball!


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six more outs

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https://twitter.com/ProFootballDoc/status/1318033706754342914?s=20

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DODGERS BABY

not sure how you can hate on what Tampa did this season, and LA has been the NL team of the last five years but without a WS to show for it

and we were saved from Houston vs. racist chants

Yea yea Braves made it farther than anyone expected but you have to fucking win one of the last three. You HAVE to.

is gonna haunt the Braves all winter.

Like....bad base running, unable to score with bases loaded and no damn outs....just a lot of mistakes smh

I'm not hurting at all though lol. It sucks but at least I won't be up til 12/1 est anymore

remove Randy Arozarena and the Rays hit .183 as a team, in the ALCS. That is NOT gonna work against the Dodgers.

Urias really came through.