My Cards will be a non-participant, this post-season...so I'm just along for the ride. Might be time to blow the GM outta there, but that's for another post.

The division leaders are...leading, lol. With the exception of the NL West and maaaaaaybe, the NL East, shit's sewn up. The Wild cards are a different story. Some observations.

I feel like, yesterday, the Mets were 5 games up...now, they're 7 back. Lindor has been AWFU this season and Baez hasn't done much besides his first game after the trade.

The Yankees just had their longest win streak since JFK was president...and they could still end up in a 1 game, winner take all, with Boston.

The Giants...what on Earth? Shit, they're good. Quiet good. Somehow, Buster Posey hopped in the DeLorean with Doc and Marty and went back to like 2012...then they added Kris Bryant.

I thought the Braves were going to fade into Bolivia (c) after Acuna went down, but Freddie Freeman is having none of it. Philly is nipping at their heels, though and Bryce Harper is balling.

Houston is Houstoning...and they just got Alex Bregman back from injury.

The Dodgers have the best pitching staff in baseball...even after losing that guy. It's true. They can throw Max/Clayton/Walker/Urias at you. That's fucking tough.

So, the White Sox and the Padres walk into a bar and played a bunch of teams that were below .500. One of them barely broke even, the other is in first place by 10 games. Gotta beat bad teams, man.

The Brewers are beating up on a bad division. Shout out to Joey Votto, though...that team is going to have a shot at an upset to get in and he is a huge reason why. He's literally made the decision to go from On-Base Daddy to Launch Angle Home Run Bro. Dude is that good, that he changed his style to fit the current state of the game.

Tampa really does this baseball shit better than most. That Nelson Cruz pickup was a great look. They're D'Angelo cruisin' in a division where the two teams behind them will prolly win 90 games.

Mets have lost 70% of their games since the break...and those two worried about the home crowd booing their asses

fuck

out

of here

Was that a thumbs down to fans, then?

“Yeah, I mean, to let them know that when we don’t get success, we’re going to get booed, so they’re going to get booed when we’re a success.”- Baez

when they are down. They don’t need support or cheers
when they are winning.

I stay to the end of every game...no matter if it’s a blowout loss or a big win.

Bulls, bears,Sox, etc. I’m backing them regardless of the wins
or losses.

wack ass spectators...who don’t appreciate the game or athletes.

https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1433159908959133698?s=20

While Mets GM Zack Scott was at the Amazin Mets Foundation charity event Monday night, as @JeffPassan reported, that ended at 8:30 pm, Mets say. Scott’s arrest for allegedly driving drunk didn’t occur until 4:17 am, Tuesday morning, nearly 8 hours later, as @NYPost_Mets reported

it’s truly impressive all the twists and turns they take each season. I feel like some journalist could write a new book about them every year and it would always be fascinating.

might just have a shot at getting in this thing. Machado and Jr. going at it I’m the dugout, last night.

9 game winning streak for the Cards.

Just as a big time accomplishment. Lord knows they deserve it this year.

We have 93 wins and 11 games left. But 8 of these games are against the Blue Jays, Cheatin'-Ass Astros and the Yankees. Not an easy way to finish the season but we can do it.

Long term...I hope we can win the World Series and then with all the good feelings that brings, the Rays and the city of Tampa will come to some agreement about moving the stadium from St. Pete to Tampa. And that stupid split plan with Montreal will get trashed.

Rays Up!

favorite third baseman.

4 game sweep of the Brewers, 12 straight!

Still mad as fock about the Nick Madrigal trade, though.

And play in this stupid ass one game wildcard bullshit.....smh.

FUCK that 5th team. Give us a series and we’ll bust any of these teams’ asses. Go back to how it was. This ain’t Covid ball with stupid ass cardboard cutout fans. Fuck your stupid ass gimmicks.

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by punching a wall for no reason

great timing, right before the playoffs

how come pitchers are the only idiots that do this? you never hear of a NFL quarterback breaking their throwing hand by punching their locker

lot of ironic cheating allegations going on which I find pretty funny

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Tuesday
Red Sox vs. Yankees (Nathan Eovaldi vs. Gerritt Cole) Winner faces Rays in ALDS

Wednesday
Dodgers vs. Cardinals (Max Scherzer vs. Adam Wainwright) Winner faces Giants in NLDS

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Yanks offense better get going.

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Shouldn’t even be in this stupid gimmick game. Baseball commish is a clown.

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If they’re going with 5 teams, the wild card should at least be a 3 game series.

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They played well enough to win. And if the game went to Xtra innings, they might very well have.

Great game.

some great playoff history and many connecting points. I was totally expecting Albert to walk it off, on us and he gave it a go. Honestly cracked a little smile when Joe Kelly got out of that jam. I love Joe, man. Now I can go ahead and root for the Dodgers. Some fun guys on their team. Man, it just stings. So many chances to push runs across. It was time to pull Waino…that was the right move. I was confident with every reliever who came out, except fucking Reyes. I knew he was gonna be some shit in that spot. Yadi coming back for one, last season. I really wanted him to get a deep run, but…that’s the way baseball go.

Red Sox at Rays

White Sox at Astros

Braves at Brewers

Dodgers at Giants

and his career has been, as well. Yeah, I could see if you don’t watch the Giants a lot…not really realizing he was in the dugout. I kinda became a fan, back when he was a player and he was on a couple of fitness magazine covers.

>and his career has been, as well. Yeah, I could see if you
>don’t watch the Giants a lot…not really realizing he was
>in the dugout. I kinda became a fan, back when he was a
>player and he was on a couple of fitness magazine covers.

exactly! I knew him more for that than his baseball skills and acumen, he was disappointment in fantasy lol

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this 5 game series puts the screws to you.

letting them bats go. It’s super early, though.

Sox pen has settled things down nicely.

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Just a bad showing. To play so well during the season and then fall apart like this.

Oh well, can't win everything

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7 of those 9 went for outs.

Just absurd that the wind at Dodger Stadium of all places played such a major factor and hurt LA more.

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Felt like we outplayed them in game 3, and luck just wasn’t on our side.

beating Webb in SF will be tough. Need to lay off and not chase like game 1. Hopefully they can make the adjustments.

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>I thought the Braves were going to fade into Bolivia (c) after
>Acuna went down, but Freddie Freeman is having none of it.

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Someone is winning game 110 and moving on.

thought it would be the GM and or the manager. Wonder who we go after. 🤔

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In theory it seems like a good tactic. But a change of this size in a game that you would think wouldn't require a major change seems out of left field. Especially when the starting pitching has been superb all series.

But Roberts seems to get his YOLO on during the playoffs. Maybe he's onto something.

Should force the Giants to switch up their line up a little I think. Unless Urias told him he couldn't go tonight.

I would expect Urias to pitch the 2nd-5th or 6th, then Joe Kelly, Grateral, and Jensen if needed.

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Let Taylor hit. Good hitter, clutch, and his outs have been “loud” the last few games. If he doesn’t get it done, leave Kenley in and let him finish. He’s been lights out all year except for one bad week 2 months ago.

But Max is a G and it worked so let’s f’in go!!!

I’m ok with the logic of it, but Taylor is a stud. Let him eat. Like you said, though…it fuckin worked.

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Turnabout is fair play!

but, man that’s a kick to the dick, right there.

Bunch of old guys having the best year of their career. 83-79 next year, max!

That's as bad as the Deckinger call against the Cards in the '85 World Series.

But for the game, especially such a well-played game to send on a checked-swing call is anti-climatic. But a bad checked-call swing is heartwrenching.

Like others in the post have said, the Giants didn't lose the game on that call. But man, if I was a Giants fan, I'd be pissed as hell.

but it was such a bad call…he clearly checked up. Gabe Kapler was amazingly collected, considering it was right after the game. He said he knows the umps try hard to make the right calls and it’s super tough for the game to end that way, but it’s not why they lost the game.

with that said...0-2 count. 2 outs. wasn't exactly a promising situation.

one longball at a time.

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He's both really, really good at his job, and his weak point is really, really frustrating because he can't seem to get better at it.

He puts Urias in during Game 2 when he didn't need to be in there. And now he has Urias in during the 5th inning after giving up 4 runs.

Play Pollock in LF and Taylor in CF. This isn’t Little League, you can’t just be throwing anybody in these spots.

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Dale Murphy, Ken Oberkfell, Pascual Perez, Glenn Hubbard….spent whole summers glued to the Super Station.

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so, Walker on short rest or a bullpen game…which Dave kinda did in game 5.

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It remains to be seen if the Dodgers will ever take the lead. But if the Braves scores at all in the sixth, the game would have been all but over.

Smh. Nothing. Pathetic at bat by Mookie.

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already announced.

FUCK.

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im over somebodys house and they got it on.

im bored to tears fam. idk why i was expecting it to be noticeably different than i last remember it.

Braves no hit prolly the most balanced offense in baseball, into the 8th inning. Shit was great.

not saying Braves gone get these next two at home, but the longer this goes, the harder it gets for them with Morton out.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/padres-hire-manager-bob-melvin-away-from-athletics-per-report/

Yes, I'm salty. Vegas, welcome your new Oakland franchise.

team let the coach (manager) know they was about to drive the tank and gave them the chance to do something else. Oakland about to tear it down. Oakland GM came into the facilities like:
https://youtu.be/QF38tMQ7HaE?t=46

They can win the World Series, tonight, at home. Man, if they complete this…their GM is the real MVP. All dude did was acquire Joc Pederson, Eddie Rosario, Adam Duvall, Jorge Soler and Richard Rodriguez…in a 2 week span, leading up to the trade deadline.

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in a box at the last game.

Go Astros.

Atlanta doing their racist chants as usual

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If you can win the WS without your best all around player and one of the best players in the game. What kind of flexibility and hope does that give you for next season? Or not at all? Baseball is such an interesting sport in that way.





>My Cards will be a non-participant, this post-season...so I'm
>just along for the ride. Might be time to blow the GM outta
>there, but that's for another post.
>
>The division leaders are...leading, lol. With the exception
>of the NL West and maaaaaaybe, the NL East, shit's sewn up.
>The Wild cards are a different story. Some observations.
>
>I feel like, yesterday, the Mets were 5 games up...now,
>they're 7 back. Lindor has been AWFU this season and Baez
>hasn't done much besides his first game after the trade.
>
>The Yankees just had their longest win streak since JFK was
>president...and they could still end up in a 1 game, winner
>take all, with Boston.
>
>The Giants...what on Earth? Shit, they're good. Quiet good.
>Somehow, Buster Posey hopped in the DeLorean with Doc and
>Marty and went back to like 2012...then they added Kris
>Bryant.
>
>I thought the Braves were going to fade into Bolivia (c) after
>Acuna went down, but Freddie Freeman is having none of it.
>Philly is nipping at their heels, though and Bryce Harper is
>balling.
>
>Houston is Houstoning...and they just got Alex Bregman back
>from injury.
>
>The Dodgers have the best pitching staff in baseball...even
>after losing that guy. It's true. They can throw
>Max/Clayton/Walker/Urias at you. That's fucking tough.
>
>So, the White Sox and the Padres walk into a bar and played a
>bunch of teams that were below .500. One of them barely broke
>even, the other is in first place by 10 games. Gotta beat bad
>teams, man.
>
>The Brewers are beating up on a bad division. Shout out to
>Joey Votto, though...that team is going to have a shot at an
>upset to get in and he is a huge reason why. He's literally
>made the decision to go from On-Base Daddy to Launch Angle
>Home Run Bro. Dude is that good, that he changed his style to
>fit the current state of the game.
>
>Tampa really does this baseball shit better than most. That
>Nelson Cruz pickup was a great look. They're D'Angelo
>cruisin' in a division where the two teams behind them will
>prolly win 90 games.
>
>
>

a fucking juggernaut...but, like you said, baseball gone baseball.

got his ankle stepped on.

Soler was locked in on his ass and he knew it. He was terrified and Soler got him.

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Pujols in Houston. Bonds in Anaheim before that.

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nothing they try is working, man. Whole fucking team is barreling up on everything.

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still in A ball.

The Establishment Team of the South wins the big one in grand fashion. Happy to see Ron get that elusive championship after the passing of Braves GOAT Hammerin Hank.

And even AA. The Jays-Braves connections continue: Bobby Cox, Crime Dogg, Anthopolous.

..headed back now