2009 MLB Playoffs Thread

[blinkboy]

also, for the record. i never said the Sox lost because of those calls. But come on, the game is a chain reaction of events and almost none of them can be isolated.

a friend of mine even pointed out that Youkilis being fuming mad (as Youk can get) at Buckner, could have cost him to have a bad at bat with the bases juiced later in the game.  I mean, just saying, its not that easy.

and yes, we can all agree pitch trax is a joke!

edit: and i should have known having a Buckner anywhere NEAR first base in the post-season was gonna turn sour!

[vansmack]

a friend of mine even pointed out that Youkilis being fuming mad (as Youk can get) at Buckner, could have cost him to have a bad at bat with the bases juiced later in the game.  I mean, just saying, its not that easy.

And if Youk had hit a grand slam all the Sawx faithful would have been saying he did it because Buckner pissed him off.  "It just goes to show you - you shouldn't piss off the youk - he's wicked good!" in my best meathead Boston voice.

He's a head case that the fans love when it works in their favor and use as an excuse when it doesn't.  The rest of league is pretty sure it's gotten old.  I'll leave it to shoeshine to tell us where the Youk reaction ranks on the reasons people hate the Red Sox....     

[renton007]

Hey Cole Hamels! Why didn't you and your wife schedule a C-Section for last Thrus or Friday so you could have had your head in the game yesterday. I was excited for Myers return but that excitment faded quickly. How can he make 12M a year?

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Hey Cole Hamels! Why didn't you and your wife schedule a C-Section for last Thrus or Friday so you could have had your head in the game yesterday.

Yeah, Cole Hamels! You should always tell your wife to have an extremely painful procedure and a scar for the rest of her life so idiotic sports fans without lives aren't subjected to the whims of your newborn child! Baseball is way more important than family!!

[James Ford]

Hey Cole Hamels! Why didn't you and your wife schedule a C-Section for last Thrus or Friday so you could have had your head in the game yesterday.

Yeah, Cole Hamels! You should always tell your wife to have an extremely painful procedure and a scar for the rest of her life so idiotic sports fans without lives aren't subjected to the whims of your newborn child! Baseball is way more important than family!!

Agreed. Very much so.

Haven't been part of a c-section, but I would think that there's actually much less pain involved in the actual c-section procedure than in giving birth natuarally. It's the recovery from the surgery that's the real bitch.

But yeah, thumbs down to all unnecessary surgeries. Which many c-sections are.

[Venerable Bede]

Hey Cole Hamels! Why didn't you and your wife schedule a C-Section for last Thrus or Friday so you could have had your head in the game yesterday. I was excited for Myers return but that excitment faded quickly. How can he make 12M a year?

i wonder where these two kids came from???

[vansmack]

Since it was pretty clear that it was going to happen that day (they talked about it the whole time), why not schedule Hamels to pitch Game 3, after the off day?  He would have a clearer mind and probably a better performance.  I think this is Manuel's fault, not Cole's fault.

BTW - does anybody know if the kid was black?  Would have been awesome...

[vansmack]

That pitch on Juan Rivera wasn't even close!!! Did you see pitch Trax??!?!?!  The umpires are ruining any chance we have of winning this game??!?!?!  This unbelievable - oh the agony???!?!?  It's going to be in his mind the whole game - he's ruined.  RUINED I tell you!!!1

Didn't want to dispappoint my fans..it's only the second inning.

[vansmack]

Pitcher A: 16-8 in 33 starts, 3.75 ERA, 7.42 K/9, 1.24 WHIP
Pitcher B: 17-6 in 32 starts, 3.86 ERA, 8.43 K/9, 1.19 WHIP
Pitcher C: 15-8 in 32 starts, 3.41 ERA, 9.96 K/9, 1.23 WHIP
Pitcher D: 11-8 in 27 starts, 3.83 ERA, 7.09 K/9, 1.27 WHIP

Two of these pitchers are "aces" and the other two are "solid number two guys."  When did the ability to strike guys out make you an "ace" because otherwise these guys are pretty damn close?

The truth is if Lackey (D) and Weaver (A) pitched on the East coast, they'd get the same respect as Beckett (B) and Lester (C).

[vansmack]

I'm all ears Sox fans...who cost you this time? 

4 more hits - the same thing that cost you last night...

Twins fans on the other hand, have every right to be upset.  I'd be furious, then remind myself that I stranded 17 runners and probably not be furious any longer.  Just upset.

[blinkboy]

Pitcher A: 16-8 in 33 starts, 3.75 ERA, 7.42 K/9, 1.24 WHIP
Pitcher B: 17-6 in 32 starts, 3.86 ERA, 8.43 K/9, 1.19 WHIP
Pitcher C: 15-8 in 32 starts, 3.41 ERA, 9.96 K/9, 1.23 WHIP
Pitcher D: 11-8 in 27 starts, 3.83 ERA, 7.09 K/9, 1.27 WHIP

Two of these pitchers are "aces" and the other two are "solid number two guys."  When did the ability to strike guys out make you an "ace" because otherwise these guys are pretty damn close?

The truth is if Lackey (D) and Weaver (A) pitched on the East coast, they'd get the same respect as Beckett (B) and Lester (C).

can you compare these pitchers post-season records?  perhaps that has something to do with it.

(i dont have any idea of what they are)

[vansmack]

can you compare these pitchers post-season records?  perhaps that has something to do with it.

(i dont have any idea of what they are)

Not right now (though I can give you the 2009 numbers if you'd like them because they're fresh on my mind), but if that were the case, I would then urge the broadcast team to use adjective's like "post-season ace" rather than simply calling these guys "true aces of the staff" rather than "no true ace on the staff, but they have a lot of solid number two starters."

[sweetcell]

say, smackie, does the weight of that chip on your shoulder cause you to walk around in circles? 

maybe that explains your circular arguments...

[blinkboy]

buck martinez is a douche, dont let him piss you off!


and as i am typing this, finally, 2 runs!!!  i heart fenway

[redsock]

We played like ass and completely deserved to lose. That being said, I now hate and wish death upon Abreu and Aybar the rally monkey. And no, he's not a monkey cause of his skin color, but because he actually runs around like an obnoxious monkey.