The MLB Thread

[gaaaaaaaaah]

anyways, Giants and Cardinals in another good one....

as much as i claimed to not care about this series at all, its been a good one.

definitely got a bad feeling about KC versus either of these teams. not so much the layoff (if the giants win tonight theyll be off for just about as long before the world series) but the way both nl teams always play their best at the perfect time. kc has that team of destiny feeling going on, but for how much longer? i just feel like ned yost's ways are eventually gonna blow up and the giants or cards will take advantage unlike any al club could

[hutch]

anyways, Giants and Cardinals in another good one....

as much as i claimed to not care about this series at all, its been a good one.

definitely got a bad feeling about KC versus either of these teams. not so much the layoff (if the giants win tonight theyll be off for just about as long before the world series) but the way both nl teams always play their best at the perfect time. kc has that team of destiny feeling going on, but for how much longer? i just feel like ned yost's ways are eventually gonna blow up and the giants or cards will take advantage unlike any al club could

yup...agree on that too....i don't care if this series goes 7..whoever wins it is going to expose the royals...

of course anything can happen...but that's my prediction.

[ggw]

Brady Anderson is another guy that comes to mind....

Steroids or amyl nitrate?

[shemptiness]

Brady Anderson is another guy that comes to mind....

Steroids or amyl nitrate?

outside of milwaukee he gets it as hard as anyone not a-rod.

I'm sure A-Rod gets it.  Hard.

[vansmack]

Bill Mazeroski. Chris Chambliss. Joe Carter. Todd Pratt. Aaron Boone. Travis Ishikawa.

[hutch]

what a home run!


I don't think the Cardinals had a chance once Molina went down....classy of Matheny not to even hint at it as an excuse..


so we get a World Series between the two Wild Card teams....where they the top finishers in their respective Wild Card standings?

It really does come down to who plays best in October.

[vansmack]

Matheny,  when asked about not using Rosenthal in the 9th,  said "we can't use our closer in the 9th,  in a road game"  -  amazing.  He managed for the save stat,  and not to win a game that ended up being the last game of his season.

[DeathFromAbove1979]

what a home run!


I don't think the Cardinals had a chance once Molina went down....classy of Matheny not to even hint at it as an excuse..


so we get a World Series between the two Wild Card teams....where they the top finishers in their respective Wild Card standings?

It really does come down to who plays best in October.

Royals 1st Wild Card, Giants were the 2nd wild card.

[gaaaaaaaaah]

giants and pirates ended up tied though, so its not like the giants were way out of the playoff hunt and only lucked out cuz of the second wild card

[DeathFromAbove1979]

They lucked their way into the Series

[gaaaaaaaaah]

no they outplayed all their opponents and did all the right things at the right time, just like they did in 2010 and 2012. credit where its due, no luck involved.

[DeathFromAbove1979]

Lucky

[vansmack]

Brains v brawn in baseball - The cult of the genius GM

[hutch]

no they outplayed all their opponents and did all the right things at the right time, just like they did in 2010 and 2012. credit where its due, no luck involved.

+1


also, Bochy has to be the best manager in baseball... that doesn't hurt....it just seems like every move he makes works...

I'm happy for Morse...it made me sad when the Nats let him go...He was giddy last night!

[shemptiness]

Matheny,  when asked about not using Rosenthal in the 9th,  said "we can't use our closer in the 9th,  in a road game"  -  amazing.  He managed for the save stat,  and not to win a game that ended up being the last game of his season.

Olbermann made the point, quite convincingly, that Matheny was lying.  Because the truth was his relievers stunk it up all series, but he wasn't going to come out and say that.  So he took the hit.