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MLB '24 Postseason thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Cosmo, Oct 1, 2024.

  1. MTM

    MTM Well-Known Member

    My heart has finally stopped beating hard. This is my fourth title as a Dodgers fans but this feels different and more special.
     
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  2. FileNotFound

    FileNotFound Well-Known Member

    The Dodgers artfully took advantage of every Yankees gaffe. It was some really good baseball. And nobody will remember that Jack Flaherty shit the bed.
     
  3. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Others have explained why revenue sharing like what the NFL has won’t work in baseball. The gist was that too much if the revenue is local. The wealthier teams just won’t do it.

    What baseball needs most is a salary floor, but the owners have steadfastly insisted that won’t happen without a cap.
    So, we will go on watching teams use their financial advantage to win, as we saw in this postseason.

    That didn’t stop me from rooting for the Dodgers tonight, but that was mostly me wanting them to shut Yankee fans up, especially the two idiots who grabbed Betts last night.
     
  4. MTM

    MTM Well-Known Member

    Fox with a graphic reading “Yankees haven’t won the World Series since 2009.” Poor babies, how have they survived so long?
     
  5. maumann

    maumann Well-Known Member

    This is what makes sports more than just wins and losses, salary figures and contracts, TV ratings and ad buys.

    It's a multi-generational passionate love of the game, passed down from parent to child. Old men in Brooklyn who watched Johnny Podres as children now share an experience with kids in Los Angeles who will talk about that season in 2024 to their grandchildren some day when I'm long gone from this existence.

    It doesn't have to be baseball. It doesn't even have to be a team sport. You don't even have to get paid for it. But there's something magical about the payoff when you're emotionally invested in the outcome of something big enough to create lifelong memories. In that instant, feeling like being on the top of the world is so gratifying, such an incredible high that very few other moments can match.

    I'm so glad for Songbird and his dad. And for everyone who still remembers what that experience feels like.
     
  6. Spartan Squad

    Spartan Squad Well-Known Member

    When you compare it to the Dodgers’ 36-year drought they just snapped

    *ducks*
     
  7. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    And a World Series share.
     
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  8. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    No matter the sport, I love how hustle pays off. There simply is no substitute.
     
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  9. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    What happens first: the Dodgers match the Cardinals in WS titles or the Cards win their 12th?

    As an STL fan, Imma betting on the Dodgers.
     
  10. MTM

    MTM Well-Known Member

    Well played.

    I’ll defend the 2020 title til the end but it’s good to get a full season title to end doubt about this run by the franchise.
     
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  11. MTM

    MTM Well-Known Member

  12. UPChip

    UPChip Well-Known Member

    The part I will most enjoy is the knowledge that had he seen this game while alive, George Steinbrenner absolutely would have murdered someone tonight.
     
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