Running 2011 Baseball Thread, Vol. I: Dedicated to spnited

Baron Scicluna · Sep 29, 2011

LongTimeListener said:

Not that the Sox have much excuse, but along the lines of how cool it was to see the Orioles going balls-out, don't Sox fans have a beef with the Yankees not using Rivera? He has only pitched twice in the last week -- 28 pitches in all -- and won't throw again until Friday.
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I don't really see why they would, besides just wanting to whine. Rivera pitched in 64 games this season. He's pitched in between 63 to 67 games in each of the last five years. He pitched 1 11/3 more innings than last season. And he's 41 years old.

Girardi's protecting him for the playoffs. Why should he care what Red Sox fans think?

HanSenSE · Sep 29, 2011

LongTimeListener said:

Echoing it: There has never been a night like this in the history of baseball. That's largely because there could never be a night like this, owing to the recent wild-card expansion, but ... geez, you had three cliffhanger games at the same time, all with do-or-die playoff implications. Think about how many times you can watch a night of baseball and say "you know, I've never seen that before." And we end up in a discussion of how unfair baseball is?

Moving on, Tigers-Yankees is the series I most want to see. I like Detroit a lot in that one.
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Thirded. Kept looking up at the TV by my desk and saying, "No ... that didn't happen." And the last two AL games? That's what makes baseball awesome, you can't take a knee or go into the four corners. There's always a chance.

HanSenSE · Sep 29, 2011

Baron Scicluna said:

HanSenSE said:

YankeeFan said:

Braves choke job probably won't get the attention it deserves because of the Sox.
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A noob who shall go unnamed may disagree with me, but the Braves have been one of the most overrated teams over the last 20 or so years. All that pitching. All that talent. Bobby Cox, almost a deity. And ONE World Series? And last year the talk was, after they lost to the Giants, "Oh, they didn't have Chipper." Well, they had Chipper ... and found another way to lose.
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The Braves' big problem was that they never had that closer who would just slam the door in the postseason. Pena, McMichael, Stanton, Wohlers, Lightenberg, Rocker et al would have one or two excellent seasons, then flame out in the playoffs (except for Wohlers in '95 ).

If the Braves have Rivera, or perhaps Hoffman, we'd be having a much different discussion.
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Undoubtedly.

Bubbler · Sep 29, 2011

How the hell did J.J. Hardy hit 30 home runs for Baltimore?

Herbert Anchovy · Sep 29, 2011

http://www.sportsclubstats.com/MLB/American/ALEastern/Boston_ChanceWillMakePlayoffs.html

BYH · Sep 29, 2011

LongTimeListener said:

Yeah, I know that thinking ... it just seemed glaring that in the ninth inning of a one-run game they'd think "no, we don't need Mo" when he isn't due on the mound for another 48 hours. Yankees-Sawx being what it is, I'm sure it was noticed and commented on in Boston too.
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Tough shit. Try not to blow a nine-game lead in a 25-game span next time. (I know you're not saying this, so it's not aimed at you.)

Tommy_Dreamer · Sep 29, 2011

At the bar. Rays down 7-0.

Wow. Thought they were done.

Rays fans all around me for the most part.

I'm playing poker. I start hearing rumblings of the Rays coming back.

Johnson hits the homer as I'm looking up from pocket Qs. Rays fans and I collide in celebratory hugs.

Different seat, different part of the bar, I look up to see the Longo game-winner.

Place goes apeshit.

People hugging strangers. Beers being lifted. SHots being ordered.

And then I realize.

SHIT. The Rangers have to play this squad in the ALDS starting Friday.

Yeah, I'm not really feeling confident in the Rangers winning this but I can at least hope the TIgers beat the Yanks ifthe Rangers can't beat the Rays.

Della9250 · Sep 29, 2011

The deal with Rivera -- he pitched on Tuesday to get ready for the playoffs. Pitch him tonight and then there is Friday and Saturday games. So in a game that means nothing for the Yanks, they should potentially have him throw four times in five days?

Flying Headbutt · Sep 29, 2011

Bubbler said:

How the hell did J.J. Hardy hit 30 home runs for Baltimore?
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Hardy's OBP was weak, but overall, he was great this year. He did a tremendous job fielding his position (see his relay that got Scutaro at the plate last night, holy shit I never saw so many chests get so puffed and then deflated so fast) and hit the shit out of the ball when he hit it. He was a big time player for them this year.

MileHigh · Sep 29, 2011

What a final night.

And that's why sports rocks. Nothing like it.

Ben_Hecht · Sep 29, 2011

Baron Scicluna said:

LongTimeListener said:

Not that the Sox have much excuse, but along the lines of how cool it was to see the Orioles going balls-out, don't Sox fans have a beef with the Yankees not using Rivera? He has only pitched twice in the last week -- 28 pitches in all -- and won't throw again until Friday.
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I don't really see why they would, besides just wanting to whine. Rivera pitched in 64 games this season. He's pitched in between 63 to 67 games in each of the last five years. He pitched 1 11/3 more innings than last season. And he's 41 years old.

Girardi's protecting him for the playoffs. Why should he care what Red Sox fans think?
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That's from the worst sector of Whining Red Sox nation.

Dennis and Callahan (a Godsend -- witty adults, unlike the smug-Brahmins and hopelessly-drunk sectors of RSN) have had it aced, their opening hour, today.

Too bad they're bringing on The Midget, at 7 AM.

Huggy · Sep 29, 2011

Watching the YES feed last night I could have sworn Michael Kay had morphed into Beej when Kay said Girardi had got too "cute" with his use of his pitchers and was forced to go with Proctor the rest of the way.

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