September 29, 20205 yr 5 minutes ago, Helobious said: Indians record against everyone that isn’t the Royals, Tigers, or pirates: 18-16. DOMINATION so the Indians were two games over .500 in a schedule that was packed with series against the Twins, White Sox, and all 4 NL Central playoff teams, while the Yankees were 6 games under .500 against everyone else (11-17 against teams over .500), and your takeaway is that these two are similar? well, that is on brand for you, i'll say that. Edited September 29, 20205 yr by shadow_operative
September 29, 20205 yr That’s hilarious. You know as much about baseball as Rick Barnes knows about coaching a championship basketball team. I don’t know what player made you hop on the Indians bandwagon but you’re sorely mistaken if you think they’re a threat in the playoffs. Have you decided what bandwagon you will jump on after the Indians get eliminated?
September 29, 20205 yr Normally a 5-game MLB playoff series is ridiculous, 3-games would be a travesty. But we've only played 37% of a season, so this year is just a tournament. I'm good with that and it'll be popular as a one off. But why not turn the final week and a half of spring training into a tourney? Crown separate Cactus and Grapefruit champs. To discourage virtual opt outing award the winner and runner up of each the option of an extra 1st round draft pick or picking your first round opponent if you make the playoffs. Do a lottery drawing for seeding, with the 1st pick of each getting a first round bye (15 teams in each league.) Best of 3 first round, so we get at least 2 days of 14 games with hourly and half hourly staggered starts. Then a CWS style double elimination and best of 3 champ series for each league. Can still do split squad games to get work in for players that need it, eliminated teams return to ad hoc training games and their pre-opening day home exhibitions. Let the tourney championship series replace the early opening day game, so that every team opens their regular season on a true Opening Day Monday. Yeah, it's taking on March Madness, but almost every household now has multiple TV's or ipads or watch on their phone. Ought to be able to get decent money from a non-CBS channels, and not everyone is into basketball. First round with 14 games both Sat and Sun when there's only two Elite 8 games each day, Monday is game 3's. Double elim round Tue-Fri. The if-needed games as double-headers Fri nite, maybe shortened to 5 or 6 innings (so you can still have a guaranteed prime time game (TV money), say starting 3pm and 6pm central start times.) Could get most of the 2 champ series Sat games in before the final four tips, Sun afternoon game 2's followed by shortened if-needed game 3's. Those teams can have their Monday opener shifted to night games if travel is a concern. Give MLB a Daytona 500. Make every playoff series 7-games. And Opening Day is truly opening day for every team. Edited September 29, 20205 yr by clapclapclap
September 29, 20205 yr 52 minutes ago, Helobious said: That’s hilarious. You know as much about baseball as Rick Barnes knows about coaching a championship basketball team. I don’t know what player made you hop on the Indians bandwagon but you’re sorely mistaken if you think they’re a threat in the playoffs. Have you decided what bandwagon you will jump on after the Indians get eliminated? I'd rate my baseball knowledge as an 80 on the 20-80 scale.
September 29, 20205 yr I just realized both leagues have 3 days off between the end of this round and the next round. So, why aren't we playing best of 5 in this first round?
September 29, 20205 yr Damn mlb app won’t let me use my cable provider to stream games. What was once the best freaking app in the history of apps is now f’ing worthless.
September 29, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, Fudge Nuggets said: Damn mlb app won’t let me use my cable provider to stream games. What was once the best freaking app in the history of apps is now f’ing worthless. App has always been like that for the playoffs.
September 30, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, WBT said: I just realized both leagues have 3 days off between the end of this round and the next round. So, why aren't we playing best of 5 in this first round? With the lack of off days, it’s the only chance during the playoffs to win a series and reset your pitching rotation.
September 30, 20205 yr 3 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said: With the lack of off days, it’s the only chance during the playoffs to win a series and reset your pitching rotation. Plus they’re moving into the bubble so I’m sure they want a few days to ensure no positives get in.
September 30, 20205 yr 3 hours ago, WBT said: I just realized both leagues have 3 days off between the end of this round and the next round. So, why aren't we playing best of 5 in this first round? I assumed it was to build in buffer in case shit(Covid) got crazy the last week of the season or in the WC round
October 1, 20205 yr On 9/28/2020 at 3:47 PM, Beau Vine said: Athletic staff prediction article. This one cracked me up: Dude is killing it so far.
October 1, 20205 yr On 9/29/2020 at 7:54 PM, Guadaloopy said: App has always been like that for the playoffs. Yeah, it sucks to pay for the whole year, and then for the playoffs, its entirely useless and you have to find specific apps for the random channels playoff games happen to be on, and you need a cable subscription for pretty much all of them. MLB shits on some of their best fans who are willing to pay to watch games by giving up exclusive broadcast rights to cable channels. What does TBS even lose by allowing the MLB app to stream its live feed? They could still run TBS ads The MLB app is great during the regular season being able to flip between games, but even there the ESPN games tell you to fuck off and go to the ESPN app.
October 2, 20205 yr I really don’t care for Bauer and he is a badass pitcher. But this is fucking great.
October 2, 20205 yr 14 hours ago, TonyTexas said: Tyler is the youdunnf'dup of baseball So a super talented at my craft and most people really like except for Astros fans? Thanks, man. That means a lot. I would say that’s accurate, but I want to be humble. Edited October 2, 20205 yr by youdunnf'dup
October 2, 20205 yr Pretty excited to see Sixto pitch today. Just because I’m saying that he’s gonna get rocked, but I haven’t seen him pitch this year. Edited October 2, 20205 yr by youdunnf'dup
October 2, 20205 yr 101 mph to the thigh can’t feel good. Hayward played it off as best as he could though.
October 4, 20205 yr DIVISION SERIES Best-of-five (Italics below indicate "if necessary") Clubs listed in order of "road" vs. "home" All times ET and subject to change based on the conclusions of various Division Series Monday, Oct. 5 • AL Division Series Game 1, HOU vs. OAK, at Los Angeles, 4 p.m. (TBS) • AL Division Series Game 1, NYY vs. TB, at San Diego, 8 p.m. (TBS) Tuesday, Oct. 6 • NL Division Series Game 1, MIA vs. ATL, at Houston, 2 p.m. (FS1) • AL Division Series Game 2, HOU vs. OAK, at Los Angeles, 4:30 p.m. (TBS) • AL Division Series Game 2, NYY vs. TB, at San Diego, 8 p.m. (TBS) • NL Division Series Game 1, SD vs. LAD, at Arlington, 9:30 p.m. (FS1) Wednesday, Oct. 7 • NL Division Series Game 2, MIA vs. ATL, at Houston, 2 p.m. (MLBN) • AL Division Series Game 3, OAK vs. HOU, at Los Angeles, 3:30 p.m. (TBS) • AL Division Series Game 3, TB vs. NYY, at San Diego, 7 p.m. (TBS) • NL Division Series Game 2, SD vs. LAD, at Arlington, 9 p.m. (FS1) Thursday, Oct. 8 • NL Division Series Game 3, ATL vs. MIA, at Houston, 2 p.m. (FS1) • AL Division Series Game 4, OAK vs. HOU, at Los Angeles, 3:30 p.m. (TBS) • AL Division Series Game 4, TB vs. NYY, at San Diego, 7 p.m. (TBS) • NL Division Series Game 3, LAD vs. SD, at Arlington, 9 p.m. (MLBN) Friday, Oct. 9 • NL Division Series Game 4, ATL vs. MIA, at Houston, 2 p.m. (FS1) • AL Division Series Game 5, HOU vs. OAK, at Los Angeles, 3:30 p.m. (TBS) • AL Division Series Game 5, NYY vs. TB, at San Diego, 7 p.m. (TBS) • NL Division Series Game 4, LAD vs. SD, at Arlington, 9 p.m. (FS1) Saturday, Oct. 10 • NL Division Series Game 5, MIA vs. ATL, at Houston, 4 p.m. (FS1) • NL Division Series Game 5, SD vs. LAD, at Arlington, 8 p.m. (FS1) https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-2020-postseason-schedule-announced
October 7, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, shnsajax said: I like this Trevor Bauer Dammit... I want to hate this. Not a terrible take, Tyler.
October 7, 20205 yr 6 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: All these homers are silly. 11 HR today in the 2 AL games in California. 12 yesterday. Goodness gracious.
October 7, 20205 yr 14 hours ago, UTexasFight said: “Unless it’s against me” Bauer’s always been vocal about how much he hates the sensitive snowflake pussy culture of baseball. He’s never thrown a fit about hitters showing him up. Edited October 7, 20205 yr by Helobious
October 7, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, Helobious said: Bauer’s always been vocal about how much he hates the sensitive snowflake pussy culture of baseball. He’s never thrown a fit about hitters showing him up. Which is ironic seeing as how he is a sensitive snowflake pussy.
October 7, 20205 yr 17 hours ago, Js1 said: 11 HR today in the 2 AL games in California. 12 yesterday. Goodness gracious. 28 through 4.5 now, insane.
October 8, 20205 yr On 10/7/2020 at 3:01 PM, shadow_operative2.0 said: 28 through 4.5 now, insane. Lost count because it's insane.
October 8, 20205 yr Braves now evacuating Houston for Arlington. Edited October 8, 20205 yr by clapclapclap On Delta, of course
October 9, 20205 yr Yankees gonna get that death bump and win tonight. Someone quickly track down Scott Kazmir and murder him to even things up.
October 9, 20205 yr 3 hours ago, Storm the Field said: wow, this is uh ... this is a black day for baseball.
October 9, 20205 yr I’m surprised some group hasn’t demanded Whitey’s plaque in Monument Park be torn down.
October 9, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, TonyTexas said: I’m surprised some group hasn’t demanded Whitey’s plaque in Monument Park be torn down. Took your CR-adjacent bullshit elsewhere. Weak joke as well, 3/10.
October 9, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, Helobious said: Took your CR-adjacent bullshit elsewhere. Weak joke as well, 3/10. You didn’t like that? Ok, how about this one. Q: What do you have in common with the New York Yankees? A: In October you’ll both be watching the World Series on television.
October 9, 20205 yr 18 minutes ago, TonyTexas said: You didn’t like that? Ok, how about this one. Q: What do you have in common with the New York Yankees? A: In October you’ll both be watching the World Series on television. I thought you were going to say that we both ran a train on your mom. But yeah we’ll have to see if your joke is accurate.
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