MLB Thread 2012 - The Postseason

[gump]

Time for a new thread, guys.

 

[DRay9911]

In order of preference: Yankees, Nationals, Reds, Athletics, Giants, Orioles, Tigers, Rangers, Braves, Cardinals.

 

[Danny Boy]

Valentine is gone. Color me shocked.

 

[gump]

The schedule for the division series is pretty ridiculous this year. The #1 seeds will play their first two playoff games on the road in locations that they will not know until Friday night (while the Wild Card winner doesn't have to travel). I know this will be corrected next year, but it's a weird way of compensating the #1 seed.

 

[gump]

The outfield fly rule!

 

[speedracer]

I see that ref who got fired from the Lingerie Football League is back in action.

 

[speedracer]

Seriously, if you have to wait 7 seconds to decide if the ball is catchable with ordinary effort, it's not catchable with ordinary effort.

 

[mobvok]

This isn't a joke?

this is what people say is the Ump signal for a game under protest

 

[DRay9911]

P is for Protest

 

[Hewson]

That was mind bogglingly ridiculous.

 

[PhilsFan]

Atlanta is an awful sports town. Makes the terrible call easier to swallow.

 

[phanan]

Makes the wild card game that much more asinine.

 

[Chizip]

looked legit to me

 

[phanan]

Shocking.

 

[the tourist]

I'm Detroit and Washington for the World Series.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Hopefully this will make that scumbag Bud Selig bring back the real umps.

 

[LUNEDEMINUIT]

That was Josh Hamilton last game in the Rangers uniform.That dropped ball in Wednesday's game in Oakland kicked him out of town.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I hope the Mets sign him, because really... what could possibly go wrong with Josh Hamilton in New York City?

 

[the tourist]

I'd be surprised if the Mets ponied up. Aren't they more in a rebuild mode? I have to imagine that he'll probably wind up somewhere unexpected.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

I don't actually believe they'll even try... I was just making a comment on how if they did it would likely end in sheer disaster.

 

[Imperor]

That was Josh Hamilton last game in the Rangers uniform

Good riddance. I haven't hated a Ranger like this since Brad Wilkerson.

 

[LemonMelon]

The Rangers will miss those 40+ home runs he brings to the table every year, but he's likely hit his ceiling and lost focus at the end of the season. It's a contract year. It would be smart of the Rangers not to strangle themselves with a blockbuster deal for him, and Hamilton wants to get paid.

 

[Hewson]

I'm Detroit and Washington for the World Series.

I'm thinking Detroit and San Francisco

 

[PhilsFan]

Washington will pay for the stupidity that was shutting Strasburg down.

 

[speedracer]

I'm glad Tito is back. He made mistakes last year and perhaps had to go, but he deserved way better than what Red Sox ownership served him last year.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Its strange cause he was in charge over the greatest moment in Red Sox history, but at the same time he left the clubhouse in absolute shambles.

 

[phanan]

I blame ownership more.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

...for letting him do it?

 

[phanan]

For not backing him up better.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Can anyone tell me why the team with the better record plays its first two games on the road?

Am I still living on planet Earth? What the fuck is happening?