Not-So-Obnoxious Baseball Thread

[McBrewskie]

Mariners had a great run. Ill give them that. But now its time for October baseball!!

Angels? Booooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ElJefeBrews]

Angels!!!!! Yea boy!!! And this is some kinda game going on in KC

 

[iaefebs]

What a great game, I have to admit that I'm a Central Division guy. I was disappointed last year when the East (TB) won against the Indians. I was hoping for a win against the West tonight. Lets get a Central division KC vs Detroit ALCS

 

[McBrewskie]

****ing hell, A's fans **** all over for the third straight year. ****ing heart breakers.

 

[McBrewskie]

Not an A's fan myself, but man. Oh well, go Giants!

 

[Homercidal]

Dish receiver switched over to record SOA for the wife when the score was 7-3. Woke up to find out I missed a heck of a finish.

I was kind of hoping KC would lose, but oh well. I guess the A's bad luck was too much for them.

 

[HoppyDaze]

What a game last night!

 

[Roadie]

Dish receiver switched over to record SOA for the wife when the score was 7-3. Woke up to find out I missed a heck of a finish.

I was kind of hoping KC would lose, but oh well. I guess the A's bad luck was too much for them.

I went to bed in the 6th but my son stayed up to watch. Woke up today and SWMBO tells me "Royals won." I was pissed that I didn't see the entire game at that point.

Rooting against KC is just wrong. They have no budget, haven't been to post season since winning it all back in '85 and you got to be a hater. Disappointing. Maybe they're allowed to celebrate in some people's eyes now.

 

[passedpawn]

Wow those A's had an epic meltdown since the all star game. I don't remember seeing that big of a collapse before.

 

[TheCADJockey]

Go Pirates! Happy Buctober

 

[McBrewskie]

Go Pirates! Happy Buctober

Good luck to you guys, I'll be rooting for you if the Giants don't get past you. That said, Go Giants!!!

 

[iaefebs]

Anyone else notice that every team in MLB will be playing baseball in October 2015? We will have a WS game on Halloween night, and baseball could be played in November.

 

[Punity]

Don't worry angels the off-season is sitting here waiting for you to join the rest.

 

[Roadie]

Royals in the ALCS! What's weird is that the Cardinals advanced also, setting up a possible replay of the 1985 W.S. teams. How cool is that... if you're a Royals' fan pretty freakin' cool!!

 

[HoppyDaze]

I'm buddies with Dan Quisenberry's son. He's thrilled about it to say the least...

 

[iaefebs]

I'm sitting here in withdrawal symptoms. No baseball for the next 3 days. This is worse than the All Star break.

 

[paulthenurse]

ESPN just flashed a stat that KC has 10 straight playoff wins dating back to 1985.

????

Isn't that just a way of saying that they've sucked for the past 29 years but not having it sound that way?

 

[iaefebs]

ESPN just flashed a stat that KC has 10 straight playoff wins dating back to 1985.

????

Isn't that just a way of saying that they've sucked for the past 29 years but not having it sound that way?

Useless stat, They are 7-0 this year. A much better stat. I thought they looked a little tight tonight for the 1st time in these playoffs. 29 years means nothing IMO a lot of current players were not in kindergarten or born yet. Go AL Central

 

[paulthenurse]

7-0 this year means that they were 3-0 in 1985 and have stink the joint out since then.

On a related note it was nice to see George Brett throw out the first pitch without any apparent problems from his hemmoroids. Being a health care provider I've always wondered about the state of George's arse. How bad do your 'roids have to be to have Joe Buck discussing them on national TV?

 

[HoppyDaze]

He's got three thumbs growing back there

 

[iaefebs]

7-0 this year means that they were 3-0 in 1985 and have stink the joint out since then.

On a related note it was nice to see George Brett throw out the first pitch without any apparent problems from his hemmoroids. Being a health care provider I've always wondered about the state of George's arse. How bad do your 'roids have to be to have Joe Buck discussing them on national TV?

It's 8-0 or 11-0 however you look at it. I really don't understand the fixation with 1985 or how the last 29 years have gone. Stinking up the joint? Have you watched the last few years of KC baseball? You could see it coming. Even though it was always a rebuilding team you could see some parts coming together. I thought KC would have a chance win the division this year but that would have been rooting against my Tigers. It's 2014. How does a team from 30 years ago compare to today? Compare KC against Cleveland who I think no one ever gave a chance to win anything even though they took a shot last year.

 

[McBrewskie]

Not only did Travis Ishikawa just blast the Giants into the World Series, but I think he just helped Bruce Bochy punch his ticket to the Hall.

 

[paulthenurse]

I'm switching my loyalties to KC strictly because of that red headed MILF seated behind home plate for Game 7. She made my special parts feel all tingly. Best part of the Series .

 

[Cubslover]

Joe Maddon to the Cubs!

 

[HoppyDaze]

Epstein and now Maddon. Not effing around, looks like the organization woke up and is ready quit resting on false laurels. Good for them

 

[passedpawn]

Cubby fans are going to love Joe. He is superb. I'm really sad to lose him. It will be interesting to see if he makes a difference there like he did here.

 

[hoppyhoppyhippo]

Now that we have hit the post season. Time for awards discussion.

I'll hit all of the awards I've got an opinion on.

AL MVP - Mike Trout (should be a given)
NL MVP - Andrew McCutchen (should also be a given, but Kershaw may steal it as a pitcher, he shoudln't)
AL Cy - Felix Hernandez - Only other one in the discussion is Kluber,
NL Cy - Clayton Kershaw - An absolute given
AL MOY - Buck Showalter - Hard to say in the AL, lots of options.
NL MOY - Bochy - Should be an absolute slam dunk
AL ROY - Jose Abreu - Don't see another challenger in the field.
NL ROY - Josh DeGrom - Weak field.

AL GG
C - Salvador Perez
1B - Pujols
2B - Pedroia
3B - Josh Donaldson
SS - JJ Hardy
OF - Lorenzo Cain, Jackie Bradley Jr., Leonys Martin
Pitcher doesn't matter

NL GG
C- Jonathan LuCroy
1B - Adrian Gonzalez
2B - Chase Utley (going rep over production)
3B - Nolan Arenado
SS - Andrelton Simmons
OF - Jason Heyward, Billy Hamilton, Carlos Gomez

AL Silver Slugger

C - Yan Gomes
1B - Jose Abreu
2B - Robinson Cano
3B - Adrian Beltre
SS - Jose Reyes (weak field)
OF - Mike Trout, Joey Bats, Michael Brantley
DH - V-Mart

NL Silver Slugger

C - Buster Posey
1B - Anthony Rizzo
2B - Neil Walker
3B - Josh Harrison
SS - Hanley Ramirez
OF - CUtch, Mike Stanton, Puig
P - Bumgarner - Slam dunk, he killed it last year, 4 homers and a respectable average.

 

[brewshki]

I agree that Abreu will get ROY but I just want to throw Matt Shoemaker's name in because he did so epically.


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[ElJefeBrews]

I agree that Abreu will get ROY but I just want to throw Matt Shoemaker's name in because he did so epically.


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I was also about to say Shoemaker. Highly doubt he'll get ROY over Abreu, but as a diehard Angels fan, Shoemaker was absolutely stellar and the piece that held our rotation together, especially after losing Richards. Easily worth an honorable mention. Fear the beard!

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

Woo hoo!!! It's finally here. And with the luck the Rangers had last year, and even starting this year, it will be no surprise when Oakland wins their first season opener in 10 years tonight. I'm trying to stay positive, but dammit, it's hard!