OT: MLB Playoffs

[IowaSacKing93]

We'll just pick up here.

[Sir Harry]

Sorry guys....had to be done

[Eze]

The games have actually been really exciting, but, I can't find a team to pull for. Everybody has an irritating issue, be it asshat players or recent winners. lol

[IowaSacKing93]

Sorry guys....had to be done

No problem. I just wanted this thread up and running again.

So we have three Game 5's to look forward to now.

Tomorrow night's matchup: Tigers @ Yankees. Fister vs Nova. That's a wild-card pitching matchup. Also, I hear Sabathia will be available while Verlander won't.

[Eze]

Didn't Sabathia work on short rest the other night? Goodness.

[nuraman00]

Didn't Sabathia work on short rest the other night? Goodness.

Yes. Because of the rain delay, Sabathia pitched two innings on Friday, then started fresh for 5.1 innings on Monday.

Interesting that Verlander won't be available.

[nuraman00]

These posts counts are from a different board, and none of the threads below work anymore, but whatever. These are regular season threads only, didn't keep track of playoffs post counts.

Sometimes the playoffs were in the same thread, anyways.

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OT: M.L.B Baseball 2011. (2011, old board, 1159 posts + 350 = 1509)


LETS GO PADRES, (2010, 6 posts, started by IowaSacKing93)


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[Eze]

Good start for the Tigers.

[nuraman00]

Big out by Fister. 2-0 after 3 innings.

[nuraman00]

Bases loaded, bottom of the fourth, 1 out.

[nuraman00]

Martin out via infield fly to 1st base.

[Sir Harry]

for some reason when you post....the "show your signature" box is unchecked
you will have to manually check that box to get your sig to show till I figure out the problem

[nuraman00]

Gardner out via an easy foul ball to left field, on a full count. Inning over.

[nuraman00]

for some reason when you post....the "show your signature" box is unchecked
you will have to manually check that box to get your sig to show till I figure out the problem

Honestly I don't mind it that way.

[Sir Harry]

that's cool...I'm just trying to figure it out

[Sir Harry]

If you could do me a favor:
scroll up and click "forum actions"
then click "general settings"

scroll down and see if "show signature" is checked for you

[nuraman00]

If you could do me a favor:
scroll up and click "forum actions"
then click "general settings"

scroll down and see if "show signature" is checked for you

"Show Signature" was checked.

It was also correspondingly checked when making this post right here.

I guess that's one way all users can control whether they want it by default. Good feature.

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Cano HOME RUN. 3-1.

[nuraman00]

Interesting, if I uncheck "Show Signature" from my the general settings, it removes it for all posts.

But, in this post right now, it was checked by default.

[nuraman00]

Sabathia out with 1 out in the 6th, after he issued a walk to Jhonny Peralta. Rafael Soriano coming in.

[Sir Harry]

Thank you

[nuraman00]

Scherzer down 0-2 in the count, but throws 3 straight fastballs, to strike out Gardner.

[ctba]

Scherzer down 0-2 in the count, but throws 3 straight fastballs, to strike out Gardner.

baaaaallz

[nuraman00]

Scherzer out after he gives up a single to Jeter.

Granderson due up to bat.

[ctba]

I really hope the yanks choke......

[nuraman00]

Granderson with a single to right field. IMO Jeter could have gone to third.

Still 1 out.

Cano up.

[ctba]

fuck me

[nuraman00]

Tigers RP Benoit misses the slow roller. Bases loaded.

[nuraman00]

I really hope the yanks choke......

Yankees have the inferior pitching talent.

[IowaSacKing93]

The bags are juiced.

[IowaSacKing93]

I've been watching the game downstairs, not too closely though. I did see all of the HR's though.

[IowaSacKing93]

Yankees have the inferior pitching talent.

Just like Nadal has the inferior hardware.

[ctba]

stikeout ARIOD.....*golfclap*

[nuraman00]

Just like Nadal has the inferior hardware.

Great post.

Rodriguez strikes out.

Teixeira up 3-0.

[ctba]

:(

[nuraman00]

Jeter scores after Teixeira walks.

Benoit will continue to pitch, to Swisher.

[IowaSacKing93]

Teixera walks. 3-2.

[IowaSacKing93]

That 1-2 pitch was close. Swisher still alive. Come on Benoit, end it!

[ctba]

Commme on TIGRES.....

[IowaSacKing93]

As much as I want Detroit to win, I think extra innings would be cool in this situation, even if DET ends up losing.

Swing and a miss! End of 7. 3-2 Detroit.

[nuraman00]

Swisher strikes out on a fastball.

Nice mental toughness from Benoit. He never got too wild.

[nuraman00]

As much as I want Detroit to win, I think extra innings would be cool in this situation, even if DET ends up losing.

Swing and a miss! End of 7. 3-2 Detroit.

Did you already go to Shang Yuen? Are you going to make a post about it?

[IowaSacKing93]

Did you already go to Shang Yuen? Are you going to make a post about it?

Yeah, I went this afternoon.

I'll make a post probably later tonight, after the games are over.

[nuraman00]

1-2-3 inning. Bottom of the 8th coming up.

[IowaSacKing93]

Bottom 8th now. *Fastens seatbelt again*.

I'm keeping an eye on the clock too because NYY seems to win so many playoff games past midnight, at home. So it's about 45 minutes until midnight on the East coast. Could this be a 10 or 11 inning win for them?

I like how the two tags for this thread are: MLB, and choke. LOL

[nuraman00]

Yeah, I went this afternoon.

I'll make a post probably later tonight, after the games are over.

Did you try a black and white cookie afterward? :)

[IowaSacKing93]

Did you try a black and white cookie afterward? :)

I really, really want to try one of those. Just so I can feel like Jerry Seinfeld.

[IowaSacKing93]

That's a beautiful 3-2 pitch. Gutsy too.

[nuraman00]

I really, really want to try one of those. Just so I can feel like Jerry Seinfeld.

Too bad I can't mail you those, either, because that's not something you can send in the mail. I can always mail babka though (and in fact I'm going to mail someone babka soon -- at no cost).

I'd ask around at local bagel shops. Call them. But, if you remember my post, the bagel shops didn't make great ones.

It was the Jewish Bakery, and then the Jewish deli, that made the best ones.

Heck, if you wanted, I could make a thread on a food board I frequent, and ask where I can find one in Des Moines. They have the board regionalized too. That's how I got suggestions for my own quest.

[nuraman00]

Didn't MLB retire Jackie Robinson's number universally? If so, how can Rivera wear that number?

[IowaSacKing93]

Didn't MLB retire Jackie Robinson's number universally? If so, how can Rivera wear that number?

I asked this question too before. It turns out they retired the number in 1996? And Rivera made his debut in 1995 i think, so they let him keep the number since he already wore it before they officially retired the number.

[Sir Harry]

Too bad I can't mail you those, either, because that's not something you can send in the mail. I can always mail babka though (and in fact I'm going to mail someone babka soon -- at no cost).

I'd ask around at local bagel shops. Call them. But, if you remember my post, the bagel shops didn't make great ones.

It was the Jewish Bakery, and then the Jewish deli, that made the best ones.

Heck, if you wanted, I could make a thread on a food board I frequent, and ask where I can find one in Des Moines. They have the board regionalized too. That's how I got suggestions for my own quest.


do you live in Newark?
I wanna cookie

[IowaSacKing93]

Valverde was really chugging that bottle of water. I guess he's really trying to avoid pissing dark urine.

[nuraman00]

One of the radio analysts predicted that Valverde would blow a save in the postseason.

Let's see what happens right now.

[IowaSacKing93]

Good at-bat. Good 3-2 pitch from Valverde. 1 down for Cano.

[IowaSacKing93]

Ok A-Rod. Yankee fans will hate you forever if you end this game.

[IowaSacKing93]

I didn't think 3 runs was enough to win this game. Wow. Yankees seemed to have a man on in every inning, but Detroit really limited the damage. It never got out of control, or even close to out of control. Yankees had their opportunities, all the chances with 2 on, or bases loaded....Tigers just had superior clutch pitching.

Congratulations to Detroit!

[ctba]

WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Yanks choke

[IowaSacKing93]

Shut up Yankee fans. You have 27 world titles.

Go home.

JK....but seriously, I don't feel bad for these fans.

[nuraman00]

do you live in Newark?
I wanna cookie

I'll get back to this another day.

I need to spend an hour making a post elsewhere.

Can someone recommend me one SP from each game tomorrow whose innings I should watch? Since I'm going to be watching both games really late, I'm going to need to FF through a team's half inning.

[nuraman00]

I didn't think 3 runs was enough to win this game. Wow. Yankees seemed to have a man on in every inning, but Detroit really limited the damage. It never got out of control, or even close to out of control. Yankees had their opportunities, all the chances with 2 on, or bases loaded....Tigers just had superior clutch pitching.

Congratulations to Detroit!

Nice to have a pitching game today.

[IowaSacKing93]

I'll get back to this another day.

I need to spend an hour making a post elsewhere.

Can someone recommend me one SP from each game tomorrow whose innings I should watch? Since I'm going to be watching both games really late, I'm going to need to FF through a team's half inning.

Halladay had his no-hitter last year on this date. I want to see how he performs in a clutch situation like this. You can't go wrong with Carpenter either but I'd go with watching Halladay.

The other matchup is good too. I'd say Ian Kennedy. He's had a great year but so many people don't know about this. This could be a coming out party for him, and what a huge deal it would be if ARZ could come back to win the series, in Milwaukee.

[Eze]

If you put Ryan Roberts and Jose Valverde in a blender, you'd get Nyger Morgan.

[IowaSacKing93]

If you put Ryan Roberts and Jose Valverde in a blender, you'd get Nyger Morgan.

Papa Grande would have some trouble fitting in that blender.

[Eze]

Its an industrial blender. That's why I'm also throwing in JR Smith. lol

[ctba]

Its an industrial blender. That's why I'm also throwing in JR Smith. lol

will it blend?

[Eze]

It should. I'll sprinkle in a little Brad Miller chew for moisture.

Also, die Phillies. That's all.

[PackfanMatt_12]

now the only reason I use ESPN is for fantasy sports

[Blood Brother]

Cards and Brew Crew need to do their JOBS today

[Eze]

We can make a fantasy forum here if you want. Most of us play fantasy.

[PackfanMatt_12]

well i meant for my actuall fantasy teams, but a fantasy forum sounds like a great idea

[bloatedmaniac]

The Yankees are out of the playoffs. No matter who wins the WS now, we all win now that the devil has died.

[ctba]

The Yankees are out of the playoffs. No matter who wins the WS now, we all win now that the devil has died.

THE AL devil is down. Now it is time for the 1st runner up to the NL devil to go down.(The real NL devil is the Giants. Yah fuck them)

[PackfanMatt_12]

THE AL devil is down. Now it is time for the 1st runner up to the NL devil to go down.(The real NL devil is the Giants. Yah fuck them)

GO GIANTS

The real National League devil will die tonight goodbye Phillies and your huge payroll

[Eze]

Ryan Braun is so badass.

[Eze]

Chris Young with one of the catchers of the year to preserve the game - and then it's promptly followed by an RBI single by next years Giants SS (:|). Punch to the gut for AZ.

[Eze]

Good lord Axford - don't blow this.

[Eze]

Axford needs a miracle to save this one.

[Eze]

lol safety squeeze. Brewers botch that completely up, Fielder and Axford collide trying to go for ball. Blown save. Brewers now in danger of losing the game, nobody out, runners on 1st and 2nd.

[Eze]

Christ. It had to be Morgan to do it. Glad the Brew-crew won, but really? Morgan? lol

[Eze]

LOL. TBS is so screwed. Morgan just dropped like 6 fuck yeah's on live TV.

[nuraman00]

What a pair of great games tonight. Both games decided by 1 run.

Both SPs in the STL-PHI game got big outs.

1st game was fun too, because of extra innings. Braun keeps on getting hits. Ian Kennedy was very good today.

[Eze]

Thinking bout this as my avatar....

http://cdn0.sbnation.com/photo_images/4320734/247186_NLDS_Diamondbacks_Brewers_Baseball.jpg

:heehee:

[BosnianBaller_]

verlander not getting any close calls

[Blood Brother]

All that matters is that the Rangers do NOT win it all. Tigers, CArds, Brewers. Come one

[nuraman00]

Starting the game now. Will read the comments for ALCS Game 1 when I'm done watching.

[Sir Harry]

All that matters is that the Rangers do NOT win it all. Tigers, CArds, Brewers. Come one

You're just pissed after they eliminated the Angels.....
comeon Blood, show some Ranger love

[Blood Brother]

Angels eliminated themselves by making that awful trade for Vernon Wells:cry:

[nuraman00]

Thanks to all the rain delays, I'm live now.

Top of the 7th, 2-3, 2 outs.

[nuraman00]

Adams gets the strikeout with the slider. Bottom of the 8th up next, still 2-3.

[IowaSacKing93]

Good game. I was only able to watch the end. Now that Boston, Tampa, NYY are out of contention, people can get a look at two solid baseball teams that have been quiet all year IMO.

[Blood Brother]

The Cards/Brewers series is gonna be great. Those 2 teams HATE eachother

[Eze]

It's a shame the baseball season is over according to ESPN since the only teams that qualify for them are out of it. lol

[IowaSacKing93]

Thinking bout this as my avatar....

http://cdn0.sbnation.com/photo_images/4320734/247186_NLDS_Diamondbacks_Brewers_Baseball.jpg

:heehee:

For some reason, at first glance, I thought this was a screenshot out of MLB The show LOL.

[nuraman00]

Predictions, IowaSacKing93?

[nuraman00]

Why isn't Allen Craig playing?

[nuraman00]

Braun HR, 1-2.

[nuraman00]

Freese HR. 4-2.

[nuraman00]

A pitcher is allowed 8 warmup pitches before his half innings starts.

[nuraman00]

Braun ground role double!

Fielder HR!

5-6! :)

[nuraman00]

Betancourt 2 run HR. 5-8.

[BosnianBaller_]

what a horrible inning for the cardinals.

[GoKings2010]

Havent read this thread at all cause its already to long. I cant believe my Giants nor the Redsox are in the playoffs!!! Im sure glad them cheatin ass Yankees are out! God I hate them with a passion adn they always have the coolest hats too.

[IowaSacKing93]

Scherzer struggling early, 2-0 Texas.

Delmon Young is back.

[Eze]

Young looked awful trying to get something on the throw earlier. Gritty for him to be out there.

[Sir Harry]

Havent read this thread at all cause its already to long. I cant believe my Giants nor the Redsox are in the playoffs!!! Im sure glad them cheatin ass Yankees are out! God I hate them with a passion adn they always have the coolest hats too.


just an observation......
you guys might want to split these into some sort of category in the game threads forum
....it's tough for people to follow in one long thread

[Eze]

Yeah, game threads might be a good idea.

Also, Valverde implosion.

[Eze]

LOLOLOLOLOOL Rangers. Fail

[Eze]

Not sure what Washington's doing. They don't have any off days and he's having Feliz throw a bajillion pitches.

[Sir Harry]

Rangers are a team of destiny!!!!

they could fold up like the Bears on MNF

[nuraman00]

Rangers are a team of destiny!!!!

they could fold up like the Bears on MNF

When Jo-Willi Tsonga was making his comeback against Federer at this year's Wimbledon, they kept showing Tsonga's brother, Enzo Tsonga, in Tsonga's box, with a Texas Rangers hat.

http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Enzo+Tsonga+Championships+Wimbledon+2011+Day+WbA-jQoazENl.jpg

IowaSacKing93 is shooting laser beams at me for mentioning that match. :(

[Sir Harry]

probly because his last name starts with a "T"

my son wanted a black "A's" hat.....turns out cuz his name is Anthony

[nuraman00]

Yeah, game threads might be a good idea.

Also, Valverde implosion.

Here's my take on what works for these multi-day tournaments.

NBA Playoffs: New thread for every series.

NCAA March Madness: One thread for the tourney, then a separate thread for the championship game.

World Cup: One thread for the tourney, then a separate thread for the Finals.

Tennis grand slams: One thread for the two week tourney.

MLB playoffs: One thread for the tourney, sometimes a separate thread for the world series.


IMO, having a separate thread for every game creates too much clutter. Also, there's some games where only 1 or 2 posters post in. So they're going to have low post counts. And then some people will just look at those low post counts, and feel like it's not worth commenting on, even the next day.

For example, for Sunday's STL-MIL game, there were only 6 posts. If there were a separate thread for that, it would look kind of bad, like people weren't interested. There would be too much clutter with some threads with low post counts.

Today, there were zero posts.

Also, for these multi day tourneys, not everyone has time to follow everyday. But they can just go to the last page, and read the previous day's posts, for a recap of what's happened lately.


Also, for GoKings2010 specifically: He just joined today, so he's not going to be caught up. He's also a hit-and-run poster, so these threads are probably not his style most of the time.

I think other posters, who do follow these threads almost every day, can follow along more comfortably.

[Sir Harry]

Things are slow right now, so it's a non issue, but when the forums get very busy you will find it is better to organize threads.
When facing a 25 page thread newer users tend to pass on going thru it

[nuraman00]

Things are slow right now, so it's a non issue, but when the forums get very busy you will find it is better to organize threads.
When facing a 25 page thread newer users tend to pass on going thru it

Ok, agree. If it got to that point, then yes, we would split it up more.

25 pages over a 3-4 week thread is too much.

That would be a better total for a season long one, like a year-long MLB regular season one.

[Eze]

Things get too jumbled up for me in one long thread with multiple themes/topics/games usually, so I just end up ignoring them eventually. lol

[nuraman00]

Things get too jumbled up for me in one long thread with multiple themes/topics/games usually, so I just end up ignoring them eventually. lol

I kind of like the randomness of those threads, haha. Especially when one thing flows to another, then you look back a few trains of thought, and wonder how they got there.

But I'm the type that reads almost every post, even if I'm never going to comment in those threads. For example, there's a few topics that I don't know much about, nor do I have the time to follow. BUT, I do enjoying reading what other posters have to say about those topics, just because I like reading their thought process. Or it gives me a better glimpse of their personality.

So half of my interest in other posters, and why I bump a lot of their old posts, is because I just like reading their thoughts on it. I rarely bump my own posts, mostly only others, lol.

There have been some funny ones though. In a thread titled "A new prediction's game", boarder2005 predicted Evans would average 9 points and some assists. I found it a year later, after Evans was the rookie of the year, and had 0 replies. That was just great timing though.

Most of the times when I bump something, it's simply because it's a good read. For example I bumped a particular IowaSacKing93 post at least 4-5 times. He described how he went to a Milwaukee Bucks game, and when some people handed him a Packers cheese head, he burned it the next day, because he hates the Packers.

[ctba]

Things get too jumbled up for me in one long thread with multiple themes/topics/games usually, so I just end up ignoring them eventually. lol

^^^

[nuraman00]

probly because his last name starts with a "T"

my son wanted a black "A's" hat.....turns out cuz his name is Anthony

I never thought of that possibility, haha.

[Eze]

I can't stop watching.

http://images.wildammo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/vic.gif

[ctba]

I can't stop watching.

http://images.wildammo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/vic.gif

:LMAO:

[IowaSacKing93]

Peralta with the solo homer and Joe Buck made it sound like he popped up to shortstop.

[IowaSacKing93]

3-1 Detroit, going to the 7th. Fister is probably their 2nd best pitcher.

[IowaSacKing93]

Jackson needs to redeem himself after a sucky ALDS, and he just did. 2-out single. 4-1 DET.

[IowaSacKing93]

No-doubter. Wow, save some for G4. 5-1 Detroit.

[nuraman00]

Moving future posts to the Series Threads in the Game Thread subforum.

[nuraman00]

*** Making unsticky since 2011 season is over. ***