Official MLB Playoff Thread

[Inside Pitch]

11 hours ago, ANAHEIMBOB said:

Altuve  was hitting the ball.  Trout was striking out. 

Altuve made more outs - 459.  Reached base fewer times.   Funny how that works eh?  

10 hours ago, ANAHEIMBOB said:

The Astros center fielder isn't bad, the Angels sucked at second base. I think the Angels would have won more games. Not sure about the Astros.

The Astros primary CF was Carlos Gomez -- he was so good (64 OPS+), he was released.   The two guys that replaced him Marisknick 62, and Tony Kemp 72 weren't good either.   Combined the Houston CFs hit .210/270/.355 -- the worst group in all the AL.

The Angels primary 2B put up an OPS+ of 82 and we all thought he was bad.  Combined the Angels 2B hit .235/.275.345 -- the third worst group in the AL.

 

[Angelsfirst]

I don't agree with Anaheim Bob whatsoever but some of you guys are like animals feasting on fresh meat. Lol

[Tank]

On 10/14/2016 at 2:59 PM, Troll Daddy said:

Dodgers will sweep the Cubs

 

sorry

good call.

[Kevin]

8 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

Are other fanbases this special

Detroit fans sometimes reach Aybar levels of special.

[Jay]

12 hours ago, HALOS23 said:

I think letting Blanton pitch to the lefty Montero was a mistake.

You don't say!

 

[Lou]

13 hours ago, ANAHEIMBOB said:

If you switch players, do the Astros win more game ?

yes

[Lou]

13 hours ago, ANAHEIMBOB said:

WAR is for nerds.

idiocy is for, well, you know...

[Junkballer]

13 hours ago, ANAHEIMBOB said:

WAR is for nerds.

Good God ya'll,  What is it good for?  Absolutely nothing.  I'll say it again.

[Inside Pitch]

3 hours ago, Angelsfirst said:

I don't agree with Anaheim Bob whatsoever but some of you guys are like animals feasting on fresh meat. Lol

So much chum.....

[Troll Daddy]

2 hours ago, Jay said:

You don't say!

 

 

2 hours ago, Jay said:

You don't say!

 

Turned out that way ... listening to Roberts post game interview ... I think it was the right call. Blanton has been one of their best relievers. You take Blanton out for a LP then Maddon counters with RH bat.

Leaving a hanging slider with a 0-2 count was the big mistake. That's baseball!

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

9 hours ago, ANAHEIMBOB said:

Trout is the best player in baseball, but good center fielders are dime a dozen.  I can't  give him the MVP.

Trout is worth a little more than a 1/12 of a dime, try $35M+ for 1.

There isn't 1 player in all of MLB that a team wouldn't trade for Trout and there are very few 2 players the Angels would accept for Trout.

[Amazing Larry]

Smart play by Baez to let that ball drop.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

15 minutes ago, Lawrence said:

Smart play by Baez to let that ball drop.

Something Simmons would do.

[AngelsLakersFan]

I would've fired Roberts if he took Kershaw out right there.

[Stradling]

Oz is going to fuck some people up in this thread after that performance. 

[m0nkey]

Seems a bit early to take him out.  But we'll see how it turns out

[Oz27]

1 minute ago, m0nkey said:

Seems a bit early to take him out.  But we'll see how it turns out

I actually like it. Teams push their starters too far in the playoffs, I think.

Now I've said that, Jansen will now probably give up 15 homers.

[Oz27]

52 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Oz is going to fuck some people up in this thread after that performance. 

He's been screwed by pretty shitty luck in the playoffs for awhile and got some more shitty luck with the dropped pop up, but he did get away with one on the Baez fly ball. Balls hit at that velocity and angle are homers nearly 70 per cent of the time and hits 90 per cent of the time.

Nevertheless, that was a pretty epic performance from him.

[Stradling]

When I read a stat like that Oz I tend to be more skeptical about stats like that.  It looked like a very routine warning track fly ball in a hitters park. 

[Jay]

WTF was that bunt attempt by Puig?

[Oz27]

That's the Wrigley wind, Strad. He freaking crushed it - it was 102.5 MPH.

[Jay]

Jansen doing work. Dodgers even the series!

[m0nkey]

Well the good thing about this game was it was under 3 hours

[fan_since79]

Last time the Cubs were shut out at home in a postseason game was Game 1 of the 1918 World Series.

The winning pitcher was Babe Ruth, the score 1-0.

 

 

[Troll Daddy]

Suck it Cub fans