Official MLB Playoff Thread

[CaliAngel]

3 hours ago, Oz27 said:

Agreed.

Hey man, 3-53 was shitting the bed for beginning the postseason.

I gotta say I wasn't happy about it, so I'm glad they woke up.

I do hope Kershaw loses on Saturday so we can keep up the "Kershaw can't pitch in high pressure postseason games."

[nando714]

Eventually Blanton was going to Blanton 

[nate]

Close them out, Cubs!

[fan_since79]

I've got Kershaw in Game 6, but what are the odds of Arrieta losing two NLCS games?

Cubs in seven.

 

 

[Junkballer]

45 minutes ago, nando714 said:

Eventually Blanton was going to Blanton 

Reminds me of the parable of the scorpion and the frog (or snake and turtle).  

"You knew I was a Blanton when you signed me".

[Junkballer]

9 hours ago, JAHV76 said:

Tim McCarver and Joe Buck were super annoying.

Smoltz is several orders of magnitude less annoying than McCarver.

[ukyah]

1 hour ago, Junkballer said:

Reminds me of the parable of the scorpion and the frog (or snake and turtle).  

"You knew I was a Blanton when you signed me".

 

not being a cop, just an fyi, but the word you mean to use is fable and not parable.

[yk9001]

If I were the dodgers, I wouldn't even let Blanton board the plane.

[Angel Oracle]

Dogs = proof positive that shitty pens (outside of Jansen) cone back to haunt you in the post-season.

Nice outings, Blanton, Stripling, and Baez!   Heh heh heh

[Angel Oracle]

The Dogs have one hope: starting two lefties in games 6/7 that shut the Cubs out in games 2/3.

Of course, that was before Rizzo and Russell broke out of their wretched slumps.

[ten ocho recon scout]

11 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

The Dogs have one hope: starting two lefties in games 6/7 that shut the Cubs out in games 2/3.

Of course, that was before Rizzo and Russell broke out of their wretched slumps.

Fingers crossed theyve broken out. Keeshaw and hill shut them down a few games ago.

Hoping the cuvs smell blood and go for the throat tomorrow. Dont know why, but agon annoys me.

If the nats can put up 4 on kershaw, the cubs can too. And really hoping kershae takes the L for the text wars ill get into with my buddies afterwards

[Angel Oracle]

Part of it is just throwing strikes with a big lead, and not walking hitters.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

4 hours ago, nando714 said:

Eventually Blanton was going to Blanton 

I was watching the game with my wife when Blanton gave up the home run, I told her that eventually he was bound to remember who he was.

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, hangin n wangin said:

I don't really buy into that stuff either, but yesterday, for whatever reason, Chapman looked very lackadaisical on the mound.

I think (hope) that was more him just keeping his arm lose. I also think part of it was him intentionally not pitching "his game"...smart pitchers sometimes throw things in games that are over to put it in the other guys head what they throw....so for example, if chapman comes in tomorrow with the game on the line, the dodgers will remember the pitches they hit more than the ones they didnt...and be looking for that pitch

[yk9001]

Why is McCarver being mentioned?  Is he still announcing?

[Vegas Halo Fan]

9 minutes ago, yk9001 said:

Why is McCarver being mentioned?  Is he still announcing?

Not to my knowledge. I believe that people just associate him with Joe Buck.

[fan_since79]

The Dodgers' only hope (besides Kershaw) is they won't be facing any more lefthanded starters. Their offense was miserable this year against lefties.

Of course, they have to beat Arrieta for a second time this series in order to advance. That's a tall order.

 

[fan_since79]

McCarver gets a lot of grief here, but I'll give him some credit for calling Scott Spiezio's Game 6 home run seconds before the pitch.

He analyzed the long at-bat (the pitches were all up and/or away), and said "down and in, and it's 5-3". Then, BOOM.

 

[Angel Oracle]

Hey Dogs, nice try trying to unnerve Lester.   Didn't work, now did it?   Heh heh heh

[JAHV76]

I brought up McCarver as being more annoying the smoltz. I loved it when Deion Sanders poured water on him for calling him out for playing two sports.

[Angel Oracle]

How can MLB NOT have Rick Vaughn involved in some sort of capacity at the WS?   Charlie Sheen even said he'd love to be part of the festivities.

At least bring in Harry Doyle (err, Bob Uecker) to do an inning of announcing.   "Juuuust a bit outside."

Warning, gratuitous AO history reference incoming:

NBC even had the home team's regular announcer do 3 innings in each WS game in the 1960s/1970s.

[Billy_Ball]

4 hours ago, JAHV76 said:

I brought up McCarver as being more annoying the smoltz. I loved it when Deion Sanders poured water on him for calling him out for playing two sports.

Sanders gave him a Carv-wash.

[CaliAngel]

16 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Part of it is just throwing strikes with a big lead, and not walking hitters.

This is what drives me NUTZ about the Angels relief the past couple years--and quite frankly any teams relief that does this. They come in and walk the first batter they see to start the inning which is pretty much the worst thing you can do. Or we'll bring in a lefty/lefty match up after the righty just got the first out for a strike, then the LEFTY walks the batter. Absurd. 

I'd argue in a case where they got a hit you're in better shape as a pitcher because you probably threw less pitches!

14 hours ago, yk9001 said:

Why is McCarver being mentioned?  Is he still announcing?

I don't know but can we cut it out immediately? Honestly I can't decide if him or Harold Reynolds are worse. At least Tim would shut up every once in a while!

13 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

McCarver gets a lot of grief here, but I'll give him some credit for calling Scott Spiezio's Game 6 home run seconds before the pitch.

He analyzed the long at-bat (the pitches were all up and/or away), and said "down and in, and it's 5-3". Then, BOOM.

 

I don't remember that, but that is a very nice memory to have. I do remember it was a friggin BATTLE from Speiz though, it seemed liked the at-bat kept going when he was down in the count, fouling off everything he didn't like. 

Might I say that is probably the ONLY prediction he ever had right in all my years of listening to him, and I'm glad he was. There were so many instances where he'd predict a pitch type, or what a batter or fielder was going to do, or should have done, and he was just blatantly wrong. And 9/10 times I'd be screaming "No they shouldn't have you idiot!" thinking to myself or bullshitting with my dad WHY they did the exact opposite of what McCarver wrongly commentated. Anywhoo, yeah, glad to get that off my chest. I'll have to watch that part with Speizio some time. 

By the way, did you guys know the entire every game of the 2002 World Series in its completion is on YouTube? Just so ya know.

[eligrba]

Don't understand all oft the hate on Blanton.  Did he offend Angel fans at some point and I missed it?

Seems like he successfully reinvented himself as a relief pitcher.  The Angels could have used him this year.......

 

[IEAngelsfan]

34 minutes ago, eligrba said:

Don't understand all oft the hate on Blanton.  Did he offend Angel fans at some point and I missed it?

Seems like he successfully reinvented himself as a relief pitcher.  The Angels could have used him this year.......

 

I don't hate Blanton, but you've got to admit his pitching was offensive.