The Official 2017 MLB Playoffs Thread

[JustATroutFan]

On 10/19/2017 at 8:22 PM, Blarg said:

This kind of kills the Kershaw always chokes in the playoffs agenda. Right @JustATroutFan?

3.63 ERA this postseason. Blind squirrel found a nut. His team were up by like 7 runs after the top of the third ended, so not that much pressure at all, of any on Kershaw. Even if he has a great World Series, which would make his postseason ERA of 3.63 thisnpostseason to go down, that still won't change my opinion about Kershaw in the postseason. He'll still be someone who comes up small in the postseason. One good postseason and like 5 bad postseasons doesn't make you a "postseason pitcher". Once is luck.

[tdawg87]

Say the word "postseason" one more time.

[JustATroutFan]

13 hours ago, Troll Daddy said:

Is Altuve the best all around player in baseball 

Maybe on the Astros.

[JustATroutFan]

And Kershaw is like the Barry Bonds of pitchers, except that he doesn't take steroids. Bonds was a choker as well. His career postseason slash line is inflated by his 2002 performance but if you take that that out, it's really bad. And no, it's not a small sample size either. 

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, JustATroutFan said:

3.63 ERA this postseason. Blind squirrel found a nut. His team were up by like 7 runs after the top of the third ended, so not that much pressure at all, of any on Kershaw. Even if he has a great World Series, which would make his postseason ERA of 3.63 thisnpostseason to go down, that still won't change my opinion about Kershaw in the postseason. He'll still be someone who comes up small in the postseason. One good postseason and like 5 bad postseasons doesn't make you a "postseason pitcher". Once is luck.

Oh just shut the fuck up about him being a choker.  I swear, it makes you sound like the biggest moron on here, do you know how bad that is?  Read this place once in awhile, it is full of morons, just like me.  

If you are going to not give him credit for pitching a gem because his team was up by 7, then you can't count the solo home runs he gave up earlier in the post season when his team was up 7.  

[JustATroutFan]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

Oh just shut the fuck up about him being a choker.  I swear, it makes you sound like the biggest moron on here, do you know how bad that is?  Read this place once in awhile, it is full of morons, just like me.  

If you are going to not give him credit for pitching a gem because his team was up by 7, then you can't count the solo home runs he gave up earlier in the post season when his team was up 7.  

Okay, so he came up "clutch" in one game but still has a 3.63 ERA this postseason. Overall, still getting carried by his team.

[Stradling]

Just now, JustATroutFan said:

And Kershaw is like the Barry Bonds of pitchers, except that he doesn't take steroids. Bonds was a choker as well. His career postseason slash line is inflated by his 2002 performance but if you take that that out, it's really bad. And no, it's not a small sample size either. 

That's what we should do is take out their good parts so everyone can suck.  Hershiser sucked in the post season if you don't count 1988.  Jack Morris sucks if you take out all his shut outs.  Remember how bad Haliday was when he wasn't dominate, he was downright average.  

Dude you got your feelings hurt because Trout had a bad post season and you want to shit on everyone else.  Get over it.  

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, JustATroutFan said:

Okay, so he came up "clutch" in one game but still has a 3.63 ERA this postseason. Overall, still getting carried by his team.

Everyone has a blind spot, it is what makes us humans with opinions.  Your blind spot is reality when it comes to the post season.  Sorry pal, it is what it is.  You have zero clue on this subject.  

[JustATroutFan]

3 minutes ago, Stradling said:

That's what we should do is take out their good parts so everyone can suck.  Hershiser sucked in the post season if you don't count 1988.  Jack Morris sucks if you take out all his shut outs.  Remember how bad Haliday was when he wasn't dominate, he was downright average.  

Dude you got your feelings hurt because Trout had a bad post season and you want to shit on everyone else.  Get over it.  

Hang on a second, Hershiser wasn't even good with the Indians in 1996, 1997, or 1999. 

[Stradling]

Just now, JustATroutFan said:

Hang on a second, Hershiser wasn't even good with the Indians in 1996, 1997, or 1999

So he is obviously a pile of shit, got it. 

[JustATroutFan]

Just now, Stradling said:

So he is obviously a pile of shit, got it. 

He obviously was just an average pitcher in all those years that I mentioned.

[JustATroutFan]

Halladay was great in the postseason. He just didn't have quite the support that Kershaw had from his teammates.

[Stradling]

Ok troll, have a good day.  

[JustATroutFan]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

Ok troll, have a good day.  

Well, he didn't. Just pointing it out.

[Blarg]

17 minutes ago, JustATroutFan said:

3.63 ERA this postseason. Blind squirrel found a nut. His team were up by like 7 runs after the top of the third ended, so not that much pressure at all, of any on Kershaw. Even if he has a great World Series, which would make his postseason ERA of 3.63 thisnpostseason to go down, that still won't change my opinion about Kershaw in the postseason. He'll still be someone who comes up small in the postseason. One good postseason and like 5 bad postseasons doesn't make you a "postseason pitcher". Once is luck.

You are such a dumbass. 

[JustATroutFan]

Just now, Blarg said:

You are such a dumbass. 

How? Tell me the reasons why.

[Blarg]

I think you've managed to post them all but I'm sure you can find more.

[Stradling]

Just now, JustATroutFan said:

How? Tell me the reasons why.

Because you give him no credit for pitching a gem when his team scored a lot of runs, but you discredit his performance when they scored runs and he allowed some solo homers when the team was up big.  You don't even understand post season baseball today and the role of the starting pitcher in most games on most teams.  It is obvious reading your abortion like posts.

[JustATroutFan]

Just now, Stradling said:

Because you give him no credit for pitching a gem when his team scored a lot of runs, but you discredit his performance when they scored runs and he allowed some solo homers when the team was up big.  You don't even understand post season baseball today and the role of the starting pitcher in most games on most teams.  It is obvious reading your abortion like posts.

Well, he DID pitched a great game but he wasn't even close to being the biggest reason that his team made it to the World Series this year. 3.63 ERA this postseason isn't exactly great. 

[m0nkey]

19 minutes ago, JustATroutFan said:

How? Tell me the reasons why.

You're not.  We all think you are, but you are correct and we are all wrong

[m0nkey]

As bad as you think Kershaw has been, it's still no where near as bad as trout was in the post season.

 

Talk about choking under pressure

[JustATroutFan]

1 minute ago, m0nkey said:

As bad as you think Kershaw has been, it's still no where near as bad as trout was in the post season.

 

Talk about choking under pressure

I don't judge a star player just because he had one bad postseason. Different story with Kershaw. Talk about choking under pressure.

[m0nkey]

Found a picture of trout in October 2014

 

[JustATroutFan]

Just now, m0nkey said:

Found a picture of trout in October 2014

 

Labeling someone a "choke artist" based on one bad postseason, I see. Sooooo smart! 

[m0nkey]

4 minutes ago, JustATroutFan said:

Labeling someone a "choke artist" based on one bad postseason, I see. Sooooo smart! 

Thanks man! Though believing in choke artists might take the cake!