2024 MLB Playoffs Thread

[TheLordofOuts]

Beat the Yankees!  

[greginpsca]

5 hours ago, m0nkey said:

MLB.com has an article with the headline saying the Dodgers silenced the doubters.  The doubters of a team with the best record in baseball apparently

Fuck the Dodgers!!!

[Sully151]

Never have I ever hoped for a Gaurdians/Mets World Series, but that’s where I am at.

[Swordsman78]

5 hours ago, T.G. said:

Cleveland rocks!

Welp....I know someone who would have begged to differ.

Now he's just begging for mercy.

[Make Angels Great Again]

Media gonna collectively jizz themselves if they get a Yankees/Dodgers WS.

[Tank]

i'd be okay with a dodgers - guardians WS. 

[jsnpritchett]

Descanso Gardens has an Ohtani pumpkin as part of their Halloween event this year. Needless to say, they didn't when he was an Angel.

[Amazing Larry]

That looks more like Bruce Lee than Ohtani.

[FromJapan]

Senga responded to an interview as follows:
 "I'll deliberately put pressure on myself, and hope I can pitch with a good sense of tension."

Source in Japanese: Chunichi Sports on Oct. 13, 2024
Chunichi Sports is a Japanese daily sports newspaper headquartered in Nagoya city, Japan. Senga is from Aichi Prefecture, whose capital is Nagoya.

[PattyD22]

26 minutes ago, FromJapan said:

Senga responded to an interview as follows:
 "I'll deliberately put pressure on myself, and hope I can pitch with a good sense of tension."

Source in Japanese: Chunichi Sports on Oct. 13, 2024
Chunichi Sports is a Japanese daily sports newspaper headquartered in Nagoya city, Japan. Senga is from Aichi Prefecture, whose capital is Nagoya.

Well he’s blowing it.  No translation needed.

[T.G.]

This NCLS game sucks

[PattyD22]

Pretty cool to watch a team like the Dodgers use small ball to manufacture runs.  They have sacrificed twice and both runners have scored from second.

Man I wish we had a team like that.

[AngelsLakersFan]

13 minutes ago, T.G. said:

This NCLS game sucks

Yeah it has. Hopefully the Mets can make it into a series but these first 4 innings have been forgettable.

[Jay]

Great win for LAD in Game 1. Historically good pitching.

[Duren, Duren]

Who would have thought the 1966 Oriole consecutive  inning shutout record would be on the verge of being beaten? 

The Orioles had elite starters. Dodgers doing it with their entire pitching staff. Funny that in 1966 the Orioles swept the defending champion Dodgers, with their elite starters. The era of the pitcher in the mid to late sixties.

[jsnpritchett]

2 hours ago, Duren, Duren said:

Who would have thought the 1966 Oriole consecutive  inning shutout record would be on the verge of being beaten? 

The Orioles had elite starters. Dodgers doing it with their entire pitching staff. Funny that in 1966 the Orioles swept the defending champion Dodgers, with their elite starters. The era of the pitcher in the mid to late sixties.

Oddly enough, their starters that year were kinda mediocre overall, even though they were very good in the WS.  Palmer's ERA+ during the regular season was only 98 (so slightly below average).  Wally Bunker had a below average year.  Their dominant starting pitching really started coming into play the following year and into the very early '70s.

[T.G.]

Didn't realize the NLCS was on earlier. 6-1 Mets in the bottom of the 6th

[Angelsfan1984]

Just now, T.G. said:

Didn't realize the NLCS was on earlier. 6-1 Mets in the bottom of the 6th

Doyers can eat the biggest bag of dix. ESPN would have you believe they are the underdogs after all. 

[Blarg]

14 minutes ago, T.G. said:

Didn't realize the NLCS was on earlier. 6-1 Mets in the bottom of the 6th

Nice prime time placement... oh yeah, football is on tonight so nobody would watch the game otherwise.  

[jsnpritchett]

25 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Nice prime time placement... oh yeah, football is on tonight so nobody would watch the game otherwise.  

The ALCS starts today, so there are two games.  Someone has to get the early slot.  This happens every year.

[T.G.]

Yanks up 3-0. Top of the 4th

[m0nkey]

2 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

The ALCS starts today, so there are two games.  Someone has to get the early slot.  This happens every year.

Yup.  Thursday and Friday also have both series going those days, and they're alternating prime time spots

[Duren, Duren]

Orioles of 1966 still in the record books. Funny how career journeyman Moe Drabowsky became so critical to their success. You never know who can get hot in a short series.

Should be an interesting time in New York for the Dodgers. They played three straight at home. And all their games so far have been in SoCal. With essentially minimal travel and under ideal conditions. Weather (especially at night) could be a new factor for them. Mets have played in three different  time zones and on the road in the mid west, east, and in SoCal. And now are at home with some momentum. 

Still should be a long series. 

 

[Blarg]

6 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

The ALCS starts today, so there are two games.  Someone has to get the early slot.  This happens every year.

It would have made more sense to have the east coast guys go first instead of an afternoon game on the west and late night on the east. 

[arch stanton]

12 minutes ago, Blarg said:

It would have made more sense to have the east coast guys go first instead of an afternoon game on the west and late night on the east. 

Don't overthink it. Yankees. Get. Primetime.