The MLB Thread

[Allan]

Braves pull back a run in the bottom of the 7th. 6-3 Cardinals.

[Guest ShoePiss]

It's raining beer bottles in Atlanta

[RedKnight]

Blown call in a one game play-off. Well at least it's exciting.

[Allan]

Never understood the infield fly rule, but that ball was nowhere near the infield.

 

Not good seeing the reaction from the fans, despite understanding their frustration.

[Guest ShoePiss]

Feel bad for the clean up crew there, they're picking up bottles and there's more coming down around them.

[Allan]

Cardinals win it 6-3.

 

Chipper goes out with an infield single. A shame that the game will be remembered more for the awful call, rather than the last game of a sure fire hall of famer.

 

Can the Cardinals repeat? No one could finish them off last year, and they've already started this post season with a gritty win after the Braves were unable to execute routine defensive plays and handed the Cardinals vital runs.

[Allan]

O's have an early lead in Texas.

 

I'd like to see the O's and/or the A's do the business in the American League.

 

Now that the Braves have been eliminated, I'd like to see the Reds go all the way.

[Guest ShoePiss]

Buster Posey is my hero, just got a grandslam. Giants up 6-0 against ALL the odds.

[Josef Svejk]

Buster Posey is my hero, just got a grandslam. Giants up 6-0 against ALL the odds.

 

Amazing stuff...

[Trumo]

Is a comeback on the cards here? Cincinnati just got a home run to reduce the deficit to 6-3 at the bottom of the 6th with no outs.

[RedKnight]

I called that Posey grand slam.

[Josef Svejk]

Posey with further heroics in the sixth...

[Josef Svejk]

Great comeback for the Giants.

[Guest ShoePiss]

Still shaking, that was something else.

[Trumo]

Was watching the closing stages of this, and the atmosphere was fantastic.

[Trumo]

Been watching Faith Rewarded, a documentary about the 2004 Red Sox World Series win, on Youtube. I suppose my main reason for doing so is to compare what NESV were trying to do back then to what FSG are trying to do now, and not just with regards to baseball. Say what you want about American sports, but they know how to make a good documentary about them.

 

[YOUTUBE]YDF99KY4m3o[/YOUTUBE]

 

All 9 parts are available.

[Allan]

Can anyone beat the Cards in playoff baseball?

 

Just 3 outs away from snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. Trailing 6-0 after 2.1 innings, they've scratched and clawed away at the Nats, and despite being 7-5 down going into the 9th, they go ahead and score 4 runs in the top of the inning, leaving them just 3 outs away from the NLCS against the Giants.

[Allan]

The Cardinals will face the Giants in the NLCS.

 

They will just not be beaten...

[Allan]

Tigers leave New York with a 2-0 lead in the ALCS. Rest day tomorrow and then Verlander takes the mound for the Tigers in Detroit for game 3.

 

How quiet have the crowd been at Yankee Stadium these past games? Neither game has sold out. Unheard of for playoff baseball.

[RedKnight]

That Jeter injury should've been a rallying point for them but instead they were like they were beaten before they started.

[Allan]

That Jeter injury should've been a rallying point for them but instead they were like they were beaten before they started.

 

Lost without him. No one stepping into his shoes. Robinson Cano hitting .065 in the post season, A-Rod hitting just north of .100.

 

Telling statistic from the 2 games. Jeter and Ichiro have gone 0-8 when leading off an inning. Not putting the Tigers' pitching staff under any pressure, with the exception of the bottom of the 9th yesterday, when they jumped on poor pitching from Valverde.

[Josef Svejk]

The Cardinals will face the Giants in the NLCS.

 

They will just not be beaten...

 

Unfortunately, it's looking that way...

[Josef Svejk]

Looking better for the Giants after last night. And looking tricky for the Yankees tonight. So, I'm doubly happy...

[Allan]

Tigers take a 3-0 lead in the ALCS after a tense 2-1 victory over the Yankees tonight.

 

Tomorrow's pitching match up could be interesting. Scherzer faces CC, with the Yankess having to win, or they'll go home.

 

Bring out the brooms! It's time for the Yankees to be swept!

[Josef Svejk]

It's heart-breaking to see the Yankees lose. Truly heart-breaking.