OT: MLB Discussion Thread: Part XXIII

[Machinehead]

We're about to have the Capitals, Eagles, and Red Sox as reigning champions.

I don't f***ing deserve this.

 

[Machinehead]

Cashman has a ton of work to do if we're going to beat this Red Sox team. They are on another level.

Don't worry, he'll buy more three-outcome hitters and not address the pitching.

 

[LeetchisGod]

We're about to have the Capitals, Eagles, and Red Sox as reigning champions.

I don't ****ing deserve this.

I'm in the same boat as you. Worse yet, one of my best friends is a Caps fan, another is an Eagles fan, and I went to college in Boston so I know a bunch of Sox fans. I just want to crawl in a hole.

 

[Bob Richards]

We're about to have the Capitals, Eagles, and Red Sox as reigning champions.

 

[Richard Banger]

We're about to have the Capitals, Eagles, and Red Sox as reigning champions.

I don't ****ing deserve this.

If/When the Sox win it'll help me to handle this NYR losing season. At least one of my teams wins championships.

 

[mrmovies779]

So much for those who predicted the Astros killing the Sox.Nobody is beating this team this year.

 

[LeetchisGod]

So much for those who predicted the Astros killing the Sox.Nobody is beating this team this year.

It was partially wishful thinking on my part. Unfortunately my sports nightmare continues.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Go Dodgers.

 

[Machinehead]

Go Dodgers.

Hold your horses!

 

[c9777666]

We're about to have the Capitals, Eagles, and Red Sox as reigning champions.

I don't ****ing deserve this.

With the Eagles and Caps, it's a little different. Both teams were legendarily snakebitten and Philly/Washington DC hasn't exactly had an embarassment of riches when it comes to winning titles.

 

[Machinehead]

With the Eagles and Caps, it's a little different. Both teams were legendarily snakebitten and Philly/Washington DC hasn't exactly had an embarassment of riches when it comes to winning titles.

I would have been perfectly fine seeing them stay legendarily snakebitten. Especially the Caps. f*** those people.

 

[Cassano]

That AlCS was the WS basically. Boston is gonna mop the floor with the NLCS winner.

If only Stanton didn't choke under pressure.

 

[ThirdEye]

Sucks for the Astros.... That Altuve HR in game 4 should have counted (the ball was in the stands and fair play imo). Who knows how that game would've ended if it did.

Unless half the Red Sox team gets injured in game one Boston has already won this. I can't see either NL team even making them uncomfortable let alone winning 4 games. Even then I'm not so sure

Really sucks to see all these teams getting huge timely hits with 2 outs and RISP. Yankees aren't winning jack shit with their current HR or nada approach. The mentality of the entire team needs to change

 

[LeetchisGod]

Sucks for the Astros.... That Altuve HR in game 4 should have counted (the ball was in the stands and fair play imo). Who knows how that game would've ended if it did.

Unless half the Red Sox team gets injured in game one Boston has already won this. I can't see either NL team even making them uncomfortable let alone winning 4 games. Even then I'm not so sure

Really sucks to see all these teams getting huge timely hits with 2 outs and RISP. Yankees aren't winning jack **** with their current HR or nada approach. The mentality of the entire team needs to change

Cashman doesn't think anything is wrong. He needs to wake up or this team is winning jack shit.

 

[Machinehead]

Cashman doesn't think anything is wrong. He needs to wake up or this team is winning jack ****.

Seems to me Cashman is convinced it's bad luck and he's just waiting for us to get hot with the longball in October.

It may happen but I don't think it gives you the best chance to win.

 

[RGY]

The longball/OBP method is a recipe for disaster. Because that method includes a lot of swing and miss and less gap to gap hitting.

How about firing Thames and giving someone else a go. #Joke

 

[Machinehead]

There's nothing wrong with homers. The Red Sox hit them all the time.

It's the complete inability to adjust.

 

[nyr2k2]

Yeah if you look at the teams that are at the top in OBP, and the teams at the top in HR, there's a pretty high correlation with winning. The guys just need to be able to change their approach at the plate when the circumstances dictate. Slap it the other way, move the runner over, make sure to get it in play to get the run home, etc. You can't go up there exclusively hitting A for the Power Swing.

 

[Machinehead]

I wonder if Rendon might be available

 

[Richard Banger]

So much for those who predicted the Astros killing the Sox.Nobody is beating this team this year.

Flawed team bro... flawing their way to another ship yet again...

 

[nyr2k2]

I wonder if Rendon might be available

Everything I read here is that they're planning on being competitive next year. They'll try to bring back Harper, but even if they can't they still like their OF and will just spend their money elsewhere.

But, you never know.

 

[Cassano]

I wonder if Rendon might be available

Don't think we have what it takes to get him. One of the best players in the world.

 

[Machinehead]

Didn't make a difference but that fan interference call was one of the worst in recent memory.

 

[nyr2k2]

Didn't make a difference but that fan interference call was one of the worst in recent memory.

LOL no way, man. That was 50/50 real-time. Fangraphs did a breakdown earlier that presents a pretty compelling case that the right call was made.

I can understand disagreeing with it, but one of the worst? Not even close.

The Fan Interference Call Was Probably Good | FanGraphs Baseball

 

[Machinehead]

LOL no way, man. That was 50/50 real-time. Fangraphs did a breakdown earlier that presents a pretty compelling case that the right call was made.

I can understand disagreeing with it, but one of the worst? Not even close.

The Fan Interference Call Was Probably Good | FanGraphs Baseball

To me that ball is gone, which makes it fair game.

But you're right, it's closer than I thought.