Kalimantan Gull
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Play-offs looking like:
RedSox v Rays/Indians/Rangers; Tigers v A's
Cards v Dodgers; Braves v Reds/Pirates
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Baseball Season 2013
- Thread starter Not Andy Naylor
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Play-offs looking like:
RedSox v Rays/Indians/Rangers; Tigers v A's
Cards v Dodgers; Braves v Reds/Pirates
Lewes' best seagull
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So with the Rangers and the Rays tied for the second wild card place, essentially they are having a one-night showdown for the right to have another one-night showdown, where the winner will play the Indians for a place in the play-offs.
It's gonna be tense.
It's gonna be tense.
Not Andy Naylor
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BTW, congratulations are in order to Kalimantan Gull on finishing top in the inaugural season of the NSC Fantasy Baseball League.
Kalimantan Gull
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Thanks, it was intense! Do it again next year? (need a rest first)
This was my moment of the season
Raphael Meade
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See ya, Rangers!
Very excited for some October baseball in LA. Headed to Dodger Stadium on Sunday for game 3 to see the Braves get dispatched of 3-0
Very excited for some October baseball in LA. Headed to Dodger Stadium on Sunday for game 3 to see the Braves get dispatched of 3-0
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Great to see the Rangers get dispatched last night, and it's great to know that the Angels with their losing season will be watching the mighty Athletics go toe to toe with ther Tigers.
My final 4 - Red Sox, Tigers, Cards, Pirates, but it really is hard to call and still wide open.
My final 4 - Red Sox, Tigers, Cards, Pirates, but it really is hard to call and still wide open.
Kalimantan Gull
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First post-season in 20 years for the Pirates, and they looked great tonight. Their stadium was buzzing. Can they beat the Cards? With their bullpen its possible - but the NL is really open this year.
Dodgers have the starting pitching; Cards the batting and probably strongest on paper; Braves are the dullest team left in it but with the best NL record; Pirates seem to have some momentum.
In the AL RedSox are surely the strong favourites, they've got the whole package.
Dodgers have the starting pitching; Cards the batting and probably strongest on paper; Braves are the dullest team left in it but with the best NL record; Pirates seem to have some momentum.
In the AL RedSox are surely the strong favourites, they've got the whole package.
Raphael Meade
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Saw the Red Sox a few weeks ago and they really did look strong. Agree they'll be heading to the World Series, and think they'll be tough to beat.
Pavilionaire
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Cards kicking Pirate butt, 7 runs in the third there.
Kalimantan Gull
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I'm quite liking the Pirates at the moment, but they got whipped by Wainwright today.
Man of Harveys
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If anyone's interested, quite a game here at Fenway Park last night. Detroit are clearly as good if not better than the Red Sox and won the first game of this series and were 5-0 up in the second one.
So when David "Big Papi" Ortiz - a gigantic bear of a man whose "this is our fu*king city" speech memorably went out live on telly the day after the Boston bombing - hits a huge slogging grand slam home run to level the score - AND some bloke implausibly called Torii falls head first over the wall trying to catch it, well it was quite a moment. A David Gower-esque cover drive later won it for Red Sox. (I saw none of this btw. I was asleep.)
Highlights are online at mlb.com. Frankly the sound when Papi connects is worth the entrance fee alone.
So when David "Big Papi" Ortiz - a gigantic bear of a man whose "this is our fu*king city" speech memorably went out live on telly the day after the Boston bombing - hits a huge slogging grand slam home run to level the score - AND some bloke implausibly called Torii falls head first over the wall trying to catch it, well it was quite a moment. A David Gower-esque cover drive later won it for Red Sox. (I saw none of this btw. I was asleep.)
Highlights are online at mlb.com. Frankly the sound when Papi connects is worth the entrance fee alone.
Peter Grummit
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Unbelievable. That is the baseball equivalent of Ryan Giggs scoring a hat-trick and United winning 3-2 against Arsenal in an FACup semifinal. I love the way baseball players don't celebrate a home run until they've jogged around the bases, and only rarely acknowledge the crowd.
PG
Lyndhurst 14
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I’m always a bit envious of Red Sox fans – they are a fine team. A lot of neutrals would be glad to see them win this year. Although there is a choice in NYC, it really boils down to those perennial underachievers the Mets as I just cannot warm to the Yankees. I still remember when they were building the new Yankee stadium and a Red Sox supporter working for the contractor had buried a David Ortiz jersey under 2 feet of concrete hoping to put the evil eye on the evil empire. Unfortunately they found it.
Dr NBC
Former Insider
Depends on the situation. Plenty of players jump around and celebrate big home runs in critical situations.
Bobby Thompson 1951 NL Pennant clinching game
Bill Mazeroski 1960 World Series Game 7 walk-off
Carlton Fisk 1975 World Series Game 6 walk-off
Kirk Gibson 1988 World Series Game 1 walk-off
Joe Carter 1993 World Series Game 6 walk-off (Touch 'em all Joe...)
That Joe Carter HR was my all-time favourite moment in baseball. Gibby's blast of the Eck in '88 was stuff if legends. What fantastic celebrations. Fisk waving the ball fair in '75 against the Big Red Machine is one of the most enduring baseball images of the last century.
Man I love this sport.
Man of Harveys
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Blimey - big World Series drama already for the Red Sox and it's only the second inning. Including a Chuckle Brothers-esque missed catch that would have disgraced any village green cricketer.
Kalimantan Gull
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as a Yankees fan I'm finding I really like this RedSox team. I'm not supposed to but I hope they win.
Barry Izbak
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You've just gotta feel a bit sorry for Boston. That was a terrible way to lose such a critical game.
But when the rule is so clear, you can see that unlike football where they would rant and rave and argue and push the ref, they have to just accept they caught a tough break.
having said that LET'S GO CARDINALS !
But when the rule is so clear, you can see that unlike football where they would rant and rave and argue and push the ref, they have to just accept they caught a tough break.
having said that LET'S GO CARDINALS !
Pavilionaire
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Saltalamacchia is certainly no Varitek.
Kalimantan Gull
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That was a wonderful game with an amazing ending. I'm sure this is going 7 games, these are the two best teams in baseball and they are there because they play the game with an unrivalled committment. They're not big-hitting teams, the pitching is good but largely inexperienced, but the intensity they play with is fantastic.
I hugely admire Dustin Pedroia so I want the Sox to win, but either team will be deserved winners.
Kalimantan Gull
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well spelt !