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2012 Playoffs (1 Viewer)

shadyridr

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I dont think theres a heavy favorite in the bunch. If you told me any team won the WS this year I wouldnt be surprised. Pretty cool.

BAL- have to win the WC but theyve been winning close games all year and that is often the key in the playoffs

TEX- probably the best team on paper but their SP is below average

DET- its been a struggle all year but they have the best hitter and best pitcher. thats gotta count for something

OAK- Id feel better about their chances if Anderson didnt get hurt. That being said they have a good staff, good enough offense, and are red hot

NYY- fully healthy for the first time all year. Im definitely more optimistic about their chances than I was just a month ago. They need Tex & ARod to produce with men on base

ATL- they'd probably be the favorite if not for the pesky WC game. They have the best pitcher in the NL but have to use him early

STL- on paper, Id say theyre the worst team but they were also the worst team last year. great offensive team

SF- great pitching, terrible lineup. not much has changed except Timmy

CIN- ok if I had to pick one team to win it all Id pick them. I think they are the most complete team on paper in the whole playoffs

WAS- if they had Strasburg, theyd probably be the favorite. They still have a chance although that is a gaping hole

My pick: CINCY over NYY

 
Sporting News labeled Detroit the most vulnerable team because of questions concerning their starting rotation. :rolleyes:

 
The way Detroit's starters have been pitching, they should be favorites. The big question is how many leads will their bullpen blow, how many runs will Detroit give up on Defense, and will anyone in the bottom half of their line up produce.

 
Assuming the Cards get ousted early, I will probably pull for a Cincy-Detroit WS. Love watching the Tigers pitching staff and love watching the Reds offense.

 
A's v. Giants.

Lock it down.

Edit to add: Giants in 6. No earthquake this time around.

 
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TEAM, CURRENT ODDS, OPENING ODDS

Washington 9-2 60-1

Cincinnati 5-1 25-1

New York 5-1 5-1

Detroit 7-1 12-1

San Francisco 7-1 12-1

Texas 7-1 8-1

Oakland 9-1 65-1

Atlanta 12-1 12-1

Baltimore 16-1 200-1

St. Louis 16-1 10-1

 
Yankees Reds for the title is my guess (hope) right now. I'll take the Yankees in 5 against the Reds. Well, I'll take them in 7,6,5 or 4 really. In fact, 4 would be better. Can we get a video of Joe Morgan crying when that happens?

 
Anyone else find it highly curious that BAL/NYY was the "early" game today?

Seems any game involving the Yankees is a ratings bonanza. You'd think TBS would want them in prime time.

 
Carlos Beltran went 3-for-3 with two doubles and two walks in Friday’s Game 5 victory, giving him this ridiculous career postseason line: .375/.488/.817 with 13 homers in 104 at-bats. He’s scored 37 times, knocked in 23 runs and gone 9-for-9 stealing bases in 28 games. His K/BB ratio in 15/23.Of course, Beltran has been a fine regular-season player too, going to seven All-Star Games and amassing three 30-homer seasons. Still, no one compares in the postseason. Beltran has the highest on-base percentage and slugging percentage of anyone with at least 60 plate appearances in the postseason. You may have heard of the two guys right behind him on the OPS list: Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
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Could MLB ask for anything more?

Max out with all 20 games for the LDS

And the drama, history involved. I might have some of this wrong, but this is what I think I've heard / seen over the last 48 hours

OAK / DET

Game 4 - A's overcome the largest 9th inning deficit (2 runs) in a do or die game in MLB history. Force game 5 with 3 in the 9th.

Game 5 - Verlander pitches the greatest (according to game score) decisive (teams tied going into last game of series) playoff game in LDS history.

STL / WAS]

Game 4 - Werth extra inning walkoff

Game 5 - STL overcomes a 6 run deficit and wins it with 4 in the 9th. Overcoming the same 2 run deficit, in the 9th, matches Oakland's comeback from game 4 of their series with DET.

NYY / BALT

Game 3 - 12 inning marathon. Baseball's highest paid player is pinch hit for in the 9th, when down a run and Raul Ibanez not only ties it in the 9th with a solo shot, he wins it in the 12 with another one. This is 'you can't script this' caliber.

Game 4 - 12 innings again? Nah, let's play 13. And again Arod is pinch hit for, while down a run, in the last inning. This time it's the 13th and it's Eric Chavez. NYY still loses, but it happened back to back nights : :o .

Game 5 - Arod flat out benched. CC pitches a decisive game gem. Last person to go 9 and strike out 8+ in such a game was Verlander the night before. Before Verlander, Bob Gibson in Game 7 of '68 WS (This one I heard on the radio on the way home tonight, but looks to be wrong. The memory of Jack Morris just hit my head, and he went 10 with 8Ks in game 7 of the '91 WS. 8th K came in 10th inning, might be why they didn't include in the meaningless stat fluff to take up time in the post game)

SF / CIN

Game 5 - SF finishes off the first time in playoff history (5 games) where a team lost two games at home, then took all 3 roads games to win the series.

Just amazing

 
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'Limp Ditka said:
Could MLB ask for anything more?

Max out with all 20 games for the LDS

And the drama, history involved. I might have some of this wrong, but this is what I think I've heard / seen over the last 48 hours

OAK / DET

Game 4 - A's overcome the largest 9th inning deficit (2 runs) in a do or die game in MLB history. Force game 5 with 3 in the 9th.

Game 5 - Verlander pitches the greatest (according to game score) decisive (teams tied going into last game of series) playoff game in LDS history.

STL / WAS]

Game 4 - Werth extra inning walkoff

Game 5 - STL overcomes a 6 run deficit and wins it with 4 in the 9th. Overcoming the same 2 run deficit, in the 9th, matches Oakland's comeback from game 4 of their series with DET.

NYY / BALT

Game 3 - 12 inning marathon. Baseball's highest paid player is pinch hit for in the 9th, when down a run and Raul Ibanez not only ties it in the 9th with a solo shot, he wins it in the 12 with another one. This is 'you can't script this' caliber.

Game 4 - 12 innings again? Nah, let's play 13. And again Arod is pinch hit for, while down a run, in the last inning. This time it's the 13th and it's Eric Chavez. NYY still loses, but it happened back to back nights : :o .

Game 5 - Arod flat out benched. CC pitches a decisive game gem. Last person to go 9 and strike out 8+ in such a game was Verlander the night before. Before Verlander, Bob Gibson in Game 7 of '68 WS (This one I heard on the radio on the way home tonight, but looks to be wrong. The memory of Jack Morris just hit my head, and he went 10 with 8Ks in game 7 of the '91 WS. 8th K came in 10th inning, might be why they didn't include in the meaningless stat fluff to take up time in the post game)

SF / CIN

Game 5 - SF finishes off the first time in playoff history (5 games) where a team lost two games at home, then took all 3 roads games to win the series.

Just amazing
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lmfao at people who think baseball is boring.
 
After watching the safe call on an obvious out today I think MLB should go to a limited replay system. Basically it would be a coach's challenge one per game and you can carry over unused challenges to subsequent games (up to three total).

I think the human element is fine, especially on bang/bang plays at 1B which cost a Tigers pitcher a perfect game. Only for the playoffs though, none of this stuff in the regular season.

 
LOL at the golf carts taking the relief pitcher to the mound. If a 15-year-old kid is watching that, his head must explode. It was such a silly thing to do when you think about it. How out of shape/lazy can a pitcher be that he can't jog to the mound from the bullpen.

 
For the record i hate the new playoff system. One-offs are dumb and almost allowed a completely unworthy Cardinals team to make a WS again

 
'Dentist said:
For the record i hate the new playoff system. One-offs are dumb and almost allowed a completely unworthy Cardinals team to make a WS again
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On the other hand, it gave a playoff lifeline to another one of the seven AL clubs with a better regular season record than Detroit.No system is perfect.
 
'Eephus said:
'Dentist said:
For the record i hate the new playoff system. One-offs are dumb and almost allowed a completely unworthy Cardinals team to make a WS again
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On the other hand, it gave a playoff lifeline to another one of the seven AL clubs with a better regular season record than Detroit.No system is perfect.
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you're correct.no question i'm rooting for detroit despite their rather pedestrian record.I've outlined in other unpopular posting the perfect playoff system. It's just that it's unfriendly for TV, fans, and somewhat arduous for the athletes, but it would insure the best team is crowned a much higher % of the time.
 
'Dentist said:
'Eephus said:
'Dentist said:
For the record i hate the new playoff system. One-offs are dumb and almost allowed a completely unworthy Cardinals team to make a WS again
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On the other hand, it gave a playoff lifeline to another one of the seven AL clubs with a better regular season record than Detroit.No system is perfect.
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you're correct.no question i'm rooting for detroit despite their rather pedestrian record.I've outlined in other unpopular posting the perfect playoff system. It's just that it's unfriendly for TV, fans, and somewhat arduous for the athletes, but it would insure the best team is crowned a much higher % of the time.
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Cards were a lot better than their record indicated. Fourth-best run differential in the league after the Nats, Yanks, and Rays. They went 8-7 against the supposedly superior Reds. They had the same number of wins as Detroit.As in football, baseball has sort of morphed to the point where the WS winner isn't necessarily the best team wire to wire but rather the team that gets hot at the right time. Cards underachieved a bit for most of the season record-wise, but they are a team built for playoff success. Sort of the anti-Yankees, if you will.
 
'Michael Brown said:
'Dentist said:
'Eephus said:
'Dentist said:
For the record i hate the new playoff system. One-offs are dumb and almost allowed a completely unworthy Cardinals team to make a WS again
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On the other hand, it gave a playoff lifeline to another one of the seven AL clubs with a better regular season record than Detroit.No system is perfect.
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you're correct.no question i'm rooting for detroit despite their rather pedestrian record.I've outlined in other unpopular posting the perfect playoff system. It's just that it's unfriendly for TV, fans, and somewhat arduous for the athletes, but it would insure the best team is crowned a much higher % of the time.
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Cards were a lot better than their record indicated. Fourth-best run differential in the league after the Nats, Yanks, and Rays. They went 8-7 against the supposedly superior Reds. They had the same number of wins as Detroit.As in football, baseball has sort of morphed to the point where the WS winner isn't necessarily the best team wire to wire but rather the team that gets hot at the right time. Cards underachieved a bit for most of the season record-wise, but they are a team built for playoff success. Sort of the anti-Yankees, if you will.
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But you are what your record says you are... For whatever reasons the Cards didn't have a better record - they shouldn't have made the play-offs. I don't like the second wild card. Exactly, what problem were they trying to fix? A lot of opinions question the validity of the FIRST wild card, who is quite often better than a weak division winner - (see Detroit). One game? I probably will never accept that in baseball. They should have kept the bar high.
 
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