***2016 MLB Playoff thread: Cubs win for first time since sliced bread hit market (1 Viewer)

[Doctor Detroit]

Once Harper tweaks all the moving parts in his swing, he's going to have a year like he did in 2015 every year.  

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Come on Murph! 

 

[thayman]

Good game Kershaw.  

Not so much Baez.

 

[thayman]

Come on Murph! 

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Come on Murph! 

Boom! 

 

[Peyton Marino]

so sick

 

[thayman]

Boom! 

 

[Doctor Detroit]

FINISH THEM!

 

[Dickie Dunn]

Man, such a tough break for the Dodgers. Feel bad for 'em.

 

[Zegras11]

No team with Joe Blanton on it deserves to win

 

[Hilts]

Really wish Vin had stuck around through LA's postseason. 

 

[Daywalker]

Dodgers getting squeezed. 

 

[tjnc09]

NL trying to make up for the AL's  postseason 

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Well Cubs..it was a run.  Deep down you didn't want to win anyway 

 

[Hilts]

I'm not sure if it'd be more fitting and frustrating to have the Cubs choke away a series in the next two rounds, or to do it now and have the Giants go on to win the whole thing. 

 

[Rodrigo Duterte]

Utley comes through in the clutch.  Twice.  Nice.

 

[ffldrew]

Time to drug check Ross

 

[ffldrew]

What are these pitchers eating pre-game in SF?

 

[Limp Ditka]

 

 

[rockaction]

 

Wow. Lackey grooved it.

 

[rockaction]

Never mind.

 

[ffldrew]

If Lackey wasn't wearing his stupid uniform over his cleats he might not have slipped there.

 

[Limp Ditka]

I probably watch 10-12 Giants game a year and somehow the best defensive SS in the game finds a way to butcher something in just about every one of them. 

 

[Hilts]

I probably watch 10-12 Giants game a year and somehow the best defensive SS in the game finds a way to butcher something in just about every one of them. 

Simmons back to playing in the NL? 

 

[ffldrew]

No Jefferey Maiers in SF?

 

[rockaction]

That was a bomb that turned into a #### show for the Giants.

 

[ffldrew]

The Asian guy just sat there with his glove - you gotta reach for that - no way they would overturn it. He was wearing a blue jacket - so maybe a Cub fan

 

[rockaction]

Well, that just turned around again.

 

[Hilts]

The Asian guy just sat there with his glove - you gotta reach for that - no way they would overturn it. He was wearing a blue jacket - so maybe a Cub fan

I think Cubs fans know better than to reach for a ball that has a chance of being caught in the playoffs. 

 

[tjnc09]

Gillaspie another castoff turned into SF hero

 

[DropKick]

They could always just win the division instead

Wrong answer.  Outside of a tie breaker, baseball shouldn't be decided by a one game series.  The last few years have seen teams that were 4-6 games better over the course of a season eliminated prematurely.

The one game playoff was a special rarity.  Now we've made it routine..

 

[rockaction]

Wrong answer.  Outside of a tie breaker, baseball shouldn't be decided by a one game series.  The last few years have seen teams that were 4-6 games better over the course of a season eliminated prematurely.

The one game playoff was a special rarity.  Now we've made it routine..

So what would you propose?

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Wrong answer.  Outside of a tie breaker, baseball shouldn't be decided by a one game series.  The last few years have seen teams that were 4-6 games better over the course of a season eliminated prematurely.

The one game playoff was a special rarity.  Now we've made it routine..

It's awesome, thanks for playing. 

 

[DropKick]

So what would you propose?

There was nothing wrong with a single wild card from each league.  The best overall record of 12 non-division winners.

For that matter, there was nothing wrong with NFL overtime rules either.  Change isn't always for the better (see moving touchbacks to the 25 yard line)

 

[rockaction]

There was nothing wrong with a single wild card from each league.  The best overall record of 12 non-division winners.

For that matter, there was nothing wrong with NFL overtime rules either.  Change isn't always for the better (see moving touchbacks to the 25 yard line)

Sure. Just curious. Thought maybe you'd take us back to two divisions, or like Dentist, bring us back to a round robin regular season.

 

[DropKick]

It's awesome, thanks for playing. 

Not really.  It can completely remove the drama from the last days of the season.

But hey, if you like a fabricated one-game playoff, for excitement over the merit of an entire season, you're not the baseball fan I thought you were.

 

[ffldrew]

So why is Derek Law in there?

 

[ffldrew]

Here comes the parade

 

[Northern Voice]

Not really.  It can completely remove the drama from the last days of the season.

But hey, if you like a fabricated one-game playoff, for excitement over the merit of an entire season, you're not the baseball fan I thought you were.

How did it remove the drama? The AL wild card came down to the last weekend. Toronto had to use their best pitcher in game 162 to get home field advantage. They had to win game 161 to clinch a spot in the wild card game. Having two spots adds drama by keeping the Houston, Seattle, New York etc... close in the race late, but in the end it still puts a lot of value on winning the division since the one game play in is such a crap shoot. It adds drama to the end of the regular season without devaluing winning a division or making the MLB playoffs a joke like NHL/NBA where so many marginal teams (more than half the league) make it.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Not really.  It can completely remove the drama from the last days of the season.

But hey, if you like a fabricated one-game playoff, for excitement over the merit of an entire season, you're not the baseball fan I thought you were.

I don't understand your argument.  The merit of the whole season is not in question, you are adding a wildcard team to the mix after years of watching the lone wildcard team blaze through the first round knocking out the top team.  With the additional wildcard spot, you take out the #1 pitcher from wildcard team who advances thus giving a real advantage to the the #1 seed.  Also the last days of the season are exponentially more dramatic, I don't understand your argument at all.  You had three teams competing for two spots in both leagues this year that came down to the last day.  On Friday there were as many as four other teams that were still not eliminated.

I'm the baseball fan by which all others are measured.   

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Thread title is right as rain

 

[ffldrew]

How did it remove the drama? The AL wild card came down to the last weekend. Toronto had to use their best pitcher in game 162 to get home field advantage. They had to win game 161 to clinch a spot in the wild card game. Having two spots adds drama by keeping the Houston, Seattle, New York etc... close in the race late, but in the end it still puts a lot of value on winning the division since the one game play in is such a crap shoot. It adds drama to the end of the regular season without devaluing winning a division or making the MLB playoffs a joke like NHL/NBA where so many marginal teams (more than half the league) make it.

LA Kings say hello

 

[rockaction]

Whoever asked for Javier the other night has got him. Dr. D, maybe

 

[rockaction]

What is Rizzo doing swinging at that 3-1 down three?

 

[rockaction]

Moot point. 

 

[ffldrew]

Rut Roh

 

[Zegras11]

Sphincter scales are swaying

 

[ffldrew]

Thread title is right as rain

I'm thinking Giant fans a doing a little clenching now as well

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Giants bullpen is soooooooooooooooo bad. 

 

[ffldrew]

Moore is coming out of the dugout to put a beatdown on these bullpen guys