2018 MLB Regular Season Thread! Current thread batting average: .420 (3 Viewers)

[shadyridr]

Was just about to say kluber looks like he's back to his usual self

 

[fred_1_15301]

Cleveland getting hosed by some of these calls.  Awful

 

[fred_1_15301]

I love playoff baseball (especially when my team is out of it)

 

[Hilts]

I love playoff baseball (especially when my team is out of it)

I love it more when my team is in it but that isn't very often. 

Looks like God still hates Cleveland. 

 

[Eephus]

I don't know if I can make it through the Sweet Caroline car commercial 100 more times before the WS

 

[Ghost Rider]

I don't watch much baseball anymore, but I tuned it tonight and am stunned at this gutless performance by the Indians. I guess I shouldn't be since it's Cleveland, but your stud pitcher gags it up and then your lineup has struck out on over half of their outs.  Imagine having paid to go to this game as a Cleveland fan. Ouch. 

 

[Eephus]

I don't watch much baseball anymore, but I tuned it tonight and am stunned at this gutless performance by the Indians. I guess I shouldn't be since it's Cleveland, but your stud pitcher gags it up and then your lineup has struck out on over half of their outs.  Imagine having paid to go to this game as a Cleveland fan. Ouch. 

solid 7 on the hot scale

 

[fred_1_15301]

How does Jackson let that happen?  What a horrible play

 

[Ghost Rider]

solid 7 on the hot scale

It is proving true. What a gag job tonight, on all levels.  That last run just proved it. 

 

[dickey moe]

That was brutal.

 

[Capella]

Just a couple of guys casually flipping the ball around. 

 

[shadyridr]

It is proving true. What a gag job tonight, on all levels.  That last run just proved it. 

 same team that blew a 3-1 lead in WS

 

[Eephus]

 

 

[Ghost Rider]

 same team that blew a 3-1 lead in WS

Yep.  You can't make this stuff up. 

 

[Eephus]

My daughter watched Gardner's AB And commented that he looks a lot like Tim Hudson.  

I raised that girl right. 

 

[AnonymousBob]

My daughter watched Gardner's AB And commented that he looks a lot like Tim Hudson.  

I raised that girl right. 

As an A's fan? 

 

[shadyridr]

My daughter watched Gardner's AB And commented that he looks a lot like Tim Hudson.  

I raised that girl right. 

And Brian Shaw looks like a fat max scherzer

 

[Peyton Marino]

yanks become the first team in the modern era to win four games in a five game series

 

[Limp Ditka]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1554467307932114&set=p.1554467307932114&type=3

 

[gump]

Thru League Champ:

• Cubs 1
  
• Astros .67
  
• Yankees .6
  
• Dodgers .5
  
• Nats .18
  

Yankees will grow, so will Astros. LA is all about the WS Champ or bust. Nats are just in a transient town with the Orioles down the road.

 

[Smack Tripper]

pumped boys

 

[Eephus]

MLB gets big market matchups in both LCS

 

[Daywalker]

Reduce regular season to 154.  Keep die or die WC games.  Every other series should be 9 games.  Play everyday.

Better teams will have better chance to advance.  Tired of this crapshoot.  5-game series is a joke.

 

[cosjobs]

High on Dallas in Houston tonight

 

[Eephus]

Reduce regular season to 154.  Keep die or die WC games.  Every other series should be 9 games.  Play everyday.

Better teams will have better chance to advance.  Tired of this crapshoot.  5-game series is a joke.

Party like it's 1903

 

[rockaction]

We're not through four, Joe. 

Joe Buck, still calling baseball games. 

Argh.  

 

[Limp Ditka]

talk about one dense mfer.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2738639-alex-rodriguez-says-ped-suspension-cost-him-his-reputation-more-than-40m?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial
 

"Yeah, I mean there's so many frustrating things when you look back at that. Number one, you have a guaranteed contract for hundreds of millions of dollars. Literally, you can sit on the couch and get fat. Right, how stupid can you be? ... This thing cost me over $40 million. And it cost me my reputation, and it may have cost me the Hall of Fame and a number of other things."

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Yanks get Maiered.  Love it.

 

[Hilts]

What a postseason. Hope the Astros can finish them off. Verlander has been a great addition. 

 

[Good Posting Judge]

MLB gets big market matchups in both LCS

The four biggest media markets, IIRC.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

The four biggest media markets, IIRC.

Was looking at the msa list today cuz I thought the same, but supposed Dallas-fort worth is bigger than Houston.  Very close though, so could depend on how it is measured.

 

[Eephus]

The top Google result puts Houston at #8 behind Philly, DFW, SF Bay and DC. 

Market boundaries are fuzzy and less meaningful than ever with cable and Internet.   All four are big and the games have been great so far.  MLB will need another excuse when they mess this up somehow. 

 

[Eephus]

I can't remember a post-season where there were so many July and August acquisitions playing major roles.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

I can't remember a post-season where there were so many July and August acquisitions playing major roles.

One of the biggest prizes was believed to be Justin Wilson.

He was left off the NLCS roster.

 

[Eephus]

One of the biggest prizes was believed to be Justin Wilson.

He was left off the NLCS roster.

Lefties are weird.

Jeimer Candelario looked good in September for the Tigers.

 

[gump]

The top Google result puts Houston at #8 behind Philly, DFW, SF Bay and DC. 

Market boundaries are fuzzy and less meaningful than ever with cable and Internet.   All four are big and the games have been great so far.  MLB will need another excuse when they mess this up somehow. 

From a licensed standpoint, this has chance to be the 3rd biggest Postseason behind last year and '04. And retail in general is soft.

 

[Wrigley]

One of the biggest prizes was believed to be Justin Wilson.

He was left off the NLCS roster.

Yeah, that didn’t work out well 

 

[Limp Ditka]

Tony LaRussa officially told to go grind somewhere else.

 

[Eephus]

Looks like the Tigers are going to hire Ron Gardenhire as their new manager.  I was going to make a joke about Tom Kelly but I looked him up and he's younger than Dusty Baker

 

[gump]

Not even sure how good Dodgers Yankees can be.  Houston is in a frenzy now...Cubs are the 500 pound gorilla.  But it feels like both LA/NY fan bases are quietly waiting to explode. 

 

[gump]

https://youtu.be/0smIeeH55HA

 

[Wrigley]

Welp, guess I can start concentrating on my football teams 

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Looks like the Tigers are going to hire Ron Gardenhire as their new manager.  I was going to make a joke about Tom Kelly but I looked him up and he's younger than Dusty Baker

@Frostillicus what do I need to know about this Gardenhire situation 

 

[Frostillicus]

@Frostillicus what do I need to know about this Gardenhire situation 

@Frostillicus what do I need to know about this Gardenhire situation 

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooof.

I laughed.

 

[Limp Ditka]

@Frostillicus what do I need to know about this Gardenhire situation 

He wasn’t getting the Boston job?

 

[Eephus]

Patrick Nolan‏ ###S_pnoles 22h22 hours ago

Tigers fans sure seem more excited about this new guy than Brad Ausmus! This is because "Brad Ausmus" isn't an anagram for "Groin Hardener".

 

[Frostillicus]

Gardy sucks.  Expect many sacrifice bunts and never bringing in a closer unless it's the start of the ninth.  Young players all suck and you'll never shift.  He's basically from the 70s.  And a #### butt.

 

[Eephus]

Dave Righetti, the Giants pitching coach since the Clinton administration is out.  In typical organizational fashion, he was given a front office job instead of his walking papers.  He's the third long-time coach to be let go after the 2017 debacle joining Bam Bam Meulens and bench coach Ron Wotus.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Chris Bosio has been let go by the Cubs. The poor guy could barely walk by the end of the season. I thought he did an excellent job over the years, with Jake Arrieta and Kyle Hendricks being his prize pupils. 

Joe is going to bring in his long-time guy Jim Hickey. 

 

[Hilts]

Astros have made the WS as an NL team and as an AL team. First time in baseball history.