MLB in-season thread (2 Viewers)

[Bogart]

OldHossRadbourn: Bah! In my day . . . oh hell, that was phenomenal.

 

[crewmember]

Huge props to MLB Network for their coverage tonight. They are a true gift to the baseball fan.

Except they spoiled the Longoria walk off. Reynolds giggling gave it away.

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

Anyone watching MLB network? Harold Baines and the other guy were giggling like school girls when the Rays won. I loved it.

You mean Harold Reynolds and Dan Plesac? Plesac kept saying "Are you ####### kidding me?!"

 

[Billy Bats]

Anyone watching MLB network? Harold Baines and the other guy were giggling like school girls when the Rays won. I loved it.

Harold Reynolds maybe! But when they were cutting in to go "live" to Longoria's at bat, you could hear them scream becuase they were seeing it a split second before we were and then I screamed right before Longo hit it. Still couldn't believe it. ####### incredible.

 

[Dr. Awesome]

Anyone watching MLB network? Harold Baines and the other guy were giggling like school girls when the Rays won. I loved it.

I don't think Harold Baines is on MLB Network, nor capable of giggling.

Harold Reynolds.

 

[Smack Tripper]

Has there ever been a better night in sports history?

 

[Billy Bats]

Red Sox were 77-0 when leading after 8 innings.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Boston, Atlanta and New York all had one out to go to win tonight and all lost.

 

[Ghost Rider]

Has there ever been a better night in sports history?

Best night of regular season baseball ever? It's gotta be up there. Unbelievably, all four games with wild card implications ended up how I wanted them to.

 

[CrossEyed]

So has there ever been another season that featured two epic collapses down the stretch?

 

[Samuel L Bronkowitz]

Has there ever been a better night in sports history?

Best night of regular season baseball ever? It's gotta be up there. Unbelievably, all four games with wild card implications ended up how I wanted them to.

And lost in all the hoopla were Texas/Detroit and Milwaukee/Arizona fighting for the 2 seed. Those 4 games had big implications on the playoff pairings as well. albeit not as dramatic.

 

[Smack Tripper]

Has there ever been a better night in sports history?

Best night of regular season baseball ever? It's gotta be up there. Unbelievably, all four games with wild card implications ended up how I wanted them to.

And lost in all the hoopla were Texas/Detroit and Milwaukee/Arizona fighting for the 2 seed. Those 4 games had big implications on the playoff pairings as well. albeit not as dramatic.

Likewise Jose Reyes acting like a puswah with the batting title on the line.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

I have to get up in six hours to drive a pretty long distance, but I can't go to sleep. That was a really exciting night of baseball.

 

[Daywalker]

I switched over to see Kemp bat in 9th. I switch back and Tampa is going nuts. Amazing how many fans left the Tampa game before they rallied. Pathetic. How can you not root for the Rays. Shields, Price, Helly and Moore. Neimann and Davis shore up bully. My favorites in the A.L.

What a day in baseball, my god.

Reyes punking out to win the batting title would have been led the telecast most season ending day. Lucky for him.

Will Kemp win MVP? Will Verlander win MVP? Ellsbury took a hit today. What a segue for the playoffs. Good for baseball.

How much can Pujols earn this playoffs? An extra 30mill with a hot streak? I think so.

NFL, NCAA Football, Breakng Bad and a heated MLB playoffs. Feeding frenzy. Get your act together NBA.

 

[Raider Nation]

Hmmm, maybe LaRussa is as great as he thinks he is.

 

[JaxBill]

Boston, Atlanta and New York all had one out to go to win tonight and all lost.

Thought it was interesting that both Boston and Atlanta had guys thrown out at the plate and the Yankees had the Golson 3B baserunning gaffe.

 

[wadegarrett]

that was ####### awesome

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Great day in baseball.

 

[wadegarrett]

Has there ever been a better night in sports history?

Best night of regular season baseball ever? It's gotta be up there. Unbelievably, all four games with wild card implications ended up how I wanted them to.

And lost in all the hoopla were Texas/Detroit and Milwaukee/Arizona fighting for the 2 seed. Those 4 games had big implications on the playoff pairings as well. albeit not as dramatic.

Likewise Jose Reyes acting like a puswah with the batting title on the line.

swing the bat ####

 

[culdeus]

ESPN preseason picks lols

So of the 45 so called experts 38 of them couldn't even pick a champion that made the playoffs.

 

[Bogart]

There will be a great book about last night.

 

[culdeus]

There will be a great book about last night.

I can't imagine what it was like in a vegas sportsbook. Would have been march madness level excitement.

 

[wadegarrett]

Has there ever been a more improbable HR than Dan Johnson's last night?

 

[Raider Nation]

Has there ever been a more improbable HR than Dan Johnson's last night?

Prior to last night, Johnson had 2 HRs in 84 at-bats.Prior to the 1978 play-in game, Bucky Dent had 4 HRs in 375 at-bats.You decide.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Has there ever been a more improbable HR than Dan Johnson's last night?

Prior to last night, Johnson had 2 HRs in 84 at-bats.Prior to the 1978 play-in game, Bucky Dent had 4 HRs in 375 at-bats.You decide.

Ozzie Smith's game 5 NLCS walkoff has to be up there. He had 6 HR (career high) in 641 ABs before that

 

[wadegarrett]

Has there ever been a more improbable HR than Dan Johnson's last night?

Prior to last night, Johnson had 2 HRs in 84 at-bats.Prior to the 1978 play-in game, Bucky Dent had 4 HRs in 375 at-bats.You decide.

Johnson's.

 

[JaxBill]

Is it really this hard for MLB to figure out the weekend schedule?

 

[beaux]

Is it really this hard for MLB to figure out the weekend schedule?

They are set:http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/schedule/ps.jsp

 

[Wrigley]

Exciting past couple days.

Now my interest is pretty close to ZERO

I may catch an inning or two, but not much more.

 

[culdeus]

Exciting past couple days.Now my interest is pretty close to ZEROI may catch an inning or two, but not much more.

wrigley>wait

 

[Ghost Rider]

Has there ever been a more improbable HR than Dan Johnson's last night?

Prior to last night, Johnson had 2 HRs in 84 at-bats.Prior to the 1978 play-in game, Bucky Dent had 4 HRs in 375 at-bats.You decide.

Ozzie Smith's game 5 NLCS walkoff has to be up there. He had 6 HR (career high) in 641 ABs before that

True, but things involving Boston and New York are all that matter, according to ESPN anyway. Want more proof? On First Take this morning (yes, Skip Bayless sucks, but I like watching the show after a good sports day), the NL playoffs were not given a single topic. Not one. I don't think the Cardinals or Braves were even mentioned, and the Phillies were only mentioned in passing by Bayless when he contrasted how the Phillies played full tilt to the end as opposed to the Yankees. We did get a topic on Tom Brady cutting his hair. But we couldn't get a single topic on the history that happened regarding the NL wild card last night. Pretty sad. But not at all surprising.

 

[Smack Tripper]

Has there ever been a more improbable HR than Dan Johnson's last night?

Prior to last night, Johnson had 2 HRs in 84 at-bats.Prior to the 1978 play-in game, Bucky Dent had 4 HRs in 375 at-bats.You decide.

Ozzie Smith's game 5 NLCS walkoff has to be up there. He had 6 HR (career high) in 641 ABs before that

Iirc, it was also the first homer in his CAREER batting lefthamded. This is a very underrated homer

 

[Limp Ditka]

NL Central Division champs haven't won a post season game since Game 5 of the '06 World Series. NL Central teams overall are 1-15 in the post season since then.

 

[Billy Bats]

Kimbrel blows another one .

 

[boubucarow]

Has there ever been a more improbable HR than Dan Johnson's last night?

Prior to last night, Johnson had 2 HRs in 84 at-bats.Prior to the 1978 play-in game, Bucky Dent had 4 HRs in 375 at-bats.You decide.

Ozzie Smith's game 5 NLCS walkoff has to be up there. He had 6 HR (career high) in 641 ABs before that

Iirc, it was also the first homer in his CAREER batting lefthamded. This is a very underrated homer

Johnson was thrown up as a pinch hitter since Maddon knew he had the power. I think Gibson's home run was maybe more improbable than Johnson's. Bucky is in the picture with Ozzie but you have to go with the Wizard.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Collapse

 

[Premier]

The Braves collapse really is getting lost in all this Rays/Red Sox hysteria.

It's a good thing they won that sole title, or else they'd rank reeeeeeeeeally high on the tortured franchise list. So much talent passing through over the years, and so many collapses.

 

[Greco]

How is 17-10 a "magical" september?

 

[Daywalker]

Typical mediocore mlb production. Have great moment with the son of the guy who fell over the railing throwing out first pitch. So what do you do? You set it up so he throws out the first pitch a couple of minutes shy of the 5pm/est start time. Leaving a viewer like myself, who tuned in at 5pm, pissed that all I got to see was everyone crying including D. Wells blubbering. Well done mlb.

 

[Billy Bats]

Collapse

That's nice.

 

[Eephus]

The Braves collapse really is getting lost in all this Rays/Red Sox hysteria. It's a good thing they won that sole title, or else they'd rank reeeeeeeeeally high on the tortured franchise list. So much talent passing through over the years, and so many collapses.

A fan base is a prerequisite to qualify as a tortured fan base

 

[RnR]

The Braves collapse really is getting lost in all this Rays/Red Sox hysteria. It's a good thing they won that sole title, or else they'd rank reeeeeeeeeally high on the tortured franchise list. So much talent passing through over the years, and so many collapses.

A fan base is a prerequisite to qualify as a tortured fan base

Interesting you mentioned that, Eeph. I know you're a left coaster, so the Braves fan base may not translate to you the way it actually plays out in the Southeast. The paltry attendance you see on TV from the "fans" in downtown Atlanta doesn't really do the Braves justice. They have hundreds of thousands of fans spread all across Georgia, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Alabama, and Mississippi. These people are fiercely loyal and pretty die hard. Similar to the "radio" fan bases of St. Louis, Chicago, etc. They reach a very large viewing audience that is not within driving range of the ballpark.

 

[Smack Tripper]

The Braves collapse really is getting lost in all this Rays/Red Sox hysteria.

It's a good thing they won that sole title, or else they'd rank reeeeeeeeeally high on the tortured franchise list. So much talent passing through over the years, and so many collapses.

A fan base is a prerequisite to qualify as a tortured fan base

Interesting you mentioned that, Eeph. I know you're a left coaster, so the Braves fan base may not translate to you the way it actually plays out in the Southeast. The paltry attendance you see on TV from the "fans" in downtown Atlanta doesn't really do the Braves justice. They have hundreds of thousands of fans spread all across Georgia, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Alabama, and Mississippi. These people are fiercely loyal and pretty die hard. Similar to the "radio" fan bases of St. Louis, Chicago, etc. They reach a very large viewing audience that is not within driving range of the ballpark.

This team has had several playoff games that didn't sell out, lets not go crazy here. I get not wanting to sit in balls hot heat in the summer of Atlanta, but the playoffs?

 

[RnR]

The Braves collapse really is getting lost in all this Rays/Red Sox hysteria.

It's a good thing they won that sole title, or else they'd rank reeeeeeeeeally high on the tortured franchise list. So much talent passing through over the years, and so many collapses.

A fan base is a prerequisite to qualify as a tortured fan base

Interesting you mentioned that, Eeph. I know you're a left coaster, so the Braves fan base may not translate to you the way it actually plays out in the Southeast. The paltry attendance you see on TV from the "fans" in downtown Atlanta doesn't really do the Braves justice. They have hundreds of thousands of fans spread all across Georgia, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Alabama, and Mississippi. These people are fiercely loyal and pretty die hard. Similar to the "radio" fan bases of St. Louis, Chicago, etc. They reach a very large viewing audience that is not within driving range of the ballpark.

This team has had several playoff games that didn't sell out, lets not go crazy here. I get not wanting to sit in balls hot heat in the summer of Atlanta, but the playoffs?

I'm talking about 8-12 hr drives to the stadium. People in a small town in Mississippi that live and die Braves baseball via TV/radio/internet that are lucky to get one trip to Turner Field a season. It's a pretty unique fan base. There's no question that the support in the Atlanta area is lackluster at best.

 

[Eephus]

The Braves collapse really is getting lost in all this Rays/Red Sox hysteria.

It's a good thing they won that sole title, or else they'd rank reeeeeeeeeally high on the tortured franchise list. So much talent passing through over the years, and so many collapses.

A fan base is a prerequisite to qualify as a tortured fan base

Interesting you mentioned that, Eeph. I know you're a left coaster, so the Braves fan base may not translate to you the way it actually plays out in the Southeast. The paltry attendance you see on TV from the "fans" in downtown Atlanta doesn't really do the Braves justice. They have hundreds of thousands of fans spread all across Georgia, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Alabama, and Mississippi. These people are fiercely loyal and pretty die hard. Similar to the "radio" fan bases of St. Louis, Chicago, etc. They reach a very large viewing audience that is not within driving range of the ballpark.

This team has had several playoff games that didn't sell out, lets not go crazy here. I get not wanting to sit in balls hot heat in the summer of Atlanta, but the playoffs?

I'm talking about 8-12 hr drives to the stadium. People in a small town in Mississippi that live and die Braves baseball via TV/radio/internet that are lucky to get one trip to Turner Field a season. It's a pretty unique fan base. There's no question that the support in the Atlanta area is lackluster at best.

Metro Atlanta is over 5M people and there are millions more up the I85 corridor. The Braves have this region all to themselves for for big league baseball. They've been a perennial contender for a generation. I'd just expect they'd draw better and have better representation on this board.

 

[RnR]

The Braves collapse really is getting lost in all this Rays/Red Sox hysteria.

It's a good thing they won that sole title, or else they'd rank reeeeeeeeeally high on the tortured franchise list. So much talent passing through over the years, and so many collapses.

A fan base is a prerequisite to qualify as a tortured fan base

Interesting you mentioned that, Eeph. I know you're a left coaster, so the Braves fan base may not translate to you the way it actually plays out in the Southeast. The paltry attendance you see on TV from the "fans" in downtown Atlanta doesn't really do the Braves justice. They have hundreds of thousands of fans spread all across Georgia, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Alabama, and Mississippi. These people are fiercely loyal and pretty die hard. Similar to the "radio" fan bases of St. Louis, Chicago, etc. They reach a very large viewing audience that is not within driving range of the ballpark.

This team has had several playoff games that didn't sell out, lets not go crazy here. I get not wanting to sit in balls hot heat in the summer of Atlanta, but the playoffs?

I'm talking about 8-12 hr drives to the stadium. People in a small town in Mississippi that live and die Braves baseball via TV/radio/internet that are lucky to get one trip to Turner Field a season. It's a pretty unique fan base. There's no question that the support in the Atlanta area is lackluster at best.

Metro Atlanta is over 5M people and there are millions more up the I85 corridor. The Braves have this region all to themselves for for big league baseball. They've been a perennial contender for a generation. I'd just expect they'd draw better and have better representation on this board.

Agreed. No question it is bizarre. For whatever reason, Metro Atlanta has very little interest in baseball. Doesn't keep me from running into Atlanta Brave homers on a daily basis out-of-state.

 

[Daywalker]

The Braves collapse really is getting lost in all this Rays/Red Sox hysteria.

It's a good thing they won that sole title, or else they'd rank reeeeeeeeeally high on the tortured franchise list. So much talent passing through over the years, and so many collapses.

A fan base is a prerequisite to qualify as a tortured fan base

Interesting you mentioned that, Eeph. I know you're a left coaster, so the Braves fan base may not translate to you the way it actually plays out in the Southeast. The paltry attendance you see on TV from the "fans" in downtown Atlanta doesn't really do the Braves justice. They have hundreds of thousands of fans spread all across Georgia, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Alabama, and Mississippi. These people are fiercely loyal and pretty die hard. Similar to the "radio" fan bases of St. Louis, Chicago, etc. They reach a very large viewing audience that is not within driving range of the ballpark.

This team has had several playoff games that didn't sell out, lets not go crazy here. I get not wanting to sit in balls hot heat in the summer of Atlanta, but the playoffs?

I'm talking about 8-12 hr drives to the stadium. People in a small town in Mississippi that live and die Braves baseball via TV/radio/internet that are lucky to get one trip to Turner Field a season. It's a pretty unique fan base. There's no question that the support in the Atlanta area is lackluster at best.

Metro Atlanta is over 5M people and there are millions more up the I85 corridor. The Braves have this region all to themselves for for big league baseball. They've been a perennial contender for a generation. I'd just expect they'd draw better and have better representation on this board.

Agreed. No question it is bizarre. For whatever reason, Metro Atlanta has very little interest in baseball. Doesn't keep me from running into Atlanta Brave homers on a daily basis out-of-state.

The paltry fanbase is surpising. On TBS nationally throughout the 90's dynasty. Watched a ton of Braves' games throughout the years especially with great players like Maddux, Smoltz, Glavine and Chipper. The Cubs/Chisox were on WGN all the time as well but they just put me to sleep.

 

[Please See Mine]

If everyone is playing on Tuesday, any idea of the starting times? I'm thinking

TX-TB: 5

NYY-DET: 7

PHI-STL: 8:30

MIL-ARI: 10:00

Thoughts?

Trying to plan around the Phillies game. Since TX-TB have to still be playing, I figure that they are a lock for the early slot and the Phillies would be between 730-830, maybe on the earlier side if the Yanks happen to sweep Detroit.

 

[JaxBill]

They announced the rest of the NLDS start times

Game 3 on Tuesday at Busch Stadium will start at 5:07 p.m ET (4:07 local).Game 4 (if necessary) on Wedneday will start at 6:07 p.m. ET (5:07 local).If there is a Game 5 back at Citizens Bank Park, it will be Friday at 8:37 p.m. ET.The Phillies will fly to St. Louis on Monday afternoon and work out in the early evening.

 

[RedRaiders]

I like how TBS makes a big deal about the Cardinals and Phillies never meeting in the playoffs - leaving out the fact they were in the same division for NINETY FIVE YEARS.