***Official - 2025 Major League Baseball Thread (8 Viewers)

[Insein]

Sir Tony with the filth.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

That was bizarre. Guy clearly foul tipped it and they called it a ball?

Didn't matter because he flies out but really weird.

there was another moment earlier where the hitter missed the pitch and they called it a foul tip

Guess it just happens but weird in an NLCS.

i’m not sure i’ve ever seen either happen before to be honest

 

[Insein]

That was bizarre. Guy clearly foul tipped it and they called it a ball?

Didn't matter because he flies out but really weird.

there was another moment earlier where the hitter missed the pitch and they called it a foul tip

Guess it just happens but weird in an NLCS.

i’m not sure i’ve ever seen either happen before to be honest

Yea me neither but I don't watch all the games.

 

[fred_1_15301]

I said it in the Phillies thread before the series started that the Phils would win in 6. I put my money where my mouth is and placed a bet on Phils in 6 and another on Phils in 5. This Padres lineup is just not scary at all. Soto has been a shell of himself in SD and Machado is the only huge threat in that lineup. Furthermore the Phils bats are hot and I’ll take their 1,2 over the Padres 1,2 with the way they’re pitching. I’m likely not going to be as confident in the World Series but this game is playing out exactly how I painted it in my head.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

I said it in the Phillies thread before the series started that the Phils would win in 6. I put my money where my mouth is and placed a bet on Phils in 6 and another on Phils in 5. This Padres lineup is just not scary at all. Soto has been a shell of himself in SD and Machado is the only huge threat in that lineup. Furthermore the Phils bats are hot and I’ll take their 1,2 over the Padres 1,2 with the way they’re pitching. I’m likely not going to be as confident in the World Series but this game is playing out exactly how I painted it in my head.

low scoring with the phillies winning off pitching and defense? good luck with that but the phillies strength is out scoring and not tight games

 

[jobarules]

Pitching AND defense?

 

[fred_1_15301]

I said it in the Phillies thread before the series started that the Phils would win in 6. I put my money where my mouth is and placed a bet on Phils in 6 and another on Phils in 5. This Padres lineup is just not scary at all. Soto has been a shell of himself in SD and Machado is the only huge threat in that lineup. Furthermore the Phils bats are hot and I’ll take their 1,2 over the Padres 1,2 with the way they’re pitching. I’m likely not going to be as confident in the World Series but this game is playing out exactly how I painted it in my head.

low scoring with the phillies winning off pitching and defense? good luck with that but the phillies strength is out scoring and not tight games

With Wheeler and Nola on the mound, they don’t have to mash. Those 2 dudes are hotter than they’ve been all year. 2 aces with that lineup? Good luck to anyone beating them. Baseball playoffs is usually about who is hot at the right time.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

Pitching AND defense?

ugh, i’m a big Bohm fan cause he’s my sons friend but D is not his jam

 

[fred_1_15301]

Now bullpen might be a little issue

 

[Insein]

Jose! Huge inning.

 

[fred_1_15301]

Jose! Huge inning.

He was good for 4 outs. Congrats on game 1!

 

[need2know]

Phillies are en fuego

 

[facook]

I said it in the Phillies thread before the series started that the Phils would win in 6. I put my money where my mouth is and placed a bet on Phils in 6 and another on Phils in 5. This Padres lineup is just not scary at all. Soto has been a shell of himself in SD and Machado is the only huge threat in that lineup. Furthermore the Phils bats are hot and I’ll take their 1,2 over the Padres 1,2 with the way they’re pitching. I’m likely not going to be as confident in the World Series but this game is playing out exactly how I painted it in my head.

I hope you're right. I have some large payouts tied to to a Phils WS win. Hedged some last night on SD after Phils won game one, and if they win the series I'll have to hedge on the AL champ as well. But I'll save the big win for if Philly somehow pulls it out.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Thank you to Earth’s yellow sun!

 

[Insein]

Huge error on Soto. Just never see big leaguers lose it like that.

 

[fred_1_15301]

I said it in the Phillies thread before the series started that the Phils would win in 6. I put my money where my mouth is and placed a bet on Phils in 6 and another on Phils in 5. This Padres lineup is just not scary at all. Soto has been a shell of himself in SD and Machado is the only huge threat in that lineup. Furthermore the Phils bats are hot and I’ll take their 1,2 over the Padres 1,2 with the way they’re pitching. I’m likely not going to be as confident in the World Series but this game is playing out exactly how I painted it in my head.

I hope you're right. I have some large payouts tied to to a Phils WS win. Hedged some last night on SD after Phils won game one, and if they win the series I'll have to hedge on the AL champ as well. But I'll save the big win for if Philly somehow pulls it out.

I can’t believe the Padres were favored today. I placed a nice bet on that. Snell vs Nola - easy money.

 

[Insein]

Bad defense leading to at least 3 of these runs.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

smoltz really doesn’t need to talk this much

 

[Insein]

Almost lost it again.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

 

[Insein]

It's hot an Nola sat for about 25 mins while that inning happened. At least it was only solo shots.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

It's hot an Nola sat for about 25 mins while that inning happened. At least it was only solo shots.

It didn’t help that the Padres moved the fence down while drury’s ball was in the air

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Nolas mom is like “do I know you?”

 

[Insein]

Had a feeling we'd need at least 8 today.

 

[Insein]

That's about it. Yea one inning to go but Padres got the offense this game. We get 3 in Philly though. Should at least be up 3-2 with Nola going in game 6 again.

 

[stbugs]

Starting to think the Yankees don’t regret the Bader for Montgomery trade anymore.

Also, Judge is a much better fielder than most people think. Dude covers a lot of ground really quick.

 

[ChiefD]

Also, Judge is a much better fielder than most people think. Dude covers a lot of ground really quick.

All he has to do is lay down.

 

[ChiefD]

smoltz really doesn’t need to talk this much

He must get paid by the word much like every other American announcer.

 

[ChiefD]

I’m really enjoying this Phillies and Padres series. Two really fun teams. Will definitely root for the winner in the World Series.

 

[ChiefD]

Nolas mom is like “do I know you?”

Man, watching that whole sequence between both their boys was awesome. You could see both agony and ecstasy on their faces when Austin got that hit. Incredible TV Sports moment right there.

 

[whoknew]

I think Hader is back.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

looks very likely that i’ll be going to the monday game in san diego if the padres avoid a 3 game sweep in philly

 

[fred_1_15301]

That's about it. Yea one inning to go but Padres got the offense this game. We get 3 in Philly though. Should at least be up 3-2 with Nola going in game 6 again.

Looking at Nola's game logs this year, every single time he's thrown a clunker he's been completely dominant the following start. But yes they do need to win 2 out of the next 3. Game 3 should be a good battle between Musgrove and Suarez. I was wondering why SD would throw Snell over Musgrove in Game 2 but now I realize that Snell's home/away split is significant. Smart move.

 

[BeTheMatch]

Jeremy Pena is going to be very good for a very long time. I really do hate the Astros.

 

[Harry Frogfish]

I said it in the Phillies thread before the series started that the Phils would win in 6. I put my money where my mouth is and placed a bet on Phils in 6 and another on Phils in 5. This Padres lineup is just not scary at all. Soto has been a shell of himself in SD and Machado is the only huge threat in that lineup. Furthermore the Phils bats are hot and I’ll take their 1,2 over the Padres 1,2 with the way they’re pitching. I’m likely not going to be as confident in the World Series but this game is playing out exactly how I painted it in my head.

I hope you're right. I have some large payouts tied to to a Phils WS win. Hedged some last night on SD after Phils won game one, and if they win the series I'll have to hedge on the AL champ as well. But I'll save the big win for if Philly somehow pulls it out.

I can’t believe the Padres were favored today. I placed a nice bet on that. Snell vs Nola - easy money.

Great story, congrats.

 

[belljr]

I understand the reasoning but I hate the 2-3-2 - i like the 2-2-1-1-1

 

[Gally]

I understand the reasoning but I hate the 2-3-2 - i like the 2-2-1-1-1

Totally agree. No 7 game series shoudl be 2-3-2. It gives an advantage to the team with 3 at home in the middle. Never have to go back if you can split and take care of business at home.

Although for any sport for this to make some sense is baseball since you don't want any off days to make it more like the regular season with home and home series. The 2-3-2 is the best simulation of that.

 

[fred_1_15301]

I understand the reasoning but I hate the 2-3-2 - i like the 2-2-1-1-1

Totally agree. No 7 game series shoudl be 2-3-2. It gives an advantage to the team with 3 at home in the middle. Never have to go back if you can split and take care of business at home.

Although for any sport for this to make some sense is baseball since you don't want any off days to make it more like the regular season with home and home series. The 2-3-2 is the best simulation of that.

And that’s probably why they do it. Baseball season is long enough. I’m glad the playoffs are fairly continual. I think it worked out in the Pads/Phils series given you have an East coast team playing a West coast team.

 

[Gally]

And that’s probably why they do it.

They do it to save on travel...................not because it makes sense

 

[CGRdrJoe]

I understand the reasoning but I hate the 2-3-2 - i like the 2-2-1-1-1

Totally agree. No 7 game series shoudl be 2-3-2. It gives an advantage to the team with 3 at home in the middle. Never have to go back if you can split and take care of business at home.

Although for any sport for this to make some sense is baseball since you don't want any off days to make it more like the regular season with home and home series. The 2-3-2 is the best simulation of that.

the NLCS is now going to be F,Sat,Sun in philly and then M,T in San diego if necessary

 

[belljr]

 

[belljr]

Oooooof

 

[belljr]

Routine error
Clutch 2out 2 RBI single
Picked off

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Woooo!

 

[Pip's Invitation]

As far as the check swing call goes, I choose to believe it was a restoration of karmic balance after this from 12 years ago: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/442829-why-the-mlb-needs-to-reign-in-its-umpires

 

[BeTheMatch]

The fact that I pay for about seven different TV/streaming services and not one of them carries TBS is just un*******believable.

 

[ChiefD]

I love baseball for the simple fact there are no flags to stop a play.

 

[ChiefD]

The fact that I pay for about seven different TV/streaming services and not one of them carries TBS is just un*******believable.

That does seem unbelievable. Which ones you in on?

 

[BeTheMatch]

The fact that I pay for about seven different TV/streaming services and not one of them carries TBS is just un*******believable.

That does seem unbelievable. Which ones you in on?

FuboTV
Hulu (not live)
Netflix
Apple
Prime
Had Xfinity (which also doesn't carry it)
HBO Max
MLB

 

[ChiefD]

The fact that I pay for about seven different TV/streaming services and not one of them carries TBS is just un*******believable.

That does seem unbelievable. Which ones you in on?

FuboTV
Hulu (not live)
Netflix
Apple
Prime
Had Xfinity (which also doesn't carry it)
HBO Max
MLB

Can you do a Hulu Live trial for 30 days just to get you in for the games?

Or YouTube TV?