ericmvan
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Post by ericmvan on Oct 17, 2016 1:40:27 GMT -5
As far as conspiracies go, that's pretty amazing. I'm not even sure what he's implying? That it's a computer simulation? That the Indians pitching staff is of extraterrestrial origin. No. 51 -- as in Area 51 -- on the Indians is supposedly worn by pitcher Shawn Armstrong. A pitcher named "Armstrong" is dubious to begin with, but given that he shares his surname with the first man on the moon, this seems to have been a clue planted by someone in the know. Obviously the Indians pitchers look human, but advanced alien genetic technology could have designed them from birth to have literally other-worldly control. And "Shawn Armstrong" is an anagram for "NASA grows Nth Mr."
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Post by James Dunne on Oct 17, 2016 6:34:06 GMT -5
As far as conspiracies go, that's pretty amazing. I'm not even sure what he's implying? That it's a computer simulation? Obviously the Indians pitchers look human, Counterpoint: Andrew Miller
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Post by Don Caballero on Oct 17, 2016 16:05:10 GMT -5
Although Terry Francona always looked like an illuminati to me, I think Bautista took one too many blows to the head.
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Post by costpet on Oct 17, 2016 16:52:25 GMT -5
How do you root against Dave Roberts? So, Dodgers vs Indians in WS. Let the Cubs suffer another 90 years.
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Post by Don Caballero on Oct 17, 2016 19:31:23 GMT -5
Man it would be pretty awesome to see Bauer trying to macho his way through this start with his hand like that, where is the imagination of Gibbons and the umps?
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Post by DesignatedKyle on Oct 17, 2016 20:39:33 GMT -5
I miss Napoli
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Post by bigpupp on Oct 17, 2016 22:53:57 GMT -5
Toronto looks toast. I didn't go back far, but I don't any team has ever come back from 3-0 to win a playoff series.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Oct 17, 2016 23:00:58 GMT -5
The Indians are looking like the hot team on a mission. Playoff series really are a crapshoot, and baseball remains the most unpredictable game ever invented.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Oct 18, 2016 1:28:37 GMT -5
Toronto looks toast. I didn't go back far, but I don't any team has ever come back from 3-0 to win a playoff series. ummm? Were you born after 2004?
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Post by James Dunne on Oct 18, 2016 6:25:09 GMT -5
Lotta circumstances out there last night.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Oct 18, 2016 11:00:25 GMT -5
Toronto looks toast. I didn't go back far, but I don't any team has ever come back from 3-0 to win a playoff series. ummm? Were you born after 2004? 99% chance he was joking.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Oct 18, 2016 11:01:21 GMT -5
Man it would be pretty awesome to see Bauer trying to macho his way through this start with his hand like that, where is the imagination of Gibbons and the umps? Wonder if you'd be able to tell what pitch it was by the direction/speed/etc of the blood flying off of his hand as he delivered the ball.
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Post by sox fan in nc on Oct 18, 2016 12:48:32 GMT -5
NA-PO-LI...NA-PO-LI.....Great quote from Tito, he was asked how Nap gets along with his other teammates. Tito said, "half the guys love him, & the other half are scared to death of him".
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Post by Don Caballero on Oct 18, 2016 14:10:24 GMT -5
Wonder if you'd be able to tell what pitch it was by the direction/speed/etc of the blood flying off of his hand as he delivered the ball. That would be awesome, I can't believe we were deprived of that experience. Imagine he's one pitch away from closing the game and he throws a mean slider and blood flies everywhere and hits the batter who's called out on strikes and now must test for hepatitis. The post game coverage would be something.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Oct 18, 2016 21:23:47 GMT -5
In the past the Cubs would have wilted once Gonzo got that game tying hit. Not these Cubs. Hope I'm not jinxing them, but they are playing the way a winning team does. This team has IT. They're not only good, but when the game gets tight or they're down they battle back. I think the Cubs are going to win the World Series this year. They're playing like they're on a mission. Hey idiot, you're jinxing the Cubs ala Bernie Mac! I still think the Cubs will somehow pull this series out, but since I opened my big yap the Cubs have stopped hitting, which as the Red Sox know, can be a fatal thing. My other oh-so-brilliant observation is that down 3-0 Toronto has a chance to stage an 04 Red Sox. By winning Game 4, they face Tomlin at home in Game 5. Sooner or later Tomlin gets tagged, doesn't he? I have no idea who starts Game 6 for the Indians at Cleveland. Is it Bauer? Is it bullpen by committee again? Can that work twice? And it would be against Happ, which is a tough matchup for Cleveland. Then you get to Game 7 and it's Kluber on short rest against Stroman, which I would think would still favor Cleveland, but once momentum gets rolling you never know. I do wonder why Sanchez is only getting one start this series and why they'd pick Stroman over him. He's their best pitcher. I hope Cleveland wins because of Tito and Napoli, but I'd hate to see another team that's not the Red Sox come from 3 games down.
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Post by DesignatedKyle on Oct 18, 2016 21:27:41 GMT -5
This whole postseason is like watching the Red Sox Graduates.
on a related note, why didn't we go after Rich Hill a little bit harder last year?
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Oct 18, 2016 21:30:17 GMT -5
This whole postseason is like watching the Red Sox Graduates. on a related note, why didn't we go after Rich Hill a little bit harder last year? The Red Sox had Joe Kelly penciled in as a starter. Between Price, Buchholz, Porcello, Kelly, and E-Rod and depth options like Wright, Owens, Johnson, Elias, who needed to waste any money on Rich Hill? Too bad, who knows, but maybe that might have avoided the need for the Pomeranz deal, although with his injuries it's hard to say? I'd like to tell you that I balked at the premise that with Kelly around the need to guarantee Rich Hill a starting spot was a ridiculous notion, but I didn't. I'd like to have told you that Joe Kelly should not be a starter because he has it in him to be an overpowering reliever (except when Teixeira comes to the plate with a worthwhile celebration on the line), but I didn't.
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Post by DesignatedKyle on Oct 18, 2016 21:35:15 GMT -5
This whole postseason is like watching the Red Sox Graduates. on a related note, why didn't we go after Rich Hill a little bit harder last year? The Red Sox had Joe Kelly penciled in as a starter there's the problem. Now I'm going to go to sleep tonight with dreams of a Cueto/Hill/Porcello/Eddie/Wright rotation dancing in my head. Sigh.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Oct 18, 2016 22:02:12 GMT -5
Well the Sox can always offer Hill a contract this winter. Maybe 2 years at 20 million a year?
I don't know, spending money on Hill seems like the worst gamble in the world.
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Post by Don Caballero on Oct 18, 2016 22:31:36 GMT -5
Man, you might think the reason why I have said before that I don't see a Maddon led team winning the World Series was because I don't like the guy. And I don't, I find him an arrogant overtly narcissistic piece of nothing. However, the reason why I used to say that before doing otherwise this post-season is for what happened in this game. No, I don't mean the score. I mean the play where Fowler and Soler collided in the OF. Fowler got way too mad about it, the body language by both after the play was atrocious. I do understand that it was a mistake by Soler, but he's your teammate and you rammed him into oblivion, be nicer about it. Now guys are looking nervous, Baez of all people is makings errors and they can't hit anything.
What I mean is that his teams always fold under pressure, you don't see a high energy loose squad like you do for this year's Indians or 2013 Boston or even the Royals last year. The 2008 WS is a great example because the series was over the second the Phillies walked off in game 3. The second Maddon is faced with adversity by an equally talented team, his team melts. The Cubs this year looked different and the comeback win against the Giants is what led me to believe that maybe Maddon turned a page and that he's finally able to inspire his guys. Maybe that's still true, or maybe that was the Giants choking. We'll see in this series because now the Cubs need to beat Urias and Kershaw. Good luck there.
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Post by FenwayFanatic on Oct 19, 2016 7:34:27 GMT -5
Maybe overusing Jansen could come back to bite them. I'm excited for the game tonight though. I'm also rooting for the Dodgers. A Dave Roberts/Tito matchup would be pretty fun.
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 19, 2016 8:36:46 GMT -5
Man, you might think the reason why I have said before that I don't see a Maddon led team winning the World Series was because I don't like the guy. And I don't, I find him an arrogant overtly narcissistic piece of nothing. However, the reason why I used to say that before doing otherwise this post-season is for what happened in this game. No, I don't mean the score. I mean the play where Fowler and Soler collided in the OF. Fowler got way too mad about it, the body language by both after the play was atrocious. I do understand that it was a mistake by Soler, but he's your teammate and you rammed him into oblivion, be nicer about it. Now guys are looking nervous, Baez of all people is makings errors and they can't hit anything. What I mean is that his teams always fold under pressure, you don't see a high energy loose squad like you do for this year's Indians or 2013 Boston or even the Royals last year. The 2008 WS is a great example because the series was over the second the Phillies walked off in game 3. The second Maddon is faced with adversity by an equally talented team, his team melts. The Cubs this year looked different and the comeback win against the Giants is what led me to believe that maybe Maddon turned a page and that he's finally able to inspire his guys. Maybe that's still true, or maybe that was the Giants choking. We'll see in this series because now the Cubs need to beat Urias and Kershaw. Good luck there. And to think that we're supposedly the ones with an irrational dislike of a manager. Farrell should get some hipster glasses and then you can be on our side.
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Post by Don Caballero on Oct 19, 2016 11:13:35 GMT -5
And to think that we're supposedly the ones with an irrational dislike of a manager. Farrell should get some hipster glasses and then you can be on our side. Farrell is an easy going old school low profile dude. I'd have a beer with him. I doubt many people would have a beer with Maddon, you'd spend the rest of the evening listening to how awesome he is.
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Post by bluechip on Oct 19, 2016 11:27:53 GMT -5
And to think that we're supposedly the ones with an irrational dislike of a manager. Farrell should get some hipster glasses and then you can be on our side. Farrell is an easy going old school low profile dude. I'd have a beer with him. I doubt many people would have a beer with Maddon, you'd spend the rest of the evening listening to how awesome he is. It would be impossible to get a beer with John Maddon. I'm pretty sure he frequents establishments that serve only gin and are located in the basements of warehouses.
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 19, 2016 11:52:19 GMT -5
And to think that we're supposedly the ones with an irrational dislike of a manager. Farrell should get some hipster glasses and then you can be on our side. Farrell is an easy going old school low profile dude. I'd have a beer with him. I doubt many people would have a beer with Maddon, you'd spend the rest of the evening listening to how awesome he is. I haven't met Maddon or Farrell, so I have no judgement of what they are like as people. I'm not in high school anymore.
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