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2018 Red Sox vs. Yankees ALDS Gameday Thread
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Post by James Dunne on Oct 5, 2018 14:02:27 GMT -5
Anderson and Darling. I prefer the two-person booth anyway. Darling is really good on SNY with Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez, but I haven't necessarily loved him in the playoffs. It's gotta be tough to build up that chemistry in just a few games.
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Post by ericmvan on Oct 5, 2018 14:09:12 GMT -5
I'll say right now that any loss where they play reasonably well -- actually, any loss at all -- will bother me for reasons that have nothing to do with the team. Or the other team.
To call the 5-game series format an abomination would be an insult to actual abominations like devil-spawn children, two-headed mutants, and eating shellfish (check it out, it's right there in the Bible!).
To begin with, the shorter 5-game series is indefensibly more random. How many times in our recent memory have the Sox come back in a series when they needed to win three straight elimination games, let alone two? Not just in 2004 (which was of course was a larger number than 3) and 2007, but in 1986 against the Angels, 1999 against the Indians, and 2003 against the A's. That is, BTW, 5 of the last 14 times it's been done.
What is the rationale for MLB randomizing the playoffs to make it less likely that the best teams (and hence, most likely, the biggest stars) will be competing on National TV for the WS?
What is the rationale for not getting two more games of gate revenue and TV ad sales?
But wait, there's more.
It's bad enough that in a 7-game series, the best 60% of your rotation is 43% more valuable than they were in the regular season, which means that you've changed the definition of what constitutes the best team. You have also made bullpen depth less important, as well. I don't see a way around this because we all want to see the players playing well-rested, so that means travel days.
But the 5-game series not only has that, it shortens the time between travel days, so that the teams never play three days in a row. That makes bullpen depth even less important, and it gives teams the option of starting either their #1 or #2 starter in game 5.
I suppose the rationale against going to 7 games for the DS is that you'd be adding two extra days to the post-season, and screwing up the WS schedule: game 4 is now on former off-day Monday instead of Saturday, which becomes an off-day instead. OTOH, if there's a game 7, it's now on Friday night rather than Wednesday.
If that's too much of a problem, the radical thing you could do is eliminate the DS travel days. That keeps the WS schedule optimized and forces teams to use all their starting pitching depth. It also means that there are at least three straight days when there are 4 DS games every day, and as many as 6, when at present this just happens once or twice. However, who watches all of those games anyway? The intensity of all the series happening simultaneously might actually be good. (Eliminating just 1 travel day doesn't really work.)
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Post by soxfanatic on Oct 5, 2018 14:12:05 GMT -5
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Post by nomar on Oct 5, 2018 14:28:58 GMT -5
Leaving Ct now to get up to Boston in time for the game. If I'm late I'll come to this thread to cry. Tickets are still up for 100-150 if anyone is looking.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Oct 5, 2018 14:46:35 GMT -5
Halfway and the Stros have 2 runs and the Indians have no hits.
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Post by Don Caballero on Oct 5, 2018 14:51:41 GMT -5
Cowboy up time lads!  |
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Post by Guidas on Oct 5, 2018 15:58:33 GMT -5
I hate these guys. Like really.
Let’s go!
(uh - wait, why is Sandy Leon starting? Can’t Cora just stop this?!)
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Post by kevfc89 on Oct 5, 2018 16:08:42 GMT -5
you knew Leon was going to start....he's worked with Sale all year and they believe there's something to it. I just hope he's pinch hit for at the first sign of a high leverage, important at bat..
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 5, 2018 16:09:47 GMT -5
I hate these guys. Like really. Let’s go! (uh - wait, why is Sandy Leon starting? Can’t Cora just stop this?!) Same reason why David Ross started in 2013. |
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Post by chrisfromnc on Oct 5, 2018 16:12:05 GMT -5
Like many here, I’m anxious about this series. Zips predicted the most likely outcome (roughly 20% chance of occurring) is the Yankees winning in four games. I’m inclined to think this first game is going to be the barometer for the series. I think if Chris Sale is dealing this evening, the Red Sox will win the series and if he throws poorly... ehh. The optimist in me thinks Sale is healthy, rested and ready to continue his dominance of the NYY. Screw Zips.
In any case, the exhilaration of playoff baseball is here. I’m ready to watch my 108 win team do some damage to their rivals.
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 5, 2018 16:28:39 GMT -5
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Post by tizzle on Oct 5, 2018 16:57:04 GMT -5
Like many here, I’m anxious about this series. Zips predicted the most likely outcome (roughly 20% chance of occurring) is the Yankees winning in four games. I’m inclined to think this first game is going to be the barometer for the series. I think if Chris Sale is dealing this evening, the Red Sox will win the series and if he throws poorly... ehh. The optimist in me thinks Sale is healthy, rested and ready to continue his dominance of the NYY. Screw Zips. In any case, the exhilaration of playoff baseball is here. I’m ready to watch my 108 win team do some damage to their rivals. Yeah, I really think we'll know if we have a real shot at the title this year within about 2 hours from now. |
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 5, 2018 17:01:49 GMT -5
Like many here, I’m anxious about this series. Zips predicted the most likely outcome (roughly 20% chance of occurring) is the Yankees winning in four games. I’m inclined to think this first game is going to be the barometer for the series. I think if Chris Sale is dealing this evening, the Red Sox will win the series and if he throws poorly... ehh. The optimist in me thinks Sale is healthy, rested and ready to continue his dominance of the NYY. Screw Zips. In any case, the exhilaration of playoff baseball is here. I’m ready to watch my 108 win team do some damage to their rivals. Yeah, I really think we'll know if we have a real shot at the title this year within about 2 hours from now. I don't think I could disagree more, unless the Red Sox are up 10-0 by then. This series isn't going to be decided tonight. This team always comes back when they're down. |
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Oct 5, 2018 17:12:28 GMT -5
I mean who doesn't have goose bumps right now. I can't wait.
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Post by chrisfromnc on Oct 5, 2018 17:15:20 GMT -5
I don't think I could disagree more, unless the Red Sox are up 10-0 by then. This series isn't going to be decided tonight. This team always comes back when they're down. It’s a valid point that this team has demonstrated come back ability like no other. I’ve just got crazy-Sox-fan-paranoia that prevents me from being carefree. I think they’ll win tonight and win the series in five games. |
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Post by tizzle on Oct 5, 2018 17:19:03 GMT -5
Yeah, I really think we'll know if we have a real shot at the title this year within about 2 hours from now. I don't think I could disagree more, unless the Red Sox are up 10-0 by then. This series isn't going to be decided tonight. This team always comes back when they're down. I didn't say a word about a series being decided tonight. I said we'd have an idea if we have a shot to go all the way. Because if Sale isn't right, you can forget about it. |
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Oct 5, 2018 17:20:17 GMT -5
I don't think I could disagree more, unless the Red Sox are up 10-0 by then. This series isn't going to be decided tonight. This team always comes back when they're down. It’s a valid point that this team has demonstrated come back ability like no other. I’ve just got crazy-Sox-fan-paranoia that prevents me from being carefree. I think they’ll win tonight and win the series in five games. We have a great chance. Nothing will he handed to us.. I know I would rather be watching our boys take these douchebags down, than sitting home watchin' the MFY's playing someone else. |
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 5, 2018 17:21:48 GMT -5
I don't think I could disagree more, unless the Red Sox are up 10-0 by then. This series isn't going to be decided tonight. This team always comes back when they're down. I didn't say a word about a series being decided tonight. I said we'd have an idea if we have a shot to go all the way. Because if Sale isn't right, you can forget about it. I'm hoping to see the Sale that pitched one game in Baltimore in August between DL stints when he threw 5 innings of 1 hit ball with 0 walks and 12 K's. He was hitting 100 regularly. |
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Oct 5, 2018 17:24:11 GMT -5
We seem to be festering in nattering nabobs of negativism. Not me. After 2004, I've been playing with house money the whole time. If we win, great. If we lose, life goes on. Although, the first pitch will make me turn into a raving lunatic. I mean this is true, but darn it all, I want more.  |
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Post by Canseco on Oct 5, 2018 17:32:13 GMT -5
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Post by gerry on Oct 5, 2018 17:36:30 GMT -5
I don't think I could disagree more, unless the Red Sox are up 10-0 by then. This series isn't going to be decided tonight. This team always comes back when they're down. I didn't say a word about a series being decided tonight. I said we'd have an idea if we have a shot to go all the way. Because if Sale isn't right, you can forget about it. Nope. The real potential of Price, Porcello, Eovaldi, ERod, Wright, Kimbrel to step up snd be beasts can’t be so simply dismissed. Nor should the ability of Betts, Beni, Pearce, Bogaerts, Nunez, Kinsler, Bradley, etc. to play their special brand of elite baseball. The Sox are for real, as a team. It’s the nyfy that should be nervous about fly balls not getting over Fenway’s walls, and the Sox getting to Happ and Betances snd Chapman ... again. Go Sox |
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Post by incandenza on Oct 5, 2018 17:44:14 GMT -5
I didn't say a word about a series being decided tonight. I said we'd have an idea if we have a shot to go all the way. Because if Sale isn't right, you can forget about it. Nope. The real potential of Price, Porcello, Eovaldi, ERod, Wright, Kimbrel to step up snd be beasts can’t be so simply dismissed. Nor should the ability of Betts, Beni, Pearce, Bogaerts, Nunez, Kinsler, Bradley, etc. to play their special brand of elite baseball. The Sox are for real, as a team. It’s the nyfy that should be nervous about fly balls not getting over Fenway’s walls, and the Sox getting to Happ and Betances snd Chapman ... again. Go Sox I hesitated to give this the thumbs up only because you included "Nunez" and "elite" in the same sentence. I'm worried about Cora pulling a Farrell-with-Gomes-in-'13 with Nunez this year. On the other hand, if '18 ends like '13 did, I could live with that. |
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Post by tizzle on Oct 5, 2018 18:31:00 GMT -5
I didn't say a word about a series being decided tonight. I said we'd have an idea if we have a shot to go all the way. Because if Sale isn't right, you can forget about it. Nope. The real potential of Price, Porcello, Eovaldi, ERod, Wright, Kimbrel to step up snd be beasts can’t be so simply dismissed. Nor should the ability of Betts, Beni, Pearce, Bogaerts, Nunez, Kinsler, Bradley, etc. to play their special brand of elite baseball. The Sox are for real, as a team. It’s the nyfy that should be nervous about fly balls not getting over Fenway’s walls, and the Sox getting to Happ and Betances snd Chapman ... again. Go Sox That sounds wonderful and all. But it's going to be hard enough, a tremendous achievement, to win with all those players stepping up, etc. To do it without probably our most important player would be a virtual impossibility. If you want to believe we can do that, go ahead. Certainly not going to criticize your belief. But I'm not going to suspend logic for faith, personally. |
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Post by soxfaninnj on Oct 5, 2018 18:33:31 GMT -5
Please be a 97 mph fb first pitch
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Post by soxfaninnj on Oct 5, 2018 18:33:52 GMT -5
95!!
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