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2019 League Championship Series Gameday Thread
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 17, 2019 21:54:44 GMT -5
Sanchez' HR was only 403 feet but 111 mph. Correra's HR was 403 feet and 109 mph. Springer's was 408 feet and 110 mph. The ball is so unjuiced now. They're probably 430 ft+ in the regular season.
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Post by jimed14 on Oct 17, 2019 22:05:20 GMT -5
Here's one of those stats that exist only because of expanded playoffs.
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Post by soxfaninnj on Oct 17, 2019 22:12:25 GMT -5
Home plate umpires strike zone is Atrocious
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Post by kevfc89 on Oct 17, 2019 22:28:24 GMT -5
i like this defense
also:
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Post by soxfaninnj on Oct 17, 2019 22:28:26 GMT -5
Wheels are falling off!!!! Love it lol Add. Wow a third drop by this infield
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Post by soxfaninnj on Oct 17, 2019 22:38:26 GMT -5
Don’t let the door hit u on the way out u fat bastard
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Post by 75tillnow on Oct 17, 2019 22:42:11 GMT -5
Other than the empirical fact that there is an actual felon calling balls and strikes, this has been an enjoyable game to watch.
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Post by p23w on Oct 17, 2019 23:27:38 GMT -5
Very Unenjoyable game to watch for this fan. I approve of the results so far, but the umpiring, the defense and the inability of the Astros to really cash in make this game very forgettable.
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Post by soxfaninnj on Oct 17, 2019 23:28:29 GMT -5
3 down 1 to go!!!!
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Post by dd on Oct 17, 2019 23:28:45 GMT -5
TTTTTTHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNKKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSS LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Life is good.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Oct 17, 2019 23:31:08 GMT -5
There's no way the Astros are going to take 2 out of 3 at Yankee Stadium. That statement only leads to one conclusion. A sweep.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Oct 17, 2019 23:56:22 GMT -5
Well, let's see - there are only two teams that I can think of that had a 3-1 series lead with the final two games at home and still managed to blow the series - that would be the 1979 Orioles (to the Pirates) and the 2016 Indians (to the Cubs) - so I'd say you have to like the Astros' chances. Here's hoping they wrap it up tomorrow night, and if they don't I really hope they save Cole until Game 7 if necessary instead of rushing him back for Game 6 on short rest.
All I know for sure is that the Yankees looked terrible today. A ton of errors and lousy situational hitting. I'd be thrilled to see one more game just like that and sit back and enjoy an Astros/Nationals World Series.
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Post by costpet on Oct 18, 2019 6:18:32 GMT -5
If the Yankees lose tonight, people are going to get hurt outside the stadium. That’s NY. A bunch of animals.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Oct 18, 2019 7:32:12 GMT -5
So far the Astros are trying to follow the same script the Red Sox did last year in the ALCS. Lose big at home for Game 1 and then win the rest of the games, the final 3 on the road. Hell, the Red Sox even clinched the ALCS on Oct 18th (a great date in Red Sox history - see 2004, too) last year - and today is Oct 18th!
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Post by dd on Oct 18, 2019 8:04:48 GMT -5
So far the Astros are trying to follow the same script the Red Sox did last year in the ALCS. Lose big at home for Game 1 and then win the rest of the games, the final 3 on the road. Hell, the Red Sox even clinched the ALCS on Oct 18th (a great date in Red Sox history - see 2004, too) last year - and today is Oct 18th! What a nice thought. The Y's could have 2 consecutive ALCS appearances in which they one the 1st on the road then lost 4 straight culminating in Yankee Stadium on the same date. I'm salivating at the thought. Gotta get the bourbon out to be ready just in case!
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Post by James Dunne on Oct 18, 2019 8:14:22 GMT -5
I don't know if it was just because of the time of night it was and I was starting to fade, but that commercial break for the pitching change when they brought in Tyler Lyons with one out in the ninth felt interminable. Did Loaisiga leave with an injury and I missed it in a haze? We talk about these small changes for speeding up the game, but we can't be taking five minutes out of a game in the middle of the 9th inning of a playoff game to change pitchers. The game was already at about the four hour mark.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Oct 18, 2019 8:27:00 GMT -5
This has been great. One more win. The Ottavino thing is fascinating. The only logical explanation is he can't handle the pressure at this time. Which is totally understandable.
Boone not pulling Tanaka was amazing. He would have been roasted around here for keeping him in, which I agree was stupid. But baseball being baseball, he got 9 more out, without a K. Then the bullpen implodes.
In the end, the Astros are better, but no sport has more luck involved with the game than baseball. It is truly wonderful
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Oct 18, 2019 8:32:30 GMT -5
I don't know if it was just because of the time of night it was and I was starting to fade, but that commercial break for the pitching change when they brought in Tyler Lyons with one out in the ninth felt interminable. Did Loaisiga leave with an injury and I missed it in a haze? We talk about these small changes for speeding up the game, but we can't be taking five minutes out of a game in the middle of the 9th inning of a playoff game to change pitchers. The game was already at about the four hour mark. I think it was a lefty on lefty switch type of thing. Don't think it was an injury. I think it was Alvarez who was up but I can't remember. I remember thinking, it's 8-3 and you're switching pitchers and my second thought was who the hell is this lefty, #70? Ughhh.
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Post by soxcentral on Oct 18, 2019 9:01:47 GMT -5
Well, let's see - there are only two teams that I can think of that had a 3-1 series lead with the final two games at home and still managed to blow the series - that would be the 1979 Orioles (to the Pirates) and the 2016 Indians (to the Cubs) - so I'd say you have to like the Astros' chances. Here's hoping they wrap it up tomorrow night, and if they don't I really hope they save Cole until Game 7 if necessary instead of rushing him back for Game 6 on short rest. All I know for sure is that the Yankees looked terrible today. A ton of errors and lousy situational hitting. I'd be thrilled to see one more game just like that and sit back and enjoy an Astros/Nationals World Series. There was also a team down 3-1 and came back on the road in 2004. I know you were watching that one!
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Oct 18, 2019 9:12:04 GMT -5
Well, let's see - there are only two teams that I can think of that had a 3-1 series lead with the final two games at home and still managed to blow the series - that would be the 1979 Orioles (to the Pirates) and the 2016 Indians (to the Cubs) - so I'd say you have to like the Astros' chances. Here's hoping they wrap it up tomorrow night, and if they don't I really hope they save Cole until Game 7 if necessary instead of rushing him back for Game 6 on short rest. All I know for sure is that the Yankees looked terrible today. A ton of errors and lousy situational hitting. I'd be thrilled to see one more game just like that and sit back and enjoy an Astros/Nationals World Series. There was also a team down 3-1 and came back on the road in 2004. I know you were watching that one! OMG, I might have seen that one!! Even if I've forgotten! LOL!! It's funny. I never associate the 2004 Red Sox as being down 3-1 like I do the 2007 Red Sox, but yeah, you're absolutely right, technically they WERE down 3-1 to the Yankees who failed to win the last two games at home. When it comes to the 2004 Red Sox, I always associate it as 3-0 (rather than 3-1), and every time in sports a team goes down 3 games to 0, they show THE GRAPHIC in which the 2004 Red Sox are mentioned overcoming the 3-0 deficit to the Yankees. I was excited about the Nats going up 3-0 over the Cards just for that reason. I knew we'd see THE GRAPHIC one more time!! It's the gift that keeps on giving!! By the way, soxcentral, if there had been some sort of heart button to say I love your post, I would have hit that button, but I had to settle for the thumbs up button to like your post instead.
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Post by James Dunne on Oct 18, 2019 9:34:11 GMT -5
I don't know if it was just because of the time of night it was and I was starting to fade, but that commercial break for the pitching change when they brought in Tyler Lyons with one out in the ninth felt interminable. Did Loaisiga leave with an injury and I missed it in a haze? We talk about these small changes for speeding up the game, but we can't be taking five minutes out of a game in the middle of the 9th inning of a playoff game to change pitchers. The game was already at about the four hour mark. I think it was a lefty on lefty switch type of thing. Don't think it was an injury. I think it was Alvarez who was up but I can't remember. I remember thinking, it's 8-3 and you're switching pitchers and my second thought was who the hell is this lefty, #70? Ughhh. I actually think it was a totally reasonable time for a pitching change - New York can't afford to give up another run, their season is in the balance, all that. But the pitching change itself took like five minutes, after midnight local time. I've been jokey about whether the incoming pitcher needs warmup tosses when coming in the game, but a wait that long isn't about warmup tosses, it's FS1 -- not even FOX, MLB gave them this contract and is allowing them to show the ALCS on freaking FS1 which you can't even get if you're staying in a hotel, but I digress -- using the opportunity to sell a couple extra Mazdas as baseball's expense. If you stop allowing a commercial break during pitching changes, networks won't be able to extend them, and the pace of play will pick up.
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Post by soxcentral on Oct 18, 2019 10:25:32 GMT -5
There was also a team down 3-1 and came back on the road in 2004. I know you were watching that one! OMG, I might have seen that one!! Even if I've forgotten! LOL!! It's funny. I never associate the 2004 Red Sox as being down 3-1 like I do the 2007 Red Sox, but yeah, you're absolutely right, technically they WERE down 3-1 to the Yankees who failed to win the last two games at home. When it comes to the 2004 Red Sox, I always associate it as 3-0 (rather than 3-1), and every time in sports a team goes down 3 games to 0, they show THE GRAPHIC in which the 2004 Red Sox are mentioned overcoming the 3-0 deficit to the Yankees. I was excited about the Nats going up 3-0 over the Cards just for that reason. I knew we'd see THE GRAPHIC one more time!! It's the gift that keeps on giving!! By the way, soxcentral, if there had been some sort of heart button to say I love your post, I would have hit that button, but I had to settle for the thumbs up button to like your post instead. So funny, it is kind of hard to think of that series as anything other than a 3-0 deficit, right? I was close to doing the math out on paper before posting to make sure.
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Post by James Dunne on Oct 18, 2019 10:40:19 GMT -5
So far Verlander has been great and has only given the Yankees one chance to score and naturally the Yankees capitalized on it while the Astros blew a few great opportunities to put runs on the board. They should have scored 3 or 4 runs but instead trail 2-1. If they lose this game the Yankees can practically start printing world series tickets because there's no way Houston is taking 2 of 3 at Yankee Stadiuym. This year's Yankees aren't going to blow their chance. They got something special going. They're hot and Houston is clearly not. I really hoped Houston would be a lot better than this. If we were on Twitter I would Freezing Cold Takes you.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Oct 18, 2019 11:05:13 GMT -5
So far Verlander has been great and has only given the Yankees one chance to score and naturally the Yankees capitalized on it while the Astros blew a few great opportunities to put runs on the board. They should have scored 3 or 4 runs but instead trail 2-1. If they lose this game the Yankees can practically start printing world series tickets because there's no way Houston is taking 2 of 3 at Yankee Stadiuym. This year's Yankees aren't going to blow their chance. They got something special going. They're hot and Houston is clearly not. I really hoped Houston would be a lot better than this. If we were on Twitter I would Freezing Cold Takes you. That's fine. We all have cold takes from time to time and if I jinxed the Yankees with my statement, then fine, I'd rather be wrong and the Yankees lose than be right and the Yankees win. I just feel awful that I had defended Joe Kelly to my Dodgers fan friend and told him you'll experience the Jekyll and Hyde of him but come post-season you can count on him and sure enough I pointed that out to him after the 9th inning of Game 5 NLDS. So what happens, the Dodgers get Hyde Kelly in the 10th and season over and sure enough I get a message from my Dodgers fan friend saying, "F*** Joe Kelly. Send him back to Boston!!" Man, did I feel bad! I have thought all along that Houston IS the best team in baseball and should win this series, but I honestly believe if the Astros had let Game 2 slip away they wouldn't have walked into NY and won 2 or even possibly tonight. I think it would have been a very different series. I think thus far Carlos Correa's HR in Game 2 was the biggest hit of the series - the momentum changer. I think it's still reasonably possible that the series isn't over yet. If the Yankees somehow win tonight, it wouldn't surprise me to see them win the Severino/Urqidy game in Houston and force Game 7. If the Yankees do win, they'll have earned it, but I hope Houston is Houston and the Yankees are deflated enough that they're put away in NY.
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Post by p23w on Oct 18, 2019 11:24:10 GMT -5
If we were on Twitter I would Freezing Cold Takes you. That's fine. We all have cold takes from time to time and if I jinxed the Yankees with my statement, then fine, I'd rather be wrong and the Yankees lose than be right and the Yankees win. I just feel awful that I had defended Joe Kelly to my Dodgers fan friend and told him you'll experience the Jekyll and Hyde of him but come post-season you can count on him and sure enough I pointed that out to him after the 9th inning of Game 5 NLDS. So what happens, the Dodgers get Hyde Kelly in the 10th and season over and sure enough I get a message from my Dodgers fan friend saying, "F*** Joe Kelly. Send him back to Boston!!" Man, did I feel bad! I have thought all along that Houston IS the best team in baseball and should win this series, but I honestly believe if the Astros had let Game 2 slip away they wouldn't have walked into NY and won 2 or even possibly tonight. I think it would have been a very different series. I think thus far Carlos Correa's HR in Game 2 was the biggest hit of the series - the momentum changer. I think it's still reasonably possible that the series isn't over yet. If the Yankees somehow win tonight, it wouldn't surprise me to see them win the Severino/Urqidy game in Houston and force Game 7. If the Yankees do win, they'll have earned it, but I hope Houston is Houston and the Yankees are deflated enough that they're put away in NY. Bringing back Joe Kelly was totally on Roberts. Kelly had the knuckle curve working in the 9th, and in the 10th he couldn't throw it for a strike. I'd just as soon see Houston win the pennant tonite. I am anxious to to the match ups in a Houston V. Washington, D.C. series. After the way the Yanks have played they don't deserve to advance (which is fine by me).
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