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MLB Playoffs - League Championship Series Thread
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Post by vermontsox1 on Oct 10, 2020 10:54:35 GMT -5
League Championship Series (10/11-10/18)AMERICAN LEAGUE No. 1 Rays vs. No. 6 Astros (in San Diego) NATIONAL LEAGUE No. 1 Dodgers vs. No. 2 Braves (in Arlington) Best-of-seven seriesLeague Championship Series ScheduleA note regarding moderating of the gameday threads in 2020: As the disclaimer has always said, in the past, we have been very liberal in moderating the Gameday threads. They're meant to be a lot less formal than other threads on the forum, so to moderate them the same way would be silly. However, we do ask posters to maintain a certain level of decorum in these threads, and we plan on moderating the Gameday threads a little more actively this season. In particular, we ask that posters refrain from being overly repetitive with their posts (if you've made your point, let it go), refrain from monopolizing the discussion (if you are making more than a couple posts in a row, you probably need to slow down a little bit), and of course, follow the Ground Rules ( link). The point is to make these threads worth participating in and fun for all posters, from our long-time fixtures to people just signing up today. -The Management
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Post by patford on Oct 10, 2020 14:07:13 GMT -5
I'm pulling for the Astros because seeing a team with a losing record win the WS would be a perfect ending to this joke of a season.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Oct 10, 2020 20:24:07 GMT -5
I don't get the Dodgers hate. They aren't even a baseball town. They're on the other coast...in the other league. They have a likeable coach. The players aren't total jerks.
Besides, would it not be nice for Kershaw to get a ring ? Then our favorite son, who left us in the lurch (yes), but is still very cool....Mookie.
Out of the 4 remaining teams, seems like the logical choice.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Oct 10, 2020 20:49:24 GMT -5
Of the remaining teams my preference would be:
Rays because AL. I would root for any AL team other than the Yankees and Astros. Braves because of Astros "hate" and a former Boston team Dodgers but I don't hate the Dodgers Astros obvious reason
Team preferences other than the Red Sox are pretty much personal views for each poster with the exception of the Yankees.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Oct 10, 2020 22:17:35 GMT -5
I'm rooting for the Dodgers. As I've said in another post, they've done more right than any team over the past decade. They deserve to have some luck go their way. They were screwed over by the 2017 Astros who were cheating. They were good enough to lose to the Red Sox in 2018 - if they had beaten Boston the way the Mets did in 1986, it would be so much easier to hate them, like it's easy for me to now hate the Mets. And of course, they have Dave Roberts, Joe Kelly, and some guy named Mookie. I think those are likeable guys. And if the Astros "upset" the Rays, I couldn't think of a better team for LA to get revenge on. If not the Dodgers, then I'm cool with TB winning their first championship. Why not, they remind me of the 1976-1985 KC Royals, who were smartly built? They would be deserving. And I'd be cool with Atlanta as well. It's not like Atlanta is a city with a ton of championships - and it's hard to believe - it's been 25 years since the Braves last won. All that success the past 30 years and only 1 championship? I wouldn't mind seeing them win again. Geez, when I was making my point about doing things right and not having the ultimate success you'd want I forgot to mention the 1991-2005 Braves as an example. So......basically anybody but Houston.
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Post by patford on Oct 10, 2020 22:22:32 GMT -5
I dislike the Astros but I want them to win because I despise the expanded playoffs and maybe having a team with a losing record during the regular season win the WS would snap MLB out of the expanded playoffs idea.
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Post by unitspin on Oct 10, 2020 22:44:38 GMT -5
It would kinda be funny if the dodgers won this year. Is anyone going to consider that a real title. Are ppl going to look back and tell their grandkids, ya those 2020 dodger really proved something winning that year. Anyways, I'm rooting for the rays if their owner wasn't a hump they might have a couple in the past 20 years.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Oct 10, 2020 23:26:44 GMT -5
It would kinda be funny if the dodgers won this year. Is anyone going to consider that a real title. Are ppl going to look back and tell their grandkids, ya those 2020 dodger really proved something winning that year. Anyways, I'm rooting for the rays if their owner wasn't a hump they might have a couple in the past 20 years. I guess if 1981 was considered a real title, then 2020 should be legit. The 2020 Dodgers played better than the 81 Dodgers. The 2020 Dodgers were clearly the best team in baseball in 2020, so I don't think anybody will look at it as a phony.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Oct 10, 2020 23:29:19 GMT -5
I dislike the Astros but I want them to win because I despise the expanded playoffs and maybe having a team with a losing record during the regular season win the WS would snap MLB out of the expanded playoffs idea. You know, that's so convoluted I could get behind that for all the wrong reasons. It would serve baseball right to have a sub-.500 team win the Series. It's not like the NBA where the #1 seed rarely bounces #8 so you don't worry about mediocre teams getting in - especially when you consider that to bounce a #1, all a #8 team had to do was to win 2 of 3. The only legit reason I could get behind the Astros winning would be Dusty Baker. He's had so many close calls. It wouldn't be a bad thing if he got to enjoy a championship as a manager. And it's not like he was a member of the cheating Astros of 2017 - 2019.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Oct 10, 2020 23:31:33 GMT -5
It would kinda be funny if the dodgers won this year. Is anyone going to consider that a real title. Are ppl going to look back and tell their grandkids, ya those 2020 dodger really proved something winning that year. Anyways, I'm rooting for the rays if their owner wasn't a hump they might have a couple in the past 20 years. I do. This was a competition. that fact that there was a biological interruption, which affected the whole world, is the asterisk. All the teams knew the rules and 1 will win. That is a title, tradition be damned.
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Post by incandenza on Oct 11, 2020 13:10:06 GMT -5
I'm pulling for the Astros because seeing a team with a losing record win the WS would be a perfect ending to this joke of a season. I am not rooting for the Astros, but I do respect this position. Rays and Dodgers. So far the teams I've rooted for have gone 4-8 in these series, so I'm due.
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Post by ericmvan on Oct 11, 2020 15:47:35 GMT -5
I'm pulling for the Astros because seeing a team with a losing record win the WS would be a perfect ending to this joke of a season. I am not rooting for the Astros, but I do respect this position. Rays and Dodgers. So far the teams I've rooted for have gone 4-8 in these series, so I'm due. If the Astros win the WS, you'd have to go back all the way to 2019 to find a comp to justify their victory as reasonable. The Nats last year were 27-33 after 60 games.
Here is OPS for 2018-19, 2020, and 2020 Postseason so far:
Altuve: .869, .629, .974 Bregman: .970, .801, .944 Correa: .845 career, .709, 1.715
People will cite these two facts and will hardly regard them as a joke champion. In fact, people are more likely to use it to justify the 16-team format for this year.
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Post by incandenza on Oct 11, 2020 16:17:40 GMT -5
I am not rooting for the Astros, but I do respect this position. Rays and Dodgers. So far the teams I've rooted for have gone 4-8 in these series, so I'm due. If the Astros win the WS, you'd have to go back all the way to 2019 to find a comp to justify their victory as reasonable. The Nats last year were 27-33 after 60 games.
Here is OPS for 2018-19, 2020, and 2020 Postseason so far:
Altuve: .869, .629, .974 Bregman: .970, .801, .944 Correa: .845 career, .709, 1.715
People will cite these two facts and will hardly regard them as a joke champion. In fact, people are more likely to use it to justify the 16-team format for this year.
Yeah, this is basically why I'm not rooting for the Astros. Their lousy regular season record would likely strike more people as a fluke than their championship, were they to win it. Unfortunately, the LCS teams are all pretty legit, which is just going to give Manfred all the wrong ideas.
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Post by ericmvan on Oct 11, 2020 16:25:21 GMT -5
I don't get the Dodgers hate. They aren't even a baseball town. They're on the other coast...in the other league. They have a likeable coach. The players aren't total jerks. Besides, would it not be nice for Kershaw to get a ring ? Then our favorite son, who left us in the lurch (yes), but is still very cool....Mookie. Out of the 4 remaining teams, seems like the logical choice. A solid percentage of fans leave to beat the traffic after 6 or 7 innings regardless of the score. I just can't support that. The horrors, to be stuck in traffic getting out of the parking lot and driving home, and be forced to talk about baseball and the game you just saw!
In the summer of 1975 I'd borrow my Dad's car, drive 15 minutes to the Woodland MBTA station, take the T to the park (45+ minutes), buy a standing room ticket, then come home the opposite way. I never felt remotely out of the ordinary being that devoted. On the T back to Harvard Square after Luis beat Palmer 2-0 on September 16, the whole car spontaneously broke into a "Luis! Luis!" chant. I have to observe something like that passion to root for a team. (In Tampa Bay's case, simply coming out to that stadium qualifies.)
And even though I believe that trading Mookie will not hurt the team in the long run, I can't enjoy watching him play for another team.
Also, the better the East performs against the West in these series, the better it means the Sox were this year.
So for me it's:
Rays
Braves (only one of these cities I've seen a game in)
Dodgers
Astros
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Post by James Dunne on Oct 11, 2020 21:12:36 GMT -5
I recommend checking out Dodgers Stadium, and recommend even more strongly that you give yourself a LOT of time to get there. I will never mock folks there who show up in the 3rd inning again.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Oct 11, 2020 22:30:05 GMT -5
A victory for all that is good in the baseball world.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Oct 12, 2020 8:05:43 GMT -5
FOX Sports: MLB @mlbonfox · 15h Rays starting lineup tonight: $12.5M this year Jose Altuve: $12.7M this year
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Post by James Dunne on Oct 12, 2020 12:52:44 GMT -5
FOX Sports: MLB @mlbonfox · 15h Rays starting lineup tonight: $12.5M this year Jose Altuve: $12.7M this year Honestly, this is my biggest reason to root against the Rays.
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Post by radiohix on Oct 12, 2020 13:08:42 GMT -5
Sorry but I can't root for a division rival...Believe me I tried HARD for that one but I just can't do it.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Oct 12, 2020 13:11:58 GMT -5
Marry a girl from St. Petersburg. That'll help. And it works both in the "happy wife, happy life" sense and the "I need my in-laws to have something to crow about other than Game 162 and the 2008 ALCS" sense.
It would actually be pretty funny for the St. Pete/Tampa area to get two championships in the span of a month. Although I guess now you could have that with LA as well.
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Post by James Dunne on Oct 12, 2020 15:45:34 GMT -5
Margot!!!
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Post by Oregon Norm on Oct 12, 2020 15:51:07 GMT -5
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Post by kevfc89 on Oct 12, 2020 16:26:12 GMT -5
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Post by James Dunne on Oct 12, 2020 21:44:01 GMT -5
Globe Life Field is ugly as sin. It looks like an abandoned airplane hangar where they decided to start playing baseball. It's functionally much better than Tropicana Field, so I can't rank it below that, but even Oakland Coliseum has a weird charm in how disjointed it is. At least when you ask "why in the world does the stadium look like this?" the A's can answer, "oh, because we had to share it with a football team and their owner was crazypants." But this mess? They made this mess on purpose.
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Post by soxfaninnj on Oct 12, 2020 22:23:27 GMT -5
Dodgers bullpen has sprung a huge leak in the ninth inning.
Austin Riley who hit an absolute bomb to start the ninth reminds me of Troy Glaus
Albies hits a home run right to melancon who was warming up( don’t know if I ever seen that before)
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