Author Topic: LCS (Read 9552 times)

Bench · « **on:** October 10, 2014, 07:23:49 pm »

Go junior circuit!

Reuben · « **Reply #1 on:** October 10, 2014, 09:43:16 pm »

Didn't really expect that neither Tillman nor Shields would go more than 5 innings.

jbm · « **Reply #2 on:** October 10, 2014, 09:59:16 pm »

They both seem like pretty average pitchers to me, especially Tillman. With them as the top arm on their respective teams, NL has a good shot this year, IMO.

jbm · « **Reply #3 on:** October 10, 2014, 10:03:13 pm »

Ripken having to explain the pickoff defense to Darling. Pretty amusing.

Reuben · « **Reply #4 on:** October 10, 2014, 10:08:37 pm »

Quote from: jbm on October 10, 2014, 10:03:13 pm

Ripken having to explain the pickoff defense to Darling. Pretty amusing.

You think you've got it bad, the feed I'm using is the ESPN broadcast with Rick Sutcliffe yapping away at full volume.

jbm · « **Reply #5 on:** October 10, 2014, 10:32:03 pm »

Yeah, I found Sutcliffe to be super annoying on the ESPN broadcasts he did this year.

Bench · « **Reply #6 on:** October 11, 2014, 09:28:39 pm »

Sutcliffe's sing songy stupid cadence is annoying enough, and then you get past that to the substance of what he's actually spewing. He's awful.

austro · « **Reply #7 on:** October 11, 2014, 09:37:02 pm »

Quote from: Bench on October 11, 2014, 09:28:39 pm

Sutcliffe's sing songy stupid cadence is annoying enough, and then you get past that to the substance of what he's actually spewing. He's awful.

It's easier to take when you realize that he's probably drunk.

chuck · « **Reply #8 on:** October 12, 2014, 10:55:06 pm »

I hate the Cardinals and anyone currently or previously associated with them including but not by any means limited to Joe Buck.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #9 on:** October 13, 2014, 12:24:44 am »

Quote from: chuck on October 12, 2014, 10:55:06 pm

I hate the Cardinals and anyone currently or previously associated with them including but not by any means limited to Joe Buck.

Stan Musial?

Jose Cruz was a Cardinal.

chuck · « **Reply #10 on:** October 13, 2014, 01:04:11 am »

Quote from: Ron Brand on October 13, 2014, 12:24:44 am

Stan Musial?

Jose Cruz was a Cardinal.

Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, keep naming them.

subnuclear · « **Reply #11 on:** October 13, 2014, 05:40:25 am »

Here is a highlight video of Ozzie Smith for your nightmares.

Bench · « **Reply #12 on:** October 14, 2014, 03:14:42 pm »

Only the Cardinals can replace someone I hate with someone I hate even more. Fuck Yadier. Fuck Pierznyski.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #13 on:** October 14, 2014, 03:27:16 pm »

Quote from: chuck on October 12, 2014, 10:55:06 pm

I hate the Cardinals and anyone currently or previously associated with them including but not by any means limited to Joe Buck.

One could hate Joe Buck for a myriad of other legitimate reasons.

chuck · « **Reply #14 on:** October 14, 2014, 03:29:48 pm »

Quote from: Bench on October 14, 2014, 03:14:42 pm

Only the Cardinals can replace someone I hate with someone I hate even more. Fuck Yadier. Fuck Pierznyski.

Of course.

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on October 14, 2014, 03:27:16 pm

One could hate Joe Buck for a myriad of other legitimate reasons.

Of course.

subnuclear · « **Reply #15 on:** October 14, 2014, 04:50:14 pm »

That was one horrible play by Sandoval right there.

geezerdonk · « **Reply #16 on:** October 15, 2014, 06:13:25 pm »

Showalter getting swept does not sadden me.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #17 on:** October 16, 2014, 06:57:02 am »

Quote from: geezerdonk on October 15, 2014, 06:13:25 pm

Showalter getting swept does not sadden me.

It thrills me.

subnuclear · « **Reply #18 on:** October 16, 2014, 10:12:53 pm »

Kablammo and good bye Cards.

subnuclear · « **Reply #19 on:** October 16, 2014, 10:21:44 pm »

Neither of the WS teams will have won 90 games this year.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #20 on:** October 17, 2014, 05:38:13 am »

The hero tonight was a multiple DFA castoff. I love the Royals, but I never bet against Bruce Bochy in October.

JimR · « **Reply #21 on:** October 17, 2014, 10:53:33 am »

great game. great series.

roadrunner · « **Reply #22 on:** October 17, 2014, 06:38:25 pm »

Joe Buck nailed the home run call

Reuben · « **Reply #23 on:** October 17, 2014, 10:50:28 pm »

Quote from: roadrunner on October 17, 2014, 06:38:25 pm

Joe Buck nailed the home run call

You mean "The Giants win the pennant"? I thought that felt extremely contrived, myself.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #24 on:** October 18, 2014, 08:46:50 am »

Man, the Cardinals really let me and the whole Redbird Nation down. I'm kind of torn between the Royals and the Giants. On one hand, the Giants are NL and in the past I usually rooted for the NL team, on the other hand, I really like the way the Royals made it to the World Series, and that they are a small market underdog making their first appearance in 30 years. Win or lose, Bruce Bochy, at this point, I think has proven himself to be one of the great managers of the game. The three assholes who got enshrined last summer got nothing on Bochy.

austro · « **Reply #25 on:** October 18, 2014, 08:59:42 am »

Bochy vs Yost seems like a pretty significant mismatch. I'm expecting at least a couple of head-scratchers when Yost is confronted with the NL rules.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #26 on:** October 18, 2014, 09:16:24 am »

Quote from: austro on October 18, 2014, 08:59:42 am

Bochy vs Yost seems like a pretty significant mismatch. I'm expecting at least a couple of head-scratchers when Yost is confronted with the NL rules.

Ned Yost is a pretty pedestrian manager. However, he has managed to push the right buttons to get his club there. Bochy is clearly head-and-shoulders better than Yost, but the Royals are looking like a team of destiny. However, it will be interesting to see how the Royals react to losing a game since they haven't lost in the playoffs yet.

juliogotay · « **Reply #27 on:** October 18, 2014, 09:58:49 am »

Quote from: austro on October 18, 2014, 08:59:42 am

Bochy vs Yost seems like a pretty significant mismatch. I'm expecting at least a couple of head-scratchers when Yost is confronted with the NL rules.

Yost managed Milwaukee, you know.

austro · « **Reply #28 on:** October 18, 2014, 11:31:06 am »

Quote from: juliogotay on October 18, 2014, 09:58:49 am

Yost managed Milwaukee, you know.

Not particularly effectively, as I recall. In 2007 they had an 8 1/2 game lead in mid-June that they squandered and missed the playoffs. They got a wild-card spot in 2008, but only after they fired Yost and replaced him with Sveum for the last 12 games of the year. But I agree with Mr. Happy that KC sure seems like a team of destiny this year.

Reuben · « **Reply #29 on:** October 18, 2014, 12:28:55 pm »

Quote from: juliogotay on October 18, 2014, 09:58:49 am

Yost managed Milwaukee, you know.

The Brewers? That life-long American League team? How would that help him with NL baseball?

austro · « **Reply #30 on:** October 18, 2014, 04:57:31 pm »

By the way, I *really* like Cain. What a valuable and versatile player.

ETA: That would be Lorenzo Cain. Although Matt Cain is decent, too.

roadrunner · « **Reply #31 on:** October 18, 2014, 06:37:17 pm »

Quote from: Reuben on October 17, 2014, 10:50:28 pm

You mean "The Giants win the pennant"? I thought that felt extremely contrived, myself.

Meh, I loved it. Sounded natural and a theowback to Bobby Thompson.

I also love Joe Buck, which is probably not a popular opinion here.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #32 on:** October 18, 2014, 06:48:01 pm »

Quote from: roadrunner on October 18, 2014, 06:37:17 pm

Meh, I loved it. Sounded natural and a theowback to Bobby Thompson.

I also love Joe Buck, which is probably not a popular opinion here.

That's pretty typical coming from you. Jack Buck was a prince. Joe Buck is a spoiled classless prick who's living on his dad's talent and goodwill. The Thompson copy call was pretty predictable and lame.

NeilT · « **Reply #33 on:** October 18, 2014, 08:18:46 pm »

Quote from: Mr. Happy on October 18, 2014, 06:48:01 pm

That's pretty typical coming from you. Jack Buck was a prince. Joe Buck is a spoiled classless prick who's living on his dad's talent and goodwill. The Thompson copy call was pretty predictable and lame.

Love is a funny thing. You can't control who you're going to love.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #34 on:** October 18, 2014, 08:51:27 pm »

Quote from: austro on October 18, 2014, 04:57:31 pm

By the way, I *really* like Cain. What a valuable and versatile player.

ETA: That would be Lorenzo Cain. Although Matt Cain is decent, too.

I love the way the guy plays defense. He flat goes and gets it.

Reuben · « **Reply #35 on:** October 19, 2014, 08:39:56 am »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on October 18, 2014, 08:51:27 pm

I love the way the guy plays defense. He flat goes and gets it.

Yep.

roadrunner · « **Reply #36 on:** October 19, 2014, 01:53:14 pm »

Quote from: Mr. Happy on October 18, 2014, 06:48:01 pm

That's pretty typical coming from you. Jack Buck was a prince. Joe Buck is a spoiled classless prick who's living on his dad's talent and goodwill. The Thompson copy call was pretty predictable and lame.

Haha ok...Agree to disagree

austro · « **Reply #37 on:** October 22, 2014, 08:15:56 pm »

Panda es en fuego.