AL Wild Card Thread - Athletics @ Yankees

[brandonchristensen]

Who's Rudy?
I figured Sean Astin, but I don't see Sean Astin.

 

[Al Zarilla]

If the Sox had as many injured pitchers as the Athletics, they wouldn't have won the division.

The guy Melvin started couldn’t handle the pressure, so obvious. Even I predicted it somewhere around here.

 

[NJ_Sox_Fan]

Someone called 2 Piscotty HRs, so now would be a good time for #1

 

[brandonchristensen]

Fuck your replay showing the Sox giving up a homer.

 

[The Gray Eagle]

Will Liam Galehouse be pitching the second inning too, or has he done enough damage?

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Yes, this one inning of one game proves that

The problem is not that an opener can never work in a one-game playoff ever, it's that an Australian opener never works in a one-game playoff.

Everyone knows this.

 

[soxhop411]

Who's Rudy?
I figured Sean Astin, but I don't see Sean Astin.

Rudy Guiliani

 

[Obscure Name]

Swing the fucking bat.

 

[NJ_Sox_Fan]

Took a meatball

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Sanchez with the frame job

 

[BornToRun]

100$ to the first person who can show me a Yankees fan whose face doesn’t scream “Punch me until I have no teeth left.”

 

[brandonchristensen]

Rudy Guiliani

That's far less exciting than Sean Astin.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Severino from the Tanaka School of Only Throw Sliders With Two Strikes.

 

[OurF'ingCity]

New York is one of the most diverse places on the planet, and yet every single Yankee fan looks like either a douchey Wall Street-type bro or a douchey Staten Island-type bro or some combination of the two.

 

[Al Zarilla]

The problem is not that an opener can never work in a one-game playoff ever, it's that an Australian opener never works in a one-game playoff.

Everyone knows this.

He should have had a couple Fosters to calm himself down.

 

[Reverend]

The problem is not that an opener can never work in a one-game playoff ever, it's that an Australian opener never works in a one-game playoff.

Everyone knows this.

You’re smart.

 

[cannonball 1729]

New York is one of the most diverse places on the planet, and yet every single Yankee fan looks like either a douchey Wall Street-type bro or a douchey Staten Island-type bro or some combination of the two.

They're the only ones who can afford the tickets.

 

[brandonchristensen]

New York is one of the most diverse places on the planet, and yet every single Yankee fan looks like either a douchey Wall Street-type bro or a douchey Staten Island-type bro or some combination of the two.

It doesn't help when they all bathe in the sewers.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

100$ to the first person who can show me a Yankees fan whose face doesn’t scream “Punch me until I have no teeth left.”

 

[CarolinaBeerGuy]

Sorry if this has been mentioned upthread: Anyone else having issues with their TBS app? I’m on my tablet and it says the game isn’t available in my area. I’m in North’s Carolina and am logged in using a DirecTV login if that matters.

 

[Obscure Name]

Losers.

 

[The Gray Eagle]

Way to swing at a ground ball you chump.

 

[soxhop411]

A’s Remind me of the playoff twins.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

I feel safe in saying that Eck is right now at his peak as a color guy. He is fantastic.

 

[brandonchristensen]

I can't believe the A's beat us 4 times this year.

 

[redsoxcentury]

Why did I think the A's would win this?

 

[soxhop411]

I’d be shocked if the A’s score a rum

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

You’re smart.

I read bookz.

 

[54thMA]

they basically have 1 good starter and he got hurt a few weeks ago, unless they wanted to throw smoke and mirrors edwin jackson this was probably their best option (especially when you can stack the roster with bullpen arms for a 1 game series)

Thanks for the information; pretty impressive to win 97 games under those circumstances.

So instead of getting them and their depleted starters, we get the gashouse gorillas.

 

[BornToRun]

It looks like Derek Jeter surgically removed Don Zimmer’s face to wear as a mask.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

A’s Remind me of the playoff twins.

Totally. An opposing team from another division with a fraction of the Yankee payroll who have to win in New York to advance. The similarities are striking!

 

[Al Zarilla]

I’d be shocked if the A’s score a rum

Maybe they’ll have rum on the plane back to Oakland.

 

[flymrfreakjar]

If Severino is able to keep putting the slider there A’s are absolutely toast.

 

[budcrew08]

100$ to the first person who can show me a Yankees fan whose face doesn’t scream “Punch me until I have no teeth left.”

My brother is a Yankee fan and even I can’t take your money.

 

[shepard50]

The problem is not that an opener can never work in a one-game playoff ever, it's that an Australian opener never works in a one-game playoff.

Everyone knows this.

I want so badly to be offended by this, but I just can't be.

 

[NJ_Sox_Fan]

Ugh

 

[brandonchristensen]

Soo - why are the A's doing this opener bullshit?

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

I’d be shocked if the A’s score a rum

They had trouble all season. They were only fourth in the MLB in runs scored!

 

[brandonchristensen]

that was a very yankees hit.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

My brother is a Yankee fan and even I can’t take your money.

My wife is...you know what I better just stop there.

 

[E5 Yaz]

They had trouble all season. They were only fourth in the MLB in runs scored!

And only second in home runs

 

[NJ_Sox_Fan]

Cool another RP with no control

 

[brandonchristensen]

Cool another RP with no control

Dave Dombrowski has drafted an offer.

 

[BornToRun]

It’s like they took bets on who could pitch the worst.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

I want so badly to be offended by this, but I just can't be.

Just hang in there. I will say some truly offensive shit before the end of the 7th inning, I imagine.

 

[mauidano]

The A’s pitchers can’t throw a fucking strike!

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

If Severino is able to keep putting the slider there A’s are absolutely toast.

Alternatively, the A's took Severino deep in the count last inning and he has 37 pitches through two innings. He isn't going deep into this game and as much as they are feared, the Yankee pen isn't unhittable.

 

[brandonchristensen]

I feel like it would have been better to have a starter...open...it...

 

[NJ_Sox_Fan]

What a joke. It’s got to be infuriating being an Oakland fan

 

[brandonchristensen]

Alternatively, the A's took Severino deep in the count last inning and he has 37 pitches through two innings. He isn't going deep into this game and as much as they are feared, the Yankee pen isn't unhittable.

Come on.

We both know that the A's are going to ground out on 6 pitches next inning.