Indeed. He is my least favorite Ranger. Still, the Ranger bullpen has been Texas' most consistent weak spot all year.
2023 LDS Game/Discussion Thread
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If it were just ONE team that took the goose egg I'd go with that. But THREE teams with zero wins? Maybe not as good as they seemed.
I know we are going to get a bunch of hot takes about the regular season not mattering, especially if the Dbacks can close it out.
Maybe baseball can keep things just the way they are, but tweak it a little so that if a team that won 100+ games in the regular year loses in the division round, you could say that they get to move on to the championship series anyway. Maybe that would satisfy folks.
Maybe baseball can keep things just the way they are, but tweak it a little so that if a team that won 100+ games in the regular year loses in the division round, you could say that they get to move on to the championship series anyway. Maybe that would satisfy folks.
Ha yeah. All the pissing and moaning about how the system isn’t fair because favored teams aren’t playing well strikes me as really weird. That’s…sports?
Fuck you, John Angelos, you thin skinned asshole. How is your Pravda brigade going to be forced to spin this?
Baltimore will be a handful for a few years to come, but I am happy that baby had to watch his team go down in flames this year.
Baltimore will be a handful for a few years to come, but I am happy that baby had to watch his team go down in flames this year.
As to the bolded: the naked asymmetry of the current system - one that places number of games to sell to advertisers above any attempt at competitive fairness - leads to "folks not being satisfied"
Sometimes you just have to take one for the team. Anyone but Houston; fuck 'em.
So, if the playoffs had been one wild card and three division winners, it would have been Braves/Phillies, Dodgers/Brewers, Houston/Twins and Os/Rays. So two series are the same, and the Dodgers probably would have jumped at the chance to take the Dbacks over the Brewers.
So to me, the primary utility of the expanded playoff has been to smoke out the Rays as frauds and the Os as not ready for prime time yet. I’m glad, given what we now know, that we didn’t have to sit through Rays/Os.
So to me, the primary utility of the expanded playoff has been to smoke out the Rays as frauds and the Os as not ready for prime time yet. I’m glad, given what we now know, that we didn’t have to sit through Rays/Os.
Red Sox tied with one team that shall not be mentioned for best ALE playoff record
Imposing fundamentally different schedules on teams in the 5 days leading up to a best of 5 series is bullshit. It's not that it deterministically favors one situation/team vs. the other. It just mandates an apples-to-oranges in each and every series. I fucking hate it. If you don't, good for you. But it is the very definition of "unfair" - it is inequitable.
I'll admit, I was actually pulling for the O's to advance to the ALCS (I was rooting for a Twins-Orioles ALCS matchup). I personally dislike both the Rangers and the Astros.
Unless the Twins survive tomorrow, we'll have an All-Texas ALCS on our hands, and I'm not looking forward to that (no offense to fans from Texas here).
Unless the Twins survive tomorrow, we'll have an All-Texas ALCS on our hands, and I'm not looking forward to that (no offense to fans from Texas here).
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So if this round was a 7 game series, the Orioles would be down 0-3 right now. While we all know that's possible to overcome, it sure wouldn't be likely!
Gotta admit, I was kind of pulling for Baltimore, and an I-95, rematch of ‘83, two ballparks I like, World Series. My east coast , “baseball matters more here” bias/delusions requires me to now hope the Phillies at least uphold their half of the bargain.
I would approach the SchwarBurger by taking the onion rings off and eating them first. Then the brisket and burger become much more manageable to eat.
They have picnic areas around the park. That is definitely not a "eat in your seat" food item, unless you hate yourself and the people around you, because that's going all over. Most definitely treat the onion rings like a side dish and remove from the burger before eating. (Two of them at least.)
I do not understand anyone eating anything other than the most traditional baseball food at a game (if that): the food is not that good, wildly overpriced, and does not lend itself to eating in sitting in a folding chair (and, yes, I know there are some places to sit with tables etc).
This is exactly what I was rooting for. I was looking forward to clips of the Wheez Kids and young Cal Ripken, Jr. and Mike Boddicker, and all those cheesy, "1983/2023" comparisons.
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Absolutely! Normally, I consume nothing at a ballgame, because I don't drink alcohol and a human being should be able to go 2-4 hours without eating. However, if I eat anything, it's pretty much a hot dog, a box/bag of Cracker Jack, and if I leave my seat, a helmet sundae. When it comes to ballpark food, I'm a traditionalist all the way. But if I'm at a game, I'm there to watch the game, not graze on substandard food.
I think it’s named after Schwarber because you only end up getting up .197 of it in your mouth.
I usually do not eat at baseball games. But , if I can't eat it with one hand, I definitely do not eat it at a baseball game.
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And it's definitely going to make you strike out more times than you get to second base.
I think you're arguing to make the number of games each team plays in the first round more equal?
MLB could add or subtract two wildcard teams. Do you think the Orioles would have preferred to have played an additional series against the Mariners or NYY? Or they could have started with a series against the Rays (if MLB eliminated two playoff teams). If asked two weeks ago, I think almost every MLB observer would have preferred to play Texas, with their rotation out of sequence, over the Rays and I can't imagine adding another series would help Baltimore's odds of making it through to the World Series.
(Maybe a true round robin tournament, with equal rest time, and games at neutral stadiums, would be equitable?)
A bunch of Metroplex morons unironically singing Creed at the top of their lungs?
Really hoping Houston gets the chance to fucking destroy them in the ALCS.
Really hoping Houston gets the chance to fucking destroy them in the ALCS.
Honestly, I'm not sure what I'm arguing for. Opening up the field for 3 WC's has gummed up the works, IMO. I kinda like your neutral field idea.