2023 LCS Game/Discussion Thread: Battle of Texas, Philly vs NL West WC Redux

[JohnnyTheBone]

Taste it, Pena.

 

[S. H. Frog]

Phew. One out

 

[Ted Cox 4 president]

D!

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Even with that ground out, Carter is a seriously impressive player. Working a full count against one of the best closers in the league in the ALCS as a guy that only came up to MLB in September.

Seriously impressive.

 

[derekson]

WHAT A PLAY!

1 out!

 

[canderson]

Young with a really nice play

 

[brandonchristensen]

ONE LEFT

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

3rd base defense is important.

 

[Ale Xander]

Youth is not wasted on the Jung

 

[AB in DC]

Wow I thought the double clutch would kill the throw.

 

[derekson]

Youth is not wasted on the Jung

6/10

 

[E5 Yaz]

Wow I thought the double clutch would kill the throw.

Catcher running

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Jung's body has been inhabited by the soul of Brooks Robinson.

 

[jon abbey]

Jung's body has been inhabited by the soul of Brooks Robinson.

I think you haven't seen this whole game.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

No trash can will save you now, Cheatuve.

 

[jon abbey]

Whew.

 

[mauidano]

Whew! Solid!

 

[Ale Xander]

Rangers hold on

 

[canderson]

Had ‘em all the way! Good guys win.

 

[Ted Cox 4 president]

Sorry, Houston fans.

Not really.

Not at all, actually!

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Neither team played all that well. Texas got a bit luckier and defended better.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Taste it, Altuve!

 

[InsideTheParker]

Wow. Congrats to the Rangers. I'm impressed.

 

[S. H. Frog]

Beat down to nail biter in nine short innings. Yeesh

 

[moonshotmanny]

What a game!

 

[E5 Yaz]

I think you haven't seen this whole game.

True, but he is a good fielder

 

[brandonchristensen]

Fuck ya.
CAPTAIN EO STRIKES AGAIN.

 

[jon abbey]

My Astros fan friend (good guy otherwise) told me this week that Scherzer was cooked, gonna be interesting to see what he's got in game 3.

 

[derekson]

A WIN FOR BIG GAME NATE! Astros are on the verge of desperation.

Bruce Bochy is showing he might be the best modern era post game manager other than Tito.

 

[Looch]

Fantastic game made so much more enjoyable by not giving a crap who wins.

 

[InsideTheParker]

The only thing, though, is the Astros are apparently better on the road. So we'll see.

 

[jon abbey]

The only thing, though, is the Astros are apparently better on the road. So we'll see.

The last regular season series these two teams played was in TEX in early Sept:

13-6 HOU
14-1 HOU
12-3 HOU

I didn't investigate the SPs in that series, though.

Edit:

France/Heaney
Valdes/Eovaldi
Verlander/Scherzer

 

[Looch]

So dystopian to suddenly be subjected to the Fox News hellhole after not instantly switching off when the game ended.

 

[E5 Yaz]

So dystopian to suddenly be subjected to the Fox News hellhole after not instantly switching off when the game ended.

You had the game on Fox News? I'm watching the postgame on Fox

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

The only thing, though, is the Astros are apparently better on the road. So we'll see.

It's a pretty crazy stat. 51-30 on the road in the regular year. Three games under at home. In the playoffs, 1-3 so far at home. (2-0 on the road)

 

[E5 Yaz]

Papi praising Nate to the skies

 

[E5 Yaz]

Jeter: "We lost a series when we were up 3-0"
Papi: "You DID?"

 

[DadOfFenway]

Papi lovin' Nate - "if was building a team would start with that guy!" Thanks Papi.... we know, we know.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

TruTV has an alternate broadcast with Yonder Alonso, Enrique Hernandez, Nester Cortes, and Pedro Martinez

 

[jon abbey]

28th MLB best-of-7 series with the road team winning the first 2 games

24-3 record
15 sweeps
5 won in 5
2 won in 6
2 won in 7
3 losses **

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Papi lovin' Nate - "if was building a team would start with that guy!" Thanks Papi.... we know, we know.

Papi for PBO!

 

[Looch]

postgame

I was watching on regular Fox and after the game but before the Neptune Balls interview they suddenly jammed in a promo for the Fox News lunatic primetime lineup with all kinds of anti-Biden invective. There’s nothing remotely like that on other stations, setting aside paid political ads.

 

[Ale Xander]

Leadoff on

lfg Dbacks

 

[mauidano]

I really like both these teams so hard to pull for one or the other.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

WHAM!
BAM!
Thanks for nothing, PHAM!

 

[mauidano]

I was watching on regular Fox and after the game but before the Neptune Balls interview they suddenly jammed in a promo for the Fox News lunatic primetime lineup with all kinds of anti-Biden invective. There’s nothing remotely like that on other stations, setting aside paid political ads.

TBS is a safe space.

 

[mauidano]

WHAM!
BAM!
Thanks for nothing, PHAM!

Was never a Phan.

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Wheeler's dealing. Runs will be tough to come by tonight.

 

[Ted Cox 4 president]

Eovaldi . . . Schwarber . . . Why can’t we get guys like that?

 

[Ale Xander]

Why can’t the Red Sox get players like that?