Bloomin' genius!The playoffs in baseball have really become just random chaos. Build an 84 win team and see what happens.
Been like this for a while. Surely you remember the 06 Cardinals and 07 Rockies. Baseball should really just embrace it at this point, shorten the regular season to 100ish games, and then expand the playoffs to 16 teams. Good luck with that, I guess.The playoffs in baseball have really become just random chaos. Build an 84 win team and see what happens.
The NFL and NCAA playoffs are all single game elimination affairs. You have to draw the line somewhere.I still find it crazy a sport like baseball has 3 and 5 game series in the playoffs while playing 162 games in the regular season.
Even the best teams are usually just 60/40 favorites, really should all be best of 7. Make the regular season a few games shorter, come on.
At some point we have to recognize that playoff baseball and regular season baseball are two distinct things. It’s generally recognized in hockey.The playoffs in baseball have really become just random chaos. Build an 84 win team and see what happens.
TWO bathtubs, one for the man, the other for a woman. That one was aimed at women, I think.Wasn’t there one with an outdoor bathtub?
I mean, wasn't it 20 years ago that Billy Beane declared that his shit didn't work in the playoffs?At some point we have to recognize that playoff baseball and regular season baseball are two distinct things. It’s generally recognized in hockey.
Being pretty sure how it all will play out after Division Series game 1’s is seriously clairvoyantI might be out on this year, pretty sure it ends with Houston sweeping Arizona and I’ll hate it. Would love to be wrong!
Exactly. I’m sick of the “playoffs are a crap shoot” theory. The ‘06 Cardinals were aided by a very injured Mets team and deer in the headlights Tiger team, but were the better team in each of their matchupsI mean, wasn't it 20 years ago that Billy Beane declared that his shit didn't work in the playoffs?
And long before the '06 Cardinals, the 82-79 '73 Mets knocked off the 99-63 Big Red Machine in the NLCS. It's always been true to some degree, at least since MLB went to divisions in 1969.
Was going to comment that this as bad as he’s looked since his recall.Bad time for first half Grayson to show his face.
I know the announcer called it that, but, strictly speaking, a Baltimore chop bounces off the plate and goes a lot higher because of the hard rubber and the runner is generally safe.Second Baltimore chop of the day in Baltimore.
It doesn’t have to be off the plate. It is called a Baltimore chop because they used to pack the dirt hard in front of the plate.I know the announcer called it that, but, strictly speaking, a Baltimore chop bounces off the plate and goes a lot higher because of the hard rubber ant the runner is generally safe.
OK, and I honestly was thinking it was done for Wee Willie Keeler before reading the article.It doesn’t have to be off the plate. It is called a Baltimore chop because they used to pack the dirt hard in front of the plate.
https://www.mlb.com/glossary/idioms/baltimore-chop
Nope. Couldn’t get a ticket for less than $120 that was decent and that was my cutoff.Did you make it to Camden @canderson?