NLDS Game Thread

[RedSoxFan]

Steve Perry looks almost as old as Tony Bennett.

 

[mikeford]

Bryce Harper has arrived, America

 

[Hee Sox Choi]

gloria estafan is one of the keys to the game? what?
 
also, Giants fans, how much of the season has Pagan missed? i liked him in the ws.

They are not exactly courting the young audience that is not tuning in.  TBS has highlights with AC/DC.  It's not exactly rocket science with how MLB can get a younger audience to tune in but they are MAKING IT ROCKET SCIENCE.  
 
Not a Giants fan (but most of my friends are), Pagan missed a month and a half in the summer, came back and got hurt mid-Sept.  They def miss him, Blanco is hollow.

 

[Lowrielicious]

Bryce Harper has arrived, America

Harper > Trout.
 
This week at least.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Somebody should tell Vasgersian that home run balls have gone into McCovey Cove. Splash hits they call them. 

 

[canderson]

Storen can't pitch n the playoffs, Mattie.

 

[mikeford]

Harper > Trout.
 
This week at least.

how dare you

 

[mikeford]

maybe we should give Soriano his job back now?

 

[MakMan44]

Ahahahaha. This is just sad Storen. 

 

[soxhop411]

Storen can't pitch n the playoffs, Mattie.

Will pull him when it's to late

 

[MakMan44]

Will pull him when it's to late

It's been like 5 pitches. Nobody gets warmed up taht fast. 

 

[Lowrielicious]

That Harper HR might prove very valuable shortly....

 

[MakMan44]

Belt's going to regret that one. 

 

[dynomite]

Giants should be worried, I think. Couldn't close it out with Bumgarner on the mound, and the Nationals started hitting again.

Gonzalez @ Vogelsong isn't a matchup that would inspire me with confidence as a Giants fan.

 

[Rough Carrigan]

Steve Perry looks almost as old as Tony Bennett.

No one's as old as Tony Bennett, except his voice, which is 200 years older than the rest of him.  My god, he's got nothing.

 

[loshjott]

If the Giants still played in NY, tomorrow's Post headline would be MADDUMB.

 

[staz]

Ryu and the Dodgers visit St. Louis and Lackey, knotted at a game each.

 

[kieckeredinthehead]

If the Giants still played in NY, tomorrow's Post headline would be MADDUMB.

If the Post were based in the Bay it would be "BRYCE-A-RONI"

 

[Al Zarilla]

I think it was in reference to 6 shutout relief innings 
 
[edit: which is not to say Larsen, Mathewson and Beckett didn't do it in relief] 

Yes, Thanks,

left out a word. Relief.

 

[staz]

There are so many players in this game that I can't stand.

So, so many.

Plus, Joe Buck and Harold Reynolds in the booth!

 

[Hee Sox Choi]

There are so many players in this game that I can't stand.

So, so many.

Like who?  

 

[glasspusher]

Kershaw on short rest? What could possibly go wrong?

 

[staz]

Carpenter, Molina, Puig, Gonzalez, Crawford. Peralta's a bit of a douche too.

 

[VORP Speed]

Big zone tonight

 

[VORP Speed]

Or not

 

[glasspusher]

Robots

 

[Rough Carrigan]

Where was that 3-2?!

 

[FelixMantilla]

This ump's strike zone is messed up.

 

[glasspusher]

I vaguely remember Lackey pitching in StL last October

 

[glasspusher]

Nice grab. Cain-esque
 
Edit, nice trap

 

[staz]

And McCarver tossed the 1st pitch? Perfect.

 

[glasspusher]

This is where Crawford grounds into a nice 4-6-3

 

[VORP Speed]

Nice grab. Cain-esque
 
Edit, nice trap

Cain is not impressed

 

[Rough Carrigan]

I'm completely rooting for the Dodgers now.  Can't stand Buck Doubleday.  Can't completely enjoy the Royals, maybe it's Yost and Moore.  Can't stand the Cardinals.  The Giants and their fans have become obnoxious with their presumption that their 88 win team should, of course, run the table.  Don't want anything in the District of Corruption to win anything.  I really like Puig.  I like Hanley.  I like Greinke.  I like Uribe.  I like Vin Scully.
 
Go Dodgers!

 

[glasspusher]

And McCarver tossed the 1st pitch? Perfect.

 
It wasn't great, but I guarantee you better than Harold Reynolds could do

 

[VORP Speed]

I'm completely rooting for the Dodgers now.  Can't stand Buck Doubleday.  Can't completely enjoy the Royals, maybe it's Yost and Moore.  Can't stand the Cardinals.  The Giants and their fans have become obnoxious with their presumption that their 88 win team should, of course, run the table.  Don't want anything in the District of Corruption to win anything.  I really like Puig.  I like Hanley.  I like Greinke.  I like Uribe.  I like Vin Scully.
 
Go Dodgers!

Welcome aboard!!

 

[staz]

Jetes woulda had that

 

[Sprowl]

Crawford vs. Lackey -- such conflicting feelings.  Whom do I wish to fail more?  :unsure2:

 

[glasspusher]

Crawford vs. Lackey -- such conflicting feelings.  Whom do I wish to fail more?  :unsure2:

 
Crawford- and fortunately, you're in luck tonight!

 

[Rough Carrigan]

Crawford vs. Lackey -- such conflicting feelings.  Whom do I wish to fail more?  :unsure2:

Where's mutual assured destruction when you really need it?

 

[E5 Yaz]

Crawford vs. Lackey -- such conflicting feelings.  Whom do I wish to fail more?  :unsure2:

 
Lackey helped them win a World Series. This is easy

 

[staz]

The greatest fans in baseball are waiving hankies

 

[glasspusher]

 
Lackey helped them win a World Series. This is easy

 
Correct. Even though Lackey got the chance and Crawford didn't, there was no way Crawford was going to beat Verlander and then have two quality games in the WS. No frigging way.

 

[Rough Carrigan]

Lackey with the shoulda gone with Dayquil instead of Nyquil at 5 p.m. look in for the sign

 

[Sprowl]

 
Lackey helped them win a World Series. This is easy

 
True, but he was around for a lot longer, and was even worse than Crawford, who was mediocre then injured then gone. Lackey and loathing go together so well.

 

[Lowrielicious]

 
True, but he was around for a lot longer, and was even worse than Crawford, who was mediocre then injured then gone. Lackey and loathing go together so well.

Plus there is the whole "no comment" on whether he would play out his mutually agreed contract next year while with the sox, then before the ink was dry on his trade paperwork "of course I will play next year under my current contract - why wouldn't I?".

 

[VORP Speed]

Are these commercials going for $1000 per 30 sec? Not exactly mercedes and coke there.

 

[glasspusher]

Are these commercials going for $1000 per 30 sec? Not exactly mercedes and coke there.

 
The great unwashed are watching Monday Night Football. Competition

 

[BornToRun]

 
True, but he was around for a lot longer, and was even worse than Crawford, who was mediocre then injured then gone. Lackey and loathing go together so well.

Lackey pitched through an injury for a whole year before coming back after TJ in 2013 and becoming an integral part of a World Series winning team.

Crawford signed a huge contract, sucked asshole, got traded, and proceeded to talk shit about how awful Boston was to him.

I'd shake John Lackey's hand and thank him if we ever met in person. With Crawford, I'd be fighting the urge to tell him to go screw himself.

 

[VORP Speed]

 
The great unwashed are watching Monday Night Football. Competition

And I suppose you can only charge so much for a show on channel 1652