Around Baseball 2015

[Spanky99]

For the last time you clown I'm not Robert. Robert is Korean I am not Korean I'm brown and I'll speak in Urdu to prove it

 

Meh Robert nahi hoon meri Jan choor do. Spanky pagal ka bacha hai

 

Cricket talk is dumn... Zee/Dogg your ballsack is salty, isn't it, Psycho, I'm sure Robert knows?

 

<----The Cricket forum is dattaway...Hnnngghhh...

[Boxcar]

To be fair, if Royals would have won at a regular contending rate of 50-60%, then he is right, Jays couldn't have done anything to take the first spot.

 

Royals were never "clearly best in the AL" good anyway. This is just some evening out.

[BTS]

Defense is a thing

 

Aren't they kind of elite at that?

[Spanky99]

SPANK!! He call your mom a slut. You gon take dat?

 

He's in tough, thinking about that whole Mom Sister thing I told him about a few years back. Poor bastard. Yeah, he has no dad.

 

P.S. It's why I know he's a knob jockey with da Dogg, twisted-logic, in that kid.

[burlingtonbandit]

Defense is a thing

 

One of the best defensive teams in the 2nd half of the season.

[intentional wok]

Their offense is more than capable of putting enough on the board to support that rotation. If they make the playoffs they're a serious WS favourite IMO.

 

They're scary. I seem to remember the last series with the Indians here that posters were pretty much like, "I wish these guys wouldgo away already!"

 

The Indians are a pain in the ass and a short series against that rotation could feel, well, pretty short. I'd much rather one of the Twins or Angels back their way into the second Wild Card.

[RealAccountant]

Lol Astros.

[RealAccountant]

So the only race in the NL is pirates cubs to.see who will get home field advantage. Must suck to know who you'll be playing a month in advance.

 

NL is feel.good for the MLB. With Dodgers Cubs and Mets all getting in all the big markets are in play

[intentional wok]

After the Twins/Angels game was rained out tonight, they are going to play a double header tomorrow. Season defining day for both teams.

 

It could be a huge boon for one team and devastating for the other. But if they split they're just back where they started (albeit with two fewer games to make anything happen). Hard to call it season defining, but I agree it's a huge opportunity for both clubs (neither of whom I'm really fond of, tbh).

[jays_fever]

Indians 67-1 Odds at winning the WS. Seems like a good shot

[candymartinez]

Glad we got rid of that bum Noah.

[JFD]

Beltran with a 3-run bomb off a 100mph heater from Syndergaard. wow.

[Jimcanuck]

Glad we got rid of that bum Noah.

 

maybe we can buy low on him

[intentional wok]

To be fair, if Royals would have won at a regular contending rate of 50-60%, then he is right, Jays couldn't have done anything to take the first spot.

 

You can make the same argument about the Rays.

 

Yeah, if the Royals won more games they'd have more wins under their belts. But they didn't win those games.

 

What's the difference between a red-hot April-May and a red-hot August-September? Expectations (which mean nothing).

[jaysfan2014]

Angels win. Now only 1.5 back of the Astros, and could be as few as 0.5 games out with a doubleheader sweep today and a Astros loss.

 

Jays magic number down to 6.

[labadee]

let's go tigers!

[jaysfan2014]

Houston is doing everything to hand the Angels a postseason berth.. Astros trailing 4-3 now.

 

UPDATE: Now 5-3..

[Swervin81]

Astros on a Leaf-like freefall.

[thatoneguy]

McCutchen wrecks Kershaw.

[Trouba95]

Gattis just homered! Clutch. Astros go ahead 8-6

[jaysfan2014]

Royals in danger of helping the Jays out as their bullpen tanks again.

[jaysfan2014]

Walk off by Romine (Andrew)! Jays still only 1 game back of the Royals and 3.5 ahead of the Yankees. Magic number now down to 6 after the Twins were swept in the double-header, and Houston is headed for a win.

 

UPDATE: **** the umpires! Romine's sac fly has been overturned. Game going to extras.

[BigCecil]

Royals in danger of helping the Jays out as their bullpen tanks again.

 

Yup....makes me feel better about our pen implosion this aft. Still 1 gm back from KC and 3.5 over the Yankees. Not bad.

[Trouba95]

Call overturned! That's a first!

[thatoneguy]

Walk off by Romine (Andrew)! Jays still only 1 game back of the Royals and 3.5 ahead of the Yankees. Magic number now down to 6 after the Twins were swept in the double-header, and Houston is headed for a win.

 

UPDATE: **** the umpires! Romine's sac fly has been overturned. Game going to extras.

 

What? Like was the guy out at the plate or something?

[jaysfan2014]

What? Like was the guy out at the plate or something?

 

Dyson threw home and Kinsler was nailed at home plate.

[jaysfan2014]

Houston wins. Jays magic number at 6 after the Twins absolutely mailed it in vs. the Angels.

[jaysfan2014]

BTW, magic numbers:

 

JAYS: 6 for a wild card, 11 for AL East

ROYALS: 3 for AL Central

RANGERS: (Assuming a win tonight, as they lead 10-1 on Seattle): 11 for division, 10 for wild card

 

YANKEES: 9 for wild card

ASTROS: 13 for wild card

[burlingtonbandit]

Question: Will the blue jays celebrate when they clinch a playoff berth much like we see in baseball all the time or would that be reserved for clinching the division title?

[jaysfan2014]

Can you believe the Royals/Tigers game is in the 11th now, when it should've been over 2 innings ago because of that overturned sac fly? Still 5-5.