AL Wild Card Game: Oakland Athletics @ New York Yankees -October 3, 2018 - 8:08 PM ET

[bzapple]

Those were great takes by Laureano.

[Boxcar]

Jesus. Like 80 pitches in and hits 100.

[Orgfiller]

God damn Sweet Lou. Filthy stuff.

[bzapple]

I like the decision to stick with Trivino for Didi. They might need Buchter later in a bigger, "runners on" kind of spot.

[Orgfiller]

Third time through the order for Severino. For as good as he's been he's gotta be on a short leash here.

[Orgfiller]

Let's see which version of Betances we get.

[Boxcar]

This is a far better game than the one yesterday.

[Orgfiller]

This is a far better game than the one yesterday.

 

The NL suxxxxxxxx

 

Also these teams are substantially better than the Cubs and Rockies.

[bzapple]

If Severino was on that short of a leash why even have him start the inning? Now they've just made things harder for Betances.

[Orgfiller]

If Severino was on that short of a leash why even have him start the inning? Now they've just made things harder for Betances.

 

Aaron Boone is pretty dumn.

[Boxcar]

The NL suxxxxxxxx

 

Also these teams are substantially better than the Cubs and Rockies.

 

The thing I'll remember about yesterday's game are the monumental f*** ups by both managers

[Spanky99]

Nice job, Betances!

[Spanky99]

6 outs, 3 K's on 25 pitches, not bad.

[Spanky99]

Could be the nail in the coffin.

 

lulz @ Rodney.

[bzapple]

Leave it to Fernando f***ing Rodney.

[Jaysareus]

Oakland has no chance to win this

[P2F]

Oakland has no chance to win this

 

That's decidedly not true. But they do have their work cut out for them.

[BTS]

Boston vs. New York is gonna be LIT

[glory]

The moment Rodney came in you had to know it was over right there.

 

Yankees can beat the Red Sox. Sorry can't hate on the Yanks. They make good trades and develop from within. Everything we want the Jays to become. Don't hate the prototype.

[Orgfiller]

Incredible at bat against one of the toughest pitchers, the A's look cooked here.

[Omar]

out at the plate

[Spanky99]

This game's over, can't see Oakland putting up 7.

[Omar]

Friday night vs the Sox should be good.

[Captain Adama]

At least this game is still better than last night.

[Omar]

Not too happy with the Indians-Astros first pitch at 2pm on Friday.

[P2F]

 

Kyle Boddy on point.

[Boxcar]

That was the most amazing pick I've ever seen

[P2F]

That was the most amazing pick I've ever seen

 

That was disgusting.

[Orgfiller]

I don't think it's emphasized enough the payroll discrepancy in this game. That's not to take anything away from the Yankees, they are a legitimately excellent team built by very smart people, but it sure helps when your top 5 salaried players alone make more than the opponent team's payroll. There's a $100M difference in payroll between these two teams.

 

This year was a huge win for analytics. 5 of the top 10 teams in payroll didn't make the playoffs (with the Giants second in the MLB at a whopping $205M), while two teams in the bottom 10 (Brewers and the A's) did make it with the Rays at the very bottom having won 90 games in the AL East.

[Orgfiller]

What a horrendous call by the ump, that's unacceptable.