AL WC GDT: Yankees @ Bosox 8:08 EST

[Stangstag]

Ugh does ESPN own part of the playoff broadcasting rights?

 

Looks like it was just for this game maybe... I see FOX and Tbs for the rest of the playoff games

[Abomination]

I was expecting a high scoring game. Very disappointing.

[BTS]

Looks like it was just for this game maybe... I see FOX and Tbs for the rest of the playoff games

 

Thank god

[Stangstag]

Also Stanton is a dumbass for admiring 2 non-homeruns in a row. In the playoffs. Moron

[Brownie19]

One of the worst wildcard games in a while. f*** the Redsox, hope the Rays blast them

 

was it ever....brutal game.

[thatoneguy]

It's like ESPN doesn't realize A-Rod was one of the most hated players (and personalities) in baseball history or something.

[philly30]

It's like ESPN doesn't realize A-Rod was one of the most hated players (and personalities) in baseball history or something.

 

Why does Shulman not do Sunday anymore, these guys are terrible

[Omar]

[Spanky99]

Rays are going to eat this team alive.

 

[Eat My Shatkins]

Suuure, NOW the f***ing useless Red Sox can win against the Yankees.

 

Couldn't win even one of three last week though....

 

Useless pieces of s***

[Laika]

That's a completely different game in any other ballpark because Stanton would have had two homers.

[Laika]

It's like ESPN doesn't realize A-Rod was one of the most hated players (and personalities) in baseball history or something.

 

Everyone thought A-Rod was great on the mic when he did his first few games. Tony Romo was just getting into broadcasting and NFL fans loved his player insights, and A-Rod kind of felt the same.

 

He went downhill very fast though, after getting the permanent gig. His useful insights turned out to be few and far between and now he just spews the same cliched stuff that all of the normal colour commentators do. For the most part.

[Spanky99]

That's a completely different game in any other ballpark because Stanton would have had two homers.

 

They mentioned that it would've left 11 parks, I'm assuming Yankee stadium would've been one. That ball was a missile.

[Sammy225]

Arod was terrible he had 0 balls to say cole had a terrible outing. All he did was circle back say oh must still be injured Yada Yada Yada. Then said I bet he is Cy young next year.

[Sammy225]

Yankees are definitely going to do something big this offseason

 

Hard to say. I don't know what they have for money coming off the books, but they were adamant that they were not going to flirt with the cap last year so unless something changes big.

[Laika]

Arod was terrible he had 0 balls to say cole had a terrible outing. All he did was circle back say oh must still be injured Yada Yada Yada. Then said I bet he is Cy young next year.

 

The correct analysis would have been to point out how Cole has been pretty hittable since the sticky stuff ban.

[BigCecil]

That pitch to Schwarber HR at 97 was great. I don’t how he got on top of it. Guys hands and bat are so quick. OTOH that pitch to Xander was awful. Strange game. BoSox hot at right time.

[Brownie19]

That pitch to Schwarber HR at 97 was great. I don’t how he got on top of it. Guys hands and bat are so quick. OTOH that pitch to Xander was awful. Strange game. BoSox hot at right time.

 

saw this earlier...he doesn't actually 'get on top of it' like you'd think.

 

Matt Lisle (@coachsaysjokes) • Instagram video

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1,342 likes, 25 comments - coachsaysjokes on October 5, 2021: "A few notes on Schwarbers HR: - pitch at top of the zone - did NOT “get on top” - hands above barrel even on high pitch - positive (swinging up) attack angle. Even on a high pitch. - barrel in zone early and long = contact point can be deeper and still go “Yahtzee!” ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #baseball #baseballcards #baseballgame #baseballislife #baseballlove #baseballseason #beisbol #bronxbombers #dodgers #espn #football #homerun #majorleaguebaseball #mets #mlb #mlbtheshow #nfl #nyy #redsox #redsoxbaseball #redsoxfan #redsoxfans #redsoxsuck #redsoxvsorioles #softball #sports #worldseries #yankees #yankeesbaseball #yankeestadium".

[BigCecil]

saw this earlier...he doesn't actually 'get on top of it' like you'd think.

 

Matt Lisle (@coachsaysjokes) • Instagram video

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1,342 likes, 25 comments - coachsaysjokes on October 5, 2021: "A few notes on Schwarbers HR: - pitch at top of the zone - did NOT “get on top” - hands above barrel even on high pitch - positive (swinging up) attack angle. Even on a high pitch. - barrel in zone early and long = contact point can be deeper and still go “Yahtzee!” ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #baseball #baseballcards #baseballgame #baseballislife #baseballlove #baseballseason #beisbol #bronxbombers #dodgers #espn #football #homerun #majorleaguebaseball #mets #mlb #mlbtheshow #nfl #nyy #redsox #redsoxbaseball #redsoxfan #redsoxfans #redsoxsuck #redsoxvsorioles #softball #sports #worldseries #yankees #yankeesbaseball #yankeestadium".

 

Thanks Brownie. I dont buy that instagram post though. Have you seen the pitch location on the box? I haven't. Its above the the zone 2-5 inches I would bet. I kept replaying it on PVR last night. When someone doesn't just get FB contact on a ball hit in that location I call it getting on top of it. Stand to be corrected though. What a great swing regardless.

[G-Snarls]

That's a completely different game in any other ballpark because Stanton would have had two homers.

 

Apparently the first one would not have been a home run in ANY major league ballpark. It was high but only projected to travel 349 feet. And his second long single would have been out in only 2 ballparks.

Edited October 6, 2021 by G-Snarls

[wilko]

Apparently the first one would not have been a home run in ANY major league ballpark. It was high but only projected to travel 349 feet. And his second long single would have been a HR in only 2 ballparks.

 

Stanton's weak. Can't even hit a dinger.

Edited October 6, 2021 by G-Snarls

[G-Snarls]

Stanton's weak. Can't even hit a dinger.

 

It just makes his lackadaisical running assuming he had a home run, and John Sterling yelling about it being a home run off the bat even more embarrassing

Edited October 6, 2021 by G-Snarls

[G-Snarls]

[G-Snarls]

 

This is just so hilariously embarrassing

 

A million times worse than any bad Buck Martinez call cause he jjst keeps going even after its clearly not over the fence

[connorp]

 

This is just so hilariously embarrassing

 

A million times worse than any bad Buck Martinez call cause he jjst keeps going even after its clearly not over the fence

 

Wow lol

[wilko]

It just makes his lackadaisical running assuming he had a home run, and John Sterling yelling about it being a home run off the bat even more embarrassing

 

It's hard to watch some of these games. I thought he took a stroke making that call lol. ARoid's lifeless monotone also sucks. Don't even get me started on Eck.

[Stangstag]

 

This seems... wrong? It dinged off the very top of the wall left-center and looked like it had lots of distance still. That had to be more than 400ft

[BlueRocky]

 

lmao

[Laika]

This seems... wrong? It dinged off the very top of the wall left-center and looked like it had lots of distance still. That had to be more than 400ft

 

Yeah I think it's wrong. Not sure how but that's a homer everywhere

[G-Snarls]

This seems... wrong? It dinged off the very top of the wall left-center and looked like it had lots of distance still. That had to be more than 400ft

 

I agree it seems wrong

 

But baseball savant had it at only 345 feet:

 

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?date=2021-10-05

 

EV 94.8 MPH

LA 29 degrees

Distance 345 feet

Edited October 6, 2021 by G-Snarls