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[Nexii]

Kinda crazy how much more accurate umps have gotten

Pawol 92.42% and that's only good enough for 2nd worst of all umps (very small sample size)

In 2019, that % would be middle of the pack

In 2015, that % would be 2nd best

Does make me wonder how accurate the camera tracking was back then. Then again we've seen huge improvements in some other sports. Modern NFL kickers come to mind

[BTS]

38 minutes ago, thatoneguy said:

Looks like Kershaw is calling it a career after this year. First ballot HOFer obviously.

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/breaking-news/article/clayton-kershaw-will-retire-at-the-end-of-the-2025-season-dodgers-announce-200613224.html

Damn, thought he might stick around with the solid season he's having this year. 

[G-Snarls]

Yeah that's a remarkably good umpire card

[Spanky__99]

2 hours ago, thatoneguy said:

Looks like Kershaw is calling it a career after this year. First ballot HOFer obviously.

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/breaking-news/article/clayton-kershaw-will-retire-at-the-end-of-the-2025-season-dodgers-announce-200613224.html

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Legend.

 

[Omar]

God, the Orioles stink.

[Stangstag]

1 hour ago, Omar said:

God, the Orioles stink.

I really hope they can NOT stink just for 1 week. 1 week, shitbirds. Thats all we need

[harvey16]

Cleveland only 3 games back now after the Tigers loss, could be 2.5 if Indians can pull it out tonight. This Tigers Collapse could be one of the worst in MLB history. They were up 11 games on Sep 1st. Unreal!

[thatoneguy]

José Ramirez on his way to another 6+ WAR season. The guy just doesn't stop raking.

[Masterbather]

56 minutes ago, harvey16 said:

Cleveland only 3 games back now after the Tigers loss, could be 2.5 if Indians can pull it out tonight. This Tigers Collapse could be one of the worst in MLB history. They were up 11 games on Sep 1st. Unreal!

Guardians only two back in the loss column. 

It's starting to get real for the Tigers here. 

Guardians also on Boston's tail.

If they can hang on long enough, Boston and Detroit play each other in the final series of the season. Cleveland can make that series very very very interesting.

[Stangstag]

11 hours ago, thatoneguy said:

José Ramirez on his way to another 6+ WAR season. The guy just doesn't stop raking.

Sucks he’s such a lowkey guy content staying in Cleveland. He could’ve been a Jay like 2-3 years ago. What a difference he would make in this lineup.

[bones]

The Tigers collapse will be studied for years if it comes true

[max silver]

6 hours ago, Stangstag said:

Sucks he’s such a lowkey guy content staying in Cleveland. He could’ve been a Jay like 2-3 years ago. What a difference he would make in this lineup.

Yeah he's one of those near miss additions that would have dramatically raised the ceiling of this club year to year. A Lindor addition would have produced similar impact as well.

[thatoneguy]

6 hours ago, Stangstag said:

Sucks he’s such a lowkey guy content staying in Cleveland. He could’ve been a Jay like 2-3 years ago. What a difference he would make in this lineup.

He's still got his wheels too, 41 SB last year, 40 this year. He's easily going to reach the 300-300 club with plus defense at 3B and, in my mind, should be a 1st/2nd ballot HOFer. Might even sniff the 400-400 club if he stays healthy.

[Stangstag]

The epic collapse of the Detroit Tigers continues…

About to have their division lead reduced to 1.5 games. Absolutely insane flip of the standings by Cleveland 

[Omar]

 

 

[Masterbather]

12 hours ago, Stangstag said:

Sucks he’s such a lowkey guy content staying in Cleveland. He could’ve been a Jay like 2-3 years ago. What a difference he would make in this lineup.

Well he's played over 40 postseason games in Cleveland, so it's not like he lost anything not going to the Blue Jays. He may yet play more postseason games than the Blue Jays this year lol

[hanton]

Munoz has a wicked slider,. wipe out pitch.  Wiff rate of 50% 

[Spanky__99]

On 9/19/2025 at 10:06 PM, thatoneguy said:

José Ramirez on his way to another 6+ WAR season. The guy just doesn't stop raking.

Remember the reports he was going to sign here or was it a trade or both? Damn.

[glory]

Mariners win the season series against the Astros, so the current 2 game lead is really 3 games. I have extreme Astros fatigue as a baseball fan so no issues with another team taking the West, even if it's the Mariners. 

[Laika]

I must say I do not miss the one game tiebreakers 

Making the season series matter just makes the regular season games more meaningful which feels right

Playing a team 13 times and then having to do a coin flip game would be so goofy. Was goofy.

[Alejandro Murphy]

Seattle 14-1 record last 15 games plus another one tonight against Houston.

 

they manhandled Mr. Alexander and Raleigh 1 HR away to 60.

 

i hope the Jays avoids them in the 1st round (WC or Divisional Series) 

 

these guys are scary with their HR power 

[Stangstag]

Seattle just demolished Jason Alexander, the dude that completely shut us down last week. Gotta love baseball.

I do not want to see the Mariners in the playoffs 

[Grant77]

Guardians now in a playoff spot and the Astros are not. It's gotta be upsetting the be a fan. They really gave away those games against Seattle with poor effort and poor execution.

[Grant77]

Stick a fork in the Red Sox, they're done. Nobody wants that last playoff spot.

[G-Snarls]

Only 3 MLB games tomorrow and they're all NL games that are meaningless to us

[Masterbather]

1 hour ago, Grant77 said:

Stick a fork in the Red Sox, they're done. Nobody wants that last playoff spot.

While I admire your utter disdain and complete disregard of the Boston Red Sox, they are very much not done and can help screw up our situation real fast.

[BatFlip]

3 minutes ago, Masterbather said:

While I admire your utter disdain and complete disregard of the Boston Red Sox, they are very much not done and can help screw up our situation real fast.

I agree with all this.

But how sweet would it be to simultaneously lock up the pennant while putting the boot to the Red Sox.

A man can dream.

 

[G-Snarls]

We can certainly finish them :)

As of right now WC 2 and 3 are too close to call... BOS/CLE/HOU all right there. 

Yankees are pretty much a lock and Texas/KC are too far back 

 

[Grant77]

16 minutes ago, Masterbather said:

While I admire your utter disdain and complete disregard of the Boston Red Sox, they are very much not done and can help screw up our situation real fast.

I posted this in the 8th inning with regards to tonight's game, not their entire season.

[Masterbather]

10 minutes ago, Grant77 said:

I posted this in the 8th inning with regards to tonight's game, not their entire season.

Ah, I see.