GDT (Wild Card Series)

[BTS]

For discussion on the 4 WC series the next three days:

CLE vs. DET

NYY vs.  BOS

CLE vs. SDP

CIN vs. LAD

 

[BTS]

Actively rooting for Cleveland and Cincinnati. Cleveland is just a likeable team, and **** the Dodgers.  

[Terminator]

Just now, BTS said:

For discussion on the 4 WC series the next three days:

CLE vs. DET

NYY vs.  BOS

CLE vs. SDP

CIN vs. LAD

 

[Brock Beauchamp]

21 minutes ago, BTS said:

Actively rooting for Cleveland and Cincinnati. Cleveland is just a likeable team, and **** the Dodgers.  

If the Reds somehow beat the Dodgers, they will have effectively knocked out the two highest-payroll teams.

[Orgfiller]

2 hours ago, BTS said:

Actively rooting for Cleveland and Cincinnati. Cleveland is just a likeable team, and **** the Dodgers.  

Cleveland scares the s*** out of me, because they will wear you the f*** out with baserunning and ******** hits. Easier to accept a series loss against juggernaut, homerun heavy offenses than slap hitting goblins who use devil magic to find holes and run you dizzy on the basepaths. With that said, hope they beat Detroit who seems like a pretty mediocre team aside from Skubal, and the M's who are legit scary when they're firing on all cylinders like they have been the last two weeks.

Rooting for the Brewers to make a deep run, just an excellently run org top to bottom.

[Brownie19]

30 minutes ago, Orgfiller said:

Rooting for the Brewers to make a deep run, just an excellently run org top to bottom.

And one of the best logos in all of sports.

[Laika]

Giolito has an elbow issue and won't be on the Red Sox roster

Could be a difference maker. Thins out the rotation after Crochet. More pressure on Bello/Tolle/Early/Harrison. 

[Spanky__99]

49 minutes ago, Laika said:

Giolito has an elbow issue and won't be on the Red Sox roster

Could be a difference maker. Thins out the rotation after Crochet. More pressure on Bello/Tolle/Early/Harrison. 

That's a lot of guys that our green.

[G-Snarls]

Anything can happen but Yankees sure seem like favorites over the Red Sox at this point 

[Omar]

Just now, G-Snarls said:

Anything can happen but Yankees sure seem like favorites over the Red Sox at this point 

Depends if they get regular season Judge or post season Judge. 

[G-Snarls]

2 minutes ago, Omar said:

Depends if they get regular season Judge or post season Judge. 

He sure has something to prove 

[G-Snarls]

9 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

He sure has something to prove 

.205 post season BA and this 

 

[Omar]

8 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

He sure has something to prove 

Sox have owned the Yankees in recent memory as far as the post season goes. They smoked them in the 2018 division series and bested them in the wildcard game in 2021.  For some reason Cora turns into an evil genius come post season.  Yankees are the better team but it wouldn't surprise me one bit to see the Redsox beat them again. Should be interesting. 

[Jonn]

6 hours ago, BTS said:

For discussion on the 4 WC series the next three days:

CLE vs. DET

NYY vs.  BOS

CLE vs. SDP

CIN vs. LAD

 

Damn Cleveland went on such a crazy run they get to play the Wild Card in both leagues.

[Abomination]

The Yankees aren't allowing Red Sox (or Blue Jays if it gets that far) fans from buying post season tickets. That's going to cause some serious drama online. I hope the Yankees lose their wildcard round just for that alone.

[Stangstag]

1 hour ago, Omar said:

Depends if they get regular season Judge or post season Judge. 

October Stanton can carry the team alone

[Stangstag]

17 minutes ago, Abomination said:

The Yankees aren't allowing Red Sox (or Blue Jays if it gets that far) fans from buying post season tickets. That's going to cause some serious drama online. I hope the Yankees lose their wildcard round just for that alone.

Was the same w Seattle a couple years back

[SeranthonySantander]

Watching "the comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox" on lookmovie2.to for free, to get hyped up for the Red Sox series tomorrow.  I think it's a Netflix series.

[hanton]

 

[glory]

I know they spread the games out like this to avoid overlap as much as possible, but must suck for Padres fans to have to watch playoff baseball at noon local time on weekdays. I work remotely so I know what I'll be doing all day the next couple of days. 

[dineke]

59 minutes ago, glory said:

I know they spread the games out like this to avoid overlap as much as possible, but must suck for Padres fans to have to watch playoff baseball at noon local time on weekdays. I work remotely so I know what I'll be doing all day the next couple of days. 

They rather maximize profit even though it screws the fans. I invested so much time watching the 2023 jays season but couldn't watch their most important games because they scheduled their playoff games during work hours. Gotten blue balled by the mlb more than by any girl.

[SeranthonySantander]

What did the nba commissioner say?  Just catch the highlights on twitter.

At least we will get prime time with sox yanks, hopefully.

In 2016 I had to settle for mlb app notifications for I think 1 or maybe 2 of the rangers games.

[Stangstag]

2 hours ago, glory said:

I know they spread the games out like this to avoid overlap as much as possible, but must suck for Padres fans to have to watch playoff baseball at noon local time on weekdays. I work remotely so I know what I'll be doing all day the next couple of days. 

Yeah terrible time for Padres fans. MLB don’t give a fk. Muh Yankees and muh Dodgers

[Stangstag]

1 hour ago, dineke said:

They rather maximize profit even though it screws the fans. I invested so much time watching the 2023 jays season but couldn't watch their most important games because they scheduled their playoff games during work hours. Gotten blue balled by the mlb more than by any girl.

Jays actually got decent times the last few playoff appearances, not sure what you’re on about. Usually like 4/4:30pm starts.

Had terrible times in 2015 though, i think i remember one game being a noon weekday start in TO

[dineke]

9 hours ago, Stangstag said:

Jays actually got decent times the last few playoff appearances, not sure what you’re on about. Usually like 4/4:30pm starts.

Had terrible times in 2015 though, i think i remember one game being a noon weekday start in TO

The twins series started at 3:30 est. I remember by the time I got home it was the 9th inning already.

[glory]

9 hours ago, Stangstag said:

Yeah terrible time for Padres fans. MLB don’t give a fk. Muh Yankees and muh Dodgers

The Yankees and Dodgers getting prime time is probably more of an ESPN call as they own the rights to the games and those games will do the best numbers but yeah MLB probably doesn’t care either way. 

There’s no right answer. The NBA has every playoff game on prime time but the playoffs last for 2.5 months. That’s just not feasible for baseball for a number of reasons. So the alternative is staggering the games throughout the day to maximize viewership as best they can and also end the WC round in 3 days. I think the real solution here is changing the days. The Wild Card Round starts on a Tuesday and the World Series starts on a Friday. They should flip that around. The WC round being on Fri-Sat-Sun would make the “all day” format more logical. 

Ultimately, much like Adam Silver is terrified of the NFL, Manfred and/or the network are likely trying to avoid them as much as possible as well.

[BTS]

Chase DeLauter promoted and should make his MLB debut in the wild cared series

[Laika]

11 minutes ago, BTS said:

Chase DeLauter promoted and should make his MLB debut in the wild cared series

Big deal because their offense sucks

I think he was hurt the last 2.5 months so this is kind of wild but I love it 

[G-Snarls]

Sportsnet has all the games except Reds Dodgers?

[Brownie19]

43 minutes ago, Laika said:

Big deal because their offense sucks

I think he was hurt the last 2.5 months so this is kind of wild but I love it 

I love that storyline too.  This kid has raked everywhere he's been - just can't stay healthy.  Cleveland desperately needs him to become a middle of the order bat for them.