DoktorEvil
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Those weiner races are legit. I heard that people gamble on them.
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MLB 2015 POSTSEASON |OT| Screw you, Satan!
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Those weiner races are legit. I heard that people gamble on them.
my preferred League/Division Layout.
No Interleague.
Two Leagues
Two Divisions
LCS and WS
Balanced Schedule for the Divisions
Division and League based on Time Zones.
League A = All East Time Zone Teams
League B = Central, Mountain and Pacific Time Zones.
edit: or if you want I guess you can have wild cards.
No Interleague.
Two Leagues
Two Divisions
LCS and WS
Balanced Schedule for the Divisions
Division and League based on Time Zones.
League A = All East Time Zone Teams
League B = Central, Mountain and Pacific Time Zones.
edit: or if you want I guess you can have wild cards.
I really dont get why a team will celebrate playing in a elimination game, It feels like when a Toddler gets a last place trophy. Didn't the Pirates not celebrate it?
And look where they are now!
XiaNaphryz
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The Elite
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Yeah, I'm not a fan of celebrating a clinch of a wild card. Jays did it for their postseason birth but I give them a pass since it was 22 years.
Cold.
No more playoffs. Best records in each league go straight to WS. Old school!
I would even do a regular season, where after the last game all the teams fly to a super dome and watch the WS Champion be selected lottery style.
I like how NPB has progressing levels of fuck-you to teams that don't finish first.
Finish third? You're playing all 3 games of the best of three in second place team's home stadium.
Then when you advance to play the first place team? It's a best of 7, all seven games at their place, and they start with one win in their pocket.
Finish third? You're playing all 3 games of the best of three in second place team's home stadium.
Then when you advance to play the first place team? It's a best of 7, all seven games at their place, and they start with one win in their pocket.
I'd definitely prefer a balanced schedule. The reason for the lengthy Blue Jay slump has been because the AL East has always been a strong division. That's because the Yankees and Red Sox are always trying to buy their playoff spot.
If you're stuck in a division where two of the teams are the fat cat big spenders in the game, it makes it very difficult to make the playoffs. A balanced schedule eliminates the money advantage.
If you're stuck in a division where two of the teams are the fat cat big spenders in the game, it makes it very difficult to make the playoffs. A balanced schedule eliminates the money advantage.
CreeperBlocks
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I can't wait. Let's GO Jays!!
The Elite
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I think I might miss 20 - 30 minutes. Leaving work at 3 so I am going to miss the pregame stuff. I will watch the banner stuff later. Meeting with my friend and we are headed over to his place post-haste.
Yeah, I'll miss the first 30 mins or so... just a matter if my workplace has its shit together and at least can gets Sportsnet on the lunchroom TVs, then just hang out here, or bolt it down the street to the Boston Pizza nearby or something.
Canadian Tire doing the right thing..
"R.A. Dickey, the Blue Jays’ knuckleball pitcher, instantly became a man of the people when he tweeted out: “I vote for no work day for Toronto fans on (Thursday) or Friday so they can watch the games #nationalholiday.”
Lo and behold, one company took Dickey up on the suggestion. Canadian Tire announced it was closing its office headquarters in Toronto and Calgary on Friday, giving 5,000 employees a chance to watch the Jays, who have been relegated to daytime slots for the first two games of their series against the Texas Rangers.
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Back to the Future 2 predicted the future. Go Cubs!!
The Elite
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My work gives no shits. You would barely know it was happening here. I just said I need to leave at 3 today and hope nothing happens to prevent that. I already have a pizza pickup scheduled for 3:30pm. lol.
What kind of pizza? I'm an expert, it will be like reading your playoff palm.
The Elite
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It's a split unfortunately since my friend wanted... plain.
My side has green peppers, green olives and bacon strips.
It's from a local Toronto chain establishment, Pizza Pizza, since they are close to his place and allow you to order hours in advance for pickup.
Getting 10 chicken bites with it.
My company is putting the games on the big TVs here. I'm still taking a half day tomorrow to watch at home though.
I was going to leave early today but since it's going to be playing here I can stay the day and leave for home somewhere around the 4th or 5th inning.
I was going to leave early today but since it's going to be playing here I can stay the day and leave for home somewhere around the 4th or 5th inning.
It's a split unfortunately since my friend wanted... plain.
My side has green peppers, green olives and bacon strips.
It's from a local Toronto chain establishment, Pizza Pizza, since they are close to his place and allow you to order hours in advance for pickup.
Getting 10 chicken bites with it.
...ya'll gettin BOUNCED!
All I remember about Pizza Pizza is they had they most pandering adverts in a cinema I've seen. I went to a movie up there, I think Iron Man, and they had dancing pizzas on the screen for like 10 minutes straight before the trailers. It was kind of amazing.
Corran Horn
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Needed to post the photos of bum drinking more and more beers.Sounds familiar...
Dmncnby2k9
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Ratings for yesterday game. Another big hit.
"Like the Yankees the night before, the Cubs fueled a big increase in overnights for baseballs Wild Card round.
The Cubs/Pirates National League Wild Card Game drew a 5.5 overnight rating on TBS Wednesday night, up 34% from Giants/Pirates on ESPN last year (4.1) and up 49% from Rays/Indians on TBS in 2013 (3.7). Compared to last years Athletics/Royals A.L. Wild Card Game on TBS, which aired on a Tuesday night, the overnight increased 45% from a 3.8. The game peaked at 6.5 from 10:15-10:30 PM ET.
The Cubs win scored the second-highest Major League Baseball overnight on cable since 2011, trailing only the Astros/Yankees A.L. Wild Card Game on ESPN the previous night (5.7). It goes without saying that this years Wild Card games rank as the two highest rated ever in the metered markets (eight telecasts dating back to 2012), easily topping the previous high of 4.1 for last years Giants/Pirates matchup.
Locally, the Pirates third straight Wild Card game drew a 26.2 rating in Pittsburgh up 16% from last year against the Giants (22.6) but down 22% from 2013 against the Reds (33.7). The game also drew a 21.8 in Chicago, the markets highest MLB rating since the White Sox clinched the World Series in 2005."
"Like the Yankees the night before, the Cubs fueled a big increase in overnights for baseballs Wild Card round.
The Cubs/Pirates National League Wild Card Game drew a 5.5 overnight rating on TBS Wednesday night, up 34% from Giants/Pirates on ESPN last year (4.1) and up 49% from Rays/Indians on TBS in 2013 (3.7). Compared to last years Athletics/Royals A.L. Wild Card Game on TBS, which aired on a Tuesday night, the overnight increased 45% from a 3.8. The game peaked at 6.5 from 10:15-10:30 PM ET.
The Cubs win scored the second-highest Major League Baseball overnight on cable since 2011, trailing only the Astros/Yankees A.L. Wild Card Game on ESPN the previous night (5.7). It goes without saying that this years Wild Card games rank as the two highest rated ever in the metered markets (eight telecasts dating back to 2012), easily topping the previous high of 4.1 for last years Giants/Pirates matchup.
Locally, the Pirates third straight Wild Card game drew a 26.2 rating in Pittsburgh up 16% from last year against the Giants (22.6) but down 22% from 2013 against the Reds (33.7). The game also drew a 21.8 in Chicago, the markets highest MLB rating since the White Sox clinched the World Series in 2005."
DoktorEvil
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"Little Sean". hehe
XiaNaphryz
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Rock And Roll
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I have the feeling Toronto is going to lose today. Price has a shaky postseason record and the Rangers have hit him well over the years. He's been dominant as of late, but that could change quickly. If he does get bounced early, the bullpen situation in Toronto has been far from ideal. I'm taking Texas on the money line for 200. I think this one is going to be a high scoring affair, definitely over the 7.5 total and I wouldn't be surprised if one team hit double digits in runs scored.
Astros vs Royals I think I'll take Houston. I've got no favourite and I haven't seen Ventura pitch recently. Probably another game that will be a slug fest.
Astros vs Royals I think I'll take Houston. I've got no favourite and I haven't seen Ventura pitch recently. Probably another game that will be a slug fest.
The Elite
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Well that's only right because Carolina BBQ is the one true BBQ.
I would've done the same, AND taken a vacation day tomorrow just to prevent all this madnesss. But because we're short staffed, I have avoided that and tried to bring up the idea of a half day tomorrow(which was normal summer hours), but talk seems to be dwindling, so I am starting to lose hope for tomorrow. Work for a German based company, so that's not certainly not a big help for an instance like this. Right now just crossing my fingers it'll be on tv in the lunchroom as I requested.
Although.... maybe that youtube streamer dude will be able to deliver...
The Elite
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Do you have a Rogers or other cable sub that isn't bell?
Also, Ikea is giving out Rally Spoons.
They will be littered on the field if we get crushed. Surprised Rogers would let them in.
Canadian TV ratings have been massive for Blue Jay games as well.
Yet whenever there's a baseball thread on the main board you get the usual flood of non-baseball fans who continue to insist that baseball is dying.
Looks like it will be at foxsports.com/foxsportsgo (authenticated)
User 479360
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Rally spoons are dumb.
I'm so incredibly nervous for this game and series. If the Jays lose, it'll be awful.
I'm so incredibly nervous for this game and series. If the Jays lose, it'll be awful.
The Elite
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I am really fucking hyped right now.
The crushing defeat will be horrible. I prepared myself by watching the Yankees lose. You deal with it and then you move on.
Thank you!
User 479360
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I've tied my emotions to this team too much this summer, and my anxiety will be really bad during the games.
Smoakie needs to stop hitting ahead of Martin
edit: I'm having Taco Bell for lunch so you can tell that my senses have already left me before the series even started
criesofthepast
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This is the perfect Jays lineup.
It's happening.
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