greyshark
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Wow - only 3 years removed the WS title. Wonder who they’ll target to replace him.
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MLB 2019 |OT| Eat, Sleep, Baseball (Postseason not included)
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Wow - only 3 years removed the WS title. Wonder who they’ll target to replace him.
Musky_Cheese
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Someone from the Astros lol
synchronicity
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All-time HR champs!
I now expect to us to get swept by the Yankees and probably they'll average 10 runs/game. If you are familiar with Twins/Yankees history in the post-season, you'll understand why. The sickening feeling in my stomach is already there.
StreetsofBeige
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Cubs and Indians missing the playoffs. Two of the most over-rated playoff contending teams the last 5 years.
Astros are awesome though. Don't follow them, but I like how a HR bomber like George Springer with a usually crap batting avg is lead off hitter! His batting avg is ok at best for a leadoff hitter, don't get a ton of walks, only steals 5 bases per year, but he's leadoff? The strategy works.
Edit: Springer's batting avg is decent. Got him mixed up with Khris Davis.
Astros are awesome though. Don't follow them, but I like how a HR bomber like George Springer with a usually crap batting avg is lead off hitter! His batting avg is ok at best for a leadoff hitter, don't get a ton of walks, only steals 5 bases per year, but he's leadoff? The strategy works.
Edit: Springer's batting avg is decent. Got him mixed up with Khris Davis.
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Musky_Cheese
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and anyone else I missed for playing in the NeoGAF Fantasy Baseball League
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finished 2nd behind the Super Nationals
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finished 2nd behind the Super Nationals
greyshark
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Congrats on winning the league Musky! Super Nationals indeed - they were truly unstoppable over the past two weeks (in fantasy and IRL).
TrainedRage
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Go Twins!!!
synchronicity
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Good luck to any fans within this thread that still have their dog in the fight. Hope it's a great post-season. And I hope that the Yankees are no-hit in 3 straight and that after that humiliation the Twins collectively line up and piss all over monument park while laughing maniacally.
Rock And Roll
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Congrats on winning it all dude even though you're Commish and you undoubtedly cheated and hacked the system. Shark is lucky I was moving all weekend or I probably wouldn't have let him take all those starting pitchers. Great stuff everyone, let's do it again next year!
Now I'm going to watch yesterday's Giants game since I missed it.
Texas Pride
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Nah fuck that leave my Astros alone. We're in a great place with the personnel we have.
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Rock And Roll
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Managers are dropping like flies. In addition to Andy Green and Joe Maddon, the Pirates have fired Clint Hurdle and the Angels have fired Brad Ausmus after one season. Gabe Kapler and Mickey Callaway are probably still in the hot seat as well. There's going to be a few vacant managerial positions to be filled in the offseason, remember Bochy and Yost have also retired. That's 5 vacant positions as of right now.
Musky_Cheese
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Whether or not Gabe stays or goes, that season is on the GM.
They didn't target Pitching during the offseason. And it was what bite them in the ass. Same as last season. After Nola they have no one. And bullpen is piss poor too.
Anyone expecting that roster to win just wasn't paying attention to how teams have been winning.
Rock And Roll
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I agree on principle that pitching wins, but a quick scan across the league will show you a few teams (Twins, Brewers, arguably the Yanks) with suspect pitching that managed to hit their way into the post season. I do agree though, they needed to do a lot more with the rotation and bullpen instead of just signing Harper and trading for JT. Neither one of those guys would be able to bail out a shaky rotation night after night
Musky_Cheese
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It’s funny because I live near Philly. Everyone around me is Phillies fans. And they would look at me dumbfounded when I told them the Phillies wouldn’t finish any higher than 3rd at best.
While I understand some teams did win with suspect pitching, the NL East is determined by pitching. That same Phillies team lost 14 of 19 to the Nationals. Pitching is the reason why.
Braves had good pitching and made additions in the bullpen at the trade deadline. Mets for all the problems they had, had good starting pitching.
But the difference between the Mets, Nats and Phillies is the Mets and Nats bullpen underperformed. No one could have know Diaz would fall apart, once one of the games best reliever. No one knew Rosenthal couldn’t throw strikes. No one could foresee Sipp unable to get lefties out.
Phillies bullpen (and starters 2-5) didn’t exactly underperform. They didn’t have recent past success to predict positive results for 2019. They performed exactly as they had in 2018.
This user has been removed from thread. We let a post slide with just an edit, and you not only acknowledge, but double down.
Sorry you were unable to use your words. Nothing is wrong with me.
This is what's wrong with you: I've corrected you multiple times, as you've been wrong about the New York Mess and about me and my motivations. Multiple times, sadly.
My last statement was edited, so I won't repeat it. But you attempting to "troll" me because I disagree with you is just more evidence of you being a sad fanatic and a crappy human being.
Meanwhile, my criticisms of the New York Mess stand:
1) The GM should not invest in a bleak present by trading away the future.
2) There should be more oversight for the GM given his tendency to give sweetheart deals to former clients.
3) Robinson Cano was a poor choice for a trade target.
4) The Wilpons are the worst sort of owners, and their presence and guiding philosophy is toxic.
5) The Mess are too old and too unathletic. They have too many out-of-position players. The team needs to address this.
7) They're still doing plenty of dumb stuff like threatening to beat up reporters.
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prag16
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Feel free to think that, however your behavior in this topic speaks for itself.
Nice. Feel free to think that as well.
I'm not sure anybody not in the Wilpon family would disagree with this, so no bonus points for stating the obvious.
StreetsofBeige
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Can't wait!
Baseball regular season. Who gives a fuck unless you're in a fantasy pool
Baseball playoffs: Awesome
Baseball regular season. Who gives a fuck unless you're in a fantasy pool
Baseball playoffs: Awesome
Rock And Roll
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As stated above, been moving last couple weeks so I've been inactive. Maybe I can throw together a quick and dirty OT for the playoffs tomorrow if no one else is up to it.
For now, my bracket which will be destroyed instantly.
Nats over Brews. Dodgers over Nats. Cards over Braves. Dodgers over Cards.
Rays over A's (poor Billy never catches a break). Astros over Rays. Twins over Yanks. Astros over Twins.
Astros over Dodgers one more time.
Get hype, game starts soon!
For now, my bracket which will be destroyed instantly.
Nats over Brews. Dodgers over Nats. Cards over Braves. Dodgers over Cards.
Rays over A's (poor Billy never catches a break). Astros over Rays. Twins over Yanks. Astros over Twins.
Astros over Dodgers one more time.
Get hype, game starts soon!
StreetsofBeige
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If Nats blow it tonight.... yikes.
Musky_Cheese
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Yo. Don’t bring that bad karma here
Rock And Roll
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Musky_Cheese
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Rock And Roll
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I'm so sorry
Musky_Cheese
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Rock And Roll
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Baseball.
Musky_Cheese
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JareBear: Remastered
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Congrats Nats.
What a finish.
Good luck against the Dodgers.
Not gonna lie, Brewers fucked the Rockies hard last post-season so I won’t shed tears for them. Also, go Strasburg. East County San Diego represent.
What a finish.
Good luck against the Dodgers.
Not gonna lie, Brewers fucked the Rockies hard last post-season so I won’t shed tears for them. Also, go Strasburg. East County San Diego represent.
Musky_Cheese
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Rock And Roll
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Rays vs A's underway now. I love playoff ball in Oakland, such an energetic crowd. And there's a home run. Huzzah.
synchronicity
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Don't you tease me like that!
And congrats to the Nats! Playoff baseball can feel so unfair, but that's part of what makes it great. You play 162 games to earn yourself a chance to represent who you are in a single game or a very short series. It cannot adequately reflect who you are as a team, and yet you must live with the outcome. The baseball gods are indeed cruel!
Rock And Roll
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Trust, they're gonna outslug the Yanks. Probably going to go 5 though and there's gonna be multiple heart attacks.
Rock And Roll
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They really jumped on Manaea. Like the Brewers yesterday, just go up there swinging because you know they're going to be pumping the zone with Ks
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Watching the A’s lose every playoff game they can advance in for 20 years (except once) is the source of 20 years of cynical depression for me probably
StreetsofBeige
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LOL. I like how the side commentator half hr ago said something like the Rays have a $53 million payroll making the playoffs and the Red Sox have $250 million and missed.
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Musky_Cheese
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Right on Right crime
Rock And Roll
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Chokeland A's :3
Rock And Roll
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Btw throwing together a shitty OT for the playoffs typed on my phone because I left my laptop at home. Look for it later today!
JareBear: Remastered
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I’ll miss the CluelessMickey twitter account.
That was a mandatory move, though. No way you bring him back.
That was a mandatory move, though. No way you bring him back.
Fox Mulder
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Lol twins.
Yankees are making them lick white dog shit.
Yankees are making them lick white dog shit.
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Rock And Roll
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Gerrit Cole looks filthy tonight. I feel bad for the Rays
Rock And Roll
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Things are getting interesting in Houston right now...
synchronicity
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Don't feel bad for them. At this point they're so accustomed to it that it tastes like foie gras.
The way they've played against the Yankees over the years, they ought to just tell them not to bother flying to Minnesota. "Don't worry sir, we wouldn't want to put you out or inconvenience you in any way by SHOWING UP AND PLAYING!!!!!"
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