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MLB - Official 2012 Postseason Thread of More Wild Cards and Higher Champagne Budgets
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DUFFMCWALIN
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I kinda understand the hate from us, but it's not like we win all of the time. Direct your hate towards those that deserve it, like the Yankees.
Little Green Yoda
Member
Couldn't watch the game but caught the last half of the game on the radio. Can't believe how much better our bullpen is now with Kelly and Rosenthal stepping in the middle innings when necessary. Beats relying on Victor Marte and Barret Browning.
Also happy to see Lincecum pitching out of the bullpen since that means we might see Zito start.
Also happy to see Lincecum pitching out of the bullpen since that means we might see Zito start.
Little Green Yoda
Member
I remember some USAToday columnist predicted Tigers in 3 for that 2006 Series because Detroit was so good. Maybe they finally learned to play defense now?
Tim and Joe speculated that he'll probably start Game 4 since he was pulled so quickly tonight.
Heh. I never quite got how favored the Tigers were in that Series. It wasn't like that Tigers team was just full of monstrous talent. They overachieved to get to there and the layoff just seemed to rob the mojo out of them.
This year's team is a lot better on paper and aren't overperforming as much as they're living up to potential. If they're overachieving in this postseason in any facet, it's Jhonny Peralta's glove, which has been the great untold story of this ALCS, buried under "Jeter's out for the season" and "holy crap the Yankees offense has imploded."
But I've said it before in this thread and I'll say it again. Right now I will take the Tigers rotation over anyone else on the planet. Top to bottom, those four pitchers have been nothing short of magnificent this postseason.
No Yankees, you're supposed to get runs, not the runs.
Gonna shit on Verlanders face.
lazybones18
Banned
Gonna see if I can purchase World Series tix from Comerica Park itself instead of just online later today
Dominican Power
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Such vapidness from the Yankee faithful.
acheron_xl
Member
Just toss JV every other game. His arm can take it. You don't have to field what is never put into play.
Dreamcaster
Banned
The Tigers were good, but inexperienced. Kenny Rogers found his mojo, but Verlander was Young, they actually Started Nate Robertson in every series I believe, and we even threw Jeremy Bonderman. They also had like 4 throwing errors to first and third base.
Are Yankees fans still grousing about the blown call? Let's also pretend these never happened:
Obvious third strike not called on Tino Martinez. Next pitch, grand slam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msEUiKR0dAk#t=40s
Jeffrey Maier:
Chuck Knoblauch's phantom tage on Jose Offerman - this was actually called an out:
Get bent, Girardi!
Future Foundation
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Are Yankees fans still grousing about the blown call? Let's also pretend these never happened:
Obvious third strike not called on Tino Martinez. Next pitch, grand slam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msEUiKR0dAk#t=40s
Jeffrey Maier:
Chuck Knoblauch's phantom tage on Jose Offerman - this was actually called an out:
Get bent, Girardi!
Your salt and Girardi's salt are gonna give this thread diabetes. Chill out.
Dreamcaster
Banned
Haha, I just laugh at a manager/fanbase getting so bent out of shape and completely forgetting all the blown calls that have gone their way in the playoffs the last 15 years. Who was a player on that 1999 Yankees team - that's right, Joe Girardi.
Oh look, now Kev is a doctor! whoopie de dooooooo
Why? If no one complains there would be no reason to fix it. Unless you are one of those "human element" geniuses.
Why? If no one complains there would be no reason to fix it. Unless you are one of those "human element" geniuses.
Dreamcaster
Banned
I am fine with instant replay in baseball, but then it gets to how far should it go? Should they institute a "K zone" and just get rid of the home plate umpire calling balls and strikes - or allow a challenge, similar to what they use at Wimbledon and on the tennis tour? We have the technology.
In talking about this case specifically, I thought it ridiculous for him to go off on that tirade and unfortunately there wasn't a reporter smart enough to ask "Joe, were you this incensed in 1999 when your team got the benefit of such a call?"
Even if Infante was called out, you can't predict what would have happened in the next inning - Cabrera would have led off.
It should go as far as technology allows and continue to improve as technology improves. There are still issues with home plate monitoring technologies recognizing depth, so I think we are stuck with umps for a few more years. Every other call should be instantly reviewed from a booth and reversed if necessary. Let's not pretend like there isn't 10-45 seconds of downtime between a ball in play and the next pitch. This would have no pacing impact and would actually speed the game up as managers would have no one to bitch to and stall the game.
Dmncnby2k9
Banned
Agreed. And the union wouldnt bitch because it means more umpire jobs. Even give them a little pay raise. Then, get the worse umps out of the fucking field n into the replay office. No way they can screw that up.
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
Not sure if u know how diabetes works.
Except the part everybody bitches about, balls and strikes on 90mph pitches.
BTW, when they broadcast MLB I'm Europe, what does the radar gun read?
SonicMegaDrive
Member
The time for replay is NOW!
But only because for once it's the Yankees on the sour end of a blown call and not the other way around, naturally.
Dreamcaster
Banned
This is how professional sports works, unfortunately. Do you think the referees in the NFL would have been back the next week if it was the Bills that got screwed and not the Packers?
Isn't it Sabathia?
At the moment, no.
DUFFMCWALIN
Member
Speed of the pitch in MPH.
andthebeatgoeson
Junior Member
is that when yankees' fans get upset about sweet bitch tits and how he's playing?
With that kind of rock solid medical diagnosis, expect a call from MLB Networks' on-air talent scout. You'll be behind a mic by opening day!
Verlander shelled for 5 runs, Hughes gives up one. It's fate.
<new av.
Feels good man.
some others:
If you could put a Cardinal hat on my dog, I'd very much appreciate it.
sf2fanatic
Member
I see you be Sippin too much of that Kool Aid.
Little Green Yoda
Member
The 2006 Tigers went 7-0 after dropping the first game of the ALDS to NY. They probably shouldn't have been heavy favorites in the WS but let's not downplay their talent relative to the 2006 Cards now. If it weren't for those errors, the series is a lot closer than 4-1.
If we were to meet this year in the WS, it'll be an interesting contrast of styles. Dominant starting pitching + leaky relief vs shaky starting pitching + solid bullpen.
I always thought that was a cat for some reason. The sunglasses threw me off. Just like how they hide the ugliness in eznark's pic above.
cuevas. PhD.
Member
Fuck the tigers.
evil solrac v3.0
Member
The Tigers were good, but inexperienced. Kenny Rogers found his mojo, but Verlander was Young, they actually Started Nate Robertson in every series I believe, and we even threw Jeremy Bonderman. They also had like 4 throwing errors to first and third base.
Are Yankees fans still grousing about the blown call? Let's also pretend these never happened:
Obvious third strike not called on Tino Martinez. Next pitch, grand slam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msEUiKR0dAk#t=40s
Jeffrey Maier:
Chuck Knoblauch's phantom tage on Jose Offerman - this was actually called an out:
Get bent, Girardi!
the fuck does that have to do with yesterday's call? is there a umpire manual that says you have to make up a call for another failing to make the right call? a bad call is a bad call whether it's against your fucking team or not. what idiocy.
like I said, idiotic thinking, what does the yankees getting a bad call go their way have to do with the fact that it's a bad call? umpires are fucking up left and right all around the league and you want to go back 15 years!
because people weren't clamoring for instant replay in the Atlanta game, or the perfect game that wasn't in Detroit a while back? I can keep going, this isn't about the Yankees only.
lazybones18
Banned
Getting WS tix from Comerica Park itself is a no-go :/
Guess I'll have to use my dad's credit card if I plan to go to all the home games
Guess I'll have to use my dad's credit card if I plan to go to all the home games
Dreamcaster
Banned
It has to do with the audacity of Girardi acting like he did. Newsflash: When you score ZERO runs and go 20 out of 21 innings without scoring a run, worry about your team's hitting, not silly things like a blown call that, ultimately, had no bearing on the outcome.
vas_a_morir
Banned
Dusty was extended.
That was the news that finally killed my interest in sports. Bye.
That was the news that finally killed my interest in sports. Bye.
lazybones18
Banned
Don't worry man. At least you still have the Beng.....yeah, it was nice knowing you
Now you are truly a San Francisco sports "fan"
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