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[The Mana Legend]

Lifelongs. All of our hope is in Zito's hands. God hep us all.

At least it's not the same Zito from two years ago.

 

[Jack Scofield]

You lost the game for us, Pence!

 

[RumblingRosco]

Interview Waino, Erin, not fucking Holliday.

 

[cashman]

Hey guys, it's not the offseason yet, but I still think it's a good time to talk about Otani-san

Where the Japanese baseball league talk?

o hai Corran

 

[The Mana Legend]

You lost the game for us, Pence!

So sick of that fuck face.

 

[DUFFMCWALIN]

Time to take shots.

 

[Corran Horn]

Hey guys, it's not the offseason yet, but I still think it's a good time to talk about Otani-san




o hai Corran

Yay

 

[Windu]

Hey guys, it's not the offseason yet, but I still think it's a good time to talk about Otani-san




o hai Corran

99 mph. nice.

 

[The Mana Legend]

Hey guys, it's not the offseason yet, but I still think it's a good time to talk about Otani-san




o hai Corran

Give me some hitting first, please.

 

[rekameohs]

We don't need your gifs. We have the Internet for that.

I honestly think that this joke will never get old.

 

[bozeman]

Good that we finally got some hits. Tim looked so sympathetic when FOX would zoom into him on the mound.

Glad we got to that bullpen a little bit, too. Hopefully Lynn doesn't shit the bed tomorrow night. I'm trying to get out of a prior commitment to watch the game.

 

[Mr. Enigma]

If the Cardinals clinch on Friday, both teams will have to wait five days to start the World Series.

 

[rekameohs]

If the Cardinals clinch on Friday, both teams will have to wait five days to start the World Series.

lol bud

 

[darkside31337]

5 days is enough time for team meteor to win.

 

[Jangocube]

Hey Yankees, thanks for cheating then completely fucking sucking in the next series. Really screwed the pooch on that one.

We'll trade you ARod for Betemit, you take Arod's salary.

 

[Carlbeego]

Hey Yankees, thanks for cheating then completely fucking sucking in the next series. Really screwed the pooch on that one.

We'll trade you ARod for Betemit, you take Arod's salary.

I think you mean Machado

 

[RumblingRosco]

Watching the replay of Holliday's second RBI, I laughed watching Matt Carpenter sort of belly flop/hop onto home after his slide missed touching it.

 

[DiscoJer]

Watching the replay of Holliday's second RBI, I laughed watching Matt Carpenter sort of belly flop/hop onto home after his slide missed touching it.

Yeah. I still don't get why Posey was playing 1B instead of C. He makes that play pretty easily. But thanks for the free run.

If the Cardinals clinch on Friday, both teams will have to wait five days to start the World Series.

I expect it to go back to SF, Lynn likely is worn out.

Anyway, shades of 2006, when Detroit sat around for a week and apparently forgot how to field.

 

[Little Green Yoda]

Good that we finally got some hits. Tim looked so sympathetic when FOX would zoom into him on the mound.

Glad we got to that bullpen a little bit, too. Hopefully Lynn doesn't shit the bed tomorrow night. I'm trying to get out of a prior commitment to watch the game.

I felt sorry for Timmy during his postgame interview. :-(

Really glad Waino and our offense gave our good bullpen arms a day off. They will be busy tomorrow. I hope Matheny has a faster hook this time. Lynn was ace through three innings but clearly ran out of gas.

 

[lucius]

I still have hope for the Giants

 

[Little Green Yoda]

The nice thing is once the series is over I won't have to hear from Cardinals "fans" til next October.

Showing up in October:

The Cardinal Way

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

anyone think Dave Dombrowsky looks like Mr. Rogers?

 

[smokeymicpot]

I still have hope for the Giants

Same I really hope the Cards don't win. A friend on facebook is a doucher cards fan.

 

[McNei1y]

Come on Giants... we gave up a better fight than this... sorta.

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

The lucky woman who received Arod's ball during the game he was benched.

 

[Blearth]

I will be extremely disappointed if we can't at least bring the series back home. I just want to see AT&T park alive one more time before April.

 

[MrOogieBoogie]

 

[cashman]

fantastic

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

Hey Yankees, thanks for cheating then completely fucking sucking in the next series. Really screwed the pooch on that one.

We'll trade you ARod for Betemit, you take Arod's salary.

What!

Fuck no!

I wouldn't take on that bag of crap even if he were free. Sammy Sosa part II.

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

NY post cover

Possibly their finest work.

 

[vas_a_morir]

This is the most New York thing I've ever seen. Beautiful.

 

[Lambtron]

So Buster Posey (obviously) wins NL Comeback Player of the Year. Fernando Rodney won in the AL. Ooooookay then. Not who I was expecting.

 

[zulux21]

So Buster Posey (obviously) wins NL Comeback Player of the Year. Fernando Rodney won in the AL. Ooooookay then. Not who I was expecting.

while I am glad adam dunn didn't win comeback player, I really don't feel Rodney deserved it as his season wasn't so much a comeback season as his first great season.
edit: personally I think I would have given it to alex rios.

 

[Windu]

Ben Sheets should win NL Comeback Player of the Year

 

[Jangocube]

That..................that is fantastic.

 

[Lambtron]

while I am glad adam dunn didn't win comeback player, I really don't feel Rodney deserved it as his season wasn't so much a comeback season as his first great season.
edit: personally I think I would have given it to alex rios.

I would've thought Dunn, Rios, or Mauer, probably in that order, though I'd disagree with it.

Dunn was worth -3.0 fWAR in 2011 (holy shit!) and 1.7 in 2012. That's a pretty huge swing, but I don't know. He'd been worth 3+ wins several times, so I don't know if he's all the way back, but at least he isn't totally sucking. He hit 41 dongers, so I assumed this would push him ahead in the minds of the voters.

Rios was worth -0.8 fWAR in 2011, and 4.3 in 2012. An even bigger swing. I assume this is due largely in part to his 1.361 OPS against the Twins this year (I expected about twice that to be honest). This is up there with some of Rios' best seasons.

Mauer was worth 1.5 fWAR in 2011, and 5.0 in 2012. He had an average Joe Mauer year after dealing with injuries for most of 2011. The difference was maybe a bit more pronounced around here since (some) people stopped insinuating he was a pussy all year long.

I'm a bit biased towards Mauer since he's my favorite player, and his comeback was from injuries and not just playing terribly, but I think Rios would've been a good choice too. Certainly better than Rodney.

But hey, Rodney had 48 saves and a sweet ERA. Can't argue with that!

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

Oh shit I was right, Rodneh did win it! Told u Zuluk lol

 

[darkside31337]

Cool to see Rodney win some hardware. He had the best season in the history of baseball for a reliever. ERA king!

 

[lazybones18]

lol, nice cover

So this happened..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lec1cL2X5fs

 

[Future PhaZe]

watching the giants stink it up makes me feel better about my nats

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

So this is almost completely unrelated but I just discovered that Ken Tremendous from Fire Joe Morgan created Parks and Recreation. The more I know.

 

[zulux21]

But hey, Rodney had 48 saves and a sweet ERA. Can't argue with that!

nope, if you just take comeback as most improved between seasons Rodney is definitely at the front, as I said my only issue with him is he really isn't coming back from anything lol

Oh shit I was right, Rodneh did win it! Told u Zuluk lol

*tips cap*

 

[Branduil]

watching the giants stink it up makes me feel better about my nats

Why does that make you feel better? Your team could be World Series-bound if your management wasn't obsessed with the nebulous "future."

 

[darkside31337]

Why does that make you feel better? Your team could be World Series-bound if your management wasn't obsessed with the nebulous "future."

Obviously he looks at how much of a scrub Tim Lincecum is now and tells himself that is what Strasburg would have been if management didn't save him from throwing another gargantuan 20 innings this year.

 

[McNei1y]

Dunn got screwed. Come back player of the year was all his.

 

[darkside31337]

Adam Dunn still sucks though.

Rodney had the best year in the history of baseball for a reliever. The award was rightfully his.

 

[McNei1y]

Adam Dunn still sucks though.

Rodney had the best year in the history of baseball for a reliever. The award was rightfully his.

Wouldn't that be Most Improved or something? I mean he was always mediocre until this year.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

Well... (cracks knuckles) As a Royals fan who went into hibernation six weeks ago, I guess it's time to wake up and root against the Cards again. I'm glad the Yankees didn't win. I only could've rooted for a meteor strike.

 

[CygnusXS]

I liked your old name better, Enigma.

 

[Mr. Enigma]

I have my reasons.