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MLB - Official 2012 Postseason Thread of More Wild Cards and Higher Champagne Budgets
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Ninja Scooter
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You're the sconi. If anyone should know what a bearded lady has to do with anything it's you!
Royals already said they are going to overpay on pitchers this offseason so hamilton likely wouldn't remotely fit into their plans
though the astros on the other hand
Mr. Enigma
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Wonder if some players are going to get fined for talking shit about Holbrook on Twitter. Brandon McCarthy, Jimmy Rollins, and a few others are saying some strong stuff about it.
Rafa=FedKilla
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Brandon has a note from his doctor though....
Little Green Yoda
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So when are you guys trading Andrus? Or do you move one of them to 2B?
BigJonsson
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Ugh, don't call her that
Profar isn't ready and wont be until at least 2014.
Kinsler is going to be the one to move.
MarauderShields
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The first game was entertaining for the wrong reasons but of course the games were entertaining. I still dont think that means they should exist.
Meh, I think it's for the best. The extra WC keeps more cities into baseball longer, and their really isn't any other format that would work any better without dragging on the postseason and bloating it tremendously, short of cutting the regular season by like a week or something.
StickSoldier
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There's absolutely NO WAY Josh stays in Texas, especially after his shenanigans the latter part of the year. They also need to shore up their rotation. I thought Holland would be able to take the 2nd spot in the rotation this year but he just isn't good enough, so currently it's Yu, Colby, and Matt, then Holland and Dempster... =\
MarauderShields
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Then just let 16 teams in the playoffs if thats the reasoning. A one game playoff is a ridiculous crapshoot.
I think there is a chance he stays in Texas, but I think the leader is defiantly Philly. They're probably the only team stupid enough to make a high end offer to him close to what he wants. Normally I would say the Cubs would be a lock to give that kind of contract, but things may be different now with Epstein.
Mr. Enigma
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I was originally fine with this new system, but goddamn...it fucking sucks to watch a team win 94 games in a season and get eliminated because they lost one game to a team that finished 6 games below them in the standings.
Dominican Power
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In all honesty The Braves deserved better. Cardinals were so inconsistent the whole year.
So you want no playoffs? Nice! Welcome to the club!
Braves still wouldn't have been in the World Series.
Mr. Enigma
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Yeah, that's definitely what I said.
Only way to avoid your issue. And I'm 100% serious. League champions meet in the World Series. Fuck playoffs.
They brought it on themselves. All they had to do was make routine defensive plays and they walk away with a victory tonight.
I've wanted something similar again for years. I'd compromise with two divisions per league, winners play one another, then World Series.
the playoffs get ratings though
though it would be interesting to see how a season of 174 games where each team played each other team twice in 3 game series one away one at home with the team with the most wins being called the champ would turn out
The Outsider
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Cards lost a World Series due to a bad umpire call.
Has that "infield fly" chant been confirmed? The only chant I've heard in the celebration clips I've seen is their usual "happy flight."
ConradCervantes
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Finally saw the infield fly play. Man, fuck Sam Holbrook and fuck the Cardinals for celebrating it after the game. Most of all, fuck Joe Torre and MLB for this mockery of an event. I hope the Nats crush St. Louis now.
Its not like it doesn't happen in other sports , remember the 7-9 Seahawks? If you don't want to be eliminated in one game win your division. I like this new playoff because it gives winning your division more meaning.
Mr. Enigma
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That's football. They play one game a week.
But the better teams get to rest for one week with the bye.
Little Green Yoda
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Celebrating the call is stupid, I agree.
Torre doesn't have the authority to override w/e rules they have in place to overturn the call. Protests only succeed if the umpires didn't follow the rules - judgment calls can't be overturned via protest. Blame rests on the umpires.
Like you'd be rooting for us anyway XFD.
evil solrac v3.0
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yeah Harold Reynolds is a dumbass too.
Mr. Enigma
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Not going to lie, I hope the Nationals beat the Cardinals brains in for their stupid little "infield fly" chant.
McNei1y and Sharp, I am with you the rest of the playoffs.
McNei1y and Sharp, I am with you the rest of the playoffs.
Until you lose to the Orioles in the WS
They were celebrating it? Seriously?
As if I had any more reasons to hate the fucking Cardinals.
I mean, I hate the Barves too, but I don't like it when teams get fucked on calls like this.
Mr. Enigma
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Someone said they were chanting "Infield Fly" in the clubhouse celebrating.
sf2fanatic
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