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[zulux21]

for the record for me.

Dodgers vs astros = ideal series, astros ideally win.

dodgers vs yankees = meh series, dodgers must win.

Cubs vs astros = okay series, astros must win.

cubs vs yankees = FML :/

 

[Mrbob]

Please shower us with Dusty gif.

 

[therealist]

Nationals why are you such big chokers.

 

[Flying Toaster]

GG Cubs.

Dusty Baker still terrible.

D.C. deserves this for stealing the Expos. Vive les Expos!

The Expos curse. It is a thing now.

 

[GravityInsanity]

Happy Cubs got the win but then you realize you face a VERY tough Dodgers team.

 

[Josh5890]

GG Cubs.

Dusty Baker still terrible.

D.C. deserves this for stealing the Expos. Vive les Expos!

That was all Loria. He killed the Expos

 

[Malo]

Jon Heyman

in quite a quirk, 4 biggest cities in USA are represented in final 4 teams. 1 (NY) plays 4 (Hou), 2 (LA) plays 3 (Chi)

Network execs hard af

 

[GoutPatrol]

LA vs New York hype

Big market always wins >

The 4 teams left represent the cities with the largest populations. I wonder if they has ever happened before.

edit; literally just beaten

 

[OfficerRaichu15]

thats what you get Dusty

Cubs I wish you luck in the NLCS. The dodgers are on a mission this year man :/

 

[blackaroni]

https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/918699758083907584
America's four largest cities are represented in the NLCS & ALCS.
1. New York
2. Los Angeles
3. Chicago
4. Houston

Edit: beaten twice...shit.

 

[Windu]

Jon Heyman

in quite a quirk, 4 biggest cities in USA are represented in final 4 teams. 1 (NY) plays 4 (Hou), 2 (LA) plays 3 (Chi)

Network execs hard af

Quirk, sure. I expect parity to go out the window with big market teams acting like small market front offices. The age of the super team is back again.

 

[Dishwalla]

Alright we get to take on the Cubs. Bring it.

 

[KissVibes]

Nationals why are you such big chokers.

Washington is haunted. NHL, MLB, and NBA. All the good DC teams are cursed.


Redskins are just bad.

 

[OfficerRaichu15]

If there is a god, it would be Astros and Cubs

 

[Josh5890]

https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/918699758083907584
America's four largest cities are represented in the NLCS & ALCS.
1. New York
2. Los Angeles
3. Chicago
4. Houston

Edit: beaten

See 2005 world series ratings

 

[gamz]

So Lackey game 1.


Whew! Wade was gutsy as hell! That was an endurance test.

 

[Windu]

If there is a god, it would be Astros and Cubs

Cubs won last year. So no.

Give me Dodgers / Astros. Dodgers haven't won in 30 years and Astros never have.

 

[zulux21]

See 2005 world series ratings

I mean the white sox are more equivalent to say... the arizona diamondbacks than a real chicago team

 

[blackaroni]

See 2005 world series ratings

I do not recall that WS ever happening. Sorry.

 

[Mrbob]

Cubs won last year. So no.

Give me Dodgers / Astros. Dodgers haven't won in 30 years and Astros never have.

Need another back to back champion. Been too long.

 

[TheCochese]

So Lackey game 1.


Whew! Wade was gutsy as hell! That was an endurance test.

44 pitches.

In Atlanta, pulling for the Astros.

 

[mjp2417]

See 2005 world series ratings

As long as the Astros don't make it, the ratings are going to be bonkers. No one, even in Chicago, is a White Sox fan. No one outside Houston is an Astros fan.

 

[OfficerRaichu15]

Cubs won last year. So no.

Give me Dodgers / Astros. Dodgers haven't won in 30 years and Astros never have.

I would tolerate that. Just not the Yankees. Their fake ass MVP ain’t beating my boy Altruve

 

[Josh5890]

I mean the white sox are more equivalent to say... the arizona diamondbacks than a real chicago team

Fair point but still. The middle of that decade was filled with bad world series'

 

[gamz]

44 pitches.

I'm honestly surprised he had a clean 9th. That was incredible.

 

[zulux21]

I do not recall that WS ever happening. Sorry.

it's okay I will remember for you.

Need another back to back champion.

nah... cubs need to go for a new longest without world series win streak.

perhaps not let some guy that has a goat in during the next series so they can do stupid stuff like blow up balls and mix them in spaghetti for the players to eat again

 

[blackaroni]

As long as the Astros don't make it, the ratings are going to be bonkers. No one, even in Chicago, is a White Sox fan. No one outside Houston is an Astros fan.

I hope y'all are swept.

 

[sf2fanatic]

poor dusty

Smh Dusty

 

[mjp2417]

I hope y'all are swept.

Major League Baseball certainly doesn't

 

[shwimpy]

yessss, get drunk and hung over.

 

[OfficerRaichu15]

Just y’all wait the Reds will be there in 60 years!
Also who is Texas mostly a fan of, the Rangers?
Those guys?

 

[zulux21]

Fair point but still. The middle of that decade was filled with bad world series'

bad for ratings maybe, that was a great series

As long as the Astros don't make it, the ratings are going to be bonkers. No one, even in Chicago, is a White Sox fan. No one outside Houston is an Astros fan.

I know it's hard to remember that I am a white sox fan given how often I am rooting for other teams, but I do exist...

 

[tapedeck]

for the record for me.

Dodgers vs astros = ideal series, astros ideally win.

dodgers vs yankees = meh series, dodgers must win.

Cubs vs astros = okay series, astros must win.

cubs vs yankees = FML :/

I am in 100% agreement.

I live in the burbs of Chicago and in one year Cubs fans have become so obnoxious I’m rooting against them.

 

[Sir Alemeth]

Poor Dusty.

Rooting for the Astros.

GG Cubs, these Dodgers are not of this world.

 

[tapedeck]

As long as the Astros don't make it, the ratings are going to be bonkers. No one, even in Chicago, is a White Sox fan. No one outside Houston is an Astros fan.

White Sox fan here, there are dozens of us.

 

[Josh5890]

I am in 100% agreement.

I live in the burbs of Chicago and in one year Cubs fans have become so obnoxious I’m rooting against them.

As a cubs fan who has sat at wrigley in 30 degree cold fricken days back I the day when the crappyteams lost by 8 + runs, I hate those fair weather fans.

 

[darkside31337]

there is no way they can bring dusty back next season

 

[Malo]

White Sox fan here, there are dozens of us.

 

[dickroach]

the 05 Astros were a boring, old, brown NL team.
the 17 Astros are a fun, young, orange AL team.

oh, the Cubs and Dodgers are probably the two most popular teams in the country behind the Yankees
the ratings are gonna be good

there is no way they can bring dusty back next season

he's trash

 

[Jinto]

So the 4 teams who made the biggest starting pitcher acquisitions at or around the deadline all advanced.

Astros - Verlander
Cubs - Quintana
Dodgers - Darvish
Yankees - Gray

 

[gamz]

As a cubs fan who has sat at wrigley in 30 degree cold fricken days back I the day when the crappyteams lost by 8 + runs, I hate those fair weather fans.

As did I and the more fans the better. Have no problem with it.

 

[JohnTinker]

Celebrate deep into the night, Cubbies

 

[zulux21]

I am in 100% agreement.

I live in the burbs of Chicago and in one year Cubs fans have become so obnoxious I’m rooting against them.

I'm a few hours away near madison now, so I haven't really had to deal with much in the way of cubs fans. the only ones I have met here tend to not even know who is on their team at all lol.

it's all packers or badgers here.

it's even hard to find brewers fans :/

 

[HarryDemeanor]

Spoiler

Shamelessly stolen from r/baseball

 

[Mrbob]

It feels a little weird being a fan of a team that plays so many crazy playoff games the last couple years and find a way to win. Usually it's the other team on the field who does this.

 

[sf2fanatic]

*

Line*


Feeling good about our pitching. Everyone will be well rested.

 

[perfectchaos007]

The first, second, third, and fourth largest cities in the USA will have their team represented in the championship series'. As such, the ALCS + NLCS may be the most watched championship series in a long time. Baseball commish didn't rig anything

 

[Choomp]

Dusty looks broken in the post game press conference. I know he has a bad rep but I gotta feel bad for him

 

[AnimeFantasy]

Dusty looks broken in the post game press conference. I know he has a bad rep but I gotta feel bad for him

Yeah it was kind of hard to watch that.

 

[HarryDemeanor]

The Ravine will run red with Rizzo's blood.