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[JoseDFrog]

Damn that twins lineup spooked Sevvy. Indians better watch out!

 

[StoveOven]

As a Mets fan who suffered last year...

It really does suck. It's exciting, but it's really not fair to play 162 games and have the season determined by one game.

Nothing about the playoffs is fair. Although when the 1st Wild Card has a better record than a division winner and has to play in it, that's pretty bullshit *cough*Cubs*cough*

 

[davidwhangchoi]

damn......................................

 

[gamz]

It's not that simple.

Get rid of the Wild Card all together. It's that simple.

WC is awesome. As is this 1 game playoff.

 

[captive]

It's not that simple.

Get rid of the Wild Card all together. It's that simple.

What a ridiculous hot take.

 

[Chris R]

Hoping the twins save a little bit of this beatdown for me to view when I get home in just under an hour

 

[Raziel]

The mics picking up the sound of the bat on ball in this espn broadcast are superb.

 

[CosmicQueso]

Green spitting fire.

It's not that simple.

Get rid of the Wild Card all together. It's that simple.

Herp derp lose the DH, go back to two divisions, outlaw the shift amirite? Muh traditions.

 

[boxter432]

It's the Twins, the Yanks will find a way to steal the game.

I don't know how the Yanks always do it, but they always find a way against the Twins.

Yeah I was at a playoff game and we were up 3-0 against CC in 2010 on an early Cuddy bomb. We did not win.


Buxton should have bunted. Squeeze.

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

Chad Green is a beast man.

 

[IceBringer]

Good outing by Severino

 

[Earthbound64]

The takes that if the Twins beat the Yankees it'll ruin the playoffs are pretty fucking infuriating. God damn I hate the Yankees.

You think that's bad, 2001 was far worse. The Yankees practically went into the playoffs being ordained champions, and you were "un-American" if you rooted against them.
Luis Gonzalez' hit was amazing.

 

[sangreal]

Let's hope the offense showed up

 

[3N16MA]

Yanks can easily get back in this.

Santana is not scaring anyone.

 

[StoveOven]

You think that's bad, 2001 was far worse. The Yankees practically went into the playoffs being ordained champions, and you were "un-American" if you rooted against them.
Luis Gonzalez' hit was amazing.

Way to kick us while we're down

 

[Line_HTX]

What a ridiculous hot take.

Exactly. This current format is more exciting because of the race in the final month. Taking that away would kill it.

 

[Faddy]

Crowd got that strike 2

 

[boxter432]

Castro will strike out for sure. He sucks.
Does hit random doubles and homers but sucks.

Wow strike 2 was way outside.

 

[Syphon Filter]

yankees got this

 

[Malo]

Give green chapman money

 

[Rock And Roll]

Half of the prophecy is complete.

Edit: can't figure out how to post image from mobile because I'm an old man with a feeble grasp on technology but I said to a buddy earlier +220 on Twins because I thought Sev would choke the yank offense would try too hard

 

[blackaroni]

That's the Castro that I remember.

 

[Line_HTX]

This guy should've started instead of Severino.

 

[boxter432]

And just like I said. We leave so many guys in scoring position. We've been up 3-0 against the yanks just recently.
Great to get 3 but at least a sac fly would have been huge.

 

[3N16MA]

Bring on the comeback.

 

[CosmicQueso]

This guy should've started instead of Severino.

Any of us should have started instead of Severino.

 

[JoseDFrog]

5 runs off Santana this inning?

 

[Lambtron]

5 runs off Santana this inning?

Santana usually waits until his second time through the order to wilt.

 

[ThisGuy]

Whhhooooooooooooooooo the yanks are getting shit on!

 

[Maxim726X]

Green spitting fire.



Herp derp lose the DH, go back to two divisions, outlaw the shift amirite? Muh traditions.

Not at all about traditions.

Baseball is not a game that should ever be decided a 1 game elimination. Old system was fine, this punishes the legitimate WC winner.

 

[Choomp]

That could've been a lot worse.

Yankees need to get some momentum back now and get 1 or 2 runs this inning

 

[Mrbob]

Yankees kept this a game, Twins might regret not being able to get those other two runs in.

 

[TwntyOneTwlv]

NYY not out of this yet.

I fucking love the WC game when my team isn't playing in it

 

[sf2fanatic]

Is it me or the postseason patches look like $.50 stick on's..

 

[rekameohs]

Is it me or the postseason patches look like $.50 stick on's..

Yeah, they look really dumb

 

[RampagingSoul]

And just like I said. We leave so many guys in scoring position. We've been up 3-0 against the yanks just recently.
Great to get 3 but at least a sac fly would have been huge.

I was going to say that leaving those two on base could hurt the Twins. 4 or 5 runs now could be a lot different than 3, especially with not knowing how Santana is going to do and facing the Yankee's bullpen, even if it's through 8.2 innings.

 

[JambiBum]

Not at all about traditions.

Baseball is not a game that should ever be decided a 1 game elimination. Old system was fine, this punishes the legitimate WC winner.

Just make it a 3 game series where the legitimate WC winners get home field the entire series like how 3 game series work during the season. 1 game eliminations are exciting but its not really conducive to how baseball works.

 

[boxter432]

Ball two was just a strike on Castro. Get it together ump. (Def a ball)

 

[clemenx]

This guy should've started instead of Severino.

One of these years someone is going to start a playoff game with the bullpen outright.

 

[Bronx-Man]

coming in real quick just to say:



27 rings, bro

 

[captmcblack]

LEGIT

SHOOK.

 

[sf2fanatic]

coming in real quick just to say:



27 rings, bro

*chair shots Bronx *

 

[boxter432]

FFS Ervin. Don't pitch scared.

 

[sangreal]

Not at all about traditions.

Baseball is not a game that should ever be decided a 1 game elimination. Old system was fine, this punishes the legitimate WC winner.

the old system punished everyone who wasn't in the AL east and at the same time made the AL east boring as fuck

 

[Line_HTX]

That's the Castro that I remember.

ROFL, that Shannon Sharpe face... I'm dying.

 

[3N16MA]

Santana's got nothing. Beat this bum.

 

[Lee Chaolan]

lol wtf you doing Santana

 

[Syphon Filter]

Whhhooooooooooooooooo the yanks are getting shit on!

we coming back soon.

 

[clemenx]

Just make it a 3 game series where the legitimate WC winners get home field the entire series like how 3 game series work during the season. 1 game eliminations are exciting but its not really conducive to how baseball works.

There is not much difference between 1 and 3 games when talking about randomness in baseball.

Let's just be thankful there's 2 extra spots that shouldn't be there. To begin with.

 

[Caja 117]

Just make it a 3 game series where the legitimate WC winners get home field the entire series like how 3 game series work during the season. 1 game eliminations are exciting but its not really conducive to how baseball works.

Yeah,Baseball is a gane where your best pitcher can have an off day, so deciding everything with one gane elimination is no different than having a coin flip match.