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[lazybones18]

well, Red Sox got this game tonight :/

 

[Sanjuro]

 

[The Elite]

Ump lost count of balls and strikes in the White Sox vs. Jays game, he's now checking video replay.

/fail.

 

[Y2Kev]

Seriously, scutaro, lolololol

 

[Jangocube]

Le sigh....

Orioles pitching is just god awful. I'll call my boys and tell them to get the bats ready for the rest of the game...

 

[tmdorsey]

7-0. Fucking terrible. I don't think I want to see this team in the playoffs.

 

[Brofist]

a win in the first half of the season = 1. A win in the second half of the season = 1.

Tell that to the team that loses the last game of the season and gets knocked out of the playoffs. I'm sure they'll be thrilled to know they had a great April/May run.

 

[Lambtron]

Tell that to the team that loses the last game of the season and gets knocked out of the playoffs. I'm sure they'll be thrilled to know they had a great April/May run.

Obviously it wasn't that great if they're missing the playoffs by one game.

 

[rekameohs]

7-0. Fucking terrible. I don't think I want to see this team in the playoffs.

You might not be. Cardinals coming back

 

[Windu]

Tell that to the team that loses the last game of the season and gets knocked out of the playoffs. I'm sure they'll be thrilled to know they had a great April/May run.

ok....still doesn't change the fact that a win in the first half is the same as a win in the second.

 

[eznark]

Tell that to the team that loses the last game of the season and gets knocked out of the playoffs. I'm sure they'll be thrilled to know they had a great April/May run.

Have you never actually participated in a sport, or any activity whose outcome was decided over the course of many game spread out over a period of time? Only the simplest of simple minds look at the last loss as more meaningful than the 60-70 previous losses.

 

[darkside31337]

Tell that to the team that loses the last game of the season and gets knocked out of the playoffs. I'm sure they'll be thrilled to know they had a great April/May run.

If my Mets won one more game in April / May / June / July / August then September doesn't matter.

Red Sox tanked it all to hell but might still get in because they had a cushion. Because the Rays weren't as good for that chunk of the season.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

That's debatable. Ellsbury has outright carried the Sox in the stretch run.

Plus if we look post all-star break:

Ellsbury

Bautista

Bautista didn't exactly light it up in the second half of the season.

Ellsbury was probably a bad example because he's stayed hot and kept pace with Bautista in a lot of important categories, I'm just making the general case that the MVP doesn't have to go to a guy on a top 2 or 3 team, and best player basically does mean most valuable player. Look at the years Bonds beasted in the early 00s, I don't think the Giants even made the playoffs every one of those seasons, but he was still far and away the most valuable player in baseball by every possible definition.

 

[Windu]

uh oh, astros are fucking up.

 

[Sanjuro]

Scutaro is the real MVP.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Oh shit, Astros have pretty much blown it.

 

[Maxim726X]

Go Cards Go!

 

[eznark]

 

[Brofist]

Obviously it wasn't that great if they're missing the playoffs by one game.

The Sox were 30 over .500 until the end of August. I would say they had a respectable season until Sep.

 

[Sanjuro]

The Sox were 30 over .500 until the end of August. I would say they had a respectable season until Sep.

The best part of the Oreo is the middle anyway.

 

[darkside31337]

Rays just need to score one run.

Matt Moore will keep the Yankees in check for the next 15 innings or so tonight. Should be enough time to eke out another.

 

[tyguy20204]

Rickie Weeks just hit one to the moon, one of the farthest I've ever seen hit at Miller Park.

Hey ez, are you going to any playoff games?

 

[eznark]

 

[eznark]

Rickie Weeks just hit one to the moon, one of the farthest I've ever seen hit at Miller Park.

Hey ez, are you going to any playoff games?

Yeah. I need to go to the first round since I am elk hunting the second week of October so I am planning on driving up hopefully this weekend.

 

[Lambtron]

It's nice to see Span show some signs of life.

 

[Windu]

Cardinals tied it up. looks like we might actually have to win a game this week. So much for the playoffs.

 

[darkside31337]

It's nice to see Span show some signs of life.

Don't worry Span for Storen trade will happen in the offseason.

Come on Rays

 

[Brofist]

ok....still doesn't change the fact that a win in the first half is the same as a win in the second.

I'm not debating that a win in the beginning of the season is not important. I just think a player's performance is more defined by how he does in late season pressure situations. Generally speaking I think a player who performs well in Sep/Oct is more highly regarded than one in April/May.

If my Mets won one more game in April / May / June / July / August then September doesn't matter.

Red Sox tanked it all to hell but might still get in because they had a cushion. Because the Rays weren't as good for that chunk of the season.

First off when you starting getting into "ifs" you really get out of reality. Second even if you want to play that game, we still don't know if that would be true. There are too many variables. If a team does poorly early on they may make moves to strengthen the team. Players may react/play differently after a poor start.

 

[diddles]

YYYYYYYYAYAAAAAAA

now come on Baltimore!

 

[darkside31337]

MATT JOYCE.

ALL STAR BABY. ALL STAR

 

[Sanjuro]

Same guy ran on field two nights in a row.

 

[rekameohs]

Now it's your turn, Orioles!

 

[sangreal]

lawl

 

[Windu]

I'm not debating that a win in the beginning of the season is not important. I just think a player's performance is more defined by how he does in late season pressure situations. Generally speaking I think a player who performs well in Sep/Oct is more highly regarded than one in April/May.

well if wins mean the same in april as the do in September then you shouldn't value someone's performance in one month over the other. You should value it as a whole season. You might as well give the player of the month in September the MVP.

 

[Vyrance]

Hell yea Joyce!!!! Now come on Orioles!

 

[Jangocube]

LOL Joyce

 

[Meohsix]

Nice =)

 

[Lambtron]

Don't worry Span for Storen trade will happen in the offseason.

Yep, thank god he's healthy. Fucking Bill Smith.

 

[Maxim726X]

This shit is whack.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Here at the Braves game. They are leaving now. Only had the Astros to cheer for but that may go away.

 

[Brofist]

well if wins mean the same in april as the do in September then you shouldn't value someone's performance in one month over the other. You should value it as a whole season. You might as well give the player of the month in September the MVP.

I dunno, I think the fact that not a single person even mentioned Adrian Gonzalez as a possible MVP speaks loudly here, since he pretty much fell off late season.

 

[Windu]

a run! we scored a run!

I dunno, I think the fact that not a single person even mentioned Adrian Gonzalez as a possible MVP speaks loudly here, since he pretty much fell off late season.

well they don't mention him because he doesn't deserve it. he didn't even deserve it at the all star break. And yes, he did not deserve it last season either.

 

[jman2050]

I'm late, but see, Soriano gets it.

 

[sangreal]

I'm late, but see, Soriano gets it.

Sleeper agent

 

[jman2050]

Sleeper agent

He's fond of his old team and would like nothing more than to see them in the postseason.

Or he just sucks, that could be it too.

 

[Y2Kev]

I dunno, I think the fact that not a single person even mentioned Adrian Gonzalez as a possible MVP speaks loudly here, since he pretty much fell off late season.

it's because he looks annoying

 

[Brofist]

well they don't mention him because he doesn't deserve it. he didn't even deserve it at the all star break.

I would say anyone who is leading in both average and RBIs by a fair amount and with decent HR numbers (at the all-star break) at least deserves to be in the running.

 

[darkside31337]

I'm late, but see, Soriano gets it.

Well his old team helped him get paid in hilarious fashion, so this is the least he could do.

 

[Brofist]

it's because he looks annoying

See this I can accept

 

[eznark]

I would say anyone who is leading in both average and RBIs by a fair amount and with decent HR numbers at least deserves to be in the running.