MLB 2022 Season

[Don in CT]

No ghost runner in the post season?

 

[BillD1984]

No ghost runner in the post season?

No, thank God!! That said, that marathon game does give some credence to the “Manfred Man” over the course of a 162 game regular season.

 

[Radioguy41]

Is it me or has the Guardians rebranding been much more seamless than the Washington Commanders football team?

It's no accident, it's a deliberate optical illusion:

Indians
Guardians

 

[Jimbo]

No ghost runner in the post season?

THANK GOD !

 

[Yespage]

Well, with the Guardians "sweeping" and the Jays giving up a 7 run lead, unflex'd a day early. Thanks Dish for letting me be able to sub to ESPN for literally only a couple of days.

Guardians gave up 1 run in 24 innings. Should be interesting.

 

[Ziptied]

Joe Musgrove really served up a gem tonight. On to L.A..

 

[Don in CT]

The Mets have turned back into the Mets.

 

[Radioguy41]

The Mets have turned back into the Mets.

Based on Showalter's history I'm still confused as to why the Mets hired him. He used up his closer the night before for 2 innings, in a game he was leading by 5 runs, when he wasn't needed, the direct opposite of when he refused to bring in Zach Britton in Baltimore in 2016 and lost the game that would have put Baltimore into the LCS. He has a serious flaw between the ears so sit back Mets fans, ya ain't going anywhere.

 

[Don in CT]

Based on Showalter's history I'm still confused as to why the Mets hired him. He used up his closer the night before for 2 innings, in a game he was leading by 5 runs, when he wasn't needed, the direct opposite of when he refused to bring in Zach Britton in Baltimore in 2016 and lost the game that would have put Baltimore into the LCS. He has a serious flaw between the ears so sit back Mets fans, ya ain't going anywhere.

A manager can't make the team pitch or hit.

 

[Radioguy41]

A manager can't make the team pitch or hit.

He can set the batting order, call sacrifcies, bunts, steals, intentional walks, positioning of the defense, who pitches, who relieves, and a dozen other things that can affect the outcome of a game. There is also a great deal to be said about how much faith the players have in the manager and whether they do or do not buy into his management skills or lack thereof. The Phillies should be a shining example of that this season. When a team blows a 10.5 game lead in the division it isn't because the manager is doing a bangup job.

 

[BillD1984]

Great day of baseball tomorrow!!

 

[BillD1984]

My postseason predictions:

Guardians over Rays in 2- Guardians one of the hottest teams in baseball over the last 2 months, and they have IMO, the best postseason manager in baseball

Blue Jays over Mariners in 3- Battle of the 1977 expansion teams. IMO, the best series of the 4 and the toughest one to pick, but I think the Jays have a little too much firepower

Phillies over Cardinals in 3- Just because I have to pick an upset

Mets over Padres in 2- Pitching, pitching, pitching

Extrapolating those picks-

Astros over Blue Jays in 5- would be a great series

Yankees over Guardians in 4- Yankees just have too much firepower for the Guardians

Mets over Dodgers in 5-just a hunch

Braves over Phillies in 3- Braves start their quest for back-to-back

Yankees over Astros in 6-I think Judge, Stanton and Rizzo all go off

Mets over Braves in 6- Mets get sweet revenge for the season ending sweep

Mets over Yankees in 7- deGrom and Scherzer prove to be too much as the Mets get revenge for 2000

Only 2-2 in the Wildcard round, and my entire bracket is shot thanks to my WS Champ Mets making an early exit. At least my 2-2 was better than A-Rod’s 0-4.

Resetting for the LDS Round-

Braves over Phillies in 3
Padres over Dodgers in 5- upset special!
Astros over Mariners in 4
Yankees over Guardians in 4

 

[BillD1984]

That is an excruciating loss for Seattle. They caught Verlander on an off day, build a big lead, and then lose on a 3 run bomb with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th. Hard to imagine the Mariners coming back from this.

 

[Jimbo]

That is an excruciating loss for Seattle. They caught Verlander on an off day, build a big lead, and then lose on a 3 run bomb with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th. Hard to imagine the Mariners coming back from this.

So disappointing to see Verlander pitch so poorly ... however, he'll bounce back.

Truly amazing the way the Astros managed to climb back in this game.

Unfortunately, I had an appointment at 3 pm, so only really heard the parts of the game .... I knew JV was getting beat up early ... 4-0 when I heard it last ... then when I got home, after thinking they lost bad, I turned the TV on and it was in the ninth inning and they trailed 7-5 ... Altuve struck out and I felt it was over, Pena had to get on for Alverez to get up to bat, and he laced a single to CF and then ....

 

[BillD1984]

So disappointing to see Verlander pitch so poorly ... however, he'll bounce back.

Truly amazing the way the Astros managed to climb back in this game.

Unfortunately, I had an appointment at 3 pm, so only really heard the parts of the game .... I knew JV was getting beat up early ... 4-0 when I heard it last ... then when I got home, after thinking they lost bad, I turned the TV on and it was in the ninth inning and they trailed 7-5 ... Altuve struck out and I felt it was over, Pena had to get on for Alverez to get up to bat, and he laced a single to CF and then ....

In the grand scheme of things that was a HUGE win for the Astros. If they can get one more win between games 2 and 4, it guarantees that Verlander would start a deciding Game 5 next Monday on 5 days rest (and it’s hard to imagine JV coming up with 2 straight duds). If they manage to wrap up this series in 3 or 4 games, then they would have a well rested Verlander ready to start Game 1 of the ALCS one week from tomorrow in Houston. Such a huge swing game today’s game was.

 

[Jimbo]

In the grand scheme of things that was a HUGE win for the Astros. If they can get one more win between games 2 and 4, it guarantees that Verlander would start a deciding Game 5 next Monday on 5 days rest (and it’s hard to imagine JV coming up with 2 straight duds). If they manage to wrap up this series in 3 or 4 games, then they would have a well rested Verlander ready to start Game 1 of the ALCS one week from tomorrow in Houston. Such a huge swing game today’s game was.

I originally thought that JV had pitched today on like 8 or 9 days rest and maybe that had something to do with the poor outing ... however it was only a day more than normal ... As I said, some teams have your number, Seattle is one for him.
Earlier in the year, Seattle crushed everything he threw, he was throwing strikes and thye were swinging Early in the counts and got the better of him ...
The next time around, they were lucky to get a hit.

 

[cosmo_kramer]

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Pete Rose says, “WTF?”

 

[Don in CT]

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Pete Rose says, “WTF?”

So the way the team plays always bet against the Reds.

 

[AZ.]

The all mighty dollar has spoken again! sigh

 

[BillD1984]

Guardians vs. Yankees game ppd. Game 2 will now be played tomorrow at 1:00ET. Now there will be potentially 4 games in 4 days with the series going back and forth from NY to Cleveland 3 times. Ordinarily I would say this is a big break for Cleveland since they have a deeper pitching staff, but if their bats continue to be silent that’s a moot point.