Wild Card Playoffs Day One Thread

The best of 3 Wild Card round starts today. Join the ongoing discussion as you can.

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FungoAle
Super Member
1 year ago

Great win by Cleveland, big fan of Francona, solid manager.

Angelz4ever
Super Member
1 year ago

Ummmm…baseball season is over until next year…..

DowningDude
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1 year ago

eppler is so bad that he caused scherzer to suck

/s

Mia
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Mia
1 year ago
Reply to  DowningDude

Can’t wash that oligarch stench off

gitchogritchoffmypettis
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Reply to  DowningDude

Yeah DD, I was gonna say. Dig a little deeper my friend. Andrew, wearing Arte, with his hand up PTP’s ass, had PTP drug Eppler, who then used a magic doll to suck the grit and ability out of Max.

It’s obvious if you just look.

nishiogawakun
Super Member
1 year ago
Reply to  Jeff Joiner

What more could you want!

DowningDude
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1 year ago

Funny how Bob Melvin leaves the great Billy Beane and makes the playoffs. YEW NOUGH WHO THEORY makes NOUGH SENSE.

DowningDude
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1 year ago
Reply to  DowningDude

SELL! (opposite of BUY)

Cowboy26
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1 year ago
Reply to  DowningDude

So when Billy Beane becomes the new managing owner of the Angels you’re not going to be happy about it?

DowningDude
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1 year ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

I’m happy all the time!

You don’t see me posting “i’m smarter than all yew BYE” plus a bunch of emoji’s do you?

Heheheheh

DowningDude
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1 year ago

See – we also hate Mark Canha … the dislike isn’t limited ONLY to DerPooPoo.

Eric_in_Portland
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1 year ago
Reply to  DowningDude

I wanted him to get plunked or at least brushed back so he could say “come on, Yu”

Twebur
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1 year ago

Love it if the Padres get all puffy and smack the shit out of the Doyers.

Mia
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Mia
1 year ago
Reply to  Twebur

Darvish leads his team to a rematch with the Astros and K’s Gurriel looking

nishiogawakun
Super Member
1 year ago
Reply to  Mia

Oh my, that would be so sweet.

DowningDude
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1 year ago
Reply to  Twebur

I agree 100% but a snowstorm will break out in Hades before that happens.

Mia
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Mia
1 year ago

The Buck stops with Scherzer

Mia
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Mia
1 year ago

U mad, Max?

Twebur
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1 year ago
Reply to  Mia

We should signed him.

Mia
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Mia
1 year ago
Reply to  Twebur

Lol

halofansince1978
Super Member
1 year ago

Marsh…9th inning RBI single during game winning rally.

Cowboy26
Legend
1 year ago

Grandpa 0-4 3 Lobsters .

Not sure if his GIDP today counts toward his World record though .

Cowboy26
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1 year ago

So what time is the Angel game tonight?

Eric_in_Portland
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1 year ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

I know

Mia
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Mia
1 year ago

I’ll always remember Soto as that lil bitch who tried to show up Jhonathan Diaz earlier in the year.

Haha

nishiogawakun
Super Member
1 year ago

Let’s go, Dads!!

nishiogawakun
Super Member
1 year ago

Honest question, when does the freaking Astro’s window close? I honestly think it’s a typical case of recency bias for me. I used to despise Texas when we were competing with them a lot for the division the last decade, now I’m indifferent. Never was supportive of the Mariners, kind of annoying division rivals and all, but I’ve found I can root for them this off season. I think it’s the Astros. They’ve sucked the entirety of my ill feelings for division rivals out of me and decided to keep it all for themselves. I hope their only World Series win in this half century is a tainted one.

Last edited 1 year ago by nishiogawakun
gitchogritchoffmypettis
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Reply to  nishiogawakun

See, that’s funny. I want them to beat the Yankees on their way to beating the Dodgers. Oh the savory salty tears…. delicious.

h27kim
Trusted Member
1 year ago
Reply to  nishiogawakun

I don’t think well run franchises with largeish markets have a window.

They can’t afford to keep every FA, sure, but they can keep enough, and they have a good farm, they can keep fresh coming in to replace the FA they couldn’t keep inexpensively and they’d have enough money to sign competent roleplayers

Cowboy26
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1 year ago
Reply to  h27kim

How about French doors ?

Twebur
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1 year ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Angels have one of those drop doors in the floor.

2002heaven
Trusted Member
1 year ago

Yes the 2020 AL Cy Young winner!!
The same kid who our crack elite scouting department thought was just another kid from The OC who wants to just skateboard all over the place at UC Santa Barbara.. We had 3 chances to have him before the Cleveland Name Changers got him in the 4th rd. GOOD GAWD

gitchogritchoffmypettis
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Reply to  2002heaven

UCSB hates you.

nishiogawakun
Super Member
1 year ago

Way to go, Marshy!

Mia
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Mia
1 year ago
Reply to  nishiogawakun

He and Thor being on the same team makes it easy to root for the Phillies in these early rounds

2002heaven
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1 year ago
Reply to  Mia

Meanwhile the Seattle Dipotos are up 4-0 on the team who’s fan base can’t wait for hockey season to start.
Nice job GPD!!

Mia
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Mia
1 year ago
Reply to  2002heaven

Why do you talk about every other team except the Angels?

gitchogritchoffmypettis
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Reply to  2002heaven

How. Does. Jer Jer. Taste?

Coconut? Vanilla? No way he’s a lavender guy.

Oh, and your constant presence, and pilot fish like love of Jer Jer the GM, reminded me…. I’m also still waiting to see your If I Were PTP from before the 2022 season. Still can’t wait to see what you did there big guy. There’s no way you’re just an empty shell full of idiot goop right?

I’m sure you turned one in but they just never got around to posting it. You should hit up the masthead and get that out, show us the shine of your genius.

Eric_in_Portland
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1 year ago

big doings in St. Louis as Philadelphia has just scored 3 in the top of the 9th to take the lead

DowningDude
Legend
1 year ago

Pujols walkoff coming

2002heaven
Trusted Member
1 year ago

Seattle scored 3 in the first inning!
One step closer to the World Series I wanna see and Art*ro doesn’t.

gitchogritchoffmypettis
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Reply to  2002heaven

Man, Arte can’t see the world series. His giant pile of money is in the way. That and all the actual human beings who are his actual friends keep bothering him. On top of that, when you are just plain better than most people it’s distracting. You can’t concentrate on the game because all the awesome things you’ve done with your time on earth keep popping into your head.

Trust me. It’s more annoying than you think.

halofansince1978
Super Member
1 year ago
Reply to  2002heaven

F Dipoto X4

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
1 year ago

to Harper:

pitch 2, 82 mph curveball
pitch 3, 102 mph fastball

That’s about the wildest swing in mph I can remember

gitchogritchoffmypettis
Legend

shits getting good at the end….

DowningDude
Legend
1 year ago

DiPoto so confused that he traded Jean Segura AWAY once and then traded to GET HIM another time only to trade him AWAY again.

2002heaven
Trusted Member
1 year ago
Reply to  DowningDude

But he scored Castillo and Ray
YOO NOH HOO wouldn’t have ever done that…….has he sold our 2023 1st round pick yet to the Dodgers or Astros?

Marcotor
Trusted Member
1 year ago

Greinke threw a 88/51 combo one night against the Tigers, think it’s on Youtube

Edit-found it: 51 MPH PITCH! Astros’ Zack Greinke lofts slow pitch in for the strike! – YouTube

Last edited 1 year ago by Marcotor
Dogface1956
Trusted Member
1 year ago

I’m rooting for the Padres in the National League (I’m an American League guy) and either Tampa Bay or Toronto in the American League. I have cast the evil eye on the Dodgers, Yankees, Cards (can’t root for any team with Pooholes), Mariners, Atlanta (the Ted Turner era really turned me off) and Philly (Can’t root for a team that boos Santa Claus or cheers when players get hurt no matter how much you might hate the player or team). The others I am pretty neutral on.

2002heaven
Trusted Member
1 year ago
Reply to  Dogface1956

Damm that leaves out Twebur and the Philly fans who actually did boo SC.

nishiogawakun
Super Member
1 year ago

Poo-holes went 0 for 4 at least. Maybe a 45 year old shouldn’t be batting 2nd in a playoff game no matter the juice?

Eric_in_Portland
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1 year ago
Reply to  nishiogawakun

hardly anyone has a hit in that game. Q with solid work