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Zamboni Jesus posted:apparently buehrle is going to try to get 2 innings tomorrow to get himself to 200 again and then retire. kind of weird trying to get him to a meaningless milestone when the game still has relevance in terms of home field advantage. They have guaranteed HFA for the ALDS and the WS, and HFA for the ALCS against everybody but the Royals. Frankly I'm more excited to see Buehrle go into the record books and watch Eddie try for his 40th HR. A win would be nice too but whatever. AL East champs, playoffs baby! 
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INSPECTAH DECK posted:Always lovely when sub-90 win teams make the playoffs. It's lovely when only 2 of the teams with the 3 best records in all of baseball get to make the NLDS, and only 1 gets to make the NLCS. 
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INSPECTAH DECK posted:Always lovely when sub-90 win teams make the playoffs. You mean literally every playoffs?
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MassaShowtime posted:You mean literally every playoffs? 2013 had zero sub-90 win teams make the playoffs: BOS 97 OAK 96 DET 93 CLE 92 TBR 92 STL 97 ATL 96 LAD 92 PIT 94 CIN 90 E: so did 2011 and 2010 and 2004 and 2002 and 1999 in the post-WC era CubsWoo fucked around with this message at 03:51 on Oct 4, 2015 |
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MassaShowtime posted:You mean literally every playoffs? Maybe he stopped paying attention to baseball in 1993 and is just now coming back?
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MassaShowtime posted:You mean literally every playoffs? It always sucks.
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:It's lovely when only 2 of the teams with the 3 best records in all of baseball get to make the NLDS, and only 1 gets to make the NLCS. Maybe your dumb team should make the playoffs more.
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OdinsBeard posted:Maybe your dumb team should make the playoffs more. I would like this very much, yes.
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:It's lovely when only 2 of the teams with the 3 best records in all of baseball get to make the NLDS, and only 1 gets to make the NLCS. Some people might say that some of those teams padded their records a bit with easy wins against the sub-400 dumpster fire that is the bottom of the NL. Not me, of course. Just some people.
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:I would like this very much, yes. I want to live in a world where my 5 year old daughter in 2020 can't understand the concept of the Cubs being lovable losers
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shadok posted:Some people might say that some of those teams padded their records a bit with easy wins against the sub-400 dumpster fire that is the bottom of the NL. Not me, of course. Just some people. The Pirates sure didn't
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shadok posted:Some people might say that some of those teams padded their records a bit with easy wins against the sub-400 dumpster fire that is the bottom of the NL. Not me, of course. Just some people. by that metric the Mets and Nats should both be 110 win teams
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shadok posted:Some people might say that some of those teams padded their records a bit with easy wins against the sub-400 dumpster fire that is the bottom of the NL. Not me, of course. Just some people. The Cubs, Pirates, and Cardinals went 17-3 against the Mets and 13-7 against the Dodgers.
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Pancakes posted:There were six no-hitters this year in the NL to date. Every team that was no-hit in the NL is going to the post-season. The only post-season NL team that was not no-hit? The Cardinals. I'd be kind of fine with Shelby no-hitting the Cards tomorrow, to be honest. Shelby no-hits the Cards, still manages to lose
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shadok posted:Some people might say that some of those teams padded their records a bit with easy wins against the sub-400 dumpster fire that is the bottom of the NL. Not me, of course. Just some people. If I remember right, the Pirates went something like 3-90 against the Brewers and Reds combined.
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quote:WHAT'S NEXT Welp congrats Royals then. Ah well. The only really fault I can find with how Gibby managed the roster the past few games was maybe using Osuna yesterday with a 4 run lead. I wasn't happy with the Bisons playing in Baltimore 2 games in a row, but Gibby's response made sense - he wanted to give the team one day off after clinching, and playing them in either game would nix that. Just the luck of lovely weather - hell their 'day off' was sitting shivering in a dugout in inches of water for hours on end. Plus the Royals were coming out of a lovely stretch with their pitching staff, they were bound to string together some solid performances.
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CubsWoo posted:2013 had zero sub-90 win teams make the playoffs: Huh well then.
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The dumpster fire of the Brewers and Reds and their combined .4099 win percentage against the sterling combined .4107 win percentage of the Marlins, Braves and Phillies
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:The Cubs, Pirates, and Cardinals went 17-3 against the Mets and 13-7 against the Dodgers. I'm not denying the tragedy of the NL Central or that the Cubs, Cardinals and Pirates all deserve full playoff series, in a more perfect world.
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:The Cubs, Pirates, and Cardinals went 17-3 against the Mets and 13-7 against the Dodgers. We also all played one another very closely. Cubs/Pirates and Cardinals/Cubs season series had 11-8 splits while Cards/Pirates was at 10-9. I think the NL Central as the best and toughest division this year is difficult to dispute in good faith.
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Carlton Banks posted:Shelby no-hits the Cards, still manages to lose That would be fantastic. It'd be an official no-hitter too, since he'd be able to go the full 9 innings.
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Pancakes posted:We also all played one another very closely. Cubs/Pirates and Cardinals/Cubs season series had 11-8 splits while Cards/Pirates was at 10-9. I think the NL Central as the best and toughest division this year is difficult to dispute in good faith. NL Central won 237 games outside of the division, second place was AL East with 229. NL East won 182. Ice To Meet You posted:The Cubs allowed 34 runs in 4 games against the second-worst team in the AL, I think it's clear that their pitching just isn't that good. I think we were responsible for like 4 unforgivable Nick Castellanos homers
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Times in the LCS-only era the top 3 teams came from the same league: 1980 (NYY BAL KCR) 1982 (MIL BAL CAL) 1983 (CHW BAL DET) 1993 (ATL SFG PHI) Times in the LDS era the top 3 teams came from the same league: 2001 (SEA OAK NYY) 2007 (BOS CLE LAA NYY) 2015 (STL PIT CHC) Times in the LDS era the top 3 teams came from the same division: 2015 (STL PIT CHC) I think there's an argument to be made the the 2015 NL Central is the greatest division in baseball history alongside the 2001 AL West and maybe the 1993 NL West CubsWoo fucked around with this message at 04:16 on Oct 4, 2015 |
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Updated for LAD win:CubsWoo posted:Games that matter tomorrow assuming current scores hold: CubsWoo fucked around with this message at 04:27 on Oct 4, 2015 |
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So the Tigers beat all the top teams in the NL, I think we know who the real best team is.
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:If the Cubs win and the Pirates lose tomorrow, the NL WC game will be played at Wrigley. Dear sweet mother of God, go Reds. Who's pitching tomorrow? Haren?
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Ice To Meet You posted:So the Tigers beat all the top teams in the NL, I think we know who the real best team is. remember when you were 11-2 with a +34 differential?
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Mets gave away home field by being unable to put away two poo poo teams. Can't wait for the 3 game sweep.
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Poque posted:remember when you were 11-2 with a +34 differential? It turns out you need to have more than one competent pitcher on the team at a time. On that note, Justin Verlander finishes the year with a 2.26 ERA in his last 14 starts, which I believe is best in the AL between those arbitrary endpoints. Also a .207 batting average against him. Ice To Meet You fucked around with this message at 04:35 on Oct 4, 2015 |
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CubsWoo posted:Times in the LCS-only era the top 3 teams came from the same league: Is it that or is it that there are a poo poo load of awful teams in the NL this year.
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CubsWoo posted:Updated for LAD win: Toronto won the season series 4-3 so Toronto and KC should be swapped there.
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MagicCube posted:Toronto won the season series 4-3 so Toronto and KC should be swapped there. It should be correct since KCR is 1 game up on TOR with 1 to play. TOR only gets home field if records are tied so a KCR win or TOR loss gives it to KCR.
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CubsWoo posted:It should be correct since KCR is 1 game up on TOR with 1 to play. TOR only gets home field if records are tied so a KCR win or TOR loss gives it to KCR. Oh my bad, stopped watching the Jays game and didn't realize they blew it tonight.
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CubsWoo posted:TOR only gets home field if records are tied so a KCR win or TOR loss gives it to KCR. This is correct. Toronto wins the AL only if they win tomorrow and the Royals lose.
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