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Carlosologist posted:is no one else super nervous for their team? even the division winners who are guaranteed to play three?? Honestly not really. Last year I was a loving wreck, but this year it's just cool that the Cubs even managed to win the division and get here again, considering how piss poor WS champion teams usually perform the year after.
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Carlosologist posted:is no one else super nervous for their team? even the division winners who are guaranteed to play three??
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Carlosologist posted:is no one else super nervous for their team? even the division winners who are guaranteed to play three?? The Twins are playing with house money right now as far as I'm concerned. If we win tonight I'm gonna go crazy.
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Thoughts on the Clemente Award? I'm hoping for Wainwright, Cano or Hamels but I'm always super biased in Waino's favor.
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Oh no https://twitter.com/craigcalcaterra/status/915265965205676033
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YeahTubaMike posted:Heeeeeeeyyyyy I totally forgot that happened, but you're absolutely right. Steven Matz also had nothing but good things to say about Dan Warthen, and his elbow seems to have been replaced with broken glass. Matz and Wheeler never bounced back after their injuries and Harvey fell apart the second time he got hurt. Not to mention Niese, Pelfrey and Maine were solid enough pitchers once upon a time that seemed to implode almost overnight. To me, Warthen will be forever known as the guy that insulted Daisuke Matsuzaka's interpreter.
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Oct 3, 2017 19:45
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Pancakes posted:Thoughts on the Clemente Award? I'm hoping for Wainwright, Cano or Hamels but I'm always super biased in Waino's favor. I just looked up the nominees (Give it to Rizzo already, dammit) and loving  the Brewers nominated Matt loving Garza. https://twitter.com/Gdeuceswild/status/819779233522204672 http://www.businessinsider.com/matt-garza-went-off-on-a-sexist-twitter-rant-aimed-at-an-opponents-wife-2013-8 Truly a man worthy of an award aimed at highlighting good conduct and sportsmanship on and off the field 
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Give it to the Brewers for being the only team charitable enough to employ Matt Garza.
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Matt Garza's first kid was born when he was 18, 6 years before he married his wife. #juatsaying [sic]
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Sydin posted:Honestly not really. Last year I was a loving wreck, but this year it's just cool that the Cubs even managed to win the division and get here again, considering how piss poor WS champion teams usually perform the year after. This is the boat I'm in. This is the first year of my life where the Cubs have made the postseason and I'm not slammed with the crippling anxiety of a century of failure, so I'm actually going to enjoy the games this year and not just the results, drat it.  I do think a lot of people are overlooking the Cubs as contenders to repeat, though. The Indians are the only team in the majors with a better post-All-Star-break record, so it's definitely possible for the Cubs to make a deep run.
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I know it's not super unlikely or anything but I think it's cool that we still haven't faced a repeat opponent in the postseason over the past 3 seasons (Pirates/Cards/Mets, Giants/Dodgers/Indians, Nationals). Would be cool to make it to the NLCS against the wild card winner but I'd rather the Dodgers win that series and hopefully set up an NLCS rematch
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SI posted a cool article about the Twins hitting coach https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/10/02/minnesota-twins-james-rowson-mlb-playoffs It also has a cool game halfway down where you can try to guess where to throw to hitters.
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Poque posted:I know it's not super unlikely or anything but I think it's cool that we still haven't faced a repeat opponent in the postseason over the past 3 seasons (Pirates/Cards/Mets, Giants/Dodgers/Indians, Nationals). Would be cool to make it to the NLCS against the wild card winner but I'd rather the Dodgers win that series and hopefully set up an NLCS rematch It's pretty impressive when you consider that 5 of the 6 division winners are the exact same as last year.
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IcePhoenix posted:It also has a cool game halfway down where you can try to guess where to throw to hitters. They put that in every baseball article about specific teams it seems like, and I am always so bad at it.
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Poque posted:I know it's not super unlikely or anything but I think it's cool that we still haven't faced a repeat opponent in the postseason over the past 3 seasons (Pirates/Cards/Mets, Giants/Dodgers/Indians, Nationals). Would be cool to make it to the NLCS against the wild card winner but I'd rather the Dodgers win that series and hopefully set up an NLCS rematch The Twins have faced the Yankees in the playoffs in 03, 04, 09 and 10. And now this year. The only other team they've faced in the first round is the A's, and that also happened twice, in 02 and 06. Way more common than you'd think.
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bradzilla posted:The Twins have faced the Yankees in the playoffs in 03, 04, 09 and 10. And now this year. The only other team they've faced in the first round is the A's, and that also happened twice, in 02 and 06. Way more common than you'd think. The Twins are actually the outlier here e: howe_sam posted:There was a stretch of time in the mid-aughts where it felt like if the Red Sox made the postseason they played the Angels in the LDS, happened four out of the six times the Sox made the playoffs between 2000-2010 well maybe not, but I doubt it's all that common IcePhoenix fucked around with this message at 21:47 on Oct 3, 2017 |
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There was a stretch of time in the mid-aughts where it felt like if the Red Sox made the postseason they played the Angels in the LDS, happened four out of the six times the Sox made the playoffs between 2000-2010
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Abel Wingnut posted:jays decline bautista's option what a weird loving career that man has had
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What I remember from post season Min v NYY games: Mark Texiera post game interviews where he talks about how he won't be watching baseball because football is on, and gee gosh the twins are a great team dunno why they can't beat us sorry for sweep number a million. gently caress the Yankees.
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Is it possible for Jon Jay and Javy to win but the rest of the Cubs to lose? Because that's my ideal universe.
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You should all root for me to win another ring, tia
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Poque posted:You should all root for me to win another ring, tia Only after the Twins, Rockies, Nats, Dodgers, and Astros are eliminated.
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IcePhoenix posted:Only after the Twins, Rockies, Nats, Dodgers, and Astros are eliminated. Don't you want Randy Bush to get another ring???
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I'm sure we can come to some sort of accord on ring time vs rooting for the Cubs. Some sort of equation of how hard you root to how much time you get it before having to send it on
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Goodpancakes posted:I'm sure we can come to some sort of accord on ring time vs rooting for the Cubs. Some sort of equation of how hard you root to how much time you get it before having to send it on I, personally, would like to see my team double its World Series championships in my lifetime. Halfway there!
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Hotdog In A Hallway posted:Apparently the plan is to throw Kluber in 2 and have him ready for 5, if necessary. Won't matter because the Twins will win in four 
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Speaking of shedding staff, the Cardinals will not be renewing pitching coach Lilliquist or bullpen coach Ilsley's contracts. Apparently it's their fault that Matheney can't manage his pitching staff or something.Hotdog In A Hallway posted:Apparently the plan is to throw Kluber in 2 and have him ready for 5, if necessary. Ah yes, start Kluber on short rest, that worked well from them last year, I remember.
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^^^^ It did. The bigger problem was starting Josh Tomlin and Bad Bauer.IcePhoenix posted:Won't matter because the Twins will win in four 
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Hotdog In A Hallway posted:Don't you need to win a game against the Yankees first? yes the implication is that we will also do that thanks
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Sydin posted:Speaking of shedding staff, the Cardinals will not be renewing pitching coach Lilliquist or bullpen coach Ilsley's contracts. Apparently it's their fault that Matheney can't manage his pitching staff or something. Two travel days between 2 and 5 so it's normal rest. My problem with it is if you're down 1-2 you want Kluber available on short rest in game 4.
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