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Kirios
Jan 26, 2010




I am so loving nervous right now.

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Nissin Cup Nudist
Sep 3, 2011

Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land




I see the Rays are in a choking situation

Kirios
Jan 26, 2010




Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

I see the Rays are in a choking situation

You shut the hell up it's still 3-3. If they win tomorrow it doesn't matter.

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


if you weren't watching the NLCS will smith came in to face will smith and will smith hosed up and gave up a massive dinger to will smith

bawfuls
Oct 28, 2009

Wrong thread

bawfuls
Oct 28, 2009

Give me the Kenley Jansen rage redemption arc :pray:


https://twitter.com/chadmoriyama/status/1317329415504756736?s=21

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

This curveball though

https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1317242878977081344

e:

and this one

https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1317244739087904768

Intruder fucked around with this message at 07:14 on Oct 17, 2020

LonesomeCrowdedWest
May 8, 2008
Every once in a while when I see a filthy curve like that I remember that baseball people used to think it was an optical illusion. Lol

MrMojok
Jan 28, 2011

A user on YouTube has in a playlist this ESPN original series called The Bronx is Burning, based on the book of the same name.

It’s about the 1977 Yankees, Reggie Jackson’s first season there (The Straw that Stirs the Drink!)

Also there were power outages, garbage strikes, and the Summer of Sam.

Anyway John Turturro plays Billy Martin (with fake ears), and Oliver Platt is Steinbrenner. I don’t recognize most of the other actors, but a lot of them look like their ‘77 Yanks counterparts.

The acting isn’t always spectacular but there’s enough good poo poo in here, if you’re into baseball history, to keep it going. I though some o’ you Yankees freaks might be interested.


https://youtu.be/CbhLMB7yso8

Hand Knit
Oct 24, 2005

Beer Loses more than a game Sunday ...
We lost our Captain, our Teammate, our Friend Kelly Calabro...
Rest in Peace my friend you will be greatly missed..

LonesomeCrowdedWest posted:

Every once in a while when I see a filthy curve like that I remember that baseball people used to think it was an optical illusion. Lol

It is, from the batters perspective. As the ball gets closer it passes into the peripheral vision faster than the batter’s eye/brain can keep track of, which creates the illusory effect of the ball’s trajectory becoming steeper. Someone recreated the illusion for a competition a few years ago. I’ll see if I can find it.

Kevlar v2.0
Dec 25, 2003

=^•⩊•^=

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

I see the Rays are in a choking situation

The Lightning destroyed that city's choking reputation forever, though.

Right? :ohdear:

UZR IS BULLSHIT
Jan 25, 2004
The possibility of losing to the Astros in the World Series this year is just...I don't even know, man, I don't think there are any words for this feeling

Der Meister
May 12, 2001

UZR IS BULLSHIT posted:

The possibility of losing to the Astros in the World Series this year is just...I don't even know, man, I don't think there are any words for this feeling

You have feelings still?

UZR IS BULLSHIT
Jan 25, 2004
My doctor told me to cut the drinking back to 12 hours a day

mcmagic
Jul 1, 2004

If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!
The Rays eating poo poo is almost as entertaining as the Astros winning is annoying!

Sab0921
Aug 2, 2004

This for my justices slingin' thangs, rib breakin' kings / Truck, necklace, robe, gavel and things / For the solicitors seein' them dissents spin and grin / That robe with the lace trim that win.
This sure is something. Capitalism is a hell of a drug.

https://twitter.com/Jomboy_/status/1317229598678130688?s=19

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair
The Rays on the cusp of blowing a 3-0 lead is just causing my brain to go into a boot loop because I can't decide if I enjoy the schadenfreude more than my loathing for the Astros.

Sab0921 posted:

This sure is something. Capitalism is a hell of a drug.

https://twitter.com/Jomboy_/status/1317229598678130688?s=19

gently caress it, make hay while the sun shines.

elentar
Aug 26, 2002

Every single year the Ivy League takes a break from fucking up the world through its various alumni to fuck up everyone's bracket instead.
Stay with this one https://twitter.com/elevensportstw/status/1317079636111548417?s=21

mcmagic
Jul 1, 2004

If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!
https://twitter.com/nypostsports/status/1317539074773831685

Yankees getting their fan base ready to let DJLM walk.

MrMidnight
Aug 3, 2006

mcmagic posted:

https://twitter.com/nypostsports/status/1317539074773831685

Yankees getting their fan base ready to let DJLM walk.

I heard Jomboy say the Yanks won't spend any money at all this off-season. Probably will be the case for a lot of teams.

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

Sab0921 posted:

This sure is something. Capitalism is a hell of a drug.

https://twitter.com/Jomboy_/status/1317229598678130688?s=19

lol this is absolutely peak capitalism

If the Yankees let LeMahieu walk, I dunno he better be demanding 7+ years for that to happen

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute

MrMidnight posted:

I heard Jomboy say the Yanks won't spend any money at all this off-season. Probably will be the case for a lot of teams.

Yeah I think a lot of teams are going to cry poor this offseason.

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

Apparently game 5 of the ALCS was the first time ever a team hit a leadoff homerun and a walkoff homerun in the same game

Since Springer's homerun was on the first pitch, that means the first pitch and the last pitch thrown to the Astros were both for homeruns

fast cars loose anus
Mar 2, 2007

Pillbug
Charlie Morton is currently trending because Astros fans are wishing very minor disappointments on him

https://twitter.com/DelRaz09/status/1317521336051314689

bawfuls
Oct 28, 2009

This slo-mo belongs in N/V

https://twitter.com/fbihop/status/1317573842420736000?s=21

Big Mean Jerk
Jan 27, 2009

Well, of course I know him.
He's me.

fast cars loose anus posted:

Charlie Morton is currently trending because Astros fans are wishing very minor disappointments on him

https://twitter.com/DelRaz09/status/1317521336051314689

My hope is that Uncle Charlie pitches an absolutely stellar game and then, once he’s done for the night, the Rays defense collapses into a series of errors and their bullpen gives up the winning Springer Dinger.

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

Big Mean Jerk posted:

My hope is that Uncle Charlie pitches an absolutely stellar game and then, once he’s done for the night, the Rays defense collapses into a series of errors and their bullpen gives up the winning Springer Dinger.

I hope that it turns out through a weird quirk in Charlie's contract, the winner of the game gets to keep him on their roster and then what you described happens

Inspector_666
Oct 7, 2003

benny with the good hair

I'm honestly shocked this doesn't happen more often on hotshot liners that infielders manage to snag. It seems to only really happen when pitchers get a glove on the ball.

bawfuls
Oct 28, 2009

Dodgers just looking for more ways to abuse Clayton jfc

https://twitter.com/kengurnick/status/1317622015042318336

Bip Roberts
Mar 29, 2005

Sydin posted:

Yeah I think a lot of teams are going to cry poor this offseason.

Why spend money if everyone makes the playoffs

mcmagic
Jul 1, 2004

If you see this avatar while scrolling the succ zone, you have been visited by the mcmagic of shitty lib takes! Good luck and prosperity will come to you, but only if you reply "shut the fuck up mcmagic" to this post!
booooooooooooooooooooooo astros

Hirez
Feb 3, 2003

Weber scored 49 points?

:allears: :allears: :allears:
I'm loving enjoying the hell out of Morton loving eviscerating the Astro's at the plate

e: wrong thread, but still news

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I'm pretty pleased with the Astros getting to game 7 of the ALCS despite only one start from Verlander and one game from Alvarez tbh

Bregman missed half the season, Altuve had the worst season of his career, getting this far was pretty nice. Good luck to the Rays in the series

Kirios
Jan 26, 2010




Oh that's gonna be lost on most of the super edgy people in SAS, but yeah, it was a fantastic season for the Astros. They dramatically overachieved, and honestly, if our young arms can continue to produce like this we'll be a good team for quite a bit longer.

AL Cardinals sounds kinda nice.

TheBizzness
Oct 5, 2004

Reign on me.
If you think the people of SAS are “edgy” when it comes to the Astros, wait until you meet the average baseball fan.

R.D. Mangles
Jan 10, 2004


u bang the cans, u lose the fans

-old baseball axiom

Kirios
Jan 26, 2010




TheBizzness posted:

If you think the people of SAS are “edgy” when it comes to the Astros, wait until you meet the average baseball fan.

Honestly? Most baseball fans I've met up here in the PNW while golfing or playing board games have basically said something equivalent to "Eh most baseball teams cheat I don't know why it's such a big deal."

Yeah, it's been kind of surprising to me too.

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I just realized there's no gone fishing thread

Why is that?

STAC Goat
Mar 12, 2008

Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.

I'm thinking of starting to call Yankee hating "edgey." What do you guys think?

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Popete
Oct 6, 2009

This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs

Grimey Drawer
If the Astros didn't want to get mercilessly taunted like this:

R.D. Mangles posted:

u bang the cans, u lose the fans

-old baseball axiom

On the Something Awful -> Discussion -> Sports Are Striking sub forum then maybe they should have thought twice about doing the can bang

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